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LeBron James’ lad Bronny James is dating Parker Whitfield, the girl of actors Dondré T. Whitfield and Salli Richardson-Whitfield. See however the mates celebrated National Boyfriend Day.
By Gabrielle Chung Oct 04, 2024 8:51 PMTags
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LeBron James’ lad Bronny James has nett himself a girlfriend.
The NBA rookie, 19, is dating Parker Whitfield, the 20-year-old girl of All My Children prima Dondré T. Whitfield and Eureka actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield.
“BF day,” Parker wrote connected her Instagram Story Oct. 3 successful grant of National Boyfriend Day, sharing a photograph of herself and Bronny posing adjacent to Mickey Mouse during a sojourn to Disneyland. “i emotion you!”
Bronny reshared the station connected his relationship and added a crown emoji connected apical of Parker’s head, penning back, “I emotion you babyyyyy.”
Though the mates attended precocious schoolhouse together, they didn’t spark romance rumors until August—when Parker was spotted sitting courtside with Bronny during a men’s hoops crippled astatine the 2024 Paris Olympics.
At the time, the brace were joined by Bronny’s 17-year-old member Bryce James and Bryce's girlfriend Sadie Johnson to ticker LeBron—who shares his sons arsenic good arsenic girl Zhuri James, 9, with woman Savannah James—and Team USA look disconnected against Serbia.
And household is precise important to Bronny. After all, the Sierra Canyon School alum is virtually connected the aforesaid squad arsenic his dada aft being drafted into the Los Angeles Lakers successful June.
The duo are the first begetter and lad to play successful the NBA astatine the aforesaid time, according to the league.
So, however does it consciousness to make past unneurotic arsenic a family? "Pure joy," LeBron told reporters astatine Lakers media time Sept. 30. "Just ace arrogant of him to get to this point. He's a man, and he's acceptable to go."
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But for Bronny—whose real name is LeBron James Jr.—he does person to enactment down immoderate boundaries, arsenic calling his teammate “Dad” is retired of the question.
"I haven’t gotten determination yet," Bronny quipped astir uncovering a nickname. "It’s astir apt going to beryllium ‘Bron.’ Bron would beryllium the easiest."
As for his girlfriend? Parker is focusing connected her studies arsenic a sophomore astatine Spelman College—and her parents couldn't beryllium prouder.
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“We are truthful excited that Parker has chosen @spelman_college arsenic her 'great experience,'" her dada Dondré wrote successful an August 2023 Instagram post, erstwhile dropping her disconnected astatine the Atlanta-based university. "It volition undoubtedly connection her a apical tier education, sisterhood and citizenship,”
Mom Salli added astatine the time, "Time has gone by mode excessively fast. I cognize she’s acceptable but I’m going to miss my baby."
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