Kyrie Irving had an eventful start to his 2022-23 campaign with a huge controversy. But all that is past him as he is trying to move on from the Brooklyn Nets following a recent trade request. Although people talk a lot about the Nets star, currently he’s managed to keep his personal life private. In 2016, the media widely publicized his relationship with singer-songwriter Kehlani Parrish, but their breakup took an ugly turn when certain rumors circulated. Since then, Irving has managed to keep the details of his current dating life private.

Years later, Irving became engaged to Marlene Wilkerson and the couple decided to have a baby in 2021. Despite the comprehensive documentation of Wilkerson’s pregnancy on her YouTube channel, which boasts a following of over 780k subscribers, fans still remain somewhat unfamiliar with the details of her personal life.

Kyrie Irving and Marlene Wilkerson’s dating life?

Before Wilkerson ever met Irving, she was linked with PSG star Layvin Kurzawa and Irving’s ex-teammate Dexter Strickland. Safe to say, the influencer wasn’t unbeknownst to sports fans before her relationship with the eight-time All-Star.

Wilkerson is a popular social media influencer who met the Nets superstar at his invitational in 2018. A meeting that would change their life forever. According to reports, they fell in love shortly after and got engaged just a year later in 2019. Wilkerson was spotted in various events with a big fat diamond ring wrapped on her finger.

The news was confirmed years later, as in January 2021, Irving announced his engagement to Wilkerson through an Instagram post. The couple’s love for each other was evident and they had a baby in the summer of 2021. Wilkerson comprehensively documented her pregnancy on her YouTube channel which had north of 780,000 subscribers. Irving and his little family seem to be complete at this point, as the 30-year-old guard has another daughter, Azurie Elizabeth Irving, who was born in 2015 from a previous relationship.

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The Brooklyn Nets star has managed to keep his private life off the loop since his earlier relationship with Kehlani Parrish in 2016. A relationship that turned many heads, as it came under a lot of public scrutiny.

The ugly breakup of Kyrie Irving’s previous relationship with Kehlani Parrish

The duo of Kehlani Parrish and Kyrie Irving was extremely charismatic whenever together. Additionally, they were at the top of their respective fields. Hence, they were widely covered back when Irving was a Cleveland Cavaliers star.?

However, they didn’t date for long enough and had a quiet breakup. Keeping the breakup under wraps caused problems as fans speculated that Parrish was being unfaithful to Irving. Following that, the Nets star had to come in and defend the singer-songwriter as he explained their already kaput relationship.

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