Evelyn Lozada Writes for Vibe :: Regrets Breaking Friend Code With Jennifer, “I miss her…”

Evelyn Lozada is in the spotlight again. She recently sat down with Vibe as Guest Editor to discuss her upcoming book, new reality show with fiance’ Chad Ochocinco (Ev & Ocho) and how she developed thick skin to deal with the criticism from all her “haters.” Peep a few excerpts from the interview:

Her reaction to the naysayers and haters who are criticizing her decision to write a book:

“I’ve learned, especially from Chad, that controversy is good. Nothing phases him and he’s like ‘Why do you care?’ I’ve learned a lot from him: the more popular and successful you become, the more haters and the more attorneys you need [laughs].

How she developed thick skin:

“I’ve accepted that this is a part of my life and apart of my world now. The more the show became popular, and I started dating Chad, its been like chaos. I’m never going to hide and I’m always one of those people that say TV can be a gift and a curse, and at the same time it’s opened up doors for me that I never would have imagined.”

Her thoughts on the heat that Shaunie has received this season on the show:

“I’ve had conversations with Shaunie, and she is in a tough place because she wears all hats, she’s an Executive Producer, a cast mate, friend to us…it’s just tough because you’re being pulled from every angle. I can honestly say that from Season 1, Shaunie has been an advocate to find a balance.”

On if she and Jennifer could ever move on and regretting breaking the ‘friend code'”:

A lot was happening during that time. I’m one of those people, I said some things and I was just like, that was not cooI. I live by loyalty and I feel like at that point I broke the friend code. I should have never broken that code and I should have never stooped down to that level. Like, if she wants to do interviews and slick comments, it is what it is. I don’t hate her. People just get caught up in this industry; you do interviews and say certain things. I truly don’t wish her anything negative, we’ve gone through a lot together as friends from moving out, men drama, all types of stuff. It’s just tough having to relive it then talk about it. You never have that time for healing. But now that the show is done and things are calming down, I’m not angry anymore about it and I don’t hate her at all. I don’t really hate anybody, I was just upset how things were handled.

On if she misses her friendship with Jennifer:

I miss her. We were friends for 10 years. I was in her wedding, so you know yeah, and your thinking you guys are going to do this show together, your BFF, and then your kind of like what happened? And we are mutual friends with a lot of people, so everything else became weird energy. It was tough.

With her novel (“Inner Circle: The Wives Association”) set to release on June 12, her new show premiering in September on VH1 and her new cosmetics line E by Evelyn Cosmetics, we can expect to see a lot more of this feisty Latina in the future. P.S. We hear that the two may reunite on the reunion show, what do you think? [Vibe]

– J. Simien