Jordan’s Ex-Wife Gets Paid $168 Million
Michael Jordan does an interview with NBC’s “Today Show” about his divorce …. read the details
Almost one year after his divorce, Michael Jordan says he and his ex-wife Juanita are “very good friends” who communicate daily.
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. “But he was very mature about it,” his father said in an interview that aired Friday on NBC’s “Today Show.”
“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.”
“We have all different types of dialogues, even with all of us in the same room,” Jordan said.
Earlier this year, Forbes magazine estimated that Juanita Jordan, who was married to Jordan for 17 years, received as much as $150 million in the split.
Jordan also told NBC that he has been open about his appetitite for gambling. In 1993, Jordan went to an Atlantic City casino the night before a playoff game with the New York Knicks. In 2005, Jordan admitted, “I’ve gotten myself into situations where I would not walk away, and I’ve pushed the envelope.” A San Diego businessman once claimed to have won $1.25 million from Jordan in golf bets.
“I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it’s meant to be, which is fun and entertaining,” he told NBC’s Matt Lauer. “So my lesson to [Jeff] is, don’t ever go outside your means. Don’t ever put yourself in a predicament where now you’re going to regret it.”
In the same interview, Jeff Jordan said that growing up in north suburban Highland Park, he wasn’t fully aware of his father’s fame until second or thrid grade. “Kids never really brought it up that much. The community wasn’t really that big on popular culture. So growing up there, it wasn’t too bad,” said the son.
The full effect of being the son of one of the world’s greatest basketball players hit when he started playing basketball at Loyola Academy in Wilmette and ended up in sports sections of the Chicago newspapers. “I think that was the first time I was really shocked by who I was and how big it was,” he said. “That was definitely the time where it really hit me all at once.”
http://www.suntimes.com/news/643412,jordan110907.article#
she gets this too … wow, MJ lost big
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