Marcus Matthews is best known for being romantically linked with American singer and former beauty queen CeCe Peniston. The singer scored five number one hits in the early 1990s on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play.
He is widely recognized for her signature song, “Finally,” which reached the number five spot on the Hot 100 and further number two in the UK Top 75. Peniston is also the first foreign female singer to perform in post-apartheid South Africa.
Meet CeCe Peniston Partner Marcus Matthews
Marcus Matthews gained extensive fame in 2015 for being the loving partner of renowned American personality CeCe Peniston. The love birds met on the reality TV series “Celebrity Wife Swap” in August of the same year.
The singer and Marcus instantly felt a connection between them and eventually started dating. Celebrity Wife Swap is a popular American reality television program that aired on ABC in 2004 for the first time.
It is the American version of a British show with the same name. In the series, two families, mostly from different social lifestyles and classes, swap wives/mothers, sometimes husbands, for two weeks.
Matthews and Peniston, however, separated soon after the series ended. The couple dated from August 2015 and ended their relationship in 2016.
Are CeCe Peniston And Marcus Matthews Engaged?
Just to be clear, CeCe Peniston and Marcus Matthews are not engaged. The loving couple split soon after the reality television series Celebrity Wife Swap ended. Further details about the couple after their separation is not available.
In 1992, the singer was briefly married to Malik Byrd. He was the co-writer of “Inside That I Cried” and also appeared by CeCe’s side in its official video. It was during the release of her debut album titled “Finally.”
After separating from Malik, she married real estate professional Frank Martin from Halifax, Massachusetts, in 2003. However, the relationship did not last long, and the pair divorced in 2011, nearly after a decade of marriage.
Later, she met Marcus on the reality TV series Celebrity Wife Swap and dated until the series ended in 2016.
Marcus Matthews Age -How Old Is He?
The real age of Marcus Matthews is not known as of now, however, CeCe Peniston was born on September 6, 1969, in Dayton, Ohio, U.S., and is fifty-two years old as of now. Her full name is Cecilia Veronica Peniston.
CeCe spent most of her early years in Phoenix, Arizona, where she grew up from the age of nine. She was born the third of four siblings, the daughter of a military veteran, Ronald Peniston, and his wife, Anne.
There she started singing at church and performing plays and musicals, including H.M.S. Pinafore while in the 6th grade. She also took piano classes and participated in a local karaoke contest and singing talent shows in the same time.
Net Worth Of Marcus Matthews -His Job
Marcus Matthews is a personal trainer by profession. He came to the limelight in 2015 for dating popular singer CeCe Peniston while appearing in the hit television series “Celebrity Wife Swap.”
The trainer has not disclosed his net worth and has also not opened up about his earnings. Nevertheless, the personal trainer must be earning a decent amount out of his career.
Peniston, on the other hand, has an estimated net worth of around $5 million, thanks to her successful career as a singer. She was listed in the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time by Billboard magazine in December 2016.