Emmanuel Acho has heard Steph Curry’s criticism and apologized for his comments about his wife, Ayesha Curry.
The controversy began when Acho and other sports podcasters railed against Ayesha Curry, star of a Roku Channel romantic comedy called Second chance vacation. But what should have been a proud moment for the Curry family was derailed by bizarre critiques from LeSean McCoy, Emmanuel Acho, Gilbert Arenas and Nick Young.
Former athletes were in disbelief that Steph Curry’s wife kissed another man on screen, even though it’s called acting. While Ayesha largely mocked the ignorant criticism, the Golden State Warriors star fiercely defended his wife and called out podcasters by name for their misogyny.
“But this one in particular, when you’re trying to step on my wife’s accomplishments and obviously lead recordings and podcast topics and give opinions about someone else’s wife, Nick, Gil, Emmanuel, and anyone else who feels the need to step in and give an opinion on something that you don’t really know, something that speaks to a larger conversation about how you view women in this world and what they’re allowed to do and what they are not allowed to do, even the ignorance behind how acting works, obviously, I tried to laugh about it, but something has to be said,” Steph Curry said.
After Steph Curry’s statement, at least one of the people he mentioned issued a formal apology.
On his Speakeasy show, Emmanuel Acho intervened to say he was sorry.
I’m sorry, @StephenCurry30, not “my fault”, no, “it’s my fault”.
I’m sorry. https://t.co/QOf1xneFTp
– Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) November 12, 2026
“If a man humbly comes to you and asks for an apology, then you would be ignorant and you would be arrogant to respond with anything other than ‘I’m sorry.’ Steph, I’m sorry, not just for offending you, potentially offending your wife, I’m sorry for how it may have made you feel seeing the headlines, the comments, all these other things about your wife,” Acho said.
“I’m sorry for the reaction that this may have caused internally, viscerally, among you, the central nervous system, how it triggered this. I’m also sorry for any arguments or rifts that this may have caused behind the scenes. I’m sorry for that. Not ‘it’s my fault,’ not ‘it’s my fault,’ not ‘hey, you know what I mean.’ No, none of that. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.
You can congratulate Emmanuel Acho for unequivocally apologizing. However, it’s odd that it was directed more towards Steph Curry, with a man-to-man vibe, instead of Ayesha Curry, especially since Steph took offense to the podcasters and their general views on women. If there is anyone who should receive an apology, isn’t it her rather than him? We’ll see if any of the others follow suit and step in to make amends with the Currys in the days to come.
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