Relationships

Brittney Griner's been through plenty of ups and downs over the course of her professional and personal lives, and her wife Cherelle's been there for many of the athlete's hills and valleys.

The WNBA star and her spouse met during their college days, although they didn't start dating until after graduation ... and their married life was disrupted when the basketball player was unexpectedly detained on the other side of the world.

We're going to take a look at the background of the professional athlete's spouse ... and see how she dealt with her wife's ordeal.

Cherelle started studying law at North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham in 2019, according to People.

The WNBA star's spouse remained at the institution for three years before she graduated with honors in 2022.

Brittney revealed her wife had officially become a lawyer the following April by sharing a set of photos on her Instagram account, and expressed she was "abundantly proud" of Cherelle in the caption.

The professional basketball player wrote about the "hard work, determination, and passion" her spouse put into her degree.

The Griners' love story runs deep and way, way, back, as they first met while they were both attending Baylor University in the early 2010s.

The thing is, Cherelle wasn't Brittney's first spouse ... the WNBA star had been briefly married to fellow professional basketball player Glory Johnson, and although Brittney filed for an annulment after just 28 days of marriage, their divorce wasn't finalized until 2016.

Griner and Baylor University alum Cherelle eventually reconnected, and they got engaged in August 2018, tying the knot the following June.

Cherelle and Brittney later started a family with the birth of their son Bash, who arrived in July 2024.

Brittney made global headlines in March 2022 -- she had been detained in Moscow by Russian authorities the previous month after vape cartridges containing cannabis oil were found in her luggage during a trip to play ball in Russia.

The professional athlete later pleaded guilty to bringing less than a gram of cannabis oil into the country ... and although she claimed she'd done so unintentionally, she was sentenced to nine years in prison.

Cherelle expressed she was "hopeless" at times while her spouse was detained, in an interview with People -- although she later said she never had to "completely give up hope" about her wife's situation.

Caitlin Clark's earned herself plenty of supporters over the course of her career in collegiate and professional basketball -- and it looks like her boyfriend Connor McCaffery's one of her biggest fans!

The WNBA star and the assistant coach have been together ever since 2023 ... although he'd already made a name for himself in the sports world.

We're going to check out the background of the former college athlete and see what the Indiana Fever's point guard has had to say about her relationship.

Clark's not the only one with experience on the court, as her boyfriend formerly played guard for the University of Iowa team.

The former college athlete picked up several distinctions for his work on and off the court, and he was a five-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, according to Hawkeye Sports.

And it turns out basketball runs in McCaffery's family, because his father Fran worked as a coach for much of his life.

The senior McCaffery coached at the University of Iowa for 15 years ... and he switched over to working at his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, in 2025.

McCaffery graduated from the University of Iowa in 2023, and he subsequently started his professional career as a team assistant for the Indiana Pacers ... and just in case you forgot, Clark plays for the Indiana Fever.

McCaffery remained with the team for one season before he began following in his father's footsteps, taking on an assistant coaching position at Butler University in September 2024.

Butler's head coach, Thad Matta, issued a statement at the time to speak about hiring McCaffery, and expressed he was "excited for the impact" the new assistant coach would have on the school's team, according to Fox News.

Clark shared her reaction to her boyfriend's new venture on her Instagram Story, writing she was "so happy" for her partner.

Clark and McCaffery went Instagram official with their relationship in August 2023, when she posted a photo featuring the assistant coach on her account, according to Us Weekly.

The assistant coach posted on his own Instagram Story after his girlfriend became the leading scorer in the NCAA women's basketball history the following April, writing he was "so proud" of his partner's achievement.

Clark celebrated McCaffery's birthday in July 2024 with photos of him on her Instagram, and she quipped he might finally be able to "find a way to outshoot me" in her post's caption.

Travis Hunter's earned himself plenty of achievements over the years ... and we think he's counting his marriage to Leanna Lenee as one of them!

The social media personality started off as a friend of the Heisman Trophy-winning athlete before she became his girlfriend and eventually transitioned into the role of his wife -- all within a few years.

We're going to take a look at the background of the football player's partner ... and see how her reaction to one of her husband's biggest accolades made waves across the internet.

Lenee revealed she was just 19 years old when she first met Travis in a video she shared on her TikTok account in 2024.

The social media personality, who holds a degree from Georgia's Kennesaw State University, became Hunter's girlfriend in February 2022 ... although she confessed she'd initially turned down his advances in a video shared on their shared YouTube account.

The athlete and his partner became engaged two years later, and she commemorated the occasion by sharing a set of photos on her Instagram account that February.

Hunter and Lenee eventually made things official between them at a wedding ceremony in Tennessee in May 2025.

The thing is, Lenee hasn't always been viewed favorably by many of Hunter's fans, and she received criticism after a video showing coach Deion Sanders reportedly telling her to stand up after her now-husband won the Heisman Trophy went viral on X in December 2024.

The social media figure garnered even further online heat after a second video showing her apparently being rude to her partner while taking photos with his fans surfaced on social media.

Hunter came to his then-fiancée's defense while streaming on Twitch that same month, according to People, and he claimed she'd cried herself to sleep after drinking what he described as an "odee amount" of alcohol.

He then said Lenee hadn't done anything wrong when he was with his fans, and asserted she was spending time with his family while he took photos with the event's attendees.

The social media figure shared a video apparently shot around the period when she was receiving criticism from Hunter's fans on her TikTok account in July 2025.

In the clip, Lenee is seen sobbing and apparently talking to an off-screen figure, although her original audio had been replaced.

She also wrote a lengthy message in her post's caption and expressed she wished she "could go back and hug December me," whom she didn't "recognize."

Heidi Klum is celebrating a relationship milestone with husband Tom Kaulitz ... and they're partying hard.

The supermodel just posted videos and photos from her 6-year wedding anniversary celebration with the Tokio Hotel guitarist ... and there are bikinis, infinity pools, Champagne, gifts, kisses and club hopping ... oh, and some feet videos, for those of you who enjoy that sort of thing.

Heidi and Tom are somewhere in paradise celebrating their marriage ... and they look super happy.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis just reminded everyone why they're one of Hollywood’s favorite couples -- and they did it Backstreet Boys style.

The duo stole the spotlight Saturday night at the Backstreet Boys concert at the Sphere in Las Vegas, where a fan caught the couple in a seriously swoon-worthy moment high above the crowd.

In the video, the couple is seen dancing along to the boy band's iconic hit "I Want It That Way," but things took a turn for the adorable when it looked like they might've been caught mid-kiss as the video started.

Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz are doubling down on their commitment -- renewing their wedding vows amid their ongoing family feud with the Beckham family ... TMZ has confirmed.

A source with direct knowledge tells TMZ ... Brooklyn and Nicola renewed their vows Saturday outside NYC, over two years after their Palm Beach wedding.

We're told some friends and family were there -- but David, Victoria, Romeo, and Cruz Beckham did not attend. Our source says the event honored the love and commitment they've built over the years and created a lasting memory.

Katy Perry’s been stirring up dating buzz with Justin Trudeau -- and now Orlando’s jumping in on the fun, praising a joke about getting his own political situationship.

You’ve gotta see it -- Orlando dropped a comment under The Onion's recent hilarious headline: "Orlando Bloom Spotted At Dinner With Angela Merkel" ... which accompanied a wild A.I.-generated pic of him and the former German Chancellor.

The fake pic showed Orlando and Angela sharing a romantic candlelit dinner, with a bogus source claiming he "couldn't keep his eyes off Angela." Orlando’s response? A cheeky "👏👏👏!"

Olympic gold medalist Sha'Carri Richardson was arrested for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, fellow athlete Christian Coleman.

The Team USA Olympic sprinter was taken into custody on Sunday at SeaTac Airport in Washington State after a TSA agent reported a woman assaulting a man while leaving the security checkpoint, an incident report obtained by TMZ says.

The reporting officer says they reviewed security footage showing a verbal altercation escalating into a physical one when Richardson shoved "Coleman hard enough that it [sent] him crashing into a nearby column."

Mariah The Scientist is an R&B wizard at the top of her game in her music career and love life ... she held Young Thug down during Georgia's wasteful RICO trial and they're currently having a ball!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Mariah as she was headed to link up with fellow R&B starlet Kali Uchis to shoot content for their new collab "Is It a Crime" ... which, as you can see below, came out gr-r-reat!!!

Mariah's hoping the song catches on like her last hit "Burning Blue," which was just certified Gold -- putting her "Hearts Sold Separately" album in a great position ahead of its Aug. 22 release date.

Breanna Stewart's had a whirlwind career in the WNBA ... and her love story with her wife Marta Xargay Casademont has been just as crazy!

While the pair took their time in the early stages of their relationship, they got engaged, got married, and started a family all within a year -- how's that for moving fast?!

We're going to take a look at how the athletes' respective careers in sports led to them wanting to spend the rest of their lives -- off court, of course -- with each other.

Marta, who's originally from Spain, is a retired former professional basketball player -- how's that for a common interest?!

The athlete's been involved with various teams in her home country, and she earned a silver medal as part of the 2016 Spanish Olympic women's basketball team.

Marta was drafted into the WNBA in 2015, and she spent a single season with the Phoenix Mercury, where she played guard.

She eventually announced her retirement from the sport in 2020 in a post on her Instagram account, writing she would "always treasure the memories that I created" in her professional career.

Marta and Breanna initially met when the latter joined the Dynamo Kursk, a Russian professional basketball team, in 2018, although they weren't close at first, according to People.

The WNBA star claimed she was "nervous to do anything" with her now-wife at first, and the Spanish athlete expressed her spouse "didn't want to mess it up" when they were initially getting to know each other.

The pair's connection grew closer when Breanna ruptured her Achilles tendon and had to recover at home in the United States.

They eventually decided to make things official, and the power forward popped the big question on a hike outside of Phoenix, Arizona, in May 2021.

Stewart and Marta tied the knot in an intimate wedding ceremony at their home in July 2021.

And they didn't exactly wait long to start a family either, because they welcomed daughter Ruby that August!

Stewart spoke to People shortly after her child's arrival, and described motherhood as "bigger than anything else that I've done."

Monday night was a real pain in the boob for Nikki Bella ... 'cause she says one of her breast implants got stuck in her ribs after a recent in-ring showdown!!

Nikki opened up on the boob mishap in a convo with her sister on their "The Nikki & Brie Show" ... saying it happened on "Monday Night RAW" this past week during her 8-woman tag team match.

"Piper's elbow drop? Yeah, put the implants right into the ribs," she said. "It's been hard to laugh and cough, but it's okay, we're gonna get it fixed one day."

Matty Healy's mom caught a lot of heat for her recent comments about Taylor Swift ... and, it might be getting to her -- because she was just spotted crying on a city sidewalk.

The singer-songwriter was seen hugging his mother, Denise Welch, outside a high-priced restaurant in West Hollywood on Thursday before sitting on the curb and chatting with her while she dabbed her eyes with a tissue.

The two seem deep in a difficult conversation ... with Healy appearing animated at one point while his mom was shedding tears.

WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu's had plenty of great moments over the course of her career in the league -- and we think her 2024 wedding counts as one of them!

The New York Liberty's point guard tied the knot with Hroniss Grasu in Laguna Beach, California ... and a few figures with ties to the NBA were at the party, too!

We're going to take a look into the background of the basketball player's husband and see what led the two all the way to the altar.

Grasu's been a football player ever since his youth, and he joined the roster of the University of Oregon -- which Ionescu also attended -- in 2010.

Grasu was part of the squad that won the Rose Bowl twice, and he went on to become a third-round pick by the Chicago Bears in the 2015 NFL Draft.

The professional football player spent a total of seven seasons in the NFL as a center, and he played for several teams, including the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens.

Grasu was most recently with the Las Vegas Raiders, where he was traded in 2021 and remained until 2023.

Ionescu and Grasu let their fans know about their relationship in 2021, when they went Instagram official as a couple.

The pair dated for two more years until the professional football player got down on one knee and proposed to the athlete, which she documented on her Instagram account.

The point guard later shared a video on her TikTok account, telling her fans she was "completely shocked and caught off guard" by her partner's proposal.

Ionescu then added Grasu had "played it off so well" prior to popping the big question, and recalled she "couldn’t stop taking pictures with my ring" in the hours following the proposal.

The athletes made things official between them at their wedding ceremony, which was attended by Dallas Wings forward Satou Sabally, Vanessa Bryant, and former NBA power forward and center Pau Gasol, according to ESPN.

Ionescu made several comments about her wedding in an interview with People, and described the event as "the highlight" of her offseason.

The athlete and her husband, both of whom are of Romanian heritage, had "25 to 30" of their extended family members flown to America for the special occasion.

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes has made a career of striking out batters left and right -- but it looks like he hit a home run with his girlfriend, Livvy Dunne!

The athlete and the influencer have been together for a few years now, and they've become pretty comfortable showing their affection in public ... like when he tied her lace-up heel right before the 2025 MLB All-Star Game.

We're going to check out what the social media figure was up to before she met the pro athlete ... and see what brought them together.

Dunne's been a gymnast for several years, and she was formerly a member of the U.S. Junior National Gymnastics Team.

She later joined Louisiana State University's gymnastics team in 2020, and she helped her teammates earn the 2024 NCAA Women's Gymnastics National Championship title.

Dunne's popularity can partially be attributed to the NCAA's Name, Image and Likeness rule, which was implemented in 2021 and lets college athletes participate in sponsorships and make endorsements.

The former college athlete really caught the wave at the right time -- and she's raked in a cool $4.1 million through her collaborations with various companies, according to On3.

Dunne began her career as an influencer after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and earned herself several million followers on TikTok before she'd even started college.

Although she was initially faced with "learning curves" and "had to learn on my own how to navigate" her social media fame, according to ESPN, she evidently figured out a solid rhythm, because she was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 and TIME100 Creators lists.

The influencer has since linked up with content creator platform Passes -- in what was described as a "multi-million-dollar deal," according to Sports Illustrated -- which allows her to create exclusive content for fans.

Oh yeah, and she was featured as one of the cover models for the 2025 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue ... after being included in the annual publication in both 2023 and 2024, of course.

Dunne and Skenes met while they were both attending LSU, and her fans began speculating about the state of their relationship after she was spotted wearing a jersey with his name on it in a video shared on her TikTok account in 2023.

The happy couple went public with their relationship that August, and they've been spotted on plenty of red carpets -- and cute dates, naturally -- ever since then.

The influencer opened up about her romance with Skenes in an interview with People, where she expressed neither she nor her boyfriend would "restrict each other from doing things" in their respective professional lives.

Elon Musk's worn plenty of hats throughout his career, including that of a father -- to many, many children!

The tech magnate's personal life's generated much attention over the years, both for the large size of his family and for his relationships with his past partners and their respective kids.

We're going to look into the entrepreneur's experiences with fatherhood ... as well as his relationships with the mothers of his children.

Musk's first child, a son named Nevada Alexander, was born to his first wife, Justine Wilson, in 2002.

However, the entrepreneur's first child passed away at just 10 weeks old after experiencing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Wilson spoke about the loss of her son in an interview with Marie Claire, where she recalled holding "him in my arms when he died."

Musk's former wife also claimed they visited an IVF clinic just two months after Nevada's death, and expressed she "planned to get pregnant again as swiftly as possible."

The Tesla founder and his ex first welcomed a pair of twins, Griffin and Vivian, in April 2004. Vivian legally changed her name and gender in 2022.

While Griffin's largely stayed out of the spotlight over the years, Vivian's made plenty of headlines for openly trashing her father and criticizing the way he handled their relationship.

We revealed the tech magnate's child filed a petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court shortly after her 18th birthday, in which she claimed she didn't want to "be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form."

She's also been open about how she's learned about her younger half-siblings, whom Musk shares with various partners, through the media, and she told Teen Vogue she didn't really "keep up with that side of the family."

Musk and Wilson went on to welcome a set of triplets, named Kai, Saxon, and Damian, in 2006. The couple split up and divorced in 2008.

The tech mogul eventually began seeing Claire Boucher -- better known by her stage name Grimes -- and she revealed her pregnancy in January 2020.

The singer gave birth to a baby boy that May, and although they originally wanted to name him X Æ A-12, we revealed they had to settle for X AE A-XII ... as California law doesn't allow for special characters to be used in legal names.

Oh, and in case you had any questions about how to pronounce the kid's name, X is spoken like the letter, AE is pronounced as "Ash," and the final part's spoken like "A-12" ... it's original, to say the least.

Musk and Grimes ultimately went their separate ways in September of 2021 -- but they welcomed a daughter named Exa Dark Sideræl via surrogate that December, which Grimes revealed in an interview with Vanity Fair.

And the on-off couple didn't stop there ... because they welcomed a second son, Techno Mechanicus, via surrogate in June 2022, although the news about the kid wasn't shared until the following September.

If it wasn't evident already, parenthood's a pretty big deal for Musk -- and he welcomed a group of kids with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis over the course of the early 2020s.

The two first met when she signed on to work with OpenAI -- which was co-founded by the entrepreneur -- in 2016, and she later joined Neuralink, where she serves as the director of special projects.

Musk eventually approached Zilis about the prospect of starting a family, and she later had a conversation with journalist Walter Isaacson for the tech mogul's authorized biography in which she claimed the entrepreneur "really wants smart people to have kids," according to People.

The pair's children -- a pair of twins named Strider and Azure -- were conceived through IVF and were welcomed via surrogate in November 2021.

Musk and Zilis later had a third child, a daughter named Arcadia, in February 2024, although her birth wasn't publicly revealed for four months.

And they didn't stop there, as the Neuralink exec revealed she'd welcomed the pair's youngest child -- their son Seldon Lycurgus -- in an X post in February 2025, though no information about his birthdate was included at the time, according to Page Six.

Musk found himself in a bit of a hot situation when conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair claimed he'd fathered her child in a post shared on her X account in February 2025.

The social media figure alleged the child was born the previous September, and she later sued the entrepreneur for sole custody of the baby after she claimed he became nonresponsive toward her, despite him remaining in contact throughout her pregnancy.

The tech mogul spoke about his alleged child in a post shared on his X account in March 2025, where he claimed he was "not against finding out" the paternity of the kid, according to People.

He also claimed he'd sent St. Clair $2.5 million at the time of the post, and he said he was "sending her $500K" every year.

Eve, the former "1st Lady" rapper of DMX's Ruff Ryders group, wants you to remember she was a "rich girl" before she got married -- and that still hasn't changed one bit!!!

Angie Martinez sat down with Eve for her "IRL" podcast to tackle the longstanding internet rumor and the memes that Eve got hitched to an English "billionaire" and lived happily ever after.

The rapper began dating Gumball 3000 rally race founder Maximillion Cooper in 2010, and they married in 2014. They have a son together.