Throughout his NBA career, Stephen Curry has dealt with challenges. However, any problems he dealt with on a personal level may have been different than those he had to overcome on the basketball court. One such challenge came his way around 4 years ago when his parents announced that they were separating. As Pam Beesly once said, “When you’re a kid, you assume your parents are soulmates.” For that illusion to be shattered after Dell and Sonya were together for almost 33 years would certainly have been a tough experience for the Warriors star. Fortunately, as his mother later recalled, even the tragic incident did not cause Stephen Curry to lose his mature side.

Sonya Curry recently sat down for an interview on ‘The Travis Hearn Podcast’. During the discussion, she touched base on her daughter Sydel’s first pregnancy. Recalling the experience in the hospital during the first delivery, she recalled being so impressed at how Sydel was handling things on a personal level. This caused her to comment on the maturity level of her other children too. Sonya revealed that some of the moments where she felt proud of Stephen Curry was when he used to accept awards and still stay graceful. Moments when he would acknowledge Ayesha and make his kids equally enjoy the moment in the spotlight. This level of maturity, imbibed in the Warriors star and his siblings, helped when Sonya and Dell announced their decision to separate.

“You know, when we were going through the divorce, and my kids have a family meeting, and sit us down at the table and I was like ‘Where’d this come from?’, and I thought ‘Oh I used to do that to them’” said Sonya. “Now I know how they feel.”

The divorce between Dell and Sonya was something that, on some level, could be described as an ‘ugly one’. After all, both spouses had reportedly accused each other of infidelity. Sonya had not gone into too much detail. However, Dell had reportedly stated in the court filings that Sonya had been dating Steven Johnson. Johnson is the former football player selected as the 6th-round pick in the 1988 NFL Draft.

Sonya Curry herself revealed that she turned to her faith when looking to gain the strength to deal with this separation. Highlighting that she’s still recovering from the pain of letting go of her marriage, Sonya added during the interview “Oh lord! I have faith. It’s just my faith that we have to speak His truth in His word. And when I get in these places, I’m in one now I’m still not through my divorce. I’m still you know, and I tried”.

Dell Curry was a prominent NBA player, who made a mark between 1986 and 2002. Now, two of his sons continue adding another chapter to the family legacy. In fact, Stephen Curry’s prowess has made him one of the most recognizable faces of the modern basketball world. Therefore, the divorce was as high profile as it could get. It only added more pressure on the Golden State Warriors point guard to maintain his composure. As it turned out, if Stephen Curry handled things well from his end, it was only because of the lessons that his parents had bestowed upon him.

Despite calling his parents’ divorce “challenging”, Stephen Curry revealed taking the calm road: “An acknowledgment of both of y’all”

News about Dell and Sonya Curry’s divorce first broke in August 2021. It wouldn’t be until February 2022 when Stephen Curry would go into detail about the ordeal. Sitting down for an interview with ‘The Ringer’, the Warriors star revealed that he was still getting used to navigating the sudden change. During the process, he revealed being as calm as he could be, by stating “It’s challenging for sure. I could be mad and be like, ‘Y’all effed this up.’ I could have that approach. But it’s going to be an acknowledgment of both of y’all in terms of how y’all raised me. The calmness I have in myself is because of y’all.”

Curry also recalled the night that he had broken the All-Time Three-Point record. The man of the hour had to acknowledge both his parents separately that night. After all, his father was near the Golden State Warriors bench, while his mother was near the tunnel. The moment was a reminder that things were different from that point onwards. Despite that, Curry remained mature, as he revealed “I had to make sure I was in that moment with both of them separately and this wasn’t just this whole kind of thing. That is how I choose to approach that. Because it is challenging.”

Time has managed to heal some of the wounds from that ‘Ugly Separation’. If the recent revelations have told us anything, it is that Stephen Curry and his siblings helped to better the situation. In moments like these, we can count on the presence of such people.