Dwyane Wade ‘Tried To Break Up’ With Gabrielle Union Instead Of Telling Her He’d Fathered A Child With Another Woman
22.09.2023 - 14:15
/ etcanada.com
Dwyane Wade is opening up about how he tried to end things with Gabrielle Union after fathering a child with another woman — and how the two were able to reconcile.
Back in 2013, the couple — who had been dating since 2007 — were on a break, due to Union’s breakneck schedule with back-to-back acting roles. During that time, the Miami Heat star had an affair with “Basketball Wives” star Aja Metoyer, resulting in their son, Xavier, now 9 years old.
In a new interview with Shannon Sharpe, Wade admitted that he “tried to break up” with Union rather than telling her the truth.
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“I tried to pussyfoot around it,” he said, recalling that he told Union, “Hey, things have been bad lately… We’ve been having a little distance in our relationship anyway.”
He added, “You gotta sit with you and you gotta sit with this person if this is who you’re going to be with. I had to sit with my wife and have this conversation.”
Wade conceded that coming clean was “scary” because he knew she’d be “hurt” by his revelation. However, he said, Union “kept showing up” for him.
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“I couldn’t have gotten through that moment without her sticking with me,” he shared. “That was a rough time for me. You got a lot on your mind. You’re keeping something from people you love. It’s heavy.”