Vanessa Bryant Being Recruited For 'Basketball Wives': Report

UPDATE: The Insider reports that Vanessa Bryant will not be joining the cast of "Basketball Wives." According to the report, a source with knowledge of the situation said, "No disrespect to the other ladies but 'Basketball Wives' just isn't Vanessa's style."

Scoring $75 million in a divorce settlement may be only the first act of Vanessa Bryant's post-Kobe career.

Bryant is reportedly being recruited to join VH1's hit reality show "Basketball Wives LA," according to TMZ. The show's producers are allegedly preparing to make Bryant "an extremely lucrative pitch" that would make her a recurring, possibly lead character on the show. In the wake of such a high-profile divorce, landing Bryant could prove to be ratings gold for VH1.

The Bryants' up-and-down marriage was filled with enough twists and turns to make its own reality show. When NBA star Kobe was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a Colorado hotel room in 2003, he admitted to having a consensual one-night stand and reportedly bought Vanessa a $4 million diamond ring to apologize. She stood by her man and played a role in Kobe's image rehabilitation, meeting him in the players' tunnel at halftime of Lakers' games, sometimes with the couple's daughters, where cameras could catch the family-friendly moments.

A part on "Basketball Wives" would come with potential for awkwardness, and drama, for Bryant. Several of Kobe's Laker teammates' current or former significant others are featured on the show, including Gloria Govan, the ex-girlfriend of Lakers' forward Matt Barnes, and Kimsha Artest, Metta World Peace's life partner.

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[Trey Man]

04:24 AM on 01/27/2012

KOBE: NEVER DATE OR MARRY A BROKE FEMALE!!! NEVER DATE OR MARRY A FEMALE WHO HAS NOT SIGNED OFF ON ANY RIGHTS TO ''''''ANYTHING''''''' THAT YOU HAVE SHOULD YOU DO ANYTHING WRONG, UNETHICAL, WHATEVER. SHE GETS NOTHING, BUT OUT!!!!!!!

MEN: LEARN THIS SIMPLE RULE: WOMEN DON'T FALL IN LOVE, BUT IN MONEY!! WOMEN COULD CARE LESS ABOUT LOVE, LOVE IS SCOPING OUR YOUR POSSESSIONS. THE MORE YOU HAVE, THE MORE THEY ARE IN LOVE... WITH WHAT YOU HAVE AND YOU ARE ACCEPTED WHILE THEY TRY TO STEAL IT AND RUN AWAY!!

SEX IS THE TRAP THEY SET TO GET YOUR POSSESSIONS AND MONEY!! SOME OF THEM
EVEN WORK IN GROUPS, TELLING THEIR ACCOMPLICES TO TRY AND GET MEN TO DATE THEM, SO THEY CAN SET UP THE DIVORCE TRAP.

OR DIDN'T YOU ''''KNOW'''' THAT FEMALES WORK TOGETHER LIKE THAT??? THEY CAN
PLAN TOGETHER THAT ONE WILL GIVE YOU SOME, TELL HER WHEN, THEN ''LEAK'' IT SO TO SPEAK, AND VOILA!!! TEMPTING YOU TIL YOU GIVE IN, THEN DIVORCE YOU!!!

ALL TOO EASY! MEN CAN DO THAT ON WOMEN TOO. OKAY?!

[Karen Bush]

08:52 PM on 01/27/2012

THIS IS JUST AS MUCH KOBE FAULT AS IT IS THE WOMAN ARE WOMEN, FIRST OFF THIS MAN IS A WELL PAID BASKETBALL PLAYER A CELEBRITY IF YOU WILL, WHY EVEN GET MARRIED IN THE FIRST PLACE KNOWING THAT YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ALL THE WOMEN THAT YOU COULD EVER WANT, AND WILL ALWAYS BE TEMPTED TO STEP OUT ON YOUR WIFE JUST LIKE HE DID, HOW LONG WOULD YOUR MARRIAGE LAST IF THE SHOES WERE ON THE OTHER FOOT AND SHE HAD THE MONEY. I DO AGREE THAT SOME WOMEN IS LOOKING FOR THE BIG PAYOFF, BUT IF THE MEN WOULD STOP THINKING WITH THE LITTLE HEAD AND START THINKING MORE WITH THE BIGGER HEAD A PRENUPT WOULD HAVE BEEN SIGNED, OR HE WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD A WIFE AT HOME. AS FOR AS THE WOMAN BEING BROKE IF SHE WAS, HE ALSO KNEW THAT FROM THE BEGINNING. I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY CELEBRETIES GET MARRIED IN THE FIRST PLACE, I BET IF A POLL WAS TAKING MORE OF THE DIVORCES COME FROM SPORTS PLAYER THAN ANYONE. I LOVE BASKETBALL AND ENJOY WATCHING KOBE PLAY, HE JUST MADE SOME BAD CHOICES, AND THIS IS HIS PAYBACK FOR IT, YOU CAN'T AND SHOULD NOT BLAME ALL WOMEN FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM, IT WAS NEVER SAID THAT SHE CHEATED ON HIM, ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED ON HIS PART WITH A PRENUPT, NON MARRIAGE, OR HIM NOT CHEATING AT ALL.

[Trey Man]

02:59 PM on 01/28/2012

I've said it too many times... get a prenuptial agreement, and tie her hands tighter than at a calf-roping tournament!!

If she won't sign it totally, drop her!

[Trey Man]

04:01 AM on 01/27/2012

The scandal is not Kobe Bryant, but the money stealing women who stalk African-American athletes greedy for money that they didn't work for because marrying, then divorcing black men who are imperfect is not a crime in America.

The men (both white and black) need to have these females sign off and give up ALL RIGHTS
to any kind of money when they do money divorces!! That way there is no incentive to file for
a divorce, which incidentally, they PLAN TO DO from the moment they first set eyes on men!!

They are NOT in it for marriage, but for divorce settlements!! This is a crime! But one that cannot
be prosecuted by American Law! Men need to make them sign off before they even
so much as get a cocktail, let alone marriage or even dating, so that they cannot get a cent!! So, if you STILL do not understand.

What you have to do when they "POSITION" themselves where you're seated, or get themselves invited to a party where you'll be; keep in mind that they are POSITIONING themselves where you are.

When they say, (or you say) HELLO, slap a piece of paper in front of them: "Sorry, I cannot speak to you until sign HERE!! Okay, and here, initials here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and... here, here, herehere, aaaannnnnd, here! Thanks!

Now. Hi how are you? Wanna get married, "Hell no!" Oh, wonder why???

[Jai Taormino]

07:58 PM on 01/26/2012

Don't surprise me!

[klo39]

03:59 PM on 01/26/2012

Men are going to be men, married or not, rich or not. They cannot be trusted when they are young. As for Vanessa, she is just another non-black woman who got rich off a black athlete. Sometimes I think the athlete gets what they deserve because they all are so superficial and phony. Basketball Wives LA is boring anyway. I like the first basketball wives.

[Trey Man]

04:05 AM on 01/27/2012

It's not ABOUT men being men, women are women! It's about men being stupid, and trusting.
If they had an INCH of legal documents that protected them from the moment a female sat down
beside them, or walked up to them in a club or restaurant, then these feline fortune-seekers
would have their fangs filed, nails clipped and intentions fully known from day one!

None of them are there for marriage, but for DIVORCE!

[Lenhart Brown]

02:26 PM on 01/27/2012

I can proudly say that I have NEVER cheated on a girlfriend, nor have a cheated on my ex-wife (I divorced her by the way). It is unfortunate that the actions of a few can cause one to categorize an entire gender. That being said, Kobe is an idiot! In other news...local cat gets saved by a fireman.

[Winthorpe]

10:21 AM on 01/26/2012

Kobe Bryant was cheating? Wow, I'm glad that I was sitting down for that.

If you're thinking about joining the cast of "Basketball Wives," don't you need to be a basketball wife?

[Trey Man]

04:30 AM on 01/27/2012

NOOOOO MUSCLE BRAIN!! Kobe was SET UP by the woman he called WIFE, and she WAS PROBABLY working with another female to accuse him. This is a team set up! Women do it all of the time. One marries a guy who is rich by hanging around him, complimenting him, telling him how wonderful he is. Naturally he falls for it,she cries, "Oh you don't love me!" BS! Then after gaining his confidence, she confidences him! Tells her girlfriend to go over and make him. She does, and then he is ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT (set up plot!) Then the divorce trap is sprung!!! After the divorce ROBBERY of the man, the women secretly share the money and set off for a life of fun and free money!

Then they can date anybody they want because KOBE has financed their lives, and they don't have to pay it back! FREE MONEY THROUGH MARRIAGE!!! I think I'll write a book!!

STOP THE MARRIAGE ROBBERY MADNESS!

[g8guy2no]

12:54 PM on 01/25/2012

cant believe a hottie like her would actually marry a freak like kobe

[Trey Man]

04:08 AM on 01/27/2012

You get a few dollars and she'll marry YOU... because marriage means NOTHING TO THESE female good-for-nothings!

[Trey Man]

04:30 AM on 01/27/2012

ROBBERY BY WAY OF MARRIAGE!

[Max Brown]

09:30 PM on 01/24/2012

She won't do it. She has too much class.

[Trey Man]

04:09 AM on 01/27/2012

she has NO class at all, neither does she or any of them care about marriage. it's unbelievable how dumb you people are, that you are oblivious to those facts!!!

[Ralph Sison]

12:59 PM on 01/27/2012

i think he was sarcastic.

[Mary Popends]

12:47 PM on 01/24/2012

Can't say I didn't see this coming a mile away!If she does decide to do it, she's just as un imaginative as all the other wannabe wives, wives and concubines!

[Trey Man]

04:10 AM on 01/27/2012

SHE IS A THIEF... IN COSMETICS, FANCY CLOTHES DRESSING A CON-WOMAN!!

[cndvd]

12:22 AM on 01/24/2012

Kobe has too much temptation. Hot women all over that don't care if a person is married. Of course they all have a "price".... including his...... But I bet she is sweet, he's an idiot. I think a lot of players believe they play better when they get a variety of pun tang, that's why they do it. They get energized and don't have a care in the world, cause they believe they are the "king of the world".

[Trey Man]

04:11 AM on 01/27/2012

FEMALES ARE LAZY, CANNOT BE TRUSTED, AND THIEVES STEALING EVERYTHING THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN!! END OF STORY.

[T-Sizzle]

07:25 PM on 01/23/2012

Kobe's an a**

[Trey Man]

04:32 AM on 01/27/2012

ANY MAN WITH MONEY CAN BE.... NO WILL BE SET UP BY MONEY-HUNGRY FEMALES
WHO ARE LAZY AND TRIFLING, AND GREEDY AND COVETOUS! BUT WHEN MEN START TO SET THEM UP, ''THEN'' YOU WILL HEAR OUTCRIES!!

[UES11]

06:31 PM on 01/23/2012

She really is a beautiful woman. Her tolerance made her a very, very wealthy woman. Good for her!

[Lady Vee]

03:47 PM on 01/23/2012

What Vanessa Bryant needs to do is use her divorce settlement to build a productive life for herself so she won't be know as a woman who simply earned her fortune laying on her back. Granted she doesn't NEED to work but how about creating a career doing something like charity work? She's produced kids but can she produce anything else or is she just a pretty Barbie doll with more looks than anything else?

[UES11]

06:29 PM on 01/23/2012

Kobe? You sound pissed. I mean you cheated on her left and right...

[Trey Man]

04:36 AM on 01/27/2012

THAT'S STUPID!! ANY PERSON WHO INVESTS $5 DOLLARS AND HER NON-VIRGIN THIGHS KNOWS TO TAKE A HUGE UNEARNED PAYOFF AND RE-INVEST IT, BUT MEN WILL START TO SET WOMEN UP SOON, THEN THE LAUGHING CAN BE HEARD!!!

OH YES, WOMEN WILL BE PAID BACK OVER AND OVER... RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE
HAVING YOUR CAKE AND EATING IT TOO.

BUT WAIT UNTIL MEN START TO MARRY WOMEN FOR MONEY, THEN DIVORCE THEM
AND WORK UNDERCOVER TO GET THEM INTO A RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER MAN
AND SPRING A TRAP ON ''''THEM''''!!! THEN SEE WHO IT IS.

WOMEN ARE THE BIGGEST CHEATS IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY, BUT THEY DON'T
GET CAUGHT AS EASILY. YES, THEY ARE ALL CHEATERS!!

[Lisa Eve]

03:41 PM on 01/23/2012

Good for you Vanessa!!!!!

[blatinotop4u]

07:55 PM on 01/23/2012

She's not going to do the show. This is all PR just to bring attention to the show.

[Lisa Eve]

06:22 PM on 01/24/2012

I was referring to her settlement...she certainly deosn't need the $$$

[Trey Man]

04:36 AM on 01/27/2012

SOME MEN SHOULD DO IT TO HER TOO! SERVE HER RIGHT!

[Trey Man]

04:13 AM on 01/27/2012

OF COURSE, IT'S WHAT FEMALE CROOKS DO! Nobody would ever think you any different, for even one second! You're ALL crooks! Gold diggers and good for nothings! This too will change! Say good for you Vanessa when he puts a tail on her and video tapes her in secret meetings and files for a divorce and takes everything she has! Men I mean. Oh it's coming, sooner than you crooked females think!! Payday one day!

[mrparlor]

02:54 PM on 01/23/2012

she has not one, not 2, but 3 mansions!..eat your heart out lebron!

[blatinotop4u]

07:54 PM on 01/23/2012

She only has two not three. The original one in Costa Mesa where her Kobe stayed and the second where her mother lives. Kobe gets the third one that is the most recent built in the same community.

[Trey Man]

04:37 AM on 01/27/2012

SOMEONE MIGHT DO SOMETHING TO HER ONE DAY OR NIGHT, SHE WILL PROBABLY LIVE IN FEAR THE REST OF HER LIFE.

[mjames5464]

02:36 PM on 01/23/2012

Kobe bryant is an idiot.......she deserves all of his $......hes just a thug that can dribble a basketball...s**t ni**a

[shawni79]

03:20 PM on 01/23/2012

Yeah, he's an idiot for marrying her in the first place..she knew what she was getting into..she stayed long enough to have his kids and get half..lol!!