Paul Pierce gives his opinion on marriage and seemingly reveals that it’s not for him.
The 47-year-old retired basketball player said that marriage is for poor and elderly people. While on an episode of The Truth After Dark which was released in February, Pierce said, “All men want at the end of the day is to feel appreciated and respected. When you start coming home and respect ain’t there… That’s how all my relationships ended.”
He went to say that he’s been on both sides of cheating and stayed with the woman who cheated on him. “I feel like every relationship shouldn’t be based off of that.” He continued, “That’s why I’ll never be in another relationship, ‘cause it’s always based off of that… Once that wear down, you gonna go find somebody else that’s better.”
Pierce went on to explain his point of view on marriage. “Let me say what marriage is and who marriage is for: Marriage is for old people and poor people,” he said. “Our parents, like my moms and all them, they married on a merit of like, ‘Okay, we gonna put our incomes together. Have all these kids… We going to have 5-10 kids.’ Back in the ’60s, all them they going to have 5-10 kids so they can work and bring in income. So you poor, you married for that, and now when you get old… somebody has to be by your side to take care of you.”
He talked about his mother getting married when she was 70. “It was perfect, she had somebody by her side the whole way through,” he continued. “Outside of that, it’s no advantage to a man. What does it do for a man when things go south? Like we going to have to give up half our this, pay child support… It’s only advantageous to a woman.”
Paul Pierce said that he doesn’t see himself in another long term relationship and will wait until he’s 70 just like his mother. He was married to his ex-wife Julie, and they shared three children together. They ended up getting a divorce in 2023.