Lala and Carmelo Anthony: Inspired By Will and Jada Pinkett Smith

Lala and Carmelo Anthony: Inspired By Will and Jada Pinkett Smith
Lala and Carmelo Anthony recently sat down for an interview with the New York Times to discuss their relationship, business partnership, and the couples that inspire them the most. The NBA/entertainment power couple have followed in the footsteps of the likes of Will and Jada, Jay-Z and Beyonce, and Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, as they continue to grow in success.

Lala on Will and Jada
I love Will Smith and Jada Pinkett! You see the love, and you can see the support, and they partner on things and produce together. But she has a life, and he has a life.

Carmelo on couples that inspire them
Will and Jada have a tremendous relationships, Jay-Z and Beyonce have a tremendous relationship, Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, they’re a couple we see that inspires us. But we want to be ourselves. We want people to say, ‘We want our relationship to be like Melo and LaLa.’

Lala On Wanting To Be More Than A ‘Basketball Wife’
A lot of times with basketball players, their wives, and I’m not criticizing, but their life is just about the man, what time is he getting home, why hasn’t he called me? But I’m so much more than” that. I’m a mom, I’m an actress, I’m a producer. Like, out of all that, I don’t want to just be called a basketball wife. What I see in Will Smith and Jada Pinkett, is having your own, and I tell everyone that.”

Carmelo on creating a business partnership
I saw her wanting to go into movies and producing films and documentaries and reality shows, So I said instead of letting somebody else come on board and produce all this stuff, we have the capabilities and the relationships, we can create our own production company and bring everything through that.

Read the full interview over at The New York Times


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