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    Tami Roman swore off reality TV. Until 'The Real World' let her finish what she started

    LOS ANGELES — Tami Roman swore she was done with reality TV. In 1993, the 22-year-old aspiring singer was cast in the second season of "The Real World" and was central to its most memorable moments — including an abortion documented by MTV cameras and a physical altercation with her roommate, David Edwards, that led to his departure from the series. Seventeen years later, as a divorced mom ...
    by Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times Nov 30, 2021 7 minutes

    LOS ANGELES — Tami Roman swore she was done with reality TV.

    In 1993, the 22-year-old aspiring singer was cast in the second season of "The Real World" and was central to its most memorable moments — including an abortion documented by MTV cameras and a physical altercation with her roommate, David Edwards, that led to his departure from the series.

    Seventeen years later, as a divorced mom with two children to support, she returned to the medium in VH1's "Basketball Wives" and later its spinoff, "Basketball Wives LA," where she spent nearly a decade expertly stoking the drama. Finally, in 2019, she kissed the genre goodbye — for good, so she thought — to focus on acting in projects like the Apple TV+ series "Truth Be Told," the Lee Daniels-produced sitcom "The Ms. Pat Show" and her popular web series, "The Bonnet Chronicles."

    So when Paramount+ asked her to be a part of "The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles," she said no. Over and over again. "I am not coming back. I am off reality TV, and I damn sure don't want to do that with those people I ain't

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