Draya Michele has emotionally revealed how criticism of her relationship with NBA star Jalen Green has impacted her. 

The couple have a 17-year age-gap and Michele, 40, has a son who is only a year younger than the 23-year-old Green.

They are believed to have started dating in the summer of 2023 and even have a kid together. But the stir their romance caused still leads to Michele getting targeted by social media trolls.

‘I mean, you try to get to that point (where you don’t give a f***), but I mean you’re still human and you still have feelings,’ she told the New York Post.

‘Sometimes, you know you can read things that are hurtful and you want to just let it roll off, but it doesn’t always work like that. 

‘It also depends on what type of day you’re already having when you read the message… I take it because it comes with it, with the limelight, like I said. But I’m human and I have feelings.’

Draya Michele, 40, has opened up on the criticism of her relationship with Jalen Green, 23

Green was recently traded to the Phoenix Suns as part of the Kevin Durant deal

Michele has a son who is just a year younger than Green, who she has been with since 2023

Life is changing for Green and Michele after he was traded to the Phoenix Suns by the Houston Rockets as part of the deal that moved Kevin Durant to Texas.

‘This was my first time experiencing a trade,’ Michele said. ‘I just think, you know, as his girlfriend, my main responsibility is to support him wherever we were going.’

She said they haven’t found a home in Phoenix yet, but added: ‘Phoenix is an amazing city. We were not disappointed with Phoenix at all. 

‘But I just need to be supportive of him and of the change and then just try to make things as smooth of a transition [as possible] for him, and not stressing him out with the worries of moving and all that.

‘He’s not gonna have to lift the finger. I’ll handle all of that so that he can just relax and play basketball. Once he gets there, he won’t have anything else to worry about. And that’s just really what I try to focus on: keeping things convenient and easy for him.’

Ahead of the playoffs with the Rockets last season, Green sent a message to the critics taunting him about his personal life.

‘Leave my girl out I’m deactivating my shi for the playoffs,’ he wrote, referencing his social media backout for the postseason. 

The Rockets went out of the playoffs in round one at the hands of Golden State Warriors.