I’ve always loved Gabrielle Union. It’s something about her dimples and her ability to be both super-cute and extremely sexy. I would hit that, basically. She’s gorgeous. So whenever anyone mentioned that Gaby might have skeletons, I never really paid any attention. I was hypnotized by her dimple parade, I guess. But Gaby did have a kind of sketchy situation – she met her current boyfriend, Miami Heat baller Dwyane Wade, in 2009 when he was still married, and there MAY have been some overlap. I was looking through Bossip’s archives to see if I could find anything really juicy, but from what I can see, it all happened really fast all at the same time – Wade split from his wife Siohvaughn Funches and started up with Gaby in a matter of a few months. Maybe Wade did leave his wife for Gaby, or maybe not – I don’t know. What I do know is that Funches claims that there was more of an overlap between her marriage and Gaby’s relationship with Wade. And I also know that Gaby has sort of gotten Angelina’d in the press. She now has to spend time during her interviews justifying her relationship with Wade and setting the record straight. So it is with Gaby’s new interview with Jet Magazine:
Gaby says she didn’t want to react to the “homewrecker” label: “I think people mistook me taking the high road as an admission of guilt. Dwyane and I made a decision very early to not react to the negativity. And I kept feeling like the truth would come out. The problem is, when it did, nobody cared. What I discovered on social media is that people don’t read the entire story.”
She was concerned about Wade’s kids, Zaire, 10, and Zion, 4: “They’re old enough to understand the mean things that strangers can say.”
Funches filed suit against Gaby, claiming Gaby wrecked her home and was “detrimental” to Zaire and Zion’s wellbeing: “I fought it. My life is just too easy to track… We were submitting plenty of proof for the times she said I was in Miami. So, it was like, obviously you’re not telling the truth. And then the courts dismissed the case.”
In the end, she got her man: “I did a lot of talking with girlfriends and sorting through my feelings about the madness. This kind of love is a gift. It’s so consistent. There’s no way that I would trade it for people who refuse to simply acknowledge the truth.”
On her relationship with Funches: “I’ve never had one. I wasn’t involved then-because I wasn’t involved with their marriage–and I don’t have one now.”
[From Us Weekly]
Oooh, girl. My radar is up. Now I totally believe there was some overlap. Could it be that Gaby isn’t being “Angelina’d” as much as she’s being “LeAnn’d”? And why isn’t this sketchy situation getting more attention in the mainstream press? Is it like the Alicia Keys stuff all over again? The white-centric tabloid media outlets don’t care about the really juicy, scandalous stuff that happens to African-American celebrities?
Oh, and Gaby and Wade appeared on the cover of Essence together just a few months ago – Wade said they have no plans to get married. Interesting.
Photos courtesy of Essence, Jet Magazines.
Wade has custody of his two boys his ex- wife is piece of work…gaby is so pretty
It’s sad to say that this is the first I have heard of any of this “overlap”, maybe I just chose to ignore it. No matter, every time I see pictures of her I immediately think of Eva, beautiful woman..
I’ve heard comparisons of her and Leann but Gabrielle isn’t on twitter non-stop and papping herself every two seconds so she hasn’t gotten the same backlash as Leann.
Brin, have you noticed how home wreckers always use the same line “No one knows the whole truth” and my all time favorite “I choose to take the high road” is like there must be a school for home wreckers somewhere on this green earth. With Leann Rimes as Principal Gabriel Union as Vice Principal and Alicia Keys as Dean of Students.
Yup its in De-Nile
@Relli LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Relli…ZING!! ha ha ha love it.
That is kind of lose/lose situation you are setting up, though. What would a person say in your mind if they were NOT guilty?
Yes, that’s right under the Ivy League Angelina-see my leg-Institution
It is well known that they cheated. Gabby was just quiet about the whole affair. She also oversteps boundaries w/his kids- as mistress’s often do. Lost respect for her (not that she really mattered to begin with).
Whatever Gabby.
i totally agree with you, u get no sympathy from me!
I didn’t know anything about this until late last year when some of my friends were discussing the Essence article on Facebook. I don’t think it was widely reported except for in African American tabloids and magazines. Anyway, all of the women who knew about this scandal and who commented on the article said she was a home wrecker much like Alicia Keys.
You can’t blame another woman for you husband cheating on you. You are married to him not her.
I’ve heard that argument before and i sort of get what you are saying.
But if she knew he was married or attached in any way she’s not innocent. If you know the guy is in a relationship, he should be off limits.
I bet she’ll be devastated if he does the same thing to her. What goes around…
I’m talking about the wife suing Gabby. It was YOUR husband who couldn’t keep it in his pants. He was the one to break the marriage contract. No one held a gun to his head. Don’t understand wives going after the other woman like their man is innocent.
I’m totally with you on this one. My sister was married to a douche that cheated on her over and over again, and pretty much every time she blamed the girl involved. I never really understood how she could blame them when he was the one who abused her trust over and over again. He was just a sleaze who preyed on vulnerable women, and I guess my sister could be counted in that category.
I think this whole sisterhood argument for staying away from attached men really just makes women responsible for all infidelities. I’m not saying that it’s ok to go after taken guys, just that people should apportion blame based on the betrayal. Personally I’d avoid a relationship with a man who’d cheated on previous partners. If he lacked that much respect for relationships then what’s to stop him treating you the same way, but that’s just my opinion.
I’m guessing your sister loved her husband, and as such it’s a lot harder to blame him for any indiscretions, than it is for her to direct her hatred at the women she has no such emotional attachment to.
You obviously – as an outsider – can think more rationally. Love is blind, and stupid!
@Tapioca. She stayed with him because of the children and because he’d got to her to such a low emotional point that she didn’t think she could do any better. It was heart breaking to watch 15 years of this, and in the end it only ended because he found someone to take advantage of financially as well as emotionally. And also to see what it did to the kids. I absolutely don’t believe in staying together for the kids. I don’t think any of them came out of it without emotional scars.
I think that argument works differently when kids are involved.
Hear hear!
I agree with you. But then I also agree with Chris Rock: “Men are only as faithful as their options.”
I 100% percent agree with you
geez i could have swore she jsut said that they went to court and she had documented proof she wasnt around during the marriage. and ya’ll are still talking homewreckin overlap. and his ex-wife is documented crazy
Exactly…maybe ppl just didnt read it but until I hear more I’m giving Gabby the benefit of the doubt.
I can appreciate Dwade’s ex wife even tho girlfriend went off her rocker, she dated Dwade since high school, he even lived with her and her mother for some time so yeah she felt short changed. Before the Bball wives show, E did a segement on Bball wives who were actually married to NBA players and interviewd Siohvaughn. She stated that their lives changed once Dwade began his career in the NBA. I kinda feel sorry for her losing her husband and then on top of that losing her kids.
Siovaughn? Seriously? The original spelling wasn’t good enough?
I 100% agree with you…Mel2. All of sudden after a long term relationship, marriage, 2 kids, – the ex-wife is deemed crazy. Maybe she had a breakdown…who can blame her. I think Gabby is gorgeous but I ave lost a lot of respect for her. She should of just kept her mouth shut.
Ya’ll need to get your urban gossip game up. Bossip is for beginners. The real tea about black celebrities gets spilled between Rhymes with Snitch and a few other places that you can look around for yourself. I’m not putting my self in jeopardy of getting the good stuff. LOL.
I’m just saying.
she protests a bit much… 😉
She has her little digs on twitter as well. She acts superior as if she is above it all. I heard about her and then saw Leann twit Rimes retweeting her stuff. Homewreckers stick together. I don’t care whether the ex wife is a lunatic, you just leave, don’t cheat. The only thing this woman has going for her is she did keep mostly quiet. But then why speak now? It’s been awhile and so there really is no need.
Yes there was definite overlap… and when the mess started popping up on Bossip, YBF, and RWS thats when Gaby said that the Black gossip blogs were the worst and she has nothing to do with them. Alicia Keys took several blows too with her mess.. she hasnt recovered yet.
Soooo….you’re saying she SHOULDN’T defend herself against the homewrecker rumors. It’s not like she’s on Twitter every 5 seconds or doing interviews every 3 days proclaiming her innocence.
She is just soo ageless and beautiful..Gabby it all seems shady and sketchy though. And of course the media will not cover AAs scandals…duh!!Kaiser watch you will be the only one to cover this,
She is very pretty, but she is & has always been a bitch. She left her first husband, a football player, when his career ended & said she was too pretty for him.
I’m sure there was overlap. she wanted Wade & she got him. I hope he sticks to his guns & never marries her.
I don’t know anything about this situation but to be honest she’s always rubbed me the wrong way. I loved her as an actress and sought out some interviews and she is uber snooty. Her personality is not likable to me at all but she is a great actress.
That yellow dress is FUG. Total Carol-Burnett-as-Scarlet vibe there.
I’ve always thought she was so pretty.
If there was overlap, not good, especially with kids involved. And the magazine photo shoot is a bit much too. Why can’t anyone just live their life quietly now?
It’s crazy that women get vilified and not one word is said about the guy who cheated. Sure, I think she’s pathetic, but he’s the one who lied and cheated on his family.
I didn’t know much about her personal life although I was aware of cheatin’ rumors. Thing is I want to like her. I want to believe that she is as nice as she is beautiful. (sigh) Based on some of the posts that don’t even deal with the cheatin’ aspect, she may be a real bitch…and not the good kind. Damn.
I was going to theorize that maybe this story not getting circulated was because Gabrielle isn’t a huge name… but then I remembered that LeAnn isn’t either.
I do agree about the lack of af. am. stories that get around, because I can hardly remember the whole Alicia Keys thing.
Then again, Halle Berry and Mariah get a fair amount of press? I guess once you hit superstardom you’re exempt.
But hey, not having your dirty laundry aired? Maybe something good finally came out of racism!
(…no?)
I’ve always thought Gaby was beautiful and didn’t get enough good roles!
Dwayne Wade has several illegitimate kids with other women. Gaby is one of the many women he cheated on his wife with.
I believe that the husband is 100% at fault for cheating because he made the vows to his wife. However the other woman (provided she knew he was taken)is also at fault. It is morally wrong and as a human being she should treat others better.
Also, If he cheated with you he will cheat on you. And Wade is still sleeping with groupies.
Dwayne Wade’s whole “wholesome” boy image is fake. His ex-wife is a little nutty. And Gaby has slept with several married/engaged men.
here we go again with all the haterade. talking about a subject you know nothing about, jyst beleiving what u want. half of you on hear jyst want to talj like your lives are perfect so to make yourself feel better you talk about a woman that wouldnt know or care about you regardless. we got our young black boys getting killed by ignorance and yet all we want is to still follow lies when the truth is right there. some people only want mess. oh yea while you all bashing dwade and gabby be sure to bash his ex and the man she was with too. the only person that ruined her life was herself. out all the supposedly other women she came at the famous one. thats not rocket science to figure out, but i guess we all arw without sin
Please, if you are going to stand on your pulpit and judge us all, at least learn how to spell check! thank you.
Comparing boys getting killed to this situation is a bit off. One thing has nothing to do with the other. If you’re going to be a celebrity and put yor business out there, then guess what? You are open to criticism and judgment. If Gaby or Dwayne didn’t like it, well then they should’ve thought about their actions.
The players that were with Wade at the time he was going through the divorce do not think too highly of her but some also thought his ex was nuts. It’s been said that Union was after him relentlessly and that he could have anyone he wants. You see these women at basketball games who make it a mission to catch a basketball player, you see them all the time at the games. I don’t blame Wade’s ex for going all Britney at the time of the divorce, she was with him when he was a nobody but sadly her situation is not unusual.
I have nothing against Union but the innocent role is not for her to play in real life
When I was a sophomore in college I met a guy and everything was awesome until a yr later I found out he was married w/2 kids. I emailed the wife and him, he had just left to Iraq, and was pretty much done with the whole thing, done and completly heart broken. The wife emailed me saying that pretty much I was the first and I wouldn’t be the last and to leave her alone, so I did. Halfway through his deployment he started emailing me and pretty much trying to set things up so that when he came back we’d get back together but I just igonred him. So then 3 yrs later, I’m in law school in another state but oddly enough only an hour away from where he got stationed after his deployment and he calls me crying that his wife’s gone crazy and was arrested a week after she had twins bc she’d been running some internet scam for months. He pretty much wanted me to take him back and help him raise his 4 kids while his wife was in jail. I guess this is a long way of saying that yeah, maybe Wade’s ex is batshit, but that doesn’t mean Gaby is saying the truth.
Sounds to me like he made up that story to get you back, a cheating/lying man will make up any fable in order to get a woman to forgive him. Nevertheless; if his story is true, aren’t you glad you dodged that bullet? You would’ve been stuck with his four kids and dealing with his wife all the while he cheated on you too.
When I was a sophomore in college I met a guy & everything was awesome until a yr later I found out he was married w/2 kids. I emailed the wife & him, he had just left to Iraq, & was pretty much done with the whole thing. She emailed me saying that I was the first & I wouldn’t be the last & to leave her alone, so I did. Halfway through his deployment he started emailing me & trying to set things up so that when he came back we’d get back together but I just igonred him. So then 3 yrs later, I’m in law school in another state but oddly enough only an hour away from where he got stationed after his deployment and he calls me crying that his wife’s gone crazy and was arrested a week after she had twins bc she’d been running some internet scam for months. He wanted me to take him back & help him raise his 4 kids while his wife was in jail. I guess this is a long way of saying that yeah, maybe Wade’s ex is batshit, but that doesn’t mean Gaby is saying the truth.
When I was a sophomore in college I met a guy & everything was awesome until a yr later I found out he was married w/2 kids. I emailed the wife & him, he had just left to Iraq, & was pretty much done with the whole thing. She emailed me saying that I was the first & I wouldn’t be the last & to leave her alone, so I did. Halfway through his deployment he started emailing me & trying to set things up so that when he came back we’d get back together but I just igonred him. So then 3 yrs later, I’m in law school in another state but oddly enough only an hour away from where he got stationed after his deployment and he calls me crying that his wife’s gone crazy & was arrested a week after she had twins bc she’d been running an internet scm.He wanted me to take him back & help him raise his 4 kids while his wife was in jail. I guess this is a long way of saying that yeah, maybe Wade’s ex is batshit, but that doesn’t mean Gaby is saying the truth.
When I was in college I met a guy & everything all was great until a yr later I found out he was married w/2 kids. I emailed the wife & him, he had just left to Iraq, & was pretty much done with the whole thing. She emailed me saying that I was the first & I wouldn’t be the last & to leave her alone, so I did. Halfway through his deployment he started emailing me & trying to set things up so that when he came back we’d get back together but I just ignore him. So then 2 yrs later I’m in law school & he calls me crying that his wife’s gone crazy & was arrested a week after she had twins bc she’d been running an internet scam.He wanted me to take him back & help him raise his 4 kids while his wife was in jail. I guess this is a long way of saying that yeah, maybe Wade’s ex is batshit, but that doesn’t mean Gaby is saying the truth.
What I want to know is: whatever happened to that massive a-hole (used to comment on NBC sports, I believe) who left his pregnant-with-twins wife (in the hospital, no less!) for his random assistant (or something)?
Someone point me in the right direction, please.
You are asking about Tiki Barber his Twitter handle is @Barber_Tiki and his wh*re’s Twitter is @TraciLJohnson. He left his wife pregnant with twins and two other kids. He used to be a football player, now he is just a loser.
Thank you, Jazzmin! For the life of me, I couldn’t remember his name; I was able to remember how gross and shameful he was, though.
What kind of person DOES that? UCK.
Newsflash, Gabrielle — there is no ‘high road’ when you get involved with a married man, especially one with young children.
Gabrielle is equally delusional if she thinks he’ll be faithful to her. She’s clearly never heard that quote by Oscar Wilde: “A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position.”
She didn’t respond b/c she couldn’t.
She’s a cleat chaser and got with a man while he was still married. End of story.
I hate a homewrecker. My family was destroyed by one — and I never even knew the person’s name….until he married her when the PROLONGED divorce was finalized, he married her. I blamed him. But believe me, my child did suffer. If you think Gabrielle or LeAnn is bad, you should meet “the new wife” I had to deal with. So, I don’t ever, ever, ever, BLAME crazy on the wife. It is a crazy-making experience to deliver your precious child into the hands of …. lying predators who will stop at nothing….most definately not the sensitive feelings of children…to “defend” what they think is LOVE. This is NOT LOVE AT ALL. It is HOMEWRECKING.
Mothers still have to mother their children’s feelings around this hideous dysfunction. My heart is with the former wife; and of course, with her precious children. It is true homewreckers are always seeking some kind of justification…when there is none. And the husband who cheats is the MAIN PERSON WHO WRECKED THE HOME. But it always takes a woman to cooperate. And to IGNORE a child’s growth and development. Word.
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