Then when he became famous, he saw the type of women he could get, but still had the girlfriend in the rotation and had some kids with her. His fiance and mother of his kids was his high school sweetheart, so he had an ongoing relationship with her, and thought she'd be as good as he could get(pre-fame). I was suprised by the reader's comment I posted at R1. How prevalent do you think the gay rumors are? How legitimate do you think they are? If I follow the stereotypes about gays and sports, you may very well be. So I'm the only one who's seen him flirting with girls at games, cheerleaders, even the girlfriends of others players? The LeBron talk was an extension of the Crosby discussion in that he was pointed out as another athlete like Crosby. The posters there all sounded pretty knowledgable about the NHL. One poster even directed them to a site where there was plenty of discussion about his liasons. I am not kidding when I say suggestions that Crosby's NHL image was being confused for real life were slammed as fangirl talk. He's also supposed to be unattached much like the way that John Lennon was in early Beatles days. He's kept squeaky clean for PR and marketing. On the heels on the NHL's strike, Crosby became Gary Bettman's wetdream. The line of thought was that since Crosby said he didn't date and was never seen with women that it's likely that he's gay. This is what posters were saying on the Crosby thread that existed in 2009/2010, not the current one. It's not my logic about James or my contention about Crosby. Sorry, I didn't express myself well in the OP. She's been there for a long time and I wanted her to continue to be there with me, so I felt like at that moment it was time.Like Crosby, never associated with women? On what planet does having a live-in girlfriend and two kids equal 'no women? "I had been thinking about it for a while, but it just came to me one day and I was like, 'This is a part of growth for me.' This is the lady and the woman I have been with through all the good and all the bad. It felt like before a finals game," LeBron later told Oprah Winfrey in 2012. A few minutes after midnight, Savannah said yes to marrying LeBron and a reported $300,000 sparkler. He asked Dwyane Wade to hold the pear-shaped diamond ring all night, right up until the ball dropped. Nearly three years later, on June 14, 2007, the couple welcomed another boy, Bryce Maximus.Īfter a decade together, LeBron got on one knee and proposed to his high school sweetheart on New Year’s Eve 2011. On October 6, 2004, Savannah gave birth to their firstborn son, LeBron James Jr., affectionately called Bronny. We're going to keep doing what we have to do,'” she told Harper’s Bazaar, according to Business Insider. Her initial reaction was fear, but LeBron reassured her that they would meet the unexpected news with grace.Ī post shared by not going to slow me down, and it's not going to slow you down. That same year, during Savannah’s senior year of high school, she learned that she was pregnant with the couple’s first child. In 2003, LeBron graduated high school and was the no. You wouldn't be talking to me right now if it weren't for her.” “ was down when I was at my high school, no cameras, no lights.
“Savannah was with me shooting in the gym when I absolutely nothing,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in 2018. Shortly after, the future NBA superstar asked Savannah out on a date to have dinner at an Outback Steakhouse.ĭespite being unaware about LeBron’s talent on the court, Savannah took it in stride - and LeBron has never forgotten this. The sports event turned into a group hangout at an Applebee’s.
"I had no idea who he was," she told Harper’s Bazaar in 2010, according to Bustle.
Reflecting back on their early days, Savannah admitted that she didn’t know much about LeBron's basketball talent. A post shared by calling him, LeBron invited her to one of his basketball games.