And by the looks of it, she isn’t slowing down anytime soon.
So what else is there to know about her beyond herIMDbresume?
This is the untold truth of Gabrielle Union.
“This isn’t like a self-indulgent money grab.
I wanna be regarded as a real writer, not a celebrity writer.”
“I’m brutally honest with the stuff that I’m willing to talk about,” she continued.
“That I can kind of just lay it out there.”
That’s a brave move, especially for someone so famous.
The experience was paralyzing for Union, who has been scarred for life by the encounter.
“Twenty-four years later, fear still influences everything I do.”
That’s in spite of the fact that her assailant received a 30-year prison sentence for the crime.
As horrific as the experience was for Union, she continues to tell her story to help others.
“Even as I was driving away people were flagging down my car in tears.”
“I cried a lot.
“So I had them down by the pool, and I had them make their own signs.
I had each one say, ‘Will you marry us?'”
That’s super sweet, Dwyane.
Once the plan was in action, Wade brought Union out to the pool for the big reveal.
Then they all asked her to marry them and she said yes!
In reality,motherhood isn’t quite like how it seems in the movies.
“It looked hard.
I wanted a life of flitting around the country and lack of responsibility and all that.”
“Then he got full custody,” she continued.
“I signed up for the boys quicker than I signed up for him.”
And thus Union became a mother, and learned that she loved it.
“I make a vision board every year,” she revealed in an interview withRed Book.
“That’s helped me to stop feeling suspicious of joy.
That sounds like a super cool thing to do.
“We were actively trying IVF but also trying naturally.”
So what was important for them in a surrogate?
She shared her thought process in an interview withShondaland.
There was no need for us to micromanage.”
“Every surrogacy journey is wildly different,” she continued.
We were together quite a lot.”
She added that they’re still in communication with their surrogate today.
“So much of the Instagram life is creating these perfect illusions, right?
People have kids even through surrogacy or IVF or whatever and the kids just appear.
Rarely do we hear how,” she explained in an interview withGlamour.
“What was the journey?
Without understanding what got to baby, it feels like easy and overnight.”
And that was definitely not the case for them.
Little Kaavia even has her ownInstagrampage, where you might follow her and see all of her silly antics.
That’s a deliberate move on Union’s part, who wants to spread some light into the world.
“She brings me joy.”
Certainly that’s how she maintains her seriously lean bod.
Rather, she thinks of her fitness regimen as central to her overall well-being.
“So when I feel overwhelmed, it really helps with my anxiety.
I didn’t love my nose, I didn’t love my hair.
I didn’t love anything.
I didn’t love my body.”
Union even used to try and make her lips look less full when she was younger for appear whiter.
Union had a role in the project, which was helmed by director Nate Parker.
“She so deserves people to see her performance.
She’s such a feminist,” she proclaimed in an interview withHarper’s Bazaar.
“She’s this young dynamo.
This could have been her big break.”
Indeed the film’s failure had fallout beyond tarnishing Nate Parker’s reputation.
“It’s like we all got thrown out,” she explained.
“It’s like the baby and the bathwater all went down the drain.”
Why did Gabrielle Union leave America’s Got Talent?
“I was able to, again, express my unfiltered truth.
I led with transparency and my desire and hope for real change.”
Unfortunately, Gabrielle Union’s contract was not renewed, and the controversy around her departure continues to unfold.
“It wasit.I’m trying to create that same feeling, but a bunch of those.
We are so here for this!
“I’m not here to serve Hollywood,” she continued.
“I’m not here to serve the one percent.
I’m not here to serve the Talented Ten.
At the end of the day, I’m Nickie Union from Omaha, Nebraska.”
