Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union may have tied the knot back in August, but that certainly doesn't mean that Mrs. Union will be slowing down the career that made her into the actress and model that she is today.
In a recent interview with Yahoo Style, Union explained exactly what that sort of professional independence means to her, and how it culminated in a prenuptial agreement that the couple signed in order to "protect [her] stuff."
When asked about the prenup, her response was priceless:
For women in Hollywood, when they’re coupling, everything is about the brand. Everything is about latching on to a rising star, so you can kick your heels up. That’s never been my story, ever. I make sure to let people know all of the hard work that’s gone into my career. I want people to know the work that it took to get through UCLA, that I had student loans and worked. I was eating Top Ramen and lived well below my means. Now that it’s time to get married to a man who happens to play basketball and has done well for himself, I want to make it clear that I have in no way hitched my wagon to his star. I have my own wagon and star.
We couldn't have said it better ourselves, Gabrielle. The new Mrs. Dwyane Wade is certainly in a committed relationship, but that doesn't mean she needs to stop being Miss Independent.
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[via Page Six]
