She Is Rocky, Hear Her Roar
Straight-up: I Know My Kid’s a Star breakout Rocky gave this blog one of the best interviews it has ever heard. It was so good that the written word could not do it justice. You simply have to hear Rocky to believe her.
So, we’ve extracted the best 10 minutes of our hour-plus chat with Rocky, split them into two parts and added a slide show to go along with the discussion. Among the topics covered are: her daughter Hayley (of course), her breakdown in the closet, the hair-weave accusations, visible tampon strings, Miley Cyrus’ stripper tendencies, her b-movie career as Melissa Brasselle and her new single, “Who’s the Bitch Now?” Wait until you hear what it’s about.
(On that note, a word of warning: the language in these interviews, particularly in the second part, could be considered NSFW.)
Keep up with Rocky via her MySpace.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
ROCKY WAS THE BEST ON THIS SHOW NOT WORTH WATCHING WITHOUT HER …. IF BRETT AND AMBRE DONT WORK OUT ROCKY SHOULD GIVE THAT SHOW A TRY FOR SEASON 3
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I think Danny should have kept Rocky and Hayley. They were the reason I watched that show. Hayley wasn’t exactly the best actress was she was sweet and gorgeous and does have lots of potential. Sometimes Hayley was uptight and nervous and I can understand that she was feeling pressured to memorize lines and didn’t want to mess up. GiGi and Alli were the ones that should have been eliminated. GiGi acts like a jealous spiteful witch I’m sorry to say and she thinks her and her daughter are better. As a result of all that tension, Rocky lost it. I had to laugh at that scene where Rocky was complaining about losing sleep, hating on all the other mothers because they all thought they were better, wanting to shake the gumball machine and grabbing a hanger and wanting to kill a cast member. It wasn’t funny but it was. I understand how she felt and my temper is exactly like Rocky’s when people treat me like that. I was really mad when Danny said the whole thing was all about Rocky. That was so not true. Rocky was pushing Hayley to do her best and to show people that her daughter was a star.
Rocky, I love you very much(you too Hayley) and I’m glad you and Hayley made an appearance on the show, eventhough you guys didn’t make it. I started to get the impression that all the good people would get overlooked and eliminated when Devin and Kevin were eliminated. Turns out I was right. Oh well, you, Hayley, Devin and Kevin didn’t need those snobs anyway. And I know you try hard to be a good mother and you’re doing a great job of it. Who cares what those other witches think? That’s why my mom never got me involved in anything like that eventhough people tried to talk her into it. Everyone thought I would make a good model and actress. My mom didn’t want to ruin me and have to deal with snotty mothers and fancy kids. And I can’t say I blame her. I wish you and Hayley the best of luck whether or not she makes it as a actress. I love you Rocky and Hayley.
LOVE, Lindsey
April 21st, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Honestly!! I wish all the blessings in the world to the children who are on the show, but the show sucks!! Not saying there isn’t any talent, the show just simply sucks!! The ONLY reason I watched the show was to see Rocky and her daughter Hayley. Her daughter might not have ALL that applies to be a “kid star”, but there is definitely something special about that young lady!! You can see her strength and potential at such a young age, and that’s without the “professional” training! Danny, you should have know better, if you know the business at all! Vh1 wasted money!! Shouldn’t have gotten rid of Rocky and Hayley!!
Long live Rocky and Hayley!!!
April 21st, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Ok - now everybody say a little prayer for her poor daughter.
April 21st, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Hi Rocky, I love you, that was the funniest thing I have heard in a while. I love the fact that you are willing to discuss anything and the truth behind things. I was a child/teenage model for five years. Have you thought about modeling for Haley? She is beautiful. I think she would do well. She has the perfect look for print. Even on camera, wonderful, but for me I couldn’t remember lines, I was a horrible actress. All of my friends were actresses. I decided to model so I wouldn’t have to remember lines! Worked well! I think the both of you are the best. Haley is so very lucky to have you! I can’t wait to see Haley become “rich and famous”! Take care and much love!
April 21st, 2008 at 11:48 am
Rocky, you ROCK! I have 3 kids & my oldest is also trying to break into the biz and working super hard at it. I don’t think that I can give you any advice, you are doing an AWESOME job, you are REAL and I am pretty much the same w/my 3 kids. They deserve to know WHO their parents are and not an uptight dumb !## who is pretending to be something that they are not. I liked watching the show with you in it much more than with you off of the show, no doubt, but at this point I am rooting for Cheyenne sp? since you guys are no longer on the show-which is a total bummer. As for DB taking you off of the show, personally, I think that he had to do it, there was way TOO much chemistry there between you two, I am sure I am not the only one who saw it! You would always be welcome in my home! Take care, much luv CALIGIRL…It’s like OMG!
April 21st, 2008 at 6:43 am
Rocky-
I wanted to tell you how much i enjoyed watching you on the show. I am a mother of 11 children and your passion for your daughter is the same passion i feel for each and every one of mine. People dont understand mothers like us who would die for our children…. they are gifts from God and they are the most precious things we can ever experience.
But i wanted to tell you that i think you are a remarkable woman. Im so proud of you for being able to put up with all the crap that the women in the house gave you. I think gigi acted like an idiot and the way she acted in front of her child was so sad.
You are definatly a one of a kind woman but you know thats what makes you special and unique. Screw everyone who doesnt like it. You keep being true to yourself and your sweet daughter and let life take you where it may. God bless you!
April 20th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
I love Rocky and Hailey!!!! Why oh why did you send them home? Now the only reason to watch is to see if someone finally beats gigis butt to the ground. Rocky was real, she obviously loved her daughter, shes tough and smart. I think Danny and company missed the boat on this one! Most of th other parents are tellling their kids things like ” if you cant do it perfect, lets just leave” or gigis telling her daughter : they will crucify you” what?? Is that how you encourage your child? And it was no ones business if Rocky had weaves or not, I mean seriously, was does that have to do with the whole concept?? I only wish VHI will find another venue for Rocky- please, guys, do your magic and find a show with Rocky- I will also nominate myself for the show, because I GET her. I am starting a “Rocky Fan Club” and I am the president! Im just as crazy as she is, but like her, crazy-good. I am her number ONE fan!!!!! Rocky, you rock,so does your daughter. If you would like to join the Fan Club, please email me- jill.gordon51@yahoo.com
April 20th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
i feel like i don’t even wanna watch the show without Rocky. I was just starting to get into it too and now it’s gonna be just a dumb reality show with a bunch of !~_!@^ ed overbearing mom’s. Rocky you put the Rock in your name!
April 20th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE ROCKY…
From “It’s a gift to be a mother” to “Lusty Busty Baby Q”….she is AWESOME!!!
PEAE, LOVE, & ROCK & ROLL!!!
~C~
April 20th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
SHE SHOULD HAD FOUGHT GIGI AND SHE IS A ~(_! EN STUPID %%` CRACK %%`
April 20th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
the other mothers are so average and boring and so are their kids. that little red haired freckled kid probably gets special favor from danny. the show is bunk!
April 20th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with a Mother talking to her Daughter about natual things like menstrual periods, maxi pads and tampons. Haley is a GIRL. She will deal with her period soon. If Haley was a boy, it might be kind of weird, but she’s a girl and there is nothing wrong with Mother and daughter discussing it or anything having to do with it. What kind of fundamental immature morons would make a big deal of this. Rock is a good woman, a good mother and she’s beautiful. That seems to be the problem, people are jealous. It’s not Rocky’s fault that she’s thin and can wear whatever she wants to. You people are seething with envy. Haley will be a star, not only b/c she’s beautiful but b/c she has a great Mom who loves her and she loves back. Truth! Deal with it haters!
April 20th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
A tampon during your period is a natural thing. Haley will soon her period too and will be able to handle it thanks to her mom who is totally for real.
you people are stupid wimps. grow up!
April 20th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Rocky and her daugher were the only STARS on that show!! Danny Bonaduce was a fool to let them go. Rocky is beautiful and the other average mothers and kids can’t handle it. Haley is beautiful too. Bonaduce doesn’t know anything. He’s just an old washed up has-been guy who acted as a child (on ONE show) and now does stupid reality TV like “Breaking Bonaduce”. C’mon! I think he was attracted to Rocky and needed her out of there so he could focus.
April 20th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
what does living in new york have to do with asking your child if your tampon string is showing? i live in new york and thats not really a question i would ask my 9 year old. its a little odd
April 20th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
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April 20th, 2008 at 10:46 am
I guess I just have not lived the right life; I have NEVER had to ask anyone (much less, a 9 year old) if my tampon string is showing; why, you ask? Because if you are wearing UNDERWEAR, your TAMPON string WILL NOT SHOW!
To claim that she sleeps only with her 9 year old daughter is sick; the only reason I can accept that is if they do live in a 1 room trailer.
To be serious here, I truly feel sorry for Hailey, she is going to grow up thinking that this is normal behavior. What is going to happen if, by some strange luck, Rocky meets a man and maybe falls in love and wants to marry. Is she then going to kick Hailey out of her bed?
My only knowledge of this woman is through this show; she has brought herself into the public eye and has opened herself up to ridicule. To blast someone, as she has done on this board, and threaten to file harassment charges for posting on VH-1’s blog is a crack up! And, please Rocky, get over yourself, you are not even close to being a celebrity! Your 15 minutes are just about up.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Rocky was just on the show to expose herself. Danny was smart enough to see that and toss her crazy rear off. Time for that old goat to grow up and act her age.
April 19th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Mary Jo!! when are you ever going to stop acting like a little miss snob all the time?! ! Just stop being like that and listen to your mom and you will shine! Girl you have talent but you need to behave and litsen to other peoples advice adn just let it out and you can suceed but not by being a brat!!
April 19th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
[RockyRockandRoll Says:
April 17th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
From the looks of it stop the madness it seems that Shari has found her way to this board. What VIEWER would be this angry at me and take cheap shots at me but her. You gotta try changing your words up a little because it’s so obvious it’s you. You fat slob!! Get a life and stay off my bog–what are you gonna do If I get my own show send bomb threats to the producers. These people love us!! Not you, “Orca.” Man I didn’t think whales could stay out of the water this long to keep posting. I am now going to make good on my promise and file harassment charges. Get some lyposuction you ugly prison guard–and get a life . Was it my friends who got me on the podcast too? I don’t see anybody interviewing your fat ^$( after you and Bing Crosby left. Oh and just for the record I’m not sane or normal—and I LOVE it!!!!
Go jump back in the ocean and stalk another VH1 clebrity–something you will never be!!
LOVE AND KISSES–ROCKY]
The class and maturity is just oozing from this post Rocky.
April 19th, 2008 at 8:17 am
this show is ridiculous to begin with,,all these moms just want to live vicariously through their children,,and to be in the spotlight,,,they all should be ashamed of themselves
have a nice day
April 19th, 2008 at 1:18 am
Seriously, someone needs to contact Chile Protective Services. I’ll agree that this woman makes for train-wreck-can’t-stop-watching-it TV, but there is a very real child who is living the nightmare of the unstability of a parent who has no boundaries, who sets a poor example of how to treat others and how to function in the world, and who is obviously caught up in her narcisistic fog of emotional and/or mental illness.
I don’t give a hoot about the stupid hair extensions. I don’t care about her appearance or the cowboy hat. It’s her emotional outbursts and her lashing out at anyone around her that make her an unsuitable parent.
I don’t know anyone from New York who thinks it’s normal or appropriate to ask their NINE-YEAR-OLD child if their tampon string is showing. And I suppose she thinks it’s normal that Michael Jackson like to share his bed with kids, too.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I don’t know Rocky personally, and I don’t want to. It is apparent that she mistakes “shock value” for talent and that is a sad state of the times. She seems to think that she is the only mother who feels overwhelming love for her child and boasts that she still sleeps with Hayley nightly. This is NOT normal and really NOT good for her child. Rocky needs to understand that MOST moms love their children and don’t feel the need to cling to them. Sometimes it is as if Hayley is just a “mini-Raquel”. If Rocky backed off a bit Hayley would be able to blossom on her own, and have her OWN personality - not just mirror her mothers. Rocky also needs to grow up and realize that what makes people interesting and “real” isn’t that they say whatever comes to their minds like children - but that they have rational, adult, appropriate behavior (something your children can be proud of and emulate) and a thought process that is not vulgar and completely self-serving.
Rocky is a trip to watch, but only for very short period of time. I have a feeling that the reason she still sleeps with Hayley is that there are few men who can handle her and it is better to make the choice for yourself to be alone (w/ Hayley) than to simply find yourself that way because you are rude, obnoxious and loud.
Oh, and I guess now that Rocky is in her 40’s and her career hasn’t really gone far in the movie theaters she is doing trashy stuff like Lusty-busty babe-a-que and spreading chocolate on her breasts and appearing topless. I guess she has discovered at her age that she isn’t going to “make” it as an actress and she should take whatever work she can get. I’ll give her this, she is great for silly, mindless reality shows and good for her for finding her niche.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
wow! you could tell by watching just how close Rocky and Hayley are.. I think she’s a really good mom. The kids on the show are mostly eh (in terms of IT factor, Cheyenne can act well and they all seem really nice).. but I really think Hayley did shine just by showing her on camera! she is so pretty! I just wanted to post because yes, she is a little eccentric(so am i) but she is honest and it’s obvious how comfortable Hayley and Rocky are with each other. Glad Hayley is getting all the recognition, she is a star! (but in a non obnoxious kid way)It’s nice to see a mom support her daughter but don’t bully them like gigi or yell at them like mary jo.
ps GIGI is the devil, i swear!
April 18th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Rocky, you accused me of being Shari or Gigi on another blog here, so I hope your’re still not talking about me.
Who can I call at VH-1 to confirm my identity and set you straight on that?
April 18th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
All these years I’ve been sleeping with my husband and I thought it was normal ’till now.
Now I’m really wondering.
Rocky is proud that she doesn’t sleep with a man and puts down people who do.
What’s up with that?
She’s also proud that she keeps her pre-teen child in her (Rocky’s) bed every night.
She even admits on the interview that the child sleeps in her (Rocky’s) bed, for Rocky’s comfort.
When she talked about how upsetting it was for her to not sleep in the same bed while they were there.
That’s where the line is drawn in child abuse by the way, when an adult is the one getting something out of a questionable relationship with a child.
I’m sure that nothing sexual or bad is going on, since she probably wouldn’t talk about it so freely if there was something really bad happening, but all the same by the standards that professionals go by, it is inappropriate and may be harmfull to the child. (mentally).
Yet, this woman says that mothers who sleep with men are the strange ones.
April 18th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
This is for Rocky, hay gilr, you are by far the funniest person that has been on that show and you are the type of person to hang out with, you make people laugh and you keep us on our toes to see what you are going to do next, keep doing what your doing and I will keep watching because you are it.
April 18th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
oh sheesh Rocky…get over yourself already! You’re nothing but trailer trash with a cowboy hat and boots….the best you could ever do would be to pose for some sleaze magazine……that is your target crowd…..as for your daughter…..if she were with a different manager, maybe, just maybe she might have a chance…..but with you she has none. funny how the comments on the show leaned towards telling you ” it’s not about you rocky”.and yet your one post here talks about YOUR VH1 celebrity”ness”…what about Hayly? what are you doing for HER? that you’re still sleeping with your child at this age says something else about you too…….Michael Jackson sleeps with his kids too…….
April 18th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
i thought Rockys daughter was very adorable and we will most likely see her on t.v soon but her mother should calm down when there is a show for adults go ahead and try out but dont go on a kids show FOR KIDS to become stars and try and act out to show you have talent.