LisaRaye Confesses She’s the Reason Stacey Dash was Fired from 'Single Ladies'

Tea is being spilt and cats are being let out of designer bags in this promo clip for Centric’s Being series. In the video LisaRaye McCoy-Misick let’s us all in on the abrupt departure of Stacey Dash in VH1’s Single Ladies.

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“In Hollywood, I’ve learned to be a boss,” she reveals. “I had to say to Stacey Dash, ‘If you don’t get your motherf**king finger out of my face…’ So for our second season of Single Ladies, there was a replacement for Stacey Dash.”

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Rumors sparked when Dash was absent from the 2012 Season 2 premiere of Single Ladies as her character Valerie was shipped off to Milan and replaced by Raquel, played by Denise Vasi.

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In previous interviews, McCoy-Misick had always attributed Dash’s exit with a spout that took place between Dash and the director, but according to the promo, her story’s changed.

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