Gabrielle Union to Dwyane Wade: ‘I go three times a day & I leave the door open’

Gabrielle Union, 41, is engaged to Dwyane Wade, 32, who plays for the Miami Heat and has a very questionable record of fidelity. They’ve been together about four years, with the start of their relationship likely overlapping with Wade’s last marriage. It recently came out that Wade fathered a child with another woman early last year, while “on a break” from Union. He explained it by saying that “celebrity relationships are hard” and that Union was away filming at the time. Weak.

That’s background to the story that Union recently dropped a tidbit about her bathroom habits during an interview on Chelsea Handler. Union said that she told Wade that she goes three times a day, she leaves the door open, and she doesn’t light a match. Does she turn on the fan, though?

Handler: I think if you’re going to date someone you should get that [bathroom habits] out of the way

Union: From jump. There’s none of that ‘I don’t fart, I don’t poop.’ I have a high fiber diet. You’re gonna. This is happening. We’re doing this right from jump.

Handler: They need to see all the bad stuff, then otherwise when do you break it out?

Union: ‘Oh by the way, I go three times a day and I leave the door open! And I don’t light a match.’

[From E! Online via Fishwrapper]

I got this story through Fishwrapper, and they made it sound like Union was totally serious about this. She seemed like she was joking (you can see the clip here) so I’m hoping this isn’t exactly true. Maybe it is though and she was trying to make light of it.

I would like to address the “three times a day” issue. At my fittest I had a similar uh, schedule, and I remember one of my friends (a guy) bringing up the question and being surprised that someone went so frequently. Now I go about twice a day, but only when I exercise regularly. I won’t get into Dr. Oz/Cameron Diaz type details, but there’s a sense of accomplishment when you realize that everything is working well.

So in that respect I understand Union sharing the “three times a day” detail. That’s funny to me. It’s not funny that she expects her fiance to deal with her taking a dump with the door open every single time. (If that part is true.) Who does that? You close the door when you do your business, that’s common courtesy no matter how long you’ve been in a relationship. If you’re only doing number one that’s fine, you can leave the door open, but number two should always be private.