Neither guy was washed up and the entertainment industry doesn't take its cue from a BET show like RHHoH anyway. Kodjoe has always been a viable would-be TV star, especially for a procedural cop show. He now has a gig on what is essentially a summer season series (when it first made its debut it used to actually air during the REAL portion of the TV season but now it is a castoff drama that the network hides away in the least important period). That's solid but nothing to exactly brag about for Kodjoe. Thicke had been a steady R&B standout for years but finally got his breakout mainstream hit thanks to a song handed to him by Pharrell. The BET show had little to nothing to do with what's going on with them now.
Of course if you were merely making a joke all along then, well, ignore this post.