Nia Long LAUGHS when asked if she’s ‘working things out’ with cheating Ime Udoka

Fresh Prince of Bel Air actress Nia Long kept mum when asked if she was patching things up with her philandering Boston Celtics fiancé Ime Udoka – and even laughed at the question.

Surfacing for the first time since learning of her NBA head coach partner’s affair with a staffer, the 51-year-old star was approached by a photographer Saturday in Los Angeles to comment on the confirmed infidelity. 

Long wasn’t wearing her engagement ring at the time.  

Footage of the exchange shows the starlet, dressed in all black, refusing to comment as news of her prospective husband’s romance with an unnamed staffer continues to prevail headlines.

When asked if they were working things out, Long – who was accompanied by her and Udoka’s ten-year-old son, Kez, during the encounter – lets out an exasperated laugh, before walking away and into her car.

The exchange transpired as Long left a local Whole Foods – and came more than a day after the starlet told TMZ in a statement she was ‘blindsided’ by the affair that she reportedly only learned of when the Celtics suspended Udoka, 45, Thursday.  

Reasons given for the suspension – which will see the staffer out for a full year – were that Udoka, a former player who was set to start his second year as the Celtics’ skipper, for violating ethics rules by having a consensual affair with a staffer. 

The identity of the staffer has yet to be released.

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Surfacing for the first time since learning of her fiancés affair, the 51-year-old star was spotted out food shopping Saturday in Los Angeles with the pair’s ten-year-old son, Kez

When asked about the affair, the Fresh Prince of Bel Air actress kept mum, saying ‘I’m not going to comment on that right now’

The starlet was dressed in all black and donned shades for the shopping excursions, as news of her longtime partner’s romance with an unnamed staffer continues to prevail headlines

Despite the whirlwind surrounding the confirmed infidelity, Long wore her engagement ring

When asked if the pair were ‘patching things up,’ Long – who played Will Smith’s love interest in the 90s sitcom Beulah Lisa Wilkes and has since been tabbed a main character on Peacock’s modern-day reinterpretation, Bel-Air – simply laughed and ignored the question

Long put on a brave face for the interaction, after saying in a statement Thursday that she had been ‘blindsided’ by the affair, which she reportedly learned of through news coverage

Udoka, the Celtics’ second-year head coach with a once-sterling reputation, was suspended for all of the upcoming season on Thursday over ‘multiple’ unspecified violations of team rules. 

In a statement on Thursday night, he said: ‘I want to apologize to our players, fans, the entire Celtics organization, and my family for letting them down. 

‘I am sorry for putting the team in this difficult situation, and I accept the team’s decision.

‘Out of respect for everyone involved, I will have no further comment.’ 

The Boston Celtics employee that had an affair with head coach Ime Udoka, was in charge of making all of his travel arrangements and even included organizing travel for his fiancee, Nia Long

Long with the couple’s ten-year-old son recently 

Long, 51, and Udoka, 45, have been together for over a decade. They are shown together at the Barclays Center in New York last August

Incredulity: Nia’s fans and friends tweeted their rage and disbelief om Friday 

Udoka is said to have suffered a ‘significant financial penalty’, though the amount has not been disclosed. 

The 45-year-old is said to have had an improper relationship with a female member of staff. 

That woman has not been named. 

In the team statement naming assistant Joe Mazzulla as interim coach, Boston said Udoka’s future would be determined ‘at a later date.’ 

Long became a household name with her role in the Fresh Prince of Bel Air as Lisa Wilkes, Will Smith’s girlfriend. 

She also starred in Boyz In The Hood, Soul Food and Big Momma’s House. 

The beloved actress is also the recipient of three NAACP Image Awards and a Black Reel Award.