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Lebron James Feuds With “Courtside Karen”, Kicks Heckling Fans Out Of The Game

By Brooklyn Bubz
February 2, 2021

Twitter.com/SportsCenter

The woman was seen being ejected from the game after the altercation.

A basketball game between the Hawks and Los Angeles Lakers was briefly halted on Monday night in Atlanta due to an altercation with a heckling fan.

“There was a back-and-forth between to two grown men,” LeBron James commented. But then someone else made their way into it. That “someone” being a person James himself referred to as a “courtside Karen”.

The altercation originally began between “Daddy Carlos” and LeBron, but escalated quickly when Juliana Carlos, a “25-year-old” Karen, jumped in the argument. Clearly, she was unsettled by the fact that someone would talk to her husband with that tone. We don’t know what was exactly said between LeBron and her husband, but we do know this Karen believed her husband could do no wrong.

Honestly, it’s the hand wave for me. Not even the SportsCenter broadcasters can take this finger-pointing Karen seriously. She seems to be really heckling the basketball superstar, who is absolutely not having anything to do with her attitude. In this case, LeBron IS the manager and he WAS speaking. And everyone should listen to him because his witty banter during the encounter was *chefs kiss (warning, the following video does have profanity).

Thanks to Jomboy and his breakdown of the dramatic courtside, we get a pretty clear picture of the events that unfolded Monday night. Players and fans banter quite often on the NBA and it’s been missed dearly, especially with COVID precautions in place. The Hawks are only one of nine NBA teams that are even allowing fans to attend games.

When Carlos started chirping at LeBron, he started chirping right back. Something that didn’t sit well with Courtside Karen, leading to a whole scene that briefly stopped both teams from playing the game.

“Don’t talk to my husband like that!” She exclaims, without a mask and an entitled hair flip and hand wave like everyone in the room owes her free drinks and apology. Security was quickly drawn to the couple and they were escorted out.

Ultimately, at the end of the night, it was LeBron who got the last laugh. Not only did the couple get ejected from their courtside seats, but the Lakers won the game despite the brief delay.

After the game however, Courtside Karen took to her socials to explain her side of the incident.

If you can’t make it through that video, I don’t blame you. To sum it up, she was “minding her own business”, “drinking her wine”, etc. when all of a sudden she realizes that LeBron is talking to her husband. How dare he! She somehow was unaware of any banter her husband was dishing at LeBron before the altercation even took place.

Courtside Karen continued explaining how she was suddenly kicked out of the game, exclaiming, “Excuse me, I have COURTSIDE SEATS that I paid for.” Well, devil’s advocate here, I’d be sad about getting kicked out of courtside seats. BUT what sane person comes for LEBRON JAMES and expects to not be held accountable for their actions? A Karen.

LeBron maturely wrapped up his end of things, not needing to feed off the drama for clout.

“He said his piece, I said my piece. And then someone else said their piece,” LeBron stated. James seemed unfazed by incident as the night continued. When asked about the situation, LeBron even stated that he “didn’t think they needed to be kicked out.”

So there you have it, a Courtside Karen got what was coming for her and LeBron remains the bigger person in the situation.