Nia thanked followers for his or her helps as her fiancé Ime was suspended as Boston Celtic's head coach for an alleged relationship with a feminine staffer.
Nia Lengthyhas damaged her silence on the controversy surrounding her fiancé, Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka, who was suspended on September 22 for an alleged consensual relationship with a feminine on the NBA crew’s employees. The beloved 45-year-old actress, who made a reputation for herself in such 90s classics as Love Jones and Boyz N The Hood, launched an announcement thanking followers for his or her help amid the controversy.
“The outpouring love and help from household, mates and the neighborhood throughout this tough time means a lot to me,” Nia stated within the assertion, per CNN. “I ask that my privateness be revered as I course of the latest occasions. Above all, I'm a mom and can proceed to concentrate on my kids.” The Third Watch alum shares a 10-year-old son with Ime and she or he has one other son from a earlier relationship.
Nia, 51, and Ime, 45, have been engaged since 2015 and share 10-year-old son Kez Sunday Udoka. The actress additionally shares one other son, 21-year-old Massai Dorsey II, along with her ex, actor Massai Dorsey.
Ime was positioned on a suspension by the Celtics for the whole 2022-2023 season after they claimed he had violated “crew insurance policies” and stated his future with the crew can be evaluated in an announcement launched on Thursday. After the information broke, Ime spoke out to ESPN. “I wish to apologize to our gamers, followers, the whole Celtics group, and my household for letting them down,” he stated. “I'm sorry for placing the crew on this tough scenario, and I settle for the crew’s resolution. Out of respect for everybody concerned, I'll don't have any additional remark.”
Final yr, when Ime was moved as much as head coach after being an assistant for 9 years, Nia spoke out abot how proud she was of her beau. “He’s one of the disciplined individuals I do know. He’s labored actually exhausting for this and now he’s received to simply get to work together with his gamers and do what he does greatest,” she advised PopCulture.com on the time. “So, it’s an thrilling time for our household to have the ability to sit within the stands.”