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With all apologies to Flavor Flav, Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander and Shaquille O’Neal might just be the greatest couple of this or any time. Last night, the lovebirds appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and performed one of the more amazing feats we have ever laid eyes on. Much has been made of the couple’s hilarious height differential, so when the 7’1″, 325 lb. Shaq Diesel boasted to Kimmel that his 5’2″, 120 lb.(ish) ladyfriend gave him piggyback rides around Shaq-apulco (his mansion), the talk show host naturally demanded proof.
Moments later, Hoopz materialized from the green room—while wearing heels, no less!—and proceeded to hoist her mammoth man onto her back. Amazingly, she was able to carry him across the entire stage before wiping out. We’ve captured the moment in GIF form for you below, which you can appreciate over and over and over again.
Full video of this momentous feat after the jump.
Flavor Flav has a memoir coming out on June 1st called The Icon The Memoir in which the Public Enemy rapper discusses his drug addiction, his trouble with the law, and of course, his time spent on VH1′s Flavor of Love.
In an interview with XXL Magazine, Flav elaborates on his stint as a reality star. He tells the site he got his start because “I was seen on the camera at Steve Harvey’s show. The next thing you know Bernie Mac people gave me a call and they want me to do a guest appearance on his show. Once I got out and did Surreal Life 3 it was a wrap. [That] turned into Strange Love with Brigitte Nielson. That turned into the Flavor of Love for three seasons.”
When asked if he was ever really looking for true love on Flavor of Love, Flav responded “I don’t like hurting people’s feelings. You know it’s bad karma when you hurt people’s feelings. I had to be careful of the girls’ feelings that were really, really, really there for me. The ones that I knew were not there for me were the ones that I kept… [And] If anybody got it in, your boy Flavor Flav got it in.”
While Flav says he doesn’t speak to any of the girls from Flavor Of Love, he does have a soft spot for one in particular, Somethin‘, otherwise known as The One Who Pooped On The Stairs. Flav remembers that “Sumthin’ was real cool and everything, but that’s what happens when a woman drinks all day and can’t hold her food in her system. I mean how much s— can a thong hold?” Words of wisdom if we ever heard them.
For more, check out the full interview at XXL Magazine.
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In what is surely the greatest combination of flavors since you got YOUR chocolate in MY peanut butter, two of your favorite Celebreality superstars just made some sweet music together. Literally.
TMZ reports that Flavor of Love star Flavor Flav joined Rock of Love star Bret Michaels on-stage in Dubuque, Iowa (of all the places!), for a killer version of Public Enemy’s 1990 Top 40 smash, “911 Is A Joke.” As you’ll see from the (admittedly crappy*) video above, Flav started the jawn off a capella style, but then Bret and his band joined in with some ferocious instrumental backing, at which point everyone in the audience got up and then got, got down.
What do you guys think? Should Flav and Bret go out on tour together? Or should they stick to romancin’ the ladies?
Boston.com has the weirdest image gallery you’re likely to see all day: a 12-photo set called “Hoopz at home with Shaq” that features the reality related couple mugging profoundly in different places around the house. It’s like a non-stop “Caption This!” contest. (My pick for the one above: “With our money, we could buy and feed a million puppies!”) Seriously, why are they so happy? The two of them need to come down with season affect like normal people. It’s winter, for God’s sake.
Speaking of profound, there is a giant height difference between them (two feet!). And yet, they see eye-to-eye when it comes to expressive displays. It’s a beautiful pairing, really. [Boston.com]
“Honestly with Flavor Flav, if you know anything about Flavor Flav’s history, you never know what he’s going to do next. You’ll be surprised what he’s going to do next,” Flavor Flav tells the Clinton Herald regarding the opening of his new fast-food joint, Flav’s Fried Chicken (opening today in Clinton, Iowa). While some might agree that the move from rapper to reality star to restaurateur is unlikely, others might argue that the move is wholly predictable and rooted in stereotypes. For someone who’s been accused of minstrelsy, aligning himself with a brand of fried chicken (or any other stereotypically African American cuisine) is, to put it lightly, not the best look.
But what this really comes down to is a struggle between principle and practice: Flav’s love affair with fried chicken has been well documented (check out the screen shot above from Flavor of Love 2, and think back to when he took Krazy on a date to KFC during that same season). And fried chicken tastes good! People of all colors of the rainbow adore it! But perhaps no amount of tastiness is worth the bitter sensation of racial-stereotype perpetuation. Sometimes you have to think outside the box society puts you in.
It’s a tough call, really. My knee-jerk reaction was second-hand embarrassment, but you know, Flav’s gotta do what he’s gotta do to earn a living. And at least he plans on being a hands-on partner: “I don’t want to be just known to have a spot. You’re going to find me in here working. You’re going to be catching me seasoning my chicken, flouring my chicken, frying up my chicken, and not only that, but serving my chicken to my people,” he says. A celebrity who takes an active role in his business instead of merely assigning his name and forgetting about it? That is anything but stereotypical. [Clinton Herald]
Here’s a blast from the past that feels so good: one of the best Celebreality stars in VH1 history, Flavor of Love/Charm School alum Schatar “Hottie” Sapphira recently appeared on GSN’s hilariously cynical dating show Baggage. One piece of personal baggage she revealed was that she spoon-feeds her dogs at restaurants. Apparently, sometimes they feed back — in the clip above, Schatar calls out her dog Cash, feeds him with a spoon and he throws up all over the place. (Host Jerry Springer gamely picks up the puke — a notable point in itself.) This is not unlike Valerie Cherish’s Jay Leno moment — more classic TV from a classic personality.
Oh no! After allegedly getting engaged a few months back, the popular gossip blog MediaTakeOut is reporting that Shaquille O’Neal and Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander have called it quits. There are scant few details about the events that led to the breakup of the couple that was last spotted happily dressed in drag on Halloween, but sources tell MTO that Shaq got so upset that he up and repossessed the $500,000 engagement ring that Hoopz was flashing back in September. We’ll be sure and keep you posted as more details emerge.
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We’re in the midst of preparing our Bret Michaels costume mega-gallery (there’s still time to get your entries in!), but in the meantime to satisfy your craving for Halloween-related content, please accept this picture of Flavor of Love/I Love Money star Hoopz and her boo Shaquille O’Neal dressed as…whatever (Shaqueeta and Hopz is the official name of this situation). I can think of no greater commitment than mutual drag. They must really be in love! [via Shaq's Twitter]
And here they are in action…
Holy shizz. This video seriously needs no introduction. All you need to know is:
Sexy.
Seriously stripper-fific, booty-bouncing moments.
VH1‘s most amazing shows, like Rock of Love, Flavor of Love and My Fair Brady.
Mix them all together, and you get the The 10 Sexiest Stripper-rific Moments in VH1 History. And seriously, we mean SEXY.
Watch all 10 videos here. Then drool and comment.
