While actress Gabrielle Union and retired NBA player Dwayne Wade were on a break, Wade fathered a child with another woman – and almost didn’t tell Union.

In an interview on the podcast Club Shay Shay with Shannon Sharpe on Wednesday, Wade admitted that he had initially tried to break up with his now-wife before she found out. He explained, “I tried to pussyfoot around it.”

Despite Union and Wade’s then five-year-old relationship, Wade has made it very clear that he never cheated – he and Union were on an established break.

In his conversation with the actress, he said he told Union, “Hey, things have been bad lately… We’ve been having a little distance in our relationship anyway.”

However, Union continued to “show up” for Wade, and he finally told her about his relationship with Basketball Wives star Aja Metoyer in 2013.

Wade proposed to Union that December and...