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The VH1 reality TV show *Basketball Wives* follows the lives of the wives, ex-wives, and girlfriends of professional basketball players. The show first aired in 2010 and is now in its 12th season. The cast has included Shaunie O'Neal, wife of Shaquille O'Neal, Tami Roman, Evelyn Lozada, Jennifer Williams, Kristen Scott, and CeCe Gutierrez, who is engaged to NBA star Byron Scott.
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Who is CC?
CeCe Gutierrez is the girlfriend of NBA star Byron Scott. She joined the cast of Basketball Wives in season 6, which premiered on April 17, 2017.
Gutierrez is known for her appearance on the show alongside her partner, as well as for her feud with fellow cast member Kristen Scott, who is married to Byron's son, Thomas Scott. The strained relationship between Byron and Thomas has been a focus of the show, with an episode featuring the pair attempting to reconcile over dinner. However, Byron denied that he had agreed to attend the dinner, accusing Thomas and Scott of lying.
In addition to Gutierrez, season 6 of Basketball Wives also introduced Keonna Green, ex-girlfriend of Nick Young, Bonnie-Jill Laflin, girlfriend of Kareem Rush, Elena Ahanzadeh, Joe Crawford's girlfriend Cristen Metoyer and her sister Aja, stylist Saniy'yah Samaa, and Hazel Renee.
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Evelyn Lozada
Lozada is best known for her role as one of the six main cast members of the VH1 reality series Basketball Wives, which she joined in 2010. She starred in five seasons of the original series and four seasons of its spin-off, Basketball Wives LA. Lozada's personal life has been a topic of interest for fans, with her relationships and engagements to NBA players Antoine Walker and Chad Ochocinco (now known as Chad Johnson) documented on the show. In 2012, Ochocinco was arrested for assaulting Lozada, and the couple subsequently divorced.
In addition to Basketball Wives, Lozada has appeared on other reality television shows, including Ev and Ocho, which was planned to follow her life with Ochocinco, and Livin' Lozada, which ran for two seasons from 2015 to 2016 and centred around her and her daughter, Shaniece. Lozada has also authored and co-authored several novels, including The Wives Association: Inner Circle (2012), The Perfect Date (2019), and an upcoming novel scheduled for release in 2020.
Lozada has been an active advocate for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, launching the 'Turn Hurt Into Joy' online campaign in 2017 to raise funds for this cause. She has also posed for PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur" campaign in 2012.
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Tami Roman
Roman spent her childhood in a middle-class, single-parent household in White Plains, New York. Her mother worked three jobs to support the family, and Tami spent much of her time alone, becoming a "latch-key" kid. Her childhood changed drastically when her mother met and married Ali Akbar, a devout Muslim who taught Tami the importance of higher education, spiritual foundation, and strong family values. However, Tami's mother divorced Ali after discovering his infidelity, leaving Tami confused and heartbroken.
Roman has been married twice and has two children. Her first marriage was to NBA player Kenny Anderson, with whom she had two daughters, Lyric Chanel and Jazz Lauren. The couple divorced in 2001. Roman later met and started dating her current husband, Reggie Youngblood, in 2013. They tied the knot on August 17, 2018, in Las Vegas, which was documented in their spinoff special, "Tami Ever After".
In addition to her acting career, Roman has also ventured into other creative endeavours. She has appeared on various TV shows, including Extant, Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars, and The Ms. Pat Show. In 2018, she released a series of parody short films titled "Bonnet Chronicles" on Instagram, which was later produced as a scripted series on TIDAL. Roman also founded her own production company, Roman Ramsey Productions, in 2021, with her first project being the talk show Get Into It with Tami Roman for Fox Soul. She has since starred and executive produced several projects for BET and BET+, including the drama series Haus of Vicious and the films Bid For Love, Whatever It Takes, and So Fly Christmas.
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Shaunie O'Neal
O'Neal's involvement in the 'Basketball Wives' franchise stems from her marriage to former NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal. Shaunie and Shaquille O'Neal's highly publicised divorce was a focal point of the series. Shaunie O'Neal also served as an executive producer on 'Basketball Wives'.
In addition to her work on 'Basketball Wives', Shaunie O'Neal has produced and written for other television shows. She is known for 'First Wives Club' and 'Shaunie's Home Court', which aired in 2016 and 2019, respectively. She also starred in 'Basketball Wives LA', which concluded in 2011.
O'Neal's personal life has often been a topic of interest for the media. She has four children with Shaquille O'Neal: two sons, Shareef and Shaquir, and two daughters, Amirah and Me'arah.
In 2022, MTV Entertainment Studios announced a wedding special featuring Shaunie O'Neal, who was embarking on a second chance at love with Pastor Keion Henderson.
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Kristen Scott
Kristen's relationship with her father-in-law has been strained and was a focus of the reality show. In 2019, Byron Scott released a video of himself calling Thomas and Kristen liars, taking issue with how they portrayed him on Basketball Wives. He accused them of lying about him agreeing to come to dinner to fix their relationship. Scott later deleted the video and all traces of it.
Kristen has also had a rocky relationship with fellow cast member CeCe Gutierrez, Byron Scott's fiancée and Thomas Scott's stepmother. The two women have fought throughout the season.
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