Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade may be a dream team, but one furry player might be riding the bench.
Wade guest-hosted “TODAY With Jenna & Friends,” and brought along his wife for Friday’s “The Great Debate” segment, where guests stand at podiums next to each other and have 20 seconds each to offer points and counterpoints on a topic, with host Jenna Bush Hager deciding the winner.
The topic? Pets in the bedroom.
“Should you let your dog sleep in the bed with you?” Hager asked the couple.
Union and Wade, who share a French bulldog named Trey, laughed at the question, but Union was tasked with making the first move.
“No. Absolutely not. Not that dog,” Union said.
The actor went on to explain her firm stance: “Trey loves D in a way that is unhealthy for everyone. He literally cries and screams like a human at the door whenever he leaves.”
But it was what came next that truly flipped the script.
“When he leaves [Trey] goes back to our bed, but luckily only on his side, and he will drop a deuce right on his pillow,” Union revealed.
“The dropping of the deuce” revelation caught Hager off guard, and now it was Wade’s turn to defend his four-legged teammate.
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“One thing that I’m trying to build with Trey… I was trying to build emotional bonding, emotional bonding is very important to everyone,” he said. “I’m trying to be a model presence for Trey. I’m gonna leave the home, I need him to protect the home. I had to show him a boost in his confidence. You know, I’m out on the beach with him, I’m running. I’m getting up in the morning at 6 a.m., doing all the things!”
Hager, caught between laughter and mild horror, was initially swayed by Union’s complete disgust, but in the end, it was Wade’s commitment to visuals (and, arguably, team morale) that tipped the vote in his favor.
