While there are undoubtedly perks to being married to a multimillionaire NBA star, Nina Westbrook has also discovered the downside. She made that clear when she tweeted about some particularly nasty messages she’d been receiving on social media from basketball fans attacking her over her husband’s performance on the court. “When I’m being harassed on a daily basis over basketball games, and I’m having obscenity’s [sic] and death wishes for me and my family sent my way because you’re expressing your truth, it’s hard for me to get on board with that,” she wrote.
Russell Westbrook addressed Nina’s comments during a post-game press conference in March 2022. “I one-hundred-percent stand behind my wife with how she’s feeling … she’s reached a point, and my family’s reached a point where it’s really weighing on them,” he said. “I don’t even want to bring my kids to the game because I don’t want them to hear people calling their dad names.”
Speaking with People, Nina echoed her husband’s remarks about their children, admitting she was saddened that they were forced to confront such ugliness at such a young age. “I have skills and people I turn to for advice, so fortunately for me, I’m not very affected by things that happen outside of my circle,” she said, “but my kids are young, and they don’t have that same experience.”
