'Basketball Wives' Star Meeka Claxton Files For Divorce

Basketball Wives Curse?

It seems whoever appears on 'Basketball Wives' ends up in divorce. We had Jennifer Williams, Eleyn Lozada, and most recently Malaysia Pargo. Now Meeka Claxton joins that list.

Meeka, who only appeared on the 3rd of Basketball Wives: Miami has revealed in a new article for Think Pyunk.com that she is getting a divorce from her husband who is Craig 'Speedy' Claxton after 8 years of marriage.


“‘Our next chapter will be our best chapter…’ This was my promise to my daughters as I looked them in their big brown eyes and explained as best I could that mommy and daddy could not be together anymore,” she wrote. “After 16 years together, 8 years of marriage, living in 7 different cities, 2 beautiful daughters and a championship, unfortunately, Speedy and I have decided to separate.”

“For the last 10 months I have fought hard for my family because I didn’t get married to get divorced. I love Craig (aka Speedy) and our family more than anything,” Meeka wrote. “Giving up doesn’t always mean you’re weak. Sometimes it means you are strong enough and smart enough to let go and move on.”

Basketball Wives' Meeka Claxton Working On New Reality Show

Meeka Working On New Reality Show

Reality News: Former 'Basketball Wives cast member Meeka Claxton has revealed to Everythinggirlslove.com that she will be returning to reality TV soon.  She is working on a few options of what type of reality show will work for her and her family. Meeka isn't the first  cast member to branch off to do another reality series. Tami revealed she is working on a family reality show called "The Roman Empire" and Jennifer Williams has been in talks with Mona Scott Young for her own reality series. Who's next Evelyn?

Although, her experience long 'Basketball Wives' was mostly negative, she does say that one positive thing about her being on the show was that it gave her a platform for her businesses Her and Tam recently buried the hatchet during fashion week. 

Catch the season 5 finale of 'Basketball Wives' tonight on VH1. 

Former 'Basketball Wives' Cast Member Meeka Claxton Has Grave's Disease

Meeka Talks About Illness

Reality News: Former 'Basketball Wives cast member, Meeka Claxton,  has revealed she had Grave's disease while she was on the show.  She wrote a blog entry titled "Letting Go" talking about ending her feud with Tami Ramon when they both reunited during fashion week recently. She reveals that she was battling grave's disease which is the same disease rapper Missy Elliot has.

 "I’m a private person and there was so much more going on with me than I let on. Aside from Speedy, not too many people knew exactly what all I was dealing with.  A little over a month before filming started in Miami, I noticed my right eye was bulging out of my head. Nervous that it was the result of a tumor, I went to the doctor and he ran tests. The CT Scan came back negative, I thought I’d be relieved but I wasn’t.  I was 31 and I knew my body, something was definitely wrong. I saw a few specialists including an Opthalmologist and they couldn’t find anything. It wasn’t until I went to NYC’s top Endocrinology Specialist that I was diagnosed. 2 weeks before filming, I was officially diagnosed with Graves Disease.

I went through 2 months of radioactive treatment and had to have my thyroid removed. My hair fell out and I lost a lot of weight. I needed something to take my mind off of what I was going through with my illness/treatment and I thought being on the show, new experiences, and working to expand my Atlanta based real estate company to Miami was the answer.  Needless to say, I was dead wrong.  Evelyn made fun of my bulging eyes every chance she got, Tami picked a fight every time we were together and Shaunie cackled at every bit of it all the way to the bank.  They made my experience miserable but I never showed it. I never wanted to give them the satisfaction of knowing that they were essentially “breaking my spirit”. I dreaded filming each day and wondered what happened to all the “showcasing of the lifestyle of basketball wives” like I was told by the producers was supposed to the premise for season 3".

Tami and Meeka Reunite During Fashion Week and Call It Truce

Tami and Meeka End Fued

Reality News: This past week, Tami and Meeka ran into each other during New York fashion week and it looks like they have ended their feud.

Remember the infamous fight they had in Italy in season 3? Well Tami apologized to her after what happened two year ago and settled their differences.

The feud is O-V-E-R...i don't know how at a fashion show in a room full of 100's of people… http://t.co/VjKCyNBxpK
— Meeka Claxton (@MeekaClaxton) September 8, 2013