Dwyane Wade didn’t know how to tell Gabrielle Union he fathered a child with another woman while they were on a break — so he almost didn’t.
The retired NBA player looked back on the 2013 scandal in an interview with Shannon Sharpe Wednesday, admitting he “tried to break up” with his now-wife instead of coming clean.
“I tried to pussyfoot around it,” the 41-year-old explained.
At the time, he told the actress, “Hey, things have been bad lately. … We’ve been having a little distance in our relationship anyway.”
In his documentary named "D. Wade: Life Unexpected", the Miami Heat champion admitted that telling Union about Xavier was "the hardest thing" he's ever done.
"I couldn't sleep. I wasn't eating," the former point guard said in February 2020. "When ... you have this information and you know it's gonna f-k somebody's life up that you care about, that you love, if it don't hurt you, then you're not human." He said.
In a recent appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay program, the former NBA star, 41, reflected on how he told his now-wife about his son, Xavier Zechariah, who he welcomed in 2013 with Aja Metoyer when he and Union were broken up. He started off by recalling how scared he was to tell Union about him and Metoyer before the news went public.
“You know that this is going to hurt someone you’ve been building a relationship and life with,” he said. “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.”
He went on to praise the Bring It On star for standing by his side, as he told her about having his son in the middle of his busy basketball career.
“I couldn’t have gotten through that moment without her sticking with me,” the Olympian said. “We were in the playoffs, I think we were even going into the finals. 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.”
Ultimately, he came to the conclusion he couldn’t have gotten through the tumultuous situation without Union sticking by his side. The couple were able to get through the difficulty and went on to be engaged in Dec. 2013 and got married in August 2014.
The pair had a daughter, Kavia James Union-Wade, via surrogate in 2018.
In addition to Xavier and Kavia, Wade also shares two children with ex-wife Siovaughn Funches; 21-year-old Zaire, and 16-year-old Zaya. He is also the legal guardian of his nephew, 21-year-old Dahveon Morris.
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