Who are John Legends parents?
HOLLYWOOD star John Legend often boasts about his music and family life on social media. The dad-of-two has spoken about rebuilding his connection with his mom Phyllis through the years. John Roger Stephens, whose stage name is John Legend, is the son of Phyllis and Ronald Stephens. The 42-year-old grew up in a divorced home in Ohio but his parents reconciled 12 years later. They ultimately split up again and Ronald remarried a woman named Deidre Hamlar. 3 Legend's father Ronald Stephens was a factory worker in Ohio Credit: Getty  Ronald was a factory worker at International Harvester and an amateur drummer. His mom Phyllis was a seamstress and award-winning quilt maker and a singer for their church choir. Currently, Ronald is a business owner of a hat company called Pop Topz. Legend opened up about his strained relationship with his mom back in 2019 to Radar Online. Phyllis reportedly spent time in jail as Legend was growing up and was arrested various times for theft, drug abuse, and soliciting. The singer penned an essay for Time about his mothers absence in his life, writing: As a teenager growing up in Ohio, I watched my mother disappear into more than a decade of drugs and despair after my maternal grandmother ... died. My mothers addiction didnt just tear her life apart; it tore me and the rest of our family apart, too. He continued: Drug addiction, for anyone who doubts it, is a serious problem, and our society is right to want to tackle it. 3 Legend and Phyllis had a strained relationship as he was growing up Credit: Getty  But weve been going about it wrong. Adding: My mother didnt need punishment; she needed help. Criminalizing drug abuse only further shatters people and families that are already in pieces.  Legend told People magazine that the relationship between him and his mom is on the mend and spends time with her grandchildren. My mom spends a lot of time with the kids, and she loves coming to visit me at The Voice too, he said. Were really close now partially because of the kids. [] But you have to do some forgiving too, when youre older. The couple are parents to Luna, 5, and Miles Stephens, 3. Most read in Celebrity UP IN FLAMES Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis' Mexico mansion 'burns down' after arrest 'OVER IT' Kim Kardashian admits she REGRETS posing nude for 2007 Playboy photoshoot SAVAGE Rihanna's new leggings are going viral for this reason 'WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?' Bachelorette Katie's frontrunner Greg is really a 'fame-hungry ACTOR'  In August 2020 they confirmed they were expecting a third child, Jack. Tragically, Teigen announced that the couple had lost the little boy. She shared the news on the evening of Wednesday, September 30, and posted heart-rending black and white photos of her grieving at the hospital.