By: Amanda Anderson-Niles
Gabrielle Union is still in serious press mode as she promotes “Being Mary Jane,” and she’s been giving women some interesting relationship advice for someone who watched her own man go out and get another woman pregnant.
In a recent interview with Glamour Magazine, Gabby gives more relationship advice and revealed that she almost didn’t date Dwyane Wade because she felt his “resume” wasn’t up to par. She says:
“When I met Dwyane, his ‘résumé’ looked like crap: athlete, going through a divorce, nine years younger than me. None of that screamed, ‘Let’s have a lasting relationship.’ Then, after I had a heart-crushing breakup with yet another immature jerk, I thought, it can’t be any worse if I date a fetus. Let’s just see what happens. Turned out he’d been on his own since he was 15. He had wisdom that comes with facing an insane amount of adversity. He’s sweet, funny, honest about his shortcomings. When I put my preconceived notions to the side, I found someone cool.”
She also says that she had to think long and hard about getting back together with D Wade after their “break”:
“When you’re debating whether to go backward or forward, you have to look at the original issue. [When Dwyane and I broke up briefly in 2013], it was because of distance and scheduling. I finished filming the show, 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. Over the summer, I reassessed priorities. I’d always wanted an awesome career with back-to-back projects, but I realized I wasn’t willing to sacrifice my relationship for it. Moving forward, I decided my work schedule has to make sense for our family. Bottom line: If an issue’s a deal breaker, it’s a deal breaker. If your relationship isn’t something you’re willing to give up and you can compromise, do so.”
Gabby also took some gorgeous photos for the magazine too:
What do you think about Gabby’s advice?
So she’s still going to pretend she started fooling with him after his marriage was over. LOL.
She’s never going to admit what we already know. And judging by D Wade’s resume she speaks of, he probably lied to her about his wife too. He probably told her they were already separated and they really weren’t.
Of course.
She should have went with her original thought about him. He’s obviously still not very good at relationships.
Cosign.
I agree however, it’s her life to live. All we can do is sit back and watch. She’s in her 40s and has to eventually wake up and see this for what it is herself.
Okay she has to be trolling. She has to be saying all this hypocritical stuff to get publicity for her show because this is just getting out of hand.
I’ve lost so much respect for this chick. I get that she’s in love but how stupid is she going to allow this man to make her look? I mean really.
She’s the real life Mary Jane. Talk about irony.
Ain’t it crazy?
She’s so gorgeous! I wish she wasn’t with D Wade tho!
I’m rooting for Gabby and I sincerely hope she makes it out on top after all of this. PS. her show is the bomb! Dare I say more addictive than Scandal! Go Gabby!
I wish she would just be quiet because she is truly pathetic. She is blaming herself for Wade cheating SMH. Now she is sacrificing the little piece of career she has left for someone who has proven to be a cheater. What is Wade suppose to sacrifice? Relationships are about sacrifice from BOTH not just the woman. Keep in mind y’all this coming from a 40+ year old woman. See what happens when an older woman who still doesn’t realize her worth and is getting desperate just to be with a man.
SMH. She should have never gotten invoked with D Wade. Oh well. Some people never learn from their mistakes.
But would she still be dealing with D Wade if he wasn’t a rich athlete? I doubt it.
Women are really losing in 2014. Smh.
Stop trolling Gabrielle. You can’t be this naive to really mean the things you’re saying given your current situation, right?
Gabby’s friends and family need to step in and give this woman an intervention. She will be a step mom to four kids and she will probably never have her own messing with this loser.
STOP JUST STOP!!! The more she talks the more annoyed with her I become! Seriously, she is ready to sacrefice her career for him when he won’t/can’t do the same for her which is the cause of their break?! Really Gabby?! For people like them they have to expect/know and understand that they will have periods of time when they can’t spend the time they want with each other without the other feeling neglected and running off to the first pair of available open legs and thinking they need to step back from their careers; the things the love to do! Ugh! At this point it’s whatever with both of them! I wish them luck becasue they are certainly gonna need it!
So, while they’re on a “break” she realizes her relationship comes first and that everything else would pretty much have to work around it. But on that same break, he sleeps with another woman…unprotected…and gets her pregnant. I see where she’s coming from with the sacrifice and all, but signs aren’t pointing to that whole being “equally yoked” thing we strive for. This just doesn’t scream longevity to me. But whatever. I get that she’s doing press for the show, but she needs not talk too much more about her relationship with D. Wade. It’s doing more harm than good.
How about we look at the other side of this. She can’t really say much about the affair coz there is a baby. It’s kind of a no go area. I really hope D Wade has decided to settle down. I don’t know him so I can’t comment on his weaknesses. But, if he’s still messy around – it will all come out one day. It always does.