Where is Leanna Lenee from? Parents, nationality and all we know about Travis Hunter’s wife

Former Colorado Buffaloes Wide receiver Travis Hunter married his long-term girlfriend, Leanna Lenee, on Saturday in a lavish private ceremony. According to a report by the Daily Mail, Lenee, who is originally from the UK, married Travis at The Barn at the Faith Farms. The couple was dressed in white for their special day.

Leanna Lenee and Travis Hunter, who have been dating since 2022, were surrounded by friends and family during their special moment. Also present was Travis Hunter's father, a former football player.

Travis Hunter's father was arrested in November 2023 for possession of drugs and a firearm. He has since been released from prison and is currently serving probation, due to which he was granted special permission to attend the wedding of his son.

More about Leanna Lenee, as she gets married to Travis Hunter

According to Famous Birthdays, Leanna Lenee was born in the UK on November 24, 2001. According to a video posted by Lenee on TikTok, she shared that her parents divorced when she was just one year old. In the video, Lenee shows fans a picture of herself as a child with her parents, noting that she resembles her Filipino father more than her mother, who is Black. After moving to the US, where she later grew up, Leanna Lenee attended Kennesaw State University in Georgia and graduated in 2022.

Leanna Lenee met Travis Hunter while both of them were in highschool. According to People Magazine, the couple first met in 2020 when they were nineteen and twenty years old, respectively, and began dating two years later in 2022.

Leanna Lenee, who now works as a content creator, regularly uploads videos of the couple on their joint YouTube channel named Travis and Leanna, where she shares moments from their lives.

In 2023, Leanna Lenee posted on her Instagram, expressing how lucky he was to have met Travis. Lenee wrote:

“I would constantly pray that God would give me a reason to keep moving forward so I can fulfill his plan for me. That he would give me motivation to continue, and you were his answer,”

In February 2023, Leanna Lenee and Travis Hunter celebrated one year of their relationship, with the Jacksonville Jaguars player writing a short, sweet message for Leanna Lenee on his Instagram. He wrote:

"Happy Anniversary Babygirl More Years To Come I Love You So Much❤️❤️❤️."

A year later, according to People Magazine, the couple announced their engagement. Leanna Lenee shared a moment from the special day on her now-deleted Instagram account, writing:

“A million times, yes 💍"

Last year in December, Leanna Lenee, who has always been seen supporting Travis Hunter at his games, came under intense scrutiny and backlash from fans when Travis Hunter received the Heisman Trophy, an award that is given to the top player in college football. In the video, Leanna Lenee is seen sitting while everyone stands to cheer for Travis when he is declared the winner. Fans speculated that Leanna stood up only after being prompted to do so by his coach, Deion Sanders.

Later, Travis Hunter addressed the situation on his Twitch stream, saying that the reason for Leanna Lenee's behavior was because she had been drinking, and had an "odee amount" more than she could handle, which affected how she acted. He said:

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"I know what I got. I know my girl. My girl's been with me for five years. Y'all are just now starting to talk about me and just now starting to be with me. Come on, man. Y'all hate on me and then y’all go hate on my girl. I feel the same pain that she feel. We're unseperable [sic], we’re with each other. If she hurting, of course I'm going to be hurting."

Travis Hunter, who was the second overall pick during the NFL draft last month, gifted Leanna Lenee a black Brabus XL 800 as a wedding gift, as reported by several sources.

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