in 2022 Steph Curryher mother, Sonya Curry, made a stunning confession in her memoir “Fierce Love” and wrote that she considered having an abortion while she was pregnant with Steph Curry. During an appearance on The Travis Hearn Podcast, Sonya opened up about how her mother considered having an abortion while she was pregnant.
Following a teaser for the podcast appearance earlier in the week, the full episode aired on Wednesday. Sonya talked about a wide range of topics, from motherhood to her divorce from Dell Curry and everything in between.
At one point, she talked about how her mother got pregnant at age 16 during the desegregated US school era. The pregnancy was unwanted, and this caused Sonia's mother to consider whether to have an abortion.
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At that time, his grandmother entered.
Sonya said: “My grandmother intervened, saying, 'You will cope with your duties.'
“I don't want to say rape, but it was an unwanted situation in a club. It's hard for me to talk about it, so I'm going to leave it as an unwanted pregnancy. After that, I almost had an abortion, but it didn't work out, and here I am.”
Steph Curry's mother kept her children away from NBA media long before the era of debate shows
One of the biggest talking points in NBA circles is debate shows like “First Take.” Hot shots, heated debates and fierce criticism are what the audience is interested in, but the players like it Giannis Antetokounmpo they called the shows to praise the players one day and criticize them the next.
According to Sonya Curry, Steph Curry's mother, when she was raising Stephen and Seth Curryshe kept her children away from local newspapers. As he explained on “The Travis Hearn Podcast,” he made sure the family didn't buy any newspapers because he didn't want his kids to see their dad's back-to-back broadcasts.
“When the kids were little and Dell was in the league, we wouldn't buy the paper,” Sonya said. “I wouldn't let him in the house.
“You know, one day they praise their father, and the next day they criticize him. I said that I will not let my children experience this at a young age.” It plants the seeds that they need that praise or desire for fame.”
While some fans feel that the rise of hot shots and debate shows like “First Shot” have hurt media coverage of the NBA, it sounds like back-and-forth criticism was prevalent even when Steph was a kid in the 1980s and 1990s.
Edited by Victor Ramon Galvez