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Former New York Giants football star Tiki Barber has married Traci Lynn Johnson, the former intern that he met while working at NBC. Barber made headlines when he dumped his pregnant wife to be with Johnson. The move gave Barber such horrible PR that he ended up getting fired from The Today Show as a result.
The 24-year old Johnson exchanged vows with the 38-year old Barber in a ceremony at the city Marriage Bureau in lower Manhattan.
“Many thanks to the NYC Clerk’s office, especially James Mitchell who married me to my love Traci Lynn Johnson!” Barbar tweeted. “Excited for the next chapters . . .”
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Elizabeth
August 13, 2012 at 9:36 am
WE AS A PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TIME TO DISCUSS IDIOT BEHAVIOR. HER COLOR IS IRREVELENT, HE LEFT A PREGNANT WIFE…HE IS SICK, HE COULD HAVE WAITED. DO I CARE NO!
It is 84 days until the election and this is the only junk we see on African-American blogs. Let’s talk election and what Romney-Ryan have planned for you:
Huge new tax cuts for the super-rich on top of extending the Bush tax cuts
Turning Medicare into a voucher program
Making massive cuts to vital programs like Medicaid, food stamps, Pell Grants, and job training
New increases in military spending — even as President Obama ends two wars
Let me put this as simply as I can: Paul Ryan is the author of everything we’ve been fighting against in Washington since Republicans took control of the House — and now Mitt Romney wants him to be vice president.
Herndon
July 26, 2012 at 6:50 pm
@ Tiamette.
P.S. I don’t believe in God and, I don’t want you either!
BLSATNDOLL
August 13, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Very touching story and well said. You are highly intelligent yourself. I have a warm felt heart for you and I’m a sister too. Kudos,I salute you.
Herndon
July 26, 2012 at 6:49 pm
@ Tiamette. (First thing first, please accept my apology for having taken so long to respond to your comment. As of late, I have been very busy with work). Now, with pleasantries aside, I shall commence
The deceased English/American writer and philospher, Christopher Hitchens, coined the following theorem: “That which is postulated without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.” By that token alone, I could easily relegate all of your suppositions about me to the realm of fallacy. Furthermore, if I was looking to pick a fight, I would say that, “You are a typical angry black woman – quick to judge and slow to comprehend!” However, I am not seeking a quarrel with you. Rather, my aim is to attempt to shed a little more light on MY particular walk or life thereby providing you with Habeas Conscientia to pass judgement in a more logical manner than your previous arbitrary condemnation. Please re-read that last sentence carefully and, if you will, glean from it that my intent is not to change your mind about me. Quite the contrary, I could care less if you think that I am a lowly and despicable sell-out. My reasoning is to simply give you a reason (other than your erroneous snap judgement) to consider me a low and despicable sell-out.
I am 42 years old and, I have a very lovely, very intelligent Afro-American ex-wife whom, I was romantically involved with for 13 years, all told. To be perfectly honest, I still love her very much and, rightfully so. After all, she was my “First Love” as well as the mother of my oldest child. In addition to being very lovely and very intelligent, she was once also VERY avaricious. So much so that, things got to a point where my being simple, hard-working soldier wasn’t enough for her.
You see, I met her briefly before I entered the military and, from the moment that I declared my love for her, I supported her financially even though she was still in high school and living in her parent’s house. When she graduated from high school, I paid the tuition and the fees to get her enrolled in college even though we weren’t married
yet nor, did we have any children at the time.
After my first enlistemnt was complete, I returned home and married her and we had our first child a short time later. I supported my new family by taking a job as a Fire Fighter. Please believe me when I tell you that I was very happy and very proud of my little family and the meager-paying but honest career that I had chosen to provide for them. Then, my beautiful young wife told me that she wanted more… that she NEEDED more. She said that she wanted a house rather than an apartment and she wanted a nicer car and she wanted to travel. She suggested that I quit my job as a Fireman and return to the military. She reasoned that it would be easier for us to buy a house that way and, if I happened to get an overseas assignment, we could sublet the house to another family while we were stationed abroad. I didn’t want to return to the service but, I was very much in love with her and I couldn’t bear to disappoint her.
So, I re-enlisted and naturally, I has to leave them at home in Georgia for a while as I was going t6hrough training for a new MOS. My AIT and other training took 7 months to complete. Afterwards, I took a couple of weeks of leave in order to return to Georgia to pack up my wife and son and moving them to N.C. where I had been assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg. Well, when I started makinbg arrangements for her to move with me, she told me that there was no way that she would ever leave Georgia because her family, her friends, her school and her sense of security was all in Georgia. I tried to explain to her that it was imperative that she move with me as, her refusal to do so would affect my housing situation and my payscale. Still, she refused.
I had no choice but to began my tour of duty at Ft. Bragg without her. I was an E-4 at the time and, although I wasn’t making much money I sent her all but the bare minimum that I need to survive. At first, I was living in the barracks but when my 1st Sergeant realized that I was married and receiving BAQ (Basic Allowance for Quarters – married pay) he made me move out. So, I moved in with a friend of mine who charged me $150.00 a month for renting a room in his apartment. When my wife’s allotment came up $150.00 short, she contacted my 1st Sergeant and complained that she and my son weren’t getting enough money to survive on. My 1st Sergeant then threatened to Article 15 me if I didn’t send my wife ALL of my money.
A short time later, I was deployed to Korea for a year and… to make things worse, she started having an affair with a drug dealer while I was overseas. When I got back to the CONUS, she hit me with leagl separation papaers and told me that she and my little boy were going to move out of the apartment in Georgia and in with the drug dealer and that there was nothing that I could do about it. So, she graduated from college on my dime and moved my son into her boyfriend’s house while I was 400 miles away at Ft. Bragg. When I got p****d-off and gave her a piece of my mind over the phone, she contacted Base Legal and told them that she wanted a restraining order against me because she felt threatened by her husband – the big, bad paratrooper even thoug she was living with a violent dope pusher.
Well, long story short I found a (black)girlfriend who was also in the Army then I filed for divorce even though couldn’t afford to pay the lawyer. Meanwhile, she enrolled in Grad School with my money. Then, surprise of suprises, she contested the divorce. While that was hung up in court, I had a parachute malfunction on a training jump and ended up with 3 broken ribs and a punctured lung. When I contacted her from the Army hospital, all she had to say was that she could have really used the $250,000 from my SGLI to get a BMW and pay her Grad School tuition completely off!
My injuries were so bad, the Army gave me 30% disability and Medically Retired me with 10 years of service. When I found out that I was being separated from the Army, I asked my girlfriend to move home with me but she didn’t want to get out of the Army or be stationed in Georgai so, we broke up. Then, I returned home to get my finally divorce was finalized. 4 months after getting out of the Army my ex-girlfriend contacted me and told me that she was pregnant. So, I ended up getting counter-sued fro divorce by my wife and in the end, I had to pay her $750.00 a month for child support and an additional $250.00 a month for her tuition because, she produced a letter in court that I sent her from Korea. in the letter, I had “promised” to her that no matter what happened to our marriage, I would still pay for her to eventually become a doctor. The judge deemed that “promise” as a contract. Did I mention that I was only making about $25,000 a year as a Corrections Officer. I was also paying $250 a month to my other ex for child support on the new baby (I am not complaining about either child support case… just stating the facts).
Without piling on even more detail, I will tell you that by 2005 I was completely broke. I mean, the heat and gas were off in my cheap, $600 a month apartment and I was eating ramen noodles 3 times a day. I was driving an old Ford Explorer with a smashed-in grill and I couldn’t get a date because, quite frankly, I couldn’t afford to take a woman out and, quite frankly, I was ashamed of bringing a woman to my cheap apartment. The sisters that I did try to talk to just shook their heads and politely said “NO.” Then, when I had given up looking for companionship, my current wife found me! I was honest with her from the get-go and I explained to her that I was broke and almost hopeless. This woman told me to quit my job and she would pay my child support, my living expenses and, give me the money to get enrolled in school myself.
So, 7 years later, I have two lovely children with my new wife, a degree, a job that pays well, I am in law school, I have a nice house AND A Volvo. Now, I shouldn’t have to do this but, I am going to tell you that my ex-wife and I are friends now. She came to me after I got remarried and apologized for causing me years of pain and hardship. I apologized to her as well and told her that we should both blame it on being young and silly. When she finally got her PhD in 2010, I clapped louder, cried more and was happier for her than anyone else at her graduation. During the dinner that she threw afterward, she stood up with tears in her eyes and said that if I hadn’t sacrificed so much she never would have reached her goal. Of course, she wrong because I feel like she would have made it fine without or the money that I provided because she is extremely intelligent. Anyway, that is not my point. My point is that, every black man who is with a white woman is not trying to assimilate into the white race or pas blanc (I am too dark for that anyway!)Some of us are just trying to survive. I survived long enough with a raggedy-a*s car, a busted-a*s apartment and 29 cent bowl of noodles so, I reiterate, if some n***a selling bean pies thinks that I am sell-out because I am sitting in a nice car with a white woman then, f**k HIM!
By the way… you were wrong from the start. Here’s how;
The first sentence of your second paragraph states: “This is why black men like you receive so many negative comments, because you all never mention anything about love.”
Whereas, my second sentence of my original comment states: “I am constantly aware of a storm of criticism intended for those of us who have fallen in love with someone of another race.”
Having written all of that, I realize that you still think that I am a pseudo-black man and, you know, that’s all right with me!
DIABLO
July 26, 2012 at 4:03 pm
if he wana be with her let it be all you people on here bashing a man you dont even know yall a bunch of f*****g n*****s
sasha
August 20, 2012 at 10:00 pm
YOU f*****g d**k HEAD STOP COMMENTING ON HERE IF YOU DON’T LIKE WHAT’S BEING SAID!!
RAP, THE ORGINAL,HBCU, CIAA, G-PHI-G
July 26, 2012 at 9:37 am
WHAT IS THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMED,FEELING NOW ?
MARCUS GARVEY AND MALCOLM ARE HAVING A SAD DAY. WHAT IS HE THINKING ABOUT? LEARN FROM THE MAN: DATE THEM. DON’T MARRY THEM. BRO. RAP
Jalen
July 24, 2012 at 1:14 pm
Any black person who marries/dates outside of the race and thinks that it has absolutely no effect on us collectively is certifiably insane!!
With our convoluted racial beginnings and history in this country where the “white is right” everything was thrusted upon us to the point when even in order to survive, we sold out our fellow brothers and sisters.
We are lying to ourselves when we think that intermarrying has no effect. How does increasing biraciality of our ourspring help the black race? Many don’t want to choose and are uncomfortable and down right angry when they think they have to.
The black community is in such dire straits that we need every single, man, woman and child committed to working to resolve our problems and to uphold our race. What are we telling our children when we think it is “progressive” to “marry out” as if “marrying in” is now antiquated? Why is it that so many brothers and, increasingly, sisters can seem to find love with other races (particularly whites), but the African American marriage and committed relationships are so pathetically low?
Could it be just a little bit or (a lot) of self-hate and the tendency to be more tolerant and “happy as a clam” that they can attract and “get with” people of other races? I cringe when I here or read comments about how black women say that white men appreciate their more afrocentric-type beauty than brothers or how brothers say that white or other races of women are more “laid back” and supportive than black women.
I wonder: have these black women and men who have crossed the “color lines of love” met and experienced relationships with every potential black man or woman in their cities, states, America or the world? Yet, they are willing to open themselves up to marrying and having children with these other races and get indignant when black people (especially) and others do not accept these unions with alacrity.
As a black person, why would I be happy about miscegenation when I have seen what forced miscegenation has done to African people on this continent and all over the world? I see loathing, self-hatred, division, strife and threats to the collective black community. I see brothers who overlook sisters as if they are invisible to leer at the “white prize of a woman” to the point that black professional women cannot even get a date on a saturday night and have to adopt the “can’t beat ‘em – join ‘em mentality” to find relationships.
How do you jusify that? I guess by coming on black sites defending or extoling the virtues of “selling out” and giving up on the black family? Interracial families are not your traditional black families and never will.
And, this is especially true now that we have a biracial man in the White House. If I had a dollar for all the interracial folks clamoring about how Mr. Obama represents the “new America”, then I would be rich and, perhaps, I could come up with some “brain serum” that could be used to restore some sensibility to the black community on this issue.
With the beliefs that “gay is the new black” and “interracial is the preferred black”, I guess there is nothing left to do for us regular, every day garden variety of blacks, except not fall for the hype and remain true to ourselves.
Alfreada Kelly
July 24, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Ditti Tiamette! Ifd he had left his pregnant wife for a black woman I would be disgruntled. If you look in the dictionary under sorry a*s excuse – you would see his picture.
Vee
July 23, 2012 at 12:36 pm
@Tiamette – My sentiments exactly!!!
Herndon
July 22, 2012 at 6:59 pm
As a black man who, is in a relationship with a white woman, I am constantly aware of a storm of criticism intended for those of us who have fallen in love with someone of another race. Now, when it comes to the Afro-American male/Caucasian female variety of miscegenation most people assume that the winds of said storm emanate from white people but, “no”, that is not entirely the case. While (personally speaking), I may occasionally feel the uncomfortable sting of an icy breeze from the “Caucasus Mountains” (so to speak) but, the majority of the ‘typhoon of interracial intolerance’ which I have to deal with, tends to blow in from “The Motherland” To put it bluntly, there are a great many brothers who believe that any black man who gets involved with a “blonde-haired, blue-eyed she-devil” is nothing more than a sell-out! And, “marrying a white woman is an Uncle Tom’s idea of the American Dream.” Indeed, some brothers even go so far as to consider it a sin to partake of the charms of what they refer to as a “Jezebel.” Well, I wish to address that particular kind of myopic thinking in an editorially caustic, manner. To that end, I will confront my misguided brethren thusly: Brothers, brothers, brothers; If, sitting in the cool, air-conditioned comfort of my Volvo, with my auburn-haired, blue/green-eyed white woman in the seat next to me and my beautiful, happy biracial children safely in the backseat while you stand outside, in 100 degree heat, dressed in a black suit and a bowtie, selling nasty-a*s bean pies and third-rate tabloid newspapers – makes me an Uncle Tom and/or a Sell-out, then, I guess that’s what I am! And, as far as the American Dream goes, my personal vision of it is the idea that every man and every woman should have the undisputed, harassment-free right to love, cohabitate with and/or wed whomever they choose, regardless of race or gender. Again, if thinking like that makes me less than “a real black man,” then – so be it. Before I conclude this little diatribe, I have one further point to make apropos ‘real’ and ‘fake’ black men. I know many black men who are married to or, are in committed relationships with white women and, these men are hard workers, good providers and great fathers. I am speaking of men who go to work, abide by the laws of the land and care for their families in a financial and paternal way. Meeting those criteria are what makes ANY man a “real” man. There is nothing and no one under the sun with the ability to convince me that a man who handles his responsibilities is somehow “fake” just because he goes home every night to a white woman. On the other hand, any man – who willingly goes out and changes his last name to “X” because some old, Calypso singing, anti-Semitic, false prophet with pomade in his hair tells him to – is most certainly less than a “real” man.
Tiamette
July 23, 2012 at 8:47 am
As a black woman reading your reply, it is clear that you are trying to make a point, but has failed miserably. Bragging about your car, white woman and biracial kids is not saying anything other than you are truly heading for a fall because you view your family the same as your car, your possessions.
This is why black men like you receive so many negative comments, because you all never mention anything about love. I was married to a good black man that I loved with all my heart until he broke it by lying, cheating and leaving me whenever he couldn’t arbitrarily have his way with things, and coming back when the green grass turned brown. No, he didn’t leave me for another race(which I wouldn’t have cared anyway). I divorced him because I needed love and respect in my life. I found it in a wonderful man’s heart, whose skin happens to be white.
Mr. Barber cheated and left his pregnant wife and family to marry a tramp. Personally, I think they deserve each other. I also think that all black men who think the way you do deserves the obvious fools that you are with.
May God keep you, because I don’t want you.
Max
August 20, 2012 at 5:27 pm
You both hate yourselves. You are angry at him for being with a white woman yet still you yourself is “Happily” with a white guy , only because 1 [ONE] BLACK MEN BROKE YOUR HEART. b***h BOO HOO. PLENTY OF BLACK WOMEN DID THE SAME TO ME , AND YOUR POINT IS ? Women especially black women have been hood winked to believe they are not COMPLICIT in their own actions or behavior towards black men. And if there is anyone to blame it aint me cuz i am a woman and women DONT MISTREAT MEN. GO KILL YOURSELF , DONT DRIVE PAST THE NEXT HIGHEST BRIDGE WITHOUT USING IT.
sasha
August 20, 2012 at 10:04 pm
YOU’RE THE SAME r****d TALKING ABOUT BLACK WOMEN ARE DIFFICULT TO LOVE …SO KICK ROCKS c**n!!
Rod!
July 22, 2012 at 6:06 pm
This is one the few reasons that is seems as though the African American race is being diluted. Seemingly, Tiki is another example of that diluting of authenticity upon strong black men. It is rarity that we see them anymore. I have a brother, whom of which, to this day I can’t comprehend his transition of cultures – rejecting his culture for his white counterparts because he is rendition of white. Moreover, I knew that Tiki was on the same path and he will reject our Black selves. Lastly, Tiki will see soon that his new princess will be dropping him off at the bank only to collect the disbursements.
ALICIA RAE
July 21, 2012 at 9:30 pm
just a dumb c**n l*****g for massah’s wife, digging through his trash for left-overs
Samdromeda
July 23, 2012 at 11:56 pm
I did not here that sentiment from the brothers when rich black women were marrying Jewish men.
John H Hill
July 21, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Negative negative negative. Why can’t we do better?
Elizabeth
July 21, 2012 at 4:08 pm
Dumped the African-American woman carrying his child, so typical now in America.
Shame on him and this “w***e”, she knew better…how immoral.
Renee
July 21, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Actually, his ex-wife is Asian, not black. Doesn’t make what he did any better, though. He’s still a jerk.
Erica
July 24, 2012 at 3:57 pm
His first wife was Asian
cheche
July 21, 2012 at 10:49 am
I want to know why you even waste space to write about this idiot?? His personality alone creeps me out, never mind all the other pathatic things about him. What goes around comes around!
Whud Dafuquewesay
July 21, 2012 at 7:42 am
May the brother be happy, and enjoy much head for years to come
Buttons
July 20, 2012 at 11:54 pm
All I can say is, eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow is a new day. God will most certainly deal with him in a way that only he can.
This brother is clearly delusional and totally oblivious to what he’s done, and those kind of people can’t be told anything, they have to be shown.
Jeffrey Walker
July 20, 2012 at 11:17 pm
What a pathetic excuse for a black man or any man I guess. When go to a dictionary and look up the word self-hate….Tiki’s face will be staring at you.
Monique
July 20, 2012 at 10:43 pm
Wait a minute, people have the right to marry who they want to, whether Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, etc. While I agree that he was wrong for “dumping his pregnant wife,” we don’t know the entire story. No matter what, Black people, especially Black women, should not feel slighted by a successful Black man marrying a White woman. After all, successful White men marry Black women all the time. Our Black is still beautiful and we don’t have to tear down a White woman to make that known. To each its own.
Samdromeda
July 24, 2012 at 12:05 am
I like your comment. In the Bible it does state that there will be a great mixed multitude. In order to have that there will be a multitude of people with mixed genetics. Externally they are seen as individuals of two races. But within the confines of the marriage they are two people who are seeking favor from God. We should seek positive outcomes rather than voice oppression. Oppressors oppose God. I would not want to be in the shoes of such a person.
Majid070
July 20, 2012 at 10:34 pm
Not surprised. To this day some brothas think having a white woman is a prize. Flat lunchbox a*s and milk white liver-spotted skin is the business. Mayo sandwiches and synchronized swimming. Corny s**t. If I was his Dad I’d go upside his d**n head. Silly negroes.
D.C.
July 20, 2012 at 9:47 pm
The next chapter….how could this fool think that the evil he has done in dumping a pregnant wife will bring him anything but pain and sorrow back. Hope he had a prenup because this gold digger is probably waiting gor him to pass gas so she can divorce I’m while he still has a little money. I’m just saying…
Erica
July 24, 2012 at 3:55 pm
Well said, money must be already tight, he got married in the courthouse.lol
Evebantyte
July 20, 2012 at 9:42 pm
Haha!!
That’s why he ain’t got no ring!!
Messing with them white bit##es!!
Hahahahhahhhahahha
Daniel
July 20, 2012 at 9:17 pm
If hes happy, then let him be happy.
Derrick
July 20, 2012 at 9:05 pm
Another happy negroid with a caucasoid!
That heffa looks like casper the friendly ghost!
WHAT HAVE THESE CAUCASOID FEMALES DONE TO THESE NEGROID MALES? IS THE FLAT a*s OR WHAT?
Some negroid males like their caucasoid female behinds to look like an egg…………..FRIED!
LATER!
aslee
July 20, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Reneegede you sho right about that two-toned body…..she went overboard with the spray tan & the makeup makes her face pale….not a good look…lol!!!!! But whats even worse is that Tiki is a fool to believe that this will work. I hope he signed a prenup!!!! As for the “new” mrs barber….if he left his pregnant wife he gon leave you too!!! As the old saying goes…..you will lose him the same way you got him. I just dont understand why women think that they can keep a man who left another woman to be with them. Its nothing you did sweetie besides be in the right place at the right time. Its sad to say but Tiki was gon leave anyway so it really doesnt matter who was there. But please ask yourselk “new” mrs. Barber….if he didnt keep his vows with his last wife why would he keep them with you? Best of luck to the happy couple…..plenty of alimony, child support, and a new man to truly love you and your children to the ex mrs.barber!!!!
radiah
July 20, 2012 at 8:37 pm
Another stupid Black man that hates his momma and Black women F@%* you!
Max
August 13, 2012 at 11:29 am
BLACK WOMEN ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO LOVE THESE DAYS. SAD BUT TRUE. LESS APPRECIATIVE AND MORE AND MORE AGGRAVATING.
sasha
August 20, 2012 at 9:54 pm
MAX AND BLACK MEN ARE TOO BUSY BEING INCARCERATED TO REALLY GIVE A d**n SO WHAT’S YOUR POINT?
E. Jersey
July 20, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Really, a man cannot be in love and marry whom he wants? Uncle tom? Lets see…he went to college, graduated, was an allstar in his profession of choice… So…what accolades have you couch potatoes achieved? Why denigrate a man YOU dont even know? FYI: I am a black man whom has only dated black women.. love me some sistuhs.
Jackie
July 22, 2012 at 7:15 am
I believe the vitriol is because he left his wife while she was pregnant. Left his kids, too.
karen
July 20, 2012 at 8:23 pm
Are we really surprised? He’s typical, horse face tom.
Reneegede
July 20, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Dang, she is ugly and has a two-tone body. I see another No-Jay Simpson coming…any day now.
Cortez
July 20, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Mr run it… Shut your uncle tom a*s up
Derrick
July 20, 2012 at 9:25 pm
@Cortez: My mission has been accomplished on this little rat. I have control over this devil’s mind! “IT” will be responding soon, just wait and see.
Pay this freakazoid no attention. I have messed ‘IT’ up with Truth. THE POWER OF THE BLACK MAN.
HE’LL BE THE NEXT TERRORIST TO GO KILL PEOPLE!!!
“IT” can’t resists from acting like a crazy cracker because the Truth has fvcked “IT” up!
KEEP AN EYE ON THIS LITTLE devil. By the way…”IT” is a caucasoid passing as a negroid!
“IT” is only a billy goat kid looking for attention from his Black Parents!
Tiamette
July 24, 2012 at 12:17 pm
WHATT?????
Mr run it
July 20, 2012 at 12:50 pm
(“dumbass derrick”)
when
u
gon
stop
whining
about
the
white man
and
get
yourself
a
life
CD
July 23, 2012 at 7:25 pm
We all make mistakes. We should live and learn…There is a Real Living God…Worry about yourself leave this man alone.