Corinne Gobert is the mother of Rudy Gobert, a professional basketball player.
Rudy, full name Rudy Gobert-Bourgarel, is currently playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association.
Corinne was born in Saint-Quentin, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Her nationality is French, and her ethnicity is White. She follows Christianity.
She graduated from Public US State University. According to the source, she used to work as a hairdresser.
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Married life
Corinne Gobert was married to Rudy Bourgarel, a former basketball player. Rudy Sr. is from Guadeloupe.
Corinne and Rudy Sr. met in Saint-Quentin during Rudy Sr.'s basketball match. Soon, they fell in love and started dating.
They exchanged wedding vows and welcomed their son on June 26, 1992.
Their marriage couldn't last long, and they divorced in 1995 when their son was only three years old.
According to the source, the reason for the divorce is domestic violence.
After they went their separate ways, Rudy stayed with his mother in France but used to visit his father in Guadeloupe.
Struggled to raise her children
Corinne is also a mother of two other children from her previous relationships.
She became a single mother after her divorce and struggled to raise three children on her own.
Rudy revealed that his father went back to Guadeloupe when he was two, and his mother was handling a lot of responsibilities.
They started living in social housing with immigrants from all different places.
Rudy was always happy with everything Corinne provided for him, never complained, and never asked Corinne for things they couldn't afford.
He said one of his earliest memories with his mother is going to a little shop run by a charity on the weekend where they would get free groceries and stuff.
There used to be a whole table of toys that was donated for all the kids, and his mother would tell him to pick anything he wanted for his Christmas gift.
He remembers getting a really cool toy when he was six or seven, and that's when he realized how different his life was from other children.
It was always mixed with sadness, happiness, and hunger.
He said when he was playing with that toy, he thought, "One day, we won't have to worry about anything."
He further said it was never about money but about feeling at ease and in control.
He never thought that one day he would play in the NBA, but he was going to make it for him and his mother.
Corinne was his biggest supporter and would always tell him, "Go after your dreams. I will be fine."
Corinne's family didn't accept her son, Rudy
Rudy revealed his tragic past, where he said his mother's family didn't accept him because he was black.
Rudy wrote in a personal essay, "What You See in the Dark," where he revealed that since his mother is white and his father is black, his birth became a problem to some people.
He wrote,
Before I was even conscious, when I was just a child coming into the world in Northern France, some people didn't want me around because of who I am. And not just people. My own people. Very close family, actually.
He even recalled his relatives saying things like, "We don't want that baby in our house," and said it was a painful memory.
He further revealed that every year, his mother's side of the family has a big Christmas dinner at a certain person's house, and after he was born, certain relatives made it clear to his mother that she wasn't welcome in their home for Christmas dinner if she brought Rudy along.
She was only welcome if she came alone, but she couldn't bring "that child."
Corinne then told them if that was the way they thought, then they were not going to see her anymore, not on Christmas, not ever, and she didn't want anything to do with them.
She would not go to dinner on her own and spend Christmas with her son. Rudy is very grateful to his mother and asks what he would be without her.
His mother started protecting him from day one, even before he could protect himself.
Who is her son dating?
Her son is currently engaged to his beautiful girlfriend, Julia Bonilla. They announced in February that they were pregnant with their first child.
They recently welcomed their baby, a son, together. Rudy missed Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series against the Denver Nuggets to be there for his fiancé as she gave birth.
Their son was born on early Monday, May 6, 2024.
