Stephen Curry calls out Gilbert Arenas, Nick Young and others for criticism of wife Ayesha's new movie
Stephen Curry calls out Gilbert Arenas, Nick Young and others for criticism of wife Ayesha's new movie
Ryan YoungThu, November 12, 2026 at 1:26 AM UTC
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Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry took to social media on Wednesday to defend his wife, Ayesha, after she appeared in a new movie.
Curry posted a video to Instagram to address criticisms that were made of Ayesha’s acting in the Roku movie, “Second Chance Holiday,” which debuted last week. Curry even called out former NBA players Nick Young and Gilbert Arenas, and former NFL player Emmanuel Acho, directly.
“I’ve been hearing a lot of noise, and usually the noise doesn’t bother me, doesn’t bother Ayesha. But this one in particular, when you’re trying to step on the accomplishments of my wife [bothers me],” Curry said.
Ayesha plays a dating expert that is “determined to break her so-called ‘curse’ of always getting dumped during the holiday season in the new movie, via IMDB. The movie came out on Nov. 5 on Roku. This is just the latest project that Ayesha has appeared in over the years. She’s been in several films, including “Irish Wish” and “Joy to the World,” and in several shows like “Ballers,” “Hannah Montana” and more. She and Stephen got married in 2011, and have three children together.
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But a lot of the discourse about the new movie, at least from Young and Arenas on a podcast on Saturday, had to do with Ayesha’s kissing scene in the movie. Arenas said on the podcast that “she doesn’t act like the other superstars’ wives,” like Michael Jordan’s wife or Magic Johnson’s wife, and that they “want” the kissing scene to be problematic because “Steph is so innocent.”
“[This is] something that kinda speaks to a bigger conversation on how you view women in this world and what they’re allowed and what they’re not allowed to do,” Curry said. “Even the ignorance behind how acting works. Obviously, I tried to laugh this one off, but something needs to be said.
“Anytime Ayesha Curry shows up in your headline, I’d kindly suggest you just give the happy hands, the congratulations, and maybe, just maybe, the apology can be as loud as y’all leading y’all’s shows with this topic.
“So, appreciate the free [publicity]. Thank you for giving a nice shoutout to ‘Second Chance Holiday,’ which y’all can find on Roku, starring Ayesha Curry.”
Arenas tried to explain his statements on a new podcast episode on Wednesday after Curry’s video, and later apologized “if [Curry] is offended. Young apologized, too.
Curry is in his 18th season with the Warriors this fall. He’s averaged 30.6 points, 4.3 assists and 4.1 rebounds through nine games this season. The Warriors sit at 8-3 this season entering Wednesday night’s matchup with the Houston Rockets.
Source: “AOL Entertainment”
