In a 2006 interview, Ventura talked about how her family was responding to her newfound fame.
“It happened so fast I don’t think anyone could slow it down,” she said. “They always want to make sure that I’m happy and everything is okay. It’s more about if I’m happy and content with what I’m doing.”
The following year, Ventura became a spokesmodel for Combs’ fashion line Sean John. She leaned into acting as well as music, appearing in the dance film “Step Up 2: The Streets” and contributing a song to the movie’s soundtrack.
Ventura released other singles, including “Official Girl” featuring rapper Lil Wayne in 2008, and “Must Be Love,” featuring Combs performing under one of his professional monikers, Puff Daddy, in 2009.
While she would release other music, including 2017’s “Don’t Play It Safe” which Pitchfork deemed “her best track in nearly half a decade and arguably her proper comeback,” an expected album produced by Combs never came to pass.
They had a famously longterm romantic relationship, which they first went public with in 2012. They were soon regulars at fashion shows and Hollywood parties.
“Just being around him is a completely inspiring experience,” she told Madam Noire about Combs in 2013.
It would be years before the world learned of the tumult Ventura has alleged was a major part of their relationship prior to their split in 2018.
In her 2023 suit, Ventura said she still suffers from “immense emotional distress” and at one point she checked into an inpatient rehabilitation center after having suicidal thoughts she linked to abuse.
She found happiness in 2019, when she married personal trainer and actor Alex Fine after they met at a gym, according to an interview with Vogue.
Ventura told the publication that Fine went out all out for his proposal.
“I knew that Alex was designing a ring, but I honestly wasn’t expecting a super elaborate proposal because we already had the wedding date set, but he planned such a beautiful experience for me,” she said. “I was so surprised!”
The couple are now the parents of two young daughters, Frankie and Sunny, and in February they announced a new addition was joining the family.
In honor of Father’s Day last year, Ventura posted a series of photos and video of Fine.
“There is just no one like you,” she wrote in the caption.
Ventura’s most-recent post on April 9 featured several images in which she is visibly pregnant with their third child.
The caption read simply, “Mastering peace 
.”
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