Larsa Pippen and Marcus Jordan have already put a hoop on it — and are contemplating strolling down the aisle.
“Marcus gave Larsa a promise ring,” a supply completely tells Us Weekly, noting the pair are “speaking marriage in the mean time.”
Pippen, 49, and Jordan, 32, sparked engagement hypothesis on Wednesday, August 16, when the Actual Housewives of Miami star was noticed carrying her new diamond ring whereas out with Jordan. The Trophy Room boutique proprietor, who is among the sons of Michael Jordan, additional stoked rumors when he answered a TMZ reporter’s query about getting married.
“We’re searching for a location,” Marcus quipped on Wednesday, noting they had been within the course of of choosing a date. “It’s within the works.”
Us broke the information in September 2022 that Pippen and Marcus had began courting, however had been conserving their relationship on the “down low” as a result of longstanding basketball feud between Larsa’s ex-husband, Scottie Pippen, and Michael, 60. (The 2 former NBA stars had been Chicago Bulls teammates within the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties, a long time earlier than Scottie, 57, slammed Michael’s The Final Dance docuseries for glossing over his teammates’ accomplishments through the Bulls’ championship dynasty.)
Larsa and Marcus — whom Michael shares with ex-wife Juanita Vanoy — made their relationship Instagram official in January. Because the pair’s romance continued to warmth up, Marcus joined Larsa for episodes of RHOM and even met her and Scottie’s 4 kids: Scotty Jr., 22, Preston, 21, Justin, 18, and Sophia, 14.
“They love Marcus. Like, they love him, and I really feel like we discuss the identical issues,” Larsa — who finalized her divorce from Scottie in 2021 — completely advised Us Weekly in June. “So after I’m speaking to my older son Scotty about basketball, Marcus is in on the dialog. [Then when I am] speaking to my son Preston about trend, Marcus has a clothes retailer — he has a boutique — so he chimes in. It’s simply a simple match for our household.”
Larsa and Marcus additionally claimed on the time that his household had been nonetheless “warming up” to their romance. Michael, for his half, particularly advised photographers in July that he didn’t approve of the coupling.
“I haven’t frolicked along with his dad. I’ve solely frolicked along with his mother,” Larsa later shared throughout an episode of the couple’s “Separation Anxiousness” podcast earlier this month. “It’s most likely awkward for my ex and [Marcus’] dad. I get it. I’m not loopy. I perceive that it’s totally different for them. For us [though], we by no means discuss them. We’ve got our personal relationship and our personal day-to-day life. It entails solely us and my youngsters.”
Marcus, for his half, laughed off Michael’s criticism. “I do know my dad. A part of our DNA is to speak s—t,” he stated on the podcast. “He’s being playful. He’s laughing. He’s slightly lit. I didn’t put an excessive amount of weight into it.”
Larsa, nevertheless, didn’t discover Michael’s feedback to be humorous in any respect. “I didn’t suppose it was humorous. There’s nothing humorous about it,” she concluded.
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With reporting by Sarah Jones
