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Nia Long SPEAKS OUT After Ime Udoka's Boston Celtics Suspension
Nia Long is looking toward the aboriginal arsenic her household rebounds following her fiancé Ime Udoka's suspension arsenic Boston Celtics caput coach.
"2023 is similar the twelvemonth of caller beginnings for me," the actress told the Hollywood Reporter. "I couldn't beryllium much excited."
In September, the Boston Celtics suspended Udoka for the 2022-23 play for what they called unspecified "violations of squad policies." Later, ESPN and The New York Times reported he had had a narration with a female employee, but Udoka has not straight commented connected the rumors. "I privation to apologize to our players," helium said successful a statement pursuing the news, "fans, the full Celtics organization, and my household for letting them down."
reported astatine the clip that he had had a narration with a female employee. Udoka has not commented connected the reports but said successful a statement to ESPN aft the suspension was announced, "I privation to apologize to our players, fans, the full Celtics organization, and my household for letting them down."
Meanwhile, Long took the couple's lad Kez, 11, retired of school. "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 56-year-old told THR. "It was devastating, and it inactive is. He inactive has moments wherever it's not casual for him."
"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," the Best Man star, besides ma to 22-year-old Massai from a antecedently relationship, continued. "It's precise disappointing."
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Amid it all, however, she's recovered enactment done her fans. "This people of women and men who were lasting up for maine successful a mode that felt similar I was successful this bubble of protection," Long said, "and that was precise comforting."
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