{"id":274792,"date":"2025-04-24T01:50:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T01:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/carmelo-anthonys-ex-la-la-anthony-balances-hustle-and-heart-with-sweet-selfie-moment-with-son-kiyan\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:46","slug":"carmelo-anthonys-ex-la-la-anthony-balances-hustle-and-heart-with-sweet-selfie-moment-with-son-kiyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/24\/carmelo-anthonys-ex-la-la-anthony-balances-hustle-and-heart-with-sweet-selfie-moment-with-son-kiyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmelo Anthony&#8217;s ex La La Anthony balances hustle and heart with sweet selfie moment with son Kiyan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4888796\" data-slug-id=\"2488466\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/carmelo-anthony\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Carmelo Anthony<\/a>\u2019s former wife, La La Anthony, always finds time for her son, Kiyan Anthony. Whenever she gets the opportunity, the actress attends the high school basketball star\u2019s games. The social media influencer also often travels across the country to support the Long Island Lutheran senior.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the <em>BMF<\/em> star could not be with her son, but that did not stop her from checking in on him. She wrote in her latest Instagram story:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFaceTimes from set with @kiyananthony [heart emoji]\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><template id=\"bets-today-poll\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"preview-card-holder bets-today-poll\">\n<p><span class=\"date\"\/> \u2022 <span class=\"time\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"march-madness-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/march-madness-logo.png\" height=\"42\" width=\"99\" alt=\"march madness logo\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Carmelo Anthony's former wife, La La Anthony, shares on Instagram a selfie with her son Kiyan Anthony on Wednesday. [photo: @lala\/IG]\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/84c13-17454575033843-1920.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/84c13-17454575033843-1920.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/84c13-17454575033843-1920.jpg?w=190 190w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/84c13-17454575033843-1920.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/84c13-17454575033843-1920.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/84c13-17454575033843-1920.jpg?w=1045 1045w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/84c13-17454575033843-1920.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/84c13-17454575033843-1920.jpg?w=1460 1460w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/84c13-17454575033843-1920.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/84c13-17454575033843-1920.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"Carmelo Anthony's former wife, La La Anthony, shares on Instagram a selfie with her son Kiyan Anthony on Wednesday. [photo: @lala\/IG]\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/84c13-17454575033843-1920.jpg?w=640\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201280%20720%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Carmelo Anthony&#8217;s former wife, La La Anthony, shares on Instagram a selfie with her son Kiyan Anthony on Wednesday. [photo: @lala\/IG]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>La La is likely working on <em>Group Chat<\/em>, a satirical comedy inspired by her bestselling book <em>The Love Playbook: Rules for Love, Sex, and Happiness, Group Chat<\/em>. The project, which will be released by Hulu, will star Anthony, who is also an executive producer. Kenya Barris and Kim Kardashian are also executive producers.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Despite her busy schedule, Carmelo Anthony\u2019s former wife, La La Anthony, did not miss the opportunity to talk to Kiyan Anthony. Nobody was surprised by the sweet selfie taken by the actress, who calls her son her best friend.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Carmelo Anthony\u2019s former wife, La La Anthony, praised her son Kiyan Anthony following the youngster\u2019s MVP campaign at the Jordan Brand Classic<\/h2>\n<p>On Saturday, Carmelo Anthony and his former wife, La La Anthony, attended the championship game between Team Air and Team Flight. Kiyan Anthony showed why he is one of the top collegiate prospects with a dazzling display. The Long Island Lutheran star finished the game with 26 points behind 11-for-15 efficiency to win the MVP award.<\/p>\n<p>After the game, the Group Chat star went on Instagram to write:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYesssssss I\u2019m that mom \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude29\ud83d\ude02 Such a proud moment watching Kiyan get MVP at the Jordan Classic, the same game Melo played in when he was in high school! MVP @kiyananthony!!! \ud83d\udc51\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The clip showed La La excitedly jumping up and down when her son was named MVP. Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/new-york-knicks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">New York Knicks<\/a> legend casually declined not to join the awarding ceremony. 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