Harper’s Bazaar has an interview with the mother of LeBron James‘ two children, Savannah Brinson. Brinson, who is not married to James, seems like a sweet, naive woman. Exactly how you would picture her personality.
The interview is mostly fluff and would’ve gone on without incident had baby daddy not gotten in on the act.
Brinson on James: “I just love him so much. We’re soul mates.”
James on Brinson: “A person like myself always needs a great sidekick and a person you can rely on no matter the circumstances. And she’s that. She’s got my back, and I love her for that.”
Sidekick?
On the subject of marriage, Brinson quite obviously is unhappy with her arrangement as a glorified babysitter:
Though she and James are now a family unit with two sons, one can’t help but notice the diamondless finger on Brinson’s left hand. She says a wedding is not on the horizon, though she has been dreaming about that day since she was six. “I’ve definitely not put a fire under his ass,” she says. “I would never rush him to do something like that. We’re really comfortable with the way things are now. And it’s not up to me. When it happens, it happens.
“We talk about it. If we do it, I want it to be forever,” she continues. Until then, Brinson knows that the blogosphere will continue to refer to her as James’s baby mama. She’s not bothered by the description but makes it clear that she feels like she’s more than a catchphrase. “I’m the mother of his children,” she says proudly. “I’m not a baby mama. There’s a lot more to me than that.”
Perhaps the most stunning part of the interview is that the two children will continue to attend school in Akron.
While James settles in on his new home court, Brinson plans to split her time between Miami and Akron. She didn’t want to uproot her sons—LeBron Jr., five, and Bryce Maximus, three—from their neighborhood, where LeBron Jr. will be starting kindergarten in the fall. “Cleveland is home,” she says. “Nothing is going to change about that.”
“Cleveland is home”? Or Akron?
Hope LeBron didn’t hear Savannah say that. (Not that her situation could get any worse.)
11:27 am on August 9th, 2010
Ya know I used to have some respect for LBJ, that respect is non-existent now. THANK GOD THE TRAIL BLAZERS DIDN’T PICK UP THIS DOUCHE BAG!!! I just hate it when people think they’re better than everyone else and in LBJ’s eyes, he’s the king. (My ass, win 5 or 6 championships before you call yourself a king!)
11:50 am on August 9th, 2010
in all fairness, if there is a person who knows about sidekicks, it’s LBJ
12:03 pm on August 9th, 2010
Damn You media types always misconstrue athletes quotes
“A person like myself always needs a great sidekick and a person you can rely on no matter the circumstances. And she’s that. She’s got my back, and I love her for that.”
when he said sidekick he really meant, the new Sidekick LX with 3G from T-Mobile….not like batman and robin sidekick.
he’s saying all he needs a great phone and an awesome woman and he’s set for life.
12:05 pm on August 9th, 2010
Any LBJ story is not newsworthy until ESPN reports it… LAME!
12:38 pm on August 9th, 2010
So, he’s taking his “talents” to South Beach….lovely
12:48 pm on August 9th, 2010
Black women need to wake the cuss up. LBJ is exploiting this woman. He basically insulted her by saying, hey! she rolls over, gives me sex, babies, has my back even when I’m an ass, and WOO HOO! I don’t even have to marry her!
It’s time black women know their worth. Someone should have told the beautiful girl when she was six: NO WEDDING, NO WOMB!
1:08 pm on August 9th, 2010
It takes two to tango, Christelyn….surely, she had to know that if he hasn’t married her by now, it’s not going to happen, more so now that he’s in Miami surrounded by women that will throw themselves at him.
Someone should have told her, yes, but she should have had the sense to realize she would eventually be a footnote. At least the settlement that will come should ease the pain….
2:14 pm on August 9th, 2010
@Christelyn
thats why I date white girls…problem solved
2:44 pm on August 9th, 2010
“LeBron Jr., five, and Bryce Maximus”
What an egomaniac with these names. Is the other kid the Son of Sparta?
3:46 pm on August 9th, 2010
@ Baron, that’s why I MARRIED a white guy. *sticking my tongue out at you.*
3:52 pm on August 9th, 2010
“Cleveland is home, nothing is going to change that.”
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You sure know how to make it easy for him gurl. I say, you got the message, and yes, you are a baby mama even though you are deluding yourself into thinking otherwise. Has he invited you to be the ‘lady of the house’ in that new 50 million dollar mansion in Miami.
That honor will go to some white woman , to be specific, some blonde because that is how he will cap his rise as a ball player. And then in a few years, she will divorce his ass and demand 50% or more. As usual.
4:01 pm on August 9th, 2010
Not moving the kids and her to the site of the father/breadwinner’s work sounds like passive-aggressive stuff. Kids adapt, especially at that age
11:18 pm on August 9th, 2010
Classless…exactly. What next, will their third kid be named Hercules Rockefeller James ?
“I’m the mother of his children. I’m not a baby mama.” Idiot, what’s the difference? You ain’t got a ring, you’re getting played.
6:10 am on August 10th, 2010
2 kids. Think of the child support she’s getting, if she can pop out another 1 or 2 she will be worth 9 figuires instead of 6. Smart on her part she could have had a bunch of bastard kids with a black guy with no money , like the rest of them.
4:05 pm on August 10th, 2010
Cuban is so wrong, the media is not the dumbest people in the room.
Sports fans are.
3:09 pm on August 12th, 2010
Frost, you are a racist as%&%&! how many bastard kids does your mamma have?
6:20 pm on August 12th, 2010
so let me get this straight. bron bron should be married right? So does that mean he is living in sin? People want others to do things “legitimately” while condemning those who preach about living right! There is a lot of schitzos’ running around here!
8:26 pm on August 12th, 2010
I don’t know, it seems that both have a lot in common…neither one has a ring!
9:19 pm on August 12th, 2010
It’s very interesting how many judge the same folks that they put on a pedistal. When you create the ego’s that are larger than life and then turn on them when they don’t do as you see fit shame on YOU! The city never was a basketball contenter prior to LBJ playing for the CAVS so be real folks! Hopefully the cleveland business environment would put the same money and efforts in trying to keep other young talented folks and improving the dreadful school system. Get your priorities straight folks stress education and let your role models be your parents not sport figures! Let’s see i have a choice, Cleveland or Miami at 25yrs old hum, what at hard choice. LMAO. Enjoy South Beach LBJ it’s 11pm and last call in the Warehouse District…
8:47 am on August 13th, 2010
1st of all not meaning to toss at them but they are young and when you are young you do young sometimes immature things. It would be great if they were married atleast for the kids sake. By calling her a sidekick or even my babies mama is really an insult to her as well as himself. It’s a degrading term that never should havebeen started. Because we have so many men that just have sex make a baby w/o marrying the woman hince we have dead beat dads, baby daddy and baby mama phrases. Where is the belief in God and the lifestyle we really are to live before our kids???
We want them to do thecorrect things show them by being correct yourself. With Ms. Brinson, it an old saying but still rings true ” why buy the cow when you get the milk for free?” Stop giving away your milk, show your kids the correct example of how it is done -before they too be just like daddy !!!
4:43 pm on October 17th, 2010
RUFFSTUFF wrote:
Any LBJ story is not newsworthy until ESPN reports it… LAME!
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You’re an idiot! ESPN is the most biased sports rag on the net or TV.
Lebron is the puppet of fools.