The Infamous Scene That Took Living Single Off Air!

I will never regret is speaking my mind about how I felt about what they were asking us to do it wasn't that I got fired it was the way it was done from 1993 until 1998 we were going out dating and laughing with kadesia Sinclair Maxine and [Music] reene they managed to hold their own with shows like Seinfeld and friends and the main reason they stayed on for five seasons is because they were hilarious but we'd love to stay but boring conversation isn't on our schedule but things were not so bright off screen for example Queen Latifa wore a necklace with a key on it on the show that key was from the bike Latifa bought for her brother who passed away in a motorcycle accident from the first episode kadesia was breaking barriers she was a graduate of Howard University she had her own publishing business running flavor magazine where she represented and talked about the interest of the African-American Community she was also a killer ball player while she seemed like she had it all together on the show in real life Queen Latifa was struggling while they were taping the first season of Living Single in 1992 Latifa bought her older brother Lancelot Jr a bite that same year he lost his life in a horrible motorcycle accident and if you ever saw her wearing a key necklace on the show just know that it was the key of her brother's bike Latifa carried with her like a momento I haven't lost my brother when I was 22 years old one of the closest people in my entire life 3 years after the incident she and her then boyfriend Shawn moon were victims of a carjacking when the situation escalated her boyfriend was shot she claimed that this was a traumatic moment that scarred her for life when she appeared in Living Single at 23 Queen Latifa had already made a name for herself but instead of acting she spent most of her 20s rapping before the show she released three albums the first one hitting the public when she was only 19 after the show ended Queen Latifa focused more on her acting career the 53-year-old landed a lead in the movie Set It Off which appeared in theaters in 1996 then for 3 years from 1999 until 2001 she hosted the Queen Latifa show following the example of Oprah Latifa became a generous host handing out gifts to her audience members she's also had numerous movies since then including Bringing Down the House taxi Beauty shop and hairspray and she even voiced Ellie the Elephant in the Ice Age movies in 2015 her show was picked up by Fox again and ran for another 3 years for all of her success she's been nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actress she's also won a Grammy an Emmy and a Golden Globe we're not even going to mention the NAACP in Saga Awards with millions of records sold and having influenced stars like Lauren Hill Megan estallion Kiki Palmer and even Vin Diesel Queen Latifa now has a net worth of $70 million the 53-year-old actress and rapper has one son but she has never shared her dating history with anyone at one point people started suspecting she was gay in 2008 but she just said I don't feel like I need to share my personal life and I don't care if people think I'm gay or not but 13 years later during the 2021 BET Awards Latifa announced that she was gay and in a relationship with Ebony Nichols this was also the first time Queen Tia revealed that she had a son and if you want to know what she's working on now just watch hustle and you'll see her in the role of Teresa sugarm Brad Hamilton pleasure to meet you oh how do you do did you know the role of Sinclair was never supposed to go to Kim koh's that's right the role was initially reserved for Simone Jackson also known as Moy love also known as Queen latifa's best friend but because love decline the role Kim koh's got it and we have to say that she absolutely slay Infamous receptionist at cadesa magazine by day and inspiring actress By Night Kohl's was absolutely hilarious like who can forget the scene where she kept saying eggplant to quote unquote practice acting eggplant you see when Kim Kohl's applied for the role of Sinclair she was doing a different show on Fox she starred In Living Color for 2 years before quitting the show to do Living Single at the age of 31 Sinclair I love the way the sunlight makes your face glow beautiful woman since this breakthrough role she has been the host of numerous shows like pay it off on BET in 2009 in the loop with I Village and even appeared in an episode of RuPaul's Drag Race in 2010 with a net worth of $3 million Kohl's now plays regularly on Days of Our Lives In addition to acting she is also a published author with her first book I am free but it will cost you released in 1998 in her private life Kohls has been married twice first to Aton Edwards from 1985 to 1995 then from 2015 until 2019 she married Reggie mver a SWAT police officer my elbow doesn't go there definitely go some you wono the attorney who's a major goofball spends her days at kad's apartment that's how we describe Max from Living Single in one sentence but when Erica Alexander took on this role she was already very popular from another hit TV series that goes by The Humble name of The Cosby Show then she landed the role of Maxine in 1993 at the age of 23 some of the most popular movies she's famous for include the Long Walk Home 30 Years to Life American Refugee and most recently Earth mama she is currently 53 years old and working on her award-winning podcast called finding Tama Alexander's goal is to shine a light on the missing young African-American girls who never see the light of day because the media and the police don't act fast enough her podcast was like a light Beacon for people who have lost loved ones in kidnappings that black girls and women who go missing who go murdered need to be paid attention to by the national media from these successful movies and TV shows she has a net worth of $3 million Alexander was married only once in her life and it was to Tony puer they tied the night in 1997 but after 20 years of marriage the couple divorced in 2017 she is currently working on creating documentaries about prominent black people like John Lewis good trouble even though Kim Phils was only 24 years old when she accepted the role of Regina Hunter on Living Single she was already famous you see she was a child actress on Good Times from 1978 to 1979 and that same year the show that put her on the map aired on TV Different Strokes allowed her to play Dorothy 2y ramsy and reprise her role in the spin-off The Facts of Life in 2023 Kim fils has a net worth of $6 million and is happily married speaking of marriages she first tied the knock with Jonathan Franklin Freeman in 1995 but they divorced in 2001 then she started dating Christopher Morgan and the couple even had a son together after publicizing the birth in People magazine bills and Morgan got married in 2007 and have remained together ever since if you want to see Phil's work in 2023 watch The Real Housewives of Atlanta or the upshaws on Netflix before we knew him as Overton Sinclair's boyfriend on Living Single John Hinton was hitting the comedy clubs in Cleveland Ohio he first started when he was only 22 years old and won the amateur night contest at the Cleveland comedy club in 1991 at 31 years old Hinton appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson his routine was so good Carson found him an agent and just one year later he got his first special John Hinton comedy with an attitude after that he got the role of Overton at age 33 and for a while it seemed like Hinton had all his ducks in a row however in the fall of 2000 Hinton suffered a horrible car accident that required plastic facial surgery to repair the damage he had destroyed his eye socket and shattered both of his legs but still survived according to most sites his net worth is estimated to be $7 million but no official information is known about the actor's wealth he is currently doing stand-up comedy shows across the country most recently 63-year-old Hinton did a show at Iowa's Adler Theater on April 15th Kyle Barker was irregular for the first four seasons of Living Single however the 35-year-old actor at the time got into a feud with the writers they didn't like his rebellious attitude so his character went from regular to recurring for the last season according to Carson this was nothing short of a pink slip I will never regret it speaking my mind about how I felt about what they were asking us to do still he didn't let this bring him down he started focusing on voice over work he was the voice of Samuel and Mr Carson and cliff for the Big Red Dog he was also the voice of Mace wendu on Star Wars Clone Wars the animated series and of course how can we forget that Carson was the actor who voiced crater the God of War according to celebrity net worth Carson has a net worth of $2 million and is currently working on the voice of Mace wendu on Star Wars tales of the Jedi as well as the movie Onyx the fortuitous and the talsman of souls besides detail about his acting career very little is known about Carson's private life if you want want to learn more about the lives of other black actors and where they are today subscribe to our Channel now

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Id: T502O0B3bUo

Length: 9min 36sec (576 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 18 2023