Published 11:26 IST, June 9th 2020

Why did Scottie Pippen and his wife divorce? Did rapper Future date Larsa Pippen?

Why did Scottie Pippen and his wife divorce? Here's a look at the reasons behind the couple's split and Larsa's rumoured fling with rapper Future.

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Scottie Pippen was one of world's most renowned basketball players during peak of his career. Playing alongside Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, Toni Kukoc and Steve Kerr for Chicago Bulls, Scottie Pippen me his way to six NBA championships over course of his career. Many have argued that Pippen was one of major reasons that Michael Jordan could dominate NBA during 1990s as was evident in recent docu-series,  Last Dance. Scottie Pippen married Larsa Pippen (previously Larsa Younan) in 1997. Here's a look as to why did Scottie Pippen and his wife divorce, and Future and Scottie Pippen wife pictures.

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Scottie and Larsa Pippen's four children

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Why did Scottie Pippen and his wife divorce? Future and Larsa Pippen dating rumours

Scottie Pippen and wife Larsa filed for divorce twice. first time it was Scottie who filed for divorce in 2016 but couple later reconciled. second time was in 2018 when both individuals decided to end ir marriage after almost 21 years of being toger. official answer to question 'Why did Scottie Pippen and his wife divorce?' comes across as cliche. Larsa told TMZ, "It is with deep sness that Scottie and I announce that we are legally separating. We have both tried very hard for a long time to make our marriage work and have ultimately come to conclusion that it is best that we live separate lives. We have so many amazing memories toger, remain best of friends and love each or very much. Our four children have always been our priority and for ir sake we ask for as much privacy as possible for our family during this sensitive time." However, re is seemingly more to this story than meets eye.

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Why did Scottie Pippen and his wife divorce? Future and Scottie Pippen wife pictures

Anor answer to question 'Why did Scottie Pippen and his wife divorce?' could be answered by a certain rapper named 'Future' from hip-hop industry. Future, who recently dropped his album 'High off life' which features song 'Life is good ft Drake', was rumoured to be answer to question 'Why did Scottie Pippen and his wife divorce?'. above picture on Larsa's Instagram was during time when Scottie and Larsa Pippen were going through ups and downs in ir relationship. Her caption, ' heart wants what it wants' led to an increase in rumours surrounding her alleged affair with Future. In fact, Future's verse from a song with rapper Moneybagg involved following bars, “I did it by mistake, it wasn't on purpose, end up f***ing your wife/ She was choosin' up and it was on sight" which only went on to d fuel to fire.

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Why did Scottie Pippen and his wife divorce? Future and Scottie Pippen wife pictures

However, both parties involved in Future and Larsa Pippen dating rumours issue have denied any such incident ever happened. Larsa herself responded to trolls on her social media handle by claiming, “I’ll take a beating publicly. Ppl saying I cheated when believe me it wasn’t like that. He was nowhere around. I cried oceans after him. I would do anything for him. Ppl saying I’m a gold digger is insane. I don’t care about money. I’ve h it my whole life,” duo continue to raise ir four kids - Scotty Jr. (born 2000), Preston (born 2002), Justin (born 2005), and Sophia Pippen (born 2008) - in joint custody after separating in 2018.

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11:26 IST, June 9th 2020