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Nia Long Calls Ime Udoka's Cheating Scandal "Devastating" for Their Son
Nia Long has entered her azygous era.
The Best Man prima and hoops manager Ime Udoka person breached up aft 13 years together. The quality comes two months aft Ime, the caput manager of the Boston Celtics was suspended from the enactment for the remainder of the hoops play backmost successful September aft allegedly having a narration with a pistillate Celtics employee.
A rep for Nia confirms to E! News that The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum and Ime are nary longer together. A typical for the histrion besides told People that the erstwhile couple, who stock lad Kez, 11, are "no longer unneurotic but stay afloat committed to co-parenting their son."
Nia—who is besides ma to 22-year-old Massai from a antecedently relationship—recently reflected connected Ime's suspension, sharing that she ended up taking their lad retired of schoolhouse to woody with the devastating allegations.
"I deliberation the astir heartbreaking happening astir each of this was seeing my son's look erstwhile the Boston Celtics enactment decided to marque a precise backstage concern public," the 52-year-old told The Hollywood Reporter Dec. 1. "It was devastating, and it inactive is. He inactive has moments wherever it's not casual for him."
The Fatal Affair star continued, "If you're successful the concern of protecting women—I'm sorry, nary 1 from the Celtics enactment has adjacent called to spot if I'm OK, to spot if my children are OK. It's precise disappointing."
After the Boston Celtics confirmed his suspension from the squad connected Sept. 22, Ime—who started dating Nia successful 2010 before getting engaged successful 2015—issued a statement to ESPN newsman Malika Andrews and took accountability.
"I privation to apologize to our players, fans, the full Celtics organization, and my household for letting them down," the erstwhile hoops subordinate said Sept. 22. "I americium atrocious for putting the squad successful this hard situation, and I judge the team's decision."
His connection concluded, "Out of respect for everyone involved, I volition person nary further comment."
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In the months since Ime's suspension, Nia, who told THR that she had moved backmost to Los Angeles from Boston, has recovered enactment done her fans and is looking guardant to the future, saying, "2023 is similar the twelvemonth of caller beginnings for me. I couldn't beryllium much excited."
She added, "This people of women and men who were lasting up for maine successful a mode that felt similar I was successful this bubble of extortion and that was precise comforting."
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