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?”
You’re judging her just because she wears overalls?
Her love was conditional on his status and lifestyle as a NBA player.
It’s comical to me how the people here swallow every story that comes down the clickbait pipe.
The wife has denied these stories, but Freepers are always in a frenzy to believe whatever confirms their biases.
I feel bad for his wife. She seems to be dealing with a somewhat unbalanced husband.
Do you think the Bulls were right to cut him, because he is mentally ill? Maybe that is true. But it's hardly deniable that of he beat his wife, or got a DUI, he would till be on the team, is there?
I assume most professional athletes lean towards the egotistical side.
I don’t deal in ‘what if’. I’m dealing with this case right here. Do you think a sports team has any interest in keeping someone who claims publicly that ‘Catholicism is a false religion’?
I would guess she is boning a teammate and now wants her half or more of his money. Maybe two teammates.
I see you enjoy making stuff up.
(And you’re crude as heck.)
Agreed.
Hardly. After all, so does Sydney Sweeney.
I'm not commenting because I prefer to not judge. I just thought a pic of the couple was a nice addition to the thread. Their mutual attraction, or lack thereof, or kids, or her possible motivation(s) for throwing a fit, are of no particular interest to me.
Looks like a nice young smiling couple to me. It's a drag they're having a rough time because of her reaction to his beliefs, if indeed that's what it's about. I hope for the sake of their kids they can work it out.
If you follow the Good Book and speak it; Watch Out!
Micah 7:5-7
“5 ¶ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
6 For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.”
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“Matthew 5:11
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Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.”
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Luke 6:22-23
“22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.”
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I got some news for you, all religions are false
including the ‘Christian’ religions.
Just read your Bible and highlight how often God
mentions faith vs religion.
Final word on religion is found in James 1:27 -
“The only true religion takes care of widows and
orphans and is not corrupted by this world.”
Well, thanks for registering your opinion.
Nothin' to do with his loss of income though.
Ted Cruz is right. Forced acceptance of sexual perversions causes trouble.
Good For him, always speak the truth.
All those letters only mean one thing, HOMOSEXUAL
Ban the Bible while you’re at it, Bulls and NBA. It has plenty of anti LQBTQ-WXYZ content.
Yup. Interesting that his wife is wearing a big cross around her neck in that US Magazine pic. Is it just for a ‘fashion statement’?
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