Jaden Ivey posts photo with wife after accusing her of abandoning him in middle of troubling rant

NBA guard Jaden Ivey and his wife, Caitlyn, put up a united front after he claimed she wasn’t answering his texts following his release from the Bulls last month due to conduct detrimental to the team.

The pair shared a joint Instagram post on Monday, including a smiling photo together with Ivey’s arm arm around her, and a bible verse.

“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favour of the LORD,” the caption reads, quoting the bible verse, Proverbs‬ ‭18‬:‭22‬ ‭KJV.‬‬

NBA guard Jaden Ivey and his wife, Caitlyn. Instagram/Jaden Ivey

“Thank you Jesus for saving us. Thank you for your mercy and goodness towards us.”

It comes after Ivey made claims about his household following his release — which came after he posted a video rant online about religion and made anti-gay remarks.

“My wife in here, and she not even texting me,” Ivey said in a live stream video after his release. “Those who are around me, those who are my family members betraying [me] because of what I spoke. The truth.

“Betraying me. Saying that I’m losing my mind. Saying that I’m crazy. … Those are my own household. All because of the Gospel. All because I said the truth.”

Taking to her social media, Caitlyn denied abandoning her husband amid the fallout from his controversy.

“If you know me you know I have never once abandoned that man through all the trials.. and I still haven’t now,” she wrote in an Instagram Story post. “There is obviously a lot going on, so leave your conspiracies and your guesses to yourselves.”

Jaden Ivey #31 of the Chicago Bulls attempts a dunk against Cameron Johnson #23 of the Denver Nuggets during the second quarter at the United Center on February 7, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Getty Images

Caitlyn also shared hateful messages she had received after the NBA player claimed she had cut him off. 

Ivey and his wife, who met at Purdue University, have three children: son Noah, 3, daughter Shiloh, 2, and son Isaiah, 13 months.

Ivey, who was limited to 30 games last season due to injury, missed the start of this season before being dealt from Detroit to Chicago.

Last month, the Bulls shut him down for the season because of a sore left knee.

Ivey previously said it was a “lie” that his conduct was detrimental to the Bulls.