Dwyane Wade recently recounted the time he had to tell his now-wife Gabrielle Union that he had a child with another woman while they were breaking up. The former NBA star told Shannon Sharpe, host of the Shay Shay Club podcast, that it was harder to have that conversation than missing the NBA Finals.
Wade opened up about the difficult situation, how the couple handled it then and how it still affects their marriage now, during a podcast episode shared on YouTube earlier this week.
Dwyane Wade Talks About Telling Gabrielle Union He’s the Father of a Child During Their Break
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When Sharpe asked Wade if it was more difficult to have a conversation with Union to reveal that he fathered a child with another woman in 2013 or lose in the NBA Finals, Wade shared his thoughts on the difficult situation.
“It’s harder to talk to my wife now, who wasn’t then, but my wife now, about it. You try to think of everything possible,” Wade said. “You’re thinking of everything.”
Wade, 41, recalls the time as “all scary;” situation, how it will play as a public figure, and how the Union will handle it. But he knew he had to face the situation.
“You think a lot. You’re keeping something from your loved ones and it’s heavy. At night, when it’s quiet and it’s just you and your thoughts, their thoughts are strong and they become strong here in this mind,” he said. “I tried to pussyfoot around it. I tried to break up with him. ‘Hey, things have been bad lately. Hey, we’ve been a bit distant.’ I tried all of them. He kept showing up.”
While the couple was able to continue their relationship, Wade said it wasn’t perfect and there was a lot of work to be done.
“It’s not perfect yet. It will never be perfect. But that was 9 years ago and we still, we go to therapy, go to therapy, we’ve yelled about it, we’ve had normal conversations about it,” he said. “So, it’s something that, it continues to be something that I have to work on and work on. It didn’t go away because the year came or because I apologized, or whatever.”
“This is my family. This is my story”
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As hard as it was for the couple, Wade said they weren’t the only ones affected.
“When it’s me and my wife, it’s hard, it’s always there,” Wade told Sharpe. “But when it comes to my son, it’s difficult for him. This will always be there.”
That’s something she often thinks about, that her son has a “negative impact next to his name” because of “how he was brought into this world.”
“At the end of the day, this is my family. This is my story,” continued Wade. “We’re going to get through this how we’re going to get through it. But we will get through it.”
The NBA star said that time and space don’t necessarily help things but allow everyone to see things differently. Nine years later, Wade and Union’s conversation is different than before, and he makes it a point to continue working on himself.
Gabrielle Union Feels “Devastated” After Dwyane Wade Had A Child With Another Woman
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In 2021, Union opened up about her feelings upon learning that Wade had conceived a child with another woman during their break and their infertility struggles in her memoir, “You Got Anything Stronger?” The memoir traces past traumas that made her the woman she is today.
“I don’t have words, and even after countless amounts of therapy, I’m not sure I do now. But the truth is important,” she wrote in her book.
Another quote reads, “I’m not the same woman I was when I wrote you four years ago,” referring to her 2017 bestseller “We’ll Need More Wine.” “If you thought you knew me back then, you’re not alone. I think I know me too.”
The couple tied the knot in August 2014 and welcomed their daughter Kaavia James in 2018.
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