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Marcus Jordan is countering the claim that his fatherMichael Jordandoes not approve of his relationship withLarsa Pippen.
The NBA legend’s son confirmed that theReal Housewivesof Miamistar has “the Michael Jordan stamp of approval” when the couple sat down for ajoint interview with Entertainment Tonightpublished Wednesday.
“We spent Thanksgiving together last year, and my family loves her. They think she’s great,” Marcus, 32, said. “And ultimately, I think my family just wants to see me happy. And so as long as I’m happy, they’re happy with whoever I’m dating.”
“Everybody had an opinion at first,” he continued. “I think there was some shock and interest early on, but I think that was the whole point of us trying to spend some family time together during the holidays.”
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“At least for me, if we’re gonna be in the media, I kind of need to introduce you to my mom and my mom’s side and my dad’s side,” Marcus recalled telling Pippen, 48. “And so, I think that went well and so far, so good.”
“We got the Michael Jordan stamp of approval on Larsa,” ET’s Brice Sander asked.
“Yeah, oh yeah,” Marcus answered.
His response comes days after aTMZphotographerasked Michael, 60, about his son’s relationshipwith theOnlyFans starwhen leaving a dinner at Paris’ Matignon on Monday.
At first, he simply laughed it off, before the paparazzi pressed further into whether he approved.
The pro athlete’s response was simple and clear: “No!”
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Larsa and Marcus, who had beenrumored to be datingfor months,formally announced their relationship in Januarywith an Instagram post in front of a floral installation of Michael’s jersey.
As for how Larsa’s exScottie— who was Michael’s longtime rival and former Chicago Bulls teammate — feels about her new romance, the reality star told ET, “No, I feel like we haven’t had that conversation.”
“I kind of don’t really ask him what is going on in his personal life. He doesn’t really ask me what’s going on in my personal life,” she continued.
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“I kind of feel like I want to see him happy and I think he wants to see me happy. I think other people view it differently than how we view it,” she noted. “I wouldn’t care if he dated someone that I knew or whatever.”
In anexclusive interview with PEOPLEin February, Pippen revealed that she hadn’t talked about Marcus with her ex-husband: “I feel like I don’t ask my ex who he dates, if he doesn’t really ask me who I [date]."
source: people.com
