Killer Mike admitted he was high when he posted a disrespectful Instagram comment about Ayesha Curry, prompting a rare public clapback from Steph Curry and a wave of backlash that even had his wife and daughters calling him out.
The Atlanta rapper addressed the situation during an appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast, where he offered a full-throated apology to the Currys and chalked the whole thing up to poor judgment while under the influence.
“Steph Curry, Ayesha Curry — boy, my wife done cussed me out,” Mike said. “My oldest daughter called me. My youngest daughter called me. … Homeboys that played in the NBA called me.”
The controversy began in September after content creator BooWoodz posted a TikTok mocking Ayesha Curry and implying she was chasing attention.
“She wants to be GloRilla or some s###,” BooWoodz said. “Like we get it, bro. Just drop an album or some s###. Stop embarrassing this man, bro. It’s getting pathetic.”
Killer Mike Shades Steph & Ayesha Curry
Killer Mike jumped in the comments with: “My n#### said she wanna go be Glo!!! Man Steph doesn’t deserve the embarrassment frfr. God Bless him.”
That didn’t sit well with the Golden State Warriors star, who responded directly: “Naaaa not you Mike. I’m cool [staying] silent and letting these other clowns have [their] moment!”
Curry told Killer Mike, “But you’re better than that,” adding, “Stay in your lane and let God keep blessing me like he is. We r good over here.”
On the podcast, Mike said his intention was to ask BooWoodz to “go easy on Steph,” but admitted he “typed something stupid.”
“And I realized that maybe I shouldn’t smoke and get on Instagram,” he said. “So Steph, let me say this, ’cause I appreciated you checking it because it shows you have a tremendous amount of respect for me.”
He also clarified that his comment was not meant to insult Ayesha Curry directly. “Mrs. Ayesha Curry and her husband Steph, I apologize for my statement being misconstrued.”
Mike owned up to the misstep and praised Curry for defending his wife. “Steph did something that all of us brothers with women should do, and that’s stand up and defend your woman,” he said. “I was just stoned up, trying to make a joke. It wasn’t my damn business, like my wife said. So, I’m sorry, y’all.”
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