Steph Curry has publicly defended his wife Ayesha, calling out former NBA players Gilbert Arenas and Nick Young over comments they made about her acting career on a podcast.
The Golden State Warriors superstar addressed the criticism in a video posted on Instagram on Wednesday (US time), Bleacher Report reported, after Arenas and Young discussed Ayesha Curry’s role in the holiday romance film Second Chance Holiday.
“Nick, Gil, Emmanuel and anybody else who feels the need to jump in and give an opinion on something you don’t really know about, something that kind of 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,” Curry said in the video.
“Given the ignorance around how acting works, obviously I tried to laugh this one off but something needs to be said. Anytime Ayesha Curry shows up in your headline, kindly suggest that you just give the happy hands, the congratulations, and maybe the apology can be as loud as when y’all leading y’all shows with this topic.”
What Arenas and Young said
The comments were made on Arenas and Young’s show We Said What We Said. Young is a former Warriors teammate of Curry, while Arenas is a three-time NBA All-Star, BasketNews reported.
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“The only blemish in the family is the wife, in a sense,” Arenas said on the show on Saturday (US time), according to Bleacher Report. “Because she doesn’t act like the other superstars wives.”
“We don’t want to hear you,” he added. “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 compared her with Savannah James and Cookie Johnson, the wives of LeBron James and Magic Johnson, suggesting the wives of star players should keep a quieter public profile, BasketNews reported.
Why the film drew attention
Second Chance Holiday premiered on The Roku Channel on 5 November and is Ayesha Curry’s first leading role in a feature film, Rolling Out reported. A clip of an on-screen kiss with co-star Matthew Daddario spread on social media and sparked debate on several sports podcasts.
Curry’s video comes during a strong stretch on the court for the Warriors, who beat the New Orleans Pelicans 138-87 on Monday (US time), Sports Illustrated reported.
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