Andre Allen shared in a new interview that he has floated a job opportunity to Robinson in the past
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Dawn Robinson‘s former husband is offering her a job after her revelation that she’s been living in her car for the past three years.
Andre Allen, who was married to the En Vogue vocalist from 2003 to 2010, told TMZ on Thursday, March 13, that he is offering her a position in hospitality, the industry in which he currently works.
After performing as a member of R&B group IV Xample, solo artist and working as a songwriter for multiple artists over the years, Allen told TMZ that he left the music world and found success elsewhere.
Now, he’s extending an invitation to Robinson to work for Hilton.
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Allen said he previously offered the opportunity to Robinson and that it includes “free medical from day one” and “PTO to juggle her career,” according to TMZ. He thinks her “charisma and personality” would be a fit for sales. Allen claimed to have previously loaned friends in the music industry money and shared concern for Robinson possibly living in poverty, the outlet reported.
His comments come shortly after Robinson, a former member of the chart-topping R&B girl group, En Vogue, revealed to fans in a YouTube video on March 11, that she had been living in her car for three years.
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In the vlog, the 58-year-old vocalist detailed that she was living with her parents in Las Vegas in 2020 before relocating to Los Angeles at the suggestion of a former manager. After he proposed that she could stay with him for a bit, and it didn’t work out, she then remained in a hotel for eight months. She alleges that her manager was “playing games” and would disapprove of the apartments where she suggested that she could live.
“Sometimes people want to trap you and keep you in a situation where you’re vulnerable and depending on them,” she said of the dynamic. “So I got out of there.”
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Robinson said she then took the leap into “car life” and headed to Malibu, telling fans that it “just felt like it was the right thing” to do. “It’s not ‘Woe is me,'” she said. “I’m learning about who I am. I’m learning myself as a person, as a woman.”
“I miss my family. I miss everyone I was connected to. But I needed to do this alone… But I needed to do this for me,” Robinson added, before revealing that her dog Max had died in the car.
After sharing that she’s proud of what she accomplished, the En Vogue star encouraged YouTube viewers to “do the scary” and be “spontaneous.”
Robinson was a founding member of En Vogue alongside Cindy Herron, Terry Ellis and Maxine Jones and helped form the group in 1989, before departing the group in March 1997 and signing with Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label.
She notably sang lead vocals on tracks “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It),” “Giving Him Something He Can Feel,” and “Free Your Mind” and earned six Grammy nominations alongside En Vogue from 1991 to 1997. She later rejoined the group for stints in both 2005 and 2009.
