Celebrities Who Got Married As Teenagers

Solange Knowles and Daniel Smith

When Solange Knowles was 17-years-old, she married her high school sweetheart, football player Daniel Smith, who was 19, in the Bahamas with their family and close friends in attendance. When she was 18, she gave birth to their son, Daniel Julez J. Smith, Jr., and the family moved to Moscow, Idaho, where Smith was in college. In October 2007, Knowles confirmed in an interview with Essence that she and Smith had separated.

Knowles later told Elle that relocating to Idaho was “one of the most bittersweet moments” of her life, saying she was isolated and “lonely.”  Knowles hasn’t expressed regret about marrying and having a child at a young age. In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in 2014, she said, “In a lot of ways, emotionally and mentally, I feel far older than 27. Just going through a marriage and a divorce — which I essentially did by 21 — will give you an insane amount of perspective on life.”

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