When former Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was on his way to becoming the league’s all-time leading scorer, and a bona fide NBA legend, he was often described, perhaps a bit unfairly, as being unapproachable and aloof.
In his post-playing days, Abdul-Jabbar has shown off his diverse interests and even weighed in on reality television at one point. He once wrote an article on ABC television’s Bachelor/Bachelorette franchise entitled “How the Bachelor and Bachelorette Franchise Are Damaging Romance in America.” As one might imagine, he was not fond of the show on any societal level, referring to it as “insidious darkness beneath the fairytale pabulum they are serving up.