A son of a basketball player and a player himself, Klay Thompson has become a renowned name in the NBA. Apart from his performance on the court, knowing about his personal life is what his fans look forward to. That is one of the reasons you are reading this article, is it not? If it is, Players Wives Wiki will take you on a closer tour of his personal and professional life. So, are you in?
First, a Little about Klay
Let’s first start from his early life because that is where it all began. Born Klay Alexander Thompson, the player blows his candles on 8th February. If you are wondering about his age, his birth year being 1990, he is 32 years old in 2021. He represents the NBA’s Golden State Warriors and is known to be one of the finest shooters in the history of the NBA now. He is known as NBA champion for three-time and NBA All-Star by five-time.
Talking of his parents, his dad, Mychal Thompson, was a basketball player too. His mother played volleyball in college. Both his siblings are sportsmen too, is it not an amazing sports family? Apart from basketball, he is also fond of chess. Well, being a fan, you must have searched about all the aspects of his life. For instance, Thompson’s surgeries, contract, shoes, and girlfriend. So, shall we talk more about Klay’s partner Laura?
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Who is Klay Thomspon Girlfriend, Laura Harrier?
When it comes to talking about his partner, his name is paired with the actress Laura Harrier. Blowing her birthday candles on 28th March since 1990, the actress is 32 years old for now. Also a model, she embarked on her career at 17 years of age. Louis Viton, Kevin Calin, Garnier, the actress has represented several brands. She has been a part of different movies, and the list includes BlacKkKlansman (2018) and Spiderman (2017 and 2019).
Now, coming to the edge of her personal life, ever since she was eight, she has been dependent on a vegetarian diet only. Talking of her early life, her birthplace is Chicago, and she grew up in Evanston, Illinois. She was born to Temujin Harrier and Linda. Temujin Harrier, his father, belongs to African American descent and works in the field of insurance.
Linda, her mother, is Polish and English and works as a speech pathologist. She has a sibling named William Harrier, who is younger than her. Until the age of three, she had a speech impediment but being a daughter of a speech pathologist, she was cured by the persitence and love of her mother Linda.
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Owing to her shy nature, her mother enrolled her in acting classes aiming to help her gain confidence. Back then, who knew she would become a celebrated name in the field of acting? She studied at Evanston Township High School. There she not only took some drama classes but showed an active involvement in sports as well. When in high school, she carried an interest in fashion, and it was then that she was voted out to be best dressed. She embarked on modeling after being spotted on a location scout by a friend of her mother.
After completing high school, she relocated to New York City in 2008. Later, in 2019, she moved to Los Angeles with an aim to take more steps ahead in her career. She has been supporting arts and exhibitions, if you ever get to have a glimpse of her home, you will find it decorated with several pieces of art.
Apart from art, she extends her support to civil rights and stands for different issues, including transgender rights, intersectional feminism, gun control, transgender rights, gender equality, and represents people of color and black people. She puts her Instagram into use to speak up about injustices. She has raised her voice for the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood. If you remember the Time’s Up movement, she was one of the signatories for that and even extended financial support of a thousand bucks.
Klay Thomspon & Laura Harrier? Now, let’s talk about their relationship!
The sportsman Klay Thompson and actress Laura Harrier started dating in 2018, but the two parted their ways in early 2020. Causing huge disappointments to their fans, the two are no longer seeing each other. However, do you know what is more important here? Not staying in an unhappy relationship for the expectations of someone else, and separating ways out of it.
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Even if they are not together, it cannot stop the fans (and us) wanting to know how the duo met. Before meeting Laura, he was dating Carlenn Henry, a model. The two broke up because of privacy issues. Actually, Thompson is not fond of sharing too much about his personal life, it is said that Henry shared a lot about their relationship, and Thomspon didn’t want that.
Now, coming to Laura Harrier and Klay Thompson, both of them prefer keeping things in private. However, they were spotted together several times. Before 2020, the duo separated somewhere in mid-2019 but they had a patch-up in July. In 2020, Harrier once spoke about her relationship and categorized it as abusive. However, the duo is not dating for now.
Back in 2018, she was once spotted with Justin Theroux in the streets of Paris, but after that, she started dating the basketball player. Now that they are not dating, which means the question of who Klay Thomspon is dating would not have Laura Harrier as the answer.
Hey! take a look at Laura’s make-up regime here:
Before we wrap up, let’s take a look at their net worth, because as a fan, you would be willing to know how much they are worth. Are you not?
With an annual salary of 32 million dollars, the net worth of the basketball player would be 60 million dollars. Talking of Laura Harrier, her net worth goes around 5 million dollars.
Laura Harrier in the Calvin Klein Commercial
In a beautiful photoshoot in 2017, Laura Harrier reclined in only Calvin Klein underwear and told the awkward story of her very first kiss.
Who has Klay Thomspon Dated? (We’ve got pics)
Klay seems to be a big drawcard for many beautiful women.
#1 Kay Thompson dated Hannah Stocking in 2014
#2 Klay Thompson Dated Tiffany Suarez in 2015
#3 Klay Thompson (maybe) Dated Abigail Ratchford in 2017
#4 Klay Thompson Dated (maybe) Carleen Henry in 2018
We don’t know much about Carleen Henry, drop us a comment if you have a picture or juicy gossip you can share.
#5 Klay Thompson Dated (maybe) Eliza Gonzalez in 2019
#6 Klay Thompson Dated Laura Harrier from 2018 until 2020
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