Ready to Love Cast Guide
The following is a cast guide for the OWN program “Ready To Love” and its spin-offs.
The Seventh Season’s Cast Members
| First Aired | July 29, 2022 |
Elimination Order
| Episode (Who Was Up For Elimination) | Bottom 2 (or 3) | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (Men and Women) | Men: Sean and Swasey
Women: Shareese and Dominika |
Men: Sean
Women: Saved Self-Eliminated: Calvin |
| 2 (Men and Women) | Men: Devin and Mike
Women: Shareese and Dominika |
Men: Devin
Women: Dominika |
| 3 (Women) – Date Who Isn’t Your Type | Kadian and April | April |
| 4 (Men) – White Party Mixer | Justice, LJ, and Alonzo | TBD (Delayed To Episode 5) |
| 5 (Men) – No Theme | Justice, LJ, and Alonzo | Alonzo |
| 6 (Women) | Shareese and Shakyra | Shakyra |
| 7 (Men) – Meet The Best Friend | Justice and LJ | Justice |
| 8 (Women) – Meet The Truth Teller (The Ex) | Tranika and Lunie | Lunie |
| 9 (Men) – Weekend Getaway | Sampson and Swasey | Tommy Decides to Eliminate LJ For Not Showing Up For The Getaway |
| 10 (Women) – Weekend Getaway | Kayla and Tranika | Tranika |
| 11 (Men) – Meet The Family | Sampson | Sampson |
| 12 (Final Choices) | Final Couples: Mike and Brandi as well as Jamala and Randall | |
| 13 & 14 | Final Couples: Mike and Brandi
Potential Couples: Justice and Lunie, April and Calvin |
|
Sampson
Sampson is a 48-year-old life coach who isn’t strongly into being an initial pursuer,
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Background (7.1): He is from a Black woman and Persian man
- Education (7.11): Went to Morehouse
Quotes & Gifs
Tranika
Tranika is a 36-year-old woman who has never been married and works as a growth and innovation director.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Last Relationship (7.3): In 2019
- Blended Family (7.5): While a daddy’s girl, she had to share her dad with her stepmom who came into her life when she was 1.
Quotes & Gifs
Shareese
Shareese is a 43-year-old aesthetician who is formerly from Maryland.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Ethnicity (7.4): She notes she is 100% Black
Quotes & Gifs
Calvin
Calvin is a 45-year-old contract manager.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
Quotes & Gifs
Brandi
Brandi is a 35-year-old flight attendant who doesn’t have kids but wants kids,
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Single For How Long (7.2): Technically a year, but she makes it sound that she was a girlfriend to somebody who wasn’t her boyfriend (they might not have defined the relationship and she made assumptions)
- Previous Engagement (7.6): Has never been engaged
Quotes & Gifs
Alonzo aka Zo
Alonzo is a 46 year old real estate investor who formerly was a medical device representative, but he retired from that job.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Kids (7.1): He has a 21-year-old daughter
- Last Major Relationship (7.4): Was 11 years ago when he was with someone 7 years
Quotes & Gifs
Kadian
Kadian is a 35-year-old woman born in April who owns salons and beauty businesses.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Job (7.3): She has been at her job for 11 years
Quotes & Gifs
Randall
Randall is a 36-year-old personal trainer.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Love Language (7.1): Physical Touch
- Background (7.7): He was born and raised in DC, and played basketball back in the day
- Height (7.7): Is 6’5
- Last Relationship (7.9): Was 4 years ago
- Upbringing (7.11): Was raised by grandparents
Quotes & Gifs
Mike
Mike is a 42-year-old appliance repair shop co-owner from Miami that was married to his childhood sweetheart.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Children (7.2): He has three kids whose ages range from 14 to 10
- Astrological Sign (7.10): He is a pisces
Quotes & Gifs
Dominika
Dominika is a 42-year-old program analyst who has been single for 5 years and is a grandma.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
Quotes & Gifs
I am the song that you skipped and it became a top hit.
— Dominika (7.2)
Sean
Sean is a big-time flirt who is 38, has never been married, likes to travel, and is a real estate developer.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
Quotes & Gifs
Jamala
Jamala, aka Jay, is a corporate health consultant who is 33, has and loves dry humor, and doesn’t like goofy men.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Hobbies and Interests (7.5): Is a big motorsport fan and drives every car like a three series
Quotes & Gifs
I’m not jealous but I am territorial.
— Jamala (7.9)
Kayla
Kayla is a 30-year-old media and marketing executive who has a talk show on YouTube.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Last Relationship (7.2): Was over a year ago that ended due to baby momma drama
- Background (7.12): She was a Jack and Jill debutante, went to Howard University, is from Georgia, and her mother was a real estate broker for 25 years.
- Favorite Wine (7.12): Pinot Grigio
Quotes & Gifs
I think he has good intentions, but he doesn’t know how to execute.
— Kayla (7.10)
LJ
LJ is a 33-year-old government risk specialist from the Virgin Islands who has been single for 3 years, has a six-year-old daughter, and alongside working in IT, also does music.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
Quotes & Gifs
Swasey
Swasey is a 33-year-old firefighter/paramedic who also has a CPR company.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Average Relationship Length (7.2): 2-3 years, with the mother of his daughter being a 4-year relationship.
- How Long Has He Been Single? (7.2): 3 years
- Who did you date? (7.7): To explore other options, Swasey didn’t date Black women
- Age of Ex (7.2): She was 38
- Upbringing (7.11): Was raised by mom and step dad
- Background (7.11): His grandfather is Jamaican
Quotes & Gifs
Justice
Justice is a 42-year-old event planner who was raised mainly around women in a single-parent household.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Kids? (7.1): He has one daughter
Quotes & Gifs
Lunie
Lunie is a 36-year-old realtor
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Family (7.3): Her mom died in 2016, and doesn’t have family beyond her mom
Quotes & Gifs
April
April is a 46-year-old singer who was raised in a single-parent household.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
Quotes & Gifs
Shakyra
Shakyra is a 37-year-old media host and model who has been single for three years and has a 7-year-old son.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Divorce (7.2): She triggered her divorce 3 years ago
- Parents (2.9): Her mom is a veteran and dad worked/works in law enforcement
Quotes & Gifs
Devin
Devin is a 32 year old director of sales who formerly did a few short stints in the NFL playing for the Bills, and was in football since he was 8.
Additional Information
- Introduced In: Season 7/ Episode 1
- Kids? (7.1): He has a ten-year-old son born of a one-night stand that he doesn’t often see due to his relationship with their mom
Quotes & Gifs
You mad? Why? Can you answer my question? ?
Why?
Does everyone on ready to love wear veneers? They all have perfectly straight white teeth.
Does everyone on ready to love have veneers? Every last one of them seem to have perfect teeth.
I’m mad you said that lol
Can “Ready to love” consider a BBW (big and beautiful), version? I know you have to have a variety of ladies in your pool. However, I felt it was unfair for full figured sisters like Tessa, who almost got eliminated early, because she just wasn’t the majority of the men’s “type”. You’re either attracted to plus size or you’re not. In the end, they may reconsider their position, but those types usually end up not lasting or having a brother wanting to change a sister. BTW, thanks for changing your format from what you had in season 1. Having 12 women competing for just 4 men, had me livid. WTF?!
I totally agree with Crystal about Arron, he should not have even been on the show Period!
Just wondering if OWN TV and Will Packer Productions conducted background checks (criminal, civil) on the cast of Ready to Love. An internet search revealed one of the females has a criminal record and the occupation of one the males is questionable. Both were in the Cabin episode. Were these people properly vetted?
Hello, I’d like to say I really liked the Series Ready to love watching the show really represents the reality of what it’s like to get to know someone on a different level which was real for me, I can’t wait until the next season. One more thing Arron was full of mess from the beginning I don’t know how he made it to the end.