Aretha Franklin Calls Off Her Wedding

Body language is everything — Aretha Franklin and Willie Wilkerson at the BET Honors Pre-Honors dinner in Washington, DC, on January 13, 2012

It’s been just three weeks since it was announced that Aretha Franklin would make it down the aisle for the third time, but after having second thoughts, her and fiancé William “Willie” Wilkerson have called off the wedding.

The “Respect” singer posted a statement on her Facebook page Monday which said, “Will and I have decided we were moving a little too fast, and there were a number of things that had not been thought through thoroughly. There will be no wedding at this time. We will not comment on it any further because of the very personal and sensitive nature of it. We appreciate all of the many well wishes from friends.”

The 69-year-old Queen of Soul announced the engagement on January 2, saying that her and Wilkerson were planning on tying the knot sometime this summer. With her recent weight loss of 85 pounds, Franklin was reportedly ecstatic that she was going to be fitted for a designer wedding dress made by either Vera Wang, Valentino, or Donna Karen.

It remains to be seen if Franklin and Wilkerson have called off their relationship as a whole, but as I always say, better they figure it out before that fateful walk down the aisle!

[Photo credit: Johnny Nunez/WireImage]

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