Jennifer Williams Reportedly Missing from ‘Basketball Wives’ Reunion

As VH1’s “Basketball Wives”  continues barrelling down to an epic season finale, the cast has begun taping the annual reunion special, only it appears Jennifer Williams was missing.

An Instagram fan account for the show, @thebasketballwives, posted on Wednesday, Aug. 8 that the woman at the focus of drama with Tami Roman did not attend the taping.

“Guess who didn’t show up for the reunion taping?” the account’s post read. A swipe right revealed a photo of Williams, confirming it was she who was the missing link.

“Chile…..Word On The Street She was MISSING Up🖐🖐#BasketBallWives,” the account said in the caption.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmPGnGxFN7q/?taken-by=thebasketballwives

Fans chiming in on the incident didn’t hold back.

“Scary b—- didn’t wanna get exposed or get that pink slip by Shaunie on national TV.”

“Cause she a liar!”

“She made herself look so dumb claiming she had receipts! I don’t feel sorry for her.”

“🙄🙄 she still looking for her receipts.”

“Because she knew she was lying the entire season☕️.”

Comparatively, Roman stunted on her co-stars when she strutted into the reunion filming in a leopard print catsuit with massive shoulder pads and sky-high black heels.

On the show, Williams has been arguing with Roman throughout the season since a rumor that Evelyn Lozada slept with Shaunie O’Neal’s ex emerged.

Each woman insisted it was the other who brought the rumor to the forefront, with Roman meeting up personally with O’Neal to share a text thread of messages pinning the story on Williams.

In the most recent episode, Williams failed to show the evidence she promised she had, as Roman’s thread was read off by Malaysia Pargo. It led Pargo to have a mini-spat with Williams of her own and could be the reason why Pargo threw a table at Williams when she showed up uninvited to Amsterdam. That episode, however, has yet to air.

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