Milwaukee Bucks owner Wes Edens’ daughter, Mallory Edens, responded to a critic on social media who attacked her appearance as she represented the Bucks at the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery.
Edens went viral in 2014 after making an appearance at the NBA draft lottery, with people on social media citing her looks. After she returned to the draft 12 years later, a fan reacted to her appearance, saying that she is “aging fast.”
“Damn, she’s aging fast. Remember when she was a smokeshow and the talk of the draft lottery when she first appeared,” the fan wrote.
She replied on X:
“I find it so strange that women are asked to delay womanhood as long as possible in favor of some kind of eternal girlhood. I don’t want to be a girl; I don’t aspire to look like a teenager. I am very happy to be a woman. If your beauty standard for me is to look like a child, that’s your problem, but not mine. This is not the insult that you think it is.”
Edens’ life has taken a different turn since she went viral at the 2014 draft lottery. People reported that four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers and Edens briefly dated in 2023, with the two appearing courtside at the Bucks’ games.
She has also founded Little Ray Media, a production company that, according to People, “tells stories by and about women and girls.”
Beyond that, Edens has also spoken about sitting in on the Bucks’ front office discussions.
“I have such a deep respect for what the front office does. And I love just getting to be a fly on the wall in their conversations,” Edens said. “I always tell my dad exactly what I think all the time … We have a respectful banter about those things. So we’re not always on the same page but I always let him know exactly how I feel.”
Mallory Edens touches on the “harmful” effects of her first NBA Draft Lottery appearance
While fans continue to reference Mallory Edens’ first draft lottery appearance, she has been open about the “harmful” effects the attention has had on her.
“I went really viral on the internet at a really young age and it put me in this place where I felt so protective of myself because the things people were saying online about me at that time felt so harmful,” Edens said. “And I don’t know that I’ve ever really left that protective casing. So, I think the misconception is just that I don’t think people know me that well online.”
Edens’ presence at the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery didn’t help the Bucks’ fortunes, with them set to pick at No. 10 in the upcoming draft. The last time Edens represented the team at the draft lottery, they landed the No. 2 pick and used it to draft Jabari Parker.
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