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“Temptation is the devils cousin. It’ll take what u have by showin u what u think u want then laugh when u give up the best u had *MeSsAgE*”

Royce Reed of Basketball Wives tweeted that just hours before announcing (via Twitter of course) that she and her Tampa Bay Buccaneers boyfriend Dezmon Briscoe have officially called it quits with the tweets below:

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This announcement doesn’t come as a shock considering the drama that has ensued between these two for months. Dezmon has been accused of sexting other women, most notably the mother of his child. He admitted to the suggestive text messages between he and his son’s mother, but Royce appeared to want to move past it.

As Sister 2 Sister points out:

On Part 2 of the season 4 “Basketball Wives” reunion special [taped last month], fans will watch Royce Reed assert that she’s working to save her relationship with Briscoe.

On the show, she told host John Salley: “I decided to stay with Dezmon for all the things he did right, not the one thing he did wrong. Yes, it was wrong. Yes, I was hurt. Yes, I was humiliated, but I’m not gonna sit here and base my relationship off of what the world says I should do.”

It’s not clear what happened in the past month that made the reality TV star change her mind about saving the relationship, but who can blame her for walking away?

Dezmon hasn’t publicly acknowledged the split, in fact, besides retweeting a “Be the best you that you can be” tweet from Kevin D, he hasn’t tweeted a thing since Royce’s announcement. Considering his delayed reaction to being outed by his child’s mother, we can probably expect something from him in about a day or two, if he cares.

Do you think these two are done for good? Was Royce right to finally break things off with Dezmon?

Alissa Henry is a freelance writer in Columbus, OH. Follow her on Twitter @AlissaInPink or check out her blog: This Cannot Be My Life 

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I love it. The weekly ratchedness and overly-dramatic woman-on-woman violence that is Basketball Wives. The show is as entertaining as it is irrational. Seven non-Basketball wives thrust into a forced social circle, who throw bottles of champagne at one another over such trivial accusations questions like “why you talking about me behind my back??” To which another less ratchet non-mother effin factor will respond “Uhhhm…cuz that’s the only way the producers will sign my check.” It’s all good because in reality tv land, nothing makes sense although we’d like to think that it should. These are the questions that pop up over and over again as I watch Basketball Wives.

**all photos courtesy of VH1

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Drama, drama, drama, was the overall theme of the hour long season premiere of VH-1’s Basketball Wives. From Evelyn’s ‘non-motherf*#king factor’ tee-shirts that caused Tami to go ballistic, to Royce’s usual backbiting, if you were looking for some serious reality show drama, last night’s episode definitely didn’t disappoint.

The whole crew (Shaunie, Jennifer, Royce, Tami, Evelyn, and Susi) are all back with a new edition, Meeka, who is the wife of former NBA player Will Speedy Claxton. Meeka who seemingly tried too hard to fit in, wasted no time engaging in the high school backbiting; and honestly I think she had all the girls beat, as she intentionally added to the ongoing beef between Royce and Evelyn. Her first introduction with Evelyn consisted of her backbiting Royce, whom she had met earlier for brunch.

Besides Royce, Evelyn also had an enemy in Tami after she found out about Evelyn’s latest business venture selling ‘non-motherf*#king factor’ tee-shirts, the phrase that was coined during her fight with Tami last season.

Tami immediately confronted Evelyn, who offered to give Tami’s charity organization for girls a portion of the proceeds. You may insert your blank stare here.  Of course Tami denied such a ridiculous offering, emphasizing that her charity organization didn’t want to be a part of something so negative. I’m not sure what Tami considers her and the other girls’ actions on the show to be… but, oh well.

Still Tami hits Evelyn with a lawsuit that is just as irrelevant and as much of a non-mutherf*#king factor as the tee-shirts. She barges into Evelyn’s boutique, Dulce, and of course the scene turns ugly as the two exchange words and come close to a physical altercation.

Although quite entertaining with the back to back drama, after about 30 minutes into the show the immaturity of such beautiful, over 30 year old women, starts to become redundant and silly. Still, be prepared for even more drama as the season unfolds.

Did you catch this season’s first show? What were your thoughts?

First of all, can we just address the randomness that is John Salley hosting the “Basketball Wives Reunion?” I get it, he’s an ex-NBA player, but still…random. This second part of the reunion special  brought on a couple extra ladies and of course more drama. Check out some of the more interesting quotes from the show!

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