Basketball “Wives” 2/2-The Farce

 

A farce is basically what the whole episode was. Everybody was being fake. Everyone was putting on a show pretending to be happy. It was too much.

So you have Suzie who keeps saying she wants to do Broadcast Journalism because that’s what she “majored” in in college. My question the whole episode was, “But did you graduate?” It doesn’t matter what your major was if you didn’t follow through. Additionally, you have no experience, your dedication is at like 5%. It just doesn’t look promising. Then for Suzie and Gloria to hook up and pretend to be friends, but their entire relationship consists of talking bad about the other girls, is a FARCE.

Then you have Jennifer and her continued relationship with Eric. He’s still being an asshole, she’s still being indecisive, all for the sake of not getting divorced? Get cha issue.

Shaunie and her “relationship.” Her and dude weren’t even in a 5-foot proximity to one another. That’s a farce.

Tami was just doing way too much. The lesson to be learned from her and Evelyn (smh) is the power of forgiveness. Now, I’m not one to call a woman bitter just because a relationship ended—or because she’s Black—but Tami is definitely that. This whole concept that you can only forgive someone if they apologize…is a farce. Forgiveness is about you. This is a perfect example of how that is the case. Tami has sat back being mad for ten years and Kenny has remarried, changed his life and moved on. He’s still a little bitter/salty about the kids but for the most part his life hasn’t stopped as a result of his failed relationship.

Then Evelyn…not only is she doing too much but she needs to get her issue. She’s going really hard at Suzie because she’s an easy target. Evelyn is a bully and won’t be satisfied until someone knocks her off the rented high-horse she’s prancing around on. She becomes more and more intolerable by the episode. I don’t know how Chad (Ochocinco) keeps up this publicity stunt of a relationship with her without losing his mind.

Royce was being messy this episode which I did NOT appreciate. I don’t know what happened behind the scenes, but if you’re really friends with Suzie then you shouldn’t have set her up. Again, another farce of a relationship.

Overall, this episode was a little disheartening. Granted, money doesn’t make you better, but you should have the means to get your issues together. I’m a little disgusted with everyone. As a viewer and humanitarian—in the most basic sense of the word—I want these ladies to get it together. Do something with ya’selves. They are showing that they literally were trophies: they sat still on someone’s arm instead of pursuing a life for themselves. I guess that’s what happens when you choose to be an inanimate object instead of the person God created you to be. Food for thought.

Til next time. Y’all be easy.

Tierra Allen

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The Return of “Basketball ‘Wives’”

 

So, season 2 of “Basketball Wife, Girlfriends and Exes” premiered this past Sunday on VH1. It was very entertaining. I’ve always said that though. The season started high with drama. You have Evelyn and Suzie getting into it. Evelyn’s just NOW realizing that Suzie is messy. SMH. It’s funny though, Suzie told Royce that Evelyn leaked her own pictures. My thoughts are; she probably did. She’s an attention whore. She’s in the right profession for it though, so…get it how you live.

Jen is still at a stand-still in her relationship. One thing that stood out to me was that she was trying to reach her husband (Eric Williams, retired NBA player) and couldn’t. She called a few times and got no answer, couldn’t leave a message because his inbox was full and had to send him a text. Like, WTF? That was strange. Why do you have to approach him like a groupie? Shouldn’t he be checking on you? That’s too much.

Shaunie is still pimping these chics. That’s fine-living right there. She comes on the show, gets all the ladies in the same room, nods her head—never sharing her own personal experiences—and orchestrates chaos. The entrepreneur in me is impressed. The feminist in me is appalled.

Royce still has the same down-to-earth feel about her. She’s still humble. Her facial expressions are hilarious: she clearly still enjoys seeing these women go through what they go through. I love that she’s not tainted. She’s dating and appears to be really happy. Good for her.

They’ve introduced a [few] new characters to the show, one of them being Tami. She’s down-to-earth in a rough kind of way. It’s crazy because I really don’t think these women realize how fake they are. I think what most people call fake, trifling, etc. they call living. I don’t what would possess Shaunie to tell the other women that this ex-basketball wife (Fa real, she was actually married) had been on food stamps before. This was clearly something told to her in confidence. Then, as soon as the lady gets up from the table, they start talking shit. Now, I’m not gonna lie, she did look cheap as hell when she met up with them: seriously, I think she had a tan fanny pack covering her waist, some jeans from the 80s and a recycled knit jacket on. BUT, how quickly they forget that looking like a million bucks, they’re still broken in spirit, character and emotionally-wrecked. They’re really not that different from each other.

It appears that later on in the show Tami will put hands on Evelyn. I’m sure the crowd—myself included— will go wild.

Most of them still seem to be twiddling their thumbs instead of finding something to do with their time, Jen especially. Evelyn’s store (Dulce) continues to be empty. SMH.

If you haven’t watched it, turn to VH1, I’m sure they’re showing it every hour on the hour or go to www.vh1.com 

‘Til next time! Y’all be easy.

Live. Love. Laugh.

Author Tierra Allen