Stephen A. Smith recently defended Nia Long with much passion concerning the cheating scandal of her ex, former Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka. Not only that, but his words resonated so profoundly with the actress that she thanked him in the comments section of his post. "Even if they're not together, that is the father of her child," Smith began. "If you mention him and another woman, inevitably, she's going to come up. How come nobody thought about the sister? How come they just left her out there standing on her own? I will always defend her. I will always defend her on this issue. It was- how could you do that?
"You didn't have to do it that way," Stephen A. Smith continued. "But to have a press conference and put this business tacitly or otherwise on Front Street, you didn't think about Nia Long at all. But you thought about the other woman, who purportedly was white. And the one woman in this equation who was innocent and victimized was not the woman that Ime Udoka was messing around with. It was Nia Long. She was the one screwed over!"
Stephen A. Smith Defends Nia Long
In the comments, the actress shared her thoughts on his response and expressed gratitude for his support. "Thank you @stephenasmith for your support. TBC..." she wrote, and added another comment quoting none other than Malcolm X. "'The most disrespected person in America is the black woman' - Malcolm X." Moreover, Nia Long has been dealing with this scandal quite gracefully, despite having to hear about it through social media. Another aspect that many haven't considered in this equation is how this affects her son, who she's spent a lot of time caring and advocating for. "My only focus right now is my youngest son ’cause he’s having a really tough time,” she expressed. “I’m sure I have some things that I’m suppressing, but I have to do that to take care of him first. That’s the giving. It’s natural.
"I’m sure I’ll have to circle back with myself several times to reconcile things, but the one thing I’m trying not to harbor is anger," she continued. "The Celtics made a choice to make my family business public, and I don’t understand why. It could’ve all been handled internally. I do understand why, but I can’t talk about it. Maybe one day I will. You know, fear drives stupidity, and I’ll leave that right there. I’ve learned that I’m stronger than I ever thought I was. [The support for her online] saved my mental well-being because I felt uplifted by the community in a way that felt like my family was checking in and making sure I was OK. And that, I appreciated." Stick around on HNHH for the latest on Stephen A. Smith and Nia Long.