MIAMI, FLORIDA - JUNE 14: Actor Nia Long attends the premiere of "Remembering Love Jones" during the 2025 American Black Film Festival at New World Center on June 14, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Sergi Alexander/Getty Images)
Roommates, is Nia Long throwing shade? That’s one interpretation of a recent post the icon actress recently made. Fans caught a kiii when Nia reposted a message about side chicks and the men going through a lil’ something!
As mentioned, the jokey joke came via Nia Long’s social media, Instagram Story to be exact. The star didn’t write the snappy message, but she added a large laughing emoticon to it when she reposted.
“Too much attention from a side chick makes a midlife crisis man think he’s a king. Easy tiger, it’s just a paper hat from the kids’ table,” the post said.
Our good sis hasn’t offered any other context for the post. It was first shared by the IG account houseofqueenquotes on August 22. The page boasts nearly 14,000 followers. Their caption read, “Too much attention makes a donkey think hes a lion…” In the post’s 27,000 likes was also Angela Simmons, who recently revealed the end of her relationship with Yo Gotti.
In The Shade Room’s comment section, over 10,000 roommates weighed in! And the consensus in the chat is that the post is relatable AND extra iconic coming from Nia Long. Why?Because Nia Long’s marriage ended, in part, due to an affair her ex-fianc, Ime Udoka, had with a co-worker.
The betrayal gagged the internet in 2022, and despite calls for her to drag him, Nia has always kept her comments on her former marriage chill. In 2023, she told Jeezy in an interview that she doesn’t blame the split solely on cheating, and admitted it had been “rocky for a very long time.” The exes are co-parenting their teen son these days, and Udoka is responsible for paying his ex $32,500 in monthly child support.
Back to reactions,TSR roommate @frecks__ wrote,“This ate!”And @bootcampbenz added,“This the one!!”
“Ate whoever right on up,”@_melaninqueenvibes said.
“When I say she sent them to School Yes Mam,” @imkandice.kandice.wit.a.k. said.
@kitapubdiva commented,“Easy tiger for the WIN!!”
“She clean cut with it,” @slayed_by_jw wrote.
@dreamzqueen20 commented,“A classy read! She got that from one of her great aunts lol.”
Most recently, Nia Long went viral for a spicy cameo she made in Tyler the Creator’s new music video. Lauren London also made an appearance!
