Matt Barnes Claims He Was Concerned For His Kids, Not Derek Fisher
Derek Fisher isn’t talking about the incident that went down between him and Matt Barnes at all, but Barnes is setting the record straight about what he feels are inaccuracies in the story.
Barnes told an ESPN reporter that he was at his home in Marina del Rey around 10 p.m. Saturday when he received a disturbing text from his son Carter:
“I’m like, first of all, why are you still up? It’s like 10 o’clock at night,” Barnes said. “So I text back, ‘I love you and I miss you too.’ Then I FaceTimed him. I’m just like, ‘Hey, what’s up buddy?'”
“Now, Carter is like the rambunctious one. He’s always jumping off the walls. And when I saw his face, he was just sitting there, and I knew something was wrong. I was like, ‘What’s wrong, Carter?’ and he shook his head, ‘No.’ Then he lays his head down on the couch, puts a pillow in front of his face and says, ‘Mommy’s friend Derek is here.’
“This wasn’t a phone call. We were on FaceTime. I could see him and the look on his face.”
Wow… Poor kids, stuck in the middle of all this fawkery.
Hit the flip to find out what Barnes says people have wrong about the story and to find out exactly what his relationship was like with Derek Fisher.
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Despite reports that Matt Barnes drove 95 miles from Santa Barbara to deliver the fade to Fisher, Barnes says he drove a mere 15 minutes from his home in Marina del Rey:
“I can’t believe people think I was some maniac driving 95 miles and listening to Tupac to go beat somebody up,” Barnes said. “No. I live 15 minutes away, and I was going over to check on my kids because they seemed uncomfortable. That was my main reason for going over there.”
Do you think he was justified in his reasoning? Or should he have called Gloria first?
Hit the flip for more on Barnes’ relationship with Fisher.
Barnes also confirmed that he and Derek were once friends:
“We were close. We were friends,” Barnes said. “Some things have happened to change that. It is what it is.”
Yeah we can imagine things done changed.
Interestingly enough we also got this exclusive tidbit from a source who is friends with Govan who tells BOSSIP Gloria was really friendly with Candace Fisher as well.
Guess all is really fair in love and war, riiiiiight?
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