Retired Giants star Darren Waller opens up on Kelsey Plum divorce: I was never perfect
The newly retired Darren Waller has done much self-reflection in 2024 in the wake of his divorce from WNBA star Kelsey Plum in April after one year of marriage.When discussing his highly publicized split from Plum on Monday’s installment of Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club,” the former Giants tight end — who also hung up his cleats in June after eight NFL seasons — spoke candidly about how this transformative year has “forced [him] to look in the mirror” as part of his continual growth.“You talk about get honest or die lying, you kinda got to look at yourself and realize, alright, what role am I playing that all the relationships in my life have always had the same patterns.It kinda plays into everything else I was mentioning earlier, the co-dependency aspect like, any time I’m in a relationship, I feel like I gotta dance or do a certain thing to keep this person around, almost tying my self-worth to the success of a relationship, and you realize how much you lose yourself and doing the things that you love and things that take care of you on a daily basis.
Making this person kind of like the center of your universe and how unhealthy that is for everybody involved,” Waller said.“Realizing that and realizing the impact that it was having on me, as far as making decisions that were authentic for the life that I wanted, these are things that I couldn’t say 100 percent yes to.You have certain conversations and realize there’s so much life ahead of both of us, might as well just go ahead and live it and move on and no type of hostility.”Waller, 31, wed Plum, a two-time WNBA champion, in March 2023, the same month the tight end was traded to the Giants from the Raiders.Moments before their divorce was first reported in April, the Aces point guard posted a cryptic message on social media that hinted at the deterioration of the relationship.“I’m devastated.
I walked through fire for that man, but now I see it’s time to go.God has give...