Gabrielle Union gets honest about her first big purchase

Gabrielle Union recently got candid and revealed the “so stupid” thing she bought with her first big pay cheque.

During a panel at the American Black Film Festival in Miami on June 12, the 52-year-old American actress, whose film career took off in 1999 and 2000 with movies like 10 Things I Hate About You, Bring It On, She’s All That, and Love & Basketball, opened up about the first big thing she purchased.

Union said, “So stupid. I went on the Mazda lot. I’m like, ‘Oh, I’ve made it when I have a Mazda.’ My dad’s like, ‘Don’t buy a brand new car. It depreciates the second you drive it off the lot.’”

She added, “I walked into Mazda and I bought myself a black on black Mazda Miata with leather seats.”

“Lemme tell you about leather seats in Los Angeles. Do you know I scorched myself every time I got out? Yeah, that was my first purchase. And it depreciated the second I drove it off the lot!” the Cradle 2 the Grave star noted.