Michael Jordan’s divorce is set to cost him $168 million. Yes, you did read that correctly, Michael Jordan will be paying his ex wife, Juanita Vanoy, $168 million dollars to finalize the divorce.
In an interview that aired Friday on NBC’s “Today Show” Michael spoke about the divorce and his kids:
His eldest son, Jeff, who plays collegiate ball at the University of Illinois in Urbana, said the breakup was “hard for all of us” — including his younger brother Marcus and sister Jasmine.
His mom and I were on the same page when it came to that — our kids came first. We still communicate each and every day. Nothing’s being done with the kids that we don’t communicate. And we’re very good friends actually. And they can sense that,” said Jordan, who led the Chicago Bulls to six championships.
Jordan, in his first comments about the divorce, said he and his ex-wife were open with their children about their marital difficulties — a period he called “a trying and negative time.” [ READ MORE ]
And she DOES deserve it!
Damn I guess the cost you pay for being a man whore….
Damn!! That’s alot of money
Damn what he do cheat ,,I hope it was some good..lol..Dats to much money to be Paying out
She was with him since the begining so I think she deserves every cent.
First! I didn’t know that she played for the Chicago Bulls! I never saw her modeling hangs underwear either… So why is she getting so much money? On the otherhand I wish I was his baby mama. lol
She does deserve it! she was with him thru thick and thi, plus raised his kids while he was still out being the bachelor.
Thats crazy money!…well atleast they communicate well with each other and they were able to tell their kids
Good for Juanita!
that is crazy…she defiinently dont deserve that much. that is all
Dayum!!!! 168 million! Now she is set for life! But its not like she didnt deserve it! She was his wife for several years. She stood by him through it all. So that was long overdue!!!!!
DAMN not 50, or 100, but 168?!!! I guess in this case money really does buy happiness….
Money is all relative to what someone has. Michael Jordan is a media and sports darling and mogul and will make that ten times over in the next few years.
Their marital situation is unusual in that they were married for several years above and beyond many marriages made in entertainment are, and the fortune was created during the marriage.
Divorce is never pretty. But sometimes it’s a relief to all parties involved. And if they have settled on this amount and are still friends and co-parenting, then that’s all that needs to be said.
I wish them both the best.
She deserves every cent. She has been there forever. She has been in backbone and sanity. You go Juanita!!!!
HER ASS IS GETTIN PAID lol
That is only fair. She has been with him through it all. She even put her career on hold, to support him. You go Junita. And tell Mike to holla at me :O)
Its really not about the money and those of you who have families can understand that. It is about what is best for their children and She is entitled to continue to live the life she is used to and if it takes 168million Dollars for her to continue to do that oh well.
Besides all the mental stress and abuse the marriage probably put her through she deserves every penny. and finding a Date is going to be hard who can take a woman out that has 168 million Dollars where you gonna take her that she hasn’t been.
When you’re worth what Jordan is worth it’s not that much money. She isn’t even getting half of what’s in his accounts.
I’m just glad that they’re not dogging each other in the media like some other celebrities.
It would have been nice if the marriage lasted though…
GAWDDDDDDDDDD DAYUMMMMMMMMMMM
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
but seriously i hope those kids are ok.. they are always affected the most.. i think it is goood though that they still have a good relationship..
WORD FOR THE DAY
ASSET –
use it in a sentence……………………
Juanita just got $168 mil in a divorce settlement, her ASSET!
Her ASSET right there and waited for the right time to get her just due.
GO TEAM JUANITA! *\o/*
WOW! SPEECHLESS but she deserves it
…not to mention the child support she’ll be getting.
This 168 is prolly just alimony…
SHIT thats a lot of fuckin money in a divorce settlement. How do the courts quantify the costs made out to other party, for all those who know their law?
Michael looks old wow.
Good! She deserves every peny. She put her dreams aside helped him build an empire and raised kids. For those of you who are complaining 168 million aint nothing to him.
You know what…thats what MJ get!!!!!!!…she deserves every bit of the money….he should have thought about before he cheated….she gave him too much chances! Some people gotta learn the hard way i guess! His over-priced sneakers makes me mad on how many of these kids hurting each other over them…I know went off topic but he just ticks me off sometimes.
that’ so much fucking money. wow. that’s crazy. she deserves it tho.
I’m glad he’s paying up the ass…though i think that’s just a fraction of what he’s worth…..
But Juanita is making out good though…….
I see you Juanita! Go head girl! This reminds me of the scene from Dairy of a Mad Black Woman where Madea was adding up all the things the guy owed his wife for putting up with him all those years. Clearly Michael is paying for EVERY mistake he made, thought of making, anticipated creating, all that.
I agree with 17 & 18. I’m pretty sure the money she is getting is no where near enough to compensate everything she has put in with in her marriage and everything she will have to deal with post-divorce. Michael Jordon is probably worth close to $500 mil and maybe more so the little $168 mil he has to pay her won’t even break his pockets. Its so good that they are civil with each other and still maintain a balanced relationship with the children.
WOW! I can’t even dream of spending that much money! I don’t understand why people want to wait until they are damn near wrinkled to get a divorce. Most of the time, the man’s di*k aint worth shi* anyway, so he might as well stay with his wife. IMO
Fucking disgusting………..
She deserves 168 million dollars for pumping babies out of her pussy……
Give me a break…..
I bet 99.9% of the people who are saying that she deserves the money are women….
That’s why you should never marry women, their only purpose is to satisfy a man lower regions, nothing else. And that’s not worth 168 million dollars.
LMAOOOOO, SHE SAID U GO PAY ME 2 LEAVE ME, LMAOOOOO, HEY LIZZZZZ, I MISSED U FRIEND, WHERE U BEEN? LOL
I love Mike but its no better for him…she deserves it..all the non-sense she put up with
Thats a lot of paper! They key here is the kids and even if Juanita didnt get all that they will never want for anything….I just hope that the children are in high spirits and do well as adults!
thats punitive damages he made her suffer threw it all and now she is getting the check and da kids i hope dat white pussy waz worth it michael e
why did she do to deservce that? has this woman ever had a job in her life?
pushing the kids out of her pussy is not worth $168m
so what if he cheated? she got comfortable in the marriage and got fat and wouldnt do anythng about it….typical black woman
jordan is another idiot getting married without solid prenupt…!
black women keep saying she`s getting paid..! theny`all wonder why statistics show you as the least likely women in america to get married because you think child support and divorce settlements are entitlements…sad!!
Damn, Damn, Damn!
Too bad he couldn’t keep his di*& in his pants..Sad thing when it comes to divorce.
DA DA DA DAMN!
31.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Fucking disgusting………..
She deserves 168 million dollars for pumping babies out of her pussy……
Give me a break…..
I bet 99.9% of the people who are saying that she deserves the money are women….
That’s why you should never marry women, their only purpose is to satisfy a man lower regions, nothing else. And that’s not worth 168 million dollars.
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*DEAD* :
That last comment was uncalled for. I agree that was too gotdamn much money, and I’m a female myself, but c’mon it’s unreasonable to say that.
thats why they say its cheaper to keep her!!!!
is all dat money really necessary? that’s a lil too much. can’t knock her hussle though, maybe there’s a reason behind it.
She got $168 million …. & she didn’t hit nann jump shot. :smh:
-sings Lil Scrappy-
Now she got money in the bank….
It pays to be a skank….
“black women keep saying she`s getting paid..! theny`all wonder why statistics show you as the least likely women in america to get married because you think child support and divorce settlements are entitlements…sad!!”
I usually agree with most stuff that you say but I disagree with you on this one. Black women aren’t known for “sticking black men for their paper”. It’s mostly white women who hook up with black stars that are looking for the easy way out. And yes if I have a child with a man who lacks providing financially for his child like he should, then I AM entitled to child support. And yes if I am married to you and you do something stupid and break that union we have, then I AM entitled to a divorce settlement/alimony. If I wasn’t entitled to it, then the law wouldn’t state that I am.
In Martin’s voice *Juanita, you are about to get broke offfffff. Woo Woo Woo*
Okay I’m sorry but I have to be the voice of reason here…
How in the hell does Juanita deserve 168??? I mean lets be real ladies, if she were that distraught about her living situation she should have left long ago YET she didn’t. Now I know the first thing you all will say is she loved him, let me tell you something I may love someone but not more than I love myself. There’s no way in hell I’m staying with a man because of “love” because like Ton said “love should have brought you home last night”. Juanita knew just what she was doing, the longer she stayed the more money she would get, because I can almost guarantee they weren’t having sex… How can I say that two words MAGIC JOHNSON!!! No woman in her right mind would continue to sleep with a womanizer like Mike….AND BELIEVE ME JUA JUA IS IN HER RIGHT MIND LOOK AT ALL SHE’S GETTING!
Now don’t get me wrong she does deserve something but what she’s getting isn’t fair and she doesn’t deserve it. Micheal is the one with the championship rings not her, she’s just the one with the diamond rings and they don’t count.
It was cheaper to keep her!!!!
Mike is worth 3/4 of a Billion dollars….this settlement is fair enough but if she was getting HALF i’d tell the ref to blow the whistle and call a FOUL
I know yall ain’t surprised you know juanita was going to get paid. Well at least their kids are old enough to understand. It may be hard for them but at least they understand.
Wow, I thought they would never divorce.
y’all need to shut up.. it ain’t that serious! He probably wants her to have the money.. he knows the problems he may have put her thru and he also knows that she deserves it.. she can’t just run out and get a job and get back on her feet that fast.. The amount may be excessive, but it’s not ur money to give! it’s not much for him…
ooooo i wish i was in her shoes…lol @cannon
She BEEN getting paid, this is nothing new
#31, Do you feel the same way about your mother and grandmother, because they are women too.
YEAH she deserves, ca-ching beotch! ha ha ha
Ah well.
Putting up with his infidelity, getting his jumpoff’s pregnant was very sick on MJ’s part, but Juanita kept her mouth closed! She could’ve wrote books, etc, but no because he was Michael Jordan a God to some…$168 million is nothing compared to what he has.
Lmao @ # 31 You trippin
of course to us that an awful lot of money but for money mike ? please he pulled that walking around money out of his sock and tossed it on the table
He shouldve had a prenup in place though although I hope people don’t confuse wanting a prenup with meaning she shouldn’t get anything .As the mother of his kids I doubt he could look them in the eye if he didn’t at least try and keep their mom well off even though they were not together. I know I couldn’t .
Yes I said it…I agree….If know one deserves it, she does….that had to be humiliating to her for years…knowing that he was practicing infidelity on and on and on!!!! she tried so hard….I’m sure.
It’s so easy for some muthafuckers to sit here and type about what she SHOULD or SHOULDN’T get. You don’t know what hell that woman went through with that man during their ENTIRE marriage. His ass probably BEGGED on her on numerous occasions not to leave, because he KNEW he had fucked up PLENTY of times. No, she didn’t play ball, but I’m pretty sure she played with HIS balls, and put up with all of his shit. She was there BEFORE he got rich, so yes, she deserves all of that. Fuck the dumb shit.
I’m glad she’s getting EVERY PENNY!!
Wow, this great that she is getting 168 million but this is not enough. Juanita put up with the numerous affairs, and practically raised their children her damn self. The work that goes into raising children is more than all the money Micheal Jordan has. She should have gotten 500 million or more. Michael is trash. Michael Jordon convinced her to marry him and she knew what he would become. He told her it wouldnt be that way and they would have a good life. Juanita went thru hell. One day Michael Jordon will have to answer for everything he has done. If he were my father I would have no respect for him at all.. What is his daughter supposed to think about men when she has a daddy that is a lying,cheating, deceitful, adulterer. When 2 people are marrying it is an oath between them and GOD. It is not 60/40, 50/50, 30/70. It is 100/100. Juanita is equally just as important in her job as Mike. She deserves half hands down.
To say what a person does or doesn’t deserve is being a little immature because most people feel because a person stayed married to someone for so long it does entitle them to be accommodated, BUT BE CLEAR! SHE IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL HOUSEWIFE! SHE HAD MAIDS,NANNIES & PRIVATE TUTORS FOR THE KIDS AND TO MAINTAIN THE HOUSE so if anything the maids & nannies deserve a hefty chunk of that money!
it’s not about whether or not she ever dribbled a basketball or sold shoes evidently MJ feels she should have it & that’s all that matters BUT I DO FEEL IF SHE HAD ANY INTEGRITY AS A WOMAN SHE WOULD ONLY TAKE WHAT IS NEEDED CAUSE THANKS TO “DADDY” THOSE KIDS FUTURE ARE SET SO IT’S NOT LIKE SHE’S GONNA DO ANYTHING PRODUCTIVE WITH IT.
I know most women are gonna champion for her cause he allegedly cheated but NO ONE HAS PONDERED THE QUESTION “WHAT WAS HER ROLE IN THE RELATIONSHIP?” sometimes things aren’t as black & white as you think!