Gilbert Arenas says he is sorry if Stephen Curry is offended but repeats that his wife's words are the family's only blemish

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Gilbert Arenas calls Ayesha Curry the "only blemish" in the Curry family; Stephen Curry calls out Arenas, Nick Young and Emmanuel Acho

On November 7, 2026, in a segment of the We Said What We Said show about Ayesha Curry's on-screen kiss with co-star Matthew Daddario in the Roku Channel film Second Chance Holiday, former NBA player Gilbert Arenas said Stephen Curry is the definition of a father and that "The only blemish in the family is the wife, in a sense," because she does not act like other superstars' wives. His co-host Nick Young mostly agreed. A day earlier, former NFL player Emmanuel Acho had said on his Speakeasy show that he would not be comfortable watching a partner kiss someone else on screen. On November 11, Curry posted a video on Instagram naming Nick, Gil and Emmanuel and saying the talk about his wife "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." Within hours, on Gil's Arena, Young apologized and Arenas said he was sorry if Curry was offended while repeating that the only blemish was the things his wife had said. Arenas and Young apologized again in an episode released that evening, Pacific time, and Acho apologized on his show the next day. Sports journalist Jemele Hill called Arenas's remarks disrespectful.