A longtime power couple has announced that they’re calling it quits.Former WNBA star Sue Bird and USWNT soccer legend Megan Rapinoe are breaking up, according to a joint Instagram post. File video above: Megan Rapinoe testifies on Capitol Hill on equal pay and gender inequality”This hasn’t been an easy decision, but it’s one we’ve made together, with so much love, respect, and care for each other,” the statement says. “We’ve shared a whole life over the last decade, through big moments and in quiet ones, and that’s something we’ll always carry with us. We are so grateful to this incredible community that has held us up, welcomed us in, and supported us exactly as we are. So many of you have reminded us, again and again, why loving out loud matters.”You can read the couple’s full statement here.Bird and Rapinoe were together for nearly 10 years — their relationship began when they were both competing for Team USA at the Rio Summer Olympics in 2016. They got engaged in 2020.They also announced that they’d no longer continue producing their podcast “A Touch More” together. “Thank you for being with us through all of it…it means the world to us,” the statement says.
A longtime power couple has announced that they’re calling it quits.
Former WNBA star Sue Bird and USWNT soccer legend Megan Rapinoe are breaking up, according to a joint Instagram post.
File video above: Megan Rapinoe testifies on Capitol Hill on equal pay and gender inequality
“This hasn’t been an easy decision, but it’s one we’ve made together, with so much love, respect, and care for each other,” the statement says. “We’ve shared a whole life over the last decade, through big moments and in quiet ones, and that’s something we’ll always carry with us. We are so grateful to this incredible community that has held us up, welcomed us in, and supported us exactly as we are. So many of you have reminded us, again and again, why loving out loud matters.”
You can read the couple’s full statement here.
Bird and Rapinoe were together for nearly 10 years — their relationship began when they were both competing for Team USA at the Rio Summer Olympics in 2016. They got engaged in 2020.
They also announced that they’d no longer continue producing their podcast “A Touch More” together.
“Thank you for being with us through all of it…it means the world to us,” the statement says.
