Ciara And Russell Wilson Open Up For GQ Modern Lovers Issue
Russell Wilson And Ciara Talk Marriage, “Fun Rules,” And Address Future’s Public Toxicity
Okay we get it, they’re pretty much perfection.
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Ciara and Russell Wilson are featured on one of three covers for GQ’s March Modern Lovers issue. The couple talk about the work they put into their perfect marriage. The fun rules they’ve created like limiting themselves to five days apart and the challenges they faced blending their family when Ciara’s ex was toxic.
Check out some of the highlights from the GQ cover story below.
We already know you want to get right to the part that’s going to set off toxic tweets from Future. We actually have to commend the couples because they don’t ever even mention Ciara’s ex — they just were kind enough to respond to GQ’s questions.
On Fathering Ciara’s Son With Future
“When I got to meet Future, he was young,” Wilson says of his then nine-month-old stepson. “And the reality was that for me it was a blessing and an opportunity to really hopefully be there for him every day and try to care for him in a way that was important for me, that I always wanted someone to do for me. Like my dad did for me. And so I think the greatest thing that I’ve ever learned in life is probably in that relationship with Future, because the reality of being a stepparent is that biologically they’re not necessarily yours, but the reality is that you have to love them as if they are. They’re your own blood in a way. You get to love them that way. And I think every kid deserves that and needs that and yearns for that.”
That’s beautiful, right? GQ makes note that Future didn’t exactly take too kindly to Russell Wilson’s public displays of parenthood, but the Wilsons are super unbothered in their responses.
On Whether Rapper Future’s Public Toxicity Made Things Hard For Them:
“I don’t think anybody made it hard,” Wilson says. “I think it was easy for us. I think it was about us. It wasn’t about anything else. It was about how we were going to love, and for me it was easy. It was easy to love. It’s easy to love C—every day I get to love her and take care of her and our kids is the greatest gift I have. So I cherish that every day.”
“And I will also say,” Ciara says, “from day one we’ve been living life for us. Russ—I mean, he did talk about, you know, how he feels and this passion from a father’s perspective, but what’s always been beautiful about Russ is just to see him from day one, excitingly jumping in and changing diapers.”
Seee! Now didn’t they do an amazing job navigating the tough questions? Almost as effortlessly as they tackled the GQ Couples Quiz. Speaking of which, check out their GQ couples quiz below then hit the flip for more comments about how the Wilsons are winning in love.
Sheesh! They were almost perfect yet again.
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One of our favorite parts about this article was seeing the discipline that goes into the Wilson’s staying happy and keeping each other happy. A lot of what they had to say was about communication and doing what comes natural to them in their prospective fields. The couple also make it abundantly clear that they LOVE spending time together.
On Their “Fun Rules Limiting Their Time Apart:
“We have some fun rules that we created,” Ciara says—rules about how long they are willing to be apart. “What is it, like 10 days that we don’t wanna push past, babe? Ten days when we travel?”
“When we first met,” Wilson answers, “it was 14 days.” That was in 2015. They got married in 2016. “Then it was 10 days. And now it’s no more than seven or five. I don’t know, it may be really five days at this point.”
“We laugh about it,” Ciara says, “because I’m like, ‘Babe, how many days?’ ”
That’s really smart that they’ve set some rules about spending time apart considering how busy they both are.
On Russell Putting Ciara At The Center Of Their Relationship:
“I’m a quarterback, so I like talking,” Wilson says. “I like talking about plays. I like, ‘Hey, what do you think about this idea? This strategy?’ ‘Hey, what do you think about this for the kids?’ Ciara, she’s an entertainer. She runs the show. She is the show. So for both of us, we have our beautiful flow of dialogue, constantly. And that could be all the way from our kids to, you know, the next business decision that we’re doing, to where we want to take our next trip to, you know, ‘Hey, what do you think about making a donation here or there?’ ”
It’s dope how they really consider each other in every step of their lives. She doesn’t make a move without getting his opinion and help and he checks in with her the same way.
On The Gratitude They Have For Their Family
“We’re just grateful that we get to spend time together every day,” Wilson says. “Every morning we wake up together it’s a blessing, and we get to smile from ear to ear and know that ‘You know what? Let’s go. Let’s go do this.’ ”
“I feel like, if I could look back in a crystal ball when I was a little girl,” Ciara says, shaking her head in agreement, “and I looked at the idea of my family and what it would be for me, it’s exactly this.”
Sis is living the dream.
On How Russell’s Fatherhood Is Attractive To Ciara:
She says, “He’s obviously really beautiful to me in every way, but the father in him is by far one of the things that makes him the most sexy to me. Hot. To me it’s hot.”
Preach girl, preach.
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