If Loving You Is Wrong

***If Loving You Is Wrong*** is an American soap opera created, executive produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry, loosely based on his 2014 film *The Single Moms Club*. It aired for five seasons on the Oprah Winfrey Network from September 9, 2014 to June 16, 2020.

## Overview

Brought together by an incident at their children's school, a group of single mothers from different walks of life bond and create a support group that helps them find comedy in the obstacles of life, and inner strength to overcome their personal challenges.

## Cast and characters

### Main

* Amanda Clayton as Alex Montgomery - A housewife who was married to British businessman Brad. She has two children with him, Peter and Paisley, after which he had a vasectomy. Alex was caught having an affair with next-door neighbor Randall, which ended her friendship with his wife Marci and prompts Brad to leave her. She has a third child, a son, whose father may have been one of the lovers she took under the dating profile alias of "Jennifer Peppa."
* Matt Cook as Joey Blackman (Seasons 1-3) - Natalie's oldest son, who was released from jail. Somewhat naive while he gets used to his new freedom, his mother constantly hovers over him, especially at her Burger Fast restaurant where they both work. He is romantically interested in Fawn, his childhood friend and the boss' daughter. In Season 3, he is thrown in jail again after using a gun to shoot Quan, ultimately violating his probation.
* Edwina Findley as Kelly Isaacs - A single, working mother to a young son named Justice. She is being pursued by a man named Travis, who is already engaged to a woman in Haiti. She developed feelings for her neighbor Ramsay, who is later found murdered in his home and leaves her as the prime suspect. She winds up jail after shooting and killing Travis, but even then sees images of him stalking her.
* Tiffany Haddish as Jackie (Season 1) - Natalie's loyal assistant and a very business-savvy woman.
* Heather Hemmens as Marcie Holmes - A real estate agent and Randall's unhappy ex-wife who is angry with Alex for her affair with Randall. She gets even with them by embarking on a revenge affair with Brad, falling deeply in love with him throughout the series, and demanding that Randall divorce her, which is finalized in Season 4.
* Zulay Henao as Esperanza Willis - A 911 dispatcher for the city of Maxine and Edward's ex-girlfriend. She is the mother of a daughter named Mika, and began dating Julius, who becomes a target for Edward's rage and jealousy. This comes off as justified since Julius is related to a drug-cartel dealer who constantly puts her and Mika in danger. Henao reprises her role from the movie, although her character and storyline were rewritten for the show.
* April Parker as Natalie Henning - A single working mother of four kids who manages the fast-food restaurant Burger Fast. She often hovers over her oldest son, Joey. She is engaged to Lushion, a police officer within the Maxine Police Department and father of their son Frank.
* Etony Williams as Dr. Randall Homes - A psychologist and Marcie's former husband. He has an affair with Alex, which destroys his marriage to Marcie and his friendship with Brad.
* Aiden Turner as Brad Montgomery - A former British Royal Marine who fought in Iraq with Alex's cousin, Eddie, and later married Alex after becoming a businessman. He was unaware of her affair with Randall until the Season 2 premiere. After getting into a fight with and nearly killing Randall and demolishing his boat, he leaves Alex and begins a revenge affair with Marcie, whom he develops feelings for despite his feelings for Alex being left unresolved. He divorces Alex at the beginning of Season 5. He had a vasectomy after having two children with Alex, Peter and Baisley.
* Josh Rush as Edward "Eddie" Willis - Esperanza's sociopathic ex, Alex's cousin and Brad's friend. A former U.S. Marine and a very corrupt police officer for the city of Maxine. He has a daughter named Mika with Esperanza and intends to control her life, even though he has remarried and had two children with another woman named Yolanda. His current behavior is driven by his still recurring feelings for Esperanza. He is also a recovering cocaine addict and a troubled undercover narc for the DEA.
* Octavio Pizano as Julius Escada Jr. (Seasons 1-3) - Esperanza's new boyfriend, which makes him a target for Edward's jealous rage. He is revealed to be son of a drug kingpin.
* Charles Malik Whitfield as Lushion Morgan - Natalie's fiancé and father of her youngest son, Frankie. He's a former U.S. Navy Ranger turned rookie cop alongside Eddie, with whom he has a hostile working relationship due to his corrupt ways, but still has enough loyalty to save him from a drive-by shooting. Lushion also works as an undercover FBI agent at the station.
* Jay Hunter as Ian Gleen (Seasons 4-5) - A criminal defense attorney and friend of Lushion. Ian is recruited to be Kelly's attorney, but his firm hits a roadblock when it represents the Travis' family church. He is also looking for a new home and develops an attraction to his real estate agent, Marcie.
* Denzel Wells as Travis Chan (Seasons 1-4) - Kelly's love interest, who is away on a relief mission in Haiti. Upon his return, he reveals that he has become engaged while in Haiti and left Kelly. He ends his engagement after having second thoughts and begins pursuing Kelly, although she is very disinterested, and he becomes very hostile towards her in Seasons 3 and 4.
* Dawan Owens as Quan (Seasons 1-3) - Joey's old running buddy who is not liked by Lushion and Natalie, and at times by Joey himself.
* Donovan Christie Jr. as Larry Conlee (Seasons 4-5) - An attorney who helps Marcie in her legal battles against Randall, who was his friend in college and with whom he shares a perverse, sexual and sadistic past as swingers with both men and women. Larry also has a fetish for BDSM. Later in the series, the pair of them make numerous remarks full of innuendo. In Season 5, they are exposed by Marcie as having been intimate with each other, when she reveals her knowledge of their past relationship, and that his wife shared mutual agreement in it.

## Episodes

Main article: *List of If Loving You Is Wrong episodes*

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