Gabrielle and Dwyane met while hosting a Superbowl party together in 2007. She was immediately accused of stealing the NBA player from his wife Siohvaughn Funches, something she vehemently denies.
Gabrielle said that her first impression of the three-time NBA champion wasn’t all that appealing. Starting with his past relationship “résumé,that she said “looked like crap: athlete, going through a divorce, 9 years younger than me."
They started dating in 2009 and got engaged in December of 2013. Dwayne proposed to Gabrielle with the help of his kids. However, shortly after the engagement a controversy broke when Dwyane admitted to fathering a son named Xavier Zechariah Wade (born 2013) with longtime acquaintance Aja Metoyer, conceived during a temporary split from Gabrielle. Aja Metoyer is also the mother of Damon Wayans Jr.'s two kids. In an interview with Glamour magazine, Gabrielleblamed her career for the split with Wade. The two have since reconciled their relationship.
Gabrielle and Dwyane broke up, but briefly after the break up they reconciled and were back to planning the wedding. Although Dwyane's net worth is much larger than Gabrielle, she insisted that he would sign a prenup.
The couple already have a date for the wedding, which they have yet disclosed.