Last night news leaked that Matt Barnes had driven to estranged wife Gloria Govan's house and attacked her rumored new boyfriend, NY Knicks coach Derek Fisher [click here if you missed that].
Matt Barnes tells ESPN he decided to go over to Gloria's house after receiving a text from his 6-year-old son Carter.
Matt explains,
Matt explains,
"I'm like, first of all, why are you still up? It's like 10 o'clock at night?' So I text back, 'I love you and I miss you, too.' Then I FaceTimed him. I'm just like, 'Hey, what's up buddy?'"
"Now, Carter is like the rambunctious one. He's always jumping off the walls. And when I saw his face, he was just sitting there, and I knew something was wrong. I was like, 'What's wrong, Carter?' and he shook his head, 'No.' Then he lays his head down on the couch, puts a pillow in front of his face and says, 'Mommy's friend Derek is here.'
"This wasn't a phone call. We were on FaceTime. I could see him and the look on his face."Matt also denies driving 95 miles to confront Fisher claiming,
"I can't believe people think I was some maniac driving 95 miles and listening to Tupac to go beat somebody up. No. I live 15 minutes away, and I was going over to check on my kids because they seemed uncomfortable. That was my main reason for going over there."
