Gilbert Arenas doesn’t like the idea that his ex-fiance, Laura Govan, will be on TV spilling out all of his business. Arenas is demanding that the new show, “Basketball Wives: L.A.” be shut down. He claims that Govan’s appearance on the show will do irreparable harm to his reputation. Despite the fact that they’ve promised not to mention his name on the show, Arenas insists that Govan’s appearance will be enough for people to read between the lines of her comments.
Arenas expressed his frustrations via Twitter:
“for everybody talkin about my BM on that tv show..i dont care what she does..if she gets a job I [pay] less money to her(SMART THINKER HERE).”
“1 they cant lie about u on tv u can sue the show 2 if they hav a job it lowers ur pay..so let them work,” he reasoned.
Arenas and other players have pushed to deal with their wives or ex-girlfriends who’ve gone on the show, including Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat. The show has also been criticized for promoting degrading images of black women in media. Shaunie O’neal, the show’s executive producer (and former ex-wife of NBA star Shaquille O’neal) has argued that the show is “uplifting.” Psychology expert Erin Harper, however, considers the show to present images of black women that are ultimately destructive to the African American community.
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Basketball Wives is garbage and nothing more than a platform for women of color to behave disrespectfully and violent towards one another. When i think of women of color who paved the way for blacks period to have television roles, Nichelle Nicholas(Star Trek) and Diahnn Carroll(Julia) It's a shame really.
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