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Joe Budden certainly isn’t afraid of a little controversy.
The former rap star turned podcast host has always been one to say what’s on his mind.
But his recent comments on 39-year-old former Basketball Wives star Draya Michele and her 21-year-old boyfriend, Houston Rockets star Jalen Green, may have been his most controversial yet.
Budden and his co-hosts addressed rumors that rumors that Draya that could potentially be pregnant with Green’s child.
The former fiancee of NFL cornerback Orlando Scandrick has two children from prior relationships. One of whom is older than Green, her current boyfriend.
“If you want to f— a 21-year-old, cool. But now you got a baby by a 21-year-old? You are a predator and I said this last year, there is a lot of women in their 40s, I can’t believe you won’t speak for this,” Budden said of the pregnancy rumors.
“It’s too many horror stories of athletes losing everything that they ever have because they are not insulated because they are no barriers because there is nobody instructing them,” he continued.
The comments came after one of Budden’s co-hosts suggested that Green could be on the verge of signing a max contract extension in the coming years. Although Green’s play until this point of his career probably warrant that being the case.
Plenty of fans were skeptical of Draya when the initial rumors began to float around. But Budden’s comments seemed to cause a divide in opinions regarding both the relationship and the way it’s viewed.
I’m glad Joe budden called out Draya and this goofy lady for not wanting to call Draya out https://t.co/G5sPGNwDXH
— Smokey say (@say_smokey) January 30, 2024
S/o to Joe Budden for calling Draya out more adults need to start calling predatory, pervert behavior especially men.
— Candace Nicole (@Candace__Nicole) January 30, 2024
Budden going in on Draya while ignoring Puff is crazy. https://t.co/bGIr9MYsOh
— ig @thoughtsandbars (@WallStHoops) January 30, 2024
Joseph Budden needs to be the LAST person to talk about any situation involving a woman. That man is in a glass house and sitting on a glass couch. Draya is what she is, but he needs to let someone else discuss it.
— Brown Butter Evangelist 🍉 (@krysilove) January 30, 2024
Neither Green nor Draya have commented publicly on the relationship and any rumors of a potential pregnancy are, at this time, nothing more than that.