Gabrielle Union & Dwyane Wade’s Kids Told Her To Quit Acting: ‘Dad Is Rich’
While joining Gwyneth Paltrow on her ‘Goop‘ podcast, Gabrielle Union reveals that her and Dwyane Wade‘s kids — Zaya Wade, 13, Zaire Wade, 19, and nephew Dahveon Morris, 19 — told her to quit acting and hosting, claiming, “Dad is rich.”
The 48-year-old actress explains, “They had gotten into this stage as pre-teens where they just wanted us to be like other families. They had looked up how much their dad made and they thought that I should not work. I should just be at home like the other moms of their friends because ‘dad is rich and you should just stay home and we should be a normal family like everyone else.’”
Union says the kids continued to question why she’d even want to work after marrying her now-39-year-old NBA baller husband in 2014. She continues, “They just wanted to be normal, whatever that is. By the time we got married, it was just I think relief for them, which isn’t always an emotion you associate with kids in this situation. And they were like, ‘We’re a normal family! Wait. You’re leaving. And dad’s still rich. What’s happening here?’” However, Union eventually explained that her decision to continue working was a personal choice for herself versus financially-driven.
She shared, “’Sometimes, women want to work and have a career and just do other things and this is what makes me who I am. It doesn’t mean I love you any less or I don’t want the job or I don’t love being your stepmother. I will do my best to be here for all of the things that you want me to be here [for] while at the same time, making sure that space for mom or dad is there. It is the golden seat of honor, always.’ And we just move that way.“