Excerpts from the “Flav and Liz” Interview
Flavor of Love is officially dead. How do you feel?
Flav: Right now, I feel so relieved. You know what I’m sayin’? I feel real good right now that I got my true love. I wanna be with her forever and ever and ever, man.
At what point did you realize that this was what you wanted?
Flav: Honestly, I kinda realized it around Flavor of Love 2, but we had to get past Flavor of Love 3. You know what I’m sayin’ and the whole 9? Definitely, man. This [gestures to Liz] is something to realize here.
So you got nothing out of Flavor of Love 3?
Flav: It took me to do this show to really, really realize yes, I’m right and I’m gonna stick with my son and his mom.
So it was worth doing to give you that confirmation?
Flav: Definitely so. None of the girls, out of all 65, had qualities like Liz.
Can you talk about her qualities?
Flav: She’s a very, very good mom at home. She’s a very wonderful person and she’s been hanging in there with me. I love her so much for that. I think right now she deserves the best and the best is me.
Has it been hard, Liz?
Liz: Very. It’s hard seeing someone you love on TV looking for love, especially when I knew that he had love. I was the one.
Have you watched the show?
Liz: I’ve watched some of the shows, but it’s real tough. You never want to see someone you love on TV with other women.
I know that this qualifies as a happy ending, but is there any sense of sadness about Flavor of Love being over? It’s a show that millions of people love.
Flav: No. People really thought that Flav couldn’t find love. That’s not true, because I had love all along.
Looking forward, how are things in the world of sitcoms?
Flav: I’m having fun with that right now. It’s so different than reality TV. With reality TV you got cameras on you 24 hours a day, and you’re under your own direction. With sitcom television, I’m under someone else’s direction. I’m rehearsing and delivering lines. And I’m really having fun with it. I’m hoping that this can last for another five to 10 years.
Flavor of Love is over, but does that mean that your time with reality TV in general is over?
Flav: No. That doesn’t mean I won’t be on reality TV again, but I won’t be on reality dating shows anymore. It’s over. I got mines. I got my flavor of love right there.
