[Jackie] Previously on Basketball Wives.
Did you have a conversation with Vanessa about you not
-being engaged anymore? -Are you serious?
Jennifer told everyone that he had two kids,
but now there's a whole other, like, 13 year old.
So Jen and I, we've been spending time together.
How does that make you feel?
It's a bit much for you guys to be kee-keeing.
Feels like to me there is a wall around you
and you don't let people in.
-It wasn't my problem! -But you was putting your
-two cents in it, though. -No, I didn't put my two cents--
-I said-- -You did.
I said she should've kept the same energy.
Don't point your finger when you talk to me.
-I'm gonna do what I wanna do. -Don't point your finger at me
when you [bleep] talk to me.
If you're sticking your fingers in somebody's face,
that's usually a trigger for the other person
receiving the finger.
Get the [bleep] out of here.
What bitch? [bleep] that [bleep]. Get off me.
[theme music]
[music]
-Girl. -Whoo, you guys.
I need--I need this [bleep] AC.
Anything you guys want to eat and drink? You want water?
Yes. Can you grab me one of these spring waters?
What in the hell just happened?
What the [bleep]?
She was weird from the start.
Like you walk into somebody's birthday party, you sit down.
You don't even like, greet anybody.
-You don't say-- -She coulda just greeted Brooke.
I even went to her. And that's when we hugged.
And I'm like, "All right, it's my birthday.
Like, don't just come here and sit to the side.
Join the [bleep] crowd."
Clayanna is out of control.
You're starting [bleep] problems with everybody.
So at this point, we have had enough.
[Jackie] She was sitting over there on the couch
looking all sad, and I'm like,
"Let me just try to go and be the bigger person."
So I said, "Come here. Can you can I talk to you?
You know, Clayanna, what's wrong? What's going on?
You're saying a lot of stuff."
So I said, "How can I bridge the gap? What can I do?"
Right.
It seems to me that you have a wall built up around you.
And you don't let people in.
Yeah, you know I do, because I don't let fake mother [bleep]
be around me, you know?
She starts mumbling, and then all of a sudden
you're hearing 15 different sentences in one.
So I'm trying to keep up, right?
So as soon as Vanessa walk up, all hell breaks loose
because she starts getting loud.
I know your ass not sitting here talking [bleep], Vanessa.
You sittin' here and tryin' to air out [bleep] Brooke.
You're a lyin' ass [bleep].
So then Vanessa and her is going back and forth. I said,
"Vanessa, did she say it?"
What were ya'll going back and forth about?
The pecking order, just about how she doesn't believe in that.
She was trying to pull up some receipts on her phone.
[Jackie] She was getting busted up lies.
She didn't have--
I don't really like Clayanna, but I feel like she has a point
when it comes to Vanessa just poking around in
people's business.
So I'm definitely keeping my eye on Vanessa as well.
My thing is trying to talk to her, she's not--
You can't reason with her. It's true!
All I said was, "Don't put your finger in my face."
-Right. -But don't [bleep]--
You dashed her with a drink.
I threw a drink at her face first.
There was a drink somewhere.
And then that's when she really got riled up.
After I nicely asked Clayanna to get her hands out of my face,
the only way I was able to back her up was for me to throw my
drink in her face without snatching her up physically.
She talked about all of us.
She tried to turn everybody against each other.
But the thing is, she's a [bleep] liar.
She belongs at the [bleep] circus. She's a clown.
She's socially awkward.
But anyway, y'all, I don't-- I know that she's here.
I don't know if she's gonna stay.
Honestly, if she stays, what is she gonna do?
Like, is she gonna go with us to--
-To see the shaman? -Right.
Like, that's big, sis.
Although, I am not saying anything,
it doesn't mean I don't have a lot to say.
If you have a different opinion in this group,
you become the opposition.
If you speak out against anything,
you put a target on your back.
So I'm just protecting my energy and I will speak
when I'm ready to speak.
I have a serious question.
Does anybody know who the baby daddy's wife is?
Because that's--We need to get that bitch on the line.
[laughing]
[music]
Get these women up.
Brittany, where are you? Evelyn!
I got this ready. I got the sage.
Jennifer!
Jackie, what in the [bleep]?
That pool party was crazy.
And I'm gonna make sure these women know I'm done
playing around. We're going to the shaman.
Get up, get dressed right now.
Brooke, where are you? Get up!
-Wake up! It's time to go, girl! -What is going on?
-How'd you sleep? -I slept amazing.
Oh, my God.
Who gave you a [bleep] microphone, Jackie?
Girl, listen, I got it at the front desk.
We are going to the shaman.
Oh my God. Why do you have a goddamn--
Good morning, girl. You ready?
I know you didn't try to sage my door.
Girl, listen, I'm sagging everybody
after what happened last night.
[music]
Coming.
-Hey, Brit. -Hi.
-Come on. You look sun kissed. -Okay. You look good.
I'm not shy when it comes to sharing how I feel.
But after Brooke's party, I didn't have much to say
because I thought their behavior was disgusting.
And I do feel that Clayanna started a lot of [bleep],
but I also feel like she was targeted
before she even came into the party.
I know we're headed to the shaman soon,
so I won't get into too much detail,
but I feel like I can see all the full spectrum
and say Clayanna showed her whole ass yesterday.
-That's right. -With Jac'eil and I, full party.
But there are just some things I just still didn't
think were okay, but I couldn't come to her aid
because she has to stand in the things that she's said
and she's done.
I know how it kind of seems coming into a
new group of women, and we gonna lay it all on the table.
Sometimes it feels like if people don't feel the same way,
it means that you're taking like, a stance against them.
And it's like, it becomes this combative like, now
you're back on isolation island.
We're all together. No one should be feeling like they're
-better than anybody else. -Absolutely.
You know, I hope at this shaman, you feel comfortable, Brit.
And someone--you know, there's gonna be people
that might not agree with you. You stand your ground.
Let them know, "Look, this is my opinion and I'm entitled to it."
-You know? -Absolutely.
Okay, let's get ready. I'm gonna iron my little outfit.
-You dressed, huh? -I'm ready.
-I'm just like, "Let's do this." -Okay.
-I'm excited. -Give me a hug.
Thank you, Jackie. I appreciate you.
[music]
[knocking on door]
-Hi. -Hey.
-How are you? -Good. How are you?
Wonderful.
What is going on?
I don't know.
When I first met Clayanna, I will say that she seemed
very, very normal. Now there's all this drama surrounding her,
so I want to speak to her to really see where she's at.
You know, I haven't really been around the whole group
-constantly. -Same.
Right. And I tried to come in this group open-minded
and giving everybody a chance.
You know, so that's what I tried to do.
So, okay, let's discuss everything.
You know, you have had situations with everybody.
Jennifer, Jac'eil, Brooke and Vanessa.
And I don't know how you're gonna be able to move forward
from this because I feel like you put
yourself in this situation.
If we sit here and we want to make a check mark out of
all the bull[bleep] that a lot of the girls in this group
have done, my [bleep] is minuscule.
I didn't initiate that with Brooke last night.
She got in my face and then she threw a drink.
So I didn't do that. I was defending myself.
I felt like she did what she needed to do in that moment.
You felt like that was appropriate?
I feel like she did what she needed to do in that moment.
-So that's appropriate? -Just like you, the things
that you've done, everybody chooses to do--
What have you done, besides Jennifer?
You pushed Jennifer.
No, it wasn't like...
It was just more like.
The point is, is that you put your hands on her.
-I barely touched that girl. -We could do this all day,
but for you to put your hands on her is wrong, Clayanna.
Although, Jennifer and I have had our issues,
there's something about my relationship with her.
And I just--I love her.
And I'm always going to be protective of Jennifer.
Girl, you've been riled up since day one.
I don't think you realize with your energy
and how you speak to people is [bleep] rude.
I think you need to take responsibility.
Absolutely.
For the things that you've done and you've said.
And if we're going to be adults here, let's be adults.
How are gonna say be adults and you feel like somebody
throwing a drink in somebody's face is appropriate?
That's not very adulty.
But if you're gonna have your fingers in somebody's face.
I didn't put my fingers in that girl's face.
You did!
No, I didn't put my two cents---
You did.
I said she should've kept the same energy.
She should've kept the same energy.
Don't point your finger when you talk to me.
-I'ma do what I wanna do. -Don't point your finger.
-You know what she didn't like? -What?
She didn't like the fact that she thought that she was
about to read me and I was about to walk away with my tail stuck
between my legs. And that's what she didn't like.
-No, it is not. -I didn't do nothing to her.
You don't know, Brooke.
I think the dynamics are interesting with washed up,
fake Evelyn. And again, the hypocrisy.
You out of all people try to call somebody out
on something so minuscule when you have been a
damned animal? Bitch, bye.
Okay, so how do we move forward from this situation?
Like, are you willing to apologize to Jennifer?
Are you willing to apologize to Jac'eil?
Listen, I'm good. Vanessa, that's dead.
Jac'eil, I don't know if it's necessary, an apology.
I think it did get a little bit more heated than it should have.
And I can move on with it from here, even with Jennifer.
That's not deep.
Brooke, no. That's a whole other story.
[music]
[Jackie] Coming up on Basketball Wives.
I want to say for Brittany, we accept you for who you are.
I know you're going through a lot. And I'm like,
and you thought of me, you know.
And I had a conversation with Evelyn today.
She said, you know, I was wrong if I allegedly pushed Jennifer.
So I said, "So what do you think about Brooke throwing a drink
in my face?" She's like, "Well, I feel like she did
what she needed to do." Shut the [bleep] up.
That's contradicting because her and I made a promise to
not throw drinks anymore.
You need to really look and be like,
"Dang, why am I in the position that I'm in?
Why the [bleep] am I in this marriage and
this [bleep] man is treating me the way he's treating me?"
You deserve more. You [bleep] deserve to be loved.
[music]
-Hey, girl. -Vanessa, I was literally
just calling you. Girl, you ready? You ready to go?
We're gonna have fun at the shaman.
Okay. Okay, girl. Look, I ran out with hotel slippers on.
I am like, not in a great headspace right now.
And Isaiah, he was complaining. And he's saying that the baby
is, you know, has like, diarrhea or something.
So I had to go home and check on the baby.
-Yeah. And check in on my gym. Is that okay?
Yeah, yeah. So you're not gonna go to the shaman, huh?
You just--you need to take care of that.
After last night, I just need a break from everyone.
I've been traveling and away from home.
So now that I'm back in Arizona, this really means a lot to me
to be able to spend some time with my kids and my husband.
Okay. Well, you go get everything together.
I'll let the ladies know. See you later, Mama.
-Bye. -Bye.
I'm disappointed that Vanessa does not want to attend the
shaman with us, but I understand.
It is. Let's sit in the shade.
-Brittany. -Hey, y'all.
Hey!
-You look cute. -Yeah, your hair looks nice.
-You look pretty. -Thank you. Good.
-You ready for some healing? -[sighs] Yes.
Some deep breaths.
I heard about this shaman or whatever, but I'm like,
you know what I'm sayin'? I'm from Mississippi.
I don't even know if we have a shaman.
So Jackie, what's up?
-Hey, gang. -Hey.
You look good. Everybody looking cute.
I have heard of a shaman before. I'm hoping that it's not
some crazy, wild experience that I'm gonna be on some
shrooms and start trippin'. You just never know.
Oh, my God. What are y'all doing out here in this sun?
Bitch, we waitin' for you.
Y'all, come on.
-I am in there in the AC. -You have not been under the AC
-this whole time. -Girl. And Vanessa's not going.
She just got too much going on. I'll fill y'all in on it later.
She ain't going.
I feel like every time Vanessa's around, somebody
happens to be mad at Vanessa because of something she said.
And Clayanna's just been actin' a [bleep] ass,
so I'm actually glad that they stepped the [bleep] back.
[music]
-Let's take our shoes off. -Yes.
-Hi. -Hi, ladies. Welcome.
I'm so glad to meet you in person.
-So good to meet you. -I'm Jackie.
Thanks for being here.
My understanding of a shaman is they are somewhat of a
spiritual healer. They focus on digging up old traumas
and healing from them, so they are a healer.
Thank you, ladies, all for coming out.
It's truly an honor to hold space for you.
I want to say this is a really safe space,
a really supportive space.
Does everyone agree to be as vulnerable as possible today?
Beautiful.
I just feel like I have so much going on in my life.
The situation with Lavon not knowing if I'm going or coming,
Shaniece and Jennifer's relationship,
my relationship with Jennifer.
So I'm just hoping to get clarity with everything,
so I could just move on.
First and foremost, let's go ahead and set our intentions.
I would like to set an intention for Brooke
-and her just finding peace. -That's beautiful.
My intention for this group is for all of us to have a deeper
understanding of one another and some--some empathy.
I wanna um, say for Brittany, I feel like your vulnerability
to me was super amazing. And I want you to know that we
accept you for who you have been and for who you are,
and for who you want to be.
Thanks you.
That's beautiful.
[music]
Like, I'm kinda [bleep] up because I know you're going
through a lot and I'm like, and you thought of me, you know?
It's okay, Brittany. It's okay. We love you.
-We love you. -Yeah.
[Shaman] I feel that.
All right, ladies. So before we drink this cacao together,
we can just take a moment to really settle in
with its energy.
Cacao is the purest form of chocolate.
Cheers.
The shaman gave us some kind of chocolate.
I don't even know how to pronounce it.
I ain't gonna try. But it tastes like [bleep].
Whoo.
Kind of tastes like blended up tree bark.
I like drinking nasty things. No pun intended. [laughing]
I don't know if it was gonna purify our body or what,
but the [bleep] was nasty.
So now we'll say what we're releasing right here right now.
Does anyone feel ready to go first?
I want to release any negative energy I have towards Jennifer.
We've gone through so much together.
Like, every time I'm around her, it feels like home.
Things have happened and I haven't been perfect
through this journey, but I genuinely love her so much.
I guess to piggyback off of what Evelyn said,
I would like to be a better friend.
And that's my sister. I don't know.
I feel like it's a safe place and home is definitely
an appropriate word, so I would like to continue that journey.
I want to release the trauma that I've experienced
throughout my life.
And I wanna be open to being more trustworthy
and to recognize real, true, unconditional love.
Wow. I just got chills, ladies. That's beautiful.
It's like, I'm new here, but I'm like,
"This is beautiful."
So let's drink to that.
Um, I'm actually going to catch a flight back to L.A.,
celebrations and holidays.
That's okay. I totally understand.
-You have no--you don't. -Since my daughter passed.
Owe no explanation. It's okay.
-I'm just gonna go home. -Yeah.
Yeah, I think that's good. That's good.
Who else would like to share?
Like Brooke said, like, trauma in my life.
With my mother, I want to, like,
release how I feel about her in certain situations.
I made it hard for my mom growing up
because I just felt like she wasn't there.
But now I know she was working three jobs.
Being at the shaman and realizing that being away
from my son right now is by far the hardest
thing I ever had to do, but I was too hard on my mama.
I'm kind of aggravated it took me this long to figure it out.
I really wanna release like, to the resentment that I have,
like for my child's father. I think I carry a lot of like,
insecurity with thinking, like, that was my guy.
You know, and I got to let that go.
I think the ceremony is extremely emotional for me
because it's humanizing all of us.
And we're really seeing under the circus tent,
like what we're feeling, what we're going through,
what some of our struggles are.
And it's some heavy stuff in here.
You know, we have two other girlfriends,
Clayanna and Vanessa. And I really feel like
they could have really got something from all of this.
And maybe we should give them grace
because we don't know what they're going through.
I'm sad about what happened yesterday.
I guess like, when we were all talking last night,
I didn't really have a lot to say
because it kind of like hurt me some of the stuff that we shared
and I know we were all like heightened,
but it was just like to sit in that,
it felt like a bunch of like, like that mean girl.
And I kind of felt like yesterday when she came in,
that's kind of how I was feeling when me and Brooke
weren't speaking, you know? It's like, "What do you say?"
So I'm not defending her behavior, but I feel like
you guys have given me a lot of grace.
But maybe after this, we maybe try to think about
extending that same compassion that you were talking about.
[music]
Um, I disagree.
[music]
I'm not defending Clayanna's behavior,
but maybe we try to think about extending that same compassion
that you were talking about.
[music]
Um, I disagree.
I get wanting to give people grace and understanding that
they're going through something, but you can't come into
this situation talking [bleep] about everybody.
I had a conversation with Clayanna
and she's continuing to act like, she's just, you know,
innocent and she's not.
She has tried to belittle everyone that she's had
an issue with. And that's what I told her today.
[music]
Okay, so I guess none of these bitches want to extend grace.
I'm just trying to understand.
Did we not take anything from the shaman?
Like, what is so hard about just being open-minded?
I understand things have happened,
but at the same time too,
I have a really hard time letting [bleep] go.
So I'm kind of torn because like, I get it,
but I just want better for this group.
My thing is with Clayanna, when we got into it,
I didn't even go low with her.
We couldn't have a back and forth.
Don't put your fingers in my face.
And I said it calmly, and I think I asked very nicely.
No, you didn't.
And she doubled down and stepped up into my personal space.
Like, it's just hard to give grace. Like, it's hard.
I feel like you do, you know. And I hope that, you know,
we can try to find some grace for Clayanna and Vanessa.
None of us want to argue. We don't want to fight.
But when it comes to Clayanna and [bleep] Vanessa,
they've been bringing this energy.
I'm not giving Vanessa grace.
Apparently, she's actively trying to find [bleep]
on Jennifer's man.
Yeah. She actually wanted to come tell her.
I did not expect Jen to find out like this.
This is not what I wanted at all.
Like, I'm trying to bring these ladies together.
And this is only going to cause a bigger divide.
What is she doing that for? Like, what is her business?
Apparently, he has a child that Jennifer doesn't know about.
Remember, at Jac'eil's event? How he told us he had two kids?
They're little.
Girl, he gotta whole 13 year old.
No!
Christian and I were with his son this past weekend.
Bitch, you're not bringing no CNN breaking news over here.
There's nothing she could tell me about my man that
I don't know because we have conversations about everything.
You're doing all this investigatin' for what?
The only person that needs to approve of him is me.
I'm in a relationship with him.
Why are you so concerned about what I have going on?
I don't even know this bitch.
And I don't know why you feel so invested in my relationship.
This bitch is on my last nerve.
I'm gonna lay right out on the table.
I'm not giving Clayanna or Vanessa grace.
Not today. Not tomorrow, not yesterday, not next year,
not 10 years from now.
I'm on the same page with Evelyn.
I'm not showing either one of them grace.
[music]
Oh, my goodness.
Why is the trash in the middle of the floor, Isaiah?
I don't know.
All right, well, we got to get this cleaned up, Isaiah,
before your dad comes. Thank you.
I really miss my kids while I've been back and forth
traveling from L.A. and here, building our empire.
So it's really good to be home, and it feels good catching up.
And I know they miss me.
So how has it been going without Mom?
It's been pretty good, but you need to teach me some
things like doing my laundry.
You always do that for me, but--
-Dad doesn't do your laundry? -Uh-uh. I gotta do it myself.
-Okay. -Time for a change.
Okay. How has everything else been going?
I wish I was in L.A.
-Oh, you wanna be in L.A.? -Yeah.
I know that you appreciate me now more that I've been gone,
right? [laughs]
When I make the league, I'm gonna think back on
everything that you've done for me and how much you put in.
And how much I appreciate you.
And you know, you want that Rolls-Royce?
I know you want that Rolls-Royce,
so when I get to league, you know, you'll have a house.
You have a Rolls-Royce. You'll have everything.
So when you make it to the league,
are you gonna win the slam dunk contest like your dad?
Uh-huh.
So wait, are you the dunking like daddy?
I can get the rim now. I can grab it.
Seven, here. Watch your brother.
-Ready? -Yeah.
[music]
[Vanessa] Yay!
[music]
Well, well.
How are you?
I'm good. How are you, darling? Give me a hug.
-Are you doing good? -I'm great.
I don't feel the need to look after Clayanna,
but I do think that I am one of her allies here.
And I want her to know that she is supported.
How are you feeling... about everything?
That unfolded last night?
A lot of fake energy that I just cannot connect with.
And I feel like it was a lot of that going on with Brooke.
But listen, honestly, I would've respected her more
if she had just hooked me.
Really, throwing a drink in my face after
other people intervened is just very cowardly.
It was interesting how leather face interjected.
I think Vanessa is very miserable.
So I'm looking at her like, leather face.
Are you a serious, leather face? You are the one this whole time
just like, trying to amp this whole thing up.
And now you ass kissing.
Vanessa is absolutely a Miller. She's a liar.
For you, at your big age to say you're the bill collector.
That's very telling about where she is in her mental state.
I didn't like that Vanessa threw your stuff in the pool.
Right. So most of the time I'm responding and not reacting.
But some of the stuff that you said to Jac'eil
was very hurtful.
I agree. I like Jac'eil.
And I felt like it did get too intense.
And it didn't have to go there.
Bitch, I got a ring! I got a whole mother[bleep] ring!
A $27.00 ring.
Thousands, baby. You ain't got one.
You ain't got no [bleep] ring.
Most of the time I'm like reacting.
But then in that space I might have overreacted in some regard.
I wanna fix things with Jac'eil
because the energy that I gave her, she didn't deserve it.
I very much hope that Jac'eil accepts my apology
because I like Jac'eil.
And then I had a conversation with Evelyn today.
And you know what she said? Because she said, you know,
I was wrong if I allegedly pushed Jennifer. So I said,
"So what do you think about Brooke throwing a drink
in my face?" She's like, "Well, I feel like she did
what she needed to do." Shut the [bleep] up.
That's contradicting because her and I made a promise--
-That's my point. -To not throw drinks anymore.
-Say, I promise. -I promise.
-Not to throw any more drinks. -Oh, that's easy enough.
-Not to throw any more drinks. -Okay, that's easy.
It's okay when they do it, but it's a problem when we do it.
It's a double standard because the feedback that
Brittany got from Evelyn was a stark contrast from when
Brooke threw the drink at me.
So let's be clear on all of it.
Keep that same energy, you fake bitch.
How do we move forward? And can we move forward?
We certainly can move forward. The things that I feel like
I'm responsible for, I will take you know, responsibility for.
I think we start with sitting down with Jac'eil.
-Right. -And we crawl before we walk.
I'm--I'm good with that.
[music]
[Jackie] Coming up on Basketball Wives.
I had a conversation with Shaniece.
We were talking about that whole drama that happened
in Amsterdam.
It was just like, a lot of people talking
and saying [bleep]. And I think that's probably
part of our problem.
You were the one that's going around telling people he has
-this son she don't know about. -No, Jennifer. I just wanted to
make sure you knew 'cause I was--
You don't have to make sure [bleep] about me!
[music]
-Oh, peaceful night. -Ask God.
[music]
Welcome to your old stomping grounds, honey.
Right.
I am really excited to be away from the chaos and just sit
with Jennifer by the fire. It's 110 degrees outside,
but we don't even care because guess what?
Sitting by this fire is way cooler than all the bull[bleep]
that's been going on with the ladies.
Girl, it has been the craziest 24 hours of my life.
I know. And I got here after y'all.
But I will say that I feel like, aside from all the crazy,
I'm grateful for the shaman. I really, really am.
I had a conversation with Shaniece.
We were talking about like, you know, everything that
transpired with you and that whole drama that
happened in Amsterdam.
But I want to be able to move forward, you know, from it all.
Like, even you and her, because you've known her
-from seven years old. -I know.
That's why when I see her I'm like, oh my gosh.
Yeah. And although, you and I have been through a bumpy road,
I know that there was love there from her.
I love Shaniece. I do. I love her.
And I would never like, want to see her cry, sad.
And especially, if it's like something pertaining to me.
So I don't want that. I've always wanted the best for her,
so I don't want her to feel that way. Honestly, it was just like
a lot of people talking and saying [bleep], and I think
that's probably part of our problem.
Part of me wishes that instead of just letting things just
kind of fester and just like, "Okay, well, [bleep] it,
I'm not dealing with it," that we would have did this
and sat down and talked about it.
Right.
We don't look at things probably the same.
You know, life is about evolution. We both have evolved.
And we just have to make a conscious decision to do better
-moving forward. -Yeah.
Obviously, Evelyn and I have been through a lot of drama
in the past and you just never know if we can patch things up,
but it feels good. I think that we're in a great space
and hopefully we can stay here because I'm tired of drama.
I genuinely want to continue to work on this.
If you guys have a conversation and--
Yeah, for sure. Like I said, I love her.
We can definitely talk, chat.
I think, it'll just make my heart so full, honestly.
It is important for Shaniece and Jennifer to be on the same page.
I just don't want things to be awkward.
You know, we're now back friends, and we're getting
back to what it was before, and I would love for Shaniece
to accept Jennifer back in.
Listen, I know Arizona is a [bleep] show as we speak,
but I'm grateful for these moments.
Yeah.
[Jackie] Coming up on Basketball Wives.
I have never seen [bleep] two women
that have nothing going for themselves.
Oh, my God. I have a whole gym, a business--
That is gym is not yours!
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-Hi. -Hey.
I don't know if you want a hug from me,
if you don't, I understand.
Oh, I appreciate it.
[Jac'eil] Clayanna wants to meet with me today
and is it's giving don't go.
It's giving, I'm not [bleep] with you.
It's giving you do too much.
But I have sympathy for you because I can look in your eyes
and tell that you're going through something.
I'm going to hear Ms. Clayanna out,
but I ain't making no promises.
-How are you? -I'm here.
I'll say this. First of all, I want to apologize first
because a lot of energy that I gave you the other day,
you know, it wasn't fair and it wasn't--it wasn't for you
and you didn't deserve that.
I just felt like I'm just constantly being attacked.
So I'm just in, like, defense mode, like the whole time.
And I was projecting that on to you.
But I felt terrible when-when-- when the adrenaline came down
and I was calm. When I went back to my room, I was like,
"I [bleep] up."
I've never had no ill feelings with you, like at all.
So when you came at me the other day, I'm like, "Damn.
What the [bleep], Clayanna? What did I do to Clayanna?"
For me, when it comes to other women,
I think trust is an issue. A lot of people closest to me,
people that I've bent over backwards for, you know,
I've been betrayed by.
And that was a big thing for me, which is trying to be there
for everybody, and then nobody's there for me.
And then the whole situation about you saying my ring cheap.
And made me react in a way that is not even me.
Like, I don't even downplay people.
I don't like doing that because I've done this
in life and it's been done to me in life. It don't feel good.
That didn't trigger me for Natasha, honestly.
-It triggered me for the league. -Right.
Because at the end of the day, you know what I'm sayin'?
Natasha worked her ass off to be the fourth highest paid
in the WNBA. Your child's father is blessed.
Right. You know, and I had to kind of like stick my chest out,
I guess, in my head because I'm so used to like,
like being in defense mode with a lot of these women.
But you didn't deserve that.
And I wanted to talk to you
because it meant something to me.
I like you. I hope that we can move on from here,
so we can build a friendship in that way.
How do you feel about that?
I feel like it's just kind of feel hard on me
because you want us to still move on to be
what we need to be, but at the same time,
like, I've been trying to be there for you the whole time.
It sounds like she's being genuine
because at the end of the day, she's on the island
by herself right now. I mean, it's kind of hard.
I ain't never been on the island by myself.
Everybody love me.
But I wanna give her a little inch to see what she really got.
I'm all about sisterhood, but you gotta let me in
-a little bit or something. -I know.
Because if I'm your friend, I take friends serious.
-So I'm gonna have your back. -Right.
All right, now, your ass have another problem,
your ass better tell me.
I got you. I appreciate you.
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[knocking on door]
Come in. Who is it?
[Vanessa] Vanessa.
-Hey. -Hey.
Come on.
Oh, my goodness. It's hot.
I really wanna fix things with Jen, Evelyn and Vanessa.
[knocking on door]
Hey, ladies. Come on in.
Come out of that heat.
I was finally able to get them to all sit down
and discuss this like grown women.
There is some elephants in the room,
especially as far as Jennifer goes.
And I'll leave the floor to hopefully talk it out.
And we move on like grown women.
-So I'll start. -Okay.
You have been actively trying to find receipts
or T on Jennifer's man.
When we had the workout and you told me that she
had gotten scammed by the puppy, I was gonna look into
getting your money back because that's what I do.
What is it to you? The same way I heard that you were going
around telling the girls,
"Oh, she broke up with Lavon and all of that."
I never had that conversation with you
because I didn't break up with Lavon,
so I don't understand why you're--you're always, like,
in somebody's business.
Okay, well, so I honestly didn't mean it to be, like,
in your business, because I would wanna know if it was me.
Honestly, it was coming from, like, a caring place.
And I hope that you could receive that.
Okay, so let me. Let me just. Let me. Let me just take
off my glasses, 'cause this is a lot.
Yes. We got scammed for a [bleep] puppy.
Okay? But my thing is this.
You met Christian one time, right?
This is a man that I am in a relationship.
We are--We are happy. I am in love with that man.
When you seen me at that event, you saw that I was happy.
I know you saw that [bleep] because everybody sees my glow.
-Yes. -So for you to try
-and diminish that [bleep]-- -I wasn't doing that, Jennifer.
I have a [bleep] problem with that [bleep].
No, Jennifer. I wasn't doing that.
No, Vanessa 'cause you were the one that's going around
telling people, "Oh, you know, he has this son she don't know
about, blah, blah, blah."
No, Jennifer. I just wanted to make sure you knew because--
You don't have to make sure [bleep] about me!
I did not want to bring up your man.
I didn't want to embarrass you.
Your embarrassing your [bleep] self.
Look at yourself and your relationship!
So I'm being ambushed and I'm having this flashback
to the Evelyn situation.
So here we go, the game of telephone happened again.
Vanessa, I think that you have to really figure out what you
are going to do with your life.
You need to worry about yourself.
You need to worry about yourself, sis.
Girl, go find your happiness because it's very apparent
that you are miserable.
And miserable people like to focus on bull[bleep].
And what I'm sick of is you and Clayanna [bleep] acting like
y'all do all this [bleep]
and then you act like a [bleep] victim.
I have never seen two women that had
nothing going for themselves.
Oh, my God-- Nothing going for themselves.
I have a whole gym, a business.
That gym is not yours!
I'm talking about what you're doing!
Who is Vanessa Rider? Look at yourself.
I have--I'm a wife, a mother. A business owner.
A wife and you're miserable. You cried--you cried with me
about you having a miscarriage because you were being extorted.
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You [bleep] deserve better than this [bleep].
You deserve more.
You [bleep] deserve to be loved.
I left Karl at the first hint of him cheating on me.
You know why? Because I know I deserved better, Vanessa.
[Vanessa] What I had shared about my miscarriage,
I didn't share that with Evelyn for her to try to turn it around
or use it against me.
But I really don't know why she would bring that up.
I have never told Jennifer or Jackie that.
And I know you love your kids, but you gotta love yourself
[bleep] first, sis!
I don't know your personal business.
I haven't asked you because I met Isaiah.
And he's been nothing but respectful and nice to me.
This [bleep] goes deeper.
Whatever this is, I don't know.
Um, can I talk to you one on one?
Of course. Come on.
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I didn't think that I was going to come in here
and lay into Vanessa as hard as I did.
And although, she is in everybody's business,
there's a part of me that also sees a very sad side of Vanessa.
And I have compassion for that.
I don't want you to feel attacked.
I'm not here to fight you.
My heart just tells me that you're dealing with so much.
And what you told me when we first talked about
you being pregnant and losing the baby,
like you don't deserve that.
Three years ago, I got pregnant,
and I heard a conversation that my husband,
he was having with another woman.
And she was trying to blackmail him and out him
for having an affair with him.
And the whole situation, like, caused me to miscarry the baby.
Oh, my God. I'm so sorry, Vanessa.
I really wanted another baby. And you know, like I shared
with you, like, that's how I feel.
Like, committed to my kids.
I get that, but whenever I have removed myself from a situation.
My thought was,
"I need to be the best version of myself for my kids."
-You're right. -You know what I'm saying?
And you need to be the best version of yourself
for your kids. You have been in this.
I don't know your whole story,
but I know it hasn't been positive.
I just want good for your life.
I want you to really love yourself, Vanessa.
I had my issues with Evelyn, and I would have never thought
that we would be here. I do appreciate that she is
coming from a place of care. I do have some hurt.
And I feel like we could be very similar in the brokenness
that we may both still have.
I know what it's like to try to figure out,
"What am I gonna do?
How am I going to get out of this situation?"
So if I could help navigate that,
because I've been through hell and back,
I'm willing to do that for you.
-Thank you. -Yeah, and I mean that genuinely
-from my heart. -Thank you.
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[Jackie] Next time on Basketball Wives.
I started a nonprofit to honor my daughter.
Each step that we take in the legacy of her name
helps to heal me.
Jen, if she did not want a problem with Clayanna,
then she should have kept her [bleep] suckers closed.
No, no, no, no, no!
I got your mother[bleep] wig.
The reality is, is that Jen started it.
I'm not about to call someone a ho and then be like,
"Oh, my God. They ran up on me. Oh, my God. Like."
Clayanna is not innocent.
And I'm not going to be around her moving forward.
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