Soccer legend Deion Sanders and his long-time fiancée TV producer Tracey Edmonds are calling it quits after 12 years collectively.
Edmonds broke the information she and Prime had been ending their relationship on Sunday evening — explaining the choice to separate was “mutually determined.”
“Now we have mutually determined that it’s best for us to maneuver ahead in life AS FRIENDS and have made this determination with love in our hearts, respect for one another, and appreciation for the time we’ve shared collectively,” she wrote in a submit on Instagram.
“Please maintain us in your prayers as we undergo this transition. Thanks for being there for us ALL THESE YEARS! We love you and respect you SO MUCH! 🙏🏽❤️”
There appears to be nothing however admiration between the previous couple as Sanders commented on her posts calling her an “wonderful girl,” including that she’s been a “true blessing” to him.
“Love u Tracey and You’ve been a real blessing to me. I respect the instances we’ve shared they usually laughs we’ve had,” the Colorado soccer coach wrote.
“You’re an incredible girl and an incredible mom. God bless u with each endeavor and each step u take. You’re HER. Tracey-Mack !!!”
The powerhouse couple had been engaged for almost 4 years, with Edmonds saying the information on an Instagram submit over Valentine’s Day in 2019.
Sanders and Edmonds, each 56, met in 2012 whereas at a film premiere get together for a movie she had produced, in accordance with Individuals.
Following a quick dialog in the course of the get together, Sanders requested a pal to get her enterprise card that evening.
Sanders would attain out to Edmonds a couple of months later to pitch her his concept for the fact collection “Deion’s Household Playbook.”
“I began off considering I used to be simply going to provide [the show],” Edmonds instructed the journal again in 2021.
“However as I began working with Deion on the present, we grew fairly keen on one another and ended up courting.”
Edmonds, who gained shares a 2016 Daytime Emmy with Mario Lopez and Charissa Thompson for co-hosting “Additional,” mentioned she didn’t anticipate thus far Sanders.
“I might’ve by no means imagined in one million years that our paths would cross and that we’d find yourself in a relationship collectively,” Edmonds mentioned.
The Corridor of Fame cornerback instructed People who his and Edmonds’ relationship labored as a result of they had been “on the age and stage the place I don’t suppose neither of us wants lots.”
Edmonds, who launched the manufacturing firm Edmonds Leisure Group in 1993, mentioned she and Sanders’ schedules could battle, with no pure routine of after they might spend time collectively.
Nonetheless, Sanders’ mentioned they did their “perfect to see one another as a lot as we presumably can.”
The multitalented sports activities icon understood her work ethic greater than most.
“Tracey is a go-getter; she is that. I rise up early, and he or she is aware of I’m up understanding and I’m able to go get it,” Sanders mentioned on the time.
“It’s a blessing, however we perceive one another as a result of we’re busy in our personal proper.”
The information of their breakup comes lower than 24 hours earlier than the school soccer switch portal reopens.
Coach Prime will enter his second 12 months as the pinnacle coach of Boulder and might be dedicated to rebuilding the group after a number of high-value recruits de-committed from this system and three of his coaches left.
Sanders was named Sports activities Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the 12 months regardless of Colorado’s 4-Eight document in 2023.