“I Was Not Embarrassed”: Nia Long Confesses She Did Not Blame Herself for Ime Udoka’s Cheating Scandal

Popular actress and former companion of Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka, Nia Long just lately sat down with rapper Jeezy for what was a candid interview. Long ultimately spoke out concerning the dishonest scandal of Udoka she discovered herself concerned in. The then Boston Celtics head coach was reported to have been concerned in an affair with a Celtics worker throughout his time with the franchise.

The breaking out of the information and the eventual suspension of Udoka was adopted by his separation from Long. The current interview noticed the actress discuss concerning the form of assist she obtained from Black America, particularly girls, after the incident.

Talking about how dishonest was an emotional swap for her, Long claimed that she had instantly realized that issues had been chaotic together with her fiancé via no fault of her personal. “I don’t know for you however for me, it’s a shift. When that swap goes on, I needed to make myself notice that something that occurred within the final 12 months and a half of my life, that had nothing to do with me,” Long informed Jeezy.

The 53-year-old actress claimed that whereas she was not embarrassed, she was shocked on the form of love and assist that she obtained not solely from Black girls, however Black individuals usually. She claimed that she had no thought her work had had such an impression on individuals.

“I used to be not embarrassed, I used to be not, the best way that Black individuals stood up for me, and the best way that Black girls had been like, ‘Ohh, no, you don’t try this for her. I used to be shocked, as a result of I didn’t notice that what I had achieved in my profession had a lot impression,” Long added.

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Jeezy then talked about how such a response was all the time warranted. He referred to as the actress “America’s sweetheart,” and claimed that she was all the time going to obtain assist within the aftermath of the controversy. Long herself claimed that she was shocked, and for her, appearing had all the time been her work, moderately than one thing she thought she would get recognition and assist from.

Nia Long was adamant that the Boston Celtics may have dealt with issues privately

While Long is grateful for the form of assist that she has obtained, she claimed in an interview with The Cut again then that the Celtics had no cause to make the scandal public. According to VanityFair, Long claimed that the matter ought to have been dealt with internally.

She mentioned that the Celtics’ actions proved that “worry drives stupidity”, and that she herself was a lot stronger than she had thought she was. Long and Ime have an 11-year-old son Kez from their relationship, and the actress claimed that she was for the time being solely targeted on her youngest baby.

Long gave out a composed response to the scandal, claiming that she was making an attempt her greatest to not harbor any anger in direction of her ex. Talking about how her family and friends have supported her within the aftermath of the scandal, the veteran actress claimed that she was glad and solely needed to maneuver on.