Jemele Hill calls Gilbert Arenas's remarks about Ayesha Curry wholly disrespectful
Jemele HillSports journalist and contributing writer for The Atlantic, in a post on X
Hill says Arenas's remarks about Ayesha Curry were wholly disrespectful, and that holding up Cookie Johnson as an example of a wife who stays quiet was also disrespectful.
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Ayesha Curry is the only blemish on the Curry family because she does not act like the wives of other NBA superstars, whom the public wants to see but not to hear from.
“What Gilbert Arenas said about Ayesha was wholly disrespectful. It also was disrespectful to use Cookie Johnson as an example of shut up and play your role. Complete ignorance.”
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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.
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Jemele Hill's post on X quoting a Ballislife clip of Nick Young's apology to Curry, calling Arenas's remarks about Ayesha Curry disrespectful.
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Jemele Hill's post on X, written as clips of the kiss scene circulated, noting Ayesha Curry's acting career before her marriage and saying the conversations about her are rooted in misogyny toward a woman seeking a purpose beyond being a wife and mother.
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Four days earlier, Hill had written on X that the conversations about Ayesha Curry were rooted in misogyny toward a woman who will not have her whole existence wrapped up in her husband.
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Beneath her text, the post quotes a Ballislife clip of Nick Young's apology to Curry on Gil's Arena, posted earlier that evening.
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Hill calls what Arenas said about Ayesha Curry wholly disrespectful and his use of Cookie Johnson as an example ignorant, so we labeled it Condemned.
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Read the full caseGilbert Arenas says he is sorry if Stephen Curry is offended but repeats that his wife's words are the family's only blemish
“If you gotta judge this family, the only blemish is the things that his wife has said, there's nothing Steph has ever said. ... I'm sorry if he's offended.”Read statement
Stephen Curry says the podcast talk about his wife reflects how the hosts view women
“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”Read statement
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