Dwyane Wade Says He Screamed at This Actress in a Starstruck Second

Even NBA stars like Dwyane Wade get starstruck! 

The 43-year-old retired athlete detailed a humorous 2013 run-in with a star that triggered him to behave out of character. 

“I get starstruck, however it’s usually folks that you wouldn’t perceive why except you perceive me,” Wade, who’s married to actress Gabrielle Union, informed Jenna Bush Hager on As we speak with Jenna & Pals on Tuesday, July 8. “So my spouse wouldn’t even perceive.” 

Wade shared that the second occurred when he was out at an occasion in Los Angeles and greater than prepared to move house. 

“I had placed on the incorrect sneakers. I used to be attempting to look good on the carpet and my toes was killing me,” he recalled. “I used to be able to go. I used to be in all probability getting on her nerves. However then throughout the room I noticed a personality I liked from Scandal, the character was Millie Grant. AKA Bellamy Younger. I noticed Millie Grant. I yelled, ‘Millie!’ “

Wade was a loyal Scandal fan on the time and Younger’s character, Mellie Grant, the tough-as-nails spouse of Tony Goldwyn’s Fitzgerald Grant, was a fan favourite. 

“I simply screamed it. I didn’t even know that was in me,” Wade admitted, laughing. “She rotated and appeared and waved and came visiting. And we began chatting it up, and my spouse was like, ‘You able to go?’ I’m like, ‘No!’ ”

Noting that he’s extra of a “character man” {that a} celeb fan, he stated, “Once you watch reveals, if you’re ensuring you’re sitting in entrance of the TV at a sure hour, you fall in love with the characters, so Millie Grant was mine.” 

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Union confirmed the story again in 2013, posting the picture together with her husband and Younger to Instagram, writing, “We have been about to depart when all of a sudden @dwyanewade actually screams “MILLIE!!!!” #gladiatorsstandup so superior assembly @BellamyYoung.” 

For his half, Wade wasn’t happy that Union discovered her method into the picture, jokingly noting, “That was my second!” 

Union has beforehand revealed that she auditioned for Kerry Washington’s iconic position as Olivia Pope in Scandal.

“I did not get Scandal, however I bought one thing higher — which is my very own present,” Union informed The Related Press of her present Being Mary Jane.