From her fallout with the Kardashians to the unending relationship drama,
controversial comments, and judgy finger-pointing, this former NBA star's ex keeps herself in the
spotlight and the tabloids. Here's the shady truth about Larsa Pippen.
For a long time after their 1997 wedding, Larsa and Scottie Pippen seemed like they
were going to be one of those A-List couples that would make it last forever. In 2016,
however, Scottie shocked the world when he filed for divorce from Larsa after 19 years of marriage.
It seems the end was inevitable for the pair, as cops had been called to the
couple's home twice prior to the filing, according to TMZ. The first time around,
the Pippens were engaged in a, quote, "heated verbal argument," and in the second incident,
Larsa admitted that Scottie, quote, "raises his voice to her, yells at her and scares
her," according to the police report TMZ obtained. There were no arrests made in either case and the
tabloid pointed out that Larsa was adamant that her husband, quote, "never got physical" with her.
Rumors of infidelity also began circulating following the divorce filing. People speculated
that Larsa had an affair with rapper Future, since the pair had been spotted hanging out in
Miami before news of the divorce broke. However, Larsa insisted she never cheated with the rapper.
It's safe to say Larsa Pippen's relationship with a certain rapper didn't help her failing marriage.
A source told US Weekly that The Real Housewives of Miami star, quote, “first met Future, 32,
at his Haute Living cover party" in the summer of 2016, and the pair began spending a lot of
time together, with Future, quote, "flying her everywhere on his private jet." Though
they were spotted together again after the rumors took off, Larsa insisted that
she and Future had always been friends and that her marriage failed on its own accord.
Larsa said in a since deleted tweet,
"I was married to [Scottie] for 20 years, I did everything for him and my family. People
change and that's what really happened. Most people can't even imagine being in a
relationship for a week so I know it's beyond imagination. Cheating wasn't the problem."
Larsa doubled down on her stance in an interview with Hollywood Raw, saying,
"It was definitely a respectable relationship. [...] It was
just like we were friends and we needed each other at that moment.
And that was basically it. I think people make more of it—for better conversation[.]"
A 2019 episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians solidified Larsa Pippen as a villain in a lot of
people's eyes. She was one of a few friends invited by Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian on
a girls’ trip to Turks and Caicos, and she spent the first part of the trip giving out mean girl
vibes and pressuring Kourtney to get back into the dating game. Larsa was so persistent that Kourtney
had to have a sit down with her to explain that she simply wasn't interested at that moment.
"I feel like, sometimes, like, Larsa pressures me, but we're not in the same places in our lives."
She didn't stop there, though. Things hit a crescendo during a night out when Sarah Howard,
Poosh COO, went to the bathroom and overheard a girl crying in the stall.
Clearly moved by the encounter, Sarah came back to the group and suggested they offer the girl help.
The suggestion sent Larsa into a tizzy and, though she claimed she didn't want to,
quote, "kill Kourtney's vibe" by getting involved in an unknown situation,
she came off as cold and dismissive, and fans of the show were not pleased.
Larsa was forced to defend herself, tweeting,
"I didn't mean to be dismissive to Sarah. I just didn't think we should
be getting involved in any type of domestic situation when we're out of the country."
Unfortunately, her rationale and subsequent apology failed to impress fans.
After years of friendship and several cameos on Keeping up with the Kardashians,
Larsa Pippen’s relationship with the famous family came to an abrupt end.
The rift happened so discreetly that it became news after fans noticed the Kardashians were
no longer following Pippen on social media and vice versa. Suspicions of drama between the two
camps only grew stronger when Kanye West tweeted the word "Larsa" with no further explanation.
Speaking with Hollywood Raw, Pippen alleged that West actually played a big role in the rift.
As far as reconciling, Pippen corroborated ET's source that there is no bad blood,
but she won't be forcing the friendship if it makes West uncomfortable.
When the Tristan Thompson and Jordyn Woods scandal broke out in 2019,
Larsa Pippen was quite vocal about how Woods should've handled the situation.
Pippen told HOLLYWOOD UNLOCKED,
"If she would've just apologized, if she would've just went to Khloé's house,
apologized [...] then none of this would've happened. But it's, like,
you wanna go do public interviews, like I don't do public interviews because of that reason."
Well, a little over a year later, in a public interview of her own,
Pippen was singing like a canary to Hollywood Raw,
revealing that she dated Thompson before he began dating the third Kardashian sister.
She said on the podcast,
"I kinda was seeing Tristan before Khloé. Before Khloé or any of them even knew he existed.
I was seeing him, I had him come to L.A., I brought him to a party Kim had. I introduced
him to all of them and then a week later—maybe 10 days later, he started seeing Khloé."
Considering the way Pippen and the Kardashian clan attacked her after the infamous kissing incident,
Woods was confused by the fact that she got blackballed for doing the same thing that Pippen
(and the Kardashians) have been accused of— namely homewrecking. The 23-year-old model made a cryptic
tweet on the same day as Pippen’s Hollywood Raw appearance, saying simply, “Make it make sense.”
Larsa Pippen stirred the pot once more when she was seen holding hands with yet another
baller—Minnesota Timberwolves player, Malik Beasley. The catch? Beasley was still married
to Montana Yao, with whom he shares a child. Pippen and Beasley were first sighted strolling
hand-in-hand in a mall in Miami in November 2020. While all looked fine and dandy in the pics, chaos
brewed as Yao found out about the relationship on social media with the rest of the world.
Yao wrote on her Instagram stories,
"Wow... I don't even know this man…this is wild y'all I'm seeing it for the time
just like y'all. The truth always comes out one way or another."
Yao reportedly filed for divorce from the 24-year-old basketball
player almost immediately after the incident became public knowledge.
Pippen found herself on the defensive again,
claiming Beasley was no longer with Yao when they got together.
Yao was quick to fact-check the former reality TV star, responding,
"This is 100% false. Continue to speak on my name and my relationship
and we're going to have issues."
Though Larsa Pippen seems relatively unflappable defending herself against tabloid fodder, her
actions have also brought attention to her oldest son, Scotty Pippen Jr. As the Malik Beasley drama
was unfolding, Scotty indirectly addressed the controversial relationship, tweeting,
"Focused on myself and my goals. I'm not responsible for nobody's actions.
All good over here."
While there is still a ruckus surrounding his mother's love life, his coach at Vanderbilt
University, Jerry Stackhouse, gave some insight on the 20-year-old basketball player's mentality
on the court, and it seems the young player is well on his way to follow in his dad's footsteps.
Stackhouse told the Tennessean,
"He's definitely playing like an all-league player and possibly an All-American if he keeps it up."
Larsa's name was also attached to one more athlete—Lebron "Bronny" James Jr. According
to Complex, the 16-year-old, and reported BFF of Larsa's son, Preston, simply liked one of
Larsa's pictures and, before we knew it, there was a story published by Black Sports Online, claiming
Bronny had gone as far as sliding into Larsa's DMs. The story did not land well—considering the
fact that Bronny is still a minor—and naturally elicited an angry response from his mom. Pippen
also slammed Black Sports Online for fabricating the story and threatened to sue the publication.
Four months after starting their relationship,
Malik Beasley and Larsa Pippen went their separate ways in April 2021.
A month after the news broke, the NBA baller decided to issue an apology to his wife,
Montana Yao. The Minnesota Timberwolf claimed the rendezvous was a result of being unfocused.
The Instagram apology said,
"I wanna say sorry for putting you in the situation you were put in
the last few months […] My head wasn't [where] it was supposed to
be. I was looking for more when it was right here that whole time..."
Yao acknowledged the apology, revealing she was glad it was done publicly so their son
would one day look back and see his dad took accountability for his actions. It would've
been nice if it ended there, but as with a lot of interactions on social media, what
was supposed to be a moment of progress turned into fodder. Yao followed up the acknowledgment
post with an Instagram Story bashing Pippen by calling her, quote, "desperate" and "thirsty."
The outspoken returning star of The Real Housewives of Miami
wasn't going to stay mum. She fired back with her own post, telling Yao,
"If you ever find another man who wants you for you and not all the free press
I'm giving both of you, lock him down. Malik was a clout chaser who pursued me relentlessly
before I even knew you existed. And I have all the DM's but then again, he knows that."
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