Significant others can get significantly wound up when the stakes are highest for their partners in pro sports. Whether it’s on the field, the ice or the court, the fans in these families get fired up.
KATE UPTON
The Sports Illustrated swimsuit model livened up MLB’s snoozy postseason awards presentation by going off on the voters who snubbed her beau, Justin Verlander, in the AL Cy Young voting. It was colorful.
“Hey MLB,” she tweeted, “I thought I was the only person allowed to f–k @JustinVerlander ?! What 2 Writers didn’t have him on their ballot?”
TMI?
AYESHA CURRY
Before Donald Trump was spouting off about rigged outcomes, Stephen Curry’s better half beat him to the punch.
When the Warriors’ star guard fouled out and was ejected in the fourth quarter of a Game 6 Finals loss to the Cavaliers, Ayesha Curry tweeted: “I’ve lost all respect sorry this is absolutely rigged for money… Or ratings in not sure which. I won’t be silient . Just saw it live sry.” (All SICs are Mrs. Curry’s)
She later silenced herself by deleting the tweet but the damage was done and Cleveland won the title in seven games.
GISELE BUNDCHEN
In 2012 the supermodel threw then-Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker under the bus for a costly fourth-quarter drop that likely denied Bundchen’s husband, quarterback Tom Brady, and New England a Super Bowl.
The Giants and Eli Manning walked away with a 21-17 victory in Super Bowl XLVI.
“You (have) to catch the ball when you’re supposed to catch the ball,” Bundchen was recorded saying on a video obtained by the online gossip site “The Insider.”
“My husband cannot f—-king throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can’t believe they dropped the ball so many times.”
GABRIELLE UNION
The actress couldn’t keep her finger off the Tweet button in April of 2016 when, following an obvious no-call on a clear foul on husband and then-Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade, she tweeted: “Absolute BS!!!!!”
Union ranted on the referees: “They need to get fined. Period. Crappy officiating deserves a FINE and suspension. Not after the fact “oh well” … In all fairness I DID let refs know when they gave us calls we didn’t deserve… his response ‘I thought you’d be at the concert” #FineEm … 2 min report is BS … after the fact WHO CARES?!?!?! If you don’t #FineEm what’s the motivation to get it right in the future? #logic.”
MIKO GRIMES
The wife of now-Buccaneers cornerback Brent Grimes, famously ripped his former team, the Dolphins, not once but several times in various series of vulgar tweets.
Grimes ripped Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill after a loss to Indianapolis in December.
“I knew this qb stunk the minute we got signed to this team but i tried to keep quiet so i didn’t discourage bae from believing in his team,” she wrote.
Eventually it was reported that the Dolphins had released Brent Grimes in part due to his wife.
TERRICKA CASON
In Oct. 2013, the wife of then-Jets cornerback Antonio Cromartie took a sledgehammer to Gang Green’s effort in a blowout loss to Cincinnati QB Andy Dalton and the Bengals.
“Dalton make this sh– look like pop warner,” she tweeted.
She responded later to criticism: “I guess cause ima wife I’m not suppose 2comment on a Game… That will never happen.. I was raised in this game uncles played pro, cousins 2 … You guys and ur comments this is football good and the bad it comes with the Game.. I can voice my opinion. We need to step our game up… This is just embarrassing the whole team failed to show up today..”
With BERNIE AUGUSTINE
