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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Somaya Reece Talks About Her Weight Loss and 'Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta"

Somaya documented her recovery on YouTube

Love and Hip Hop star talks to RealityAired.com about her weight loss journey, music, breast reduction surgery and she also shares her thoughts on Love and Hip Hop Atlanta




Q: What made you finally go through with the surgery? 
A: “I’ve been living with this for years. I just got to a point where I couldn’t take it anymore. I didn’t really want to talk about it. That was a big part of my mom telling me that she thought it would be very uplifting for women, that’s what I’m all about. I think that women who get breast implants, who want big boobs, don’t fully understand what people like myself go through. Girls who want to enhance, it’s such a different movement than people who live with them. I have permanent bra scars on my shoulder blades. It gets really tiring. I could never close my blazers. Running was never an option for me. I’m glad I did it. Everything scared me about it, the pain, the scars. I was never worried what men thought about it because I just don’t care (laughs). I would have rather guys just stop looking at me unless they were my gay boys. Actually, when I was filming “Love & Hip Hop” I had talked to the show about it and they were like “What!?””

Q: How was the recovery process?
A: “I thought it was going to hurt more than it did for the first two days, I think it was because of a lot of numbing medicine. I could never do anything by myself. I had a nurse and a relative with me at all times. The one time I got up to go to the bathroom by myself I felt like someone was stabbing me repeatedly in the breasts. I thought I popped my stitches. I was crying for like 3 hours. That was really tough. I literally thought I was going to die. In that moment I regretted doing it. It was really scary. But I’m fine now.”

Q: How has your style changed?
A: “I’ve always wanted to wear so many things and I couldn’t especially dresses and t-shirts. All buttoned down shirts would never button all the way. A simple t-shirt fits very well now.”

Q: How much weight have you lost so far? 
A: “I’m trying to stay away from the scale, I’m trying to check by inches. But that last time I checked I lost 25 pounds.”

Q: Will you be appearing on Season 3 of “Love & Hip Hop”?
A: I’m not prepared to answer that question yet but no one’s coming back man! (laughs)I think we all mesh well whether we had beef or not. Now there’s a majorly differently tone going on now. That’s pretty much going to be very obvious when Season 3 comes around. You know the producers know what they’re doing, so I’m sure they’ll find some other interesting stories that other people might be interested in watching.

Q: What do you think about “Love & Hip Hop Atlanta”?
A: “I’m rooting for my girl Rasheeda. I’m glad she’s getting the shine she deserves. We’ve done a record together and she’s a really good person. I don’t really know how people mix over there in Atlanta. It better be good! (haha)”

Q: On the last season of “Love & Hip Hop” we saw you give a pair of shoes to Olivia. What’s your relationship like with her now?
A: “There is no relationship with her. Her arrogance won’t allow it. Her and her manager keep talking negatively about me.”

Q: What about you and Chrissy?
A: “People didn’t get to see me and Chrissy make peace because they didn’t want to show that. Me and Chrissy are cool. I don’t have beef with her.”

Q: How has your brand evolved since going on the show?
A: “Something that was always disappointing for me was me having to fight to have them show my Latin roots. I was not allowed to show the full potential of my brand. I now have a real management firm. I have a whole team and a label. It has been a really good stepping-stone for me to reach out to the companies I want to work with…There are no shenanigans or funny business from my team now.”




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