“I Was 14 Years Old!” Ayesha Curry Called Out This Misconception About Her Early Relationship With Steph Curry

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Steph and Ayesha Curry have an adorable love story, but it wasn’t quite love at first sight.

The pair met as teenagers when Ayesha moved from Canada to Charlotte, North Carolina, where Steph grew up. They attended the same church and were in the same friendship group, but their relationship didn’t turn romantic until about four years later, by which point Ayesha had moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

So, they reconnected in 2008, began dating, and married in 2011. Within a year, they welcomed their first daughter, Riley, and since then, they’ve had three more kids together: Ryan, Canon, and Caius.

Talking about her early memories of Steph, Ayesha told People magazine in 2016: “He was the cute boy at church that all of the girls were obsessed with, so I made a generalization that maybe he wasn’t for me.” She also had a strict “no athletes” rule, once writing on a school assignment that she’d never date an athlete “because they’re arrogant.”

Now, appearing on Michelle Obama’s IMO podcast, Ayesha discussed the early days of their friendship and set the record straight on some misconceptions.

“I feel like this is something that gets misconstrued, publicly,” Ayesha said about the idea that Steph wasn’t her “type.” “It’s not that you didn’t have game. I was 14 years old! I was not allowed to talk to boys! That’s the difference. But did I think you were cute? Absolutely.”

Craig Robinson, Michelle’s brother and podcast co-host, then asked Ayesha about the “no athletes” rule she shared with People in 2016, which she admitted was a “very disrespectful comment” to make.

“It’s very rude,” she quipped, as Steph laughed alongside her. “I had very textbook misconceptions about athletes, the jock stereotype. I was a theater nerd, so I think I was protecting my peace.”

“People, for some reason, think that in the past I've said that he wasn't my type,” she continued. “What I was saying was, I didn't think I was his type, because this was Mr. Cool. So I kind of sold myself short in thinking, ‘Oh, there’s no way. He must just like me as a friend.’”

In the end, she joked that she was glad to make it out of the “friend zone.” But, from what Steph has to say, it sounds like she was never there to begin with.

Of course, Ayesha and Steph are no strangers to navigating public opinions about their marriage. Last year, Ayesha was the center of discourse after saying that she and Steph prioritize their marriage over their kids.

Then, she sparked another viral conversation a few months later when she admitted that she never wanted marriage or children before she met Steph. "I didn't want kids," she said during an appearance on Call Her Daddy. "I didn't wanna get married. I thought I was gonna be a career girl, and that's it."

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