During a recent episode of his All the Smoke podcast, Matt Barnes opened up about losing family members after his ex-fiancée Anansa Sims accused him of cheating on her with several other women. He said he's struggled with expressing his emotions for his entire life, which he believes is starting to catch up with him. "Through my actions, I literally just lost my family… I wasn’t there emotionally, I wasn’t empathetic,” he explained. "I wasn't willing to share those emotions."
Sims wasn't too thrilled about Barnes' claims, however. She quickly took to Instagram to respond, accusing him of failing to tell the whole truth and of trying to win over the public's sympathy. According to her, she and their children are doing their best to move on and heal from the past.
Matt Barnes & Anansa Sims
"If you're going to talk publicly about our personal business, tell the whole story," she wrote in part. "Don't post half-truths about me and our past relationship to gain sympathy from the masses. I'm in the trenches doing the hard work making sure all of our kids are ok. You've made no effort to emotionally support all of our children through this traumatic transition you caused, but you're willing to be 'vulnerable' for strangers on the gram for profit? Please keep my name out of your mouth."
"If you don’t have respect for yourself or for me, at least have respect for our children who follow you and see your posts. Your post is triggering for the kids and I, while we’re in the midst of healing and rebuilding our lives. We’re the ones who reaped all the damage you caused by your constant selfish, toxic choices," Sims added. “If you want to do some good, please don’t speak about me, go get consistent therapy and most importantly start building a relationship with God."
