Kyrie Irving is no stranger to the headlines as he has been a talking point for both good and bad reasons over the years. If his incredible dribbles and game-winning shots in the NBA are not getting people to talk about him, it is his stance on issues like the coronavirus vaccine. The Brooklyn Nets point guard has had what you might call contrasting opinions on different issues, however, one area where he appears to have the same opinion and taste with every man out there is with the kind of women he has been linked with.
Kyrie Irving has dated a few choice women over the years, but the one who has recently been rumored to be his wife is Marlene Wilkerson. While the pair are not yet legally married, they were once engaged as Wilkerson was spotted far back in 2019 wearing a big ring on her finger. The duo also have a child together and appear to be going strong, prompting many to assume that they might have already tied the knot.
Marlene Wilkerson Is A Social Media Personality From California
Marlene Wilkerson, popularly known as Golden, is no stranger to fame as she was a popular Instagram model and YouTuber before she began dating her NBA superstar boyfriend. She had in the past also been linked to other high-profile sportsmen like basketball player Dexter Strickland and soccer player Layvin Kurzawa. It is believed that her and Kyrie’s paths may have crossed while she was dating Strickland because the two basketball players were once teammates.
The lady rumored to be Kyrie Irving’s Wife was born in California on the 18th of August 1993. She was raised by a single mother and attended California State University where she graduated with a Marketing degree. After working in various places, she launched her brand, The Find Guru, a began vlogging about beauty, fashion, and lifestyle-related matters. While doing this, she has been able to amass a huge following on both Instagram and YouTube. As of June 2021, she has 402,000 followers on IG, while her YouTube Channel named The Find Guru has a total of 770,000 subscribers.
Without Irving, Golden has clearly built a following on her own, however, it can’t be denied that her relationship with the basketball player has not given her social media numbers a boost.
Kyrie Irving and Marlene Wilkerson Relationship Timeline
2018 – Spotted Together In Public For The First Time
In 2018, it was rumored that Kyrie Irving was in a new relationship, however, the identity of the person he was seeing was not public knowledge. This all changed in December of that year when the couple made their first public appearance at Kyrie’s Invitational, a joint program and tournament between the athlete and Nike used to encourage young kids to pursue the game of basketball and develop their talent.
2019 – Sparked Engagement Rumors With Huge Diamond Ring
In September 2019, many months after Kyrie and Marlene went public with their relationship, gossip blogs reported that they had gotten engaged. This was later confirmed by TMZ after the paparazzi captured Kyrie’s girlfriend wearing a huge diamond ring on her finger. The couple were on a night out in NYC and Marlene was seen flaunting her huge rock.
It must be pointed out that neither Kyrie nor his girlfriend has gone ahead to confirm the engagement on social media or anywhere else but seeing that Kyrie is quite private about personal issues, it is not a surprise that they have chosen not to talk about it in public. The fact that they also have not denied it is another indication of how true it could be.
2020 – They Reportedly Broke Up
Kyrie Irving had a lot of things going on in his life in 2020. In addition to him being affected by the sudden death of Kobe Bryant, he underwent season-ending surgery on his injured shoulder in February 2020. All of these things appeared to have affected his relationship with Marlene as they unfollowed each other on Instagram. Pictures and all other traces of Kyrie also disappeared from Marlene’s Instagram account, prompting the media to report that there was trouble in paradise and fans to believe that they had parted ways.
2021 – Reunited and Welcomed A Child
The media appeared to have stopped paying attention to Kyrie Irving and his relationship with Marlene Wilkerson as there was more focus on his basketball. This was why everyone was caught off-guard when it was announced that the player would be missing a couple of games because he wanted to be with his girlfriend as they welcomed their first child together.
Via a homebirth, Irving and Wilkerson welcomed their first baby together in June 2021. While this is Marlene’s first child, it is Kyrie’s second one. In November 2015, he and then-girlfriend Andrea Wilson welcomed their daughter Azure Elizabeth Irving.
Marlene shared clips of various stages of her pregnancy. In one of her videos that captured the birthing process, Irving was seen to be present at the birth tub as his girlfriend prepared to go into labor. It is believed that he played some type of role in delivering the baby. The athlete appears to have an interest in the whole child birthing process as he was also present when his first child was born. At the time, he revealed on his Instagram page that his former girlfriend had been in labor for 35 hours before delivering their baby.
