The Miami Heat’s Udonis Haslem and Dorell Wright seem to have learned from this entire Tiger fiasco. Either that or they were smarter than I had previously given them credit for. With VH1 set to produce a reality show called Basketball Wives, Haslem and Wright both decided that maybe having their significant others on the show isn’t such a hot idea.
Soon after VH1 released details of the proposed show last week, Haslem and Wright both executed a fast break to deny the involvement of their significant others.
“We changed our minds,” Haslem told The Miami Herald. “It had nothing to do with me anyway. It was about her. With her being my partner, I support everything she does, just like she supports me. But it was just my standpoint that I don’t like reality TV. I don’t Twitter. I don’t Facebook. I don’t MySpace. I don’t get involved in none of that stuff. I expressed that, and she decided not to do it.”
Wright said he also objected.
“There was no way we were going to be doing something like that,” Wright said after a recent Heat practice. “No way.”
Really – the whole Tiger deal must have affected their decision, right? At least in Wright’s case it must have.
I love the difference between the two quotes from Haslem and Wright. It’s pretty clear that Haslem is a private guy who’s not into gay social networking or self-promotion. He just wants to play ball and live his life without any interference. It’s the principle of reality television that led to his objecting.
Wright on the other hand, well, he seems a bit more adamant, like there’s something going on. Would you really want people from around the world watching your girlfriend show off her goods and stick her tongue down dudes’ throats? And if she’s not doing that when you’re off playing the Bucks or whatever, she’s going to reveal some very private things about you to the audience. Wright knows this, and he knows to keep his bitch in check.
A fucking reality show? Ugh. I think I’d rather have my girlfriend appear on some obscure gangbang website than on reality TV.
