The producers of Basketball Wives are doing more than re-signing Evelyn Lozada to up the ante for Season Four. There will be new cast members in the mix, as well.
Controversial ones at that.
Kenya Bell (below, right) will be joining the show this coming season, and has already “assumed the role of the villain” and gotten into a few fights with the girls.
Bell is a former Miss Michigan USA who was arrested for allegedly trying to effing stab her husband, former Michigan State star Charlie Bell, with a box cutter.
Standard Basketball Wives procedure, really.
Interestingly, not only was Kenya with Charlie before he went pro, but she also has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA. So she’s not a gold digger?
Weird. The other new cast member is Kesha Ni’cole Nichols (above, left). She planned to wed NBA All-Star Richard Jefferson back in 2009, but he bailed last minute.
Almost literally. They were set to tie the knot in $2 million wedding, but Jefferson called a 20-second time out, breaking up with Kesha Ni’Cole via email.
Nichols talks openly about the wedding that wasn’t on the show and has, at least thus far, been well-liked by the rest of the cast. But just give it time.