Over the weekend, the NBA landscape changed drastically after the Lakers traded for Anthony Davis and sent Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, and an assortment of draft picks to New Orleans.
That meant it was only a matter of time before a sports show booked LaVar Ball to get his reactions to the trade. Ball appeared on ESPN’s First Take and would cause controversy when he made a off the cuff comment to the show’s female moderator, Molly Qerim.
In the middle of the interview Molly jumped in asking, “Lavar, can I switch gears with you because I have a question here,” to which the married father of three responded “You can switch gears with me anytime.”
A visibly shocked Qerim responded with, “Let’s stay focused here.”
TMZ caught up with Molly walking to her car and she made it clear that ESPN executives “had my back” after the way LaVar talked to her on-air.
“ESPN was really supportive,” Qerim told us Tuesday morning in NYC … “All the executives had my back. Much appreciated.”
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As for her how famous NBA star husband, Jalen Rose, handled the situation — Molly says, “I think Jalen would have just liked if [LaVar] would have apologized to me publicly.”
She also revealed that nobody from the Ball family or reps had contacted after the controversy, stating, “I haven’t heard from anybody, but to be honest with you I shut my phone off after work.”
The network condemned LaVar Ball’s comments hours later, calling them “inappropriate.”
