"It's high time I get respect" - When Coach Prime's ex-wife Pilar Sanders felt "under-appreciated" by Deion despite taking care of the kids
Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders' ex-wife Pilar Sanders has become a regular visitor to Boulder whenever her remaining children (Shilo and Shedeur Sanders) play football. Pilar has also been spending a lot of time with her daughter Shelomi Sanders, who entered the transfer portal in April and transferred to the Alabama A&M Bulldogs.
During a YouTube snippet of "Super Sneak: Deion and Pilar Sanders Prime Time Love," aired in 2008, Coach Prime's ex-wife spoke about the Buffs coach not helping around the house (0:32).
"Taking care of the kids in the house is not easy at all, and I feel under-appreciated a lot. It's high time I get a little respect," Pilar said.
During a 2022 episode of the "Second Shot," Pilar spoke about being the subject of the charismatic coach's reality show (5:30).
"At first, it was quite invasive because I'm more of an introvert, I think I am anyway," Pilar said. "Really private, so having the cameras in my house all the time, after a month or two, you kinda get used to it, and you just gaze over it like it doesn't matter, whatever.
"You truly forget about the cameras and the extra people and the wires and everything in the house. You just, you don't care, you get to a point where it's like, whatever, you really do."
When Pilar Sanders bemoaned public divorce
The divorce between Coach Prime and Pilar Sanders was messy, as they battled over custody of the kids which the Buffs' coach initially won.
During a 2022 episode of the "Second Shot," Pilar mentioned how much the publicity from the divorce affected her (4:55).
"Unfortunately, it was public and it was made very public," Pilar said. "Again, I'm very private. Well, I didn't have a mic, so a lot of things, untruths made it to the media and it's not like I had a way to fight back publicly, nor did I really want to.
"Because my focus was my and their safety, their mental health, their wellbeing and, of course, my mental health and wellbeing, because being married for 13 years, you're focused on your husband."
Pilar Sanders has since moved on, as her children, Shilo, Shedeur and Shelomi, now steal the headlines with Deion Sanders as they star in college sports.