Los Angeles Laker Matt Barnes opened up to Power 105's The Breakfast Club to say says that he will not be appearing on the current season of Basketball Wives because the last season almost ruined his relationship with cast mate Gloria Govan.

Oh? So it had nothing to do with the infidelity on BOTH of your parts? Nothing to do with your inability to give her the "marriage" she wanted? It was filming the 1.5 episodes you were in? That's what ruined your relationship? Got it Matt! If that's what's going to help you sleep at night.

Here are some highlights:

On Not Returning to Basketball Wives This Season
I’m not on this season. We already opened up our relationship enough and we went through our drama last Summer so you know I fell back and let her do her thing and we’re going to keep our situation a lot tighter this time around.

On Reality TV Hurting His Relationship
Gloria and the kids mean everything to me.[...]There was things I did to previously hurt her, being young and dumb, but I think opening our relationship and family up definitely put a strain on our situation.

On Taking an 8 Month Break From Each Other
We both dated and talked to other people while we were separated and now we’re bringing things back together.[...]It’s always hard when you have some sort of celebrity behind your name and everything you do is in the media’s eye or you talk or mess with other celebrities. It gets messy.

On Working Out His Relationship With Gloria
It comes to a point where you wake up and realize what’s important, you know? Women are out there for men, men are out there for women. It kind of goes back and forth but once you go through it enough and realize what’s important, you wake up.

On If Reality TV Was a Distraction To His Career
I was never too heavy into ‘Basketball Wives’ enough to cause me any distractions. Not to say Lamar [Odom's] show caused him distractions because you know everybody has a lot on their plate, but I  don’t think teams look to highly on reality shows. Especially the reality shows that are out now.

On Whether A Guy Cheating Gives His Woman a Pass to Cheat Too
It never gives them a pass but you know karma is a mutha, boy. It’s a part of growing up, it’s a part of relationship, it’s a part of life. There’s no book on how to run this game, you just have to figure that [out] yourself and work on doing that.

On Twitter Beefing With Other Dudes Who Claim to Have Hooked Up With Gloria
No matter what, whether we’re together or not, I’m always going to love her. She’s always going to be the mother of my children. I’m not going to let anybody disrespect her.

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