Janet Jackson reveals she secretly married Wissam Al Mana in 2012

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Janet Jackson and Wissam Al Mana in a" src="http://cdn.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.4712909.1361889086!/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/display_600/image.JPG" /><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15.600000381469727px;">Photo credit: AP | Janet Jackson and Wissam Al Mana in a portrait taken by photographer Marco Glaviano.</span><br /><br /><div style="border: 0px; color: #061826; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 6px 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">Janet Jackson knows how to keep a secret: The singer has been married since last year.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #061826; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 6px 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">A representative for Jackson confirmed Monday that the musician and Wissam Al Mana wed last year.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #061826; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 6px 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">This is Jackson's second secret marriage. She secretly married Rene Elizondo Jr. in 1991. They separated in 1999.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #061826; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 6px 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 46-year-old Jackson first tied the knot when she was 18 to singer <a href="http://www.newsday.com/topics//James_DeBarge_(musician)" style="border: 0px; color: #1a557b; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">James DeBarge</a>, which lasted three months in 1984.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #061826; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 6px 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">In a joint statement to Entertainment Tonight, Jackson and Al Mana said their wedding was a "quiet, private and beautiful ceremony."</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #061826; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 6px 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">The couple also said they would like privacy and "are allowed this time for celebration and joy."</div></div>

Janet Jackson Janet Jackson reveals she secretly married Wissam Al Mana in 2012

Photo credit: AP | Janet Jackson and Wissam Al Mana in a portrait taken by photographer Marco Glaviano. Janet Jackson knows how to keep a se...

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