Ready to Love Cast Guide
The following is a cast guide for the OWN program “Ready To Love” and its spin-offs.
Ready To Love: Last Resort Cast Members
Note: The casting special was the premiere for Season 3 and the season roughly took place over 10 weeks (according to Nephew Tommy in episode 11).
Also, Ready To Love: Last Resort is treated as a season here at Wherever I Look, rather than an extension of season 2 (or spin-off)
Khalfani
Khalfani is a 38-year-old personal trainer and a professional bodybuilder – one that has gone so far as to compete in the Mr. Olympia competition (A competition made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger).
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Children? (3.2): Has a 12-year-old daughter
- Love Language (3.5): Quality time
- Family Background (3.11): His family is Ghanian
- Final Decision (3.11): Ends up with Adriana
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Rashid
The 42-year-old Rashid is a luxury car broken who has been divorced for 2 years and the marriage lasted 10 years. From that marriage, he had a 7-year-old son.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Relationship With Father (3.7): Rashid’s dad died at the age of 57, just when he finished college
- Eliminated (3.10): Eliminated himself in episode 11
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Bryan
The 35-year-old education consultant is a single father of a 3-year-old daughter who notes he is much more about personality than he is looks.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Eliminated: Episode 8
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Joy
The relationship oriented Joy is 38, a management consultant, no kids, and likes a tall man, with nice teeth, loves the lord (naturally), and knows what he is doing.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Divorcee (Casting Special): Was married for 3 years and knew she made a mistake in week 1.
- Friends (3.6): Has been friends with Kris since 2015
- A Man’s Role (3.6): Doesn’t mind a house husband
- Eliminated (3.10): Eliminated herself in episode 10 after the death of her sister.
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Adriana
This 31-year-old realtor was a cheerleader for ten years, is a hopeless romantic, but has found that finding a man that recognizes she is special, that she is the catch, not them, has been difficult.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Height (3.3): Is 5’11
- Children (3.3): Adriana doesn’t have children, but would, in a perfect world, have three boys.
- Racial Background (3.4): Is just Black
- Father’s Occupation (3.11): Her dad is a therapist and a preacher
- Family Background (3.11): Was raised in a small family
- Final Decision (3.11): Choses Khalfani over Rashid partly based on her father saying that she and Rashid didn’t have chemistry.
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Alisha
After being on and off with the father of her children for over 4 years, the 38-year-old Alisha is looking for something new. Someone who is taller than her, Black, fine, looks like he can handle himself, a beard, and someone photogenic. But, it should be known, she isn’t traditional in the sense of wanting to be domestic. Not to imply she is messy or expect him to do everything, but don’t think she is going to be a 1950s housewife.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Occupation (Casting Special): Is a clinic manager for a medical practice
- How many kids (3.3): She has two children.
- Eliminated (3.5): Episode 4
- Reunion Special (3.12): Is pregnant by someone she met after leaving the show.
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Wynter
This small business consultant from Houston was married, for two and a half years, with a man she met in church. But after 3 weeks he cheated and so she is under the impression she makes bad choices when it comes to men.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Age? (Casting Special): She is 40
- Final Decision (3.11): Despite not seeming strongly into Anthony, and more so hoping she’ll grow to love him, she chooses him as her end game pick.
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David
A self-described country boy, the 36-year-old country boy was a jock in high school, loves to ride horses, and his trouble is he loves hard and in the past was cheated on. Thus leading to some trust issues.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Occupation? (Casting Special): He is a chemical operator
- Hometown (1.1): Is from Lufkin, Texas
- Kids? (3.3): He doesn’t have kids.
- Eliminated: Episode 3
- After Show Chemistry (3.12): Is Dating Alex
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Jay
In many ways, you can see Jay, a 43-year-old real estate broker, as an old school and traditional man. Well, at least in his last marriage he tried to be. His focus was being a provider and after almost 5 years, it was realized that the marriage didn’t work. So, in order for his daughter to see the kind of relationship he grew up with, Jay filed for divorce and is now looking for love.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- How Long Has His Parents Been Married (Casting Special): 40 years
- Eliminated (3.10): Eliminated himself in episode 10 to be with and support Joy.
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Symone
Symone is a 37-year-old attorney, focused on injury cases, who doesn’t necessarily know how to turn off being an attorney. Mainly because being an attorney allows her to be herself, which is an aggressive Black woman. But, don’t take this as she doesn’t want to sometimes be sensitive, and with a man she feels comfortable in handling things. It’s just, finding a guy who can support and encourage her, yet also can get her to fallback has been hard.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Relationship with Father (Casting Special): Symone had a difficult relationship with her father and she credits that for the reason she was with a man for 7 years since he looked like her dad. But after some therapy with her dad, and repairing that relationship, she feels she has moved past those lingering feeling.
- Dominican Republic (3.2): Formerly lived in the Dominican Republic and speaks Spanish
- Parents’ Marriage (3.3): Parents have been married for 40+ years
- Accomplishment (3.3): As a first-year attorney, an article she wrote was put into a legal magazine.
- Eliminated: Episode 8
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Vulnerability is a luxury.
— Symone
Sam
After a failed engagement, and trying to make a relationship work with the mother of his second child, the 36-year-old visual artist and illustrator is back on the market and trying to find love.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Eliminated: Episode 1
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Denice
A track and field coach, who went to Brown State University, and went so far as Olympic tryouts, has only had 3 serious relationships in her life. The first with a high school to college sweetheart, the second with a possessive man, and a third that went undefined. But, for the last 4 years, she has just been single since opening up has become difficult.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Age (Casting Special): Denice is 39
- Height (3.2): Is 5’10
- New York, New York (3.8): Went to New York when she was younger with $200, three bags, and found her way onto Essence magazine.
- Eliminated (3.10): Eliminated herself in episode 10
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Kris (KG Smooth)
Kris is a 42-year-old man known for his radio persona, KG Smooth, and his radio career spans 20+ years. But, he isn’t just an entertaining on the radio, he is also a social activist whose last relationship was in 2012. So he is in dire need of a woman with some melanin.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Kids (3.3): Wants 3 children
- Eliminated (3.6)
- Family (3.6): Has a younger brother
- Minister Kris (3.6): Is ordained
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Dani
This mother of one, who is a 41-year-old project coordinator for a pipeline company, can be described as a woman who put her daughter before herself, so her focus primarily was on being a provider. However, with her daughter grown, she is back out there and while she has recently had a significant relationship, there was bad timing there so she is single once more.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Hometown (1.1): Troup, Texas
- Eliminated: Episode 1
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Edwin
Edwin is a 39-year-old Iraq war veteran who loves Sex and the City, to the point it inspired the name of his business, of which he acts as a private chef.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Relationship History (Casting Special): He has had 3 serious relationships
- Occupations (3.8): Has worked in law enforcement and was a personal trainer
- Eliminated (3.10): Eliminated himself in episode 10.
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Shay
To truly prove your past doesn’t determine your future, Shay was pregnant at 16, yet still made her way through college, raised her daughter, and at 41 is a chef and doing the damn thing. Now, as for her dating life? Well, she dates based on how someone makes her feel over looks. I mean, if the man is ugly but is fine to her, that is her ugly man.
But, one thing she doesn’t like is how dating can feel like a sport. She wants to be pursued but not feel like the whole courtship is a game.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Eliminated: Episode 4
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Nyya
Nyaa owns a salon and is in deep within the hair care industry, after starting off as a hairstylist. One of the her main goals is having a child and while she does want to be married too, having a child is priority since her biological clock is ticking and after 4 miscarriages, there is a worry her time is running out.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Childhood Dreams (Casting Special): As a child, she wanted to be a housewife
- Started Dating (3.3): She started to date around 15.
- Eliminated/Quit: Episode 7
Quotes & Gifs
You can like what you see, but not what they say.
— Nyya (3.2)
Raymond
Tank, Ginuwine, Angie Stone, those are but some of the names Raymond, a 52-year-old guitarist, and overall musician, has toured with. But while his professional life has hit some good highs, the most he has to show from his relationships are the 5 kids he has, of which he has 3 girls and two boys.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Oldest Child (3.2): Is 24
- Abstinence (3.3): Has been practicing abstinence for over 40 days.
- How Many Women Bore His Children? (3.3): 4
- Eliminated: Episode 2
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I’m not looking for love. I found love. I’m looking for someone to share love.
— Raymond
Alex
32-year-old Alex is a software specialist whose longest relationship was 3 years, and that relationship ended due to him cheating. And for the last two years she has been celibate and noted, while not waiting for marriage to end that tenure, she is looking to end it with someone she trusts and loves.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Love Inspirations (3.7): After her mom got into a nasty car accident, her father took care of her and that is the basis for what she sees love as.
- Eliminated: Episode 9
- After Show Chemistry (3.12): Is Dating David
Quotes & Gifs
If you can “Huh?” you can hear.
— Alex (3.6)
Anthony
The former football player turned student support manager is 38.
Additional Information
- Introduced In Season 3
- Football Team Played For (Casting Special): Played for the Florida Firecats.
- Final Decision (3.11): Chooses Wynter
- Reunion Special (3.12): He and Wynter are on a break due to having a disagreement about finances that he didn’t take well to.
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We’re not perfect, but we are perfected.
— Anthony (3.6)
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.