Household ceaselessly. Although Nia Lengthy and fiancé Ime Udoka’s personal relationship hit a tough patch in September 2022, the Greatest Man star will ceaselessly be dedicated to her sons.
“The outpouring of affection and assist from household, mates and the neighborhood throughout this troublesome time means a lot to me,” the Contemporary Prince of Bel-Air alum advised Us Weekly in late September, two days after information broke that the Boston Celtics head coach allegedly had an affair with a colleague within the NBA and was subsequently suspended for the 2022-2023 season.
“I ask that my privateness be revered as I course of the latest occasions. Above all, I’m a mom and can proceed to concentrate on my youngsters,” Lengthy, who shares son Massai, born in 2001, with ex Massai Z. Dorsey, and son Kez, born in 2011, with Udoka, added.
Following his suspension, the previous assistant coach for the Brooklyn Nets — who has been in a relationship with Lengthy since 2010 — issued a press release apologizing to “our gamers, followers, your entire Celtics group, and my household” for “placing [them] on this troublesome scenario.”
In their very own assertion, the Celtics declared that Udoka’s suspension was as a consequence of “violations of group insurance policies” — which allegedly occurred when having a purported “intimate and consensual relationship with a feminine member” of the group’s employees, in line with a report printed by The Athletic.
The sports activities skilled and the Big Momma’s Home actress bought engaged in 2015, although Lengthy has been candid about her ideas on finally strolling down the aisle — or not, revealing on Essence’s “Sure, Woman!” podcast in 2020, “I don’t know that I want [marriage] to really feel like I’m in a partnership that’s working.”
As for her relationship together with her youngsters, the mother of two can’t get sufficient of her youngsters. “I really like my boys. They’re the sunshine of my life,” the actress advised Rachael Ray in 2017. “They’re wonderful.”
Lengthy bought emotional whereas including, “They make me a greater lady. All the things I do is for them. … I simply need them to have an ideal life and I need them to respect girls and to like girls,” joking, “I’m gonna cry now.”
The Deadly Affair star incessantly shares candy images together with her youngsters on social media, whether or not they’re celebrating a giant life second collectively or just hanging out and selfie-ing.
Preserve scrolling to see Lengthy’s household album with Udoka and her sons: