R Kelly's Ex Wife Shoots Down His Bizarre Claim That 'The Notebook' Ended Their Marriage

July 13 2012, Published 7:00 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
Romantic films like The Notebook usually add spark to a relationship -- or at least give hope to heart-broken single girls -- but rapper R. Kelly claims that the Ryan Gosling sizzler marked the end of his marriage.
While many fans of the Bump N' Grind singer may be shocked that he even watched such a soppy tear-jerker let alone allowed it to end his relationship, his ex-wife Andrea adamantly told Breaking Celebrity News that the split had nothing to with the heart touching drama.
"The Notebook came out in 2004 and our divorce wasn’t final until 2009," the star of VH1's new reality show Hollywood Exes told Breaking Celebrity News.
"Did the movie really have anything to do with the divorce or was that a wakeup call for him to act like a man and realize these are the things he needed to do to step up in this marriage before it is too late?" She asked.
The bizarre explanation for the divorce after 10 years of marriage and three children was revealed in R. Kelly's new memoir Soulacoaster, The Diary of Me, where he writes: "As the film credits started to roll, I couldn't move. I burst into tears. Peop