Another day.
Another ‘Basketball Wives’ leak.
Hit the link below to find out why many of the show’s fans believe production insiders are gearing up to take a stand against Shaunie O’Neal in defence of the beloved African athlete OG Chijindu.
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Two weeks ago, an unnamed VH1 insider revealed that the company was unhappy with O’Neal’s management of the ‘Basketball Wives’ empire by telling ‘Crazy Days and Nights’ that bosses were planning to reprimand her for failing to take a stand against colorism by turning her into a lame duck producer.
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A number of tweets celebrating the news went viral and highlighted just how many viewers were in favour of the move.
It now seems, if these reports are to be believed, that the general public’s response and Shaunie’s refusal to hold Evelyn Lozada accountable for comparing a black woman to a monkey are why VH1 may have plans to fire her from the series.
VH1 appears to be trying to “fire” Shaunie from Basketball Wives.
The insider explained, “VH1 is forcing [Shaunie] to give up being a producer, if she wants to remain on-camera.” If she agrees, O’Neal will no longer be able to call any shots, even if she’s allowed to retain her executive-producer role (although she won’t have any power in that role either).They added: “Once Shaunie gives up her producer [power], she’ll be fired. They’ve been trying to take her show for years.”
This report inaccurately claimed that VH1 fired ‘Love and Hip Hop’s Mona Scott-Young from the platform’s Hollywood arm as part of efforts to freeze the black women it works with out of power.
The truth is that the mogul stands an executive-producer on all ‘Love and Hip Hop’ shows via her Monami Entertainment production outfit, and works with VH1 to delegate roles to producers when she cannot physically be in a city in a ‘Hip Hop’ show is being produced in.
Unlike Mona, Shaunie does not own the company charged with producing her series, which is why she may find herself at risk of being removed if her employers feel that she is a liability…even if she is an executive-producer.
VH1 is yet to confirm or deny any of the reports that have emerged in the last month.
Quite interestingly, all of these reports surfaced after O’Neal is said to have infuriated fans and frightened advertisers by scolding viewers for being “too invested” in the show.