LeBron James Trolls “Courtside Karen” At Lakers Game

February 2, 2021, 8:26 am

“Courtside Karen” was trending on Twitter last night, after a woman and her husband got ejected from a Lakers game for picking a fight with LeBron James.

Apparently, Chris Carlos heckled James so intensely from his courtside seat that James not only responded, but the referees had to get involved — and Carlos’ wife, Juliana, decided she needed to speak up as well.

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“LeBron James looked at my husband during the game and cussed him out and I stood up and go ‘Don’t f—king talk to my husband. Talk to my husband one more time and I’ll fuck you up,’” Juliana recounted on her Instagram after the game. She also claims James then called her a b—ch, which encouraged her to double down.

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It’s not difficult to understand why literally threatening one of the players — according to her own account — would result in both Juliana and Chris getting kicked out of the game, especially if Chris actually started the whole altercation.

The internet was deeply amused by the whole thing, immediately dubbing Juliana “Courtside Karen” and dunking on her hard for escalating things and then finding it ridiculous that she was removed from the situation.

This Courtside Karen is getting dragged for coming at Lebron…

And I love it.

— Sarah (@SarahSight) February 2, 2021

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Lebron right now probably about to have a midnight glass of red wine before calling it a night while courtside Karen still worked up about it on Instagram.

— Cam (@damnitscam33) February 2, 2021

I’m an 𝗔𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 Hawks fan but the fact that Bron got #courtsidekaren ejected on the first day of Black History Month makes the situation that much more laughable

— Andre’ J. Hunt Sr. (@RevDreSr) February 2, 2021

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“Excuse me, I have court-side seats that I paid for” I’m sorry to tell you but just because you pay for something doesn’t mean you don’t have to follow the Code of Conduct put in place. #courtsidekaren pic.twitter.com/8okBElxXEh

— empress of andromeda (@BissietheAlien) February 2, 2021

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And James himself appeared to take it all in stride, telling press that “at the end of the day, [he’s] happy fans are back in the building” and suggesting the couple may have had a little too much to drink.

But on Twitter, he made his thoughts known a little more clearly:

Courtside Karen was MAD MAD!!

— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 2, 2021

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*First Published: February 2, 2021, 8:26 am