In honor of her first Mother's Day, Christiana made a rare TV appearance on NBA on TNT. Being a grandpa is the greatest thing ever." I spent the night with him the other night, and I just held him the whole time. "I'm so proud of my daughter and her husband Ilya. "It's the greatest thing that ever happened to me in my life," Charles told the Golf Channel during the 2022 American Century Championship. so I can't wait to dance with on her wedding night." She's a momĪndrew Lipovsky/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty Charles Barkley during an interview on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' on October 11, 2018Ĭhristiana and Hoffman welcomed their first child - a son named Henry - in 2022. "Some Stevie Wonder, some Luther Vandross, but I'm gonna do Zac Brown, ' The Man Who Loves You The Most,' " he added. I'm just so excited for her because it's her special day."Ĭharles thought long and hard about what song he'd like for the father-daughter dance, sharing some options with Kimmel. "I'm so excited for her and my future son-in-law.
"My only child, the most important thing in my life, is getting married Saturday," Charles explained to Jimmy Kimmel about why he was happy to do it. Charles skipped his commentating job for the NBA's All-Star Weekend to escort her. Johnny Nunez/WireImage Travis Best, Charles Barkley and Maureen Blumhardt Barkley attend Best in the City 2 at Pazzo Ristorante in August 2010Ĭhristiana and Hoffman tied the knot on March 6, 2021, at the Andaz Scottsdale Resort and Bungalows.Īccording to The New York Times, Christiana wore a sleeveless Reem Acra gown and walked down the aisle alongside her father, holding a bouquet of white and peach flowers.
"I said, 'I love you, I want to marry you, I don't feel right about proposing with a ring pop,' " he recalled, and Christiana said yes. However, that wasn't the case, and Hoffman took out a diamond ring. "I thought he was making fun of me for even suggesting the ring pop, and that he was going to say something along the lines of, 'It's not going to happen today, but it will be soon,' " she told the outlet. The moment happened after Christiana commented on a man on TV proposing with a Ring Pop, and Hoffman decided to include it in their engagement. "That's not something that happens all the time."Īlthough proposal plans were delayed due to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., Hoffman got down on one knee on May 15, 2020. "I remember being really emotional about it," Charles told The New York Times about being asked for his daughter's hand in marriage. Mitchell Layton/Getty Charles Barkley on air before the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four championship game between the Connecticut Huskies and the San Diego State Aztecs on Apin Houston, TexasĬhristiana's longtime boyfriend and the founder of DemandByte, Ilya Hoffman, asked Charles for his blessing while visiting him and Maureen in Scottsdale, Arizona, for Christmas in 2019. In 2021, The New York Times reported she was the director of writing and senior account manager at a college consulting company called The Koppelman Group. She didn’t even want to come to the game because she didn’t want to jinx the game," he told USA Today in 2016.Īfter graduating from the Pennsylvania school, Christiana returned to the classroom at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City, where she earned her master's in 2017, per her LinkedIn.Ĭhristiana now uses her writing skills to help students get into their dream schools. “She’s been going to a Villanova bar in New York City every game. According to Charles, she enjoys watching the team's NCAA games and rooting for them in every way she can, including skipping matches.
AP Photo Charles Barkley, Christiana Barkley and Maureen Blumhardt watch as his number is retired on March 30, 2001Ĭhristiana attended Villanova University from 2007 to 2011 and is still a proud Wildcat.