Gloria Govan is one of the most recognizable faces on Basketball Wives L.A. thanks to her dramatic stint on the first season of the original Basketball Wives. Gloria has agreed to recap this season of Basketball Wives L.A. for the VH1 Blog and we couldn’t be happier to have her input on everything that goes down in front of and behind the camera. This week, Gloria gives us a little more insight into the Malaysia/Laura fight and what’s going on with Draya.
Matt and I decided to take the boys on a family vacation to San Diego for the weekend. While we were on our way down there, I received an upsetting phone call from Jackie. She was crying on the phone and yelling “She just attacked Laura. Malaysia just attacked her.”
At this point I do not care whose fault it was or what happened, I am just immediately angry. Jackie can barely get her words out and my conversation with her is very short. Before I can barely hang up I am texting Malaysia in all capital letters that I am going to “F*@k her up on sight.”
I am very protective of my family (obviously) and to have someone cross the line and get into a physical altercation with a family member is not okay. I was livid that I was not there.
Watching that fight makes me boil inside, it was so ignorant. Both of these woman have a lot to lose and the fact that Tanya just sat there Googling “hood rat” is ridiculous. I wasn’t expecting her to get involved or to throw punches. But she could have easily stood up and tried to stop them. Better yet get out of the way. She looked stupid just sitting there acting like she was too good to help break it up.
Shortly after the fight, Malaysia and Laura meet alone and talk about what happened. I know that the fight wasn’t about what Malaysia said or whatever her real name is. I think Laura had A LOT of pent up anger about everything going on in her life at the time. And when Malaysia said “At least I don’t sleep with other people’s husbands,” Laura saw RED. I think Malaysia being the “new girl” wasn’t going to allow anyone to disrespect her regardless of how much she wants to fit in. Both women apologize for their immature behavior and call a truce.
I, on the other hand, still feel like the line was crossed, and for me it’s not going to be that easy to let go. When I was sitting there with Malaysia and her sister, I was waiting for something to happen. Ultimately we agree to just stay out of each other’s way, obviously she feels like I threatened her and I did, but she was waiting for an apology that she was NOT going to get.
Draya’s party was actually fun, it did start off slow but when it finally picked up,I had a great time. I very seldom get a chance to go out, so when I’m out I like to have fun regardless of anyone else’s mood or disdain. The other girls were just sitting there, barely sipping their drinks. I wanted to dance the night away and have a good time even if it means I have to do that by myself. LOL.
Again, while I’m gone out of town the ladies decided to have a “Passion party.” Now at first I was thinking a sexy little get together to help lighten the tension after the fight between Laura and Malaysia would be a good idea. WRONG. Quite the opposite. A time to tell the other women how they each feel about one another using heavy adjectives probably wasn’t a great idea after all.
Apparently Draya has some secrets, dark secrets. Will she tell the truth and give an explanation about what the girls found on the Internet or is she going to deny the whole thing?
34 responses to to Gloria Govan Recaps Basketball Wives L.A. Episode 2
You don’t have an objective opinion. Let Tonya do this.
Oh, and since you can’t let it go “bring it”.
Lines were crossed yes…..by your sister. She threw the first punch and was taken aback by the retaliation and whopping that so deservedly followed. Your baby mamma sister, needs anger management intervention. Malaysia taugh her a good lesson, one I hope she’ll remember. You are both classless.
Gloria get a life. You should not be recapping anything. You perpetuate violence on the show. You are tacky and classless. There is a great lesson to be learned by those who are able to forgive. Your sister was forgiving (even though she incited the fight). Who calls someone a rat….that is real ghetto. So in my view, you are very immature Gloria. I hope you grow up quickly for the sake of your sons and everyone who watches you.
On another note I like the show a little more than the original basketball wives.
You are so tacky. If your big ass sister couldnt whip her ass, you surely wont be able to. It sounds like youre just talking smack to look like you are running things. Maybe I missed the part where it said that you are in charge of things–I mean correct me if i’m wrong.
Your sister was not expecting the beat down that she got…she started the whole thing, and how you gonna call anyone “the new girl”…when ALL YA’LL are BRAND NEW..
YOUR SISTER needs to be checked. So if you’re gonna be mad at someone for lines being crossed, be mad at the person that crossed the line.
I dont even know if I am gonna be able to stand to watch this show every week. All of you “ladies” seem like trouble makers, and have no class. I’m not surprised that you “don’t get” Tanya–because she doesnt want to be involved in the ghetto brawl? She has more class than the rest of you hood rats put together.
You and your baby mama sister need to sit down and try to raise those illegitimate children of yours. Most athlete’s are broke after they finish playing so you all need to concern yourselves with supporting those children and not being on television acting a donkey… That is all.
What is this crap and what is vh1 thinking. First off, it made sense for Royce to recap the episodes for Miami. She didn’t really have any alliances and would probably be the most neutral. Furthermore, she actually gave an opinion– not just a regurgitation of what we all could clearly see with our own eyes. VH1 already does a RECAP, so why do we need Gloria to essentially do it again. Gloria is too biased and she of course doesn’t keep it real. Just like with the miami girlz, Gloria tried to act like her stuff didn’t stink and only after her very public domestic abuse scandal did she come clean about anything. Now don’t get me wrong, I was proud of Gloria for standing up for herself with Shaunee and her lynch mob, but get serious Gloria. YOU were dead wrong to send ANYONE a threatning text for whatever reason and you should have been woman enough to admit that. YOUR sister, not Malaysia, showed her a… at that restaurant. Your sister, Not Malaysia, began with the verbal attacks, and your sister, Not Malaysia, got physical first. Don’t try to excuse it away by saying she had alot going on in her life– who doesn’t. It was the same thing with the miami girls– you were trying to defend your sister against some pretty ugly allegations, but at the end of the day– your sister is responsible for her own actions– stop making excuses for her–stop being so fake, and if your going to recap the shows, do a better job–PERIOD!
I really don’t like to call people out of their names; however, in this case I have to….you are an IDIOT! How are you going to not let things go?!!…..Sunshine YOU WERE NOT THERE (Jackie DID NOT relate the incident as it truly happened)…and if you watched the tape, Malaysia did not say, “At least I don’t sleep with other people’s husbands,” what she said, was, “I have not been to jail” and “I HAVEN’T slept with other people’s husbands,” the difference in what you said and what was ACTUALLY said was, AT LEAST…those two words are big, to what happen between those two. Now get it right or don’t get it AT ALL.
Now, if you are foolish and extremely immature to not let it go, especially when the two people involved have agreed to put things in the past and move on, then you are an IDIOT. Besides, what right do you have to keep it going? See, that is what little girls and immature women do. Gloria grow up and act like a lady!!! Now, be a true lady and move on; because again the people involved did!
Lastly, Gloria if you truly believe you can take on Krystal (Malaysia’s) sister go right ahead. This let’s me know that you are not only an idiot but delusional as well. (Come on, we all saw what Royce BW Miami did to you) I guess the viewers will see another Govan sister get their butt kicked on national television.
@Tina
Thank you…..I knew she would not be good for this Blog……please bring on Royce….or anyone from BW Los Angeles other than this “little girl.”
Gloria you are a coward. If you were as fearless as you say you are then you wouldn’t have sent a text but would have told her face to face or over the phone. Your sis got beat down accept honey!!
if the two fighting tramps made peace stay the hell out of it why cause more drama? is that a bigger paycheck for you if theres more drama?
Whoever said Gloria is an idiot is spot on. Gloria is a coward times two and needs to sit down. If she wanted to make something happen she would have when you met with Malaysia and her sister. She is a lot of talk and no action. Gloria’s sister was responsible for that altercation. She’s lucky she didn’t get her teeth knocked out. Gloria is no position to judge Draya. If memory serves me correctly wasn’t Gloria accused of cheating in college? Where is Royce and Shaunie?
I love and am protective of my family also, but when they are wrong, they are wrong and I will let them know. I don’t understand why you are making excuses about why your sister started this fight. I don’t understand why you are still angry at Malaysia. She did not start this fight. Laura ran her mouth and got popped in it. They both crossed a line by the comments that they made and later apologized for it. Gloria, honey, you need to sit down and stop running your mouth. I truly don’t believe that you want to lock horns with Malaysia. Let that mess go. It doesn’t even have anything to do with you. These two women have squashed it and so should you. Maybe you need to focus more on you and your family and stop worrying about what everyone else is doing.
i want to say about gloria and her sister laura, i do not like them. gloria and laura are not even basketball wives, and i do not like what they did to shaunie and i will never watch basketball wives l.a.. you know why gloria felt that she did not owe shaunie a appology! its because she set up laurie and shaquille together so she could destroy their marriage, and maybe shaquille would marry her, but i didnt work out that way. laura is a jump off, a whoe, and destroyer of a family. and gloria is a straight punk, and i do not believe her or her sister derserve there own show, and that is the only reason i will not be watching basketball wives LA, period. my loyalty lies with shaunie o’neal~
Vh1, please fire whomever is responsible for selecting Gloria to do the Recap blogs. She has no personality and is not “honest.” There is no way that she could watch that fight between Malaysia and Laura and not realize that her sister was WRONG. Her sister realized it and offered an apology. Tanya was right to sit there and she didn’t look “stupid,” Malaysia and Laura were the ones who looked ghetto, ignorant and tacky fighting in a restaurant. Laura started it and LIFE happens to everyone. You don’t know what Malaysia is facing in her life so Laura’s issues are not an excuse. Again LAURA realized it and apologized. You are too silly and immature to see that you should have too. Your sister was not attacked, she was the instigator. I know why Matt didn’t marry you and if he has any sense, he would not. You are simple, immature and delusional. Get it together or forget it forever. Truth without love is rude and love without truth is hypocrisy. Gloria, you are a rude hypocrite. Laura need to tell you to apologize, you were DEAD wrong.
who thought this was a great idea i can only hope they are paying you guys enough money if that is the desire of your hearts money and the need for attention.I hope you guys actually look at yourselves on tv and see how immature and tacky ALL OF you look. I didnt see episode 2 nor will I watch it I REFUSE but if the one girl (because they were behaving like lil high school girls from the HOOD ) with the big belly got her butt whooped she asked for she is jealous of the young lady and she kept on with her At LEAST the basketball wives on the ORIGINAL show KNOW how to DRESS this show is not even worth watching for style ..TAKE IT OFF THE AIR, I know you guys “husbands, or boyfriends ” are not proud of the way they are being represented. I hate the fact you guys are TRYING to represent LOS ANGELES
I am so over this show and these grown a$$ women acting ignorant. Gloria wants to be Shaunee and it ain’t happening. I think they are all a disgrace, period. The Govan sisters suck, for real. I agree, if anybody has to recap, let it be Tonya. She is at least trying to be positive and mature. I personally loved the fact she wasn’t phased to move and jump in the fight and appeared to be saying y’ll will back up offa me with that foolishness! I watch this to keep my mind off my own issues but wish there was more substance to the “portrayal” of these women. At the end of the day I wonder is it worth it to go down looking like an idiot in history or do they even get concerned that their children’s children will see this crap some day. And they say when Black guys go to college and the pros they tell them don’t date Black girls – and this is not a good argument as to why they should…I’m just sayin
I do not like Gloria and i honestly don’t like the show.They all look ghetto with they no dressing selves.
Gloria how is your relationship with Matt working? Ms so perfect relationship the first episode I can tell he does not want you Boo Boo. Know your a jump off and baby mother. When he push you out his way and theyhe talks to you is abusive. He lost his contract with the Lakers for frist hitting you when was just anncounced then got in fight in a Laker game.. He was an event in LA and got into another fight with a Basketball Player during the Lock out.
Gloria where was all that bravado when you were on BBW Miami? As a matter of fact, you felt it was childish that grown women were acting that way and wanted no part of that ignorance. You said you owed them no explanation on what goes on in your household, and that is true. That truth applies to Draya also. She owes you women nothing. Not one of you is any better than the other.
I do agree, Tanya didn’t have to get involved but she could have moved out of the way or acted like there was a fight going on almost on top of her. But I would not say that makes her a terrible person.
You did not like to be judged in Maimi and you have no right to judge anyone else.
Just shut up already Gloria, your sister was wrong and she got dealt with. You would have too probably if you would have stepped your Shaunie wannabe self in. The fight was between those two and if they squashed it then it aint none of your business anymore. This show is whack and so are you all. You should be called Basketball Birds cause you sure don’t act like wives. Jackie and Imani are instigators because some of the things they said weren’t true. Jackie couldn’t wait to call you with some BS and Imani had no right to call anyone worthless. Don’t get mad because Tanya didn’t get into that ghetto squabble I don’t blame her.
Yes…you are classless and childish at best! Who does and says the things that you and your friends do in “real” life. I hope that VH1 is paying you good for laying your standards down by the way side.
I think there should be a show with LA wives verses Miami wives wat ya think??
OMG…this is by far the worse show VH1 has every produced. These ladies on this show are way too fake for me, with the exception of Draya, Malaysia, and Tanya. The rest of the women on this show are old and jealous at the fact that there are women that look better than them and that has better bodies. I could tell how the entire show was going to play out in the beginning. Everyone on the show claims to be so real but anyone can cuss someone out. These women are showing how ignorant some people really are. Not to mention most of the women are wanna bes and just how they can jump to judge Draya and the others they can be judged as well. Draya and Malaysia you all are beautiful women not to mention YOUNGER than everyone else on the show and I say you all keep doing yo thang! Stand up for what you all feel is right and say f tha rest. You all do not owe anyone any type of explanations for your actions.
P.S.
This show really sucks I just watched for the first and last time….Gloria your sister is a big girl… LITERALLY let her handle her own business. If you can’t take the heat stay out tha kitchen.
MrsH. September 8, 2011 at 1:21 pm What is this crap and what is vh1 thinking. First off, it made sense for Royce to recap the episodes for Miami. She didn’t really have any alliances and would probably be the most neutral. Furthermore, she actually gave an opinion– not just a regurgitation of what we all could clearly see with our own eyes. VH1 already does a RECAP, so why do we need Gloria to essentially do it again. Gloria is too biased and she of course doesn’t keep it real. Just like with the miami girlz, Gloria tried to act like her stuff didn’t stink and only after her very public domestic abuse scandal did she come clean about anything. Now don’t get me wrong, I was proud of Gloria for standing up for herself with Shaunee and her lynch mob, but get serious Gloria. YOU were dead wrong to send ANYONE a threatning text for whatever reason and you should have been woman enough to admit that. YOUR sister, not Malaysia, showed her a… at that restaurant. Your sister, Not Malaysia, began with the verbal attacks, and your sister, Not Malaysia, got physical first. Don’t try to excuse it away by saying she had alot going on in her life– who doesn’t. It was the same thing with the miami girls– you were trying to defend your sister against some pretty ugly allegations, but at the end of the day– your sister is responsible for her own actions– stop making excuses for her–stop being so fake, and if your going to recap the shows, do a better job–PERIOD!
. I HAD TO REPOST BC THIS IS EVERYTHING i was thinking!
I was dissapointed when i saw the first episode. The drama on the show was so unneccessary. The ladies met each other and with in 30 seconds decided who they did or did not like. The oldest women on the show are the most childish. Kimsha is threw and totally jealous of Malaysia and never gave her a chance. Jackie and Imani old ass ought to be ashamed of themselves. The ladies are so judgemental of one another and are a bad reprensentation of black women. I wouldnt of jumped in the fight either.
Gloria Your sister started the fight and apologized for it. Your text to Maylasia was a threat and Laura was at leastr mature enough to see her role in this mess and try to prevent the situation from getting worse.
Now I agree with you on Tanya/Tonya, she was right there in the middle and should have made an attempt to stop it or move totally out the way.
Grown women should stop calling each other names and stop carrying messages, half the time what is said is differnt from what occurred!
ARE U SERIOUS GLORIA (GOOF BALL) GOVAN! GET YOUR MIND RIGHT, CLEAN UP YOUR OWN BACKYARD! WHO MADE U THE GODMOTHER OF BB WIVES!
Gloria and her sister are both hood ratts and dont even know it. Laura looked like she was surprised because instead of Tonya, laura should have been looking up the meaning of hood ratt. Obvisouly Maylasia is the only one down to earth and know what the hell is going on. The rest of you all are old news to these basketball superstars and the one still tryin to get in. Laura needs to accept that what ever she is using to hook these players aint working. Laura looks wore out just like her
womb. Gloria is a nieve young woman who will learn with time that family can ruin a marriage while you out doing messy stuff in the name of “family” you a grown ass woman He will be already gone by the time you see it with a real lady a realy womn that will that will also give him a beautiful son or daughter. A real woman will tell her sister when she is wrong instead of going down with her glad you not my sister
Gloria, Gloria, Gloria….You finally found women to hang with that are as classless as yourself. Why should Tonya get up and break up a fight your sister started? There’s a saying don’t “write a check your ass can’t cash” and Laura wrote that check and got bounced. If I was Tonya I would have sat there too. If your sister hadn’t slept with Shaq maybe she wouldn’t have gotten offended by what was said. You ladies talk about groupies and from what I’ve read your triflin sister is the biggest groupie out there. Oh yeah YOU MUST BE CONFUSED…your not the queen bee, and I read an interview where you didn’t want Basketball Wives LA to be like the original, you want to show how the wives are positive in LA. These hoes are worse. You got Jackie saying “Im from the hood” you got the ole country heffa, their names not worth remembering, saying she aint about name brands and getting mad because Malaysia is shopping. If that aint your thang then go eat to get to know her, you look like you eat very well. The first episode look like a commercial for Dollar General. You guys look broke. I really don’t like this group of haters. Show some positivity because this season has started off with full blown ratchedness.
I feel that Imani is judgmental and jealous of Draya. Who cares how a grown woman makes her money? These ladies need to chill on Malaysia, who cares how she carries herself that’s her life and business. Laura and Gloria are annoying. Who the hell does Gloria think she is asking Draya if she is a jump-off? Last time I checked Gloria and Matt are not married. These women are so fake I cannot take it.
Gloria thinks that she and her sister are right. I really think that Malaysia and her sister could take Gloria and Laura on. It’s just a matter of time before Matt leaves Gloria too. You’re not a wife either, oh excuse me, you are a common law wife. LOL!!!
I just had to comment about this LA BBW show. I tried to give them a chance because I faithfully watched the drama w/ my Miami girls but VH1 – you’re totally boring me w/ these chicks in LA. OMG! Please bring the Miami crew back and save your film. Jackie C. – Please stop making me yawn already!! You’re borning me to death lady. Wedding # 16…um congrats but this is not reality and it’s boring. I’m happy to see another lasting couple but Jeez I need some entertainment. The Govan sisters – NOT INTERESTING AT ALL! I hope the rumors about them getting a show is some BS because it is waste of time. Gloria bored me on the Miami show & she hasn’t changed on the LA show. Can you say “FAKE as H3LL” anybody? Like chica Gloria said the 1st episode, BORING in CAPITAL LETTERS lol. These chicks wouldn’t last 1 day in the “REAL” world. If I lived in LA I wouldn’t even want to hang w/ any of these chicks. UR BORING LADIES. Who wants to be in your circle? The other chick Malaysia is okay so I’d like to see if she can keep my attention and I’d really love for Artest wife get more film time. She’s seems funny and still has a bit of hood in her so that should be funny and real. They may be a little more cayenne than these other broads. I tried to give this show a chance but I can’t say that I care about what’s going to happen next for anyone of them other than Draya. She seems like the most interesting, most fun and the most controversal person on the show. I can’t judge her for the what blogs are saying because it only makes me want to see what she’s really all about. I don’t know what the situation w/ her son is but that’s her business. Haters can hate but I need for reality tv to be a bit more entertaining. This LA cast has caused me to tune into Bad Girls Club (which I’m loving right now) instead of watching the boring mess on the LA BBW…smdh. Miami cast is so much better at drawing viewers in. Please recast LA because I know Dam$ well there’s gotta be some better choices in BBW than the ones on this show. OMG VH1 fire your casting producer (for the LA show) already!!