Former NBA All-Star Defends Ayesha Curry After Her Viral Comments On Marriage With Warriors Star Stephen Curry

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Aug 9, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha take in a Golden State Valkyries game against the Los Angeles Sparks at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images

Ayesha Curry is at the center of a social media storm. Her candid outpouring on the Call Your Daddy podcast about the conditions of her marriage has struck a chord with Stephen Curry’s fans, and it appears that many people disagree with her. One man who does, though, is NBA veteran Gilbert Arenas. The former Golden State Warriors point guard went on a rant explaining why he understands what Curry is trying to say. And those who are against her do not see where she’s coming from.

“Oh, speaking of Curry, oh my god! Hey, listen, I might be the only person that’s on his wife’s side because I understand what she is actually saying, and the fact that so many people are hating this woman. Y’all are lost. I’m sorry. Y’all are not understanding what she is really saying!” he said through a post on his social media channel.

Ayesha Curry spoke about how she never saw herself becoming a mother or being so involved with family life. When she was growing up, she wanted to be a career woman. But after she met Stephen Curry, things changed. But now, when she looks back, there is a part of her that feels regret. Clapping back at her critics, Arenas further explained what he thinks she was trying to convey and how it has been perceived in a distorted way by most of the people calling her out.

“She’s saying she didn’t see herself with kids. She didn’t see herself married. She said she’s seen herself as a career woman. She wasn’t considering herself as a f***** groupie. She didn’t have preconceived notions like he is gonna be Steph Curry, and I just want to marry him to sit under him.” Arenas added.

Ayesha Curry was born and lived in Canada till the time she was 14. Then her family shifted to Charlotte, North Carolina, where she met Curry in their youth church group. They did not start dating for a while since she had a no-athlete policy against dating athletes. She believed they were too arrogant. Years later, the two reconnected and fell in love.

“Her intentions with him were purely about him and ‘we’re just gonna be together and you’re gonna do your thing, I’m gonna do my thing. You’re gonna be successful, I’m gonna be successful, and she says she fell into being a mother and being a stay-at-home wife.” Arenas further explained.

So her plan did not include having kids so early and giving up a career to take care of them. She tried and pursued multiple careers when she was young, including an acting career. She tried her luck in Los Angeles and even got guest roles in Disney’s shows, Hannah Montana and Good Luck Charlie.

Around 2014, she started posting food-related content through blogs and videos. She noted that her professional drive came from her mother, who ran a small business for 40 years. She once recalled that some of her fondest memories are from helping out with her mother’s salon. So ever since she was a child, she had dreams of having a professional outlook on life. But she admitted that all of that paused once she had her child, soon after marriage.  Her plans derailed, and thus she feels a sting when she looks back at how she was versus what she’s become.

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Chaitanya Dadhwal is an NBA Analyst and Columnist at Fadeaway World from New Delhi, India. He fell in love with basketball in 2018 after seeing James Harden in his prime. He joined the sports journalism world in 2021, one year before finishing his law school in 2022. He attended Jindal Global Law School in Sonipat, India, where his favorite subject was also Sports Law.He transitioned from law to journalism after realizing his true passion for sports and basketball in particular. Even though his journalism is driven by his desire to understand both sides of an argument and give a neutral perspective, he openly admits he is biased towards the Houston Rockets and Arsenal. But that intersection of in-depth analysis and passion helps him simplify the fine print and complex language for his readers.His goal in life is to open his own sports management agency one day and represent athletes. He wants to ensure he can help bridge the gap in equal opportunity for athletes across various sports and different genders playing the same sport.
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