Who Is Kyrie Irving’s Partner Marlene Wilkerson?
NBA star Kyrie Irving‘s name has been in the headlines for more than just his play on the court the last few years. In 2023, Irving requested a trade from the Brooklyn Nets and got a fresh start with the Dallas Mavericks where he teamed up with another one of the league’s best playmakers Luka Dončić. Now given the team’s success, fans want to know more about Irving’s life off the court.
Here’s more about his partner Marlene Wilkerson including which other athletes she dated in the past and how many children she has with the Mavs point guard.
Wilkerson is a blogger, model, and YouTube star
Wilkerson was born on Aug. 18, 1993, in Los Angeles. She attended California State University and was once a marketing associate for Victoria’s Secret.
Wilkerson has also worked as an Instagram model and made a name for herself as a blogger and YouTuber as well. The influencer has around 400,000 followers on social media and over 750,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel The Find Guru. Over the years Wilkerson has offered tips and insight on her channel about all different types of lifestyle content ranging from fashion to fitness to nutrition to motivation.
She has also discussed the importance of social media marketing, explaining: “I started my own clothing line, and I used social media as a platform and a tool to basically market my company. I did not have a lot of followers on Instagram, and I didn’t have a YouTube channel at all, so I literally started from ground zero.
“My business model was I would find products from wholesale manufacturers and I would obtain a certain amount of inventory. I would put a picture on Instagram and I would sell out of the clothing that I would wear.”
How Wilkerson and Irving met
Irving and Wilkerson started dating in 2018 and made news when they were photographed at the NBA player’s first Invitational Basketball Camp.
At the time Sports Gossip reported: “Kyrie Irving and his new girlfriend were spotted together at Kyrie’s Invitational last week … We received a tip that the [NBA] star was seeing someone new. Now, we have pictures of the two from Irving’s Invitational.”
In 2019, reports surfaced that they were engaged after Wilkerson was spotted with a huge rock on that finger. Multiple outlets noted that her diamond ring is a 4-carat round cut with diamond pave accents on claw prongs holding the center diamond. The sparkler is thought to be worth around $270,000.
While the two have referred to each other as “husband” and “wife,” it’s not known when and if they officially married.
Before she began dating Irving, Wilkerson was linked to a couple of other athletes including soccer star Layvin Kurzawa as well as Dexter Strickland. The latter actually played basketball with Irving in high school before joining the North Carolina Tar Heels and then BC Odessa of the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.
How many kids they have together
Wilkerson and Irving have two children together.
In June 2021, they welcomed a son together. The couple released a video documenting the model’s pregnancy journey and natural birth.
In October 2022, former Nets coach Steve Nash shared that the pair welcomed another child.
Irving also has a daughter, Azurie Elizabeth, from his previous relationship with Miss Texas 2010 Andrea Wilson. His little girl is named after Irving’s mother, Elizabeth, who died in 1996.
