Nia Long was seen for the archetypal clip successful nationalist since her fiancé, Boston Celtics caput manager Ime Udoka, was suspended for an alleged consensual narration with a pistillate connected his NBA team’s staff. The beloved 45-year-old actress, who made a sanction for herself successful specified 90s classics arsenic Love Jones and Boyz N The Hood, stepped retired successful Los Angeles connected Saturday (October 1) for immoderate retail therapy with her lad Kez, 11, whom she shares with Ime. Nia didn’t look to beryllium wearing her engagement ringing astatine the time.

The sighting comes conscionable a week aft the prima broke her soundlessness connected the quality of Ime arsenic she released a connection thanking fans for their enactment amid the controversy. “The outpouring emotion and enactment from family, friends and the assemblage during this hard clip means truthful overmuch to me,” Nia said successful the connection to HollywoodLife. “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.” Nia besides shares different son, 21-year-old Massai Dorsey II, with her ex, actor Massai Dorsey.
Ime was placed connected a suspension by the Celtics for the full 2022-2023 play aft they claimed helium had violated “team policies” successful a connection released successful precocious September. They added that Ime’s aboriginal with the squad volition beryllium evaluated. After the quality broke, Ime spoke retired to ESPN. “I privation to apologize to our players, fans, the full Celtics organization, and my household for letting them down,” helium said. “I americium atrocious for putting the squad successful this hard situation, and I judge the team’s decision. Out of respect for everyone involved, I volition person nary further comment.”

Last year, erstwhile Ime was moved up to caput manager aft being an adjunct for 9 years, Nia spoke astir however arrogant she was of her beau, whom she began dating successful 2010 and got engaged to successful 2016. “He’s 1 of the astir disciplined radical I know. He’s worked truly hard for this and present he’s got to conscionable get to enactment with his players and bash what helium does best,” she told PopCulture.com at the time. “So, it’s an breathtaking clip for our household to beryllium capable to beryllium successful the stands.”