By james art While the father of her latest baby is 10th in the NBA in scoring at 27.6 points per game and leads his surging Houston Rockets (3-2) to battle every night in the NBA, Draya Michele remains in the spotlight and in front of the cameras prepared for whatever drama awaits her.
Now approaching the age of 40, she has spent the last two decades building her brand, firmly entrenched in the underground music and entertainment scene and has had her share of relationships and fatherhood situations with some multi-millionaires.
Her tactics are often questionable and may have cost her a few friends and earned her a kick or two on the ass along the way.
When the news of Michele’s pregnancy with the 22-year-old basketball star hit the social media mill, she received a lot of criticism from social media and former associates who set out to destroy the credibility of her relationship with Green and try to paint her as a devious gold digger which is aimed at younger athletes.
Gilbert Arenas and Swaggy P Clown Jalen Green with a story about Draya’s younger sexual exploits
Former NBA players Gilbert Arenas and his close friend Nick Young, aka Swaggy P, dug up old Michele receipts online and discussed their relationship with the Houston Rockets point guard.
Swaggy felt the need to bring up a past clash with Draya and Arenas where he saw too much.
“Pregnant, pregnant! I got the little guy,” Arenas said, laughing on the videotaped conversation.
“If only they knew. I was shocked too,” added Swaggy P. “The other day when I was driving home with (Philly) in the car. I don’t know if I can tell this story, if you want me to tell this story?’
“No, she’s a mom now,” Arenas joked with no definitive answer on whether Swaggy should reveal what he knows, so he did.
“She’s a mother now. We can’t do that because that day changed my life; I’m not going to lie,” Nick Young said. “Then Swaggy P said, ‘Okay, this is what the NBA is all about.’ I’m riding in the car, he’s in the back seat. I turn my head and this f***a gets some “huh…” What were you doing in the backseat, Gil?”
Laura Govan says she beat Draya Michele and spat on her while filming ‘Basketball Wives’ for sleeping with ex Gilbert Arenas
Michele recently responded to Laura Govan’s version of the story and how it affected their relationship when she first joined Basketball Wives.
Govan sat down for a lengthy interview with Carlos King earlier this week and she discussed her ex Gilbert Arenas’ past relationship with Draya.
Govan told the story of how she found out, saying Arenas told her that during a brief separation, a Philadelphia woman had performed sexual acts with him while in the back seat of a vehicle.
When Draya first debuted on Basketball Wives, she was said to be on good terms with Govan until ex-agent Zero found out that Draya was that woman from Philly. Govan was reportedly offended that Draya was trying to create a friendship when she was the one spinning episodes with Gilbert and breaking up the home.
“When I found out, it was because I was going through some paperwork in the house and I saw that he had given 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 responds to Laura Govan’s allegations involving Arenas
Draya wasted no time responding to claims she was washed by Govan and took to Instagram to tell her side of the story this week, insisting she has no idea who Govan is and that Laura is embellishing the idea of any friendship between the two.
“I haven’t messed with anybody’s husband,” Michele said in an Instagram Story this week. “Let’s be clear 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 continued, 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.”
As for the one-sided fight and disrespectful spit shower that Govan allegedly gave to Michele, the mother of Jalen Green’s baby — who is also embroiled in a lawsuit with her former New York Jets backup boyfriend, QB Tyrod Taylor for a house of the two shared – says it never happened and backed up his refusal by insisting that if there was such a big drama, it would have been seen in the series.
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“I will say that my story 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.
We’ll have to wait and see if there were any witnesses to this alleged beating to corroborate it.