{"id":102575,"date":"2025-08-28T05:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T05:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/102575\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T05:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T05:54:07","slug":"queen-latifahs-son-rebel-makes-rare-public-appearance-with-mom-courtside-at-wnba-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/102575\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Latifah\u2019s Son Rebel Makes Rare Public Appearance with Mom Courtside at WNBA Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<br \/>\nQueen Latifah had a night out with her son Rebel, whom she shares with her partner Eboni NicholsThe Girls Trip actress typically keeps her personal life private, making their WNBA appearance a rare one\u201cI\u2019ve always envisioned myself with a big family, I\u2019m a late bloomer,\u201d she previously told PEOPLE Now<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/queen-latifah\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queen Latifah<\/a> and her son Rebel had a rare night out as the two attended a WNBA game this week.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Photos taken at the Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn on Monday, Aug. 25, showed the Equalizer alum, 55, posing with her child for a fun photo op with players from the Connecticut Sun.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Aaliyah Edwards and Bria Hartley gathered around the star and her little boy as they all smiled while standing on the basketball court.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p> Queen Latifah and her son Rebel with Connecticut Sun players on Aug. 25.<\/p>\n<p>Catalina Fragoso\/NBAE via Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Another photo showed the mother-son duo snapping it up with Jonquel Jones, a member of the opposing team, the New York Liberty.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The 31-year-old center wore a white version of her team\u2019s uniform, while Rebel wore the alternate seafoam color, which coincidentally is the <a href=\"https:\/\/liberty.wnba.com\/news\/new-york-liberty-pay-homage-to-citys-rich-basketball-history-with-2023-wnba-nike-rebel-uniforms\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2023 WNBA Nike Rebel Edition<\/a> jersey.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> It features the word \u201cEquality\u201d at the top, and the best-selling item was released to represent the Liberty\u2019s ongoing commitment to equality and social justice.\n<\/p>\n<p> Queen Latifah and her son Rebel on August 25, 2025 at Barclays Center.<\/p>\n<p>Catalina Fragoso\/NBAE via Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Latifah shares her son with partner Eboni Nichols, 47. The Living Single alum is private about her personal life and typically keeps them both out of the public eye.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;I will probably be six months pregnant before anyone knows about it and I won\u2019t talk about the baby until after it\u2019s born,&#8221; she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/entertainment\/article\/queen-latifah-in-the-secret-life-of-bees-3266087.php\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SF Gate<\/a> in 2008.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> On March 19, just one day after Latifah\u2019s milestone birthday, she, Eboni and Rebel were seen at an NBA game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets at Crypto.com Arena in L.A.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_24-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The family seems to be big fans of sports.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> In late July 2024, Rebel joined the Just Wright actress on a trip to Paris as the pair cheered on Team USA <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/queen-latifah-makes-rare-appearance-with-son-rebel-at-olympics-8686378\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at the Summer Olympics<\/a>. For the outing, Rebel wore a Lakers jersey and a Nike headband as Latifah waved an American flag in the stands.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> He made his first public appearance with his mom when he was approximately 4 years old, as they attended a Harlem Globetrotters basketball game at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Latifah later acknowledged her little family when she received the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/bet-awards-2021-queen-latifah-receives-lifetime-achievement-award\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BET Lifetime Achievement Award<\/a> in 2021.\n<\/p>\n<p> Queen Latifah, 2025 Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>Savion Washington\/Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Eboni, my love. Rebel, my love,&#8221; she said onstage at the end of her speech, adding, \u201cHappy Pride.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_35-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Set It Off star has also made past remarks about wanting to grow her family.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_37-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_39-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cI\u2019ve always envisioned myself with a <a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?v=nRYu5Csgocc\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">big family<\/a>, I\u2019m a late bloomer,\u201d she previously told PEOPLE Now.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_41-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> \u201cI\u2019m a late bloomer with a lot of things and you know \u2014 nobody\u2019s perfect. I\u2019m an overachiever in some ways and just like slow as molasses in other ways,\u201d Latifah continued. \u201cI think I kind of needed to grow and mature and get everything kind of taken care of with everything before I was able to really deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Queen Latifah had a night out with her son Rebel, whom she shares with her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,82,630],"class_list":{"0":"post-102575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wnba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-wnba"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}