By james art Draya Michele responded to Laura Govan’s story about their relationship when she first joined Basketball Wives.
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Earlier this week, Laura Govan sat down for a lengthy interview with Carlos King, during which she discussed her ex Gilbert Arenas’ relationship with Draya.
Govan told the story of how she found out, told by Arenas during a brief breakup, that a woman from Philadelphia had given him oral sex in the back of a car.
When Draya first appeared on Basketball WivesGovan took a liking to her, but was soon informed that Draya was the woman in question, objecting to him trying to be friends with her while he knew she had gotten involved with her husband.
“When I found out, it was because I was going through some documents in the house and I saw that he gave her $25,000 and brought her to LA,” Govan revealed on Reality With The King. “I remember finding the paper, I remember calling my girlfriend and telling her to pick up the kids for me … and I remember going to where she was filming in Hollywood.”
She continued: “I remember showing up and I wasn’t supposed to take pictures and I walked past everyone and beat the hell out of her.”
“And it didn’t air. They didn’t want it aired,” Govan explained. “I picked her up by her cunt and collarbone and threw her and then I spat on her and tried to get to her even after that. Am I proud of these things? Absolutely not. But what you won’t do is be my friend, don’t stand up to me! And from what I heard, you sucked and f**ked him at the time!”
Draya responded to these claims rather quickly, using her Instagram story to tell her side of the story. She began by insisting she didn’t know who Laura was when she joined Basketball Wivessaying that Laura is exaggerating their relationship by implying that they have some sort of friendship.
“I haven’t messed with anyone’s husband. Let’s clarify that no one was married. Let’s also be clear that the interactions I had with him were years before I was on the show. I didn’t know her then. And I also didn’t know her when I agreed to be on the show, or her sister. I didn’t even know either of them were going to be on the show, so to say the word friend is a huge burden.
“I agreed to go on the show and pretend to be friends with a girl named Gloria,” she said, referring to Laura’s sister. “And at the time, even if they had told her sister, I still wouldn’t have known because I didn’t know her.”
While Draya didn’t directly deny claims of a fight, she shut down those rumors by pointing out how much of her life was aired on the show, insisting that if there had been that much drama, she would have been seen in the series.
“I will say that my storyline carried the show … If there was anything related to me, I believe and I believe it would have been put out there (aired) for the further enjoyment of people who watch trash TV,” she said.