Dwyane Wade had quite the confession.
The Miami Heat great openly admitted to playing dress-up in his sister’s clothes and heels when he was a kid. Wade revealed his childhood explorations in a discussion about parenting on the “I Am Athlete” podcast. Wade, a father of four, said he wanted to be that parent who loves his children “unconditionally” and “selflessly.”
The 40-year-old said he and his wife, actress Gabrielle Union, realized his son/daughter was different at an early age.
“At three years old, me and my wife looked at each other and said, ‘What if? What if Zaya comes home – at the time, the name was Zion – if Zion comes home and says ‘Dad I’m gay…’ What are you gonna do, sir?”
Wade said:
“The reason we looked at each other is because… as kids, I used to put on heels, I used to put on, I used to do all those things. I’d try to put on, whatever my sisters wear, whatever my sisters did, I’d try to do those things. So at first, I said to myself, ‘Ah no, I did that. Zion is just doing the things I did. And then it went further and further and me and my wife had to look at each other and say ‘What if?'”
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Dwyane Wade retired from the NBA in 2019. If he decided to play just one more year, he would’ve faced his good friend LeBron James in the NBA Finals.
