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“I truly enjoyed playing Val on ‘Single Ladies’, but I have decided to leave the show. I have to be back in L.A. with my children right now and the ‘Single Ladies’ shooting location makes that impossible. I wish VH1 the best of luck with the show and in maintaining the strong fan base we developed in season one.”

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LisaRaye posted this message to her Facebook wall:

As everyone know I am in Italy vacationing. I was just made aware of the lies that are being spread by Mediatakeout and other blogs that like to create false stories. I was not even aware that Stacy Dash had been fired from Single Ladies. Furthermore if she has been fired that is a network decision. I don’t have the power to get her fired nor do I have any beef with her. Now im going to go continue enjoying my vacation!

Stacy Littlejohn, the show’s principal writer and executive producer, also responded to the grilling on LisaRaye’s Facebook:

LisaRaye is a very strong woman and we love her, but she does not have that kind of power, nor at any time did she seek to influence any casting decisions. Furthermore, no cast member of Single Ladies has the power to get another cast member fired. the 6th grade back-stabbing that LisaRaye’s being accused of is completely the creation of uninformed, instigating internet gossip. Please don’t buy into it. Let’s just celebrate that we have a Season 2 coming!!!!

Enjoy your vacay girlfriend, you deserve it!

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On tonight’s episode of “Single Ladies,” Val is more overwhelmed than ever after she receives two shocking surprises. Just when Keisha thought everything about Malcolm had been revealed, she gets dragged further into his murky past. One heartbreaking chapter of April’s life closes, but another promising one opens.  Keisha pledges loyalty to Val when she refuses to give Chilli the hook up with the newly single Jerry. 

“Single Ladies” airs tonight on VH1 at 9:00 P.M. EST/8c

Check out sneak peeks below:

On tonight’s episode of “Single Ladies” things couldn’t be better for Val and Jerry… until ex-boyfriend Quinn shows up with a startling revelation. Keisha gets caught in the middle of an old feud between Malcolm and his brother. April tries to get Reed to focus more on his music than partying.  Keisha gives boy toy Woody his walking papers.

“Single Ladies” airs tonight on VH1 9 P.M. EST/8c

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“Keisha Lets Woody Go”

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5. Val has a juicy past! “What’s done in the dark will come into light.” Val’s bisexual past is coming to catch up with her as her old college lesbian experience with…(drum roll please)…you guessed it, the lesbian community’s own, Queen Latifah, is revealed! In turn, the affair gets blown up in the media by the beautiful butch herself.

4. Keyshia is falling in love. It seems as though the Playa’s Club President, Keisha, is officially on her way to turning in her playa’s card – which should’ve been done years ago but, hey, at least she’s giving it up.

3. Keisha plays mentor. Say what you will about her, but Keisha began to grow on me this episode. She seems to have matured in the show and in the midst of pulling a favor for April, she comes across an aspiring video hoe model willing to do anything to get her name out there. So, Keisha comes to the rescue and saves her from a possibly humiliating night. She allows her to stay the night at her and Val’s place but later, while taking her home to her brother’s house, Keisha discovers the model’s brother is actually Malcolm – her constant flame and current love. Eventually they make up and Keisha comes clean about the watch she stole from him to keep the events of her scandalous past from turning up in a book.

2. April’s artist ODs on drugs. In the midst of trying to manage her new artist Reed, she realizes she may have bitten off more than she can chew as she constantly has to chase her artist to keep up with him. With missed studio time and late show appearances, Reed eventually overdoses on drugs and April finds she needs to tighten her leash on him. She orders him to sleep on her couch until after the album is done.

1. Reed tries to show his appreciation for April. In an attempt to show his love and appreciation for all of April’s hard work and dedication she’s invested into his career, Reed makes his way during the wee hours of the morning and attempts to give April some of the “sweet daddy” but much to his surprise, April remains professional and lets it be known that nothing but the rent is going down between them. As he pleads his case and tries to let her know he’s just being appreciative, she sends him on his way, telling him to put it in a love song.

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What do you think? Based on the last two episodes, do you think “Single Ladies” has potential?

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Once I finally began to block out the annoying lacefronts of Keisha and April, and the ignorant, redundant references to LisaRaye’s assets, I continuously found myself wondering what will happen next. This week’s episode was filled with numerous moments that had us saying “Wait…what the f__?”

Check out the 5 WTF moments from last night’s “Single Ladies”:

5. Val attempts to be every woman during her “man cleanse.” After Keisha and April pointed out that Val hadn’t been perfectly single since the 7th grade, Val made a moral promise to herself to do a “man cleanse.” Unsure of what to do with herself without the aid of a man, Val busies herself with new hobbies like golf and things as ridiculous as attending college parties.

4. Keisha sleeps with the enemy. Keisha and her trainer work up a “black sweat” in every sense of the word in the midst of attempting a work out session. Unfortunately for Keisha, instead of paying attention to putting in “work on her body,” he turned out to be paying more attention to the belongings, that weren’t attached to her body.

3. They go to a college party. While Keisha, April and Val do not look old, they also don’t even almost look college-aged. Picture that. In the midst of a flock of midriff-baring girls, bicep-bulging guys, and a giant beer keg on deck….you look to the left corner of the party and see a set of noticeably older women dressed to the nines in thousand dollar Louboutin’s– it’s just not a good look on their behalf.

2. April’s husband tries to “stick her for her paper.” In previous episodes April’s husband vowed to get her for her trust fund and this week, he made good on his threats by making extravagant purchases and removing her name from their joint account, forcing April to hire herself a lawyer, and a good one at that.

1. Val and Keisha’s apartment is broken into. While Keisha was sleeping with her personal trainer she actually opened their home up to be ransacked and robbed because that’s exactly what happened the moment Keisha let her guard down.

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While I struggled through the entire episode and constantly resisted the urge it gave me to go play in traffic I am proud to state the fact that I did it(cues super hero music). I completed the full episode of “Single Ladies” just so I could bring to you the 5 most annoying events of this week’s episode of “Single Ladies,” check it out below:

5. The sub-par acting skills of LisaRaye. LisaRaye’s acting chops have always been less than stellar, but it also doesn’t help that her speaking voice sounds like not only has she been smoking since birth but guzzling warmed rum in a baby bottle as well. This week Keisha (LisaRaye) and her on again off again flame Malcolm, were currently on again as he used his desire to do business with Val (Stacey Dash) as a ploy to get closer to Val. That, I have no problem with. That’s actually a pretty solid story line, however, all of that went out the window as the moment LisaRaye opened her mouth to deliver her lines it was reminiscent of a 3rd grader delivering their lines in their elementary school play. Word for the wise Lisaraye, when the director yells “CUT,” you are supposed to read your lines. Not spit them. Just because you deliver a line with force, doesn’t mean you’ve delivered a powerful acting performance.

4. Stacey Dash can’t stand on her own in one episode. Like every week, VH1 wasted another unnecessary actor. What do I mean by that you ask? In nearly every episode Dash is linked to 1 or more men, the annoying thing about this however, is that it’s a waste of an actor because they are never a consistent factor in the show. This time, in an attempt to Dash to actually be “single” in this episode, she feigned disinterest in possibly the one guy that could’ve actually treated her right and actually had the desire to get to know her for who was and not just for her sex. Smart move “Val.” Real smart.

3. The failed attempt at this being the black “Sex And The City.” Um, while I understand there is a lacking of “sisterhood” shows in black television, everything doesn’t have to take a following to “Sex And The City.” If it does, it can’t be on basic cable and it damn sure needs better acting. While this has never really been a declared statement, this is the direction I feel like the show is trying to take, for example: You’ve got the “Samantha” and that is the friend that does h*o ish and will pretty much always do h*e ish and everyone has a general understanding of that, which is Val. You have Keisha that is sort of a combination of “Miranda” and “Carrie”in the sense that she’s the friend that does not and will not be up for the BS but she also has a constant flame in her life that most likely will be on the back burner through the midst of each and every fling. Then you have the “Charlotte” which is the somewhat conservative friend that is slightly dingy that does her fair share of sleeping around as well, which would be April.

2. Charity Shea and LisaRaye’s lace front fright. (In my Florida Evans voice) Damn…Damn…Dayum! In the midst of struggling through the show to do this post, I also struggled with resisting the urge to put my hand through the computer screen to snatch them dayum wigs! The fact that their hair skips the entire hairline part of a person’s hair and immediately flows into the thickest parts of a person’s hair bugs me to no end.

1. The awkward moment when Val’s intern Kristina Keeps getting caught having sex in crazy places. Sex is one of those things that only makes sense, in instances when it only makes sense. There is just no way around it. While I’m no prude, sex is also one of those things that makes you super uncomfortable when it’s happening in overkill. So when Kristina gets repeatedly gets caught spreading love, first in Val’s store and second in the car. I’m not complaining about the numerous occurrences of sex in the show, I’m just saying, it doesn’t work when its aimlessly being shoved down your throat while lacking in substance.

Watch the full episode below if you care, oh you care. I just know it.

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The Urban Daily spoke with LisaRaye  about her role on “Single Ladies,” working with her sexy co-star D.B. Woodside, and should women marry for love or money.

TUD: Congratulations on the success of Single Ladies!   Why do you think the show has resonated with the female audience?

LisaRaye: I think it’s because it’s something new and fresh.  There’s nothing else like this on TV right now—it’s not a white show, it’s not a black show.  It’s very universal,  it’s showing all age groups, and different ethnicities.  It’s very sexy and bold.  We’re talking about current issues that everyone can relate to.

Your character Keisha is a former video model.  How much did you draw from your own personal experiences in creating the character?

Just like Keisha, I started my career modeling in my hometown of Chicago and graduated to doing music videos in Los Angeles.  Back then you did videos in the hope that the director would eventually direct films.  So you would try to get those auditions with them.  It was definitely a grind and a hustle, but then I made it into movies and doing a sitcom. Now I’m back doing a scripted series, and I also have a reality show “The Real McCoy” on TV One.

As close as Keisha is to myself, I actually identify with the other two characters (Val and April).  Keisha is looking for love, but there’s this wall she’s put up.  I’m looking for love but unlike Keisha,  I’m a little too old to play those games.

Speaking of playing games, your character and Malcolm (D.B. Woodside) are engaged in an intense power play.  In the first episode, Keisha finally gave in and slept with Malcolm, but then he didn’t call her back.  Have you ever experienced that?

Absolutely.  I’ve experienced that a couple of times.  You think everything is going well, then something changes and you don’t know what the hell is going on.  It makes you analyze yourself and ask “Did I do something wrong?”  It makes you second  guess yourself, which isn’t healthy.

So what’s your cut off time? How long do you wait for a guy to call back before you give him his walking papers?

One week.  There’s nothing going in your life that bad that you can’t pick up the phone.  To me, that’s called respect and consideration—if you don’t have those two things, then we have nothing in common.  I’ll just send you a thank you card for letting me know who you are so I won’t waste my time.

You and D.B. Woodside have some steamy on screen chemistry.  What’s it like working with him?

It’s very easy.  When it comes to our scenes, there’s just a flow to it.  Also, D.B. is  easy on the eyes, I have no complaints (laughs).  Let’s just say I’m living vicariously through Keisha and that’s my final answer!

There’s a fly in the ointment since Keisha stole the jewelry Malcolm designed  for Cam’ron’s video shoot  How will this impact their relationship once Malcolm finds out?

Well sometimes in life you do things you don’t mean to do.  There are repercussions, but you learn from your mistakes and experiences.  When I talk to kids in high school and colleges, I encourage them to make mistakes because it builds character.  Keisha feels she has her own reasons for doing things.  They used my likeness in this video and didn’t pay Keisha what she was worth so she feels like “I’m going to take it from this end over here.”

Your rival on the show is Jasmine (played by Kim Porter).  Tell us about working with her.

Kim was on the set for about two days, and when you’re shooting guerilla style, 15 hours a day, there’s not a lot of time to get together for rehearsal.  Fortunately I knew Kim before this project, so we already had a relationship and chemistry.

Out of the three friends, Keisha’s views on men seem to be very practical.  She believes in marrying for security.  Do you think women should marry for love or practicality?

I think both.  I think marriage is love and commitment, but also a business.  When I say it’s a business I mean you have to get very deep and involved in his history and find out his outlook on how he’s going to take care of his family. How are we going to run the household?  Who brings the most money in? Who’s going to pay what? What are you bringing to the table? How do we protect what we have?

I know my worth.  I’m an international woman, a former first lady. I’m accomplished.  So I want someone equally yoked with me, I want him to bring something to the table so that we can be that much more powerful together.  So I’m not looking for the average Joe.

One of the story lines has April (Charity Shea) having an affair with a high powered official.  Having gone through a very public divorce with your ex-husband Michael Misick, what was it like seeing that play out on the show?

Couples who are in the public eye face a lot of pressure.  You try to have a normal life, but you have to be careful what you do.  Like I told my husband at the time, “Be respectful.  Whatever you’re going to do, do it on the other island, not over here.  Don’t let me find out.” But it blew up in his face because not only did I find out, his country found out and  his people wondered if they could trust him.

Whatever you want your marriage to be, you have to be truthful.  There are a lot of open relationships, a triangle relationship where the wife may let the man bring in somebody else.  If you’re going to change the rules of the game, you have to let the players know.

There have been articles written questioning the negative images of women on television.  How do you feel “Single Ladies” will bring balance to how black women are depicted?

There hasn’t been a lot of work for African-American actresses lately.  I think VH1 has given myself  and Stacey Dash an incredible opportunity and I’m eager to prove those people wrong.  I think we’ve been representing very well for the 40+ aged women, that we still look good and that we’re still relevant.

In Hollywood, there seems to be an unwritten law that actresses have to be extremely thin in order to succeed in the business.  How have you been able to resist the temptation to conform, and foster positive body images for both yourself and your daughter Kai?

You have to use your own discretion on how you want to look.  We look in the magazines and in the movies and women look like a size zero.  In the two-hour premiere of “Single Ladies” I was thicker. I actually like being thicker, especially in the summertime when I’m not working.  Women like myself, Beyonce and J-Lo are known for having a nice backside– a curvaceous body shows that we’re not afraid of looking womanly.  The more we embrace ourselves, the better people can relate to us because they look like us and want to see more of that.  My daughter is a size 12 and I enjoy that she embraces her own beauty.  We’re not all meant to be the same.  Stacey Dash is a size 2, I’m a size 6-7 and I may go up to a size 8, who knows? When we see a variety of body sizes on TV that’s letting the audience know that it’s o.k.

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