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How Brittney Griner Healed After Her Wrongful Detainment: She and Wife Cherelle 'Embraced the Slow' (Exclusive)
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NEED TO KNOW Brittney and Cherelle Griner tell PEOPLE how they've resettled into life after the WNBA star's wrongful detainmentThe couple walked the red carpet in support of her new documentary about that time, The Brittney Griner StoryThe Griners share 18-month-old son BashBrittney and Cherelle Griner are learning to embrace the quiet moments in between.
While on the red carpet of the premiere of The Brittney Griner Story at Sundance Film Festival, the WNBA star and her wife of six years tell PEOPLE that their home became a haven after the athlete returned to the U.S. following her 2022 detainment in Russia.
“Honestly, I think for me personally, like self care, it really looked like being able to just turn it off,” Cherelle, 33, tells PEOPLE.
Cherelle and Brittney Griner.
“He’s my why,” Brittney told reporters last June at a post-game presser where Bash adorably made an appearance.