Shaunie O'neal Insists: I Didn't Fire Anyone

The Basketball Wives photo credit: Vibe

What Is This World Coming To? Shaunie O'neal is extremely upset these days insisting that she "Didn't Fire Anyone". As previously reported Shaunie Oneal did host an interview where she revealed that if it was up to her, three basketball wives would get the axe. Shortly afterwards, three basketball wives were fired from the show. Royce Reed, Jennifer Williams, and Kesha Nichols were the three who got the axe from the show. Shaunie did speak in reference to parting ways with three Basketball Wives, however she never named names. Apparently, Shaunie and the media company Shed is at odds with  the outcome because Shaunie wants them to know that she is extremely upset with their decision and will walk away from the show, if she doesn't agree with it's direction. Here is the story as I read it.


TMZ reports,


"Basketball Wives" star Shaunie O'Neal says it's not her fault three cast members were axed ... telling people she learned the news when everyone else did ... sources close to Shaunie tell TMZ 

As TMZ previously reported, three major "BB Wives" were canned recently -- Jennifer Williams, Royce Reed and Kesha Nichols. 

But Shaunie is telling friends, despite the accusations, the cuts were NOT made by her. Sources close to Shaunie (who is also an executive producer on the show) tell TMZ she was blindsided by the news. We're told Shaunie says the production company leaves her in the dark about everything after she butted heads with them over the violent direction the show was headed (i.e on-air brawls and cat-fights). 




I am honestly confused as to why Shaunie would voice her opinion about axing anyone from the show,and then act surprised when cast members are fired. I think they were just acting on something she suggested. She should have just kept it real and been honest in the interviews. If she went to the extremes of even mentioning that if it were up to her she would give three basketball wives the axe, she should have just named names, and then the media company would've known who to let go and who to keep.   What do you think? Do you think Shaunie O'neal had no involvement with the firing of Jennifer Williams, Royce Reed, and Kesha Nichols?


Related: Basketball Wives Evelyn and Jennifer Have a Tearful Reconciliation, Shaunie O'neal States If She Had A Choice, She Would Fire Three Basketball Wives,

Talks Of The Baskeball Wives Movies

the Basketball Wives photo credit: VH1

Uh-oh, As if we haven't witnessed enough of the Basketball Wives drama on television weekly; there  seems to be a Basketball Wives Movie Deal on the table. In case you've been hibernating in a cave somewhere and, have absolutely no idea who or what the Basketball Wives are, they are a group of females, who at one point had some type of  association with an NBA player, (not necessarily the wives of NBA players). However, these women can never seen to have  a peaceful union. This VH1's reality show's ratings are through the roof, as we tune in, myself included weekly, to watch the drama and the fights unfold.  Now it seems that viewers can't get enough of them on the television so now, they are moving on to the big screen. According to NecoleBitchie,

In case you haven’t gotten enough of the hair pulling, table jumping, bottle throwing debacle that is Basketball Wives the reality show, the movie version may be coming to a theater near you. Last year, Shaunie O’Neal reached out to ‘Jumping The Broom’ producer Tracey Edmonds via twitter, after hitting the jackpot with the first few seasons of Basketball Wives and the two came together to develop a concept that they pitched to various studios. The untitled pitch was eventually picked up by Fox Searchlight films and is now in development with ‘Jumping The Broom’ writer Elizabeth Hunter on board to pen the script. According to Variety, the plot will revolve around a young woman who relocates to Miami with her boyfriend after he gets drafted to the NBA. For some reason Savannah Brinson or even Adrienne Bosh comes to mind but the film is suppose to be based on Shaunie and a few of her friends.

Tracey tells Variety:

The beauty of a feature film is that we’ll have the ability to dig much deeper into the stories and characters that come from this very colorful world and create a very juicy,