We’ve recently read that you won’t return for a second season of Basketball Wives. What did you find most disappointing about the show? I think the general idea of how they represented the basketball wives. I wasn’t really happy with how they portrayed us, and that was most disappointing. When I originally signed up to do the show, I was told it was supposed to be about independent women trying to step outside of the shadows of their significant others. Matt and I were approached about it and found [the concept] exciting. But when the show came out, and the basis of [it] was the drama and unnecessary situations that the girls are creating for themselves. I don’t like that. That wasn’t what I wanted to be associated with.
So, you’ve found that editing really does make a big difference in reality TV? Yeah, absolutely. I think the wives of current basketball players now are nothing like that. We are educated, we’re trying to bring something to the table, and we don’t have our hands out all the time. A lot of us are going back to school, a lot of us have careers, some of us are stay-at-home moms – which is a job in itself. That’s what I was excited [for] people to see. Not the shopping and the spas and the [confrontations with] groupies.
Do you think that your relationship is the rule, or the exception, when it comes to relationships in professional sports? I don’t know… I’ll say it’s 50/50. I think some of these celebrities and athletes caught up in these sex scandals really demoralized the American spirit, but the media doesn’t want to focus on love and happiness. I think there are a lot more happy relationships out there that you don’t hear about.
In fact, I think maybe we’re the rule. I think what you hear about, the infidelities and that kind of thing, are the exceptions. You don’t have to be a doormat.
What do you think is the best thing about being a basketball wife? I think it’s what everyone thinks it is! There’s not one time I’ve woken up and thought “how am I going to pay my mortgage?” I think that financial freedom is the best thing. This isn’t to say I’m a gold digger, but I have to admit that it is nice… It’s just one less thing to worry about.
What’s the most difficult thing about being a basketball wife? I think the stereotypes. There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t hear that people think I’m a gold digger, or think I’m with Matt for his money, or that I’m uneducated and that we don’t do anything with ourselves. Also all the “he said, she said” can get into your head and really mess up a good relationship.
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