The two use the platform to open up about their romance and potential marriage plans.
It’s the cover we’ve all been waiting for!! The couple shares some serious spotlight in the February issue of Essence magazine. At this time, he also has custody of his nephew, Dahveon. March 2011Īfter a long legal battle, the NBA player is awarded sole custody of Zaire and Zaya, his two children with Siohvaughn. So, it was like, obviously you’re not telling the truth,” she said.
“We were submitting plenty of proof for the times said I was in Miami. Why? Because her life is “just too easy to track,” Gabrielle explains to JET magazine in 2012, per Us Weekly. The case ends up being dismissed, since Gabrielle is able to prove she had nothing to do with the breakup. At the event, which benefits the former NBA star’s Wade’s World Foundation, the couple is photographed together, though they have yet to confirm anything about their ‘ship publicly.Īlso around this time, Dwyane’s ex-wife files a lawsuit against the athlete and actress for “emotional distress,” per the Boston Herald. More than three years after their 2007 Super Bowl intro, Gabrielle goes to (surprise, surprise) Miami to attend Dwyane’s “Summer Groove” charity event. Other famous faces spotted out that night are basketball player and host Alonzo Mourning, rapper Sandra “Pepa” Denton, and sports commentator Kenny Smith. The two are seen together at a Zo Summer Groove Publix charities benefit dinner called “Deco After Dark” in Hollywood, Florida. (The former couple also shares a son named Zaire.) Amid the divorce proceedings, rumors begin to swirl that the ex pro-baller is secretly dating Gabrielle, which Dwyane responds to by reaching out to the actress, apologizing for the gossip, and extending a friendly olive branch, which doesn’t stay just “friendly” very long because… July 2009 Schechter Getty Images June 2007ĭwyane officially files for separation from Siohvaughn, who had given birth to their second baby Zaya a month earlier. He was on the other side of the room holding bible study.” A truly unusual start, indeed!Įliot J. “None of that screamed, ‘Let’s have a lasting relationship.’” So despite the fact that her future husband is literally! right! there!, fans find out through Essencethat the actress ends up “ on one side of the room with my people…We like to party and he doesn’t drink at all. “When I met Dwyane, his ‘résumé’ looked like crap: athlete, going through a divorce, nine years younger than me,” Gabrielle ultimately tells Glamourin January 2014. Dwyane is four months shy of getting a divorce from his high-school sweetheart Siohvaughn Funches, and Gabrielle divorced then-husband Chris Howard a year prior (not to mention, she’s also dating someone new at the time of the party). However, the two just so happen to be at, well, interesting points in their lives. It’s on this day that Gabrielle and Dwyane, who were both hired by promoters to host a Super Bowl party, meet for the first time.
The first encounter! Picture this: the Indianapolis Colts are playing the Chicago Bears at the Super Bowl, Prince is headlining the halftime show, the game itself is in Miami…and life is good.