Larsa Pippen & Marcus Jordan Talk Big Age Gap & 'Gold Digger' Accusations

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Larsa Pippen and Marcus Jordan are opening up about the public’s perception of them as a couple.

The 48-year-old Real Housewives of Miami star and the 32-year-old former UCF Knights player are promoting their new podcast right now and they talked about their big age gap and accusations that Larsa is a “gold digger.” Marcus is the son of basketball player Michael Jordan while Larsa is the ex-wife of his former teammate Scottie Pippen. Keep reading to find out more… “I let people that are misinformed be misinformed,” Marcus told E!

News. “I feel like people see our last names and immediately want to have some sort of reaction or opinion. But I feel like as people get to know us and understand our situations more, they’re way more happy for us and just want to see us to live in our truths and be happy.” Larsa added that “people just want to see you happy and there’s just a few people who are just miserable.

They just wanna have some negative input on things. But I think overall, I feel like people that know us, love us, want us to be happy.” While chatting with Page Six, the couple responded to accusations that Larsa is after Marcus‘ family money. “I feel like the money thing is annoying,” Larsa said. Marcus added, “Yeah, I feel like people try to say Larsa’s a gold digger and she’s after the Jordan money or something… She’s such an independent, career-driven woman.