"God send me Bible totin, tattooed giant": Dwight Howard's girlfriend Amy Luciani pens romantic message to celebrate engagement with NBA star
Dwight Howard, the 2020 NBA champion, is engaged. The three-time Defensive Player of the Year's girlfriend and singer Amy Luciani broke the news through her social media post. The couple kept their relationship secret from the public, but the big day propelled Luciani to make the announcement.
In her post, the "Good Love" singer posted a series of never-seen pictures and videos. She wrote a lengthy caption saying she was enjoying her relationship with the former NBA star away from the "public eye."
Showering love on her fiancee, Luciani lovingly called Howard a "tattooed giant with the same heart." In the first video of the post, the couple were adorably showing off each other's engagement ring, and Howard had a big smile on his face.
"I was enjoying you so much out of the public eye but here we are," Luciani said, adding, "Thank you for bringing me back to the word. Anything I say or fuss about, first thing you say is 'Did you pray about it?' Then I realized I hadn’t being praying much lately at all."
"I’m just thankful, happy and ready for everything that’s coming our way. I prayed reallllll deep on a Thursday not knowing 2 days later God would send me a Bible totin, tattood giant with the same heart as me. Thank you," she added.
Take a look at the secret love life of Howard and Luciani in this Instagram post:
The relationship between the American artist and the former LA Lakers center was unknown to the world before today. Howard also made a separate engagement post on his Instagram.
"Happy 😅♾️❤️ #blacklove #prayedforthis," he wrote in the caption.
The engagement came just a few months after Dwight Howard was surrounded by a sexual assault lawsuit filed in 2023 by Stephen Harper. However, the charges were dropped in August earlier this year.
Dwight Howard's past relationships before engagement to Amy Luciani
Howard enjoyed stardom, at least when he was in his prime. His past dating history was also nothing less than high profile and perhaps as colorful as his NBA career.
According to Mirror, Howard's first public relationship was with Tiffany Render. The former couple also share a 14-year-old daughter named Layla. They are currently in the midst of a legal battle over the custody of their daughter.
The same year, the former Orlando Magic star had another daughter, Jayde, with Hope Alexa, who is a fitness model. Howard's dating history book is thick with several other love chapters with several different women.
He once dated Christine Vest and Camilla Poindexter, but these relationships remained short. The eight-time NBA All-Star also enjoyed a brief fling with adult movie star Teanna Trump. Howard has also been involved with Marion Denise Douglas and Celina Powell.
The 2025 Hall of Fame nominee also dated Melissa Rios, who passed away in 2020. Howard shares his son David with Rios.
Howard had his eldest son, Braylon, with Royce Reed, a "Basketball Wives" star and a dancer. However, their relationship barely took the public limelight. Last year, Reed was charged with child neglect of her son Braylon, who is now 17 years old.
Dwight Howard's last relationship before Luciani was with former NBA player Te'a Cooper. The former couple got engaged in 2019 but broke off the engagement two years later.