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It’s no secret that season 4 of Basketball Wives was the most controversial yet. We all know that there appeared to be enough ass whoopings to go around the table for everybody. From Evelyn’s assistant slapping Jennifer to Tami holding purses hostages and things, the last season was very over the top. And as a result, petitions were started and advertisers backed out.
The ladies are now gearing up for season 5. With new cast members and a new perspective on the show, Shaunie O’ Neal, Tami Roman, and Evelyn Lozada open up about what happened during their past season and their former cast mates.
Peep a few excerpts:
Consequences of the negative images on the show:
[It] was so difficult to deal with when it was airing and when it was all over with. I remember saying, ‘what the hell just happened?
This isn’t us; we’re mothers, we’re businesswomen. We have to be smarter. We have to represent ourselves a lot better.—Shaunie O’Neal
People were connecting my behavior on the show with the incident with Chad. They were like, ‘Well if she acts like that on the show, then I’m sure she acts like that at home.’ I’m a totally different person at home. —Eveyln Lozada
I was very depressed last summer. I was dealing with some things that were going on with my mother and everything that was happening with the backlash from the show. I started eating everything under the sun. I blew up to about 190-ish pounds. I’m a tall girl, so I wear it well, but I was bordering between [size] 14 and 16 in my clothes.—Tami Roman
By the time we did the [season four] reunion we all agreed enough is enough. We had a group talk and were all definitely on the same page. We heard the messages loud and clear. We knew we had to do better. It was an eye opener. —Shaunie O’Neal
Jennifer Williams & Royce Reed
It was a chemistry thing. It just became awkward to film or even come up with a conversation. It just wasn’t working for TV.
—Shaunie O’Neal
Royce has been a non-motherf—ing factor for the last two seasons, so it just didn’t make sense anymore. And as for Jennifer—Shaunie is [being] nice but I’m going to tell you this—we don’t condone the incident with Jennifer, but we do . You know something’s bound to happen when you put a bunch of women together and there’s a lot of conversation and going on. So when Jennifer went on this whole anti-show campaign, it was a little tough for us as .
—Evelyn Lozada
The show is set to air this Fall. Do you think it will be different from last season?
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