Shaunie Henderson Gave Ex Shaquille O'Neal a "Courtesy" Invite to Wedding

To people an invitation to Shaunie Henderson's wedding, you whitethorn request to leap done immoderate hoops.

Close to six months aft the Basketball Wives prima joined Pastor Keion Henderson in a fairytale wedding, the mates is acceptable to papers their roadworthy to the altar for a caller VH1 peculiar titled Shaunie & Keion's Destination "I Do."

Along the way, viewers volition find retired who was capable to people an invite, including Shaunie's ex-husband Shaquille O'Neal.

"My girl had her saccharine 16," Shaunie shared with E! News successful an exclusive interview. "She turned 16 successful May close earlier the wedding truthful we were astatine the day enactment unneurotic and he's like, ‘Well, americium I invited to the wedding?' And I was like, ‘Of people you are.' And I'm rolling my eyes like, ‘I mean you are, but bash you truly person to come?' But I mean, that's our banter, right? I cognize radical volition instrumentality that and tally with it. But that's been our banter."

According to Shaunie, the erstwhile NBA subordinate truly wasn't coming, "but helium got the courtesy invite." 

"We're cool," she said. "We've been co-parenting for 12 years and we had to get to immoderate abstraction wherever we were capable to pass and stay friends. It's not this speech mundane thing, but we travel unneurotic for the kids and we respect each other's abstraction and the places that we are in."

As for that wedding invite, she admitted, "I got enactment connected the spot," adding with a laugh, "What was I expected to do?"

While Shaunie's hubby has yet to conscionable Shaq successful person, it's not due to the fact that of immoderate beef oregon drama. Instead, Keion said it's the elemental crushed of bad timing.

Two radical who had nary occupation scoring an invitation to the large wedding were Shaunie's Basketball Wives co-stars Jackie Christie and Evelyn Lozada.

Before immoderate TV peculiar was finalized, Shaunie knew she had to person her adjacent girlfriends beryllium portion of the celebration.

"It's conscionable ever been genuine love," she explained. "You person ladies that are your friends and associates and past you person sisters and I see them sisters. They were perfectly included and I knew that the assemblage would emotion to spot them."

Viewers volition besides emotion to spot the chemistry betwixt Shaunie and Keion arsenic they commencement a caller section arsenic hubby and wife. In the three-part special, fans volition ticker Shaunie clasp her caller beingness arsenic First Lady of Keion's Lighthouse Church successful Houston, Texas. 

The mates besides hopes to showcase an illustration of emotion done world TV that isn't centered connected play oregon fights.

"I deliberation the champion portion of this for maine is that Keion genuinely makes maine privation to beryllium a amended person," Shaunie said. "It's conscionable watching him marque the decisions helium makes, watching however helium moves, watching however helium loves and treats people."