DWAYNE Wade has revealed the conversation he had with his wife, Gabrielle Union about fathering a child with another woman.
The retired NBA athlete was a recent guest on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast titled Club Shay Shay.
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During one point of the interview, Dwayne, 41, recalled the point in his life when he had to tell Gabrielle, 50, that he had a child, a son named Xavier, with another woman during a break in their relationship in 2013.
During a hiccup in their relationship, Dwayne thought it would be best if they ended things.
The basketball Hall of Famer said: “I tried to pussyfoot around it, I tried to break up with her. ‘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.”
Since Gabrielle wanted to continue with their relationship, Dwayne knew that he had to have the “hard conversation” with the Hollywood actress.
Dwayne 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.
“No matter what people say on the outside, or what people want to think, ultimately you gotta sit with you, and you gotta sit with this person, and I had to sit with my wife and have this conversation.”
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After having the conversation, the two decided to move forward with their relationship.
The couple were engaged to be married that December and officially tied the knot in August 2014.
Dwayne and Gabrielle encountered infertility issues and welcomed a daughter named Kaavia James Union-Wade in 2018 via a surrogate.
The athlete also has two children with his ex-wife, Siovaughn Funches: Zaire, 21, and Zaya, 16. He also is a father to 9-year-old Xavier with Aja Metoyer as well as the legal guardian of his 21-year-old nephew Dahveon Morris.
Moving forward on the topic, he revealed that he and Gabrielle go to therapy.
“It hasn’t been perfect, it will never be perfect but that was nine years ago. We’ve had shouts about it, we’ve had regular conversations about, and so it’s been something that going to be something that I have to work at and work on.”
“It doesn’t go away because years come or because I say ‘sorry,'” he finished.
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