The news that NBA star Matt Barnes stormed into the home of his estranged fiancée Gloria Govan and attacked her new boyfriend Derek Fisher might have been a strange surprise for Knicks fans and the general population, but for a few million Basketball Wives fans, it’s just another chapter in an on-again, off-again romance that has played out onscreen for the past five years. For many, New York Knicks head coach Derek Fisher might be the biggest celebrity in this story, but for some of us, Gloria is the one with the name recognition. She and her sister Laura have been at the center of some serious NBA gossip and turned it into fodder for reality television flawlessly. Until fans got tired of them, obviously.
Gloria was cast on VH1’s Basketball Wives back in 2010 when she was a young mother to the twin sons she shared with Barnes, and the couple — who have known each other since high school — was in the process of planning their wedding. Gloria was an interesting choice for the series and perhaps was brought in to the show to be a scapegoat from the very beginning because everyone who knew her name also knew that her sister, Laura, was rumored to have slept with Shaquille O’Neal. Did I mention that the creator of Basketball Wives is Shaq’s ex wife, Shaunie? Shaunie’s relationship with Gloria was strange from the beginning because of that connection, but ultimately it was Gloria’s contempt for her boss that got her kicked off the show.
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