LeBron James made it very clear that he’ll do everything in his power to hold onto his wife of 12 years, Savannah James.
The NBA superstar, 40, appeared on Savannah’s “Everybody’s Crazy” podcast on Tuesday, October 14, where he addressed the idea of his marriage hypothetically coming to an end.
“I know I don’t want to be alone, that’s for damn sure,” LeBron said. “If I have to fight, crawl, scratch, bite, whatever to keep mine. I got to keep it. I gotta do what I gotta do. I don’t want to be alone. I’m [from] an only child, single-parent household.”
LeBron recalled the early days of his relationship with Savannah, 39, as being “amazing.”
The Los Angeles Lakers star and Savannah met while attending different high schools in Akron, Ohio. The couple got married in 2013 and share three children: sons LeBron “Bronny” Jr., 21, and Bryce, 18, and daughter Zhuri, 10.
“The next time I’m alone, I’ll be up underneath,” LeBron said.
While LeBron is committed to making his own relationship work, he called out “some cutthroat, ruthless ass bitches out here right now.”
“Listen, I’m in locker rooms,” LeBron said. “It’s a lot of women out here who have now kinda flipped the script. Some homies out here that’s trying to be good, too, and trying to figure it out. Now they’re looking in the mirror saying, ‘Damn, what did I do wrong?’ Homies, it ain’t you.”
He added, “If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be.”
LeBron recently addressed his marriage to Savannah on the “360 with Speedy” podcast last month, admitting it’s not “picture perfect.”
“It’s not, man,” LeBron. “I’m gonna be honest. A relationship is never picture perfect. But if you’re OK with working through the hardships and the adverse moments, then it will make it all worth it, man. We’ve been together since high school, so s*** ain’t always going to be a bed of roses, man — in any relationship, let alone someone you’ve been living with for 20 years.”
The four-time NBA MVP laid out some of his best advice for making a relationship work.
“Communication is No. 1,” LeBron explained. “Being honest is No. 2. No. 3 is just, like, you have to be OK in being uncomfortable in relationships sometimes. You can’t always have it your way. You can’t always think, ‘My way or the highway.’ It’s never going to work that way.”
He added, “The saying, ‘Happy wife, happy life,’ that s*** is real, bro.”
LeBron is currently gearing up for his 23rd NBA season, but will miss the start of the Lakers’ schedule because of sciatica on his right side.
The Lakers announced LeBron would miss three or four more weeks on Thursday, October 9. The storied franchise opens the regular season on Tuesday, October 21, against the Golden State Warriors.
“I’m not about to play another 23 years, that’s for damn sure,” LeBron said about his pending retirement on “360 with Speedy in September. “I’m not about to play another 10. I’m definitely gearing up to where the end is. I’m not there yet. I’m super blessed to be able to sit here in year 23.”
