We All Have To Grow-Up One Day!
I’m not sure if someone spiked something in Evelyn’s wine or what but the reality star has been turning a new leaf on her personality and behavior these days. Following Monday’s episode of basketballwives, we watch Evelyn and Jennfier [the former BFF’s of 10 years] finally confront each other while on vacation in Tahiti and needless to say it didn’t end well. There was no fighting but Evelyn did break the friend code when she began airing out “some of Jen’s dirty laundry” on national television.
The odd thing of it all is that the Evelyn initially ended her friendship with Jennifer for the same reason [Jennifer airing out Ev’s laundry on blogs and interviews prior]. Now I know some people may say “what comes around, goes around” but we all know “two wrongs don’t make a right” Well it seems that Evelyn has finally seen the light of her behavior and in a recent interview with Vibe Magazine she talks about her regret over betraying her former friend.
Evelyn also dishes on Shaunie O’neal taking the blame of it all, what she’s learned most from Chad and the impact of controversy, and her new friendship with pop singer Rhianna. Peep of a few excerpts below:
On betraying the ‘friend code’ with Jennifer:
A lot was happening during that time. I’m one of those people, I said some things and I was just like, that was not cooI. I live by loyalty and I feel like at that point I broke the friend code. I should have never broken that code and I should have never stooped down to that level. Like, if she wants to do interviews and slick comments, it is what it is. I don’t hate her. People just get caught up in this industry; you do interviews and say certain things. I truly don’t wish her anything negative, we’ve gone through a lot together as friends from moving out, men drama, all types of stuff. It’s just tough having to relive it then talk about it. You never have that time for healing. But now that the show is done and things are calming down, I’m not angry anymore about it and I don’t hate her at all. I don’t really hate anybody, I was just upset how things were handled.She added: I miss her. We were friends for 10 years. I was in her wedding, so you know yeah, and your thinking you guys are going to do this show together, your BFF, and then your kind of like what happened? And we are mutual friends with a lot of people, so everything else became weird energy. It was tough.
On Shaunie Taking The Heat For BBW:
I’ve had conversations with Shaunie, and she is in a tough place because she wears all hats, she’s an Executive Producer, a cast mate, friend to us…it’s just tough because you’re being pulled from every angle. I can honestly say that from Season 1, Shaunie has been an advocate to find a balance.
On Critics Of The Show And How’s She’s Handling It :
I’ve accepted that this is a part of my life and apart of my world now. The more the show became popular, and I started dating Chad, its been like chaos. I’m never going to hide and I’m always one of those people that say TV can be a gift and a curse, and at the same time it’s opened up doors for me that I never would have imagined.
On what she’s learned from her soon to be husband Chad Ochocinco:
I’ve learned, especially from Chad, that controversy is good. Nothing phases him and he’s like ‘Why do you care?’ I’ve learned a lot from him: the more popular and successful you become, the more haters and the more attorneys you need [laughs].
On her relationship with Rihanna [whom she also met via twitter] :
We became cool on Twitter [laughs], and she’s cool! She lives her life and does what the fuck she wants and I love that about her. It’s tough because all of a sudden your supposed to be perfect and a role model to everyone and not live your life and I think she does what she needs to do, she’s young and having fun. Growing up, I didn’t necessarily say ‘oh my god! Look at Madonna I want to be just like her’, I just loved her music. I feel like people put so much pressure on these celebrities and it’s like I think parents should be role models and if you don’t want your kids watching these things then don’t. Like my daughter is almost 19 and she will tell you that growing up she had parental control for the TV, because of HBO etc. In my eyes, Rihanna can do no wrong, I think she’s an amazing artist. She’s gorgeous, handles her business, and lives her life with no apologies.
As the saying apart of growing up is knowing when to apologize when you’ve done something wrong. Evelyn is demonstrating more positive steps so clearly she wants to work towards being a better woman. Well its about damn time!