This blog post was a long time coming. Tiffany 'New York' Pollard was the stand-out female in both Flavor of Love & Flavor of Love 2. The first series aired in 2006 and Flavor Flav did not waste any time inviting yet another 20 girls with questionable motives to live with him in Flavor of Love 2. I should have done this 11 years ago, but it would be a long time before I even thought about having a blog. Long story short, I think Flav made a huge mistake in choosing Nicole 'Hoopz' Alexander over New York in season 1.
Even though New York was just this side of full-on nuts, nobody could deny her devotion to 'her man' Flavor Flav. And although she went on to have other reality shows (such as 'I Love New York 1 & 2') she was never the same after getting thrown over by Flavor Flav in season 1 of the show that started it all.
It was too soon for New York to return for season 2, even if it was originally just going to be a guest appearance. I think the heartbreak was still raw, and she had an edge to her that hadn't been there in the first season. And when she let Flav know (just before the elimination) that she would be the one running the show in terms of his whole life, including finances, I knew she would not be the last one standing.
Fast-forward 11 years. Her appearance has changed, everything has changed. I still think Flavor Flav should have chosen her, at least in the second season, if not the first. But that's what the biggest lesson of heartbreak brings: the realization that we will never be that open again. We will never be hurt so deeply ever again.
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