Normani is opening up about her relationship with her boyfriend, DK Metcalf, and how Ciara and her NFL player husband, Russell Wilson , orchestrated their first meeting. During a chat with Ebro Darden for The Ebro Show on Apple Music 1 about the release of her long-awaited debut album, Dopamine , the singer shared how the mother of four's determination to have her meet the NFL wide receiver led to her new romance. "He's such a light for me, especially just like in my lowest points," the singer tells Darden of her beau.
"He popped up today -- didn't even know he was coming. But I needed that." When asked how she and the 26-year-old Seattle Seahawks player met, Normani explains that Ciara and Wilson introduced the two.
Wilson played for the Seahawks from 2012 to 2022, before he was traded to the Denver Broncos . Wilson was released from the Broncos in early March and confirmed reports that he'll join the Pittsburgh Steelers later that same month . Ciara and Wilson have been married since 2016 and the pair shares three children, as well as Ciara's son, Future Zahir, from a previous relationship.
"It's like, if you could trust [any] couple, that would be the couple," Normani quips. "[At] multiple occasions [Ciara] was like, 'Hey, I know this guy.'" While the singer admits that Metcalf had expressed interest in her "for a while," she hadn't been in the right mindset to pursue a relationship.
But when she was ready and "an opportunity presented itself," she took the leap of faith. .
