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Shoutout to Oprah for introducing a black family to this genre! Rozonno and Mia McGhee of Six Little McGhees had sextuplets in 2010, making them the first couple in Columbus, Ohio to pop out a half dozen babies at once.

I’m still trying to take in the fact that Flava Flav still pulls women — multiple, ethnically diverse, somewhat youthful women — so news that the Public Enemy rapper is going to star on the next season of “Couple’s Therapy” is somewhat secondary to that first surprising point. But nvertheless, the 54-year-old and his fiancee Liz Trujillo are slated to appear on the next season of the VH1 relationship counseling show and according to reports from TMZ, they got on this show not a moment too soon.

Yesterday evening, the gossip site known for breaking news first, reported that Liz was rushed to the hospital after overdosing on pain killers. According to one of their sources:

“The OD was accidental and not a suicide attempt. We’re told she was ‘acting strange’ and it became apparent ‘she took too many pills.’

“The 39-year-old woman was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where she remains although we’re told she’ll be released soon.”

Now we’re not saying TMZ is losing their spark, but after making this report, the site came back with an update, saying:

“A rep for Flavor tells TMZ, Liz was NOT treated for an OD. The rep says Liz was briefly treated for exhaustion at the hospital after being kept awake all night doing “Couples Therapy” stuff … and producers are hyping it up for ratings.

“The rep adds, “The claim of an overdose, or any involvement of drugs, could not be further from the truth.”

Though it is possible TMZ rushed the gun, far too many celebs have used that “exhaustion” excuse when everyone knew good and well they were checking into something like a Betty Ford clinic. Unfortunately, So Hip-Hop had more disturbing news, recounting a violent situation that occurred between Flav, his alleged mistress, and Liz in October:

Flavor Flav’s fiance, Elizabeth Trujillo, tells RumorFix exclusively that the brutal attack she endured on October 17 stemmed from a fight over her fiancé cheating on her with another woman…

“Trujillo, who lives with the entertainer at his home in Las Vegas with their son Karma and her son Gibran, tells RumorFix exclusively that Flav beat her up so badly she can’t walk. She also alleges that the rapper tried to kill her 16-year-old son with a 20 inch butcher knife after Liz accused her fiancé of cheating. ‘He’s been cheating on me for months. I saw a text on his phone from a woman saying she ‘had a great time’ with him, and he was going to meet her in Vegas. [When I saw the text] I threw his phone and the screen cracked.’”

Flav was arrested and booked on two charges — felony assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor domestic violence — but as you can see the two apparently decided to “work things out.” Let’s just hope whatever the situation, “Couple’s Therapy” is doing more good than harm for Flavor Flav and his lady.

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While interracial relationships are not nearly as uncommon as they once were, we’d be lying if we said that the dating and marriage histories of some of the nation’s most outspoken black social activists didn’t come as a surprise to us. Let’s take a gander at socially and politically active black men who dated outside of their race.

Whether anyone likes it or not, reality TV is here to stay and for as long as there are cameras, there will always be someone ready for their close up. The following personalities are repeat offenders. One reality TV show just isn’t enough to satisfy their thirst.

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Karlie Redd
Karlie is a lot of things and one of them is persistent. She’s been trying to make it happen for many years and hasn’t missed an opportunity. In 2010, Karli got a spot on VH1’s show, “Scream Queens.” The reality show was looking for an actor to star in the latest entry to the Saw franchise. She got eliminated but got the exposure. These days, Karli’s on Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta and still looking for her chance and a producer for her music, even if she needs a clue that the singing career is just not gonna work…

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Slowly but surely, reality television has dominated the airwaves, and we, viewers, have witnessed our fair share of relationships unfold and crumble under the sallow lights of television-fame. The constant exposure, desire to intrigue and need to create “authentic” moments often causes gigantic rifts between friendships and couples…even within iconic relationships. Jon & Kate, Britney Spears & Kevin Federline and Hulk & Linda Hogan have all fallen victim to the side effects of lime-light living, but they aren’t the only ones.

Diary Presents Brandy: Special Delivery: Brandy Norwood & Robert “Big Bert” Smith

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The Grammy Award winning songstress, Brandy Norwood began her entertainment career as a 14-year old on the short-lived sitcom, “Thea” in 1993. Since, the actress/singer/dancer launched a successful singing career, which is where she has garnered the bulk of her success. While working on her third studio album, Full Moon, with Dark Child producer and composer Robert Smith, she became romantically involved with him, and eventually pregnant. In lieu of the pregnancy, the pop star and her “husband” decided to televise their love and home life on MTV’s Diary Presents Brandy: Special Delivery, where she documented the final months of pregnancy and birth of her daughter Sy’rai. Not long afterward, the two announced their separation, and later came clean about NEVER having been married in the first place. The nuptials were staged to help Brandy preserve her public image.

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From Eurweb.com

Flavor Flav was truly working his celebrity status on a Southwest flight from Burbank to Las Vegas last Thursday.

The Public Enemy member hopped on the loud speaker while the plane was landing and asked the passengers, “Where can I get some fried chicken?”

It was a plug to advertise his new Las Vegas restaurant Flavor Flav’s House of Flavor. He listed all the menu items and then lead everyone in a chant of “Flavoorrr Flaaaaav.”

Read more about Flav’s in-flight promotion and listen to the audio on Eurweb.com.

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When I started on my first venture of “Where Are they Now?”  It was really hard to try to pick which Flavor of Love girls to focus on.  There were a total of 65 and I didn’t want to focus on some of my favorites and leave others behind.  So, to be fair, I chose the final three from each season.  But you amazing readers, had your favorites and you wanted to know what happened to them.  Wanting to make you happy and put those gorgeous smiles on those gorgeous faces, we’re back again with our Reader’s Request version.  We read the ones that you wanted to know about and we’re gonna give them to you!

Ann Coulter’s been pretty quiet since Herman Cain disappeared off the face of the campaign trail, but unfortunately, she’s returned to the forefront of the political circuit only to dish out more inappropriate remarks about our president, of course.

In a C-Span Right Wing Watch talk, Ann decided to reduce the merit of President Barack Obama to the level of a reality TV ignoramus in her explanation of why the NFM—non-Fox media, as she calls them—are “gaga” over the president. She said:

“Voters with forty years of politically correct education are ecstatic to have the first Black president. They just love the idea of it, even if we did get Flavor Flav instead of  Thomas Sowell.”

So does this qualify as a high-tech lynching? We all know how she hates those.

I’m sure no one is shocked by Ann’s nastiness, but the basis of her argument is the reason why people like Samuel L. Jackson need to keep all of that “I only voted for Obama because he’s black” talk on the low. Yes, it may be true but it also eliminates all of the positive policies the president stands for and places the focus solely on color, as if there weren’t enough attention being paid to that as it is. Color shouldn’t be the reason he’s kept in or pushed out of the white house.

Check out the clip of Ann’s comment here. Is she out of line?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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I’ll admit, “Wife Swap” used to be one of my favorite shows like five years ago, but I’m a little iffy on resurrecting the show with celebrity families. ABC is planning to premiere a “Celebrity Wife Swap” series in January featuring the following couples (Brace):

• Gary Busey and evangelical pastor Ted Haggard
• ‘Growing Pains’ star Tracey Gold and Wilson Phillips singer Carnie Wilson
• Flavor Flav and Twisted Sister star Dee Snider
• Pro wrestler Mick Foley and actor Antonio Sabato Jr.
• Niecy Nash and ‘Family Ties’ actress Tina Yothers

Yes, Flava Flav. I didn’t even know he was married. Like the normal people version, wives in the two celebrity families will switch lives for two weeks. During the first week, the women must follow the rules of their host family, but during the second week the visiting wives will be in charge.

No specific airdates have been announced, but the series will debut Jan. 3 at 9pm on ABC. Will you tune in?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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