‘Love During Lockup’: Ayonna’s Friend Worries She’s Not Facing Reality [Exclusive Clip]
Navigating relationships is tough. But navigating a relationship when one partner is behind bars is a special kind of difficult. WE tv’s reality TV series Love During Lockup follows couples who are trying to make a romance work despite the obstacle of incarceration.
In this exclusive clip from the show’s May 24 episode, Ayonna prepares to visit her boyfriend Jamahl, who is in prison. Meanwhile, she’s dealing with her own legal problems stemming from a charge of driving under the influence.
Ayonna prepares for her first visit with Jamahl
Ayonna, an exotic dancer from Pennsylvania, is dating Jamahl, her former best friend’s ex-boyfriend. But even though she and Jamahl are in a relationship, they haven’t connected in person since they started dating. That’s about to change.
“Me and Jamahl have not been able to see each other since we’ve officially been together. So this is super-important,” Ayonna explains in the clip.
As Ayonna and her friend head to the prison for the visit, Ayonna vents about her own troubles with the law. Recently, she was charged with a DUI after an officer pulled her over for speeding and realized she was driving while high. In last week’s episode, Ayonna lashed out at a judge who refused to allow her to feed her daughter during a virtual court hearing. The judge threatened her with jail, house arrest, and probation if she didn’t comply with the court’s rules.
“You really had to hear this judge,” she complains to her friend. “Like, I really hate these people. Like, they really feel like you’ve got all this f*cking power because you went to school and got this corny *ss piece of paper that says you’re this person.”
Ayonna’s friend worries she’s not facing reality
Ayonna’s friend gently tries to suggest that there might be better ways of approaching her situation.
“Just remember you set the tone,” her friend tells her. “Girl, you don’t ever think about solution B until you’re flat on your face.”
Ayonna’s aggressive attitude isn’t unusual, her friend explains.
“Reality doesn’t click to her,” she says in a solo interview. “I don’t know how else to put it. That’s just how Ayonna’s always been. It’s a coping mechanism. She really feels like if she doesn’t think about what the worst is to come, it might not happen.”
“I really hope that she stops thinking like that,” the friend adds. “Because she’s just going to get herself into trouble again.”
Love During Lockup airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on WE tv. Episodes stream the following Monday on ALLBLK.
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