Gabrielle Union Shares Video Joking with Daughter Kaavia About Favorite 'Frozen' Characters

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo: Gabrielle Union Wade/Instagram

Gabrielle Unionand daughterKaavia Jamesare always sharing a laugh.

As Kaavia ran her hand the length of the braid, Union asked, “So you’re okay with me being Elsa?” to which Kaavia nodded.

“Are you going to be Anna?” Union asked.

“I’ll be uh… something else,” Kaavia replied quickly.

Turning to face the camera, Union joked, “Ain’t nobody want to be Anna.”

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Union shares Kaavia with husbandDwyane Wade. The retired NBA player, 40, is also dad to 15-year-old Zaya and sonsZaire, 20, andXavier, 8, from previous relationships. He’s also served as legal guardian to his nephew, Dahveon Morris, 20.

Last month, Union shared some photos from the Wade’s Fourth of July festivities. The family enjoyed time together with their kids at the beach and pool.

In onesweet video, Union and Kaavia appear in matching suits. Union opts for a bikini in the red, white, and blue print while Kaavia wears a one-piece. The mother-daughter duo dance together with Latto’s “It’s Givin” playing over the clip.

“Me and@kaaviajamestwinnin and grinnin,” she captioned the video. “Big 4th of July/Hot Links/Rose' energy ❤️❤️❤️🎇🧨🎆”

Gabrielle Union/Instagram

Wade opened up about his family in April, joking abouthis youngest daughter’s social media fame.

“I’ve done a lot of cool things in my life, well I thought I did,” Wade said onThe Ellen DeGeneres Show. “And forget the championships and the other things I’ve done, everywhere I go it’s like, ‘So how’s Kaavia?’ And I’m like, ‘She’s great, but let’s talk about why I’m here.'”

Speaking of his daughter’s influence on social media, he added, “It’s this thing about Kaavia where people have started following her, the captions on her photos, it kind of says everything we wanna say, we just can’t say it.”

“But she has her own swag and personality,” he continued. “Through the pandemic she kept all of us going and having something to look forward to.”

source: people.com