Blake Griffin appeared on Monday's episode of Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard and recalled the racism he faced while growing up in Oklahoma. His mother Gail Griffin, who is white, and his father Tommy Griffin, who is Black, got married in Oklahoma back in the early '80s. "They had their fair share of nasty looks, of comments, of remarks," Griffin told Dax Shepard. "It's still happening today so you can imagine what it was like 30 years ago." Still, the Detroit Pistons player said his parents did a "really good job of rising above it." "There's situations that my brother and I look back [at] now and we're like, 'Oh wow. That was...
- 6/22/2020
- E! Online
Image Source: Getty / Kevork Djansezian Kendall Jenner has made headlines these past couple months thanks to her blossoming new romance with NBA player Blake Griffin. The model and Los Angeles Clippers power forward were first linked in September after being spotted out on dinner dates on both coasts, and on Nov. 2, Blake helped celebrate Kendall's 22nd birthday along with family and friends at a party in La. Most recently, Kendall sat courtside to watch her man and his team take on the Memphis Grizzlies at Staples Center. At first, a source close to Kendall told Us Weekly that she and Blake "have been hanging out a lot and are having fun together," though new reports from People allude to something more serious. "They started out more like friends, and then it was very casual. But it seems more serious lately. When they are not together, they keep in touch over the phone.
- 11/6/2017
- by Brittney Stephens
- Popsugar.com
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