In the early 1990s, Michael Jordan was at the peak of his NBA career, and fans would do anything to catch a glimpse of him. His popularity rose to the point that his now ex-wife Juanita Vanoy and their children started getting disturbed. In a rare interview, Vanoy spoke about this and revealed how she had to draw a line.
Jordan and Vanoy were married for 17 years before calling it quits, which resulted in the most expensive divorce settlements. Vanoy was by Jordan’s side throughout his professional basketball career. She witnessed MJ rise, and gain popularity. While she was undoubtedly supportive, the disturbance caused by the fans didn’t sit well with her.
Notably, Michael’s son Marcus Jordan in one of the interviews revealed the worst thing about being His Airness’s son. Marcus spoke on TMZSports about how he always had a seed of doubt in his mind when someone interacted with him. Largely since people would reach out to him for a pair of Jordans or MJ’s autograph.
Michael Jordan bought a $14.9 million mansion because of Juanita Vanoy
Michael Jordan’s popularity has always been ever-growing, and to efficiently deal with this, he and his now ex-wife Juanita Vanoy came up with a solution. They bought a mansion that was worth a whopping $14.9 million. Vanoy was asked about the same during the rare interview and she revealed that people would constantly come and ring the bell.
In her own words, “Well because right now we really don’t have any privacy where we are and we constantly have people coming to the house and they are asking for autographs. They come to the door, they ring the bell, and it distracts him”. Notably, the mansion has some of the most amusing features. The door of this has Jordan’s jersey number 23, however, he later changed his jersey number to 45.
The front gate of Michael Jordan’s $14.9 million mansion
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Michael Jordan’s memorabilia has more often than not sold quickly and raked in millions. Notably, his dream team jacket was sold for $1,500,000. However, it took Jordan more than a decade to sell the mansion, during which he had to bear a multi-million dollar Loss.
Furthermore, his popularity has not reduced but soared high in recent years. Despite retiring two decades ago, he still remains the most renowned basketball player. Jordan continues to be in the headlines, and fans are more thrilled than ever to know what he is up to all the time.