The cast of “Love & Hip Hop Hollywood” took over the red carpet at the show's L.A. premiere screening. And TheYBF.com was on the scene to chop it up with the new cast mates about the upcoming season. Get the juicy deets inside….
Last night, the entire cast of VH1’s newest reality show “Love & Hip Hop Hollywood” hit Inside Jokes Comedy Club in the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to kick off their season with their first screening.
TheYBF.com’s L.A. correspondent Lauren Smith was on the scene and she caught up with singer/actress Teairra Mari. The "LAHH" star had many choice words when asked about the being on the new season. You’ll recall, T. Mari made a few appearances on “Love & Hip Hop New York.” Here’s what she had to say about being on the show in a different city:
"With Love & Hip-Hop New York, I was kind of a sidekick for somebody else and with this, it's like, they're in my backyard. My best friend is on here, my ex-boyfriend is on here, A b**** that I will f***ing bust in the face at any time is on here, and it's a lot of s*** that is brought to my backyard. So it is what it is."
Sheesh! She's clearly talking about Ray J's current girlfriend Princess. Which brings us to....
Ray J and his current girlfriend Princess Love. As you may or may not know, they don't like each other since they shared the same man (y'all know how that goes). Remember that fight back in April?
But it seems Ray J is ready to settle down, get married and have some babies with his current boo. He told TheYBFcom:
"If my girl trust me enough and she feels like I'm ready. She has to feel like she trusts me and if we're all on the same page, yeah, I want to get married and have kids. Absolutely. But I don't want to get married and then fall by the wayside. I want to know that she knows that I'm 1000% and I want her to know that she's 1000%. So I feel like we have to go through the ups and downs. We have to argue. We have to hate each other. We gotta break up. We gotta make up and then we're together. "
Ray J isn't the only one ready to settle down. Soulja Boy claims he's ready to spend the rest of his life with his his girlfriend Nia Riley (the daughter of legendary Grammy Award winning producer, singer- songwriter, and musician, Teddy Riley). He tells us that he’s at a point in his life where he’s ready to settle down with Nia and to stop messing around with groupie chicks. He said,
I’ve been in the game since I was 16. I've been dealing with different girls and past relationships and groupies but I'm at the point, I'm 24, I'm still young and I've been rocking with Nia for eight years. Now I'm really trying to take it serious. I'm really trying to be faithful to her. Be loyal to her. I don't f*** with no h**s. I'm on TMZ with a different chick every week and I want to show the people what's real. No matter how much money you get. No matter how famous you get, we all have real feelings and we all go through real problems. If you have $20 million in the bank or you have $20 in the bank we all got real feelings and we all got people we really care about and I really love her.
Proud new parents Omarion and his girlfriend Apryl Jones (who was once a member of a girl group called Cellareign) welcomed their son Megaa Omari Grandberry last month. And they’re ready to share with the world what it's like being new parents and what we can expect from the upcoming season.
Here are the highlights:
April: Obviously, our growth and progress in our relationship. You'll see the drama. You'll see me stepping into motherhood. Him into fatherhood. You'll be able to see the whole journey as that experience unfolds.
Omarion: Also, you're going to see truth. We don't hide from nothing. We address and deal with every issue head on. There's a certain type of stigma with love and hip-hop that everyone a part of it is ratchet and wants to fight. We really want to represent…
April:…black love because when you see the show you automatically assume it's ratchet. B*****s and h**s. People don't know how to communicate. With us, we genuinely love each other. We genuinely f*** with one another. It's about finding a resolution to your problems. You're going to have drama.
Omarion: It's life. And that's who we are as a couple. The new Martin and Gina.
Former B2K band member Lil Fizz...excuse us "Fizz" and his girlfriend of two years, Amanda Secor (who is is currently studying at the Fashion Institute Of Design and Merchandising, majoring in Product Development)looked happily in love.
He shared what he has learned about himself during the course of the new season of the show saying,
I would more so say its just really what I want in life. To build a family for my son and giving him that positive upbringing. I was really dirty before so a kid coming into my life has changed me a lot. I'm really trying to balance between having a new relationship and co-parenting with my son's mother.
His son's mother is Moniece Slaughter (above) and it seems she and Fizz have a lot of drama going on between them.
We caught up with her at the premiere and she had quite a few things to say after seeing the first episode. She said,
I can't lie. It's pretty hard. It's hard to watch because I love the f*** out of my kid and to be made out to be a homeless, deadbeat mother is a hard pill to swallow. I can be out there f***ing for a check. I could've stayed with Shaquille O'Neal and gotten full custody. My son loves his father so I'm not going to do that. I work my ass to the f***ing bone. You don't have to understand me but you will f***ing respect me. My decisions are my own and just because I make certain decisions doesn't mean they are the decisions I want to make. They are the decisions that I need to make. And I'm a grown a** woman who can own my s***. I have made mistakes that have put me in positions to not be able to succeed at anything else but this. And I will own that. Those decisions do directly affect my son. If I could go back in time I would, but we all know that's not possible so all I can do is bounce back. Whoever doesn't like it... F*** you.
Shaq?! Lordt....
She’s currently in business with NBA baller Matt Barnes' brother designing a line of sex toys. Well that's...interesting.
We also caught up with the mastermind behind the "LAHH" franchise, Mona Scott-Young. After many years of some saying the show is scripted, the "LAHH" creator still stands by her word...it's REAL life.
She shared,
Over the course of Love & Hip-Hop we've had, maybe, 40 cast members collectively, hundreds of crew members. People who have been a part of the show coming in and out as guest appearances. There would be no way for me to keep that secret if it was scripted. This is these guys lives. It's crazy. It's outrageous. It's all the casting. You find dynamic people that are open and willing to share their lives and have no problem with doing so and that's who you cast and then you find the stories that you're going to tell and that they will allow you to tell. That's the way the show was made. None of this is scripted. Were not faking it. This is their lives. Everybody talks about I'm a puppet master. You take credit away from these guys when you say that because it's like these are grown a** people living their lives with real situations that we can all relate to. If we're honest about it we all know somebody who's been there, done that. Or has a best friend who's done something similar. We recognize these scenarios because they are real. This stuff is not made up. I can't say it enough but no one seems to believe me.
Mmhmm...
So why does it bother Omarion and Fizz so much when people bring up the past of once being members of the boy band B2K?
Omarion: To be honest, me and Fizz have been out of B2K for almost 10 years and to come into the game so strong and not have the proper tools to progress as a man and try to understand that people love you for what you do and that's just what people loved before. It was hard to come to grips to progress as a man and an entertainer. In order for me to progress people need to let that go. Period.
There you have it....
In the upcoming season, we will see "Sexy Can I" rapper Yung Berg (right) in a strained relationship with cast mate Hazel E.
Hazel E is a ex-publicist turned raptress who is managed by Yung Berg's brother.
Hazel E posed it up with cast mate Masika Kalysha, former hostess turned video vixen, who is focusing on becoming a singer and actress in Hollywood.
Cast mate Morgan Hardman is a well-known celebrity concierge to a number of celebrities, but Ray J serves as her No.1 number one client and confidant.
"LAHH ATL" star/Waka Flocka's momager Deb Antney came out to support. She was all smiles next to L.A. Clippers baller Matt Barnes.
Top model chick Eva Marcille came out to check out the screening.
Former "LAHH NY" star Somaya Reece showed up flaunting her brand new figure. She's looking good!
We caught up with "Atlanta Exes" star Torrei Hart and she dished on her ex Kevin Hart proposing to his girlfriend Eniko Parrish on the same night as show premiered. She said,
I was not upset at all. It was her birthday you know. And honestly it brought more attention to the show. We were trending all night. Number one on Twitter. Our ratings were through the roof. The highest ratings 2.2 million I believe. I was with my dude that night and we were celebrating and I was just like okay he's engaged what's the big deal? They were together for five years. He should have been proposed. That's just how I felt.
Well alright....
The cast took the stage for a Q&A session.
And Mona posed it up on the carpet with Torrei, publicist Kita Williams, The Brand Group promoter Miss Diddy and publicist Monique "Mo" Jackson.
And for the afterparty....
Taking a break from her "Testimony Live" tour with August Alsina, singer Teyana Taylor came out to Superclub to party with some of the "LAHH LA" cast mates.
West coast rapper Too Short was in the building.
And Yung Berg got "turnt up" popping bottles....
And finessing the ladies. This dude....
"Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood" premieres Monday, September 15 at 8pm ET/PT on VH1.
Photos: YBF L.A. correspondent Lauren Smith /Rowena Husbands/Kass (The Brand Group)/VLEX Photos/@missdiddyla
