A Single Lady Sitting Pretty In White: LisaRaye McCoy Cover Be Magazine

One of our favorite ‘Single Ladies’ (LisaRaye McCoy) covers the latest issue of BE Magazine’s XXXXI digital issue. In the cover story, the former 1st Lady and Premier of Turks and Caicos discusses her past roles including “Diamond” from the Player Clubs, finding a man and the current state of reality television. Below are some excerpts:

On finding a man:

I am a single lady. I can’t really say I’m looking for him; I just want to bump into him. I want to BE surprised. I want to BE swept off my feet like…is that, could that…why it’s him! I want that whole thing with the music playing in the background and everything…

On still being called her past & present characters:
People call me Diamond all the time. It ranges from Diamond to Niecy to now Keisha. People in the grocery store will call me Keisha & I look around like “who me?” They reply with “girl you know that’s you…”

On the current state of reality TV: 
You know what’s so funny is that I was actually a part of one of the first reality shows on Bravo called ‘The It Factor’. It was so much fun. Now, reality shows have really gotten out of hand. I am offended by it somewhat because being an actress, I’m now competing with Reality TV stars on TV and in my pockets…

Spotted: Necole Bitchie

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