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Russell Wilson: Ciara and I have the same vision
Some of the excerpts from Rolling Stone's new cover story on Russell Wilson that talk about Ciara:
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Wilson asks for only one favor all day: a break around 5:00 so he can watch his girlfriend sing the national anthem at the baseball All-Star Game in Cincinnati. Just as the players are being announced, Wilson jogs through the catacombs of the pavilion to a room with a television. He whips out his phone and starts filming his girlfriend. She sounds beautiful, but Wilson notices a microdetail: "She's pulling at her earpiece. She can't hear herself."
It turns out to be true. Wilson Facetimes Ciara a few minutes later. "Baby, you did great, but I could tell you couldn't hear yourself."
Ciara's smile and voice crackle back. "I know, it went dead right before we went on. Did it sound OK?"
"You were great. Love you. See you tomorrow. Can't wait."
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Wilson lets his faceplate slip only once at camp; it's when Ciara's tiny son, Future, shows up with his nanny. Wilson trots to the sideline and takes 10 minutes to roll the kid a ball, play patty-cake and exchange high-fives. It's a rare unscripted — or seemingly unscripted — moment for Wilson, whose greatest trait as a quarterback is his escapability on the field with defenders and off the field with the media. With Future (his father is the rapper of the same name), Wilson seems to uncoil, but he quickly snaps back into game mode.
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The fact that Wilson's theological rationalization for the most infamous play in Super Bowl history got lost in the wash only speaks to the jaw-dropper he launched earlier in the conversation. Wilson met Ciara through a mutual friend in L.A. about six months earlier — and even that was preordained. Wilson had already told his friends before they met that he was going to end up with her. At the church, Wilson told the congregation and minister Miles McPherson, a former NFL defensive back, that he and Ciara were not doing the deed. God had speed-dialed Wilson again, this time backstage at his girlfriend's show.
"She was on tour," Wilson said, "and I was looking at her in the mirror 15 minutes before she went onstage. God said, 'I need you to lead her.' " Wilson smiled. "I was like, 'Really? Right now?' " Right away, Wilson asked her if she would be OK with taking all "that extra stuff off the table." She agreed.
"I knew God had brought me into her life to bless her and for her to bless me and to bless so many people with the impact that she has and I have," said Wilson. "He has anointed both of us — he's calling for us to do something miraculous and special." Wilson then quoted the book of Romans: "For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace."
The announcement came as a surprise to Ciara, who was in London for a concert and had to parse out what had happened from the mentions on her Twitter feed. Soon after, she talked with Wilson and they got on the same page.
"The thing about Russell is he's real," Ciara tells me. "And that was a moment that got real real." She tells me he had no problem with her saucy video for "Dance Like We're Making Love," where she writhes in a see-through outfit. "We share similar views on pretty much everything. It's just superorganic."
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Backstage at Pauley Pavilion is a happy mess an hour before the 5 p.m. show. Ciara is here, and despite the fact that she's making a 30-second appearance, her entourage matches Wilson's. The two are going to be dancing the Whip and Nae Nae with some kids. Wilson has decided he wants a costume change for every segment and is constantly in his boxer briefs, displaying a slight belly. He models a leather cap for Ciara. He tries it straight-ahead, backward and turned to the side. Ciara laughs and tsk-tsks. "You are not wearing it sideways," she says. "Not a good look for you."
Wilson has been practicing his dance moves for three days, having a choreographer tape him from various angles so he could see what he needed to work on. Ciara watches and nods approvingly.
"I told him that he and President Obama have a similar dancing style," Ciara tells me later. "I'm not sure what that means, but he's got a cute groove."
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Wilson glances down at his phone. I can see Ciara is calling. "We connect so well, and we have the same vision," he says. I wonder if the hip-hop world is a bit of a stretch for the buttoned-up Wilson. He laughs. "No, it's a perfect fit, you know? Is it weird? No. It feels right."
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This was too funny: "You are not wearing it sideways," she says. "Not a good look for you." 
I love what he said to her after the MLB performance, and what he said when she called him at the end. You can tell they really love each other.  
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