One of the things that has been widely reported about the Matt Barnes-Derek Fisher altercation is that Barnes has known about the relationship between his Ex-Wife Gloria Govan and Fisher for at least month.
That beg the question if Barnes already knew they were dating why would go to beat up Fisher?
We have a possible answer for that. A source closed to both Barnes and Govan reached out to us to provide a little clarity on the situation. Here is what they had to say exclusively to BSO.
“Matt knew they were hanging out, but he thought it was more like old friends hanging out because they both were going through a divorce, he didn’t really think much of it. Both Gloria and Derek led him to believe that is all it was, not really dating just friends.
Then Matt gets a call that Fisher is at his house. What set him off was the person that contacted him alerted him that Gloria and Derek weren’t acting like friends, but a real couple and Fisher was having sex with his Ex-wife in his house. It appeared everyone knew this except Matt and that sent him into a rage.
He was more upset that he was being lied to or at least not being told the whole truth by Gloria, Derek and some friends and family. That is the reason he decided to go confront Derek. He felt that Derek had lied to him and was now entertaining people in his house. Matt felt like a fool.”
If you believe this, it makes sense why Barnes reacted the way he did. No one likes to be lied to and the fact Fisher was cooking meat on his grill and sleeping with his Ex-Wife in his house, led him to go all Temecula on Fisher.
The season hasn’t even started yet and we already have drama.