Who is Chris Carlos? ‘Courtside Karen’ Juliana's husband once bought $25 million penthouse in Miami
The recent Los Angeles Lakers vs. Atlanta Hawks’ game turned out to be LeBron James going back and forth with a Hawks fan. During the highly publicized game, a couple of fans were reportedly removed from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta after a verbal altercation with James. The fans were identified as Chris and Juliana Carlos. While many on Twitter abused the acclaimed Lakers star, there were several who slammed the female fan as “courtside Karen”. The altercation was followed by three on-court referees intervening when Juliana removed her face mask and shouted at the Lakers star.
While fans of LeBron took to calling the woman out on social media, Juliana later uploaded a string of videos, explaining her side of the story. In her social media clips, she explained why and how she started yelling at the NBA champion. As per Juliana, it was James who apparently started cussing her husband, Chris, who was at the game with her. Juliana said she's only defending her husband, who reportedly was getting slammed by the four-time NBA champion. As per Juliana, it was pretty unfair that she was thrown out of the game because of James.
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"So I am minding my own business, and Chris has been a Hawks fan forever," Juliana said in the released clip. “He's been watching Hawks games for ten years whatever... he has this issue with LeBron, I don't have an issue with LeBron, and I don't give a f**k about LeBron. Anyway, I am minding my own business, drinking my (beeps) and having fun...all of a sudden, LeBron says something to my husband. And I see this, and I get up and say, "Don't f***ng talk to my husband, and he goes..."Sit the f**k down, b***h."
James later admitted to having missed interacting like these. During an interview, he claimed that he did not think she should have been thrown out, even though she jumped in and said her piece while he had words with her husband, Chris Carlos. Following the game, James wrote on Twitter, “Courtside Karen was MAD MAD.”
Who is Chris Carlos?
Carlos, who is the son of the family-owned Republic National Distributing Co.’s former chairman and CEO Michael Carlos, was sitting courtside with his wife when they got into a verbal spat with James. The game was temporarily paused before the couple, and two others, were forced to leave the court arena.
Chris was born in Atlanta and has remained a longtime Hawks fan. He began his career as a merchandiser in Florida and gained insights into the company’s operations; he then helped expand the National Distribution into South Carolina. He even launched NDC’s beer division in Atlanta and has served as the company’s executive vice president of Georgia. As of now, he is serving as a Board of Directors member and partner of Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC), which is reportedly the second-largest distributor of premium wine and spirits in the United States. The RNDC is a family-owned business that employees more than 9,500 associates across 32 states and the District of Columbia.
As per Forbes, the company had revenue of $11 billion in 2019. Chris remains a trustee of Atlanta Ballet and was even named “Philanthropist of the Year” in 2016. Chris supports Emory University’s Carlos Museum, which houses an art collection of several noted ancient objects. Chris once owned a $25 million penthouse in Bar Harbour in Miami.