If you’ve been wondering what Heather from Rock of Love/I Love Money/Rock of Love Charm School has been up to, wonder no more: watch her swaying along and preparing tomato sauce in the video above for Donnie Athens’ “The Good Life.”

Heather’s also on Twitter, FYI.

Complex recently compiled its list of the 50 Hottest Reality TV Girls, and impressively, women affiliated with VH1 take up a dozen of the slots.  Of that dozen, half of the girls are from For the Love of Ray J (the most represented show on the countdown, alongside The Real World — keep in mind though, that show has had 24 seasons, while Ray J has had two). Among the hotties are Danger (No. 42), Mz Berry (No. 32), Caviar (No. 30), Luscious (No. 22), Chardonnay (No. 18) and Cashmere (No. 14). The other VH1 girls are Viva Hollywood’s Jenn Pinto (No. 44), The White Rapper Show’s Misfit (No. 40),  Myammee (No. 39), Deelishis (No. 29), Hoopz (No. 10) and Adrianne Curry (No. 8).

So, what do you think: is For the Love of Ray J a babe magnet of a reality show? According to the list, it’s turned out twice as many of reality TV’s hottest as America’s Next Top Model. In fact, my favorite thing about this list is that ANTM is represented as much as Flavor of Love (both come up three times). That is two giant orbiting balls of “Wooooooooow!” and LOOOOOOOOOOOOL! And I know that Complex skews “urban,” but damn son, where’s the love for Rock of Love? No honorable mention even, for that show’s willingness to constantly put itself out there (via silicone and…other stuff)? [Complex via ONTD]

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Heather Chadwell of Rock of Love/I Love Money/Charm School fame is set to appear on this week’s episode of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, premiering Thursday at 10/9c on FX. According to Heather’s MySpace, there is a preview up on Fancast, but I can’t get it to play. Perhaps you can.

Heather’s post-reality resume continues to grow (so to the haters: ha!). She appeared on a recent episode of Californication and is set to appear in a the indie drama Sandy Creek Girls. You can read about her other appearances on her MySpace. She’s certainly getting her face out there — how many of her peers can you say that about?

And lest you think Heather is packing up reality for scripted fare, she tells us that she is working on a reality show with two other Rock of Love girls. She won’t get into specifics this early in the game, which come to think of it, is very Hollywood of her.

Check out two more shots of Heather on the Sunny set below and remember to tune in Thursday! [via ONTD - Thanks to Brenda for the tip!]

Ah, precious memories.

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Sad news: Joseph Verzella III, the boyfriend of Flavor of Love 2/Charm School/I Love Money star Jennifer “Toasteee” Toof, was found dead in his house on Friday morning. Toasteee tells us that she was the one who found him and the cause of his death is as yet unknown.

Joe had a small but memorable role in Toasteee’s on-air dealings — he could be heard via phone in the I Love Money clips show giving his girl a tongue-lashing after she and Heather confessed to him on Valentine’s Day that they made out. They thought it would be funny, he didn’t see the humor and the result was a hilarious clip:

Toasteee reached out to us in the hope of keeping Joe’s memory alive. She wrote:

“He was only 30-years-old. He was my best friend and the love
of my life. He was such a sweet guy and so many people are going to
miss him. I miss him so much because he meant everything to me. I know
it sounds like we fought a lot from the phone booth extras, but it was
hard for him to deal with me being away from him for so long when I was
filming the shows. He was so proud of everything I’ve accomplished and
loved all the VH1 shows. He would have done anything in the world for
me and he stuck by me through thick and thin.”

She is in our thoughts and prayers.

Below, check out some New Year’s Eve shots of VH1’s Celebreality stable from two different parties. One took place in at Frog in New York and featured Heather, Mary Carey, Pumkin and Real Chance of Love’s Promo and Meatball. The other found Brandi C., and Megan partying it up in Maine. Megan assured us that she “made out” with Brandi when the clock struck 12, but from the looks of the pictures, it was a closed-mouth kiss, so don’t get too excited.

This is just a brief note to inform you that the I Love Money 2 premiere date we previously reported is wrong — the new season now is set to premiere Monday, February 2 on VH1.

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A news story about the engagement of Flavor of Love/Charm School/I Love Money alum Brooke “Pumkin” Thompson’s engagement has been making the Internet rounds, but before you start believing in love after reality TV, check this: a well-placed, highly reliable source tells us that the engagement is fake. “Publicity stunt” is how our source described last month’s official announcement. He/she added that Pumkin is wearing a ring, but it’s “a promise ring…if you even want to call it that.” Pumkin has not returned our calls for an interview, and meanwhile we’re left wondering if this thing will be over before it can even start.

And really, can you even imagine Pumkin settling down after something like this?

Frankly, we don’t want to.

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Megan Hauserman is auctioning the “tankini” she wore on the third episode of I Love Money on eBay. The bidding price is already up to $1,525 with almost a week left on the auction. In this economy, that is insane. I suppose when the depression hits, the lucky bidder can use it as a tent.

Megan’s MySpace claims, “The winning bidder will also receive an autographed picture with the swimsuit. Partial proceeds will go to charity.” We asked her exactly what she means by “charity” and her answer was expected: “Spreading awareness for mentally challenged dogs, of course.” Of course. So please, look into your heart and pull out thousands of dollars. Lily needs it.

Megan also notes in the humorous questions section of the item that the bathing suit has been cleaned. Sorry perverts! [Megan Hauserman - Authentic Swimsuit eBay auction]

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Hoopz played her I Love Money competition like a pro and walked away with $250, 000. Lots of people have been watching the final episode of the show. Lots more have checked out the post-victory interview with our girl.

We caught up with her in Michigan, while she was chilling with her family. Our ongoing VH1 Mobile Txtrview series is all about exclusive exchanges with VH1 characters. Here’s the start of what she had to say to Lauren Harris. Hit the site for the entire exchange.

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Hey Hoopz - where are you and what are you doing? Think you can snap a picture of where you’re at?

Hoopz
I came up to Michigan to spend time with my family

VH1
Congratulations on your I Love Money victory! Are you psyched?

Hoopz
Man am I…I still can’t believe it!! I can’t explain the feeling and the fact that its my second win in a row WOW

VH1
Pretty impressive! Were you worried you wouldn’t win it at any point?

Hoopz
Most definitely, I started the show with a mentality of let’s just see wht happens, I didn’t come in thinkin “Im gonna win this” but when it finally came down to jus me and whiteboy and we started our final challenge as soon as he had the lead I was like “oh there’s no way im gonna win this” so that’s half the reason I was so in shock when I actually did win!!

VH1
That makes sense, but you played a great game! What are you going to do with that money?

For the rest of this Txtrview, as well as news and blog updates, live chat, pictures, and videos, text POP to 44686 for a link to VH1 Mobile, or head to VH1.com from your mobile phone.

If money is the root of all evil, reality TV is its fertilizer. I Love Money was a showcase for the depravity to which people will resort to stay in the game (and doing so, let’s not forget, is inextricably bound to staying on TV): the back-stabbing, the lying, the degradation, the cake-throwing, the eating-disorder baiting, the soft-drink pouring, the strategic flirtation, the old throw-up tongue, etc. (Oh, and there were some challenges and athleticism, too!) It was a show whose central character, Megan, claimed upon exiting that she didn’t come to win, but to have fun, turning a reality TV cliche on its bikini-clad ass. This is a new frontier in already rapid Celebreality evolution, the player-for-sport who exists only to amuse herself. (Megan swears that she’s not at all interested in making good TV.) The resulting embarrassment of riches for the audience at home was an afterthought, a mere surplus of enjoyment that had already been had by those involved.

Indeed, with the exception of Mr. Boston, Nibblz and Destiney (all of whom left relatively early in the season), everyone on the show talks about what a great time they had shooting it. And yet, the pervading negativity lingers to the point that my experience on the set of the I Love Money Reunion taping found me shaking my head and saying to myself countless times, “These people really hate each other.” The s***-talk is pure professional-wrestling bravado, but it comes with such frequency and urgency that it feels unavoidably real.

The only thing that was warm and cuddly about I Love Money weighs two pounds and is retarded (see above). Some believe that children are our future, but in this environment a Chihuahua named Lily was the main source of humanity. Take comfort in that little dog because in our backstage recap of the I Love Money Reunion below, the fertilizer sinks in, the evil tree blooms and things get ugly.

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