Despite kissing a few frogs in her lifetime, Gabrielle seemingly found her prince in her husband Dwyane Wade. The couple met in 2007 while Dwyane was still married to his first wife and the mother of two of his children, Siohvaughn Funches. However, Gabrielle and Dwyane didn’t make their romance official until 2009, after Dwyane and Siohvaughn divorced.

Throughout the couple’s early years, Dwyane’s fans accused Gabrielle of having an affair with him while he was married. The rumors continued swirling when Siohvaughn sued the Cadillac Records star for “emotional distress” in May 2010. However, the case was later dismissed in court, and Gabrielle and Dwyane were still going strong until 2013, when they decided to take a break due to their hectic schedules.

Eventually, Dwyane and Gabrielle got back together. Soon after, the former Miami Heat athlete told her a woman named Aja Metoyer became pregnant with his baby while they were broken up. Aja gave birth to Dwyane’s son Xavier in 2014. Although Gabrielle stood beside her man, she reflected on the problematic time years later.

“It should go without saying that we were not in a good place at the time that child was conceived," she wrote in a 2021 essay for Time about Dwyane’s baby news. “But we were doing much better when he finally told me about the pregnancy. To say I was devastated is to pick a word on a low shelf for convenience."

Despite her disappointment in the man she loved, she and Dwyane moved forward in their relationship. They became engaged in 2013 and had a gorgeous wedding and honeymoon in the Maldives in August 2014. In 2018, Dwyane and Gabrielle expanded their family when they welcomed their daughter Kaavia James Union Wade through surrogacy.

In addition to Gabby and Dwyane being #couplesgoals for some, the lovebirds and business owners also win in the parenting department. Gabrielle is the stepmother to Dwayne’s children Zaire, Xavier, and Zaya, and has fiercely supported them.

Since Zaya came out as transgender in 2020, Gabrielle and Dwyane have been praised for their unwavering love and protection for their daughter.