Gabrielle Union recently revealed that she is living with the reality of menopause.
Appearing on Today with Jenna & Sheinelle, Union shared how she got a serious hot flash at The Met Gala.
“I’m there, at our table. It is Bad Bunny sitting across from me,” Union said. “It’s Gigi Hadid sitting next to him, Sydney Sweeney, Maya Hawke, Hunter Schaferme and my husband [Dwyane Wade].”
“And it’s a long night, right? There’s the event, then the after party, then the after party, then the after party. Well, we normally go to sleep after [daughter Kaavia] goes to sleep,” she continued. “We are watching Lottery Dream Home at 8 o’clock. I’m like, let me get a little espresso. Well, cue the flop sweat! And D goes, ‘Baby, you are sweating, you’re sweating!’ And I go, ‘I know!’”
Union said she was worried that she was having a hot flash in front of the younger stars. She even drew concern from Bad Bunny.
“What do I do? In front of these people?! All of a sudden, I look up, and Bad Bunny goes, ‘Are you okay?!’ And I can’t stop it. It’s just coming down in sheets,” Union said. “Everyone starts handing me their napkins. And I look over — and there’s Sydney Sweeney just dry.”
“There’s a point where you’ve just gotta laugh it off,” she said. “I didn’t laugh a lot that night, but later when I was re-telling the story, I was like, ‘This is actually kind of funny.’”
On the acting side of things, Union is starring in Union in GOAT. The animated sports film is also starring Wade.
Produced by Stephen Curry, the film is about a small goat named Will who dreams of playing “roarball,” a pro sport for fierce animals. Union voices Jett Fillmore, a legendary black panther and star player for the Vineland Thorns. Wade voices the bull Rosette.