Stephen Curry is standing up for his wife, Ayesha Curry, after a former NBA star criticized her acting career and suggested that she’s unfaithful to her husband.
“Usually the noise doesn’t bother me, it doesn’t bother Ayesha, but this one in particular, when you’re trying to step on the accomplishments of my wife and, you know, obviously needing podcasts, tapings and topics and giving opinions on somebody else’s wife,” Stephen, 38, began in an Instagram video on Wednesday, November 11.
He continued, “Anybody else who feels the need to wanna have to, you know, jump in and give an opinion of something you don’t really know about, something that kinda speaks to a bigger conversation on how you view women in this world and what they’re allowed and what they’re not allowed to do.”
The Golden State Warriors star added, “Even the ignorance behind how acting works. Obviously I tried to laugh this one off, but, you know, something needs to be said and, you know, anytime Ayesha Curry shows up in your headline, I kindly suggest you just give the, you know, the happy hands, the congratulations.”
Stephen’s video game after his former teammate Nick Young and retired NBA star Gilbert Arenas called Ayesha, 37, a “blemish” on the Curry family during a recent episode of their “We Said What We Said” podcast. The pair also reacted to backlash over Ayesha’s kissing scene in the Roku romantic comedy Second Chance Holiday, as some viewers had questioned why she kissed costar Matthew Daddario while married to Stephen.
“He is the definition of what everybody sees as a father,” Arenas, 44, said of Stephen on the podcast, as Young, 41, agreed. “The only blemish in the family is the wife, in the sense that she doesn’t act like the other superstars’ wives.”
Arenas claimed that Ayesha doesn’t act like Michael Jordan’s wife, Yvette, Magic Johnson’s wife, Cookie, or LeBron James’ wife, Savannah.
“We don’t want to hear you,” he said. “We just want to know you’re there, you’re fine. You’re taking the pictures. But we don’t want to know you.”
Arenas also claimed that Ayesha “goes in DMs” to “chat with dudes” because “she needs their attention.”
The former Washington Wizards player later apologized to Steph and Ayesha — while also defending his comments — during the Thursday, November 11, episode of his “Gil’s Arena” podcast.
“All I said is he doesn’t get in trouble for nothing,” he said. “He says the right things. If you gotta judge this family, his only blemish is what his wife said. That’s all I said. If there is a blemish, it’s that.”
He added, “I’m sorry if he’s offended. I didn’t mean it like that. I was just saying that he’s such a perfect dude … but I am sorry.”
Young, who once played with Steph on the Warriors, offered a more direct apology.
“Ay, f***, what he talking about?” he said. “This man Gil won’t say sorry at all. I’m sorry, Steph. You my dog. I love you. If I offended you, I apologize like a man. I’m sorry.”
