Iyanla: Fix My Reality-Star Life, Part 1

Iyanla: Fix My Life

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Weeks before the headline-making news of the alleged domestic violence incident between NFL star Chad Ochocinco Johnson and his wife, Basketball Wives reality TV star Evelyn Lozada, Iyanla Vanzant heads to Miami to support this couple. When Iyanla arrives, she finds out that Chad is a no-show. Evelyn and Iyanla explore the reasons for why her temper goes from zero to 10 in a matter of moments and what is really behind all her bad behavior. Iyanla also advises Evelyn about her marriage to Chad and pulls back the layers of who Evelyn is without him and of the reality show. Iyanla also meets Evelyn’s step daughters and mother.

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0:00.0	Let me tell you who I am. I am a survivor, a teenage mother, a welfare recipient, and a woman. I am a teacher, life coach, minister, lawyer, and author. I've had my share of breakups, breakdowns, and breakthroughs. I did my work and put my life back together piece by piece. I am I
0:23.2	Yianna Van Zand, and I am here to help you do your work. On July 4th, reality TV star Evelyn
0:32.7	Lazada married football player and dancing with the star's standout, Chad Johnson, formerly known as Ocho Cinco.
0:41.3	Just 38 days after their wedding, Evelyn accused Chad of domestic violence, saying he headbutted her doing an argument that resulted in her getting stitches on her forehead.
0:52.4	He denied the charge.
0:53.9	Since then, Evelyn has filed for divorce,
0:56.7	and Chad has been fired by his team, the Miami Dolphins. I was in their home just four weeks
1:02.9	before all hell broke loose. I sensed something wasn't right when Evelyn and I talked about
1:09.0	Chad, their marriage, and her own violent temper.
1:12.6	I'm in not so sunny Florida, clouds overhead.
1:18.6	Maybe that's how it really is for Evelyn Lazada and her football player, larger-than-life personality,
1:30.3	husband, Chad Otrusinka, looks good on the outside,
1:34.3	but I'm here to find out what's really going on on the inside.
1:39.3	They're learning that when you have a big life,
1:42.3	you also have some big issues.
1:46.0	Evelyn Lazada was cast on the hit reality series basketball wives
1:51.0	because of a past relationship with an NBA player.
1:55.0	Millions tune in every week to watch her sometimes unpredictable and violent behavior.
2:02.0	Evelyn's recent wedding to Bad Boy, Playboy NFL star Chad Johnson created a lot of buzz.
2:09.7	Chad tweeted as he walked down the aisle.
2:12.9	And neither one of them is shy about letting others in on their personal business, often tweeting
2:19.4	about their relationship, sex life, and fights.
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