Evelyn Lozada Engaged

Evelyn Lozada Engaged: Evelyn Lozada and Chad Ochocinco are now engaged after four months of dating.  Chad Ochocinco, 32, is a Cincinnati Bengals receiver drafted in 2001.  Evelyn Lozada is a star of the Vh1 reality show, “Basketball Wives,” although now she’ll be a “football wife.”

According to nydailynews.com, Ochocinco bought an enormous diamond ring for Evelyn Lozada.  Lozada tweeted, “I’m no rabbit but 10 carats looks good on me!! Let the hating begin.”

Chad Ochocinco had a reality show this past August before dating Evelyn Lozada called, “Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch,” where he was looking for love and picking from 85 women.  Evelyn Lozada was not even in the running at the time.  Ochocinco had started dating Lozada while the show was going on and tweeted about her more often than the women on his show.

Orlandosentinel.com reports, “There has been no official announcement of an engagement. Perhaps, the two are saving the announcement for a VH1 special. The second season of Basketball Wives is currently in the works and the relationship between Evelyn Lozada and Ochocinco seems to be one of the dominant story lines.”

Our take:

It seems as though fame and money have a lot to do with this engagement.  It seems a bit bizarre to me that a couple would decide to get married after only four months of dating.  That’s not a lot of time to really get to know someone.  I’m no expert on marriage, and I obviously don’t know this couple firsthand, but I don’t see this one lasting very long.  It seems more like a publicity stunt for the second season of “Basketball Wives,” than an actual loving commitment.  However, stranger things have happened in the Hollywood/sports world so why not celebrate good news?  Congrats to the happy couple!