The Celebreality Interview - Cashmere
Below, the latest For the Love of Ray J cast-off talks Unique’s backstabbing, her own plot to expose Cocktail and why she regrets eliminating herself.
How was your time on the show?
Everything was good at first, but then it started getting stressful toward the end.
Did the competition break you down?
Yeah. Just being there, living with the girls and all competing for the same guy. There was a lot of backstabbing going on, and I didn’t feel like it was worth it to stay.
Obviously, you entered the show knowing that it was a dating competition. Was it just a matter of the stress exceeding your expectations?
Exactly. I didn’t think it would be as bad as it ended up. I felt like I couldn’t open up and be myself with Ray, with everything that was going on, especially the cameras. That’s not a normal situation and he wasn’t going to get to know the real me.
Unique interviewed that you were her puppet and that she was going to use you for her gain. Did you have a sense of that in the house?
I had no clue. We hit it off since Day 1. We were really cool and I trusted her and I had no idea that she was saying stuff like that till the show aired. I was disappointed when I saw that. She was going to play the game, obviously, but I feel like she took it too far. She took it to the point where she was talking about her friends.
Up until this week’s episode, you had little-to-no one-on-one time with Ray. You said he wasn’t getting a chance to know you, but you weren’t really getting the chance to know him either, right?
Yeah. He kept calling me quiet and shy, but that’s not me. I felt like the girls that were putting themselves out there and throwing themselves at him were getting the most attention. I wasn’t going to do that at all to get myself further in the competition, so I felt like it was pointless for me to be there.
How pure were your intentions going into the show?
I always thought Ray was attractive. I went in there thinking we could hit it off, you never know. I went in there specifically to date him.
What about the much-discussed exposure issue? Was that attractive to you at all?
Kind of. I more went in for Ray, but I knew being on TV, everyone was going to see me. It was killing two birds with one stone.
At lunch with Lil’ B, Cocktail, Danger and Chardonnay, was it intimidating when they were all against you?
I knew they were going to team up on me because my other two friends in the house were on the date with Ray. They were loving it that they could gang up on me with no one else around. There was no point in arguing with them. I felt like they wouldn’t let me get any words in, anyway.
They accused you of being controlled by Unique. What did you make of that?
She’d stay stuff, but she didn’t make me do anything I didn’t want to. At the end of the day, I was her competition. Probably one of her biggest. I don’t manipulate her for trying to get me out of the house, because I could have gone further.
What about the plot to expose Cocktail’s reality TV past? Were you disappointed she didn’t face any consequences from Ray?
Yeah. I wish he would have gotten more upset with her. I felt like she was running around the house snitching on everyone else, and then when the tables turned, she was so defensive about it. She lied about it in front of him, on top of that. I feel like he was playing favoritism a little bit. At least I showed him I can be there for him getting girls out of the house that didn’t need to be there.
How was it that initially, you weren’t sure that she was on Bad Girls Club?
She looked familiar, but I wasn’t positive that it was her. After Stacks had gone home, she called me to confirm that it really was her.
In your exit interview, you said you might regret eliminating yourself one day. Did you?
At first, I didn’t. Now that I’ve seen the show and I’ve seen how he really felt about me, I regret it, yeah. During the show, I was getting mixed signals. At times, I felt like he wasn’t really feeling me. After watching the show and seeing that he really did like me, I wish I would have stayed.
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March 19th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
she was boring! she should’ve stayed because she wanted to- not change her mind because she saw that he liked her. duhh he liked you, why else would he have kept you for so long? i’m actually shocked she made it this far. kudos on calling out &$@(+`&!!_!+#(&_ tail though- i hate her! she looks weird!
March 21st, 2009 at 1:49 am
awhh cashmerer gurl.. i wanted you 2 stay you shud have!
March 21st, 2009 at 1:51 am
awhh cashmere gurl i wish you would have stayed ! you rock xoxo
March 21st, 2009 at 3:13 pm
cashmere, sweety why did you leave he was filling you. even though you were quiet, you still stood out in the house because of your beauty and the way you carried yourself,classy.
March 21st, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Cashmere was way too mellow and nice to be on the show. She probably made the right decision by leaving.
As for Unique, the `(#*`$`+#$)_$(`@~ will get hers some day. I can’t stand her. She thinks she’s “all that” but what is there really to like about her. I liked her until she showed her true colors. Hopefully, Ray will be able to see that about her. Her personality and devious nature makes her uglier than natural ugliness. Karma’s a `(#*`$`+#$)_$(`@~ need I say more?
March 23rd, 2009 at 1:30 pm
I just finished watching a for the love of Ray J show, where Unique went off on Danger. She used the word )!^)!(_$`%(+@~!+() ed, which I do not appreciate. I have an autistic son, and it hurts me deeply that people still use this word like that. I think VH1 or Ray J should kick Unique off the show because of that. I am sorry, but I am not going to watch VH1 or another episode of Ray J until Unique is gone from the show. She should never have used that word, she is a grown woman. Thank you for listening to me.
March 23rd, 2009 at 9:06 pm
you know u f—ked up
March 25th, 2009 at 1:14 am
I swear if that Cashmere would have been close to winning. I don’t care what anybody says, but ray j has always been with freaks or women that throw herself at him. I liked Cashmere, the only people who would say they don’t is a girl that hates on her cuz she’s badd.
March 26th, 2009 at 9:54 am
girl i watch that show almost evey day and ithink you put your all into but you did what you head to so do your thing he was going to seen you home any way i mean he didn’t even give you a glass he want yo to take it your self so that’s that and the end so now you left and now you got your fame and don’t worrie about unique fat ^$~$@)“!^~(`+^
June 13th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
he wasnt going to pick her as you guys can clearly see he showed favortism just like she said towards &&~!#`#%~)~@`%^+ tail this whole time and how she was a compulsive liar the wholetime and he LOVES kim kardashan lookalikes. by the time this show was on the 2-3 episode i knew he was showing favortism towards her and whaleshaped ))&&#~%*((%#(!& danger but yes cashmere is extremely pretty, prettier than half of the girls on this crappy show i mean sure she was shy and all i guess its cus she didnt have to compete with a bunch of hoes to get a man. so stfu about her being boring ;-;