Monica Wright, a guard for the Minnesota Lynx, spoke openly about her breakup with Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant at the team’s Faith and Family Night. The two were engaged and ended things earlier in 2014, and fans have wondered ever since what went wrong.
According to reports from the event, Wright said her Christian faith took her life in a new direction. She explained that the engagement shifted the relationship in a big way, saying, “I was engaged last year and it kind of changed that relationship big time.” She added that many people are not willing to give up their lifestyle to follow that path.
Wright did not detail any specific lifestyle changes, and Durant had not publicly responded to her comments at the time of this report.
The couple’s split was one of the more talked about breakups of the summer, and Wright’s remarks gave fans a look at her side of the story.