The game-changing love story of Marcus Jordan and Larsa Pippen

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Although the owner of the Trophy Room boutique in Orlando and real housewives of miami The stars, who have been in a relationship for more than a year and made it official on Instagram in January, met at a party hosted by Nike-owned Jordan Brand in 2019, before the pandemic put a damper on everyone’s social scene. to influence.

Marcus is in contact with important people who want to enter the “top secret area” and hang out near his father, Michael Jordansomeone in Larsa’s group of friends texted him asking for an entree.

“I just feel like, even at that time — we weren’t really hanging out, we were just seeing each other — I found myself staring at you from across the room,” Marcus said on the June 12 premiere of the couple’s podcast He recalled concentratedly, separation anxiety

, “Wanted to talk to you and get to know you more, but I feel like we didn’t get the chance. We just said ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ and moved on.”

But they exchanged phone numbers and kept in touch via text messages and Instagram. “And we have a lot of mutual friends,” added Marcus, who celebrated his 33rd birthday on December 24. “So every time I’m in Miami, I’m like, ‘Hey, I’m in town, ‘What are you doing?’ where are you tonight? “I think it just happened gradually over time.”

One could almost say Marcus has been busy growing into his “Prince Charming” persona.