Personal Life
Hughes' father, Preston was a bishop, and his mother, Renee Washington, is a pastor. Hughes and his high-school sweetheart and 1st wife, Yessenia (known as Yessi) and the couple have three sons, twins Terrence and Terrell (born in 1995) and another son Matthew (born in 2002). Their names are tattooed on his upper biceps. He is now married to a woman named Stephanie Otten, with whom he has had a daughter, Mickayla and a son, Preston. Terrence and Terrell appeared on the February 3 and 10, 2011, episodes of TNA Impact! and the February 13 pay-per-view Against All Odds, taking part in the storyline feud between their father and Bully Ray.
He is also a singer as shown when he sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" in WWE on an episode of Raw. He opened a smoothie shop, 3D's Power Blendz, in Melbourne, Florida, and with Brother Ray, opened Team 3D Academy of Professional Wrestling and Sports Entertainment in Kissimmee, Florida.
In Edge's 2004 autobiography "Adam Copeland on Edge," Matt and Jeff Hardy's 2003 biography "Hardy Boyz Exist 2 Inspire," and the WWF/E Fanatic Series Tables, Ladders & Chairs, it was revealed that Hughes is "deathly afraid of heights", which he originally stated in character at WrestleMania 2000.
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