Well dayum. It looks as though LisaRaye wasn’t the only one popping bottles when she received the news that Stacey Dash wouldn’t be returning to VH1′s Single Ladies. Actor D.B. Woodside, who plays Keisha’s love interest Malcolm, claims he went out and had some drinks as soon as he heard the news. He recently revealed in an interview with V-103′s Egypt Sherrod:
I don’t want to cause any trouble, but I, for one, am happy she’s gone. It’s a much better place to be. It’s a much better set,” he said bluntly. “I’m just going to keep it straight. I’m just going to keep it real. I am happy that she’s not there anymore.
When I first heard that Stacey was leaving, I went out and celebrated and had some drinks.
D.B. also revealed that Stacey made it very difficult to show up to work at times:
Last year was very difficult at times to go to set with all that tension that was going on with Stacey. So I wish her well. I’m sure she’s off doing something else.
Back in the May 28th Issue of JET, LisaRaye claimed the tension with Stacey all started over one scene and it took a life of it’s own:
Yes, there was a disagreement over a scene. And it really wasn’t with me. It was with the director. I think it was about 2 or 3AM and we’d been shooting all damn day. Stacey tried to argue with the director about a line. And I’m like: “Girl, if you don’t say what the director wants you to say.” It wasn’t that serious at first, but it went there.”
“It’s a bunch of women on the set. We might all be on our damn period at any given point. I just wanted us to move forward. Then the argument took on a life of its own. The show decided to use it for publicity. They just ran with it.”
Unfortunately, I haven’t watched ‘Single Ladies’ since Stacey left but it’s unfortunate to hear about all the drama she brought to the set. Yikes!
Meanwhile, she’s just begun writing a book. She shared on her blog:
I’m writing a “How To” book. It’ll be about me, my daily ritual and what I do every day to be Stacey Dash. It’ll be about what I’ve done in the past, the mistakes I’ve made and the lessons I’ve learned. The mistakes that I continue to make that drive me to moments of madness. I want to share what I’m going through in real-time to correct, reconcile and reinvent. You see I’m on a quest to live in love and joy come hell or high water. So, I’ll be writing about my future and how I’m moving forward in life using the knowledge I’ve gained from my past and wisdom I’m finding now. Also, I want to teach women and girls how to take care of themselves…and most importantly, how to love themselves. I believe that… is truly what is most important in life. In the process of writing, I’m hopeful that while I’m teaching you I’ll also be teaching myself…