Russell Wilson had a crush on Ciara long before they started dating. The NFL star made the revelation in an appearance in March on Ciara’s Apple Music show Level Up Radio, saying he developed a crush on her after watching one of Ciara’s videos.
Ciara’s video ‘Ride’ impressed Russell Wilson
Wilson said he had a crush on Ciara since he saw the music video for his 2010 song “Ride” with Ludacris. Wearing a revealing swimsuit with a mink coat in one scene and a wet T-shirt on top of a mechanical bull in another, Ciara danced suggestively in the video while singing lyrics like, “He likes the way I ride.”
Recalling his reaction to the video, which Ciara once claimed to have been banned by BET for being bold, Wilson said to the singer: “I remember you in that bull and said, ‘I need to get some of this'”. only years later did he have a chance to meet her.
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How Russell Wilson met Ciara
According to Brides, Wilson ended up meeting Ciara at a basketball game in March 2015. Soon after, they were dating, making their official debut as a couple at the White House Correspondent Dinner in April.
“I told someone that I am the girl I want to be with before I even meet her,” Wilson told The Rock Church in an interview in July 2015. “Before I met her, I thought, ‘I’m probably going to break up with Ciara. ‘”
He and Ciara dated for a year before Wilson proposed to him during a getaway in the Seychelles. After four months of engagement, they were married in July 2016 in a romantic ceremony in Cheshire, England.
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Russell Wilson and Ciara are now a family of five
After they were married, Wilson became a stepfather to Ciara’s son Future, whom she shares with ex-fiance Future. The two also welcomed two children: daughter Sienna, 3, and son Win, 8 months.
Looking back, Ciara admitted to GQ in early 2021 that it was everything she ever wanted for herself. “I feel that if I could look back at a crystal ball when I was a little girl and look at the idea of my family and what it would be like for me, it would be just that,” she said.
Wilson shared similar feelings, saying: “Every day I come home from work and it’s late at night, it’s after the movie and the practice and all that, and Ciara and I are together and smile from ear to ear in the kitchen because we realize that our family is a beautiful mixed family, but it is also our family. It’s us.”