Nia Long SPEAKS OUT After Ime Udoka's Boston Celtics Suspension
Nia Long doesn't beryllium anyone an explanation.
Nearly 2 weeks aft her fiancé, Ime Udoka, was suspended arsenic caput manager of the Boston Celtics for violating squad policies, the Best Man actress, 51, returned to societal media, sharing a punctuation astir intelligence health.
"A extremity for intelligence health," the Oct. 3 Instagram station read, "learn to separate who deserves an explanation, who deserves 1 answer, and who deserves perfectly nothing."
Nia—who got engaged to Ime successful 2015—received a batch of enactment and encouragement from her adjacent friends successful the comments conception of her post, including fashion designer Tina Knowles-Lawson, who commented, "Yessssssss!!! Facts Nia."
The Woman King actress Viola Davis wrote, "Love it!!" while rapper Busta Rhymes wrote, "Yes Queen."
Nia's station comes much than a week aft Ime, 45, was suspended connected Sept. 22 for the upcoming 2022-2023 hoops play by the Celtics for violating squad policies. Though the organization didn't specify what rules were broken, ESPN reported, citing aggregate sources, that the manager was facing disciplinary action for allegedly having "an intimate narration with a pistillate subordinate of the franchise's staff."
After the squad announced the suspension, Ime, who shares lad Kez, 10, with Nia, issued an apology for his actions. "I privation to apologize to our players, fans, the full Celtics organization, and my household for letting them down," helium said successful a statement to ESPN Sept. 22. "I americium atrocious for putting the squad successful this hard situation, and I judge the team's decision."
The pursuing day, Nia—who is besides ma to son Massai, 21, from a erstwhile relationship—released a connection asking for privacy arsenic she and her household navigate done this hard time.
"The outpouring of emotion and enactment from family, friends and the assemblage during this hard clip means truthful overmuch to me," the Fatal Affair actress said successful a connection to E! News Sept. 23. "I inquire that my privateness beryllium respected arsenic I process the caller events. Above all, I americium a parent and volition proceed to absorption connected my children."
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