Warriors owner's wife gets death threats from Beyonce fanatics
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It’s been a rough 24 hours for the Golden State Warriors organization.
A franchise that’s used to having everything go right, right now it must feel like everything is going wrong.
Without Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, and Kevon Looney due to injury on Wednesday, the Warriors lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals to the Toronto Raptors. To make matters worse for the back-to-back champs, part-owner Mark Stevens was ejected from the game for shoving Raptors star Kyle Lowry.
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What more could go wrong?
Well, Nicole Curran, wife of Warriors majority owner Joe Lacob, was the target of an internet firestorm Wednesday night.
Curran, it appears, had the audacity to speak over Beyonce, who she was seated next to courtside. She was talking to Jay-Z, the world’s first billionaire rapper, and Beyonce’s husband.
Jay-Z and BeyoncĂ© are courtside for Game 3 đ pic.twitter.com/6mmJuN8Odn
— ESPN (@espn) June 6, 2019
Beyonce looked away, causing the internet to read into it way too much.
Was she mad? Annoyed?
Did she even care at all?
Does it matter when we’re dealing with the Queen B?
Curran posted this photo to Instagram, not knowing what kind of reaction she would get from fanatical Beyonce fans.
This story goes from funny to unnerving pretty fast, as Curran received death threats before disabling her Instagram account, according to a report from ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne.
Curran was apparently just asking the couple what they’d like to drink.
Beyonce asked for water, while Jay-Z chose a vodka soda. Curran wanted to know if he wanted a lime with his drink, but it was hard to hear in the arena, so she leaned in.
“There was no hostility. I was trying to be a good hostess,â Curran told ESPN. âIâve never experienced cyber bullying like this. I canât believe our players go through this. That kids go through this.”
Here’s the full report of what happened:
Just spoke to Nicole Curran, the wife of Warriors owner Joe Lacob, about the âincident â with BeyoncĂ© last night. She was in tears. Said she had been getting death threats on social media all night this morning she disabled her IG account just to make it stop.
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 6, 2019
Curran said she had no idea anything was even amiss until she got home and started seeing texts from friends and checked her social media. Sheâs invited Jay Z and BeyoncĂ© to the game 3-4 times before. Last night she says she asked if they wanted drinks. BeyoncĂ© asked for water
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 6, 2019
Curran says Jay Z asked for a vodka soda. She asked if he wanted lime with that. But it was loud in Oracle and she couldnât hear, so she leaned over. Thatâs where the photos of BeyoncĂ© looking askance at her come from.
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 6, 2019
Curran says she then went to go get them those drinks. âThere was no hostility. I was trying to be a good hostess,â she said. âIâve never experienced cyber bullying like this. I canât believe our players go through this. That kids go through this.â
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 6, 2019
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