Sunday, May 27, 2012

PORSHELLY EXCLUSIVE: Basketball Wives LA Jackie Christie



Jackie Christie, best known for her role on the first season of Basketball Wives LA, is letting everyone know she is back and is more than just a reality star. PORSHELLY sat down with the one and only Jackie Christie to discuss her life, career and of course Basketball Wives.


Click below to read our exclusive interview.....




PORSHELLY readers are addicted to the Basketball Wives franchise and are huge supporters of the show. We know many of you may be wondering if the show even has a future based on the recent violence and negative backlash.  Reportedly ratings have dropped a record 2 million views since the violence. We asked Jackie about all of the hoopla and her take on the show.


Jackie revealed that Basketball Wives will in fact be returning and she starts filming the highly anticipated Season 2 of BBW LA next week!

In the first season of BBW LA Jackie Christie was portrayed as the enemy, target and outcast amongst the group, to which she says was bittersweet. She also states that she is super excited for season 2.

We asked her what she thought of all the controversy surrounding the BBW franchise in regards to the petitions to boycott the show due to violence and misrepresentation of women (black women in particular). She stated that she really has no opinion on the issue since she hasn’t seen the episode which sparked the controversy but she did hear Shaunie’s response and is confident that Shaunie will step up and do her best to change the direction of the show. Jackie expressed nothing but respect for the cast of both Miami and LA and wished them all good luck in their endeavors. She stands by VH1 and hopes that the fans continue to support the BBW series.


Of Course, we tried to get some dirt on her cast mates from BBW LA but being the class act that she is she would only say that she hasn’t really kept in touch with any of the ladies from her show since she has been very busy with all of her upcoming projects and day to day life of being an author, wife, mother, philanthropist and all around business woman. She says that she holds no animosity towards any of the ladies. We asked her if she felt that she got a raw deal in the way that she was portrayed and she said that in the end everyone got to see her for who she was, which is a straight talker who doesn’t believe in the “he said, she said” nonsense. She never really quite got what the other ladies were so upset about since they never pin pointed any one thing that she said that was the root of the problem. More importantly though, she was pleased with the way VH1 handled the delicate situation of her ailing mom who subsequently passed away. She admitted that she has not been able to view those emotional episodes as of yet. Howerver, she seemed excited to start taping the highly anticipated new season and we can’t wait to see Jackie back in action.


We talked about her new book that is soon to be released called “Sexual Relations”. The book talks about ways to build a strong durable relationship with your partner. She stated that her marriage to retired Basketball player Doug Christie was a huge inspiration for the book. From what we gathered the theme of the book seems to be intimacy between you and your partner. 


She revealed one of the exercises that helped to build the solid foundation that Doug and her have which is called “Confession Session”. This entails both partners laying all their cards on the table and telling all of their dirty little secrets to each other in a judgment free zone. Now this ain’t for the faint of heart because lord knows what you might hear about your partner during this session! All kidding aside though, she has a lot of tips for building a lasting relationship and creating intimacy and she ought to know since she is the ONLY one on any of the BBW shows that has a successful marriage.


As for these young ladies that are looking to hook a baller, Jackie had these words of advice for you, “bring something to the table”. If money is the only reason you are with a pro athlete he will see right through that. You may not be able to match your partner’s financial contribution but you have to have your own identity that keeps you busy such as you own work and projects. If you do these things they will in turn treat you like their queen. The main thing is to not go after a man solely for his money or because he is a pro athlete, your prince can come in the form of the mailman, the guy that works at Target etc.


Ms. Christie also has a charity with her husband called Infinite Love Foundation. This foundation doesn’t target any one particular demographic; the purpose is to fill in the gap wherever there is a need. For example, they provide mentorship, job training, Health Education and much more in communities where help is needed. We encourage our readers to visit Jackie’s website www.JackieChristie.com for more information on how to help.

After speaking with Jackie we definitely were exposed to a side of her that was not represented on BBW of LA. PORSHELLY will be #TEAMJACKIE all the way and can’t wait to see more of her on television, movies and of course by her husband’s (Doug Christie) side. Basketball Wives are not going anywhere so stay tuned for more Jackie Christie, and all the rest of the Basketball wives….In the mean time PORSHELLY readers follow @JackieChristie on twitter and also support her charity Infinite Love Foundation. 




7 comments:

  1. JUST BEAUTIFUL IS ALL I CAN SAY! LOVE JACKI!!!!! congrats on new season would not watch if she wasnt there to lead the pack!

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  2. I love Jackie and always have since season 1 can't wait to see more from her. Hopefully this time these ladies take soem advice from her and actually talk about other things than each other ijs!1

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  3. Doug iz sex-say!!!!wooohooooo

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    1. PORSHELLY agrees! They are a great looking couple.

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  4. Yeeeaaaahhh for Jackie , wishing u successful season.. and luv luv luv you and Doug together.

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  5. She is a cool chick despite what is seen on camera. They dont really know what comes out until it airs on TV. Doug is lucky to have a woman that really gives a shit about him and wants to build businesses together. Most of those chicks divorce these guys as their careers slump or they retire. Then they leave with cash and prizes. smh. Good to see a couple doing it as a unit.

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