Allison Mathis: If Chris Bosh Wouldn’t Have Kept Me From Joining ‘Basketball Wives,” I Wouldn’t Need Food Stamps

June 26th, 2012 - By Brande Victorian

Source: Playerswives.com

I know you all are already shaking your heads, but hear Allison out. As you know, the mother of Miami Heat player Chris Bosh’s 3-year-old daughter has applied for food stamps, saying that since she’s lost her job, they can’t survive on the $2,600/month that he pays in child support. A lot of people were confused about that and suggested Allison just go get another job and in an interview with Gossip Extra, Allison revealed that she actually did have a different job opportunity—as a member of the ‘Basketball Wives’ cast—but Chris blocked her from joining. She told the site:

“I was offered a job on ‘Basketball Wives’ and I filmed a couple episodes and it leaked that I landed the job and Chris of course did not want me to go on it so he sued me to keep me from going on it. I would have made a hell of a lot of money than with other job offers that I’ve had.

“My thing is, if you didn’t want me to speak about you, then maybe you should have reached out to me or my attorney and said, ‘look, it’s OK for her to go on this show because it’s a way for her to provide income for her daughter but don’t mention Chris’s name.’ That would have been a better approach than to just get me completely fired from the show.”

According to Gossip Extra, Allison would have taken in $12,000/week for appearing on the VH1 show which would have definitely kept her out of the assistance line, but it appears Chris had more legal muscle.

In her exclusive interview, Allison also talks about how Chris changed after she got pregnant, and I have to admit it was kind of sad seeing the clip of the happy couple finding out she was pregnant to looking at how things turned out in the end. Allison says Chris hasn’t reached out to her at all offer her and his daughter any type of help since the media reported that she applied for food stamps, saying the most she’s heard is a quote from him saying he was “saddened” by the news. She said instead of being sad he should be glad to help.

“I’m not the only one and I don’t expect people to just to feel sorry for me and have pity on me, but I do think that the father of my child, given that he is able to help his child out, should be willing to.”

Check out the quick two-part interview here. Do you think Chris should have let Allison go on “Basketball Wives” if he wasn’t going to help her financially?





Brande Victorian is the news and operations editor for madamenoire.com. Follow her on twitter @Be_Vic.

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  • ebonyhud

    I DO think that she should get a job, as she said….she has offers. BUT if she was willing to do the show DEFINITELY without using his name, she could have used that to her advantage. My mom raised me without child support(it was tough, but she did a great job), so I kind of don’t care for it as a law or what ever it is, but if we are going to use this law its obvious that if the child was living with his father that he would be living a certain life, and $2,000 a month would not be it.

    And for some reason I personally (just a personal opinion) think unless there is abuse or neglect a child should always be living with the mother. There is nothing like a mothers love, and I think it’s harder for a mother to be without her child on a daily basis than a father. I know Its hard for fathers as well but a mother will go “bat sh*t cray” if people try to take her kids!

  • Mightymightymouse

    She needs to get another job. That $2600 a month is more than enough for their daughter. Not her. She needs to stop it. What some people do…

  • whyohwhy

    I will say to her
    like i say to my friends that get child support. The man is taking care of his
    child he doesn’t have to take care of you.

    My other question is what would these women do if there was
    no Basket Ball Wives/Girlfriend/ Baby mamma show? She’d get a job so honey get
    a job and live.

  • iamme73

    Also, why do people talk about what they can live on for a month? What relevance does that have to do with how the daughter of a millionaire should live?

    I just don’t understand the thinking. Chris Bosh, a player I rooted for because he took so much unfair criticism of his game, is a millionaire right now and he has a son who is living like the son of a millionaire. His daughter is just as much his daughter.

    If his daughter’s mother who has primary custody is suffering, then his daughter is suffering. There is no separation.

    To me that is the question does he want his daughter to suffer just to ensure that the child’s mother doesn’t financially benefit?

  • iamme73

    I have 3 children and I am married. I make a lot more than my wife. If we divorce, she will get custody, because I work so much.

    Now, I couldn’t feel right living better than my own children. If they primarily live with their mom, it becomes impossible to separate how they live from how she lives.

    So here is the reality, my helping our children is going to financially benefit their mom, there is no getting around this. I won’t let my children suffer and live worse then I do, just to prevent their mom from benefitting, that’s crazy to me.

    To me it seems like in this discussions, there is this fantasy thinking in which you can somehow separate how the mother who has primary custody is living versus how the children are living, but you can’t.

    Chris Bosh’s daughter deserves the same lifestyle as his son. To give his daughter that lifestyle, means the child’s mother is going to benefit.

  • misty

    smh! why does everyone keep saying go get a job as if they dont know unemployment is still at an all time high! lots of rich men take care of their kids mom to make sure the kid has the best. Atleast she had a job! you never hear that in these other stories!

  • DDC

    $2600 a month tax free….PLEASE go and get a job if that isn’t enough money. There are lots of people who make less than that and manage to live a decent life.

    In most states $2600 is too much money for you to qualify for any type of benefits…ask the unemployed who are surviving on unemployment checks that are less than your child support.

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