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Posted on 04/03/2026 12:52:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Former Chicago Bulls guard Jaden Ivey says his wife isn’t speaking to him after the team cut him amid fallout from anti-LGBTQ+ comments he made on an Instagram live stream.
“That’s why my wife in here, and she not even texting me,” Ivey, 24, revealed on another Instagram live stream on Tuesday, March 31, “Those who are around me, those who are my family members betraying [me] because of what I spoke. The truth. Betraying me. Saying that I’m losing my mind. Saying that I’m crazy. … Those are my own household. All because of the Gospel. All because I said the truth.”
Ivey, a Purdue University alum, married former Boilermakers volleyball player Caitlyn Newton in 2022 and the pair shares son Noah, 3, daughter Shiloh, 2, and son Isaiah, 13 months.
The former Detroit Pistons draft pick first came under fire on Monday, March 30, when he railed against the NBA for celebrating Pride Month while on a stream.
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Ivey’s rant came on the heels of a series of live streams in which he appeared erratic and combative with followers in the comments section. He wrote to one fan, ”Catholicism is a false religion. And is not the true Doctrine of Christ. [It] does not lead to salvation in Jesus Christ.”
The Bulls waived Ivey on Monday, citing “conduct detrimental to the team.” Head coach Billy Donovan addressed the situation Monday evening before the team lost to the San Antonio Spurs.
“I think there’s a certain level of standards and expectations that are here,” he said. “I mean, we have people from all different walks of life working in the building and players from all different walks of life, right? So, the first thing is, everybody comes with their own personal experiences. But one is, we’ve got to all be professional. I think there’s got to be a high level of respect for one another, and we got to help each other and then be accountable to those standards.”
Ivey also appeared on Kerrigan Skelly’s “Pinpoint Podcast” on Tuesday, where he opened up about the mental toll his injuries took on him last season and how it impacted his faith.
“I’ve almost committed suicide multiple times,” he said. “And I’m not ashamed to say it. I’m not ashamed because God was merciful to keep me here. I had [oxycodone] pills in my hand. And my wife was telling me, ‘Don’t do this. Don’t go down this road.’”
He continued, “I get surgery, I’m rehabbing, right? And I’m under this false doctrine of once saved, always saved. That you’re righteous, but it doesn’t matter if you sin, it can’t touch your soul…And so I still had no peace, and I went back and…during that time, I had my two children, and I was back in the world, back in the world again, trying to figure out what, what, what is the truth?”
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Okay that’s a win!
She’s a six at best.
I don’t know; he’s starting to seem a little full of himself.
Welcome to the club ivey baby. That’s the way this sick culture works. Don’t be surprised. Your family is just after your money - and anything you do to endanger their free ride, well, they’ll slap you over the head with a sock full of the gold coinds you gave them.
Another brainwashed white lib!
Dude better find out at 24, than 54!
Run! Find another one that’s not a dumbass!
Bingo - Caitlyn don’ want dat gravee trane ter end!
He can find better.
Don’t care what anyone says, admire this guy for sharing his struggles and I wish him well
He’s learning about the nature of some women too: “ you lost the source of your money and my lifestyle? See Ya later baby!”
There are tons of single/divorced righteous women wanting a man who’s unashamed of Christ. With that and his wealth he’ll have his pick of chicks.
$10.1 million
According to sources briefed on the matter, Ivey will receive his full $10.1 million salary for this season. Once he clears waivers, Ivey will be an unrestricted free agent, able to sign with any NBA team. I think Jaden might be a little nuts, but he’ll do all right this year.
“Those who are around me, those who are my family members betraying [me]”
Hey bro..they using you. In the immortal words of Young MC in his hit song Bust A Move:
Girls are fakin’, goodness sakin’
They want a man who brings home the bacon
Got no money and you got no car
Then you got no woman and there you are
Why does he think that sharing this publicly will help his marriage or family?
Stay strong, sir. Don’t let them bully you off of your position.
Ain’t no romance, without finance.
NBA and NFL...and Others are committing suicide by siding with this momentary social insanity. They have as little awareness as those who cheered Hitler until they got bombed into little pieces. If they survive long enough they would realize that they are siding with evil even though the leftist media has convinced then to push the down button on the elevator.
The ‘righteous, persecuted hero’ identity seems very important to him.
Don’t care what anyone says, admire this guy for sharing his struggles and I wish him well
I do too......God will take care of him and his family needs to get on their knees and ask forgiveness for their actions.
Why not? He’s being publicly attacked.
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