Personal Life
In 2002, Ali wrote (with co-author David Ritz) the book Reach! Finding Strength, Spirit, and Personal Power, meant to motivate and inspire young people. In this book, she confides that she felt isolated at times because of her parents' fame. Ali has also spent some time in jail, and describes her arrests and the physical abuse she experienced in jail. Critics say that Ali's book has a good foundation but she does not give the readers advice; rather she just talks about her own experiences.
Ali married Johnny "Yahya" McClain on August 27, 2000. She met McClain through her sister Hana at her father's 57th birthday party. McClain became Ali's manager and helped guide her career. In late 2005, Ali and McClain divorced and McClain quit managing Ali.
On July 23, 2007, Ali married former NFL player Curtis Conway in Los Angeles. Ali has three stepchildren with Conway, 15-year-old twin sons Cameron and Kelton and 11-year-old Leilani. On August 26, 2008 Ali gave birth to a son, Curtis Muhammad Conway. On September 29, 2010, Ali announced that she and Conway were expecting their second child together and on April 4, 2011, Ali gave birth to a daughter, Sydney J. Conway.
Ali is also credited with saving the life of American Gladiators co-host Hulk Hogan by telephoning him when he was depressed and suicidal - a call which Hogan (in his book My Life Outside The Ring) claims "snapped me out" of an acute suicidal "trance".
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