--- title: La La Discusses Separation From Carmelo Anthony, Son description: Find out what La La Anthony said about how she explained her split from Carmelo Anthony to her 10-year-old son. canonical: https://time.com/4803098/la-la-carmelo-anthony-separation-son/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-02T15:51:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:42.169Z og:title: La La Discusses How Her Separation From Carmelo Anthony Impacted Her Son og:description: ‘We explain it in a way that works for a 10-year-old’ og:url: https://time.com/4803098/la-la-carmelo-anthony-separation-son/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fe9b1597b45ca68/6988cfe6656a3f46f5bd0431/la-la-anthony-parenting-separation.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The STARZ Network "Power" Cocktail Media Event og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: La La Discusses How Her Separation From Carmelo Anthony Impacted Her Son twitter:description: ‘We explain it in a way that works for a 10-year-old’ twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fe9b1597b45ca68/6988cfe6656a3f46f5bd0431/la-la-anthony-parenting-separation.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # La La Discusses How Her Separation From Carmelo Anthony Impacted Her Son by [Thatiana Diaz / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Thatiana Diaz / People Contributor Jun 2, 2017 3:51 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 27: La La Anthony attends The STARZ Network "Power" Cocktail Media Event at Catch NYC on April 27, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage) NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 27: La La Anthony attends The STARZ Network "Power" Cocktail Media Event at Catch NYC on April 27, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)Johnny Nunez—WireImage by [Thatiana Diaz / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Thatiana Diaz / People Contributor Jun 2, 2017 3:51 PM UTC [**La La Anthony**](http://people.com/celebrity/la-la-anthony-family-god-strength-following-split/) has been in the spotlight for the last couple of months while going through a [separation](http://people.com/sports/carmelo-and-la-la-anthony-separated/) with husband of seven years and NBA star **Carmelo Anthony**. For the first time since their split in April, the actress is speaking about how she feels when it comes to her love-life making headlines after being captured by paparazzi [spending Mother Day’s](http://people.com/chica/la-la-and-carmelo-anthony-spend-mothers-day-together-amid-separation/) with Carmelo and their 10-year-old son **Kiyan** amid separation rumors. “You kind of get used to it. What can you do? My mom always says, ‘Worry when people don’t care about you.’ And that’s what I tell myself,” she told [_ExtraTV_](http://extratv.com/videos/0-yi4qp0po/) about all the media attention. “We’re that interesting that people want to know what we’re doing.” When asked about the impact that the media attention is having on their son, with all the paparazzi following them everywhere, La La admitted she sugarcoats the truth. “I said ‘Well it’s getting hot outside and they’re trying to get summer fashion for the magazines’,” she said. “I kind of try to make it fun for him so he doesn’t view it as a negative thing. We explain it in a way that works for a 10-year-old.” Last month, La La [attended the Met Gala](http://people.com/chica/la-la-anthony-wore-a-ring-on-every-finger-but-one-at-the-2017-met-gala/) solo with a wedding ring in sight and co-hosted with [Anthony Anderson](http://people.com/tv/blackish-addresses-donald-trump-presidency-anthony-anderson-throwing-hands-up/) at the taping of VH1’s 2nd Annual _Dear Mama: An Event to Honor Moms_, where Kiyan was also present. The former couple called it quits after the Knicks star allegedly had an affair, and they are now living separately after a rocky couple of months, according to _TMZ_. The two dated for ten years and got married in 2010 after six years of engagement. 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