
Since last fall's tragic death of her fiancé A.J. Jewell, 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Kandi Burruss has been taking her time before getting involved with a new significant other.
But, on the season premiere of 'Housewives' viewers get an inside look at the new man in her life.
Willis McGahee is a running back for the Baltimore Ravens. Though the 28 year-old is no longer the NFL team's starting running back, last year he ended the season with his best career statistics, including second most touchdowns in the league with 14.
But, in addition to balancing his hectic professional football career, McGahee is working hard at winning over the 34-year-old Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter on the new season of the top-rated Bravo reality series.
In the first episode of the new season of 'Housewives,' Burruss reveals to her cast mate Kim Zolciak that the Miami native flew to Atlanta to meet her. The couple is later seen rock climbing in another scene of the season three premiere.
She admitted that the Pro Bowler and Heisman Trophy finalist was "good looking, a cool guy, and fun," but she expressed her doubt in any serious relationship with McGahee saying "he is in the NFL and athletes are used to girls flocking to them and I'm used to guys flocking to me. Plus, I don't like long distance relationships."
McGahee is slated to earn over $40 million through his seven-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens, but with more money comes more problems.
Off the field, the University of Miami graduate has had a lot of drama with several child support cases. He has three children with three different women. And, is rumored to currently have a live-in girlfriend and another newborn child.
In 2005, two school teachers filed paternity suits against him claiming he fathered their boys. Keisha Walls gave birth to a boy, Kai Walls on April 19, 2006 and Chiniqua Smith gave birth to a boy, Willis McGahee IV, on Jan.6, 2006. The third woman, Dorothy Doretha McNeil previously sued McGahee in 2005 saying he fathered her daughter, Bria McGahee, born Jan. 17, 2005.
He was ruled the biological father – and has since paid child support – for McNeil's daughter and Smith's son. But, it is still unclear whether he is the father of Walls' child. Oddly enough she was married when she hooked up with McGahee, who she says she's been seeing on and off since 2003. It has not been publicly confirmed if McGahee is the father in the third case.
Still, McGahee and Burruss seem to be open to the idea of taking things further even though she proclaimed their current relationship is "nothing too serious."
Cameras show the two on their date discussing the idea of having sex. The Atlanta native tells McGahee that she made a bet with a friend that she could be celibate for one year. To which, he asks "Is oral sex eliminated?" and she said, "No." And he replied, "That's cool" with a sly smile.
Burruss vows to taker her time getting to know the next man who she likes before taking it one step further and having sex.
Reality Bites
Terrell Owens
Affiliation: 'The T.O. Show' on VH1
Side note: Alabama's very own football star simply known as "T.O." -- literally let it all hang out for the photo shoot promoting his new reality series, in July 2009. The show revolves around his life off the field as he searches for love, repair family relationships and make the move from Dallas to Buffalo.
VH1
Ray Cunningham
Affiliation: 'College Hill: Virginia State University' on BET
Side note: One of the more memorable characters from the Black Entertainment Television network reality ranks, Cunningham has become an openly gay LGBT advocate, budding actor and busy blogger, who was featured in Adam Bouska's groundbreaking NoH8 Campaign, which assembled California notables responding to the state's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage. Cunningham was also cast in acclaimed filmmaker Maurice Jamal's new forthcoming TV project 'Friends and Lovers.'
Adam Bouska
Miss New York
Affiliation:'Flavor of Love' and 'I Love New York' on VH1
Side note: The upstate New York drama queen competed for hip-hop hype-man Flavor Flav's love twice and was rejected both times.
MC Hammer
Affiliation: 'Hammertime' on A&E
Side note: Stanley Kirk Burrell seems to have done it all: Joined the navy; won Grammy Awards; danced for KFC popcorn chicken; fathered six children; wiggled his manhood in a Speedo bikini on a music video; went bankrupt; became a preacher; and now doing reality TV. 'Hammertime' is a look inside the family life of the man formerly known as one of the riches entertainers of his era.
A&E
Keyshia Cole
Affiliation: 'The Way It Is' on BET
Side note: In an interview, thuggish ruggish rap icon Young Jeezy claimed that the hip-hop soul songstress asked him to marry her but he turned her down.
Mo'Nique
Affiliation: 'Charm School' on VH1
Side note: While promoting the movie 'Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins,' Mo'Nique told Oprah Winfrey that co-star Martin Lawrence once gave her invaluable advice about show business.
Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth
Affiliation: 'The Apprentice' on NBC and 'The Surreal Life' on VH1
Side note:The former White House staffer proudly became the superbitch of reality TV.
Tyra Banks
Affiliation: 'America's Next Top Model' on UPN and The CW
Side note: A supermodel of the highest degree, the Inglewood, Los Angeles native sought power behind the scenes and inked a lucrative deal to produce projects for Warner Bros. Television.
Snoop Dogg
Affiliation: 'Snoop Dogg's Father Hood' on E!
Side note: In March 2008, Snoop released his ninth solo album 'Ego Trippin.'
Harlem Heights
Affiliation: BET's latest reality show revolving around young, black, urban professionals.
Side note: Created by MTV industry insiders Randolph Sturrup and Kurt Williamson, the show features a diverse cast of eight young adults from various backgrounds with Harlem as its backdrop.



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By: 52629 on 10/05/2010 9:18AM
I LIKE KANDI, SHE'S HAS A VERY NICE SMILE, AND I LOVE THAT HAIR CUT. SHE'S A DOWN TO EARTH STRONG BLACK WOMEN WHO GETS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT, SHE IS BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUTSIDE! SHE MAKES THE SHOW ATLANTA HOUSE WIVES... I'LL KEEP WATCHING IT. GREAT SHOW!!!
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By: OptimusPrime on 10/05/2010 11:10AM
Per your article and question, McGahee seems like a perfect fit for her. She seems to like drama, although she portrays herself differently, and men with multiple kids from multiple women. Sounds like a match to me! Sigh
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By: AllBahianGirl on 10/05/2010 11:35AM
So I guess Kandi Burrus' mother won't like Kandi's new love either since he has multiple kids by multiple women just like A.J.Jewell did. Kandi's mother was never subtle about her dislike of A.J. Of course I don't blame her because I view a man that has multiple kids by multiple women as a negative too. It just seems so ghetto to me.
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By: clarke on 10/05/2010 1:07PM
WHO THE HELL GIVES A S**T?
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By: Beautiful on 10/05/2010 2:28PM
Kandi has to get it together, this relationship will NOT LAST! It's a waste of time! The only things I see coming out of this relationship is either a baby, some sex, and possibly std's if no test are done prior to having oral sex etc.
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By: rasfanta on 10/05/2010 3:39PM
They look like brother and sister. good match.
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By: Kelly on 10/05/2010 4:22PM
That "relationship" will be over once the show is over. Does anyone else see a pattern? A lot athletes are dating reality show personalities - all of them are not so "famous" on the field, so they want more fame by going on these shows...PATHETIC!!!
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By: stonedog23 on 10/07/2010 6:13AM
Kelly, on the field, and to sports fans, Willis Magahee is pretty famous.
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By: Racquel Dubb on 10/05/2010 6:38PM
I think it's interesting that people don't consider ORAL sex as being sex. If it weren't SEX, it wouldn't have the word in the name...
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By: ShiningStar on 10/05/2010 8:32PM
Come on now Kandi; there has got to be some Brothers out there that don't have baby mama drama. From what her pattern is, it seems like Kandi likes those kind of men, but she will have to deal with the consequences of dealing with men like that. I really like Kandi, but apparently she doesn't think too highly of herself, because if she did, she wouldn't be getting involved with men that have multiple kids by multiple women that have not been married to either of the women. That says a lot about the kind of man he is. And her mother evidently can see trouble coming a mile away with men like that. I hope Kandi gets her head together and at least find a baby mama drama free man.
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