Reality star Gloria Govan has been very open about how unhappy she was with Vh1’s reality show Basketball Wives.
She recently sat down for an interview with Honey Magazine to discuss her experience on the show & more.
Check out a few experts from the interview below:
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.
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.
How has your sister’s engagement to a ball player brought your relationship closer? Is it because she understands the lifestyle?
Definitely. I think both of us being involved with basketball players has definitely brought us closer. She’s definitely a role model and someone I can call immediately if I have issues or questions, because she’s been with her fiancé for over nine years now. She’ll always give me an honest answer, even if it’s not what I want to hear. It’s nice to talk to someone who knows exactly what I’m going through.
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.
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Speaking of Gloria her fiancé Matt Barnes decided to take to his twitter page & blast the show’s executive producer Shaunie O’Neal.
Check out a few of his tweets below:
First off you already know when it comes to reality TV there will always be some type of drama. So I’m not buying the whole “Matt & Gloria” thought the show would showcase basketball wives in a positive light mess.
Not to mention her sister was sleeping with Shaq their emails & texts were all over the internet. So why in the hell would Shaunie want to showcase Gloria in a positive light come on now????? I’m not mad at Shaunie for putting Gloria on the show that was a smart way to put Gloria’s sister on blast for sleeping with Shaq!!!!
If you ask me Matt & Gloria was stupid for falling for the mess I’m just saying don’t hate the player hate the game :0/
