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The Shady Truth About Paulina Gretzky’s Fiance

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Dustin Johnson has the No. 1 ranking and a U.S. Open trophy, but his off-course résumé reads nothing like a champion’s.

Paulina Gretzky’s fiancé has spent the better part of a decade making headlines for reasons that have nothing to do with his swing. From a teenage brush with the law in South Carolina to a voluntary leave from the PGA Tour amid drug-test rumors, Johnson’s personal history keeps resurfacing every time he’s linked to another controversy. The latest flare-up came in September 2018, when Gretzky quietly wiped every photo of him from her Instagram.

• Johnson proposed to Gretzky, daughter of Wayne Gretzky and Janet Jones, in August 2013 after less than a year together, and the couple welcomed sons Tatum (January 2015) and River (June 2017) while repeatedly pushing back their actual wedding.
• Despite winning the 2016 U.S. Open and reaching world No. 1, Johnson took a voluntary six-month leave from the PGA Tour in 2014 amid unconfirmed reports of a positive drug test, and has faced past legal trouble including a stolen handgun charge as a teenager and a 2009 DUI.
• In September 2018, Gretzky deleted all photos of Johnson from her Instagram following infidelity rumors involving socialite Yassie Safai, prompting Johnson to respond publicly on Twitter that the couple remained committed to their family.

A Fast Rise to World No. 1

Johnson’s talent was never the question. He climbed to the top of the Official World Golf Ranking and capped his ascent by winning the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont, one of the sport’s toughest tests. That résumé is what made him the betting favorite heading into the 2017 Masters — a tournament he never actually got to play.

The Off-Course Pattern That Won’t Go Away

Long before he was engaged to Gretzky, Johnson’s name was tied to legal trouble as a teenager in South Carolina over a stolen handgun, followed by a DUI charge in 2009. In 2014, he stepped away from the PGA Tour for a voluntary six-month leave to seek professional help for personal challenges — a leave that coincided with unconfirmed media reports of a failed drug test. His name has also surfaced repeatedly in connection with deer antler spray, a substance long associated with performance-enhancing controversy in golf, and with allegations that he pursued relationships with other players’ wives.

A Masters Withdrawal Nobody Saw Coming

In 2017, Johnson entered the Masters as the pre-tournament favorite off the back of three straight wins. Then came a bizarre accident: a fall down the stairs of his rental home the night before the first round left him unable to compete, and he withdrew before ever hitting a shot. It remains one of the strangest what-if moments in recent major championship history.

Engagement, Kids, and a Wedding That Keeps Getting Pushed Back

Johnson and Gretzky got engaged in August 2013, and the relationship has produced two sons — Tatum in January 2015 and River in June 2017 — without an actual wedding ever taking place. The couple has postponed their ceremony multiple times, a pattern that continued right through 2018.

The September 2018 Instagram Purge

That pattern collided with fresh rumors in September 2018, when Gretzky abruptly scrubbed every photo of Johnson from her Instagram account amid speculation about socialite Yassie Safai. Johnson didn’t stay silent for long, addressing the situation directly on Twitter.

Every relationship has ups and downs, but they remain committed to their family.

That’s the line Johnson put out publicly after the Instagram wipe — not a denial, not a confirmation, just a statement meant to close the door on the speculation while the couple, still unmarried five years after their engagement, kept raising two young sons together. For readers tracking how other Hollywood-adjacent couples have handled similar rocky patches, the timelines around Megan Fox’s relationship history and the warning signs before Lisa Bonet and Jason Momoa’s split offer a familiar pattern of public denials followed by long silences.

No wedding date has ever been announced, and as of the fall of 2018, Johnson and Gretzky were still engaged, still parents to Tatum and River, and still fielding the same questions about whether the ceremony will ever actually happen.