Lauren London Talks Being Nervous About ‘The Game’ & Raising Son with Lil Wayne

By: Taren Vaughan

Actress Lauren London got her chance to shine with her breakout role in the movie ‘ATL’, starring as the love interest of Rashad Swann, played by Rapper T.I. Making her appearances in other big screen movies and doing some modeling as one of the faces for women’s apparel for Diddy’s Sean John clothing line, the actress is now getting into the sitcom side of things as Lauren London landed a spot on BET’s The Game‘s cast, starring as Keira Michelle Whitaker on Season 6 of the show. In an interview that she did with Cocoa Fab, Lauren London talks about why she decided to take the offer to join the cast of The Game. And she says that she initially thought that it was going to be a guest role. Though Lauren London isn’t a newbie in the acting business, she admits that she is a little nervous about her new gig with The Game as people have been questioning how the show will be now that Tia Mowry’s character Melanie Barnett-Davis won’t be returning for the upcoming season:

“There’s a little bit of nervous energy. I gave my best and I can just pray and hope that stands out and that people can see with new eyes and be accepting. Hopefully I’m entertaining enough and funny and they’ll appreciate that. But I gave my best and I definitely want to still keep the same standard. I don’t think I did too bad, so…”

Since becoming a mother, Lauren says that she has done a few things since she gave birth to her son Cameron and that doing The Game was something different for her. And she talks about how she balances her job and being a mother at the same time:

“It was challenging for me because I didn’t have 24/7 with him, but all of the women in my life that are mothers worked and made it happen. It was good and grand and I think that it’s good for children sometimes to have a little bit of independence and not be up under you all the time. I made sure that my days off I was with him and spent time with him, made sure that the days I was gonna be on set really, really long he came on set, he knew what I was doing. This is just mommy’s work and mommy will be right back. It’s just life for me and I just do it. I get asked that question a lot. But women do it with three or four kids with no help at all. I’m blessed to have family that travel with me and help me with him.”

Lauren London has fallen victim to the rumor mill as her son Cameron’s father is Rapper Lil’ Wayne, Wayne having three more children with three other women. And when asked about how she handles raising her son in a blended family, Lauren says:

“Every situation is different, but I really want to create a peaceful environment for my child. I want him to know love and peace and balance and … that’s so important to me. I have no reason to dislike anyone or to have any conflict because the most important thing for me is for him to be raised in a peaceful environment where things can be settled. For me, that was just important.”