Premier: Tough Love Boot Camp

Ah, VH1, you’ve done so much to help educate America as to the ways of love. How else would ex-strippers and teenage baby mamas learn to love aging rock stars if not for Rock of Love? How would aging rappers with dubious personal hygiene find love if not for Flavor of Love? And how, of how, would tool-worthy losers learn how to pick up drunk girls with low self-esteem if not for The Pick-Up Artist?

Yes, truly, VH1 has done much for the nation’s population of emotionally bankrupt, lost, deviant barelytwentisomethings. And now, maybe realizing there are only so many ways to humiliate girls in “competitions” before the audience cries sexism, VH1 has decided to give ladies the chance for self improvement by educating them as to what men want. Exit Mystery the Pickup Artist, enter Steve the Tough Love Doctor.

Steve Ward claims to be one of the nation’s most successful matchmakers. I’m going to buy it. You know why? Steve looks like a jerk, he dresses like a New Jersey homosexual (much love, Brian), he talks like a douchebag…yet despite this, I still dig him. Anyone who can be likeable with that many things stacked against him must know something about charisma.

The idea behind Tough Love is to take women who are unsuccessful with men and teach them over the course of 8 weeks how to be successful. The resulting training is a mash up of Pickup Artist tricks and Charm School common sense. In the premier, Steve makes the ladies go on a speed dating session, walk around the pool in front of a group of guys, and attend a party. Afterwards, they’re able to find out the impression they made.

The thing that makes Tough Love so entertaining has almost nothing to do with the women’s ability to learn and grow. We get the same old platitudes we get every time we invite horrible women on TV: “I’m confident with my body,” “You don’t know my situation,” “I’m a slut because my dad never loved me.” Nah, the real treat of Tough Love are the men they get to sit as judge and jury on these poor monomaniacal basket cases. Those, gorgeous, gorgeous men with their amazing hair and beautiful jackets. They give honest assessments of all of the women that manage to reaffirm some stereotypes (re: men are shallow), while at the same time shattering others (re: men aren’t perceptive). These men can size up these women remarkably fast and with remarkable accuracy, which is fascinating for those of us who were told by our mothers and aunts and older, more experienced female friends that men were blinded by looks and easily fooled. Turns out, even beautiful men can have emotional intelligence. Who knew?

Tough Love Boot Camp is surprisingly addictive. It’s refreshingly honest, shockingly tasteful, and lacks sexism entirely. And that’s sexism against men as well as that against women. The show refuses to hold women and men to unrealistic standards, and instead forces the participants to look objectively at the reality of the dating world, while holding themselves to a higher standard. But don’t worry–there are more than enough emotional train wrecks to keep things interesting. Without them, would it even be VH1?

I Love Money 2’s Saaphyri is in Jail

Although it was good to see the former Flavor of Love Girls Charm School winner Saaphyri Windsor on VH1 again tonight, I was disappointed to read that she is currently doing time in a female correctional institution in Los Angeles.

Although the reason for her incarceration is “unspecified,” it must not be too serious, because she hopes to be released before the I Love Money 2 reunion show.

According to sources:

She wants everyone to know NOT to feed into the gossip and informed me the rumors aren’t true. She guarantees to be out before the reunion special is to be taped. She wants her fans to continue to go to her myspace page and visit her website, http://www.saaphyri.com .

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Shay “Buckeey” Johnson is making big moves

After doing VH1 reality show  Flavor of Love, and then Flavor of Love Charm School Girls, we haven’t seen much of Shay “Buckeey” Johnson. Sure, there was the  sex tape circulating, but it’s not like she made an appearance on I Love Money or anything.

That’s because she’s been busy, working on her career. In a magazine for Flavour Magazine in the U.K., Shay talks about the film she has in the works, and a self-development book coming out this spring. Check out this interview, then read the full article at Flavour.

Flavor of Love Girl Bootz is Pregnant

Congratulations are in order for Larissa “Bootz” Aurora because she is in the motherly way. She has posted an announcement on her MySpace page:

HEY EVERYONE SORRY I HAVE BEEN AWAY FOR SO LONG, BUT NOT WITHOUT GREAT NEWS! I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE WONDERING WHATS BEEN GOING ON WITH ME !  WELL,  I AM EXPECTING MY FIRST CHILD AND I AM VERY EXCITED! WITH MY NEW CHILD DUE MARCH 28TH 2009 COMES CHANGE, AND I AM READY FOR THIS EXPERIENCE THAT GOD HAS BLESSED ME WITH!

I wonder if Baby Phat makes thongs…but if you want to be amused, take a look at the photo with the post on RealityTVScoop.com.

Tiffany Pollard Speaks Out on “Charm School” and Reality TV in Her Life

It wouldn’t be August without a Tiffany “New York” Pollard reality show, would it?  New York has done four reality shows for VH1 in two years, and made an appearance in Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School, and will drop by I Love Money before all is said and done. And just when you think there is nothing left for her to do, except maybe another I Love New York, the network has found another reality tv vehicle for her in New York Goes to Hollywood, which airs tonight at 10:00 PM.

Recently The L.A. Times interviewed Tiffany, and as usual, she was quite outspoken. She admits that she is actually addicted to watching reality tv herself, and feels that it “can be a lesson on how not to act.”  And it doesn’t matter to her if people also see her behavior on television as an example of bad conduct, because she doesn’t see herself as a role model

She also had some definite opinions about Mo’Nique the host of  the first season of Charm School. She feels that Mo’Nique had very unrealistic and rigid views on how young women are to conduct themselves, and perceived that her main concern was black representation, when it came to the women of color on the show. She also talks about what it is like to pursue her acting career, and how being on reality television has changed her life.

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Flavor of Love’s Buckee Doesn’t Want to Talk About Her Sex Tape. Just Ask Her.

Frankly, I didn’t know Shay “Buckee” Johnson of Flavor of Love and Charm School fame had a sex tape. Then, what D-lister doesn’t? Sex tapes are like hidden birthmarks; a lot of people have them, but it doesn’t mean you want them to show you.

But SOHH.com has a short vid where, they offer Buckee a self-hype moment, and she keeps baiting the interviewer to ask her about the sex tape that she claims she doesn’t want to talk about.

“Yeah, I heard the birthmark on your butt looks like Little Richard. Stop trying to take your pants off…”

Take A Sneak Peek at I Love Money

Here’s a preview of VH1’s summer reality show, I Love Money, which features a lot of the folks who have amused us on Rock of Love, Flavor of Love and I Love New York. Although there are a few hook-ups, the goal is to be the last man or woman standing at the end of the series, and get paid for all your hard work and scandalous behavior.

Saaphyri’s Lip Chap Anthem

We all remember Saaphyri as the winner of Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School and also as the girl who beat up another Flavor of Love contestant over a bed in season 2. But I think the thing that stands out the most is how she offered the girl she beat up some lip chap as they waited to tell Flav who started the fight.

Since then Saaphyri has been preparing a line of lip chap for all your post beatdown chapped lip needs. She just released her official Lip Chap anthem which you can check out below. If you are interested in learning more about Saaphri’s Lip Chap make sure to visit her official website.

Saaphyri’s Lip Chap Commercial

And now a word from someone who is not our sponsor:

Get Flavor of Love 2’s Shay on Your XBox 360

(PRWEB) February 6, 2008 — Customize your Xbox 360 with sexy celeb-reality star Shay “Buckeey” Johnson! Fresh into 2008, Konsole Kingz (KKZ) brings Xbox 360 owner’s new, behind-the-scenes footage and images of scintillating celeb-reality star Shay “Buckeey” Johnson. Star of the record-breaking series’ Flavor of Love 2 and Charm School, Shay “Buckeey” Johnson has heightened her visibility, making numerous television and radio appearances, releasing a popular calendar, hosting events nation-wide and gracing the pages of King and Smooth magazines. In a Madden football inspired photo shoot, this MVP bombshell partnered with KKZ to bring visual delight to Xbox 360 owners across the globe.

Konsole Kingz continues to bring original, hip-hop fueled content to Xbox LIVE. This is the fifth in a series of exclusive themes and gamer pictures that KKZ has released for the online entertainment network. According to Cj Peters, Konsole Kingz CEO, KKZ is very excited to have Shay “Buckeey” Johnson as our very first Xbox LIVE featured celebrity Konsole Queen. We were looking for a sexy siren with widespread appeal and charisma, and Shay embodied all that KKZ was searching for.

I’m thrilled to be apart of KKZ’s mission and vision, and I’m very excited to connect with my urban gamer fan base, expressed Shay “Buckeey” Johnson.

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