Evelyn Lozada reportedly called off her quickie wedding to “Queens Court” contestant Lavon Lewis.
Lozada, 47, said yes to Lewis, 42, after he popped the question on the Peacock reality TV series “Queens Court” earlier this year. Lewis was a finalist on the series back in March when he asked Lozada to be his wife.
But the “Basketball Wives” alumnus is still struggling with unresolved psychological trauma from her previous marriage to former NFL star Chad Ochocinco.
“Things went so fast. Six months later we were engaged, and I just felt a little bit of a disconnect. And the distance he lives in Atlanta, that was another thing that was really, really difficult,” Lozada told Us Weekly.
Lozada added, “He has a son that is, I believe, in his first year of high school or going to high school. It was a lot of moving parts and it just started becoming difficult, and I was just like, ‘I don’t want to keep this going just for the world.'”
Lozada and Ochocinco were married in July 2012. They divorced a month later following a domestic violence incident that led to his arrest.
A VH1 spin-off titled “Eve and Ocho” never aired.
“When I was married before, I was a newlywed and a divorcée at the same time. I divorced 42 days later,” she said. “So, I didn’t know that I was going to have anxiety about getting married again.”
She continued: “I feel like it’s deep-rooted. I feel, like, definitely connected to that incident, that marriage, which I’ve done therapy for. But now, it’s kind of like I’m digging this back up, the whole wedding. And that was hard. It was a difficult time for me. I got married on 4th of July, and by the time August came, I was already filing for divorce.”
Despite the breakup, Lozada said she hopes Lewis finds love.
“I hope he finds an amazing woman. I’ll be at his wedding. He is a great person,” she told Us Weekly. “I’m just happy that he’s not bitter or we’re not in a negative space. I feel like all breakups don’t have to end up like that.”
