Dwyane Wade says telling Gabrielle Union about fathering a child with someone else was the 'hardest thing'
Dwyane Wade is ready to let people into his life with the release of his documentary, 'D. Wade: Life Unexpected'. The documentary is expected to show some of the most memorable moments from his life while also shedding light on his highs and lows. Another thing that the viewers will get to see is how Wade told his then-girlfriend, Gabrielle Union that he had fathered a child with someone else.
Union and Wade started dating in 2008 and he fathered a child, his 6-year-old son, Xavier, in 2013, when the two were on a break. At that time, Wade was already a father to Zaire, 18 and Zaya, 12, as well as guardian to his nephew, Dahveon, 18. Union and Wade tied the knot in 2014 and later welcomed daughter, Kaavia.
"I had a child with someone else and I had to tell her. The hardest thing I’ve ever had to do is man up and tell Gabrielle Union that I’ve had a child with somebody else," he says in the documentary, as reported by ET Online. "I couldn’t sleep. I wasn’t eating."
He further continued, "When you hold something in that you know is going to come out and 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," Wade continues. "... Me and Gab just went through something that you never want to go through and we still came out of it."
The documentary will be highlighting some of the videos and moments that haven't been seen by the fans before. It will also shed light on the relationship between Gabe and Wade. Wade's manager revealed that when he was in college, he used to have posters of Union in his room. Soon, their relationship blossomed and in 2013 Wade decided to pop the big question.
He recalls that his children helped him with the proposal. "She wasn't just marrying me, she was marrying all this baggage," he said.
The pair later welcomed their daughter, Kaavia through a surrogate, an experience that Wade says led him to retire from basketball in 2019.
"That was my push away from the game. It was time. There just came a point when I had to look in the mirror and say, 'What more do you want out of this?'" he said.