After much speculaction on who would replace Stacey Dash on Queen Latifah’s scripted show ‘Single Ladies’, a new cast member has now been named and it’s Denise Vasi of  ’All My Children’ & ‘White Collar’. I know initially they weren’t looking for someone to resume Stacey Dash’s character, however when you look at Denise she has many similarities to her.

Nevertheless, Denise will play ‘Raquel’ a close friend of LisaRaye McCoy’s character ‘Keisha,’ who happens to be “ a savvy business woman from a prominent Southern family who is on a quest to “discover passion.”

In a recent imterview with Entertainment Weekly Denise talked about her new role:

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did this come together?

DENISE VASI: Obviously the show was a huge success and I had the conversation with my manager. “Let’s keep an eye out if anything comes up even guest-star wise for the show.” A casting sheet went out and I went in and read the first time and I was lucky enough to come back again and read a second time. Then I read in New York and I read one more time in LA. We had a few work sessions and then I screen-tested.

It sounds kind of intense?
It was but it was fun. When you see a network take so much time and they’re really specific, you know that they care about het show and it makes you wanna get the job even more because you know they appreciate who their audience is and what they’re looking for.

So how will Raquel be introduced?

Raquel is going to come back and stir the pot in a different way and bring some exciting new energy. We don’t wanna say too much.

You actually look a little bit like Stacey Dash. Has anyone told you that?

Thank you. Yes. We have similar features so that’s a great compliment, yeah.

Are you single lady in real life?

Well I’m not a married lady [laughs]. Trust me I’ve done a lot of dating. I’ve got a lot of stories. I definitely have a lot to pull from.

Season 2 of ‘Single Ladies’ is scheduled to begin tapping in January.

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