
'Basketball Wives' Star Tami Roman Left Penniless After Divorce

Being married to a professional basketball player may have its perks, but the glitz wears off eventually. Just ask 'Basketball Wives' newest star, Tami Roman. She divorced NBA player Kenny Anderson after six years of marriage when rumors of his infidelity surfaced. She bolted -- even though their prenuptial agreement left her without a dime. She was forced to use food stamps to care for their two daughters -- recently
denying reports that she ended up with half of his assets.
Now, on the second season on 'Basketball Wives,' which debuts Dec. 12 at 8PM ET on VH1, she's finally telling her side of the story, admitting her biggest regret after the divorce was not putting her children first.
"If you just put Kenny and I in a room, with no mediator, there's no telling what would happen. It hasn't always been an amicable situation. We haven't been proper parents in how we deal with each other, and that has taken a negative effect on his relationship with my daughters," Roman tells
PopEater, adding that Anderson hadn't seen the girls in a decade.
"There are so many children who are going through these difficult divorces, and their parents forget about them, which is what Kenny and I did. We acknowledge that this season and try to rebuild."
But the family therapy is mere child's play compared to the intense cat fighting between Roman and the other 'Wives' this season. In the trailer, Roman is shown being held back by producers, ready to throw a few punches at Jennifer Williams, for not knowing what a food stamp looks like.
"I'm very outspoken and say it like it is. Some people can't deal with that, so it erupts into the fights," she says. "Sometimes, I can't control myself. I try not to get upset, but when I do, whoever is there suffers the repercussions of everything I've held in. I just blow up."
Despite her outbursts, Roman says she has grown tremendously since her days on 'The Real World: Los Angeles,' the long-running reality series' second season, when reality TV stars were guinea pigs in the genre. "I want fans to know I've grown and matured. Before, fans saw a young girl trying to find her way," she insists.
And with her maturity, there's some wisdom she's ready to pass on about relationships. "Never lose sight of yourself, your morals or your independence. So, if for some reason it doesn't work out, you can walk away -- just like
Eva Longoria. You can hold your head high knowing you were one hundred percent truthful in that moment. You can't expect the fantasy to be real or last forever," she says.
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She is just expressing her feelings. I like Tami because she is a very honest person that really care for her kids.
Everybody knows she's a very honest person that's why her kids love her so much, not only her kids but many people loves and care for her.
I feel sorry for the kids that have only two immature thugs for parents. I hope that somehow a decent human being will be around in their lives to set a good example and teach them ethics and morals. For most kids in that situation that decent person is usually a teacher.
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Java "dude" how can you determine that someone is a thug based off of a VH1 super trailer? Once again, it is so sad that there are so many delusional and judgemental people in the world.
Really? Where I live, teacher date the students. We have had 3 here in Tampa. One got off with probation, the others are still in jail. Now thats what I call a role model.
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I just have one thing to say her ex is a slimeball. How could he even forget that he had kids to take care of? Why was he not paying child support? Sounds like she is better off without him and so are his kids. My hat is off to this lady. I don't watch that show so I don't know how it is but reality shows really do stink. Too bad her and her ex were not thinking of the kids when they got a divorce. Where was the divorce lawyer? Shouldn't he/she have brought up child support?
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Its always the kids that suffer, for having parents like these two.
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I don't think it's fair to blame Tammy her the stuff that her ex- husband did. She is not responsible for the fact that he was running around and ignored his responsbility as a father. He even admitted on the show premiere that he wasn't "ready" to be a father. Why is it that all men have to do is say that they aren't "ready" and all the responsibility and blame falls on the woman? If they aren't "ready" to be fathers then they aren't "ready" to have sex. She married him for love and he did her wrong... bottomline. She was WAY more famous than him. It looks like she put her whole career on hold to be a good wife for him and mom to their kids and he wasn't man enough at the time to do right by her.
Though it is sad,It is the the truth!
Yes really but Tami is a strong woman. I'm proud of her because she always takes care for her children.
I just love to watch these stupid black women "get all hooked up with ballers". Then watch them get dropped like a hot basketball!
Too Funny! Of course they get pregnant right away to trip the monkey they married.
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It is not a good thing to laugh at them fighting. It's never been nice of funny when married couples divorce. Lets just pray for their sake and not make a fool out of it.
Watch your mouth lady. You speak like a chicken ***. Are u white? watch your word out there coz u talk like your not one of pigs.
Just like black women hate to see weak black men let trashy white women give them head any and everywhere being nasty willing to do anything going directly for athletes and their paycheck they have no integrity .the world gets confused with sexiness and trash choose your words it's not that sisters are jealous of white girls we just don't stoop to all kinds of trickery white people make fools out of there selves everyday .don't speak on athletes the browns sold their high school daughter to a black man who they knew was married and too old for her.
She says "I want "fans" to know..."
I never saw this woman in my life. What f-ing fans?
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What a STUPID and FUGLY tramp.
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Who?
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pathetic group of predators
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A jock is like a salior they have fur ball in every city, look at TIGER WOODS, PARKER, TAYLOR, just for an example.
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I'm yawning..... I'm still yawning......zzzzzzzzzz.
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