Nia Long says her public split with NBA coach Ime Udoka after his affair with a Boston Celtics staffer was a ‘wake-up call’ and admits their relationship was ‘rocky for a very long time’
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- The actress admitted that their relationship was “rocky for a very long time.”
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Actress Nia Long has admitted that her public split from former fiancé Ime Udoka was a “wake-up call” and stressed that their relationship was “rocky for a very long time.”
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Boyz n the Hood star and NBA coach Udoka split last year after it emerged that the former Boston Celtics coach had an inappropriate relationship with a colleague, previously revealed as team services manager Kathleen Nimmo Lynch by DailyMail .com .
Udoka was suspended by the Celtics for the entire 2022-2023 season for the inappropriate relationship, which ultimately cost him his job. Joe Mazzulla got the job permanently in February.
Now Long has spoken out about the controversy with rapper Jeezy, hinting that the affair wasn’t the only reason their engagement was called off.
“I recently had a very public breakup,” Long, 53, said on Jeezy’s YouTube channel.
Nia Long has admitted that her public split from former fiancé Ime Udoka was a ‘wake-up call’
“It was a wake-up call for me in terms of, ‘Okay, you’re going to do this on your own and you’re going to be okay, and you don’t have to worry about what anyone thinks and what to do. participation.”
‘The relationship was rocky for a long time. I don’t think anyone else can tear someone apart.”
Back in August, Long requested primary custody of the couple’s child, claiming Udoka was failing to support his son.
Long filed her petition in Los Angeles, asking a judge to grant her primary legal and physical custody of their 11-year-old son, Kez.
She claimed that Udoka failed to support Kez, but reportedly asked the judge to give him a reasonable opportunity to visit his son as long as this was “consistent with the best interests of the child.”
Long and Udoka split last year after it emerged that the former Boston Celtics coach had an inappropriate relationship with a colleague
Udoka was hired by the Houston Rockets as their newest head coach in April and they are 4-3
She also spoke about the toll the ordeal had taken her eldest son Massai, 22, from a previous marriage.
“I think my oldest son saw me trying to keep the family together,” she added.
“But I had to get to a place where loving myself was bigger and more important than saving anyone else.”
Despite his reputation in tatters, it didn’t take long for Udoka to return to the NBA.
The Houston Rockets announced the 46-year-old defensive guru as their newest head coach in April, signing him to a four-year contract worth $28.5 million.
So far this season, the Rockets are 4-3 and claimed an impressive 128-94 victory over the Lakers in Texas on Wednesday night.