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.
JUST BEAUTIFUL IS ALL I CAN SAY! LOVE JACKI!!!!! congrats on new season would not watch if she wasnt there to lead the pack!
ReplyDeleteI 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
ReplyDeleteDoug iz sex-say!!!!wooohooooo
ReplyDeletePORSHELLY agrees! They are a great looking couple.
DeleteYeeeaaaahhh for Jackie , wishing u successful season.. and luv luv luv you and Doug together.
ReplyDeleteI just love her
ReplyDeleteShe 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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