Oscar Nomination Couldn’t Relieve Dwyane Wade’s Jealousy Over “Exclusion”: “Being a Father of Zaya Wade…”

Dwyane Wade recently clinched his first Oscar nomination. The NBA veteran is on cloud nine with the success of his documentary titled The Barber of Little Rock. Wade was an executive producer on the project that focuses on America’s widening racial wealth gap from the eyes of a local barber.

Currently on a promotional run for the project and celebrating the Oscar nomination, Wade unveiled that he is still jealous, or rather having FOMO because he’s missing out on the community experience.

During his recent appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the 3x NBA champion talked about the Oscar-nominated documentary and his daughter Zaya. Wade said, “I feel like I’ve been a storyteller my entire life. For me to be able to accomplish things that I have in life, I had to tell myself the most unbelievable story ever”. As for his documentary, the NBA veteran said that it is a very important story and he wanted to be a part of it because of that. He said, “These are the things that I personally identify with, whether it’s the community I grew up with that is very similar to The Barber of Little Rock and also being a father of Zaya Wade who is transgender.”

“I was actually a little jealous that I wasn’t there, ’cause I’m like I need that community. I need a community of fathers who I can ask questions to, I can throw things off of,” Wade added.

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Dwyane Wade’s Oscar inspiration was Kobe Bryant

The late, great Kobe Bryant was and continues to be an inspiration for many athletes across the world. However, it came as a surprise when D Wade unveiled that the Black Mamba was the reason why he started chasing an Oscar for his resume. After retirement, Kobe won an Oscar for his short film Dear Basketball which he wrote and narrated. So after Wade was done with his Hall of Fame career, it was time for him to follow in Kobe’s footsteps and he has been successful so far.

During his appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s show, Wade said, “I remember when Kobe won his Oscar. One, it showed me and it taught me, like, if you get behind something that you’re really passionate about, that people can feel your heartbeat through it, then great things can happen.” Wade has proven himself to be a true student of the game and this Oscar nomination seems like is the first of many.

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