Nia Long is completely ready to discuss out about the drama bordering her fiancé, Ime Udoka.
Following Ime’s suspension as head coach of the Boston Celtics for violating team principles, the “Most effective Person” actress shared a assertion, via her rep Shannon Barr, thanking everybody for their really like all through this time.
“The outpouring of like and help from loved ones, buddies and the community in the course of this challenging time signifies so a lot to me,” she mentioned in a assertion to E! News on Friday. “I talk to that my privateness be revered as I course of action the the latest occasions. Previously mentioned all, I am a mom and will keep on to target on my little ones.”
Long’s statement comes just one day after the Celtics announced Udoka would be suspended for the approaching 2022-2023 basketball year for “violations of workforce guidelines” in a Sept. 22 assertion.
“A final decision about his upcoming with the Celtics beyond this period will be produced at a later day,” the corporation extra. “The suspension takes impact promptly.”
Hours prior to the team’s assertion, ESPN, citing multiple resources, claimed that Udoka was facing disciplinary action for allegedly obtaining “an personal romantic relationship with a feminine member of the franchise’s personnel.”
Subsequent the Celtics’ announcement, Udoka issued an apology and took accountability for his actions. “I want to apologize to our players, fans, the total Celtics group, and my family members for letting them down,” he said in a statement to ESPN reporter Malika Andrews Sept. 22. “I am sorry for putting the workforce in this difficult circumstance, and I acknowledge the team’s choice.”
The mentor additional, “Out of respect for absolutely everyone associated, I will have no further more comment.”
Extended and Udoka achieved in 2010 and got engaged five years afterwards. The few shares a 10-year-aged son, Kez Sunday Udoka, and the “Lethal Affair” actress is also mother to son Massai Dorsey II from a past marriage.
While Long and Udoka tend to keep matters very low-profile, the “Friday” actress sent a supportive concept to her fiancé when his workforce state-of-the-art to the NBA finals in May possibly, composing, “Speechless….tolerance and function. #blessedandgrateful.”
