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Steph Curry responded to a former Warriors teammate after a notable NBA podcast prominently criticized his wife, Ayesha, over her role in an upcoming movie.
A few hours after wrapping up shootaround at Toyota Center in Houston on Wednesday, Curry posted a 90-second video on Instagram addressing criticism over Ayesha Curry playing a character with a romantic relationship in the new movie “Second Chance Holiday.”
Former Warriors Gilbert Arenas and Nick Young spoke about Ayesha Curry during a recent episode of the “We Said What We Said” YouTube show. Arenas called her the “only blemish” of Curry’s family life, “because she doesn’t act like other superstars’ wives.”
Curry called them out by name in his video response.
“Hey, just wanted to check in right quick. I’ve been hearing a lot of noise, and usually the noise doesn’t bother me, doesn’t bother Ayesha,” Curry said. “But this one, trying to step on the accomplishments of my wife and obviously, leading podcast tables and topics and giving their opinion on somebody else’s wife, Nick, Gil, Emmanuel and anybody else who feels the need to or have to jump in to give an opinion on something you don’t really know about, something that kind of speaks to a bigger conversation about how you view women in this world and what they’re all allowed and not allowed to do. Even the ignorance behind how acting works.”
Young and Curry won the 2018 NBA Finals together, whereas Arenas played for the Warriors from 2001-03 before he joined the Washington Wizards and made three All-Star teams.
Curry finished his video by asking for an apology.
“Obviously I tried to laugh this one off, but something needs to be said,” Curry said. “Anytime Ayesha Curry shows up in your headline, I kindly suggest you just give the happy hands, congratulations, and maybe, just maybe, the apology can be as loud as y’all leading your shows with this topic. Appreciate the free pub, thank you for giving a nice shoutout to ‘Second Chance Holiday’, which dropped and y’all can find on Roku, starring Ayesha Curry.”
Ayesha Curry has been acting for nearly two decades now, dating back to before an appearance on “Hannah Montana” in 2009. More recently, she starred in the Netflix movie “Irish Wish” alongside Lindsay Lohan.
The Currys have been married since 2011 and have four children.