2 weeks after the premiere of the Los Angeles spin off of Shaunie O’Neal’s dysfunctional “Basketball Wives” on VH1, my loyal readers noticed that one of the cast members was missing.
Then a scandalous Facebook page popped up supposedly updated by missing cast member Kimsha Artest, who claimed Shaunie kicked her off the show.
The Facebook page featured blog worthy quotes, such as “buckle ass bitches”, and other gems.
Unfortunately for us bloggers, the Kimsha Artest Facebook page was fake.
But didn’t we tell you in this post that Kimsha Artest, wife of LA Lakers star Ron Artest, didn’t fit the role of a messy reality show cast member because she is really a sweetheart?
Kimsha is part of a clique of sports wives who actually spend their time giving to others rather than combing the blogs for hawt gossip or scheming to steal other women’s husbands. That clique includes former “Football Wives” cast member Chanita Foster (pictured above with Kimsha), who frequently travels to Africa to feed the hungry.
Kimsha finally cleared the air about the reason she’s not on the show in a recent interview with Hip Hollywood. She said she quit the show because the cast members of BBW LA were not conducting themselves as respectable wives. She also said anyone who read the Facebook page should have known that wasn’t her.
She even hinted that Shaunie herself might be behind the fake Facebook page.
Anybody who read that could’ve known that, that was not me period. I’m not a Facebook person; I do have a Facebook but that’s not my name. Whoever it is can go kick rocks. All the negativity and comments, they can kick rocks too.
She also commented on the supposed beef between her, Shaunie and Miami cast member Evelyn Lozada:
“I don’t know Shaunie, I don’t know Evelyn. What beef? That’s fabricated through someone else.”
The BBW LA producers released a statement saying Kimsha Artest is no longer a cast member because she simply stopped showing up for filming:
“When Kimsha Artest signed on to be in ‘Basketball Wives: LA,’ we were very excited to have her onboard. That is why we were confused and disheartened when after a limited number of days shooting she stopped showing up for filming. This is the sole and only reason Kimsha has not appeared on more episodes of the series. Her minimal coverage on the show was entirely her decision and not that of Shed Media, VH1 or Executive Producer Shaunie O’Neal.’Basketball Wives: LA’ continues to be a ratings success for VH1 every Monday night.”
Kudos to Kimsha for being a proud, intelligent black woman and walking off the set of BBW LA once she realized how messy the script, the producers and the other women were!
Watch the interview after the break!
