Steph Curry fires back at Gilbert Arenas, Nick Young

It started on the "We Said What We Said" show, where Arenas decided the Curry household had exactly 1 problem, and it was Steph's wife.

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Gilbert Arenas on the "We Said What We Said" Show: "[Steph Curry is] the definition of what everybody sees as a father. ... Got the best kids. The only blemish in the family is the wife [Ayesha], in a sense, because she doesn't act like the other superstars' wives... she goes to the DMs, chat with dudes cause she needs the attention because he doesn't give her attention."

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Warriors star Steph Curry FIRED back at Nick Young, Gilbert Arenas, and others criticizing his wife, Ayesha 👀 "Kind of speaks to a bigger conversation on how you view women in this world and what they're allowed and what they're not allowed to do. ... I tried to laugh this one off, but something needs to be said." t.co/J62B6u1CLd

That's a grown man on a podcast calling someone's wife a blemish and then guessing at her DMs on air. The spark was Ayesha's new movie, "Second Chance Holiday," which premiered November 5 on The Roku Channel. It's her first lead film role, and it has a kissing scene with her co-star. Arenas and Nick Young reacted to clips from it, and Arenas' big theory was that she doesn't act like the other superstars' wives. Young, who used to play for the Warriors, was sitting right there for it. Former NFL player Emmanuel Acho piled on too.

Steph doesn't usually do this. He has spent his whole career letting noise go, and he said as much. This time he got on camera and called people out by name.

The line that's going to stick is the one about women: "Kind of speaks to a bigger conversation on how you view women in this world and what they're allowed and what they're not allowed to do." That's what this is really about. Strip the podcast bit away and the complaint is that Ayesha took an acting job, did what actors do in a romance movie and didn't stay quiet in the background. Steph pointed out that critics were jumping into something they "don't really know about," which is a polite way of saying a kiss in a movie is called acting.

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Steph Curry calls out Nick Young, Gilbert Arenas, and everyone else talking about Ayesha Curry, telling them to keep his wife’s name out of their mouths 😳 “Kind of speaks to a bigger conversation on how you view women in this world and what they’re allowed and what they’re not allowed to do.”

Then came the closer. Steph said anytime Ayesha Curry shows up in your headline, he'd "kindly suggest you give the happy hands," the congratulations and maybe an apology as loud as you led your show with the topic. He also thanked the critics for the free publicity, which is about as Steph Curry as a clapback gets. No yelling, just a dagger from 30 feet.

The Young part stings more than the Arenas part. Arenas has been running his mouth on podcasts for years, and that's basically the business model. Young shared a locker room with Steph. Hearing a former teammate's name in this video is a different kind of awkward, and you have to think the replies are coming.

Now we wait to see whether Gil and Swaggy P back down or go back on the show and do it again. If you know that podcast circuit, you know which way to bet. Either way, the 4-time champ has now said his piece on the record, and the movie is getting a lot more attention than it was a week ago.