After the jump, Bunz talks about the generous assets she’s named after, balancing reality TV with motherhood and why you shouldn’t mess with her gumbo.

How did you enjoy your time on the show?

It was a great experience. It taught me to have better patience dealing with people. Being in the situation with all those females, I had to contain myself a little bit more than I normally would, since I’m on TV and I have children. It made me a little bit of a stronger person, because I did have some difficulty being out there away from my kids.

I was curious about that. Do you care to shed any light on your electricity situation?

Basically, I’m a single mom. I take care of my kids on my own, but I have a good relationship with my child’s father. He was the one on the phone because he was taking care of the kids while I was gone. The bill was like $400 and it had pretty much gotten that high from me being on the show. I’m not rich and I’m not a gold digger. If I was a gold digger, my bills would have been taken care of. I had a bill that needed to be paid and I couldn’t pay it if I wasn’t at home to work. I had also missed my seven-year-old’s birthday a few days before that, so I was stressed out. My kid was kind of acting up in school, so I just felt like I had to be home with my kids.

It’s kind of reassuring that you left a reality show when you realized it wasn’t practical the welfare of your children.

My first duty is to be a mom, and everything else comes after that, period. I thought I made a good exit. I went out with respect and dignity. I think if it weren’t for my kids, I would have stayed a little bit longer because me and Flav were connecting. But it was time for me to go.

Do your kids watch the show?

Absolutely not. I don’t think Flavor of Love is for children. That’s what I laugh about when people give me a hard time about the witch’s costume thing. It’s like, first of all, who the hell lets their kids go on Flavor of Love 3, anyway? They had to expect some kind of something going on. But that was bull, anyway, it’s not like I intentionally showed the kids my buns.

Which of the girls do you stay in contact with?

I speak to Rayna pretty often. I think she is getting a bad rap, but she’s one of the most genuine people I’ve met in a long time. I talk to Seezinz, Hotlanta and I randomly talk to Prancer.

The major conflict we saw you involved in was with Sinceer at the skating rink. How was it dealing with her after she said stuff like that about your family?

I just kind of stayed away from her. In my life, I would never hang out with a chick like that. She’s just completely not on my level. I think viewers were more upset about what she said about my mom than I was. I was upset at first, but then I was like, “Well, look who it’s coming from. It doesn’t matter.” I didn’t care if she apologized, I just thought that it was funny that she had to. She’s the only person in the house that I can say I don’t like, because she’s an ugly person and I think she portrays herself well on TV.

I wonder if it’s all strategy: that she’s trying to rile everyone up.

I don’t think she’s smart enough for strategy. What kind of strategy is talking about someone’s parent with a brain injury or one who’s passed away? That’s not strategy.

Did you model before the show?

I’ve done a little bit since the show, just because a lot of people like my look and personality. But before the show, no. I just bartended and did some promotional stuff with a modeling company. I would go out to clubs and promote, wear the shirt, pass out flyers, stuff like that. As far as real modeling ventures, I’d rather go to school and get a degree and do something real.

I thought you’d modeled because you were so comfortable with your body, requesting the name “Buns” and and all.

Ever since I was in elementary school, I’ve had good assets, so to speak. I’m not the skinny chick. I’m thick and I think I’m fine. I’ve always had that follow me around, so I thought it was cute and catchy and it emphasized one of my good qualities. As far as people calling me fat on the Internet, I think it’s bulls***. We have women these days thinking that they need to be 90 lbs. to look good, and it’s really bad for children to look up to anorexic role models. I am thick and I’m healthy.

Are you attracted to Flav?

Physically, let’s be honest: he’s not the best looker out there. But his charisma and his personality and who he is is attractive. If a person doesn’t have a personality, there’s nothing that can happen there. You need a personality first and foremost because looks fade.

Shy and Myammee attacked you for lying to Flav. Fess up: did Myammee really imply that you got freaky with Flav?

I think it was pretty clear on TV, but a lot of people are still saying that I lied. But that’s absolutely not true. They were insinuating what I said they were, and for the record, Flav did not get any extra activities from me. It takes a little more time than two weeks.

Anything else to add about your time on the show?

As far as my gumbo goes, I can really, really cook. I’m from South Louisiana and that’s how we eat down here, with lots of seasoning. He said it was too salty, but I had to cook two pots of it because all the girls in the house wanted more of it. As far as my portrayal goes, that’s the thing that pissed me off the most. Everything else was all in good fun.

Keep up with Bunz via her FlavorOfLoveWorld.com profile and her MySpace.


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