Nia Long is opening up about the scandal that surrounded her longtime partner, Ime Udoka, and his suspension from the NBA.
has apologized after allegations surfaced
in which he was accused of engaging in an intimate relationship with a female member of the team's staff. A relationship with the unnamed staff member is reportedly against the franchise's code of conduct, and the 45-year-old coach was suspended for the entire 2022-2023 season. Long began dating Udoka in 2009 and the couple got engaged in 2015. They share a 10-year-old son, Kez, as well as Long's son, Massai, 21, from a previous relationship., Long reveals that -- for the first time in her 36-year career -- she recently walked off a set in the middle of production.
"I went home to be with my son, and that was what was most important to me, because he was not having an easy time," Long tells the outlet. "I think the most heartbreaking thing about all of this was seeing my son's face when the Boston Celtics organization decided to make a very private situation public," she says of the organization's decision to call a press conference to address Udoka's suspension. Long shares that she took her son out of school when the news broke, saying that it was"devastating, and it still is."actress adds.
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