Anansa Sims and Matt Barnes Talk Becoming “Soulmates” 20 Years After They First Met (EXCLUSIVE)
“You simply by no means know who your soulmate is and who your partner is,” Anansa said of Matt. “I'd have never guessed.”
By Elizabeth RandolphMay 17 2024, Published 6:01 p.m. ET
When Matt Barnes and Anansa Sims determined to big name on The Barnes Bunch, few would’ve blamed them for quickly transitioning into reality TV. The type that most effective showed their stunning house, a wonderful family with six youngsters, and a doting, famous grandmother conserving them in test when necessary. But quite than most effective showing the great, Anansa and Matt showed viewers the actual.
The couple confirmed their 2020 breakup, co-parenting with their ex-spouses, felony woes, and their want to have any other baby.
Despite the extra consideration on their family and relationship at the present time, the longer term Mr. and Mrs. Barnes are more potent than ever. And, like several love stories, theirs took time (20 years, to be exact) and is still blossoming as they prepare to walk down the aisle.
In an exclusive interview with Distractify, the previous NBA player and the type discussed their relationship timeline and how they make their union last.
Matt Barnes and Anansa Sims started dating in 2018 however had met twenty years earlier than.
They say love will find you the moment you stop searching for it. In Matt and Anansa’s case, it’s completely true.
Matt and Anansa started relationship in 2018 after to start with assembly back in school. They attended UCLA at the similar time during the '90s and had mutual buddies, including Kobe Bryant and his sister Shaya Bryant. Shaya, Anansa's best possible friend, has seemed on The Barnes Bunch.
Anansa told us Shaya reintroduced her and Matt after they all attended the 2018 All-Star Weekend. Neither knew they would be together two decades after their first assembly.
“You simply never know,” Anansa mentioned of her and Matt’s relationship timeline. “I imply, in college, I had a complete boyfriend. He had an entire girlfriend. So you simply never know who your soulmate is and who your spouse is. I might have by no means guessed. He wasn't on my radar, and I'm positive I wasn't on his radar.”
Anansa Sims and Matt Barnes with their son, Ashton, in 2019
Matt and Anansa welcomed a son into their combined circle of relatives in 2018.
After reconnecting at All-Star, Anansa mentioned Matt quickly “locked me down for years.” In December 2018, the couple welcomed a son named Ashton. They additionally moved in together, mixing in their families, including Matt’s sons from his first marriage with Gloria Govan (Carter and Isaiah), and Anansa and her ex and David Patterson’s children (Ava, David, and Dean Patterson).
But the couple’s blended family almost didn’t occur.
Anansa stated she was to begin with “fearful” about relationship again prior to Matt requested for her quantity. She shared that her ex previously told her, “Nobody’s gonna need you with three children,” a stereotype she thankfully didn’t imagine.
“Never surrender on love,” Anansa instructed those beginning over after a breakup. “Never give up on love. Don't listen to what your exes say, the damaging stuff they are saying, and simply heal, move ahead, and be your best self. Because somebody is available in the market for you, you realize, if you need love, you'll find it. You gotta be positive, although.”
In 2024, the couple showed their time in therapy on ‘The Barnes Bunch.’
The Barnes Bunch gives a refreshing take on high-profile relationships. One of the most distinctive takes is with Anansa and Matt’s couples remedy classes. In many episodes, they take a seat down with their therapist, Dr. Quinney, and proportion their honest emotions about their relationship and family issues.
Matt mentioned his and Anansa’s willingness to show the “real paintings” they do on their relationship via therapy separates The Barnes Bunch from different celebrity fact shows. However, it was very important for the NBA champion and All the Smoke host to turn himself placing the same work into his family as his career.
“I think like every so often other people put their relationships on the again burner and don't put that same power and pastime into their relationships as they do to what they love,” Matt stated. “So I learned, obviously, thru a failed marriage as well, that you’ve got to put that same energy, time, interest, and commitment into your relationship and proceed to make that grow similar to I'm making my other businesses grow.”
“I simply suppose you'll learn that it is not best, but it is real,” he added, discussing relationships. “And it's daily paintings. But if you happen to found somebody who's worth it, you do not really feel such as you paintings a day on your life.”
Catch new episodes of The Barnes Bunch on Fridays at 10 p.m. EST on WeTV.
Reporting by way of Pretty Honore.
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