“I wanted to break up”: Dwyane Wade on nearly stepping back from tying the knot with Gabrielle Union after years together | NBA News
Dwyane Wade, the NBA legend, and his wife, Gabrielle Union, have always been each other’s strength over the last decade that they have been married.While both of them balance busy careers, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union have always spoken highly of each other in public. But there was a time when the NBA legend wanted to step back from tying the knot with the popular actress, Gabrielle Union.
Dwyane Wade did not want to rekindle romance with Gabrielle Union before they got married
In 2023, Dwyane Wade made an appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast where he opened up about wanting to break up with Gabrielle Union after he fathered a child with another woman.Dwyane Wade said, “I tried to p***yfoot around it, I tried to break up with her…”The former Miami Heat legend added, “‘Hey, things have been bad lately,’ ‘Hey, we’ve been having a little distance in our relationship anyway,’ I tried all of that. She kept showing up.”Dwyane Wade continued, “You’re thinking about it all, it’s all scary…One, the whole situation is scary enough, you’re a public figure. But you know that this is going to hurt someone that you’ve been building a relationship with and a life with.” Back in 2013, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union were going through a pretty rough time in their relationship.Amid all the mess, the high profile couple decided to go their separate ways. While Gabrielle Union was trying to move on, Dwyane Wade ended up fathering a child with a friend of his.The NBA legend has admitted how he did not think that he would end up rekindling romance with Gabrielle Union.But as luck would have it, Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade found their way back to each other and this made things pretty complicated in their lives.While Dwyane Wade tried to end things without disclosing anything, he ultimately had to tell Gabrielle Union the truth.
Gabrielle Union has opened up about how she felt betrayed by Dwyane Wade
Even though this was heartbreaking to the popular actress, Gabrielle Union decided to stull stay with the NBA legend.Just two months after Dwyane Wade’s friend gave birth to their son, he popped the big question to Gabrielle Union and the rest is history.However, in the last few years, Gabrielle Union has become more vocal about the betrayal and pain she felt and has admitted that had it happened today, she would have left Dwyane Wade.
