*The Chicago Bulls have cut ties with guard Jaden Ivey, 24, after videos posted to his Instagram account over the weekend drew significant backlash for comments targeting the LGBTQ community and the NBA’s Pride Night promotions.
Ivey used the videos to challenge the league’s embrace of Pride Month, speaking from a place of religious conviction. “The world can proclaim LGBTQ, right? They proclaim Pride Month and the NBA. They proclaim it. They show it to the world. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride Month to celebrate unrighteousness.’ They proclaim it,” he stated, TMZ reports.
He also pushed back against the notion that his perspective was extreme. “They proclaim it on the billboards. They proclaim it in the streets. Unrighteousness. So how is it that one can’t speak righteousness? How are they to say that … this man is crazy?”
Jaden Ivey calls out the NBA for celebrating Pride Month
“The world proclaims LGBTQ, right? They proclaim Pride Month—and the NBA does too. They show it to the world. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride Month, to celebrate unrighteousness.’”
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— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) March 30, 2026
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Ivey’s comments come less than a month after he joined Chicago through a three-team deal with the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves. His remarks extended beyond Pride Month. In one clip, he raised biological questions about lesbian couples conceiving children, and labeled Catholicism a “false religion” that “does not lead to salvation in Jesus Christ.”
“How can a woman bear a child with a woman? How? Unless they go to the doctor and they… it can’t happen physically. They have the same body part,” he said, SandraRose.com reports.
The guard had been open about leaning into his faith while recovering from a knee injury. “The old J.I. is dead. I’m alive in Christ no matter what the basketball setting is,” he said. Teammates were already familiar with his religious outspokenness, as Ivey had developed a reputation for bringing up matters of faith inside the locker room.
The Chicago Bulls’ decision to remove Ivey from the team ignited an online debate, with some fans defending free speech while others expressed worry about Ivey’s mental health.
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— gio? (@Clapped_Dre) March 30, 2026
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