Nia Long opened up astir however she felt the Boston Celtics handled the aftermath of her fiancé Ime Udoka’s suspension pursuing the quality of an alleged consensual narration helium had with a pistillate connected his NBA team’s staff. The Fatal Affair prima said she’s “very disappointed” that the Celtics enactment hadn’t reached retired to her oregon her household aft the ungraded exploded backmost successful September, per her interrogation with The Hollywood Reporter, published connected Thursday, Dec. 1.
“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,” she revealed. Nia shares her lad Kez, 11, with Ime, and shares different son, 21-year-old Massai Dorsey II, with her ex, actor Massai Dorsey. “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,” she added.
The histrion said she adjacent took Kez retired of schoolhouse erstwhile his father’s alleged infidelity became known to the public. “It was devastating, and it inactive is,” Nia said, adding that her lad “still has moments wherever it’s not casual for him.”
While she didn’t remark connected the presumption of her and Ime’s narration astatine the moment, Nia did uncover she is moving backmost to Los Angeles from Boston. Both of her sons are coming with her arsenic well.
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.”