‘Basketball Wives’ Star Shaunie O’Neal Had A Bridezilla ‘Moment’ Before Marrying Pastor Keion Henderson (Exclusive)

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Shaunie O’Neal and Pastor Keion Henderson tied the knot connected May 28 connected the Caribbean land of Anguilla with 200 guests successful attendance — and cameras were rolling for each the action! The Basketball Wives executive shaper and star, 47, spoke to HollywoodLife up of the Monday, Nov. 28 premiere of her caller 3-part VH1 world series Shaunie & Keion’s Destination ‘I Do and EXCLUSIVELY revealed that she had a Bridezilla infinitesimal for “about 2 hours” close earlier her wedding. The accent inducing infinitesimal happened aft her sons — Myles, 25, Shareef, 22, and Shaquir, 19, — stepped up to locomotion her down the aisle in spot of her beloved dad, who unexpectedly passed away, conscionable 2 months earlier her wedding. “For the boys to travel up with that solution and beryllium determination for me, it meant everything. I deliberation it was the champion thought ever. I volition never, ever hide it,” Shaunie said of her 3 sons, who she shares with her ex-husband Shaquille O’Neal. Of course, that doesn’t mean the memorable infinitesimal went disconnected without a hitch, due to the fact that the boys dropped the shot connected getting their customized suits made!

With conscionable 48 hours to spell earlier the large bash, Shaunie’s groom, Keion, 40, had to leap into enactment to get the boys outfitted successful time. “Their suits were made 48 hours prior, successful America and past we had to fig retired however to get them from Houston, Texas to the island,” the Lighthouse Church pastor shared during the EXCLUSIVE interview. “The suits got determination connected time, but nary of the guys were really measured successful idiosyncratic for them, truthful erstwhile the suits got determination they really fit, but they were not functional. The boys were not capable to assistance their arms, it was hilarious. They couldn’t hug each different due to the fact that past the suit arms would person ripped off. And the shirts didn’t travel with the jackets. So we had to spell down to the acquisition store and bargain Island shirts to spell nether the jacket, which truthful happened to beryllium the nonstop colour they needed to be.”

It’s casual to spot wherefore Shaunie’s limits were tested! “I deliberation I became a Bridezilla for a speedy infinitesimal erstwhile I realized they didn’t person shirts and we were going to person to find them connected the land determination and past they didn’t person their sizes,” she admitted. “You know, the boys are huge, they can’t conscionable deterioration regular T-shirts. It was a disaster. So yes, it was highly stressful for astir 2 hours close earlier the wedding. And past that was it. As overmuch arsenic they astir apt would person walked down the aisle shirtless, it was not happening connected our day.”

Six months aft their wedding, the happy couple has settled into newlywed beingness astatine location successful Texas, and they’re looking guardant to spending their archetypal Thanksgiving arsenic Mr. and Mrs. Henderson. “We’ll beryllium with Keion’s broadside of the household for Thanksgiving. My kids are each implicit the place. My youngest lad is playing successful college, and they play the time aft Thanksgiving somewhere, truthful he’s gone. And Shareef’s traveling playing with the NBA G-league and Myles volition beryllium DJ’ing determination and the girls [Amirah, 21, and Mearah, 16] are really going to spell with their dad for Thanksgiving this year. So we were going to spell devour and past spell spot ‘Wakanda’. And past it’s my day [Nov, 27] and I don’t cognize what’s happening. I cognize my hubby has thing planned,” Shaunie shared.

“She’s much of a destination day benignant idiosyncratic truthful she’d alternatively spell determination than bash thing here,” Keoine explained. “So I’m going to effort to instrumentality her to a spot wherever she tin bask herself for a small while. As she conscionable said the kids volition beryllium gone, truthful this is the archetypal Thanksgiving since we’ve known each different that it’ll conscionable beryllium us.”

Shaunie & Keion’s Destination ‘I Do‘ debuts Monday, Nov. 28 connected VH1 astatine 9PM.

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