South African actress, model, television host, and radio personality, Pearl Thusi, is rumoured to be dating NBA basketball player Serge Ibaka.
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Serge Jonas Ibaka Ngobila is a Congolese-Spanish professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association
Pearl Thusi has been keeping her love life private after she broke-up with sports journalist Robert Marawa in 2017.
According to a gossip website sportsgossip.com, a tipster told them that Pearl and Serge first met at the NBA Africa Games in August, hosted last year in Johannesburg, South Africa.
“The Model/Actress and Ibaka met at the NBA Africa Games in 2017 of August. They finally made things official this summer in Barcelona,” – the website reports.
The website also allegedly stated that they have received some video of Serge and Pearl Thusi together back in July in Africa. If you look closely, you can see Serge and Pearl in the background as Wade’s wife Gabrielle Union speaks.
The rumour of the new couple started when Pearl and Kerri Hilson’s ex-boyfriend Serge shared similar photos from a trip to Barcelona in July 2018 on their Instagram Stories.
The former Quantico actress posted a photo of herself holding her mystery man’s hand on Tuesday, writing on Instagram: “Merry Christmas everyone.”
A fan confirmed the speculations and claimed to have spotted the couple in South Beach, Miami on Tuesday.
“It was awesome to bump into @PearlThusi and her boyfriend @sergeibaka on Christmas Day in South Beach! I am a big fan of Quantico! It was so nice of her to take a photo with me in the middle of her dinner! (sic),” – a Twitter user by the name of danerboi wrote.
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