Shaunie O'Neal Says She's "Really Embarassed" By The Catfights And Tantrums On "Basketball Wives"
We told you earlier that Shaunie O'Neal had spoken out about the negative direction that the "Basketball Wives" franchise is headed in, and now she's talking to producers of the show about creating more balance. Get the deets inside...
As we all get ready to watch Eric throw a drink in the face of Jennifer, Shaunie O’Neal opened up to FOX revealing that moments like those are not what she originally envisioned.
“When I started the show I really just wanted to follow this group of ladies around. We all have a common bond; we understand each other’s lives. It started as that. Since then, it’s taken on a life of its own,” O’Neal told FOX411’s Pop Tarts column. “I never imagined it would be a group of ladies fighting and arguing that way that they do. That was never part of the plan.”
She continued,
“I hate that it has to be a fight or an argument that gives us 4.2 million viewers. I hate that, but it’s something where I’m working as hard as I can to show some type of balance, because it is there. We do know how to act, we do charity work. I would love a little more balance and we’re going to try to do more of that in season 4,” she said. “I know that people love the fighting and the arguing, but I do want to have some positive in there somewhere.”
But it doesn't seem like we will be getting many positive moments from "BBW: LA" when it debuts in August. Shaunie seems to be taking a negative stance towards those chicks.
“I feel like that show, from what I hear in certain production calls and stuff like that, is turning into ‘I have slept with a basketball player at some point of time in my life, so now I’m on Basketball Wives’. That’s definitely not what I brought to the table and not what I would be proud of having my name on. I think that’s a whole different show that I wouldn’t produce.”
We hear Shaunie's frustrations....but.....she's still cashing those "BBW" "BBW: LA" checks. So can you have it both ways?
She ended her interview saying, “A change needs to be made somewhere in these reality shows." And she said this could be done by "...showing some balances.”
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