{"id":388499,"date":"2026-09-02T18:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/388499\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T18:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:20:11","slug":"dwyane-wade-and-gabrielle-union-reflect-on-miami-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/388499\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union reflect on Miami wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dwyane<\/p>\n

Dwyane Wade and wife Gabrielle Union pose for a photograph during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Team USA House.<\/p>\n

John David Mercer<\/p>\n

USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll always have Miami.<\/p>\n

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade celebrated their 12th anniversary on Aug. 30 by looking back on Instagram.<\/p>\n

In separate but similar posts, Wade and Union shared carousels of pictures from around the time they first became a couple in 2010.<\/p>\n

Among the snaps was the Miami Heat legend and \u201cBeing Mary Jane\u201d star exchanging vows during their over the top wedding, held at Chateau Artisan, a castle nestled in Homestead accessible by moat.<\/p>\n

The star-studded affair<\/a> had a guest list for the ages, with folks from both the sports world and Hollywood in attendance, including former teammate LeBron James and rapper Ludacris.<\/p>\n

R&B singer John Legend performed the romantic ballad \u201cYou and I.\u201d Comedian Kevin Hart, Union\u2019s \u201cThink Like A Man\u201d costar, delivered a NSFW speech ( \u201dI apologize for cussing, people, but I\u2019ve been drinking.\u201d). Questlove took on DJ duties. Even the wedding officiant was famous \u2014 \u201cDeliver Us from Eva\u201d actress Essence Atkins, a longtime pal of Union\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were so many \u2018Wow, oh my gosh, this is the best thing ever\u2019 moments,\u201d Union recalled to People<\/a> of the \u201cComing to America\u201d themed nuptials.<\/p>\n

The high-profile pair, now based in L.A., went on to raise Wade\u2019s two kids with his ex, Siohvaughn Funches, as well as his nephew. They also have a daughter of their own, Kaavia, now 7.<\/p>\n

To doubters who said these two wouldn\u2019t last, Wade, 44, and Union, 53, have proven them wrong.<\/p>\n

The couple, who first met in 2007 while hosting party for Super Bowl 41 played at what is now Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, have definitely gone the distance. Struggles throughout their marriage included multiple, failed rounds of IVF (they eventually chose the surrogate route) and Wade\u2019s kidney cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this life, we have learned the lesson of celebrating what we DO have,\u201d read Union\u2019s homage on Sunday. \u201cThrough trials and challenges we have learned to celebrate evolving and learning to be our best selves for each other and our family. Today and every day, I get to celebrate in deep gratitude this life we have built. I love you baby.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the NBA Hall of Famer, his message to his famous wife was short and sweet: \u201c12 years of building a life, a family, and a love that continues to grow. Happy anniversary.\u201d<\/p>\n


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Madeleine Marr<\/a><\/p>\n

Miami Herald<\/p>\n

Celebrity\/real time news reporter Madeleine Marr has been with The Miami Herald since 2003. She has covered such features as travel, fashion and food. In 2007, she helped launch the newspaper\u2019s daily People Page, attending red carpet events, awards ceremonies and press junkets; interviewing some of the biggest names in show business; and hosting her own online show. She is originally from New York City.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dwyane Wade and wife Gabrielle Union pose for a photograph during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-388499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}