"Thanks son, Love You": Michael Jordan's ex-wife Juanita Vanoy expresses heartfelt gratitude to son Marcus Jordan
Michael Jordan’s ex-wife, Juanito Vanoy, has been receiving well wishes as she celebrated her 65th birthday last week. Vanoy, who usually uses her Instagram account for business posts, expressed gratitude to her son, Marcus Jordan, who prepared a special dinner for her on Saturday.
“Thanks so. Love you,” Vanoy wrote, reposting Marcus Jordan’s story on Instagram of the wine he bought for a late birthday dinner with her mother.
The bottle is the 2012 Vega Scilia Unico Ribera del Duero wine, which retails at $620, according to wineaccess.com. It was a rare world-class wine that could be aged for as long as 20 years.
Treating her mom on her special day, Marcus Jordan came off a vacation in the Dominican Republic to bond with some of his cousins and other members of Michael Jordan’s side of the family.
Marcus Jordan and siblings greet Juanita Vanoy on her birthday
In her birthday post, Juanita Vanoy shared a picture of a birthday cupcake in which her sons commented to greet her a happy birthday.
"Happy Birthday Mom!! We love you so much. You are our rock." Marcus Jordan wrote in the comment.
His older brother, Jeffrey, also greeted his mother with a short but heartfelt message.
"Happy birthday mom! I love you," Jeffrey posted.
While her daughter, Jasmine, did not comment on her mother’s IG post, she was seen enjoying a dinner prepared for her mother along with her brothers in Marcus Jordan’s story.
The picture was re-shared by Juanita, tagging all her children. According to Marcus, the family was lucky enough to snag the remaining table left for reservation in the restaurant.
Jasmine Jordan discusses why mother Juanita not in Michael Jordan’s famed “The Last Dance” documentary
Jasmine Jordan, the youngest among the siblings, talked about why 2020's “The Last Dance” documentary did not include their mother, Juanita, despite being a part of Michael Jordan’s career from 1985 until his retirement in 2002.
"At the end of the day, if you'd ask my mom, she lived it," Jordan said in an interview with Essence. "There's no need to go down memory lane and bring up everything that has already happened when the proof is in the pudding. She was at the championship. She was at the retirement ceremony.
"We saw her in her glory ... so, no, I don't think there's a need to rehash and go through it all."
Jasmine also expressed her gratitude to their mother, who was hands-on in raising them, while her father was busy building his legacy in the court.