By Jen Heger - Breaking Celebrity News Assistant Managing Editor

Kris Humphries. is claiming he has proof that producers of Kourtney & Kim Take New York set him up to be "the bad guy" on screen , citing an example where he was told to quiz soon-to-be ex-wife, Kim Kardashian's BFF, Jonathan Cheban, about his sexuality, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.

The incident sparked an outcry from Cheban, who subsequently accused Humphries of homophobia and went public with his threats of a lawsuit, more proof, the NBA star believes, that Kim's life is a series of set-ups and make believe and that their relationship, and 72 day marriage, was a total sham.

"Kris' lawyers plan on asking Kim when she is being deposed about producers of the reality show telling Kris in an email to ask Jonathan about his sexuality," a source close to the situation tells Breaking Celebrity News. "Kris has written proof that he was instructed to ask Jonathan the very personal question, and they will be presented with this evidence during her deposition. It's Kris' contention that this only further provides proof that this relationship was far from real -- he was set up by producers to ask the question -- then made to look bad -- and the entire scenario was staged, it was methodically planned out, just like the rest of their time together it seems."