Nia Lengthy is in a “good” place together with her ex, Ime Udoka, three years after his office affair grew to become a public scandal.
The 54-year-old actress opens up about the place issues stand with the 48-year-old NBA coach and the way they co-parent their son collectively because the October/November cowl star of The Lower.
“An important present you can provide your youngsters is to heal your trauma,” she informed the publication.
“I don’t discuss a lot about my private life ’trigger it’s nobody’s enterprise, however every so often individuals speculate issues on social media and it’s like, me and Coach are good,” she continued. “I hope he wins. He deserves to win. He’s actually nice at what he does. We will have experiences with our son and make him the precedence.”
She and Udoka did simply that this summer season. She revealed the previous couple traveled with the son they share and “had a good time.”
She added, “It was actually lovely as a result of we’ve had a really public journey that has discovered its approach to peace and understanding. And there’s lots of mutual respect that now we have for one another.”
Lengthy and Udoka break up in 2022 after over a decade collectively, when information emerged that Udoka, then head coach of the NBA’s Boston Celtics, had a consensual, however improper, office affair with a feminine staffer. Udoka was suspended amid the affair earlier than he was ultimately let go. He’s presently the coach of the Houston Rockets.
The previous couple, who started relationship in 2010, welcomed their son Kez in 2011 earlier than getting engaged in 2015 (although they by no means married). Their breakup triggered contentious authorized battles over custody and assist, which have been finally settled in early 2024 with Lengthy gaining major custody and Udoka agreeing to pay roughly $32,500 a month in little one assist.
Whereas she stated “there’s nonetheless therapeutic to be finished and understanding available,” she informed The Lower, “the previous is the previous.”
“I’m not going to hold burdensome vitality with me as a result of that simply transfers to my youngsters and it transfers to every part else in my life,” she continued. “I’m pleased with myself. I believe we’re pleased with one another because the mother and father of Kez, that we’re in a position to make this an annual factor and commit to those final candy years of him being in grade college and highschool earlier than he goes off to school. We’re each going to be standing there watching him graduate.”
