[Jackie] Previously on Basketball Wives.
I started a non-profit for my daughter
who passed away last year.
Kayla went to Cosmetology school.
so your jersey is gonna be a part of the fundraiser
to raise money.
Vanessa, you have to really figure out
what you gonna do with your life.
I have a whole gym business.
Girl that gym is not yours.
I'm talking about what you doing.
Who is Vanessa Rider?
Then I had a conversation with Evelyn today.
You know what she said? She said, you know I was wrong
if I allegedly pushed Jennifer. So I said, "What do you think
about Brook throwing a drink in my face."
She's like, "Well I feel like she did what she needed to do."
Shut the [bleep] up.
It just felt like this group has really been a lot for me.
That's why I haven't seen
any of the other ladies since Arizona.
This is how I protect myself.
♪ I've been in the same place for too long ♪
♪ Gotta move forward ♪
♪ I'll need to go and sing me a new song ♪
♪ I gotta move forward ♪
[Brooke] Hi. -Hi girl.
This is a really huge week for me.
I have two huge events coming up
for KNB Life, my non-profit.
The first event is a fundraiser that my good friend, John Sally
is going to be hosting for me.
-[Brooke] My girls are here. -[Evelyn] How are you?
And the second event is our brunch to award the money
that we raised to the students.
The fundraiser is in three days and I am so grateful
for Jac'eil and Evelyn coming to help me today.
As you see it is very stressful.
Girl, whatever you need me to do,
you know I'm here to do it.
[Brooke] I appreciate it.
I only have one hand 'cause I'm holding Suki
[laughing]
Oh my God.
You're doing good. You're doing really, really good.
Yeah. I just want us to meet our goal.
I just wanna, at least this is our first one,
so my goal is at least 20,000.
This is a lot of work, on top of it being emotional,
you know what I'm saying?
And I'm trying to like stay focused on the goal.
But it's a lot. It's a lot.
Even with my foundation, it's like you try to come up,
ways to turn something that is so hurtful
and traumatic to you into something positive.
And I think that that's what Brooke is doing
and I'm actually proud of her.
Well Natasha did tell me to give these jerseys
-to auction off. -Thank you.
Thank you so much.
I really appreciate you guys.
-Thank you. -I love a jersey moment.
Lemme show you the--
Remember when you had jersey dresses?
-I got another, yeah, Jersey-- -I love jersey dresses.
I got Deshaun Jackson to sign a jersey.
Okay. Oh, I gotta get that for Leo.
I got KT came on. He's from the New York Giants. He's new.
So cool. Oh, so you got good good stuff.
The support is real.
No, it's coming together. You know, and these are all
like personal relationships that I have.
So I'm like last minute, but can you please.
I'm gonna have to call a couple of old heads I know.
[laughing]
I'm have to sit this one out.
That's what I'm saying.
Oh my goodness.
No, but this is good. Whatever you need. We're here to--
[Brooke] Well I just need to finish
putting the pictures in.
[Evelyn] How is your ex husband?
How has he been through all of this?
He was here with me the day I found out
that my daughter passed and just on a humbug.
He wasn't supposed to be here.
I thank God 'cause I was here by myself.
Where are you at now?
We're in a really good place.
One of the biggest things that I learned,
you know, especially from the loss of Kayla,
is just to stay in the moment.
If I try to think of the future and make plans,
it gives me anxiety.
So I'm just kind of going with the flow with Steve and I
and um, just doing what feels good in the moment.
We're just working on being friends.
You know, and having friendships,
you know, sometimes can,
you know, lead into dinner nights or something.
And a little...
[laughing]
Some cake slap.
[music]
♪ It's my way or the highway ♪
♪ I'm good, you straight? ♪
♪ If I'm late, so what? ♪
Claudia, we good? Solid. Let's count it down in 3, 2, 1.
Hey, welcome to the show
Today I have an amazing young woman, Brittany Renner,
coming on the show and joining me.
She's gonna share a lot about her and so much more
stay tuned.
I have been doing my podcast now for two years
and I love it.
But a talk show has always been my dream.
My goals for my talk show is to eventually
take it nationwide and worldwide.
I am a media mogul.
And who better to have on my first episode
than Brittany Renner.
I'm so happy you're here.
I want talk about everything under the sun.
I want you to share anything you wanna share.
My audience wanna know who the hell is Brittany Renner.
-[Brittany] Okay. -Let's go.
-[Brittany] Okay.
So let's talk about when you was young.
Let's go, let's start with your childhood.
Were you close to your mom?
At first? No, I wasn't. I was raised by my grandparents,
so I resented my mom a lot because I wanted her around.
So we actually got a lot closer once I got pregnant with my son.
For the longest time I had this mantra
of like, I don't need anyone.
And it was just because I've been disappointed
by so many people
that I never really allowed myself to lean on anyone.
You know, a mother, Brittany always wants that connection
with their daughter.
It was a really beautiful bonding experience. Yeah.
I wanna talk to you. I know that you've had some time now
around all these ladies in our friends group.
How important is friendship to you?
This is the most chaotic experience
I've ever been a part of.
It's, it's been quite difficult
trying to find my footing in this group.
I hope that you understand that my whole thing
is about helping and trying to be not only a leader
in this group, but be a big sis.
This group is functioning dysfunction
and even though it's painted as this sisterhood,
it's really not.
It's kind of hard to get settled and get comfortable
and be vulnerable with that mentality.
But it's damn near impossible to let your guard down here.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
I don't know.
-You don't know? -[Brittany] Mm-hmm.
I don't know what's, what the future holds.
But I think for me at 31 years old,
I just know that I'm, I'm doing my best
and every day my best gets better.
There it is. And we gon' cheers to that.
Absolutely.
[music]
-[Vanessa] Hi. - I'm Layla.
[Vanessa] Vanessa.
-[Layla] Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you.
We spoke on the phone. -[Layla] Welcome.
Yes, we did. -How you doing? Isaiah.
Nice to meet you.
Okay, so this is the space.
My husband and I own a basketball gym in Arizona.
It's doing really well.
I have a vision to expand the brand to Los Angeles
and future cities.
And Isaiah is in town for the day.
And I'm really excited because I wanted to show him
this potential basketball gym space.
What is the um, the clear height on this ceiling?
So it's 18 feet.
[Vanessa] I'm gonna squeeze this in
before he has to get back to Arizona
and coach little Isaiah's team and prepare them
for this upcoming tournament.
What about the piping? I mean that might be an issue
as far as height of the ball. This is 18 feet,
but it's 15 feet as far as piping.
So you can't even get shots up and over.
Okay.
I'm just gonna give you a moment to kind of talk to yourselves
-and then I'll come back. -Thank you. Nice to meet you.
-Like wise. -I appreciate you.
Brick wall is an issue.
You don't like the--
The walls, the kids gonna bang their heads, bang their knees.
We have concrete in Arizona, concrete walls.
It's all good. We'll figure it out.
Um, there's other places but it has to be the right area.
I don't really want just go wherever, you know.
So you're not filling this downtown area?
No.
As long as the facility is right.
You're open to moving out here.
I think it'll be good for us to move out here.
Uh, honestly I love LA but I'm not sold
on moving back to California.
So expanding our gym to the LA area
has been something that I've envisioned
and talked to my husband about for a while.
I'm not gonna be fake so I haven't supported it,
but I'm not hating on it. You know what I mean?
My mom, she grew up in a small farm in Taiwan
and when she was 18, she moved into Taipei,
which is like the New York of Taiwan.
And that's always been an inspiration for me.
So I have a billion dollar business plan for our family
and I'm not sure why my husband
is not jumping at the opportunity.
What's your big deal as far as, in terms of moving to LA?
What's moving you so fast?
Well, I think it as a business move
because like I just see a need for basketball space.
Especially how our business model is ran.
So I always think business, but just living here like that,
I, I wouldn't live here like that.
And so my thing is like, if you feel like you have to,
you know, do this, and you want to do this,
get with the California lifestyle,
I'ma support it from afar.
[Vanessa] One thing. Before you got here,
I had dinner with Jackie Christie.
She's into real estate so maybe I can call her.
-Okay, cool. -Me and her had a good talk.
I wanna renew our vows. -Yes.
But we've never done that yet. -It's beautiful Vanessa.
It is. It keeps it fresh.
Doug and her renew their vows every year.
-Stop. -You wouldn't?
I'm not, I'm not even biting on this.
[Vanessa] Oh. We don't wear our wedding rings.
It was just like my choice.
It was during a time where um, I had discovered
that my husband was being unfaithful.
Um, I think that in order for me to put it back on,
we would have to like renew our vows.
So I'm a little upset that he is not open to it.
Keep it where we at.
Alright. Sounds good.
[Jackie] Coming up on Basketball Wives.
I don't know how much money y'all have in your pockets,
but we plan on getting as much out of it
as we possibly can.
-400. -800.
[cheering]
I'ma tell y'all exactly what to do.
[laughing]
As the dust began to settle and I could see things
for what they truly are,
I'm just like, I can't do this anymore.
[music]
Let me teach you how to work this thing.
I mean you already know off and on features, right?
-Okay. Yes. -But of course, you know
when we travel, um, of course this lights mounted.
That's a good boy.
Yay.
You showing out today. Is that two for two?
[Jennifer] Good boy Roby.
He knows he's getting a treat.
[Christian] Can you sit?
Can you sit?
[Jennifer] Sit Roby.
Yes.
Good boy.
So a lot of people asking us why the channel?
Why not show the world
that healthy relationships exist?
-Yeah. -Christian and I
started a YouTube channel
and we just really tell our story.
Like this is what it is. Yes, we're really in love.
So it's fun, but now it's another job for me.
So babe, you know, I've been trying to expand
and grow my production company
and I have this meeting coming up.
I'm really excited about this movie
that I've been trying to do for a minute.
Oh, dope.
Yes. And the investor's supposed to come.
So I would love for you to come and be a part of that.
You don't even have to ask. I'm there.
Yay.
I've been working around the clock
to secure a movie deal
under Jennifer Williams Production.
So the next step is funding.
And I'm hoping that my meeting, we will get this done.
I'm gonna be behind the camera, in front of the camera,
and on top of that I have a relationship
and I have a new dog.
[music]
This is the very first fundraiser for KNB Life Inc.
And our goal is to raise at least $20,000
so that we're able to help some students in need.
My nerves are shot because what I'm trying to create,
the legacy for her name is riding on this.
I don't know that I'll be able to do another fundraiser
after this if it doesn't go well.
-[Evelyn] I'm so proud of you. -Thank you.
-You know I be emotional, girl. -Don't you start freaking crying
I was able to get a basketball signed
by the legendary NBA basketball star Joe Smith.
I have a friend named Brooke that is doing a foundation.
She lost her daughter in a car accident.
And I would like if you would Joe, to sign these.
Of course.
-[Jackie] Thank you Joe. -[Joe] Uh, no problem.
[Jackie] This is a beautiful tribute and it touches my hear.
She is my sister and we are in a good place
and I'm gonna be there with her every step of the way
to help however I can.
-Okay. -You too.
-Hi, how are you? -I'm good.
This is cute.
So yeah, like who's here? I don't see Vanessa.
[Jackie] No. Vanessa's in Vegas for her kids' tournament.
And Brittany, I talked to her recently.
I had her on my podcast. She's interesting.
I feel like Brittany is definitely distancing herself
from the group.
She said it's too chaotic.
I would be surprised if she even showed up today.
Look at Brooke's husband. I love seeing him here.
I do.
You know he lost a child too.
[Jackie] Oh, I didn't know that. You're kidding. I never knew.
Yeah, you know they've been leaning on each other
because he's obviously,
you know, been through something similar.
I think it is so amazing that Brooke and Steven,
despite everything they're going through,
have a great relationship with each other.
I'm happy to see that he's always
supporting Brooke.
Hello ladies and gentlemen, family and friends.
I'm so happy that you are all here today
to support my foundation for my daughter Kayla.
At this time I would love to hand the mic over
to our host, John Sally, one of my good friends
for many, many years.
[applauding]
I'm very honored to have him here.
He is a NBA champ.
[laughing]
Keep going? Keep going? Amazing host.
And I'm very, very appreciative for you always being there
for my family and especially during this time.
[applauding]
I don't know how much money y'all uh, have in your pockets,
but we plan on getting as much out of it as we possibly can.
Alright, so we're gonna start off with what piece?
We're gonna start off with Little Wayne
with The Carter III.
And he has personally signed that himself. Yes.
Wow. Starting this at $250, this once this goes now
to $270 right there.
Oh shoot.
$400?
Oh!
[John] $800.
[audience cheering]
$900 and it's mine.
Oh!
$900, going once, $900 going twice.
Sold.
[cheering]
$175. Can I get $200?
$200. There we go.
Uh-oh, we got $300.
$400. $575.
Sold.
[cheering]
It got cap, it has rose, it has almond sauce.
$175.
There goes $225.
$250 going once. $325.
Evelyn, gets some wine.
[cheering]
$325, let's go.
$475. $500. $525.
$650.
$900 for Mike Tyson.
$3,000 for the Kobe Bryant. Sold. Sold.
There we go. Sold.
[cheering]
Thank you guys so much. That was amazing.
You guys all being here today has helped give me the strength
to get through today and I really appreciate it.
We appreciate you.
[cheering]
[Jackie] Coming up on Basketball Wives.
Wow, it's gorgeous.
[Vanessa] Yeah, it's the perfect location.
I'm definitely feeling this space
and I'm gonna be calling the realtor
and putting in an offer today.
So have Isaiah seen it?
No girl, I ain't talking to him for 30 days.
Are you kidding me?
[Jennifer] What's the update with you?
And I don't know what to call him.
Christian was like, so Brooke introduced him
as her husband.
I literally have one paper to file for the divorce
to be final.
[music]
-[Vanessa] Hey. -Hey beautiful.
[Vanessa] Welcome. This is it.
Despite my husband's pushback during the last tour,
he did raise some valid concerns regarding the space.
So now that I'm back in town, I'm continuing the search
on my own and I think I found the perfect space.
I want to pitch it to Jackie because I trust her opinion.
-[Jackie] Oh wow. It's gorgeous. -[Vanessa] Yeah, it's like
the perfect location. This is like the front entrance.
Put a shooting, uh, machine right here.
Um, and then we're gonna put a workout area up here.
Okay. No Vanessa, I'm feeling this the high ceilings
like you wanted and everything. This is good.
Yeah, it's nice and like fresh and airy. Yeah, I love it.
[Jackie] I really hope Vanessa gets this new basketball gym.
I know she's been through trials and tribulations,
struggles, trying to get this gym off the ground
and I'm happy to be there for her every step of the way.
So has Isaiah seen it?
No girl, I ain't talking to him for 30 days.
Are you kidding me?
In Dallas we got to the championship game.
My husband was coaching his ass off.
-Right. -[Vanessa] And the ref tried
to throw him out with two technical fouls
in the first minute.
-No. -So if you already know
the ref is tripping, you better sit there like you're in church.
-Right. -He had went up on a run,
the ref gave him a tech and then he wouldn't sit down.
So then he gave him a double tech
and gave the other team our trophy.
My husband should have used higher emotional intelligence.
Like if you already know this dude is trying
to kick you out.
But in the middle of the game though Vanessa,
you already know. And so you gotta exercise
a little bit more patience with him when it comes to that
because he already know my wife ain't gonna talk to me
if we [bleep] around and lose.
She gonna be mad at me if I if I go against these refs.
So he's probably thinking of all that
on top of trying to coach.
You gotta give him some, some grace.
It was really sad for the boys like they worked so hard.
That was a national tournament. So I have PTSD.
[Jackie] No. -I need a like a week
to cool off.
When you've been married for so long,
like that cliche, like you fight like an old married couple.
That's kind of how our relationship is.
And I was so pissed at my husband
after this incident,
especially since there was other things
like he shut down the vow renewal
and he's been unsupportive on our expansion
and I've been having a hard time.
So anyways, if I get this space I'm gonna take down
this whole wall and the court is gonna be like Arizona.
One court facility, full court. I think this is the one.
So I'm really excited.
I've been thinking really positive thoughts,
manifesting this space, like I've been saying
since I was a little girl.
I'm going to be a billionaire by 40
and I'm not consulting with my husband
about putting an offer in on this location
because it checks all the boxes
and I really just wanna get the ball rolling.
I love it. I see the vision and girl I'm excited for you.
I'm definitely filling the space and I'm gonna be calling
the realtor and putting in an offer today.
There it is. Let's do it
[Vanessa] Alright.
♪ What you looking at, huh What you looking at ♪
♪ What you looking at Huh ♪
Hi.
-[Woman] Welcome to the salon. -Thank you.
I am so happy to be going to the nail salon
to meet Jac'eil and Jennifer.
Like I definitely need this R & R.
The fundraiser was a success
but it was emotionally and physically draining.
So I just wanna kick back and get my feet massaged.
Well this is nice and relaxing. We could let our hair down,
have some girl talk. And Suki. Suki likes girl talk.
[Jac'eil] Hey Suki.
[laughing]
Grover would've been all over the place.
[laughing]
Christian was very thoughtful getting the puppy.
Where do you see you and Christian going?
[Jac'eil] Look at her face.
Look at her face.
Well, glad you asked.
[laughing]
She went to the clouds.
You know I've never had a relationship like this.
-[Brooke] Really? - Wow.
-You know we talk about marriage -Like soon?
Really Jen?
-The way we connect is unreal. -That's so amazing.
You know, Jen and Christian
have been moving really, really fast.
I'm hoping that this is the real thing
and that they make it to the altar
because we never know.
-I have a question though. -Yes.
[Jennifer] What's the update with you and,
I don't know what to call him. Christian was like,
so Brooke introduced him as her husband.
Are they? I said, "Babe, I don't know."
You know my, I don't even know husband, ex-husband.
I need clarity because one second
it is like, oh the divorce is almost final.
And then it's like my husband
Life is just lifing and I'm going with it.
How about that? Because I don't even, I don't even know.
You like it. I love it. I just am like--
I know. So like it's crazy because like I've been on dates
and all that, you know what I'm saying.
But with Kayla passing it's just so weird and awkward
to go on dates and try to start something new.
And I feel like that's just not where I'm at yet in life.
-Right. -And with him, even though
he was an idiot, he is my comfort zone.
He understands me. He's been through this before.
We have fun together and I am honestly
in a much freer state in my mind from the relationship
that we were in.
I don't know the ins and out of what Brooke has going on
with Steven. But I'm really hoping
that Brooke doesn't let the passing of her daughter,
Kayla, cloud her judgment.
I don't know. I haven't been in that predicament
and God willing I never will be.
I just want the best for her. She deserves so much.
I literally have one paper to file
for the divorce to be final.
So one of the reasons why I didn't sign the paper
was because the month that I was supposed to sign the paper
was around the time that my daughter passed away.
And we said that we were gonna work hard to stay together.
And then after those months passed by,
the fog started to clear from my head
and that's when I realized that we just kind of swept
something under the rug.
And I'm just trying to figure out which direction
are we actually going in.
He doesn't know if we divorced, if we not divorced.
He like, "What are we?"
Girl just go ahead and shred the paper.
Exactly. Where is it?
[Jackie] Coming up on Basketball Wives.
I'm doing a movie and I want Jennifer Williams productions
to be a household name.
I have an offer in on this space that I found. I'm super excited.
Oh shoot. What?
[music]
[Christian] So baby, how you feeling?
I'm excited about this movie
and I want Jennifer Williams Productions
to be a household name.
It will be. I mean we talking--
You know when you see MGM come up in a movie.
Yeah. Oof.
-And Paramount, you know. -Yeah, it'll be like
that's my wife.
Jennifer Williams's Production is making major moves.
I've been keeping this very close to my chest
because I just don't wanna jinx anything.
I feel like I have been through so much in my life
but it is finally coming full circle.
I'm in a great place. I feel amazing.
I have a new puppy. I can go on and on.
Boss moves.
Don't think 'cause I got on pink and I look cute
and I look like a Barbie,
I won't hand you your ass on a platter.
-Yeah, I don't want-- -But with respect.
I can't wait till we get home tonight
'cause like that's going, that's so ah, feet looking good.
Listen. Don't suck my toes.
[Christian] I'm not gonna suck your toes.
And listen, I don't want to wreck this car
so I'm definitely, I'll wait.
I'm gonna wait until we celebrate tonight
'cause I got a little bit more than toe sucking to do.
Yeah, he, he likes to suck my toes.
[music]
♪ Hustle harder than the rest Than the rest ♪
♪ Better say it with your chest ♪
♪ If you pressed you can never be the best ♪
-Really good movie. -Yeah.
There she is.
Hi. How are you?
-[Christian] Good to see you. -Good to see you.
Christian. Christian.
Nice to meet you.
Cory, good seeing you.
This project came to me through my attorney
and the director, the writer, the investors,
they're like, Jennifer, yes. We want you to star in a movie.
We want you to produce the movie.
I'm like, oh my gosh. Okay, let's go.
Thank you guy for co-- Oh, I feel like a real,
like boss Barbie girl.
[laughing]
I'm gonna tell y'all exactly what to do.
[laughing]
But before we go, we gotta make sure
the check clears.
Christian it's good seeing you.
[Christian] Oh no. It's great. Jen, I'm telling you,
when Theo gave me the script, I was like I already knew it.
You knew who to call.
Oh I knew it. I mean you're perfect for it.
Educated two, three degrees character.
No struggles could stop her. A lot of drama.
I was like, this is it.
My character in my movie Shattered.
She very much reminds me of me
because it's like you're successful,
you're dating life sucks.
You think you find a good man
and then you start finding out some things.
It's just like, damn. Yeah, stay tuned.
I can't tell the whole story.
People send me things all the time.
But I think for this script I can relate
because I've been in some bad relationships
and you don't know if people are really with you for you,
if there's like an alternative motive,
if they're trying to get your money,
if they're trying to get clout.
There's a lot of successful women that are single
because y'all men ain't [bleep] sometimes.
I'm sorry.
[laughing]
[Men] Not us.
So when do we get started?
[laughing]
[Man] So, uh, Ellis bottom line. We just want to know
when to expect the funds.
Tell him to check his account.
[laughing]
Okay. Let's see.
We're good.
[clapping]
[cheering]
We're good. We're good.
Let's pop some bottles.
[cheering]
[Man] Love it. Love it.
Babe this is huge. I see nothing but greatness for you.
Love the longevity that we're about to create
with these amazing men.
Cheers to Jennifer Williams Productions
and for what's to come.
[Jennifer] Yes. Cheers to my first motion picture.
[music]
[Evelyn] Help me put this together.
[Leo] Best part.
[Evelyn] Why is it the best part?
Wait. No, that doesn't go like that.
[Leo] Yeah, it does.
[Evelyn] I'm unfortunately not gonna be able
to make Brooke's brunch ceremony because Lavon and I,
we've been working on a pop-up shop together
or SG by Evelyn Lozada.
The event is coming up next week and we have so much to do.
Wait, let's start with the leg.
Wait, how do you do this?
You plug it in like a, like a charger.
Plug it in like a charger.
Wait, there's instructions.
[Evelyn] All right, well read 'em.
Nobody needs this.
Hold the legs bro. -[Leo] Okay. Sorry.
[Evelyn] You're supposed to be assisting.
[grunting]
This is why I need a guy in here.
So Lavon went back to Atlanta and it was nice seeing him
and he has given me so many great ideas
when it comes to SG.
And he's so proactive
despite the personal relationship
being a little like, uh, we don't know what's going on.
One thing that he hasn't changed on
is just making sure that my business
continues to grow.
[Leo] She might be a size extra, extra, extra large.
She ain't no extra large. This thing don't got no booty.
I mean--
[laughing]
[music]
[Vanessa] Hey, girl.
What you doing?
[Vanessa] Cleaning out this pool. It must've rained.
-How are you? -[Elise] Good.
Do you need help?
Yeah. Can you lift that? I just wanna drain this pool
'cause it's like gross rainwater. Thank you.
I'm gonna let it dry out a little bit.
Anyways, I have an offer in on this space that I found.
I've looked at like a hundred gyms out here.
-Yeah. -[Vanessa] So I hope that I can
like hit the ground running and you know, get the flooring,
get the hoops in there and then, you know, just really
make our way out here too.
Well whatever happened like with Isaiah,
like I know you guys were trying to figure out
if you were gonna both move out here.
How are things going with you guys?
Are you talking to him again?
Uh, no, he's on the 30 day probation.
I think 30 days seems like excessive to me.
Right, well it's usually 48 hours,
but this one was a big one so I said I don't wanna talk
to you for 30 days.
'Cause I'm gonna have to think about where I'm at.
Like seriously.
Oh this is my realtor calling.
Hi.
How you guys doing?
-Good. How are you? -How are you?
I'm doing well. I'm doing well.
So I know you were already excited for purchasing that gym,
but-- -Oh shoot. What?
The offer was rejected.
They have too many other offers. It's a hot market right now.
Oh man. We spent like all summer looking for that one
and that's the one I really have my heart set on.
Maybe this is not meant to be.
You know, my husband hasn't been as supportive.
I'm not really feeling Jackie's friends
and you know, now with this gym space
falling through, it's definitely discouraging.
There's multiple properties on the market.
Don't let it bring you down too much.
[Reuben] So when we do find something,
we can really lock it down.
My team and I are gonna keep searching.
All right, thanks Ruben. I'll catch up with you soon.
-Awesome. -Bye
I'm really, really disappointed. I don't know what I'm gonna do.
-I'm sorry. -Since I've been out here,
I've had a lot on my plate all summer
that I feel like now is like a chance
to where I can really just pour all my energy and focus
into this project.
And that was what I was planning to do.
And now Ruben comes back and says this.
I can tell you're super disappointed.
I'm sorry, don't cry.
[Jackie] Coming up on Basketball Wives,
All that stuff that happened in Arizona was way too much.
I felt like we were really ambushed.
The Red flags are on fire.
And congratulations. To the students receiving these grants
by pursuing your dreams and helping others
look and feel their best,
you're carrying forward Kayla's legacy.
[music]
-It's hot. -My [bleep] is already sweating.
[laughing]
Beautiful out here though.
-eautiful day. -Yeah it look s nice.
[Brittany] I'm so happy that we got to link up today.
[Clayanna] There's a lot to catch up on Since Arizona
[Brittany] Cop a squat.
[Clayanna] How have you been?
[sigh]
Ready to start?
[Brittany] Where to begin?
A lot has changed for me.
The dynamics of this group, everything that's been going on
and allowing the dust to settle,
I've been seeing things a little bit more clearly.
-Right. -All of that stuff that happened
in Arizona was way too much.
I felt like completely ambushed.
[Brittany] Yeah. I think for me, I've learned a lot about myself
with this group dynamic.
What I will and will not tolerate
and I can't let [bleep] go.
Like that's just kind of my thing.
No matter what, we squash things or things are okay,
my head is always gonna be on a swivel.
Going to Evelyn's event, did Jackie's podcast,
met up with Jac'eil.
Still trying to be open-minded and understanding
even after seeing things that I didn't like.
You know, we all have had conversations
about where we were moving forward to as a group.
-Right. -And when I saw none of that
translate on our trip to Arizona,
to me, I just started to check out.
They have a lot of intimidation tactics
that they tried to implement.
And I feel like in terms of the relationships
and how we should be connecting, I don't feel like,
with most of them, there's no real connection.
The red flags are on fire. So for me, I think this group
has been accustomed to people bowing down
and wanting to have a seat at the table.
And I'm like, babe, this is not Mean Girls.
You had your senior citizen sorority,
this is what you're doing at 50?
These women are almost a decade older than us.
Grow up.
And it's just not very becoming at your big age.
This isn't even about them. This is about my spirit
being so irritated. And I just think for me,
as the dust began to settle and I could see things
for what they truly are, I'm just like,
I can't do this anymore.
Join the club. Join the club.
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[Brooke] Hi family. Hi family.
Thank you.
We raised a little over $20,000 and we're here today
to give out the scholarship grants
to these amazing students.
Steve was not able to make it today,
but his mother, my mother-in-law,
she's forever my mother-in-law. I love her to death.
She's here supporting me and it really means
so much tome and my family.
You know, Kayla was her granddaughter.
[music]
Hey. - [Jackie] Hi Brookey
[Brooke] You got on pink today.
-I had to wear color for Kayla. -You got on color.
Even though, her color's purple, I said I'm wearing pink.
Listen, I smell good food and everything.
[music]
Hi mama. -Hi.
[Jackie] You look so pretty.
Now she got the glow with the amazing.
I love it both of y'all. I love it.
Say hi.
[Jackie] Where's Evelyn?
So Evelyn, um, she has like some business going on
so she can't come.
Let me sit down and get in that.
Come here baby. Listen, we here, we gonna have a real time
and celebrate for everybody.
[Jac'eil] We here.
Yeah, definitely. I love you. and I love what you're doing
for Kayla. -Thank you.
And I always want to help however I can.
And I want to donate $2,500
towards your foundation today. -Are you serious?
I don't know. It just moves me and I follow God.
I haven't even given my speech yet.
Don't make me start crying.
I don't even care Listen, I love you
and I love that we are where we are.
And I want this for Kayla.
Don't mess up my make up before I have to get
in front of the room. -[Jackie] I'm telling you.
[Brooke] Thank you so much. I really appreciate that.
I love you. I love you baby.
You know, I'm really, I guess kind of surprised
at how generous Jackie has been
because we were in such a ugly place
after my daughter passed.
We're still a work in progress, but I'm really happy
that she showed up for me.
Whether she gave donations or not.
[music]
Good afternoon everyone.
Thank you guys for attending this amazing brunch
for KNB Life Inc.
We were able to raise a substantial amount of money
to help students in my daughter's name,
Kayla Nicole Ford Bailey.
I'm very honored to have
Universal College of Beauty and cosmetology school.
We have actually five students here from the school.
And I would like for you guys to come up here.
[applauding]
Any way that we can give a break to someone
who's trying to strive.
And that is exactly the road that I want to go down.
Thank you guys again. Thank you for attending today
and congratulations.
[applauding]
I might need a tissue.
[applauding]
I'm good, baby.
Before I continue, I want to extend a special thank you
to all the donors and supporters
who have made these grants possible.
To the students receiving these grants,
by pursuing your dreams and helping others
look and feel their best,
you are carrying forward Kayla's legacy
with every client that you touch.
Congratulations. And may you all thrive
as successful entrepreneurs in the world of cosmetology.
Thank you.
[applauding]
Thank you.
Sometimes when I show up, people think,
oh, you're so strong, you're so strong.
But really I am not strong.
And the only thing that really keeps me going
is knowing that I am doing this
and that students are going to be able to say
that I graduated or I was able to start my dreams
because of Kayla Nicole Ford,
the KNB Life Inc. nonprofit.
♪ All this time, I been fighting tears ♪
♪ Maybe get a little therapy ♪
♪ Changing who I wanna be ♪
Got some petals.
Throw it in the water.
♪ Give a little kindness to yourself ♪
That was beautiful.
♪ Sometimes it just feels like♪
You know, I feel like my daughter is still here
with me and I'm always gonna celebrate her.
And wasn't that, you know, we're doing this
to say goodbye.
We was just doing this just to honor her
and to let her know that we're all here
and still thinking about you. Still loving you forever.
Infinity, until we meet again.
[music]
[Jackie] Next time on Basketball Wives.
So the popup is the first time Christian's gonna see Vanessa.
Yep. Is he gonna say something to her?
Absolutely.
Hey Vanessa.
Whatever goes on in my household is between me and Jennifer.
We don't bring my kids into this situation, period.
This is a great date idea. You trying to be romantic?
A little bit. You like it?
To marital vows.
-When's the wedding? -We don't know about that.
I can't give this my energy anymore. I'm done.
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