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Who is Kyrie Irving’s wife? Meet Marlene Wilkerson & her relationship timeline with Mavericks star

When it comes to NBA stars, there are few characters like Kyrie Irving. The Mavericks star’s persona both on and off the court is a complicated one, as he has certainly ruffled feathers during his lengthy tenure in the league.

With that said, there is plenty about Irving’s life that is kept quiet. He is much more private of an individual than some of his peers, electing to keep his personal affairs … well, personal. Despite being one of the most popular figures in basketball, there are still many questions about the life of the eight-time All-Star.

One of those questions is about his wife. While hardly ever seen out in public, Irving is, in fact, married with children. But who is the woman who he shares his life with?

Here is everything you need to know about Irving’s wife and their personal life.

Who is Kyrie Irving’s wife?

Irving’s wife is Marlene Wilkerson. The two have kept their relationship extremely private over the years, so there is not much public information on the pair.

Irving and his wife were first seen together in December 2018. Wilkerson attended the first annual Kyrie Invitational, Irving’s youth basketball tournament. Despite her showing at the event, it is unclear if they were dating at that point, and if so, for how long.

The two were engaged less than a year later. While the two did not publicize the engagement, she was seen wearing a large diamond on her ring finger in September 2019, according to the Daily Mail.

The pair have two children together. Both times Wilkerson has been pregnant, they have kept it a secret from the public.

It was not known that they were expecting their first child together until after the baby was born. Irving and Wilkerson welcomed a son in 2021. Wilkerson shared details of the pregnancy, which was a natural, unassisted water birth at their home, in a YouTube video.

“Even though my pregnancy was private, just the unsolicited opinions were a little bit too much for me where I was like, ‘You know what, I don’t want to tell nobody because I’m doing something that a lot of people think is foreign but it’s something that’s natural to me, and it resonates with me and what I believe,'” Wilkerson said.

The two did not share the fact that Wilkerson was pregnant with a second child. It wasn’t until October 2022, when former Nets coach Steve Nash revealed that the couple had welcomed another child that the news went public.

For employment, Wilkerson owns her own clothing brand, called The Fine Guru. It is an online shop that originally started as her final college assignment that has since grown into a popular store.

“I started my own clothing line, and I used social media as a platform and a tool to basically market my company,” Wilkerson said on YouTube. “I did not have a lot of followers on Instagram, 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.”