'Basketball Wives L.A.' Ariane Williams [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]: Talks Draya Michele, groupies, and not holding onto grudges

MStars News EXCLUSIVELY spoke to Basketball Wives: L.A. reality star, Ariane Williams. She broke down her brief beef with co-star Draya Michele, spoke about more TV drama, and dished on her lifestyle brand, O2bArie. Read on for more!

1.   MStars News: What did you think about Jackie [Christie] telling Draya about Orlando Scandrick's relationship with her daughter [Chantel Christie]?

Ariane Williams: Oh yeah. That's the thing - that's what Draya doesn't understand - where someone like me or someone else in my situation come from, because she hasn't had to deal with it.  That was my point in saying you don't have kids - what I'm saying is you don't have kids with anybody who is known, who people know, who people basically seek after. You know, these athletes, women speak after those guys. They have to deal with that on a regular basis - it can really get tiring and you deal with so many different females. For me, Draya is the one who happened to cross my path who got what I probably wanted to say to everybody.

2.      MN: Was [Draya] the reason for the split with your fiancée?

Ariane Williams: No, no, no, not at all. Draya played a very small part in my separation from him. Honestly this is the jist of it - I've had time to think about it since I watched last nights show. At the time that I had that conversation with her, my ex and me, we have had this back and forth relationship for a very long time. Now its finally done, but at that time, at that moment, we had the back and forth relationship. So I am the way I am because I have been with him for so long, and you have kids together, and all I want to do is protect my family, I want to protect my real clique. When I see that someone is putting things out there or, you know he actually approached me about the situation and he gets me all riled up, and instantly I'm going to fight with him.

3.      MN: when I went back to watch that Wendy Williams interview and she didn't say that she lived with him, all she said was that she dated him briefly. So did she say it in another interview?

Ariane Williams: Well, no, apparently there was some talk going on off-camera, off the media through mutual friends that she had put out there that she had lived there for several years. Her and her son, and her son went to school out there. And I was just trying to figure out, when was this? Because I've lived there for several years. So that was really my question, but actually, you got to keep watching to see how it plays out. But that's where that came from. That's the thing -there's a lot of stuff that goes on off-camera that people don't know about that kind of plays into why things happen. So you're right that Wendy Williams' show was so mild, and it was mild to me too. And I even told him when you deal with girls like that you have to expect that, you put yourself in that situation. I said that to him, I'm not at all taking up for him, he knows what he puts himself into those kind of situations. But now that I was back on it, to be perfectly honest, that was not even a situation I should have involved myself in. He could speak for himself and I'm not with him, and whatever girlfriend he's with now she can speak up for him. I don't really have anything to do with what he's done. I mean, as long as it doesn't affect my kids, and it won't ever affect my kids because I don't even let them watch certain things on TV. They don't get online unless their monitored, so that kind of stuff is not going to affect my kids because I won't let it. So, now that I was back on it, it really is a situation I should have let him handle. I didn't need to be involved in that to be honest.

4.      MN: When you all sat down together for the first time, it seemed like there was animosity from the beginning. Was there something off camera that happened?

Ariane Williams: No, I just think that in conversation things were said that maybe touched people on a personal level.

5.      MN: But why is that? Do you think that people are trying to keep their slot on the show? I don't know why but watching it as a fan, I mean, like when British came straight up and said, "Are you a hoe?" And then Brandi asked about Sundy's daughter, just right off the bat. It just seemed kind of fake, as if they were stirring up drama on the go, but is there really a dislike between the women?

Ariane Williams: You're going to have to watch, you're going to have to watch. The season gets real real real serious, so you know you're going to have to watch and see just how everything plays out. Like I said, I just think that after sitting down, and then once everyone starting talking, things get said that kind of touch people on a personal level, and that's when daggers are getting thrown. If you watch that episode, I actually do not even intend to have a conversation with Draya at that time Jackie brought it up - and it just went from there. I mean, I can only speak for myself, I know for me when something happens and it makes me feel some kind of way, I'm going to address it. Regardless whether people understand where I'm coming from or not... because if I'm going to be interacting with you, I'm going to keep it real with you, and you're going to have to know how I feel, what the problem is, and hopefully we can talk it out like ladies and move past it.

6.     MN: What has this show done for you as far as your branding? I know you have your lifestyle brand O2BRE. So regarding fitness and fashion, how do you plan on growing form there from this show?

Ariane Williams: Well I am just getting my name out there, letting people know. I've been teaching yoga for three years, but I don't think anybody knew that. I also wouldn't mind having DVDs - I wouldn't mind being on the cover, or being featured in a health magazine like Yoga Journal or Mon Travis - things out there that I would want to get involved in. A brand that I really really love that I wear is like Lululemon, so I am just hoping to let the genres that I'm in let those people know, "hey this is what I'm doing and hopefully can work with some of these other companies."

7.      MN: Do you plan on being on okay terms with all the girls? Are you the type of person that holds grudges, or do you plan on working things out if there is a problem between any of the females on the show?

Ariane Williams: I absolutely do not hold grudges. That takes way to much energy. I still hold grudges, and I am so all about talking things out and getting over it, and I believe that everybody has their story. Once you take the time out to learn that person's story, surprise, you may really like the person. I'm not into holding grudges, like I said. My conversation with Draya was just based off something said to me, and it made me feel some kind of way, and I addressed it with her, and that was it.

8.      MN: Are you two cordial with one another?

Ariane Williams: We are - we don't really cross each other's paths much, because I think we live two totally different lifestyles, but I don't have any issues with her at all.

9.      MN: How does your children's father look at it?

Ariane Williams: He supports, he just wants me to do my own thing - build my brand, he supports. He supports.