LaLa Valquez reached out to People magazine to clear the air about reports that she refused to pick up fiancé NBA star Carmelo Anthony after his recent DUI arrest.
“I want to make sure the public understands that I fully support my fiancĂ©, Carmelo Anthony, and stand by him through this ordeal,” Vazquez, a former MTV veejay, says in a statement to PEOPLE on Tuesday.
“I will always have his back and never refused to pick him up from the police station. In fact, they offered to bring him to me.”
Anthony was arrested early Monday morning near downtown Denver, hours after leading his Denver Nuggets to victory over the Houston Rockets.
The NBA star reiterated his love for Vazquez in his own statement to PEOPLE: “LaLa continues to be a rock in my life, she’s always been there for me through thick and thin.”
The couple have a child together, 1-year-old son Kiyan. Vazquez will soon costar in the movie Let the Church Say Amen [Future BET Blackbuster hit, ya'll. - - Fresh] and will host and executive produce VH1’s upcoming reality show The Sixth Man.
You know I have got to ask — when do they plan on getting married? I remember reading about their engagement back in my dorm days. When the time finally comes for them to exchange vows I will be collecting social security and retired to Florida with The Dealer.