Key Takeaways
- Steph Curry defended Ayesha on Instagram, calling out Nick Young, Gilbert Arenas and Emmanuel Acho, after the three discussed the Sweet July founder on their platforms.
- The response followed criticism of Ayesha’s kissing scene with Matthew Daddario in Roku’s Second Chance Holiday.
- Curry protested against misogynistic views on what women can do, rallying behind his wife of 15 years.
Steph Curry has once again come to defense of his wife of 15 years, Ayesha Curry.
On Wednesday (Nov. 11), the Golden State Warriors point guard posted an Instagram reel and mentioned several podcasters and sports analysts who’ve spoken negatively about Ayesha on their platforms. Curry began by sounding off on those who “try to step on the accomplishments” of his wife, naming Nick Young, Gilbert Arenas and Emmanuel Acho.
"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,” the NBA star began.
"Given the ignorance around how acting works, obviously I tried to laugh this one off but something needs to be said,” Curry continued. “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."
Ayesha stars in new Roku holiday film Second Chance Holiday, opposite Matthew Daddario, who plays her love interest.
The film became available to stream Nov. 5, and clips of a kissing scene between Ayesha and Daddario circulated online. LeSean McCoy criticized the scene on the Speakeasy podcast, and co-host Acho pointed out that the Sweet July founder was just acting.
Arenas went further on an episode of We Said What We Said with Young, praising Curry as a father before appearing to criticize Ayesha.
"The only blemish in the family is the wife, in a sense. Because she doesn't act like the other superstars' wives,” Arenas said, comparing Ayesha to Magic Johnson’s wife, Cookie, and LeBron James’ wife, Savannah. “We don’t want to hear you.”
Ayesha responded to an X account posting a clip of the kiss, saying “It’s not even real. You guys are annoying.”
On a new episode of Gil’s Arena, the former Washington Wizards player doubled down on his “blemish” comments about Ayesha, while Young apologized. Arenas said he would ultimately apologize if Curry was “offended.”
“This is exactly why I made the comment,” Arenas said. “Because he’s a professional. He doesn’t get in trouble for nothing. He says the right things…if you gotta judge this family, the only blemish is the things that his wife has said.”
Meanwhile, Young said, “I’m sorry. If I said anything I’ll apologize like a man.”
Last year, Curry defended his wife against rapper Killer Mike after the Southern rapper laughed at misogynistic jokes about Ayesha. The three-time Grammy winner would later apologize to the couple on an episode of Club Shay Shay.
