Evelyn Lozada Praises Relationship With Carl Crawford

Evelyn Lozada he found himself on the winning team breeding with ex Carl Crawford.

“I think sometimes people don't understand my relationship with him,” Lozada, 48, said. Us Weekly while developing season 11 of Basketball Wives. “They might think there's something going on, but mostly we're just good friends. … It's really about having a healthy breeding relationship.”

The couple, who share 10-year-old son Leo, were together for four years before splitting in 2017. To this day, Lozada said he still enjoys spending time with the former MLB player, 42, at special gatherings and events.

“We just make it work,” he explained Us. “We don't have drama. It's pretty close to being true. I appreciate that because I think about Leo, seeing that his dad and I have a good relationship and I can go to dinner with him and Leo, just sharing time and space with him. I think it's beneficial for him.”

When it comes to dating today, SG clothing designer Evelyn Lozada said she is “not married by choice.” While sparks fly LaVon Lewis on the Peacock reality show The Queen's Courtthe couple called off their engagement in October 2023.

“I really enjoy being alone, maybe a little too much,” Lozada said with a laugh. “It's not like I'm closed. I'm open to it. I just don't rush it. I feel like whoever comes into my life, it just has to make sense and fit in perfectly. “

In his defense, Lozada has a full schedule as a businessman and parent of two children. (She is also a mother to a daughter Shaniece Hairston31, from the previous relation.)

There he is not recording Basketball Wives or expanding his BX Glow jewelry line, Lozada drives his son around town to various sporting events as he tries to follow in his father's footsteps.

“I always do travel baseball and tournaments because I'm passionate about it,” explained Lozada. “Leo is very athletic. If he could play 10 games, he would.”

She is also preparing to become a grandmother when her daughter welcomes a child later this year.

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In June, Hairston surprised fans when the yoga instructor announced her pregnancy via Instagram. While Lozada is counting the days and months until the baby arrives, she respects her daughter's privacy and does not discuss the news. Basketball Wives.

“The whole time we're filming this show, we're filming about Brooke [Bailey] it is possible that my grandmother and I will take care of that for him,” said Lozada. “All this time my daughter is pregnant and I couldn't say anything because it's not my place. It's not my place to talk about it unless he wants to. Then I follow his way because I know what he is like. He's just independent and I respect that.”

Basketball Wives airs Mondays on VH1 at 9 pm ET/PT.