Flavor Flav and Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander.Photo:Steve Granitz/Getty Images; Marcus Ingram/Getty Images
Steve Granitz/Getty Images; Marcus Ingram/Getty Images
It was about time forFlavor Flavto reconnect with one of hisFlavor of Loveexes.
The rapper–turned–reality star, 64, saw the season 1 winner of his namesake dating series on Wednesday. Hoopz shared a photo onX(formerly known as Twitter) showing the pair at the iHeart Radio Jingle Ball in Los Angeles, calling it a “beautiful unexpected moment.”
The duo shared a meaningful hug while Alexander, 40, admitted it was “super crazy” they just happened to cross paths.
Season 1 of the reality show aired on VH1 in 2006 and saw 20 women compete for Flavor Flav’s heart. As one of two finalists, Hoopz was taken out of Flavor Flav’s mansion on a tropical getaway to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where he chose to pursue a relationship with her overTiffany “New York” Pollard.
The couple dated briefly following the show but confirmed they’d split on the show’s reunion episode, and Flav went on to try to find “love” again for two more seasons. (Pollard, 41, returned for season 2 before spinning off her own dating series calledI Love New York.)
Alexanderspoke to VH1about her love story with the musician — and confirmed it was real love. “No lies, it really was,” she said in 2016 when the network reminded her “you don’t have a non-disclosure agreement anymore.”
She even noted that she “went to London with him and watched him perform and [we] are very close. He and I are super cool friends and all that you saw was really real. I saw him not too long ago in L.A. and just gave him a hug and I told him thank you. I will always have respect for Flav, he changed my life.”
Flavor Flav and Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander hug at the iHeart Radio Jingle Ball.Nicole âHoopzâ Alexander/X
Nicole âHoopzâ Alexander/X
Flavor Flav and Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander on Flavor of Love.
After appearing on the reality dating show, Alexander had a short-lived reality show on Oxygen calledIt Takes a Sister, whichfollowed the day-to-day drama with her four sisters.
She was also supposed to square up againstTeen Mom’sFarrah Abrahamduring acelebrity boxing matchin 2019, but Abraham ghosted the competition.
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Flavor of Loveis now available to stream on Hulu.
source: people.com
