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Gabrielle Union Shares How Her Dad Being in Memory Care Affects Her Career Choices: ‘I Have to Go Where the Money Goes’
Gabrielle Union is practicing what she preaches. After recently telling her Instagram followers to ‘prioritize your family,’ the actress is sharing how she’s balancing caring for her dad as he lives with dementia while deciding which career opportunities to take.
After telling her Instagram followers to “prioritize your family” in a heartfelt tribute to her dad, Sylvester Union, on his 80th birthday in October, the actress and entrepreneur shared at the American Black Film Festival in Miami on June 12 how she’s balancing caring for him as he lives with dementia while deciding which career opportunities to take. “I don't have the luxury of taking all the independent films that I want because I can’t afford to pay for my extended family in the way that they have grown accustomed to,” she explained to the audience during her onstage discussion — titled “Sisterhood & Savings: A Conversation with Gabrielle Union” — moderated by Kelley L. Carter. My Dad, who is fighting dementia every day to hold onto his precious memories of his children and grandchildren and all the kids and adults he’s adopted as family along the way,” she wrote in a caption accompanying a photo of them.
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