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“I tried to break up with her”: Dwyane Wade breaks silence on making excuses to end things with Gabrielle Union before marriage
The Times Of India | June 8, 2026 6:39 AM CST

Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union have inspired billions around the world with the love and commitment they have shown towards each other.

While the two have been married for over a decade now, the NBA legend Dwyane Wade has opened up about the time he wanted to end things with her.

Dwyane Wade shares he wanted to break up with Gabrielle Union before they tied the knot
Back in 2023, the NBA legend Dwyane Wade made an appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast where he said, “I tried to pu**yfoot around it, I tried to break up with her…”

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The NBA legend added, “‘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.”

For the unversed, back in 2013, Dwyane Wade and the popular and renowned actress Gabrielle Union decided to take a break from each other.

As the two stayed distant, the NBA legend fathered a son with another woman during their break up.

While Dwyane Wade believed things with Gabrielle Union were over, the popular actress came back in his life as she wanted to rekindle their romance.

But as confessed by the NBA legend, Dwyane Wade, it seems he reportedly wanted to end their relationship.

However, as things turned out, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union rekindled their romance and got married just a few months later in 2014.

Dwyane Wade’s wife Gabrielle Union has been public about the pain he caused her
While the wedding was shocking to many, the popular actress has been vocal about the pain she felt when she learnt of Dwyane Wade fathering a child with another woman.

Back in 2021, for an essay for TIME, Gabrielle Union wrote a detailed piece on how she felt “humiliated” by Dwyane Wade’s actions back then.

The popular actress has even confessed that today she would have advised her younger to self to have ended the relationship right then.

While both of them have been vocal about not having a perfect married life, it seems Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union are focusing on their daughter.



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