The Honeymoon is Over?: The Evelyn Lozada & Chad Ochocinco Debacle

Anyone who has read any past posts on this blog knows that I am far from an Evelyn fan or even a Ochocinco fan. But when I heard these reports a big part of me was saddened. I never want to see a woman being physically abused by the man she loves. Not only was she head butted by her husband, but her situation is being played out for the world to see. It is also unfortunate that Chad Ochocinco has subsequently lost his position as WR for the Miami Dolphins. After 30 days of marriage, no one was expecting to see these two in such a big media mess.

Now with that said, I have to admit a small part of me was mildly amused by these reports (*does evil chuckle*). Anyone who watched Basketball Wives last season can testify that Ms. Evelyn was a real B I T C H all season long. Especially when it came to her former best friend Jennifer Williams. Her beef with Jennifer stemmed from a string of radio interviews Jen did; where she made some not so flattering comments about Chad Ochocinco. Basically calling him an attention whore and suggesting that Evelyn was making a mistake getting involved with another athlete. Now, we all know these statements are both 100% true buuut they probably weren't the best things to say publicly as Evelyn's BFF. Due to these comments/radio interviews, Evelyn made it her mission to torture Jen all season long. Evelyn did everything from hitting Jen in the head with a clutch bag, attempting to put hands on her, threatening to put hands on her and airing out all of Jen's dirty laundry for 3 million viewers to hear. As well as tweeting & retweeting mean and nasty tweets made about Jennifer throughout the season. All because of a few mild comments Jennifer made about Chad on the radio, Evelyn was willing to burn all bridges with Jen and lay their 14 year friendship to the wayside. Jennifer was not the only one who suffered Evelyn's wrath on last season's Basketball Wives; cast mate Kenya Bell was also a target. In a fit of rage, Evelyn threw a large wine bottle, full force, at Kenya's head; smashing open against a wall and nearly injuring her other cast mates. 

Let's not forget how she criticized Jennifer Williams for pressing charges against the woman who slapped her. Calling her a "snitch" and a "punk". But reports show that Evelyn plans to press charges. Hmmm.. Makes me wonder if a certain executive producer (Shaunie O'Neal) will advise her to not press charges over a "mistake". 

With all this on her resume, it makes it hard to feel completely sorry for Evelyn. But as a woman I can say I hope they get through this. No I did not think they would be together forever, but I thought they would go at least a year without any BS or talks of divorce. This story is still developing, and I have a few unanswered questions. What will become of their joint reality show 'Ev&Ocho'? How does Jennifer feel about this news? I have a feeling things are going to get much worse before they get better.