Giannis Antetokounmpo shuts down '10 models' wife trolls
Giannis Antetokounmpo shut down online weirdos who claim he could be with “10 models,” telling AnesTea The Podcast he’s with wife Mariah Riddlesprigger because she tells him the truth and keeps their kids grounded. The Miami Heat star said he’s “in love with her — as a woman and as a mother.”
Key Takeaways
- Giannis Antetokounmpo hit back at trolls questioning why he is with Mariah Riddlesprigger instead of models.
- On AnesTea The Podcast, he said she tells him the truth and will not let their four kids get a big head.
- He declared he is “in love with her” as a woman and as a mother.
- The couple met in Las Vegas in 2014 and married in Greece in 2024.
The rant has lit up sports and celebrity corners of the internet, landing squarely in Bizarre News & Florida Man territory — not for a crime, but for the wild online chatter the two-time MVP felt forced to answer.
What did Giannis Antetokounmpo say about the trolls?
Appearing on the Monday, July 20 episode of AnesTea The Podcast, the newly minted Miami Heat star said he has “heard so many things” about his marriage.
Per the New York Post, he recounted the snark directly: “Why is Giannis with this wife? He could be with a model. Not one model but ten!”
He did not laugh it off. Instead, he framed the comments as noise he has absorbed for years — and then explained why those takes miss the point.
Why does Giannis say he chose Mariah?
“I am with my wife because she tells me the truth,” Antetokounmpo said. “She loves me; she will tell me whenever I do anything wrong. She will tell my kids the truth.”
He went further on parenting, saying he knows she “will kill for my kids” and “would even kill me for them,” and that she will not let their children get a big head — “the most important thing for me.”
“I am in love. I am in love with her. As a woman and as a mother,” he added, according to coverage from Yahoo and Complex.
How did Giannis and Mariah first meet?
The pair met during NBA Summer League in Las Vegas in 2014, ahead of his second season. Antetokounmpo said he knew immediately she would be his wife.
After an early false start, he began flying to Miami to see her. She later spent time with his parents, and he said that from the moment she came to Miami, “she has never left my side.”
They married in Greece in 2024 after more than a decade together and share four children: Liam Charles, Maverick Shai, Eva Brooke, and Aria Capri. Riddlesprigger is a former Rice University volleyball player and entrepreneur.
Fresh off a trade that sent him from Milwaukee to Miami, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s message was simple: loyalty, honesty, and family beat any fantasy about “ten models.”