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Shaunie O’Neal has turned being an ex-wife (or former girlfriend) of an NBA player into a new career and now that Vanessa Bryant is divorcing the uber famous Kobe Bryant that makes her a prime candidate for a certain VH1 show!
TMZ is reporting that the producers for Basketball Wives LA are hoping to score Vanessa for next season and sources reveal they are putting together an “extremely lucrative pitch for Vanessa,” in the hopes she’ll sell out her dignity for the chance to on-air tussle with the likes of Jackie Christie. According to insiders if Vanessa accepts the offer producers will be casting her in a lead role in the upcoming season!
Apparently, producers would have never asked Vanessa to the join the cast while she was still married to Kobe, but now that she is a free agent, so to speak, the door is wide open for her to stir up some major drama on the already insane show.
Rumors of Vanessa’s rather interesting behavior have been circulating the net for years and I’m sure many of the basketball wives have had first-hand experience with the controversial Vanessa! “Vanessa has more than enough storyline and would bring the show to another level,” a source explains.
Especially considering the details of why Vanessa’s marriage to Kobe ended! Many believe Kobe’s affair with Kim Kardashian‘s close friend, Carla DiBello was the final straw that pushed Vanessa to file!
Another reason producers have waited so long to approach Vanessa is budget constraints. Before the show was a breakout hit for Vh1 the budget was very tight — which necessitated they hire desperate famewhores (ahem… Evelyn Lozada) and wives or girlfriends of less famous players. Now that the show is a hit, attracting a huge audience and branching out into different cities, they can attract women associated with big-name players!
Speaking of budget, Vanessa isn’t going to be counting her pennies anytime soon. New details of her divorce settlement are being leaked and I have to say she is taking the Ivana Trump route: “Don’t get mad, get everything!”
Vanessa is apparently scoring not one, not two, but THREE Newport Beach mansions in the divorce as well as an estimated $75 Million dollars — which is about half of their total assets. Remember, Vanessa and Kobe married when his career was just taking off and allegedly they do not have a pre-nup!
Sources close to the proceedings told TMZ the property settlement agreement has been signed and is official. Vanessa will retain control of the mansion the couple was living in prior to filing for divorce, the estate her mother is living in and the new estate the couple has been renovating for the past two years and has just been completed. No word on Kobe’s new digs!
If this true, Vanessa would definitely be a HUGE score for Basketball Wives L.A.!
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DO YOU WANT TO SEE VANESSA ON BASKETBALL WIVES? DO YOU THINK SHE WILL SIGN ONTO THE SHOW?
Hmmmm, I don’t think she would do it..Who know’s…We will see!!!!
She deserved every last penny she got, although standing by a POS to get all that money later in a divorce, is a little sketchy to me.
She had no problem defending him when she was going to be the recipient of millions, BUT when she is wronged, loving Kobe was a whole different story.
Don’t see her doing it… Why put yourself out there? Why put her kids’ father out there? She doesn’t need the cash.
WOW. She was a kid fresh out of high school when he married her and now she’s worth more than all the BBW combined. I don’t even think Shaunie is worth that much is she? Anyway, they should bring her to MIA to see if she clashes with Evelyn Lozada since she tries to act like the boss of the show.
I will be surprised if she does join, after being so low-key all these years, plus, it’s not like she needs the money.
I doubt she’d do it. Most of them are on there becuase they want the money and fame. She’s freaking rolling in the dough so if she did participate it would be because she wants something to do or to put all their business out there. She seems pretty low key so we’ll see. It would be interesting to see her on there though.
RT please tell me you put this up due to the link I posted on the other wall!!!~LOLOLOLOL~Love the recap RT….I must say I wouldn’t be surprised if she does do the show. I mean did Vanessa really love Kobe or was she just hanging in there to hit the 10 yr mark and clean him out, sources say he wasn’t happy the marriage either. In cali if you are married for 10 yrs you get a check for the rest of you life!! She gets 75 mil…3 mansions…CHILD SUPPORT (unless that’s included in the 75 mil) and alimony FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE!!!! If she does BBWLA it will be pocket change to her…however if you compare this to Air Jordan’s wife 75 millin aint nothing…The ex Mrs Jordan got 500 million…lawd te mercy!!!
If she did do it, it would be very interesting, but I doubt it’ll happen.
Why would she do this half a** show? If she is interested in doing reality I’m sure she could get her own show on her own terms. Say what you want about her, she has always kept it classy in public. Doing a show with Jackie is the opposite of class.
People are dreaming if they think Vanessa Bryant will join the cast of any Reality Show when 1. she can have her own and not have to deal with funky attitude having bitches. And, I’ve said it before Wealthy people don’t do reality shows because they don’t have to. Vanessa’s got money and she dosen’t need to be bothered with an undignified Reality Show!
She would be crazy to do this show. She has money. I wouldn’t want my business out there.
Also, those 3 mansions seem like too much overhead. I think I would have just took the new one and the one my mom lives in.
Vanessa don’t do it! Stay classy, get your half and enjoy your life with your daughters. I’m so tired of watching women fight with eachother on these shows. Can’t anyone discuss their differences in a mature matter and not result to calling eachother Bs and throwing drinks?
Stay at bay Vanessa! In the words of Marivel and Joe from the Madea movies: DON’T DO IT!
You are a classy basketball wife, even though some have described you as a witch. You were married toto a player that had status and that everyone knew the name of.
Stay away from this show.
im still confused by the name of that show. it should be basketball ex-wives.
Right!! @ Oh Dear 14 … I think it should be ex-wives too or “Almost” but that doesn’t count LOL!! Don’t do it Vanessa keep it low key…
I think the 3 houses is part of the $75 million in assets, which I don’t know what you’ll do with 3 homes in the same neighborhood. The upkeep and cost would be too much. I think she should stay under the radar and not do the show. But if she does it, it can be interesting.
The three mansions are worh a little over 18 million dollars, so she will have alot of cash and other investments that will allow her to upkeep the houses. She will take the show because rumor was that she was incense that Kim got a reality show and she wanted one at the time. With that money and those Mansions, she will be the new queen bee for sure. I can’t wait to see Gloria Govan and her sister have to deal with this woman who not only got married but settled for tons of money and 3 mansions. When these women are only getting child support and living in condos.
Bet Kim Kartrashian has her eye on this big baller. Another big black athlete that she & her mommy Kris will manipulate situations & people in order to arrange a “happenstance” meeting to try & trap him into their cob-webs of schemes and deception. She’s probably imagining her wedding to him right now. And there would be no divorcing this one. He can cheat on her all he wants as long as he keeps Kimmy in mansions, dripping in gold, and clad in Versace. Whatever Kobe does w/Kim, he better not “keep it real.” Kimmie already had “real” in Kris H. and “real” just doesn’t work for her.
Who cares good for her and her money. I am jealous.
I would love it if she joined. I don’t think she’ll actually join because she’s worth more than all of them, but I could see her doing the show because she despises Kim K and the whole KarTRASHian family. She SHOULD join! Jackie will be SHIT next to her, and the ugly Grovan sisters should be shaking in their pants. Lol. Then again, they’ll probably kiss ass to Vanessa, and she’ll enjoy that.
A basketball star cheating….old news! Kobe is such scumbag….as are most of the NBA stars it seems.
Looked up some pics of her. Cripes she showed off for anyone didn’t she. Maybe she was out getting it while he was too? Glad my wife doesn’t dress like a ho like that.
Why dont they want anyone who is still/staying Married on this show?
Vanessa you are a class act, stay away from Shaunie, Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian …. low life skanks with money.
Sashquatch Khloe Kardashian Odom found out from Lamar Odom that Kobe was cheating again, so Khloe told her mother and Kris Jenner told Vanessa hoping that Vanessa would walk and Kim would get Kobe …… google Kris Jenner and Vanessa Bryant and you will see that I am telling you what really happened…