Latishadar
General Manager
So Cece just did a interview on a super random podcast that only 2nd episode of but she explained many things which I have recap below but to listen to full interview please click the link
https://player.fm/series/reality-ta...repreneur-and-star-of-basketball-wives-on-vh1
JOINING THE SHOW/PAST RELATIONSHIPS
- Cece joined basketball wives mainly to showcase/market her medical spa.
- Had never watched an entire episode of Baskefball wives, cece really not a TV person. Too busy running her business and then arrive home feel too tired and not enough time to watch.
- The few scenes she watched was people fighting which did not interest her much.
- Yes Malaysia is Byrons real cousin thru his mother’s side thru marriage or something like that Cece not exactly sure but they are really cousins. Cece met Malaysia briefly once at a game years earlier and Byron said “oh yeah that’s my cousin Malaysia she’s on one of those shows” and that’s all she knew of Malaysia.
- Malaysia did not speak to Cece to explain or offer any advice about coming on the show. But other than one meeting really didn’t know her like that.
- Cece says before the show she & Kristen were “very very close”, spoke to each other almost every single day. They like to go Pilates together and go out to eat and do hot yoga.
- Kristen actually worked as Byrons personal assistant when he was coaching the Lakers, that was her real job so she was always around. Before the show was very different to how their relationship become during the show.
- Producers made multiple attempts to sign Cece to the show and it was Cece who actually BROUGHT Kristen on the show, linked her up with producers. Cece was happy she thought she was entering the situation with a friend but didn’t turn out that way.
FILMING BASKETBALL WIVES VS WATCHING ON TV
- Cece says the whole time filming season 7 she had zero issues with Shaunie. It was only watching the show that she saw wow it seems like Shaunie got a problem with her.
- Cece says everything that we have seen come outta Evelyn mouth is all truly how it was. Cece still to this day doesn’t know what or why but there was always ‘something’ there that Evelyn didn’t like her.
- MalaysIa and her is fine no issues.
- Cece instantly clicked with OG and Jackie - they were her types of people.
- Cece feels she has a lot in common with Jackie, natural chemistry and same sense of humor.
- Same goes for OG, she says in Costa Rica them three would be up till 4am laughing and laughing about things regardless of being tired from filming they had many great laughs.
- Cece is still in touch with both OG and Jackie all the time always calling, and planning double dates, always communicating.
- Cece almost mispronounced Feby name which make her giggle a lil bit. Cece was truly SHOCKED to see the comments Feby was saying about her on the TV screen. She says her and Feby got along great and had plenty friendly interactions even in Costa Rica. It wasn’t everybody disliking her in real life but that’s how it looked on TV. “It was very bizarre to watch”, she thought she got along really good with Feby. Only see this I hate Cece attitude after the fact. The ONLY person who made it very clear they did not care for cece to her face was Evilyn, the rest cece only found out they really did not like her when show came on.
SEASON 8 REUNION
- About the reunion, Cece says OG was absolutely singled out and treated differently to everybody else which is why Cece was 100% on board with leaving the reunion and refusing to accept how they were treating OG.
- Cece truly believes the women were scared of what OG was going to say and they wanted to prevent her from speaking truths and winning battles with her words. That’s all they were scared of! They were absolutely NOT scared of OG physically harming them.
- Cece felt proud for OG going back to the reunion to say her piece. They was all sat down at the brunch table actually her, Byron, Quamie and OG. OG got a phone call and decided she wanted to go back to reunion. But Cece and Byron much rather stay and eat their brunch than go back there for all of that again. No way they was glad to be outta there!
REAL LIFE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
- Byron was extremely offended about the show making it look like he no-showed dinner with Kirsten and son. Byron needed to speak out he was very upset about the way they made him look, he was never invited to any dinner it was just to make him look bad for their storyline.
- Cece gets along fine with Byrons youngest son. She also gets along good with “Londen and the grandkids”. It is only Kristen and Thomas who she does not speak to at all anymore but she still wishes them well. Byron and Thomas still have a good relationship.
CAREER OTHER THAN BASKETBALL WIVES
- Cece originally worked as a nurse in hospital assisting in surgeries. But she was stuck doing graveyard shift always and not good with son only 5 years old single mother too.
- One very early morning while driving home from work she saw a billboard advertisement looking for registered nurses to work in laser hair removal type procedures and this was in 1999 so was still quite a new thing and eventually open her own spa which was very booked and busy even within a few months.
- Since the show ended Cece has started a new business selling PPE that is protective but fashionable so looks nice to wear. The business has been going well so far and she is now glad not to be on the show because it would have distracted from handling business.
WEDDING
- Cece and Byron could not get married on the original date they wanted to because the venue was completely boarded up due to protests and rioting. They even tried to get married at the court house but was refused as court only handling emergencies, which wedding unfortunately did not qualify as.
- Finally they found a chapel that was technically closed but willing to marry them especially but they were very strict no guests could be invited and only one photographer and videographer that venue chose, not their own. No family or anybody else period could be in the building. They even had to bring their own pens to sign the certificate.
- But on the day OG was very sweet “bless her heart” says Cece, OG still showed up to greet them and give her wedding wishes in person and so that made Byron and Cece both very happy as they thought they would marry alone. Even tho they were not sure how it would turn out, if it was even allowed or not. But luckily chapel was OK with just two of them OG and QuAmie and even allowed them to take photos and stay together for 45 mins so it was a very nice surprise.
Edit - Originally I thought I heard ‘Linda’ but Cece was actually referring to Byrons biological daughter ‘Londen’ (and grandkids). Thank you to @Libradiva21 for clarifying that for me and apologies for not correcting the post earlier.
@CEO Chick
https://player.fm/series/reality-ta...repreneur-and-star-of-basketball-wives-on-vh1
JOINING THE SHOW/PAST RELATIONSHIPS
- Cece joined basketball wives mainly to showcase/market her medical spa.
- Had never watched an entire episode of Baskefball wives, cece really not a TV person. Too busy running her business and then arrive home feel too tired and not enough time to watch.
- The few scenes she watched was people fighting which did not interest her much.
- Yes Malaysia is Byrons real cousin thru his mother’s side thru marriage or something like that Cece not exactly sure but they are really cousins. Cece met Malaysia briefly once at a game years earlier and Byron said “oh yeah that’s my cousin Malaysia she’s on one of those shows” and that’s all she knew of Malaysia.
- Malaysia did not speak to Cece to explain or offer any advice about coming on the show. But other than one meeting really didn’t know her like that.
- Cece says before the show she & Kristen were “very very close”, spoke to each other almost every single day. They like to go Pilates together and go out to eat and do hot yoga.
- Kristen actually worked as Byrons personal assistant when he was coaching the Lakers, that was her real job so she was always around. Before the show was very different to how their relationship become during the show.
- Producers made multiple attempts to sign Cece to the show and it was Cece who actually BROUGHT Kristen on the show, linked her up with producers. Cece was happy she thought she was entering the situation with a friend but didn’t turn out that way.
FILMING BASKETBALL WIVES VS WATCHING ON TV
- Cece says the whole time filming season 7 she had zero issues with Shaunie. It was only watching the show that she saw wow it seems like Shaunie got a problem with her.
- Cece says everything that we have seen come outta Evelyn mouth is all truly how it was. Cece still to this day doesn’t know what or why but there was always ‘something’ there that Evelyn didn’t like her.
- MalaysIa and her is fine no issues.
- Cece instantly clicked with OG and Jackie - they were her types of people.
- Cece feels she has a lot in common with Jackie, natural chemistry and same sense of humor.
- Same goes for OG, she says in Costa Rica them three would be up till 4am laughing and laughing about things regardless of being tired from filming they had many great laughs.
- Cece is still in touch with both OG and Jackie all the time always calling, and planning double dates, always communicating.
- Cece almost mispronounced Feby name which make her giggle a lil bit. Cece was truly SHOCKED to see the comments Feby was saying about her on the TV screen. She says her and Feby got along great and had plenty friendly interactions even in Costa Rica. It wasn’t everybody disliking her in real life but that’s how it looked on TV. “It was very bizarre to watch”, she thought she got along really good with Feby. Only see this I hate Cece attitude after the fact. The ONLY person who made it very clear they did not care for cece to her face was Evilyn, the rest cece only found out they really did not like her when show came on.
SEASON 8 REUNION
- About the reunion, Cece says OG was absolutely singled out and treated differently to everybody else which is why Cece was 100% on board with leaving the reunion and refusing to accept how they were treating OG.
- Cece truly believes the women were scared of what OG was going to say and they wanted to prevent her from speaking truths and winning battles with her words. That’s all they were scared of! They were absolutely NOT scared of OG physically harming them.
- Cece felt proud for OG going back to the reunion to say her piece. They was all sat down at the brunch table actually her, Byron, Quamie and OG. OG got a phone call and decided she wanted to go back to reunion. But Cece and Byron much rather stay and eat their brunch than go back there for all of that again. No way they was glad to be outta there!
REAL LIFE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
- Byron was extremely offended about the show making it look like he no-showed dinner with Kirsten and son. Byron needed to speak out he was very upset about the way they made him look, he was never invited to any dinner it was just to make him look bad for their storyline.
- Cece gets along fine with Byrons youngest son. She also gets along good with “Londen and the grandkids”. It is only Kristen and Thomas who she does not speak to at all anymore but she still wishes them well. Byron and Thomas still have a good relationship.
CAREER OTHER THAN BASKETBALL WIVES
- Cece originally worked as a nurse in hospital assisting in surgeries. But she was stuck doing graveyard shift always and not good with son only 5 years old single mother too.
- One very early morning while driving home from work she saw a billboard advertisement looking for registered nurses to work in laser hair removal type procedures and this was in 1999 so was still quite a new thing and eventually open her own spa which was very booked and busy even within a few months.
- Since the show ended Cece has started a new business selling PPE that is protective but fashionable so looks nice to wear. The business has been going well so far and she is now glad not to be on the show because it would have distracted from handling business.
WEDDING
- Cece and Byron could not get married on the original date they wanted to because the venue was completely boarded up due to protests and rioting. They even tried to get married at the court house but was refused as court only handling emergencies, which wedding unfortunately did not qualify as.
- Finally they found a chapel that was technically closed but willing to marry them especially but they were very strict no guests could be invited and only one photographer and videographer that venue chose, not their own. No family or anybody else period could be in the building. They even had to bring their own pens to sign the certificate.
- But on the day OG was very sweet “bless her heart” says Cece, OG still showed up to greet them and give her wedding wishes in person and so that made Byron and Cece both very happy as they thought they would marry alone. Even tho they were not sure how it would turn out, if it was even allowed or not. But luckily chapel was OK with just two of them OG and QuAmie and even allowed them to take photos and stay together for 45 mins so it was a very nice surprise.
Edit - Originally I thought I heard ‘Linda’ but Cece was actually referring to Byrons biological daughter ‘Londen’ (and grandkids). Thank you to @Libradiva21 for clarifying that for me and apologies for not correcting the post earlier.
@CEO Chick
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