Dwyane Wade was all smiles as he and his spouse, Gabrielle Union, took his daughter Zaya to tour schools.
“We’re within the School Visits season!!!” Wade, 42, wrote by way of Instagram on Saturday, March 23, alongside a carousel of photographs and clips from their journey.
In a single snap, Wade and Zaya, 16, regarded again on the digicam as they stood subsequent to one another with an umbrella overhead. In one other video, Zaya and Union, 51, walked facet by facet down a brick path with a tree cover above them.
Wade shares Zaya, in addition to 22-year-old son Zaire, with ex-wife Siohvaughn Funches. He’s additionally a father to son Xavier, whom he welcomed in 2013 with ex Aja Metoyer. Wade and Union share daughter Kaavia James, who was born in 2018.
‘Wade has seemingly had a robust bond with Zaya by the years. The NBA champion has been outspoken about his assist for his daughter after she got here out as transgender.
“To start with, me and my spouse, Gabrielle Union, we’re proud mother and father of a kid within the LGBTQ+ group, and we’re proud allies as effectively,” he shared throughout an look on The Ellen DeGeneres Present in February 2020. “We take our roles and our duties as mother and father very critically.”
Wade famous that he and Union needed to offer Zaya “the very best alternative to be her finest self.” He recalled a dialog he’d beforehand had, saying, “I stated, ‘You’re a chief. You’re a chief, and this is a chance to permit you to be a voice.’ Proper now it’s by us as a result of she’s 12 years previous, however finally, will probably be by her.”
Almost two years later, Wade’s relationship with Funches, 42, made headlines when she filed a petition to reject Zaya from legally altering her title and gender. Within the submitting obtained by Us Weekly, Funches claimed that Wade was “positioned to revenue” from Zaya’s authorized request.
Wade, for his half, slammed Funches in a put up by way of Instagram.
“Whereas none of us are stunned by Siohvaughn’s try to battle Zaya’s id and her unwavering try to pull my title by the mud, I’m very disenchanted that she constantly discover methods of centering herself and HER wants, with out regard to her kids,” he wrote. “All I ever needed was to have my parenting time uninterrupted, as I knew that it could be a really tough time for our youngsters to navigate their new regular.”
He continued, “So as a substitute of truly making an attempt to coparent over time, she’s left her residence to see extra attorneys and has taken the time to speak to extra attorneys since I filed for divorce, than she’s left her residence to truly see or have really spoken and LISTENED to Zaya over all these years.”
In February 2023, Us confirmed {that a} choose authorised Zaya’s request to legally change her title and gender.