The NBA free agent, who has not played in the league this year, provided some clarification for basketball fans by saying he and his wife have been separated for “months.”
After being put on blast by his wife, Smith went on his Instagram page and deleted everything back to 2013. However, he did go to his IG story to post this message for his 4.5 million followers — and for his wife:
Smith, 34, whose full name is Earl Joseph Smith III, later returned to IG Live to rebuke his wife for putting their business in the streets:
Black Twitter went crazy over these developments and stormed cyberspace to share their thoughts on the matter. Here is a small sampling of responses to the jarring prayer video:
https://twitter.com/ItsJustFace/status/1207165819375013894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1207165819375013894&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbossip.com%2F1820989%2Fjr-smith-linked-to-candice-patton%2F
Tristan Thompson giving JR Smith advice pic.twitter.com/y54CrqbWL4
— Big Celleo From the Kokomo (@Cellustharula90) December 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/JCNoHunnidz/status/1207335496948408321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1207335496948408321&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbossip.com%2F1820989%2Fjr-smith-linked-to-candice-patton%2F
https://twitter.com/Adrian__Mang/status/1207108389878157312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1207108389878157312&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbossip.com%2F1820989%2Fjr-smith-linked-to-candice-patton%2F
I’m not condoning JR Smith cheating but hear me out…… have you seen Candice Patton pic.twitter.com/nm5L7q1KLx
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) December 18, 2019
Oh I know JR Smith’s wife is not on this World Wide Web praying for her cheating husband!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/6yxIbQLYxq
— Meredith Grey, J.D.,MBA (@ChocolateRain__) December 18, 2019
JR Smith is allegedly cheating with Iris from the Flash?!? Not saying it's right but I mean lol pic.twitter.com/N0pqZlzMqm
— Al Gore Rhythm (@Notufatjesus_) December 18, 2019
