Timeline of Dwayne Wade and Gabriell Union's relationship timeline

Piece by: WAMBUI FAITH
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• The two have been trending after Dwayne revealed their marriage struggle

Gabrielle Union & Dwayne Wade
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US basket-baller Dwayne and his actress wife Gabriel Union have been trending.

This was after Dwayne revealed that he was about to leave his celebrity wife after he found out that he had a child with another woman.

He claims that she was the one who was clingy to him. 

In the audio, he is heard saying that it has been 9 years, and still going to therapy about the matter because he said he was sorry but when he left her she still came back.

Below is a timeline of their relationship

Dwayne and Gabriella first met at a Super Bowl party in 2007, where they were both tapped to co-host, it was hardly love at first sight.

Union and Wade first started dating in 2009, but they didn't appear together publicly until July 2010. The duo posed for photos together at the Summer Groove Benefit Dinner in Hollywood, Florida.

A few days later, the couple was seen engaging in a little courtside PDA at Wade's All-Star basketball game at Miami's American Airlines Arena.

In early 2013 the couple revealed that they almost broke up due to career demands that made them take a break from each other.

Telling Glamour(an American magazine)  Union says, "When Dwyane and I broke up briefly in 2013, it was because of distance and scheduling. I finished filming [Being Mary Jane], then I flew to Vegas right away to start shooting Think Like a Man Too. I couldn't take time off, and I missed some quality togetherness we desperately needed … Moving forward, I decided my work schedule has to make sense for our family." 

It was during the break when Dwayne had a baby with one of the Basketball wives, Aja Metoyer as Union reveals.

Later in December 2013, the two announced their engagement in a post shared by Dwayne revealing that she said Yes.

In August 2014, the couple got married in Miami, Florida in an intimate wedding with only family and friends. What's fascinating about their wedding is that it had no bridesmaids and no groomsmen just them and their children.

On August 31 married couple went for their honeymoon in three places including Serengeti in Africa, Maldives, and Seychelles Island.

In 2017 Gabriella revealed her fertility struggles that led them to later in 2018 November 7th Wade became a father to Union's child, Kaava via a surrogate.

This was his fourth child, 2 from his first wife, Siohvaughn Funches, and 1 from Aja Metoyer. 

On 2020 Feb 11 the two came out in support of Zaya who came out as a  transgender girl,  which made him move out of Florida due to the LGBTQ policies.

Zaya came out of the closet at the age of 12.

They first attended their first Met Gala in 2022 and their second one in 2023.

Later in May of the same year, Union disclosed that they always split 50/50 of their bills including the household's finances.

 

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