Editing Lenny Kravitz (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Zoe Kravitz and Lenny Kravitz at the 25th Spirit Awards (cropped).jpg|thumb|Kravitz with his daughter [[Zoë Kravitz|Zoë]] in March 2010]]

In 1985, Kravitz met actress [[Lisa Bonet]] backstage at a concert in California.<ref name="SPIN">{{Cite magazine |last=Wright |first=Christian |date=July 1990 |title=Let Lenny Rule |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTAxVGMigAYC&pg=PA62 |magazine=SPIN Magazine |page=62 |access-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-date=May 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531054305/https://books.google.com/books?id=fTAxVGMigAYC&pg=PA62 |url-status=live }}</ref> They were close friends for two years before beginning a relationship.<ref name="SPIN"/> In 1987, Kravitz moved back to New York City, to move in with Bonet.<ref name="huffpost">{{cite web|title=Lenny Kravitz On His Post-Divorce Relationship With Lisa Bonet: We're 'Best Friends'|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/01/lenny-kravitz-lisa-bonet-divorce_n_3368400.html|website=[[Huffington Post]]|date=June 2013|access-date=May 9, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084904/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/01/lenny-kravitz-lisa-bonet-divorce_n_3368400.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They eloped in [[Las Vegas]] on November 16, 1987, her 20th birthday.<ref name="SPIN"/> Kravitz, still known as Romeo Blue at the time, found himself in the headlines of tabloids. He and Bonet had a daughter, [[Zoë Kravitz|Zoë Isabella Kravitz]], on December 1, 1988,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1465139/Zoe-Kravitz/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709222751/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1465139/Zoe-Kravitz/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 9, 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2011 |title=Zoe Kravitz. Alternate Name: Zoe Isabella Kravitz|access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref> who became an actress, singer and model. Kravitz and Bonet separated in 1991.<ref name="behindthemusic"/> They divorced amicably in 1993.<ref name="huffpost"/>

Kravitz dated French singer and model [[Vanessa Paradis]] from 1991 to 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/vanessa-paradis-ses-confidences-sur-sa-relation-avec-lenny-kravitz_439654 |title=Vanessa Paradis: ses confidences sur sa relation avec Lenny Kravitz |date=December 11, 2019 |website=Gala.fr |language=fr |access-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223202527/https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/vanessa-paradis-ses-confidences-sur-sa-relation-avec-lenny-kravitz_439654 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.purepeople.com/article/lenny-kravitz-j-etais-fou-amoureux-de-vanessa-paradis_a29199/1 |title=Lenny Kravitz: "J'étais fou amoureux de Vanessa Paradis"... |date=April 15, 2009 |website=Pure People |language=fr |access-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223202527/https://www.purepeople.com/article/lenny-kravitz-j-etais-fou-amoureux-de-vanessa-paradis_a29199/1 |url-status=live }}</ref> He began dating Brazilian model [[Adriana Lima]] in 2001,<ref name="ISTOÉ">{{cite web|url=http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/211/reportagens/capa_adriana_lima_01.htm|title=A princesa da moda|work=ISTOÉ Gente|language=pt|date=August 18, 2003|access-date=November 24, 2016|archive-date=August 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801141111/http://www.terra.com.br/istoegente/211/reportagens/capa_adriana_lima_01.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and they lived together before becoming engaged in 2002.<ref name="ISTOÉ"/> The engagement was called off in August 2003.<ref name="ISTOÉ"/><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lenny-kravitz-the-star-is-born-again-231577/ |title=Lenny Kravitz: The Star Is Born Again |last=Edwards |first=Gavin |date=June 24, 2004 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-date=December 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222232100/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lenny-kravitz-the-star-is-born-again-231577/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=NewsBank&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%200F775010F849D222%20)&p_docid=0F775010F849D222&p_theme=aggdocs&p_queryname=0F775010F849D222&f_openurl=y|title=Movie Moguls Let Fur Fly, Too|access-date=March 7, 2009|date=November 17, 2002|work=[[New York Post]]|archive-date=May 26, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240526053146/https://www.webcitation.org/6APedpy2Z?url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb%3Fp_action=doc&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=NewsBank&p_text_direct-0=document_id%3D(%200F775010F849D222%20)&p_docid=0F775010F849D222&p_theme=aggdocs&p_queryname=0F775010F849D222&f_openurl=y|url-status=live}}</ref> Lima was featured in the music video for Kravitz's 2002 single "[[Yesterday Is Gone (My Dear Kay)]]".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zGJZSvuBfI&t=80 |title=Lenny Kravitz - Yesterday Is Gone (My Dear Kay) |date=May 6, 2011 |website=YouTube |access-date=March 2, 2020 |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602010458/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zGJZSvuBfI&t=80 |url-status=live }}</ref> He briefly dated and was engaged to Australian actress [[Nicole Kidman]] from 2003 to 2004.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/hook-ups-break-ups/nicole-kidman-reveals-she-was-engaged-to-lenny-kravitz-before-meeting-keith-urban/news-story/1349ffd423674e96662b24478e3c21da|title=Nicole Kidman reveals engagement we never knew about|newspaper=NewsComAu|access-date=February 17, 2017|language=en|archive-date=July 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705030310/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/hook-ups-break-ups/nicole-kidman-reveals-she-was-engaged-to-lenny-kravitz-before-meeting-keith-urban/news-story/1349ffd423674e96662b24478e3c21da|url-status=live}}</ref>

Kravitz identifies himself as a Christian in a religious sense "through choice" but stated: "I'm also a Jew. It's all the same to me."<ref>{{cite news|title=Bursting rock's balloon|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/K/Kravitz_Lenny/1996/02/05/746706.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713061246/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/K/Kravitz_Lenny/1996/02/05/746706.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 13, 2012|access-date=November 29, 2007|date=February 5, 1996|first=Jane|last=Stevenson|publisher=[[Jam!]]/Canoe}}</ref> During another interview, he stated: "I'm half Jewish, I'm half black, I look in-between."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lenny-kravitz.com/interviewdeepjoy.html|access-date=November 29, 2007|website=Lenny-kravitz.com|year=1998|first=Tracey|last=Pepper|title=Lenny's 5|archive-date=January 3, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103154906/http://www.lenny-kravitz.com/interviewdeepjoy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He notes that spirituality "has been an important issue in [his] growth", citing his upbringing by parents of different faiths.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4495463|title=Lenny Kravitz Takes Spiritual Turn on 'Baptism'|publisher=[[National Public Radio|NPR]]|access-date=November 29, 2007|first=Scott|last=Simon|date=February 12, 2005|archive-date=October 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017225138/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4495463|url-status=live}}</ref> Such spirituality is prominently featured in many of his songs, such as the lyrics on his album ''Baptism'', and a tattoo on his back which is inscribed with "My Heart Belongs to Jesus Christ".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/glimpses/2004/baptism.html |title=Glimpses of God: Lenny Kravitz / Baptism |first=Russ |last=Breimeier |access-date=November 29, 2007 |year=2004 |magazine=[[Christianity Today]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114192343/http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/glimpses/2004/baptism.html |archive-date=November 14, 2007 |url-status=live  }}</ref> In 2011, he stated that his 2005 religious commitment to remain [[sexual abstinence|celibate]] until remarriage was unchanged. In a 2014 interview with ''[[Men's Health]]'', however, he reconsidered his previous stance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19522804/lenny-kravitz-interview/|title=Lenny Kravitz Wants To Help You Make Babies|first1=Per|last1=Gustafson|first2=J.|last2=Rentilly|date=November 20, 2014|website=Men's Health|access-date=October 2, 2019|archive-date=October 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002162212/https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19522804/lenny-kravitz-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lenny Kravitz interview|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/5549844/Lenny-Kravitz-interview.html|access-date=September 24, 2014|date=June 16, 2009|first=Chris|last=Heath|archive-date=October 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010112125/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/5549844/Lenny-Kravitz-interview.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=10 Minutes with... Lenny Kravitz|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/10-minutes-with--lenny-kravitz-6434455.html|access-date=September 24, 2014|date=August 18, 2011|first=Lucy|last=Hunter Johnston|archive-date=November 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116221024/http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/10-minutes-with--lenny-kravitz-6434455.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, Kravitz reaffirmed his desire to remain celibate once again, stating that it was his father's infidelity that inspired him to make a change. "After the marriage, [to ex-wife Lisa Bonet] I became more like him. I was becoming a player... I didn't like it. I didn't want to be that guy. So I had to tackle that and it took years... by taking responsibility. Discipline. Not letting my own desires take over."<ref name ="kravitzcelibacy">{{cite web |last1=Hattenstone |first1=Simon |title='I did a 90-minute workout at 2am!': Lenny Kravitz on sex, spliffs and staying gorgeous at 60 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/30/lenny-kravitz-interview-blue-electric-light |website=The Guardian |access-date=September 3, 2024 |date=May 30, 2024}}</ref> Kravitz stated in the same interview that he had not been in a romantic relationship for 9 years at that point.<ref name="kravitzcelibacy" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Madani |first1=Doda |title=Lenny Kravitz may bare all in his music video, but he's been celibate for 9 years |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/lenny-kravitz-may-bare-music-video-celibate-9-years-rcna154703 |website=NBC News |access-date=September 3, 2024 |date=May 30, 2024}}</ref>

He owns a house in Paris,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MffVSYgHx28 |title=The house the funk built: At home with Lenny Kravitz |website=YouTube |date=June 26, 2019 |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211202138/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MffVSYgHx28 |url-status=live }}</ref> a farm compound in Brazil,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlsKjWqu82k |title=Inside Lenny Kravitz's Brazilian Farm Compound |website=YouTube |date=April 17, 2019 |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705030406/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlsKjWqu82k |url-status=live }}</ref> and a trailer with the surrounding land in [[The Bahamas]].<ref name="BahamasFood">{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU7wsg_6DX4 |title=Lenny Kravitz Shows His Gym & Fridge |website=YouTube |date=October 2020 |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127015622/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU7wsg_6DX4 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He follows [[veganism]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=Guy |title=An eight-pack, black loo roll and still broody – this is Lenny Kravitz |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/mens-style/eight-pack-black-toilet-rolls-not-opposed-children-lenny-kravitz/ |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=October 5, 2020 |date=October 5, 2020 |archive-date=October 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005220750/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/mens-style/eight-pack-black-toilet-rolls-not-opposed-children-lenny-kravitz/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with a primarily [[Raw foodism#Raw veganism|raw vegan]] diet,<ref name="BahamasFood" /> and uses his land in Brazil and The Bahamas to grow his own food.<ref name="BahamasFood" /> [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]] named Kravitz one of the Most Beautiful Vegan Celebrities of 2022.<ref>Hannah Dailey, "Lenny Kravitz & Anitta Named PETA's Most Beautiful Vegan Celebrities of 2022: Exclusive", [https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lenny-kravitz-anitta-peta-most-beautiful-vegan-celebrities-2022-1235114165/ Billboard.com] July 14, 2022.</ref>

On August 25, 2001, singer and actress [[Aaliyah]] died in a plane crash in the Bahamas, following the ending of the video shoot to single "[[Rock the Boat (Aaliyah song)|Rock the Boat]]". When the video's choreographer [[Fatima Robinson]] and dancers were too afraid to get on their plane to get back to the United States, Kravitz (Robinson's friend) sent his private jet to bring them home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/alex-ocho/aaliyah-former-dancer-planes-sketchy|title=Aaliyah's Former Dancer Says the 'Planes Felt Sketchy' in Moments Leading Up to Singer's Death|website=Complex|last=Ocho|first=Alex|date=April 13, 2025|access-date=April 16, 2025}}</ref>