Shaunie really is a boss there’s no doubt about it.
Could you have ever predicted that the show was going to have this kind of success?
I knew that it was a good show, and I knew we had a good cast.
This is going back to Miami it was a great cast.
You got Evelyn [Lozada].
Anytime Evelyn’s on, you know you got it.
It’s good television.
It was a good cast.
I didn’t think about being 10 years in.
I didn’t know.
It was fresh and new.
I had no clue what to expect, but I knew it was good TV.
Every time a season was over and they told … Now, it’s a little different.
We’re always on pins and needles like, “Are we coming back?”
But it’s amazing.
But I never thought 10 years, never.
Not that I didn’t think it I just didn’t think it, if that makes sense.
You make appearances in the show, but you’re the EP.
What would you say motivates you the most when you’re in that creative and productive process?
I like the off-camera better than on-camera.
I shared with you guys last night, but I didn’t initially want to be on camera.
That was not my pitch.
My idea of the show did not include me.
And once they asked me to do it and said, “Hey, we want it.
We want you to,” I did it.
But I will be honest, I feel better off-camera.
It’s an easier space.
[or] that key in of thing.
It’s so hard.
It’s hard to juggle both hats.
But I will say it feels okay.
That’s a myth that I don’t have people feel that way, but it’s not true.
It’s hard for people to understand.
I don’t really know."
That definitely makes sense.
Having that degree of separation, I’m sure, helps creatively as well.
Like, “I don’t act like that.
That’s not something that I do, but I like watching them do it.”
I think that’s all it should be.
I know there’s couples that say they sit and watch “Basketball Wives.”
That’s what it is it’s entertainment.
I hope that it provides that for more people.
So we can have something where we can escape.
I would love to know what it means for you, for your kids to see you out here.
You’re killing the entertainment and entrepreneurial games.
Shareef is killing the basketball game.
I’d love to have you reflect on being this “baller” mom, to use the term.
Oh, that’s the next show, “Basketball Mom.”
I don’t know what I did right in life to get such an amazing group of kids.
And I’m not saying that just because they’re mine.
Don’t get me wrong, they’re not perfect, but they’re so good.
I don’t know what I did, but they are an amazing bunch every single one of them.
Myles [B. O’Neal], he’s now DJing all over the world.
I look up and he’s in …
I don’t know, Paris one day, and I have to keep up with him now.
I’m like, “Can I be your assistant?
Because you have a really cool life.”
Shareef [O’Neal], he’s in Chicago this week.
My middle two are in Houston right now getting ready for their college season next year.
So it’s nonstop, and I love it.
I do my best at juggling it, but it feels amazing.
I think they’re proud of me.
They’re pretty amazing.
You have some friendships that we are shocked on how that all plays out.
I’m surprised and thrilled at Jackie [Christie] and her leadership and how she handles things.
Her intentions aren’t always clear.
You got to know what she means.
But there’s some growth there.
