The wife of NBA player Jaden Ivey has disputed claims she “abandoned” him after he was waived after comments in which he criticized Pride Month, citing his Christian faith.Caitlyn Ivey, who has two children with her husband, posted on her Instagram story Wednesday in response to comments from social media users who have accused her of “abandoning” Jaden.”These DMs (and many more) over one lie spoken on my name,” she wrote. “If you know me, you know I have never once abandoned that man through all the trials … and I still haven’t now. There is obviously a lot more going on, so leave your conspiracies and guesses to yourselves.”CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMJaden made claims during an Instagram livestream that his wife had been watching his broadcast without speaking to him after the controversy involving his anti-Pride Month remarks erupted.”Those who are around me, those who are my family members betraying because of what I spoke. The truth. Betraying me. Saying that I’m losing my mind. Saying that I’m crazy. These are my own family members, my blood. ‘Man, he’s psycho. He’s this, he’s that.’ Those are my own household,” Jaden said. “That’s why my wife in here, and she not even texting me.”The Bulls claimed Ivey was waived for “conduct detrimental to the team” after he made the comments critical of Pride Month.In a series of Instagram live posts, Ivey gave his thoughts on being waived by the Bulls.PATRIOTS COACH MIKE VRABEL RESPONDS AFTER RUNNING BACK SEEMINGLY DEFENDS JADEN IVEY’S ANTI-LGBTQ REMARKS “They’re liars, bro. This is lying,” Ivey said in one Instagram Live. “They’re lying, saying my conduct is detrimental to the team. That’s a lie. Ask any one of them coaches in there, ‘Was I a good teammate?’ All I’m preaching about is Jesus Christ, and they waived me. They say I’m crazy, right? I’m psycho.”They gonna try to stop me, but I’m not. I’m going to keep speaking the truth. That’s why everybody around me turning their back on me because of my faith. I didn’t get myself waived. I was in the gym today. I was rehabbing, lifting and doing what was required of me in my job. … I could’ve quit on my own self but they kicked me out.”Ivey later spoke about his addiction to pornography and how Christianity helped him overcome it. “Before I came to the Lord Jesus Christ, the NBA was everything to me,” Ivey said in one livestream. “I didn’t know God. I didn’t know Jesus when I came to the NBA. I was a fornicator, I was a pornography addict and I used to get drunk. That’s all I knew. And after a win, and after all those points, I felt good. … I felt like I had everything set out for me.” Ivey also appeared to criticize Steph Curry and LeBron James, questioning their devotion to Christianity.”That’s why you got Steph Curry. … He don’t know Jesus, and I pray he comes to the truth, that him and his family be saved in Jesus’ name,” Ivey said. “All them rings he got, all th
Jaden Ivey’s wife disputes claim she ‘abandoned’ him after he was waived after anti-Pride Month remark
