Nikki Spoelstra stated she was harassed on social media over a rumor she described as “fabricated nonsense” in a video posted Sunday to her Instagram.
Nikki, who’s the ex-wife of Miami Warmth coach Erik Spoelstra, defined that there was “a f–king story that is 100 percent, flat out not true,” however didn’t particularly identify anybody.
It got here amid a baseless rumor on social media that she was concerned with a Miami Warmth participant.
“Oh this is going to be fun,” Nikki, 38, stated within the video. “Y’all streets give me method an excessive amount of energy when s–t doesn’t go your method in professional sports activities. It’s one factor for you sports activities fanatics to come back onto my web page after I made a very massive life selection and speak loopy and it’s one other factor solely so that you can come to my web page to harass me and name me loopy names over one thing, a rumor, a f–king story that’s one hundred pc flat out not true.
Nikki, who’s a former Warmth dancer, added that she spoke with “the girlfriend” and the “mom” of the participant in query they usually had been all laughing on the state of affairs.
“… You come over here with your dirty feet in my space — I’m going to address you and call you out,” Nikki stated. “So this little rumor that you simply sports activities trolls are going wild about, I might by no means try this for 2 essential causes which I really don’t really feel the duty to clarify to you simply that it might not occur and it’s not actual.
“And whereas your story could be entertaining with these plot assumptions, there are such a lot of holes in your story and fairly frankly it’s simply actually unhealthy storytelling. So whereas all of you guys are entertaining yourselves with this fabricating nonsense, I already talked to the girlfriend, I already talked to the mother and the three of us are over right here rolling our eyes in any respect you knuckleheads.
“Here’s the deal you’re not allowed to come to my page calling me names. I know what some of you are thinking, ‘you’re a public person, you open your page up for the public.’ That’s true you’re still not allowed to come to my space and talk s–t to me like that. No sir. No ma’am. I’m just surprised that you guys are still giving me so much power when things are going your way in sports. And let’s not forget, according to a lot of you guys I’m too ugly and too old for this s–t anyway.”
Nikki addressed web trolls in her caption and challenged them to share their “nastiest” remark.
“Let’s go IG. Show me what you got. Keep coming for my integrity,” she wrote. “The only person who is big mad is you, babes! It’s hard when things don’t go your way in sports. Ik ik. Trolls tap in! Comment below with the nastiest s–t you got for me. Go on. Show your humanity. Nastiest comment wins.”
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Nikki and Spoelstra finalized their divorce in November 2023, and defined it was an “amicable decision” to half methods in a joint assertion to the Miami Herald.
The “Becoming: HER” podcast host was married to Spoelstra, 54, for seven years they usually share three kids: sons Santiago, 6, and Dante, 4, and daughter, Ruby, 2.
Nikki opened up about what was described as her “next phase as a single mom in recovery” — and regarded again at her DUI arrest, alcoholism and their divorce — in a candid interview printed final week by the Miami Herald.
