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NBA player Jaden Ivey’s wife has disputed claims that she “abandoned” him after he was waived following comments in which he criticized Pride Month, citing his Christian faith.
Caitlin Ivey, who has had two children with her husband, made a post on her Instagram Story on Wednesday in response to comments from social media users who accused her of “abandoning” Jaden.
“These direct messages (and many more) about a lie spoken in my name,” he wrote. “If you know me, you know that I have never abandoned that man throughout all the trials… and I still haven’t now. Obviously, there is a lot more going on, so leave your conspiracies and conjectures to yourselves.”
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Jaden Ivey #31 of the Chicago Bulls warms up before the game against the Denver Nuggets at the United Center on February 7, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Jayden Mack/Getty Images)
Jaden himself claimed during an Instagram live stream that his wife had been watching his stream without speaking to him after controversy erupted over his anti-Pride month comments.
“Those who are around me, those who are members of my family who betray me because of what I spoke out. The truth. They betray me. They say I’m losing my mind. They say I’m crazy. These are my own family members, my blood. ‘Man, he’s a psychopath. He’s this, he’s that.’ That’s my own home,” Jaden said. “That’s why my wife is here and she doesn’t even text me.”
The Bulls claimed Ivey was suspended for “conduct detrimental to the team” after he made critical comments about Pride Month.
In a series of Instagram Live posts, Ivey expressed his thoughts on the resignation the bulls.
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Jaden Ivey of the Chicago Bulls reacts during the game against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on February 9, 2026 in New York City. (Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)
“They are liars, brother. This is a lie,” Ivey said in an Instagram live. “They’re lying that my behavior is detrimental to the team. That’s a lie. Ask any of those coaches, ‘Was I a good teammate?’ The only thing I’m preaching is about Jesus Christ and they gave me up. They say I’m crazy, right? I’m psycho.
“They will try to stop me, but I won’t, I’m going to keep telling the truth. That’s why everyone around me turns their back on me because of my faith. They didn’t exempt me. Today I was in the gym, I was rehabbing, lifting weights and doing what was required of me at my job… I could have left it on my own, 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 a live broadcast. “I didn’t know God. I didn’t know Jesus when I came to the NBA. I was a fornicator, I was a porn 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 ready for me.”
Ivey also appeared to criticize Steph Curry and LeBron James, questioning their devotion to Christianity.
“That’s why you have Steph Curry… he doesn’t know Jesus, and I pray that he comes to the truth, that he and his family are saved in the name of Jesus…” Ivey said. “All those rings he got, all those rings LeBron got, all those rings Michael Jordan got, all those people in the Hall of Fame who don’t know Jesus Christ… No. It won’t matter on Judgment Day if you don’t know Jesus and your name isn’t written in the book of life.”
The video of Ivey criticizing the league was posted Monday morning, as he said it was “unfair” for the NBA to celebrate Pride Month.
“The world can proclaim LGBTQ, right?” Ivey said in that video. “They proclaim Pride Month and the NBA. They proclaim it. They show it to the world. They say, ‘Join us in Pride Month to celebrate injustice.’ They proclaim it. They proclaim it on the billboards. They proclaim it in the streets. Injustice. So how can one not speak fairly? Who are they to say this man is crazy?”
Ivey also said in a different video that Catholicism was a “false religion,” posing a potential problem for Ivey’s mother.
Ivey was the fifth overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft by the Pistons, who expected him to be a key piece in their rebuild. He was solid to start his career, making the 2022-23 NBA All-Rookie team after averaging 16.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game while shooting 41.6% from the field.
Ivey was traded to the Bulls as part of a three-team deal involving his former Detroit Pistons and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
He posted a career-high 17.6 points per game during the 2024-25 campaign as the Purdue product appeared to be making strides.
However, Ivey saw a regression in his production this year, primarily playing off the bench for the Pistons before the trade.
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Jaden Ivey of the Chicago Bulls in action during the game against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center on February 9, 2026 in New York City. (Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)
Ivey played only four games with the Bulls, averaging 11.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game before his release.
