Source: WWD / Getty / Gabrielle Union
Here we go, another unnecessary debate about something a celebrity said concerning their household.
Gabrielle Union isn’t shy about sharing anything regarding her marriage. We all remember when she admitted to being a munch revealing her husband, 41-year-old former NBA player Dwyane Wade enjoys his butt being eaten.
As you can imagine, that caused an uproar at the time, and now Union is once again the center of social media discourse, this time it has nothing to do with what goes down in the couple’s bedroom, but instead, it’s all about how they manage their finances.
During an interview with Bloomberg Originals, the 50-year-old actress opened up about splitting everything “50/50” with her husband.
“It’s weird to say I’m head of household because, in this household, we split everything 50/50,” Union said. “But in the other households that each of us have to support, there’s always this gorilla on your back that is like, ‘You better work! You better work! You want to sleep in? Somebody might not eat.’ And it’s hard. It’s hard to let that go, so I’m working on that.”
Union shares a daughter with Wade, 4-year-old Kaavia, whom the couple welcomed via a surrogate, as well as being a stepmother to his other three children from previous relationships. Zaire, 21, and Zaya, 15, whom he shares with his ex-wife Siovaughn Funches and son Xavier, 9, with Aja Metoyer.
The actress says supporting her family motivates her to keep working hard.
“I have more responsibilities for my money,” she said. “I get nervous. Like, ‘Oh god, that movie didn’t open. Well, what does that mean? Am I going to have enough to hold everybody up?’… I’m trying to find peace in the journey, not using my anxiety and scarcity mindset to be my engine, which is hard.”
Gabrielle Union says her and Dwade split their bills 50/50 and she still has anxiety about being financially secure due to all of her responsibilities which forces her to be a workaholic! “You better work b*tch, oh you want to sleep in.” pic.twitter.com/lrvhZ3Ax8Q
— Black Millionaires ® (@Blackmillions_) May 15, 2023
Twitter Had Plenty To Say About Gabrielle Union Splitting Everything 50/50
To be expected, Twitter had plenty of thoughts on the matter and couldn’t believe she was going half on things while being married to a former professional basketball player, who is part owner of an NBA franchise and has other lucrative business deals.
“Gabrielle Union said she go 50/50 with a man who is a part owner of an NBA team. the lights are on but ain’t nobody home,” one Twitter user wrote.
“1. I’m not splitting anything with a man who got 3 kids + a bonus child. 2. I’m not splitting anything with a man who made a bonus child that I gotta look at as a constant reminder. 3. Why does millionaire Gabrielle Union sound like she living paycheck-to-paycheck w/ a husband?” another tweet read.
MSNBC anchor Symone D Sanders Townsend defended Union, saying, “The responsibilities Gabrielle Union refers to is being THE financially successful person in your family. So many folks of her age & younger are the 1st to achieve “real money” – that can be a burden. If you don’t understand ok but let’s not pretend she was saying something else.”
The responsibilities Gabrielle Union refers to is being THE financially successful person in your family. So many folks of her age & younger are the 1st to achieve “real money” – that can be a burden. If you don’t understand ok but let’s not pretend she was saying something else. https://t.co/mcLmIWP5nx
— Symone D. Sanders Townsend (@SymoneDSanders) May 16, 2023
Add this debate to the long list of things Twitter will waste its time on. You can see more reactions in the gallery below.
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Photo: WWD / Getty
1. LOL
Gabrielle Union to DWade in the club: pic.twitter.com/Y2r5Ua3z34
— Frank Rizo
(@FrankRizo_) May 15, 2023
2. No chill
So you telling me Gabrielle Union eating ass, going 50/50 ANDDD he had a baby on her??
lmaoooo if she like it I love it pic.twitter.com/HczAeUGmOa
— AsDiary
(@arixpvv) May 15, 2023
3.
Some people are Gabrielle Union some people are Savannah James, it’s ok to be either, as long as you are being yourself and happy.
— Alabama Barcalounger (@Kyla_Lacey) May 15, 2023
4.
Many of the Men praising Savannah James as the ultimate in Black Womanhood would, if she were their wife, expect her to also bring home Gabrielle Union paychecks.
Both Women are amazing – it’s some of y’all Men and the Women who listen to them who are broken. pic.twitter.com/hIfWWcoUag
— Serious Black
(@NicsuPR) May 16, 2023
5.
Damn, Gabrielle Union gladly goes 50/50 on the bills (with a rich man) and y’all still mad?
At a certain point, you gotta go lay on someone’s couch or just admit you don’t like women.
— KJ (@shhhhandread) May 17, 2023
6. Bingo
I haven't said anything in Gabrielle Union because I think any discussion occurring around her and her husband's finances are very unserious considering you don't know these folks and their finances, nor the rest of their life with one another.
— Jior, Your Birth Bestieeee (@JiorJette) May 17, 2023
7.
Imagine being Gabrielle Union & checking twitter, only to see a person who knows nothing about you out here therapising, writing think pieces about your life & psychological + mental state b'se they heard that in your house, you decided to go 50/50 on bills with your partner
— Atuhaire J Sherura (@julzsherura) May 17, 2023
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Hyper independence is a trauma response. What Gabrielle Union is describing is poverty trauma and/or her inability to trust anyone else which makes sense since the man she’s married to had a whole baby with someone. https://t.co/WbBF9AA4d2
— Barbie (@abarbyworld) May 16, 2023
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Gabrielle Union is a multimillionaire married to a multimillionaire. Better don’t worry about which bills they are splitting and focus on your bills that are due.
— Ozzy (@ozzyetomi) May 16, 2023
11.
I love Gabrielle Union’s transparency as a nosey bitch myself, but she shares too much. No reason ppl on the internet should know you go 50/50 with your husband and eat his ass. Like Gabby,…cmon now. pic.twitter.com/xZxy6EHpd0
— ꕥ ꪖnjali jael ꕥ (@planetanjali) May 16, 2023
12.
Women are terrified of 50/50 because the unpaid labour is rarely 50/50 – so women end up being exploited. This is a working class, poor people issue. Please stop projecting on to millionaires Gabrielle Union, and Dwayne Wade.
— Goddess of BLACK. (@xm_muva) May 16, 2023
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Gabrielle Union out here splitting bills 50/50 with a man worth $170M … Angela Simmons out here buying her man a car for his bday ….The pendulum is swinging gentleman I believe brighter days is ahead of us… pic.twitter.com/vd3EC14Jhv
— Zacharias (@sirzachariasss) May 17, 2023
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At a certain point, you gotta go lay on someone’s couch or just admit you don’t like women.