Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry pushed back Wednesday at comments about his wife, Ayesha Curry, naming former teammates Nick Young and Gilbert Arenas, and Emmanuel Acho, in a video posted to Instagram.
Steph responds to the clowns disrespecting Ayesha… specifically Gil and Nick Young.
Sometimes you gotta smack the clowns around pic.twitter.com/6YDl2VWrFF
— warriorsworld (@warriorsworld) November 11, 2026
“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,” Curry said, pointing to people “leading podcasts, tapings and topics, and giving opinions on somebody else’s wife.”
He added: “Nick, Gil, Emmanuel, and anybody else who feels the need to jump in and give an opinion on something you don’t really know about, something that kind of 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. Even the ignorance behind how acting works.”
Curry said he “tried to laugh this one off, but something needs to be said.” He suggested that when “Ayesha Curry shows up in your headline,” people “give the happy hands, the congratulations,” and that “maybe, just maybe, the apology can be as loud as y’all leading y’all shows with this topic.” He thanked them for the “free pub” and directed viewers to her holiday film “Second Chance Holiday,” which he said is available on Roku.
The remarks followed comments Young and Arenas made on the podcast “We Said What We Said.” Arenas described Ayesha as “the only blemish in the family” because, he said, “she doesn’t act like the other superstars’ wives.” He compared her to the wives of other NBA stars and added, “We don’t wanna hear you. … We don’t wanna know you.”
The discussion came after a kissing scene from the film circulated online. Ayesha stars in the Roku romantic comedy opposite Matthew Daddario, and she wrote on X, “It’s not even real,” and, “you guys are annoying.” On the podcast, Young said he would have a problem with a spouse doing a kissing scene, even as acting. Those remarks, like Arenas’, were opinions about a scripted role and about her public profile; they were not evidence of anything about the Currys’ marriage.
Ayesha has spoken before about wanting a career of her own, including in a 2025 interview in which she said she once planned to be “a career girl” and still wanted goals beyond motherhood. Curry had already publicly celebrated her leading role. A public response from Young or Arenas to Wednesday’s video was not immediately available, and the circulating clip ends as Curry is promoting the movie.
