By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Friday, January 1, 2016
Atlanta-based actress Keshia Knight Pulliam announced on Instagram that she is now engaged to former NFL linebacker Ed Hartwell.
Knight Pulliam, best known for her roles on "The Cosby Show" and "Tyler Perry's House of Payne," in 2013 and 2014 dated Big Tigger, best known as afternoon jock on V-103 and host of the live post-show for "Love and Hip Hop Atlanta." (I couldn't reach either for comment. Theybf.com said Knight Pulliam and Tigger hadn't been seen together publicly in a year but neither acknowledged the break up in social media either.)
The 36 year old appeared on "Celebrity Apprentice" last year along with "Real Housewives of Atlanta" cast member Kenya Moore. The show was taped in the fall of 2014 before the Bill Cosby sexual attack allegations blew up. Donald Trump criticized her as project manager for not seeking funds from Cosby for her charity before firing her. She was the first celebrity let go. (She was also the first celebrity eliminated in an ABC series in 2013 called "Splash," featuring famous folks diving.)
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Hartwell, 37, spent six years in the NFL with the Baltimore Ravens and the Atlanta Falcons from 2001 to 2006. He's run a recording studio in the past. He is currently planning a wellness center in Duluth and recently started a fitness app. He is not active on Twitter. He has posted just a single tweet over the past two years.
Hartwell was previously married to Lisa Wu and was featured on the first two seasons of "Real Housewives of Atlanta" in 2008 and 2009. They separated in 2011, then divorced. Lisa Wu is now part of a TV One series "Hollywood Divas," produced by Todd Tucker, the husband of current RHOA member Kandi Burruss.
"Congrats," Lisa Wu texted me. "I wish them well."
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