Sydel Curry-Lee was born in a basketball family. Her dad, Dell Curry, had a 16-year NBA career. Later, her two brothers, Stephen Curry and Seth Curry, also made it to the NBA, with the former revolutionizing the sport and becoming one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
Curry-Lee has lived her life in the limelight and has felt the pressure of her last name. However, nothing compares to the pressure she feels as Seth’s sister, especially since he has the most ‘big brother-coded’ attitude.
During a recent episode of Straight to Cam, Curry-Lee talked about Seth and how he acts around her. She said that she couldn’t imagine going to the same school as Seth for a hilarious reason.
“I couldn’t imagine going to school with Seth,” Curry-Lee said. “Oh my gosh. He would literally lock me in my room. I would never be able to go out.” (From 34:03)
She recalled an incident from back when she was 22 years old as an example of how difficult it would have been for her to be in the same environment as her brother.
“We used to go, like a group of friends of mine, used to go down to Charlotte, and that’s where we’d go out in the weekends. And one weekend, Seth was in the club with his friends…he wouldn’t even talk to me. He was like, ‘What are you doing here? Go home.’ I’m like, first of all, I’m 22 years old. Like, relax.”
Curry-Lee revealed that eventually Seth invited her friends’ group to his section and they had a good time. But as a big brother, he just had to give her a hard time, especially in front of her friends and in a club.
Stephen Curry or Seth Curry, who was the more protective?
On a previous episode of her podcast with Cameron Brink, Curry-Lee talked about the protective nature of her brothers. When asked who was more protective back in the day, she couldn’t pick one and stated that both her brothers had different ways of expressing themselves.
“They just showed it in different ways,” Curry-Lee said. “Like, Stephen was more outwardly, but he’s like really nice, so you would never know how protective he was. But with Seth, he is super quiet. So, you don’t really know what he’s thinking until he wants you to know what he’s thinking.” (From 30:21)
Interestingly, it wasn’t just the two brothers who were protective, especially from her boyfriends. Curry-Lee revealed that Ayesha Curry, Steph’s wife, was also always ready to go to extreme lengths for her.
“I had a boyfriend in high school that I dated from high school into college a little bit, and he was literally the worst,” Curry-Lee recalled. “I never told anyone what was going on between us and like how bad it had gotten, and then after the fact, Stephen and Ayesha were like ‘We want to cut his balls off.’ I’m like, ‘Easy!’”
She has been married to NBA star Damion Lee since 2018. Curry-Lee revealed that Seth followed her husband on Instagram on the day they got married. This just goes on to show how protective he has been of his sister.
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