“Whenever you walk away from the lion’s den, why would you go back where the lions are?”

With that statement, it’s pretty clear that a return to Love & Marriage: Huntsville is not in Melody Shari Rodgers’ future. She dropped a bomb in January when she revealed that she was leaving the franchise after nine seasons. Yes, she helped launch the series. Yes, her presence has been greatly missed. But she’s investing in something bigger.

“To protect my own emotional health, my own mental health, I don’t allow myself to engage or be a part of a trauma that I’m still healing from,” she told EBONY exclusively.

“I do not watch [the series]. That is still very much a triggering piece for me because of a lot of what I went through on that show.”

Instead, Shari is focusing her energy and joy where i

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