Larsa Pippen Talks Marriage With Boyfriend Marcus Jordan

EXCLUSIVE: Bikini-clad Larsa Pippen and Marcus Jordan go public with their relationship for the first time while strolling with arms entwined on the beach in Miami. The 48-year-old Real Housewives of Miami star showed off her curves in a black bikini while walking from the ocean with Jordan, the 31-year-old son of basketball legend Michael. Larsa, married for 23 years to Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls teammate Scotty Pippen, has previously said her and Marcus were simply ‘friends’. But on Sunday the loved-up couple were seen making out under a beach umbrella. They walked in front of other bathers with their arms around each other while soaking up the sun on South Beach. At one point, Marcus could be seen gently nuzzling Larsa’s shoulder. “I have a lot of friends," she was reported as saying a month ago. “I mean, I'm very social. I was married for 23 years. This is the time for me to really, like, hone in on my relationships, so that’s kind of what I’m doing." But it seems their relationship has moved on a notch since then. Larsa and ex-Scottie were married from 1997 to 2021 — finalizing their divorce in December, though they split three years earlier. They share four children — Scotty Jr., 21, Preston, 20, and Justin, 17, and daughter Sophia, 14 — and remain close. 13 Nov 2022 Pictured: Larsa Pippen; Marcus Jordan. Photo credit: MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342 (Mega Agency TagID: MEGA917633_043.jpg) [Photo via Mega Agency]

Larsa Pippen is already enthusiastic about the long run with Marcus Jordan, the 32-year-old son of retired Corridor of Fame basketball participant Michael Jordan, within the cutest manner! Throughout the second a part of The Actual Housewives of Miami Season 5 reunion, Larsa, 48, was requested if she would hyphenate her title if she and Marcus obtained hitched, and she or he had a straightforward reply. “I might positively change my final title for whomever I married, that’s for positive,” she confirmed.

Larsa has been courting Marcus for at the very least a number of months, and was first noticed with him in Sept. 2022. Their relationship has definitely turned heads, as Michael Jordan, 60, used to play on the Chicago Bulls alongside Larsa’s ex-husband, Scottie Pippen, within the ’80s and ’90s. The previous teammates should not mates, nevertheless, as a consequence of Scottie’s disapproval of how he was portrayed in ESPN’s 2020 docuseries The Final Dance, which follows Michael’s closing season with the Chicago Bulls within the 1997 – 1998 season.

Larsa was requested about her relationship with Michael through the Actual Housewives of Miami Season 5 reunion, however declined to remark. “I imply, I don’t actually need to speak about — I need to speak about Marcus and I,” she informed host Andy Cohen. “I really feel like I’m comfy speaking about Marcus and I.”

When pressed concerning the “uncommon” dynamic, she harassed that she by no means knew Marcus whereas she was with Scottie, whom she divorced in Jan. 2022 after three years of separation. “I simply met him a number of years in the past. I by no means met him earlier than,” she defined. “I used to be with Scottie the final yr that he performed with Michael. Michael and his spouse had been going by means of a divorce, so I by no means met his spouse, by no means met his youngsters. It wasn’t like we had households that had been intertwined. I by no means knew them.”

As talked about above, Larsa and Marcus had been first noticed collectively in September as they dined at Miami’s standard restaurant, Zuma. After a number of months of hypothesis and even some public hand-holding, an individual near the couple confirmed they’re certainly an merchandise. “It’s nonetheless informal they usually’re having enjoyable,” they informed PEOPLE in January. “She’s attempting her greatest to maintain it quiet and never make an enormous deal out of it. They see one another at the very least a number of occasions per week.”

Larsa defended their 16-year age hole in February throughout an look on the Tamron Corridor Present. “I personally don’t actually care what different folks – I stay my fact. I’m completely happy. We get alongside. I really feel like [Marcus] is my greatest pal. Now we have lots in widespread,” she said.