{"id":961077,"date":"2026-11-06T22:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T22:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/961077\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T22:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T22:50:15","slug":"wnba-couple-paige-bueckers-azzi-fudd-secretly-split-over-a-year-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/961077\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA couple Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd secretly split ‘over a year’ ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

WNBA players Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd revealed they secretly parted ways a year ago \u2014 before Fudd was drafted into the Dallas Wings in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaige and I have something we want to share with everyone,\u201d Fudd began during the \u201cFudd Around and Find Out\u201d<\/a> podcast on Friday, which saw Bueckers appear as a guest. \u201cWe are no longer together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former couple \u2014 who both play for the Wings \u2014 giggled throughout the announcement, with Bueckers clarifying, \u201cIt\u2019s been a while. It\u2019s been, like, over a year.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cYou know everybody\u2019s gonna be like, \u2018Oh my gosh, they\u2019re teammates, how is this gonna work?\u2019 We were not together before she got drafted, so all those narratives can go to bed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Azzi Fudd and Paige Bueckers, seen visiting \u201cGood Morning America\u201d on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in New York, announced they split a year ago. GC Images<\/p>\n

The former couple, seen playing the Chicago Sky on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, split prior to Fudd being drafted into the Dallas Wings. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Bueckers, 25, said her former partner \u201cwas not drafted because she was my girlfriend, she was drafted because she deserved it.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s an amazing human, amazing basketball player, and we\u2019re still friends,\u201d she explained, adding, \u201cwe\u2019re still cool.\u201d <\/p>\n

Bueckers described their post-split relationship as \u201cthe utmost professional\u201d and noted that though they are \u201cat different points\u201d in their lives, they \u201cstill support each other.\u201d <\/p>\n

There will be a point, Bueckers noted, that they both \u201cwill eventually move on.\u201d <\/p>\n

The pair giggled as they made the announcement on Friday\u2019s \u201cFudd Around and Find Out\u201d podcast episode, as seen above. Fudd Around And Find Out<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still friends,\u201d Buecker said. Fudd Around And Find Out<\/p>\n

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Fudd, 23, said the athletes \u201cdon\u2019t need messages on what the other person\u2019s doing,\u201d to which Bueckers added, \u201cAt the end of the day, we still care about each other. We want the best for each other, and all the negative things can be put aside.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bueckers confirmed her romance<\/a> with Fudd back in July 2025, after months of dating speculation during a red carpet interview with WAG Talk\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHow well do you know your D1 girlfriend?\u201d they asked, after which the WNBA guard correctly answered several questions about Fudd. <\/p>\n

The former couple, pictured here in a social media upload, confirmed their relationship in July 2025. azzi35\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Fudd and Bueckers, seen greeting each other before a game against the Washington Mystics in Arlington, Texas, Monday, May 18, 2026, had faced months of dating speculation before confirming their romance. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Bueckers was also asked what Fudd\u2019s phone case says \u2014 which had previously been revealed via social media to read, \u201cPaige Buckers\u2019 girlfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n

The interviewer then queried the UConn alum, \u201cGirlfriend reveal, it\u2019s\u2026?\u201d to which she confirmed, \u201cAzzi Fudd.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bueckers also shared that Fudd picked out her sneakers for each of her Dallas Wings games \u2014 and that, if her life was \u201con the line,\u201d she\u2019d trust Frudd with the\u00a0\u201clast-second shot\u201d to save her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WNBA players Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd revealed they secretly parted ways a year ago \u2014 before Fudd…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":961078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[49,48,4416,364,368,4269,362,329,82,630],"class_list":["post-961077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrity-breakups","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-dating","tag-celebrity-exes","tag-celebrity-news","tag-podcasts","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961077","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=961077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}