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Robin Roberts Cancelled Interview with Evelyn Lozada Due to Health Concerns

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Robin Roberts will not be able to interview Evelyn Lozada due to health concerns, according to a report by TMZ. Lozada agreed to sit down with Roberts because she trusted the veteran journalist but she requested Roberts come to her hotel. However, Roberts is unable to oblige because of her appointment to treat her myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood disorder. This announcement comes days before Robert was supposed to go on medical leave from “Good Morning America” so she could undergo a bone marrow transplant. Robert’s replacement will be Amy Robach.

One person Lozada won’t be speaking to is her estranged husband Chad Johnson. Lozada was out and about in New York when a paparazzo approached her and asked if she and Johnson were speaking and she replied “no.”

Although Johnson and Lozada aren’t speaking to each other, football legend Warren Sapp has something to say about all of the drama. Sapp sat down for an interview with the Miami Times and he talked openly about the couple. He believes Lozada is responsible for the incident that ended her marriage.

“When is the last time one of your homeboys called you and told you, ‘Let me tell you about this fight at the club last night where this guy and his girlfriend were walking by and he turned around and headbutted the girl.’ Never. He’s taking the rap for it. We don’t do that. She did it,” said Sapp. Sapp also expressed sympathy for Johnson. “That’s a woman that is going to depend on her beauty for the rest of her life to open any door she wants to walk through, and she is going to do what to her forehead? I’m done. [Chad] is a bunch of fun and I am sorry this had to happen to him,” Sapp continued.

 

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