LisaRaye: ‘Marriage is love and commitment, but also a business’

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Actress LisaRaye McCoy already has one hit show under her belt — TV One’s “The Real McCoy”. Her new VH1 scripted series, “Single Ladies”, is running neck-and-neck with “Basketball Wives 3.”

Last week, both shows scored ratings of 1.8 million viewers each. This is quite an achievement for a new scripted series!

The former first lady of Turks & Caicos, who is rumored to be dating a former ball player in Atlanta (I can’t say who) — is an independent woman who is no stranger to power struggles in her relationships with men.

She recently sat down with theUrbanDaily.com to talk about her role on “Single Ladies,” working with her sexy co-star D.B. Woodside, and should women marry for love or money.

TUD: How long do you wait for a guy to call back before you give him his walking papers?

LisaRaye: 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.

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.

Update: We just received word from LisaRaye, who denies being in a relationship with anyone. She said, and I quote, “please tell your readers that I am not dating anyone. I am very much single as a billion dollar bill!”

According to my sources, LR and former NBA player Charles Oakley arrived at Tongue & Groove together on Monday night. The two left together in LisaRaye’s white Range Rover.