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Brittish Williams: Out of Bounds

1/26/202647 min

Brittish Williams was an instant standout when she first joined the cast of VH1’s Basketball Wives, a reality series following the wives, girlfriends and exes of professional basketball players. Her relationship with international basketball player Lorenzo Gordon – and her determination to overcome a troubled childhood – quickly resonated with viewers. More than a decade after being kicked off of the show, British makes a shocking return, ushering in a new kind of drama when she is arrested on felony fraud charges. As her legal woes take center stage, her worst fears collide with the ultimate reality-TV paradox: real life become...

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Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

    [upbeat music] Wondering.

  2. Scaachi Koul· Host0:03

    Sarah, do you know what I've been thinking? We watch so many reality shows, and we watch a lot of Real Housewives, but even on that franchise, there are a ton of single women. Like, it's not actually about women and their husbands across the board.

  3. Sarah Hagi· Host0:19

    [upbeat music] Yeah, you know, that is very true, and if they start out being with someone or being married and having kids, within a few seasons, they're divorced.

  4. Scaachi Koul· Host0:27

    Yeah.

  5. Sarah Hagi· Host0:27

    They never stay married or in a partnership.

  6. Scaachi Koul· Host0:30

    Yeah, that's always the ugliest part of a reality show to me. It's following women who have tied themselves to losers!

  7. Sarah Hagi· Host0:37

    It definitely has taught me a lot.

  8. Scaachi Koul· Host0:38

    [laughing] Well, today we have another reality TV scammer for you, someone who wanted a better life for herself and her daughter, but instead ended up repeating the same old patterns again and again. It's October 2021, and a group of black town cars are waiting to take a group of glamorous women on a girls' trip to Palm Springs. The women are all stars of the VH1 reality show, Basketball Wives, but one of their co-stars is missing, British Williams. British is 31, with long, black hair and a short, curvy figure, but her small stature doesn't mean she's a shrinking violet. She's usually pretty ready to spar. The women look around at each other, confused. No one seems to know what's going on, except for Brooke Bailey, a longtime cast member

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