“I was devastated”: Dwyane Wade’s wife Gabrielle Union opens up about her feelings on him fathering a child with another woman

Dwyane Wade, the NBA legend, might have a luxurious life with his wife, Gabrielle Union, but it seems their marriage is far from perfect.Though it has been over a decade now, Gabrielle Union has opened up about the pain she felt when she learnt that Dwyane Wade fathered a child with another woman, just weeks before they got married.

Dwyane Wade’s wife Gabrielle Union shares her heartbreak as she learnt the NBA legend had another child during their break

In 2021, in an essay for TIME, the renowned actress Gabrielle Union wrote, “It should go without saying that we were not in a good place at the time that child was conceived.”

The popular actress added, “But we were doing much better when he finally told me about the pregnancy. To say I was devastated is to pick a word on a low shelf for convenience.” Gabrielle Union continued, “There are people — strangers I will never meet — who have been upset that I have not previously talked about that trauma.

I have not had words, and even after untold amounts of therapy I am not sure I have them now.”

Why did Dwyane Wade have a child with another woman weeks before proposing to Gabrielle Union?

For the unversed, in 2013, just weeks before the two got married, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union had broken up for a short while.It was at this time that the NBA legend got back in touch with an old friend and fathered a child with her.Just a few days later, Gabrielle Union came back into Dwyane Wade’s life and the two rekindled their romance.

Weeks after his son was born, Dwyane Wade proposed to the popular actress Gabrielle Union and the two got married.Over the last few years, the NBA legend Dwyane Wade has been public about how the two sought therapy and continue to have arguments about it even though it has been over a decade since then.Despite the challenges, both Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union continue to be in love with each other as they raise their daughter, Kaavia Wade.