Russell Wilson had us all in our FEELS Monday (Feb. 26) after he expressed raising Ciara‘s son, Future, as his own child.
Russell Knew From Jump Ciara & Future Were Part Of His FUTURE!
The conversation occurred during an episode of ‘I Am Athlete’ with host Brandon Marshall. Russell revealed that he first connected with Ciara when Future was just nine months old. Wilson said that God told him that Cici and lil’ man were meant to be his family after praying on it.
“When I walked in the room, I see lil’ Future, he’s nine months at the time and he crawls in my lap. It was like, ‘This is gonna be my responsibility.’ I remember leaving that night and God saying to me, ‘Raising this child is gonna be your responsibility.’ I said, ‘God, are you sure this is what you want me to do?’ He said, ‘Son, this is for you.’”
Russell Wilson says he knew they were his family from the first night he met Ciara and Future. That thought was scary to me. It was, but Wilson said it was also an opportunity.
“Yes, scary in the sense of… not scary, but it was more so an opportunity. Like, ‘Okay, God, this is what you want me to do? You know, stepping in to raise a child with Ci.’ And realizing like, ‘Okay God, I know she’s the one for me, but also too, I’m going to take this responsibility as well? Okay. And I was ready for that.”
He was ready to help raise a child at the time. The gift was a gift from God to him.
“Even Jesus himself, Joseph, was a stepdad. It wasn’t biologically his. I was like, ‘Okay God, you gonna give me this opportunity to love the way you were love. Like the way you want us to love.”
Wilson Says He Treats Future Like His Own Child
In July 2016, Russell and Ciara tied the knot in England. They announced their first pregnancy with Sienna Princess Wilson in October, a few months after they announced their first pregnancy with Sienna Princess Wilson, who was born in April 2017. In July 2020, they welcomed their second son together, Win. They welcomed their third child, daughter Amora, in December 2023. They welcomed their third child in December 2023.
Despite having a growing family, Russell Wilson has always displayed a close bond with Future, from golfing and playing baseball together to most recently enjoying the All-Star weekend together.
The NFL player confirmed in his interview that what we see on the outside is exactly what is happening inside their family dynamics. There is no difference in how he treats Future and his biological children with Ciara.
“No, I think that when you raising children and you’re married… you gotta love every single child as if they’re yours. That’s been the greatest gift of raising Future, Sienna, Win, and now Amora. It’s like, man, God gave me that opportunity to raise them and to love them and to care for them and teach them and to love them every day that way. And there’s no difference. I think, to me, it’s the greatest gift. Knowing that that’s my responsibility to raise all these four beautiful children all together. And we all come from blended family a lot of times… But to be able to be one, and that’s been the best gift raising these kids with Ci.”
Russell is looking forward to having more children in the future!
