In recent years, she has continued to balance her acting career with being a wife and mother.
But Gabrielle Union admitted that her children did not always want her to try to balance her career with family life.
The 48-year-old LA best star told Gwyneth Paltrow in a recent episode of The Goop Podcast that her children thought they should stop working because of how much money her husband Dwyane Wade was bringing.
Working mother: 48-year-old Gabrielle Union told Gwyneth Paltrow in a recent episode of The Goop Podcast that her children once wanted to stop working because her husband, Dwyane Wade, was rich enough. ”; seen in February 2020
“They had reached this stage as pre-teens, where they just wanted to be like other families,” Gabrielle explained.
“They looked at what their father did and thought I shouldn’t work – I should be home like the other mothers of their friends, because” my father is rich and you should stay home and we should be a normal family like everyone else. “‘
She added that she thought the children felt “relieved” after she and Dwyane got married in 2014, after four years of dating, although they still wanted the traditional family dynamic they had seen from some of the families. their friends.
“They just wanted to be normal, whatever that was,” she continued. “When we got married, I think it was a relief for them, which is not always an emotion you associate with children in this situation. And they said, “Ah, we’re a normal family! Wait. Go away. And Dad’s still rich, so what’s going on here?”
Noting: “They reached this stage as pre-teens, where they just wanted to be like other families,” Gabrielle explained.
Accordingly: She said her older stepchildren saw friends whose mothers stayed home and did not work
Gabrielle had to explain to her children that women can have goals and passions beyond their families.
“Sometimes women want to work and have a career and just do other things and that makes me who I am,” she told them. “” It doesn’t mean I love you less or I don’t want the job or I don’t like being your stepmother. “
She added: “I will do my best to be here for all the things you want me to be here for. [for] at the same time, making sure there is room for mom or dad. It is always the golden seat of honor. And we move like that. “
She had the most problems with her eldest stepchildren, Dwyane’s son, Zaire, 19 years ago, Zaya’s daughter, 13, and his nephew Dahveon Morris, 19, who lives with them.
They also raise Dwyane’s seven-year-old son from a previous relationship, Xavier Zechariah, and Gabrielle and the basketball star share a two-year-old daughter named Kaavia James, who was born to a surrogate.
Different strokes: “Sometimes women want to work and have a career and just do other things and that makes me who I am,” Gabrielle told her children. Gwyneth admitted that she also had difficulties as a new stepmother, although fortunately, the children were the same age as hers.
Large family: The Bring It On Star married Dwyane Wade, 39, in 2014. Gabrielle had the most problems with her oldest stepchildren, the son of Dwyane Zaire, 19 years ago. daughter Zaya, 13, and her nephew Dahveon Morris, 19, who lives with them
Younger children: Dwyane’s seven-year-old son Xavier also grows up, and Gabrielle and the sports star share a two-year-old daughter named Kaavia, who was born to a surrogate.
The Bring It On Star married Wade, 39, in 2014.
Elsewhere on the podcast, Gabrielle admitted that she used family experiences with her stepmother to guide how to be a good stepparent.
She said she “tried to do the opposite of what I thought my stepmother had done wrong or could have done better.”
She said her biological parents, Sylvester and Theresa, divorced “amicably” after 30 years together, and Sylvester later married a new wife.
She urged the new stepparents to share their true stepson.
“Whoever you are, just be consistent so that everyone can get used to who the hell you really are and not do an act and then the mask falls off,” she urged.
She also could not talk enough to stay “above the fight” and not tell the children anything negative about the other parent.
Proud: Gabrielle has admitted that she does the “opposite” of what her stepmother has done in many situations while trying to parent her children with Dwyane.