VH1 interviews Jamie (Roll Models) from Money Hungry

Jamie who was on the team Roll Models on Money Hungry did a post show interview with VH1.com She talks about her time on the show, why she was a prime target. She also says that she was a bit insecure going to the hot tub with four men and that her tears were real. She also adds that she will "leave the door open" for Josh, since he has a crush on her.

How was the Money Hungry experience for you overall?

Overall, it was a good experience. It was very surreal to be followed by cameras all day long.  I would do it again, you know, but maybe with different circumstances.

Obviously you were a prime target. Why do you think so many people had nasty things to say about you?

I didn’t do anything to be targeted the way that I was. Something happened behind the scenes of production early on that had a negative effect on the way others in house viewed me and I think that ultimately led to me to be a target and led my team being on the chopping block. I’m not at liberty to discuss the details of what goes on behind the scenes. But that was the initial reason why I was targeted.

So it was out of your control?

Completely out of my control. Something that was not my fault. Something that happened with production. That was the initial reason why we were targeted.  Additionally, Bridget had a problem with me apparently from Day 1, and I think that ultimately she just didn’t give me a chance. I think ultimately they saw me doing my own thing. They saw me enjoying myself. They saw me dancing and not being ashamed of my body and maybe they were a little bit jealous that they couldn’t feel so free, that they couldn’t feel so good about themselves. Shanté and I went on the show partly to show that you could feel beautiful at any size. It’s our mission to show women everywhere see that they can feel beautiful regardless of shape, size or color.

Do you feel people misconstrued that? A lot of people on the first episode where saying that you weren’t there for the right reasons because of your modeling and your entertaining.

I was absolutely there for the right reasons. And who is to say what the right reasons are for being on a reality show? Everybody in that house was there to be on television. There are so many other ways that you could put $10,000 to use to lose weight that does not involve being on TV. Anybody that was in that house was there to be on a TV show regardless of what their own specific reasons were. I was there to lose weight and to inspire and entertain people because that’s what I do. I am an entertainer. And I want to touch people doing that

How much weight did you end up losing?

I personally wound up losing 18 lbs. in the first two episodes.

That’s pretty good, right?
Yes and actually, it upset me to watch the show and for people to say that all I was doing was dancing the whole time to lose weight. I worked my butt off, doing machines, doing the treadmill. I did so much more than dancing and it showed on the scale. I had one of the highest number percentages of weight loss out of any girl in the house, both weeks that I was there. So I was absolutely there for the right reasons. And then Tricia, Missy and Bridget calling me ugly? I mean, take a look in the mirror and into your own soul and then see who’s ugly. I couldn’t believe the things Tricia and Missy were saying about me considering that they’re teachers. They should be more mature than that.

How humiliating was the hot-tub situation, when you flirted with a tub full of guys in vain?

I was not humiliated at all by what I did in the hot tub. I went in there legitimately to talk Yamil and Johnny to find out who they were going to give immunity to. And when I got there I almost turned back because I was a little insecure getting into the hot tub with four guys on camera. I was embarrassed by how it was edited on TV. Not everything you see on reality shows happens in the exact order or at the exact time it seems on reality shows. That’s part of the editing process. That’s all I can really say about that.

So in other words, it wasn’t as awkward as we had been led to believe?

The scene was not nearly as awkward as people were lead to believe. The guys on the show actually all were great to me. The only guy that might have had a slight problem with me was Phillip. But we all know he is kind of a diva himself. The girls were catty. And I was pretty amazed at what Bridget said, because she’s supposed to be a human-resource specialist. She is supposed to give everyone a fair shot from the beginning, and she kind of spearheaded the whole campaign against me. And there was nothing I could do to change her mind. I never said a bad word about anybody on the entire show. My whole mission on the show was, and my whole mission in life is to show people the beauty that’s within themselves. So for people to be judging me for being ugly on the inside is absurd to me and pretty hurtful.

What about Josh? He was clearly interested in you.

I think what Josh did for me was amazing. He is such a sweet guy, totally a diamond in the rough. And I knew at some point that he had a crush on me. Initially I had been hoping that he and his partner Melissa were going to get together because they look like a cute couple. But then I found out that he had a crush on me. And I think he’s great! I think he’s very sweet. And we talk now on Facebook often.

But you don’t like him like that?

I’m going to leave the door open.

Really?

Yeah! I’ll leave the door open.

I was confused about the situation with Shanté’s relative. It seemed that her grandmother had passed away but it also seemed to that her husband’s grandmother had passed because she said, “Tony’s grandmother passed away.”

Shanté’s husband’s grandmother passed away but it was as if Shanté’s grandmother had passed away. She was very close to her. I was emotional, just because of the stress of the house and because I love Shanté. She is one of my best friends. And for her to be in pain makes me sad. The tears in the Jacuzzi were 100 percent real. The tears in the confessional were 100 percent real.

Speaking of being an actress, and a singer and an entertainer, were you happy with the level of exposure you got at the show?

I was happy to get exposure on the show. I was not happy with the kind of exposure I got with the singing and the dancing. I had been a trained dancer for years. I’ve danced professionally; I sing professionally. I am much better than the clips that they chose to put out there. But I can’t blame them. They want to tell a story so they are going to try to make me look like I’m crazy for thinking that I’m talented. Is that embarrassing? Yes. But anyone who has seen me perform, for real, knows that I am much more talented than what was shown on the show. And I think that’s also a reason why some of the girls were jealous. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with A Pair of Nuts going on the show partially to promote their comedy. If you have something to share with the world you should be proud to share it.

So you’re out $5,000 at least, $10,000 for your team. Does that hurt?

Well, it hurts to be out the money because we got it from corporate sponsors and we had a responsibility to our sponsors and their time got cut short, largely due to reasons that not within my control. I had hoped going into it that people would be eliminated solely based on their weight…

That would have been like a more traditional kind of weight loss show.

Yeah, exactly. Because we probably could have won. Because we had the second highest percentage weight loss the first week and the third highest percentage the week we were eliminated. But when they threw the curve ball at us, it was like, oh my gosh. This changes it. This changes everything. And you know, when they threw the curve ball at us it was like “Wow, maybe I shouldn’t have let myself shine as much or be as openly me as much because it’s causing animosity from some of the female contestants.” But then again I don’t think you should let yourself shine any less to make others happy. That’s kind of what they were hoping to do.

Is there anything else you wanted to talk about?

I would love to share with you that now Shanté and I are holding sessions with teenage girls about their self-esteem and their body image. We’re starting with one of our sponsors, Camp Shane, and its really rewarding and touching to be able to help these girls feel better about themselves and realize that they’re beautiful now, to make them realize the same things that make them beautiful now will make them beautiful when they lose weight and they would still be beautiful if they gained weight. Those things don’t change. The problem with people’s negative self-esteem does not magically go away when you lose 80 lbs. If you don’t love yourself now, you’re not going to love yourself when you lose weight. And so that’s why it’s so important to spread the message that you are beautiful at any size and we are really, really happy with the work that we are doing with them. Watching the show I was really hurt by all the negative things the girls were saying about me. But if I let that affect my self-esteem, they would win. The show was kind of like a big test for me. If I am going to be talking about self-esteem and body image, I can’t let a few catty girls on reality show destroy my self-esteem. I have to be able to walk the walk and not just talk the talk.

Eric Roberts Trying to “Wipe Out” Pot Habit on ‘Celebrity Rehab’

His sister Julia Roberts has hit the headlines for her role inEat Pray Love but Eric Roberts is making news for his part on the small screen, trying to “wipe out” his pot habit onCelebrity Rehab with Dr Drew.

The Expendables actor tells Entertainment Tonight why he checked into VH1’s reality rehab show. “I smoke pot, and it’s the only thing I really have in my life that I consider to be not-quite-a-positive, and I’m trying to wipe it out,” he says.

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The controversial program has another attraction. “I’m also a big fan of Dr. Drew[Pinsky],” says Eric. “I think Dr. Drew is the man, and I get his time for free, and so I’m taking it.”

The Young and the Restless actor, who’s also father to rising star Emma Roberts, says joining the cast of Celebrity Rehab is “an education, and it’s a wonderful enhancement to what I don’t have…clarity on addiction, about the understanding of it, about the understanding of how to get rid of it.”

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His rehab doesn’t stop even when he’s filming the soap since a representative from the rehab center is on set with him at all times. “He’s just here to make sure I am here as well,” says Eric.

Will The Overdose be addressed on Fantasia For Real?

Fantasia Barrino and the bosses at VH1 are contemplating adressing the singer's overdose on her reality show. Fantasia's personal issues include her overdose and hospitalization following her involvement in the divorce of Antwaun and Paula Cook. Following the highly publicized overdose, VH1 may give Fantasia the opportunity to open up and give her point of view on the situation. Fantasia has admitted dating Antwaun Cook "off and on for 11 months" but she insists that it was under the pretext that he was separated from his wife Paula. VH1 is standing by Fantasia in the midst of the scandal and is moving forward with the scheduled debut of the second season of her reality show.

Do you think VH1 is standing by Fantasia for ethical reasons or just ratings?

Let us know in the comments.

Fantasia might get sued

Fantasia is going through such a hard time right now. Being accused of sleeping a woman's husband, having a sex tape, and almost taking her life. Now Fantasia might get sued. Paula Cook who is accusing Fantasia for sleeping with her husband and claims that she has a sex tape with him might sue her.

Paula Cook has not taken any legal action yet, but Fantasia's laqyer said it COULD happen. Fantasia was recently released from the hospital,

As for her VH1 show "Fantasia For Real" VH1 is STILL planning air season 2 of the show on September 19th.

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VH1's Interview with April (Ultimate Catch)

April who was recently eliminated on Ochocinco: the Ultimate Catch did an interview with VH1.com.  She says for her the show was BORING. She felt like it did had enough excitement but she also says she does regret doing this show. She also happy the way she was portrayed on the show and does not care what others think about her.

How was the show for you?

It was a little boring.

Really?

Yeah, it was boring. I was hoping for a little more excitement, a few more athletic challenges. But it was an experience that I would never take back. I don’t regret it at all.

What was boring about it? All of the down time?

Yeah, the down time, and also just not seeing Chad. He was never there. I honestly feel like he was just never there to get to know somebody well. I think he went on what his type was, which we now was all about looks. So yeah, that was the boring part. We didn’t get to spend time with him.

Do you have any resentment for Chad?

Oh, no. It’s just a TV show, that’s how I look at it. I don’t resent him—I don’t even know him. I guess maybe I could because he took me to a laundromat, I was kind of like, “Really? Are you serious? Are we going to a laundromat?” But it’s TV and you’ve got to switch it up. I am the type of person who tries to make the best of everything.

That seemed like kind of a joke of a date, but at least you left with some jewelry to show for your time.

Oh yeah, definitely. I prefer jewelry over the dress anyway. All the other girls got dresses.



I thought it was interesting that you said on the show that your age was an advantage in this situation.

I felt that way not looks-wise, but wisdom-wise and regarding my maturity level as far as it being not catty. Maybe he likes drama, but a lot of the guys I know, especially of his age, are over the drama and kind would just like a girl that they know they can count on and rely on and not worry about. I think I had to bring the fun and the humor if he had more time to get to know me. I think I came across as kind of funny in episode 5. So I thought that would be kind of an advantage as far as being older than some of the other girls.

Did you have insecurity regarding your looks?

I wasn’t lacking confidence as far as my body goes. I feel like I looked better than all the 25-year-olds that were on the show. I think I look great. This is how I want to look. You can take it or leave it. I don’t really care. I know a lot of those girls have had stuff done to their faces so they are going to look a little younger. But with age comes a lot of wrinkles and sun damage so that was kind of like, “Ah well yeah I am kind of looking my age.” But honestly, I didn’t think much about that.

I guess what I meant the confidence thing I was talking about the date when you were nervous and you talked about feeling out of place.

I think I was feeling insecure about hair and makeup because that is one thing I don’t do. I don’t do hair and make-up when I’m at home. I’m basically working out all day so I don’t even do that. I put my hair in a ponytail and I don’t wear make-up. So there was no one there doing hair and makeup and I knew I was going out. I thought I was going out to a really nice date, so I wanted to look camera-ready. I guess that is what I was freaking out about.

Laurice said you were maybe “too manly” for Chad. What did you think of that?

Um, I don’t know. Her name was Laurice not mine. [Laughs] I don’t have a manly name. No, I know she had to come up with something and they had nothing else one me. Honestly, I’m a nice person, I’m a good person and honestly, I’m a genuine person.

What did you think about Laurice and you both getting eliminated? Were you shocked?

I was surprised but at the same time I wasn’t because, just like Chad always said, you want to keep people on their toes and he doesn’t do everything by the book. We knew there was a twist coming, but I didn’t know that it was going to be on me. I mean, I knew he wasn’t that into me, so it didn’t surprise me. But I was thinking, “What would he keep Brittany there?” Because I didn’t see that he had any connection with Brittany at all.

The reason he gave for you dismissal was that you were trying too hard to impress him.

Like I said, I think that it was one of those things and they needed to have a reason. I’m not a character like Tara or Jasmine. I know that I talked way too much on the date. That was the first time I had gotten a chance to talk to him since we had gotten there, so I was just like, “Get it out.” I guess I just got on a rampage and I couldn’t stop.

But were you honest the whole time? About the cheesecake and enjoying laundry and all that?

I really hate doing chores but the only thing that I like to do is doing laundry. I really do. As far as the vanilla bean cheesecake, I really do like to cook for other people and I do cook all of my food so. I was trying to make a point and I am a kind of passionate person so I have to reiterate it 5,000 times I guess.

I did enjoy your red velvet strategy though.

That was not a strategy and I think they edited that because that is not how it went.

Oh really?

I was talking to him asking him if he had ever had red velvet cake before because it is the best cake ever. And he was like, “No, I have never tried it.” So I said, “You should try it!” And then he ordered it and I was already planned on getting that. So he orders it and I’m like, “I’m getting that too.” So they switched it all around. Laurice had to have something to say about me because she and I got along just fine. I don’t want to talk bad about Laurice, but I had my plan and they obviously didn’t really bring it up. It wasn’t nice. I mean, she has a 10-month-old son at home. What is she doing on a reality show? That was my thing.  But that wasn’t shown on TV.



What did you think about your portrayal ultimately? Where you happy about it?

Yes, I was. I am very happy with VH1. I am very appreciative to VH1 for even letting me have the opportunity for this experience and for meeting Chad. I didn’t mind looking like I was trying too hard. That was me. All of my family and friends that know me and love me were like, “April, that’s you. That is so you.” I mean, they portrayed me exactly as I am. So I was happy with that.

You are one of the few people I’ve talked to who have been thrilled by their portrayal. Consider yourself lucky.

Yeah, I know. I am. I don’t care if everyone thinks I looked old. I was reading some of the blogs that said, “They took the old girl off of there.” But even other people were like, “We think she was genuine, she was just nervous. She talked too much, so what? At least she was a genuine person.”  And that was exactly my strategy.

VH1's PART 2 Post Jail Interview with Saaphyri

 Here is the Part 2 Post Jail Interview that VH1.com did with Saaphyri. She explains her experience being jail, how was it like being in jail. She also says that she met Micheal Jackson when she was 3 and at the end of the interview, she she will be returning to TV soon. She also writing a book. Read Part of the inervwiew

What’s your day-to-day life like in prison? Take me through an average day.

I had two different things that I had to do. The first was I went to Fire Camp. Now let me tell you about Fire Camp. First of all, I am not athletic! [Laughs] I don’t know if you could tell by looking at I Love Money. But I am not athletic! So it was this program called Fire Camp where you could get out of prison early if you go and fight fires. First I joined up because I wanted to get out early. Well it’s mid-July. They have us waking up at 5 o’clock in the morning, running around a track and stuff. You’re supposed to do a mile—a mile!—in under ten minutes. I can’t run at all, under no minutes. Then they have you doing burpies, you know what burpies are?

No.

Child, let me tell you. Burpies, those are those things in the military where you have to fall down on the ground, do three push-ups, do some mountain climber thing and then jump back up and do a jumping jack, then go back down to the ground. OK, so they had us in like it was military training. And not only that. It was like a hundred degrees. And we’re doing this stuff. Now after fire camp, I crumble out there because, like I said, I wasn’t athletic. I was like, “I am not going to be able to get out early, since I am not athletic. That’s not right.” But anyway, then the next situation when you’re there is, they make you work. They turn people into slaves, Rich. And when I say work, they make you work doing dumb stuff. I had like six jobs, I kept getting fired.

Why did you keep getting fired?

Because I didn’t want to do it!

Did you have an attitude?

No, I didn’t have an attitude. I had situations where my body wouldn’t want me to work. And Rich, let me tell you how much they pay you.  They pay you a whopping—whopping!—18 cents an hour. You would have to wake up at 5 o’clock in the morning. This this C.O. comes, and he shines a bright light. Everyday it’s like you’re in a Nazi camp, because he’s coming and shining this bright light in your face early in the morning so you can wake up and go to your quote unquote “job” so you can get paid. I worked in like the kitchen as the server. And the people steal food. They steal a lot of food. [Laughs] And they sell it! You have people selling pancakes! And peanut butter! And potatoes! They sell this stuff, right? And the potatoes, they sell for more, and you try to buy them they stab you in your gums. So then they would have to go to the emergency from getting stabbed from potatoes.

How much does a potato go for in jail?

They go for a noodle—a noodle is 25 cents. [Laughs] Top Ramen are precious items in prison! It’s like the barter system, because you don’t get actual money. Everything is traded for like noodles, hygiene products, stuff like that. It’s crazy. Food is like the utmost important thing in the world.

Then what do you do with it? Do you hide that in your cell?

Yeah you keep in your cell. You have it in your locker. I was not stealing any food out of the kitchen. I was trying to not eat anything, so the good thing about prison is that I lost weight.

Congratulations!

Thank you!

Was the food terrible?

It was to me! I was surviving off of chicken broth. Chicken broth and salad.

How much weight did you lose?

Probably about 20 lbs.

At least you have something to show for your time.

I know! And wait a minute, look, something even better: I quit smoking cigarettes.

Congratulations again.

Yeah, anybody want to ever quit smoking, go to prison, and you will quit.

That’s a great plan. What about entertainment? Did you read at all? Watch movies?

I had a TV.

In your cell?

Yeah, you could get your own TV.

How much does that cost?

A few hundred dollars. You get your own TV, your own radio, a typewriter. I did a lot of typing. I’m working on my book.

What’s the book? Just your life story?

It’s different pieces of my life story. It’s my life alongside others. It’s a tell-all. It’s got a lot of different people in here. A lot of different people from Michael Jackson to, oh my gosh, everybody.

You knew Michael Jackson?

I met him when I was a little kid.

Did you have a friendship with him or did you just meet him once?

I’ll tell you exactly what happened. When I was like 3-years-old, my friend’s dad used to play for the Dodgers. So they had this big thing—the Jackson 5 is gonna be here on such and such night. So we go to the thing, I totally turn into a 3-year old-groupie. [Laughter] I’m like, “Michael! Michael!” And that day I grabbed on to him, this little boy, and I would not let him go. So they were laughing and they ended up signing everything for me. I just would not let him go. The whole night we stayed there and we had a dinner. We kept talking, I must have talked to him for like hours. They were trying to eat, they couldn’t eat. I didn’t eat nothing because I wanted to talk. And at the end of the day, to make a long story short, he actually remembered that. We went to the NAACP, like years later and I was backstage. I ran into him and I was like, “You don’t remember this little girl when we were at the L.A. Dodgers function a long time ago?” He was like, “That was you!” I was like, “Yeah!” Because people laughed at me for years at how I would not let go of him. And he actually remembered, out of all the groupies in the world. He was like, “You were so little, you were so cute, that was so funny.” I put Pac in my book. Dr. Dre, Eminem, Ronald Isley, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Griffin, Martin Lawrence, oh and Sammy Davis, Jr. They’re all in there.

I saw some reports of your age online. People we’re saying you were 43, but I thought you were younger than that.

Mmmmhmmm.

So, are you 43? I mean the Jackson 5 story dates you…

I’m only 23, Rich!

So what it was the Jackson 5 Reunion Tour?

Uhhuh! [Laughter] I was an embryo! I made a mistake. But no, I am 23. And I will stay that age for the next 56 years.

What about the social aspect of jail? Did you make any friends? Are there people that you stay in touch with?

I did. There are really some funny people in prison.

I bet.

There were some people that were so funny, I would get cramps in my side laughing at a couple of these girls. There was, a girl named Gigi, a girl named Swa, this lady named Shebrah, and who else?

Swa?

Yeah, S-W-A. She was like a black, female Jim Carrey. [Laughs] She would run around and always remind me of The Mask! And Gigi, she tells stories like Charlie Murphy. And Shebrah is hilarious. She’s like an old lady, but she’s short, and had this big stomach. She would take her clothes off and walk around the cell and tell you stories of her boyfriend. It was funny, funny, funny.

Were any of these people violent criminals that you were hanging out with?

Yes!

Is that weird, to be laughing along with people who are violent?

Do you know I was sitting there talking to the Manson lady?

Really?! Who?

The Manson killer lady!

Really, which one? Leslie Van Houten?

She was at C.I.W. The other one died in Cowchilla.

Yeah, Susan Atkins died a few years ago. The other one was Leslie Van Houten. That’s amazing. [Note: Patricia Krenwinkel is also incarcerated at C.I.W., so it's possible that Saaphyri spoke to her, and not Van Houten.]

Yeah! I was like, “Is it true you were a Manson murderer?” She didn’t look like she could hurt me. I mean, she was skinny and stuff, and she wasn’t even ugly or nothing. She did not look like she had did that to that lady, but she was looking at me like kind of crazy, right? And then this other lady came over was like, “Oh that’s Saaphyri, we don’t tell her nothing. She’s from TV.” She was like, “I haven’t seen none of those shows.” You know, because you don’t get cable. And she’s like, “Well, girl, when you get back you tell everyone that I am not as bad as they say I am and I should get released.” So I guess I’ve done that. [Laughs] I was in it with her, Betty Broderick…

Who is Betty Broderick?

Remember her? They did a Lifetime movie about her about her killing her husband. I was in there with the lady they call the “Zebra Killer”

“Zebra Killer?”

Yes, a Zebra Killer. The lady was killing interracial couples because she was mad.

Is it strange being in an environment with killers? Does that make you fear for your life?

No. It was like crazy though. I’ll tell you. At C.I.W., they walk around and it’s like, you don’t really notice that they’re killers. But at Cowchilla, the other prison, you know that they’re killers, because they did some of the most hideous things. I cried when I was listening to some of these stories about how people killed their babies and put them in the oven. That right there I hated. It was so dark. I was a very, very dark environment to have these people that were hard-time murderers in a cell with somebody that stole some stuff from a store or you know? You have to stay in the same room, in your cell, with eight people. Eight women in a cell that’s as big as a bathroom.

What, with four bunk beds?

Yeah, but they’re like hard with a slither of mat—like a mat you would do yoga on. Yeah, that’s your mattress.

Does that hurt your back?

Yeah, it hurts your back, Rich! [Laughs] I know you gotta ask questions but, yeah it hurts your back!

I know it might sound obvious, but I’m just trying to get the full picture.

It’s horribly uncomfortable! Maybe if I was from Tibet or something it would be OK, I would be used to it. But I’m not used to it. I’m used to Tempur-Pedic mattresses. It was not like that. I mean, you had this one little toilet. And the door to where the toilet is has a big hole on the bottom so basically anybody could see you, you know what I’m saying?

Yeah, what’s that like? That must be terrible, if you have to take a crap.

It’s torture! [Laughs] For the longest I would like, hold it in, until I was probably getting sick I was holding it in for too long. So I was like, “Well I can’t hold it in. Got to do it.”

How big are the cells?

They’re small, they’re small. They have eight people in one cell. And the walls are bricks. And there’s a bathroom, well not a bathroom, but there’s a toilet and there’s a shower. And there are two sinks and there are eight lockers. And under each double bed there are two drawers—a drawer for the top and a drawer for the bottom.

What did you miss the most?

My family. I missed my family. And then, after that, I missed my weave! [Laughs]

I saw a picture that was a supposed mug shot of you. You didn’t have your weave in and I thought, “Oh, she’s suffering.”

[Laughs] But you know what? If there’s a will, there’s a way. And even though I didn’t have my long, luxurious weave, I ended up with some hair anyway [laughs].

How did that work out?

Oh, it worked out fabulously. Instead of a weave I ended up having individuals. You know?

But where did you get them? How did you get hair?

Isn’t that something? It’s amazing.  I’ll have to tell you that part when I get off of parole. But yes, your girl had hair. Everybody would be like, “Where did that hair come from?” and I would be like, “Don’t worry. I have hair.” Long, luscious individuals, and they were so cute.

Since coming out have you put a weave back in?

Oh, honey-boon, yes! Yes, the first thing I did was stop and picked up some needles and some thread and get some hair. I was so happy. My friends were laughing because the hair is so long. I gotta cut it. I wanted it just lying around my head. I’ve been slinging it around, getting a feel for having hair again. It’s a lot, but I missed that. And I missed my eye lashes! There was no way to get those. I tried to make some out of some hair, it did not work. It did not work. So all those people who want to do eyelashes stitches, where you just stitch in your eyelashes, they don’t look right. They don’t look right at all.

What about the lesbian factor? Do a lot of women engage in lesbian activity in jail?

Yes! [Laughs] Yes, they do, Rich!

Did you?

No! You know what though? I will tell you this, the girls that come in, they look like boys. I mean for real, like, really boys. Right? And you start to forget, it’s like your mind starts taking you adrift and all, and I had to tell myself, “No that’s a girl. That is a girl. That’s not a boy, that’s a girl.” But, yes, it’s a lot of that that goes on. And for all the people that are going to read this and think, “Oh, that’s hot! All these lesbians and these girls,” no it’s not hot. You have to see these people. You got somebody who looks like Tiny Lister, but it is a girl. It is a girl. OK? And her girlfriend has a mustache with two barrettes in her hair, but when she sings she sounds like Mariah Carey. That is the kind of couple that you see there, OK? It is not a pretty sight. I wasn’t hard for me not to become a lesbian. It was not hard. It was some funny looking couples. I’m telling you, people there that you know are a little slow, you know that can’t do nothing but spell their name. And they come [in a lowered voice], “I got a girlfriend, her name Carmen.” [Laughs] What?! Spell Carmen! “X-O-X-O, that’s Carmen.” It was crazy.

It seems that however miserable it was, it seems there was plenty of stuff to laugh at. Did you use laughter as a coping mechanism?

Yes. I mean I got a million stories about there. Some things are really funny and some things are really heartfelt.  There were people that were losing their children, you know, and you feel really sorry for them. And then there’s people like this one lady was there because she stole a pack of tampons because she didn’t have no money. [Laughs] She didn’t have no money at the time and she started her period and she had on white pants. OK? Now she’s in prison.

You were there for 22 months. Is it at all weird now to be away from this thing that you’ve been ensconced in for almost two years? Is there anything you miss about it, even?

Hell no! [Laughs]

I know that sounds like a dumb question but it just seems like you would just get so used to being there…

No, I’m gonna tell you. In my brain, this is what I learned about myself that I didn’t know: I could actually shut down. Everyday was like, “I’m leaving here, I’m leaving here. I am going to laugh, but I am not actually going to become accustomed to being here.” You know what I’m saying? So I stayed focused that fact that I was leaving. It was like, “I’m laughing with you guys, ha ha ha, he he he, but I’m leaving.” [Laughs] And I will not be eating no more noodles ever! I didn’t really become attached to my environment. I guess that goes even for out here in the world, you know? Even if you are in an environment that’s not the greatest environment, you can always get out and go somewhere else. That’s the way I took it. I felt like I was in the streets. It don’t get no more ghetto. [Laughs] It’s a horrible thing. And they make you where the ugliest clothes. Blue. I don’t want to wear anything blue. Everyone looked like Smurfs. And blueberries. I don’t want to wear blue, no blue.

Have you talked to It at all since you’ve been out?

I sure haven’t. Should I talk to him?

I don’t know. If you want to.

[Laughter] It’s a horrible thing, when the last person you had sex with was It, and then you couldn’t have sex no more. That’s not good, huh? I’m just saying hypothetically speaking.

I don’t know. I always thought It was cute.

[Laughter] Mmm.

You’re the one who slept with him. Anyway, now what are you doing? You mentioned you were writing a book but what else are you doing with yourself?

I am writing my book, of course. That’s going to be coming out soon. And you’ll see me back on TV. [Laughter] Oh yeah, for sure. I don’t want to talk too much, but all I want to say is you will see me, you will see me. Lots and lots of me.

What does that mean? Are we going to see you naked?

[Laughs] I don’t know. Right about now, I feel like being naked. I don’t think you are going to see me naked just yet.

But maybe sometime in the future.

You know? There’s a good, kind of, maybe. Who knows.

But how are you supporting yourself right now? You have money?

I have some money.  I have some money but it’s running low so they gotta give me some more. [Laughs]

You have to get back on the Lip Chap hustle.

Oh, yeah definitely. I will. I’ll definitely be on that very soon. I just got out four days ago, so it’s still like I’m putting everything together and getting everything in order even though I’ve had a plan for months. I haven’t had anything to do but make a plan. I definitely am going to get the Lip Chap back on. Lip Chap is not done, it is not over it. But when you’re running things and it’s like you’re by yourself and then you leave, things go haywire. But I’m back. And trust me I’m back with a vengeance.

Junk to be interviewed for a new show

Lately some VH1 girls have been dropping hints here and there on twitter that we will see them again TV or tweeting that they are trying for another show. Blonde Baller says that she be back on TV. Then there is Cashmere who recently auditioned for another 51 minds show. Kerry tweeted that her and Cathy will be having a new TV project coming soon and Frenchy says that she will be filming another VH1 show soon.

Now Junk has tweeted that she is going to interviewed today by producers for a new show. Now the question is, is this all for VH1? Maybe, maybe not


Here is the tweet: