Previously, we posted an interview with New York all covering her thoughts on the new season of her show. Now, we bring you a more behind-the-scenes look at New York: what goes on in her head and what goes on when the cameras aren't rolling. Below, New York talks about her encounter with a TMZ photographer, the New York Post's allegations that she's racist, her interaction with Mo'Nique on the set of Charm School ("She turned herself into a freak, seriously") and how she feels about Flavor of Love 3, since it will be going on without her. Get ready for a verbal smackdown after the jump...

Recently, TMZ posted a video featuring you giving a paparazzo a hard time. It was awesome.

You know what? I reacted like that when TMZ came out of nowhere because I am such a private person. When I'm on camera, I want to know that I'm gonna be on camera. Don't just come out of the bushes on me, you know what I mean? I feel like I have the right to protect my private life if I choose. Every time they find me I'm gonna be nasty because it's like I just want to hang out and chill and not be on camera.

That's a job hazard of being a public persona. Is the attention you get wearing on your nerves?

I'm going on my second year of being in the spotlight, so I've learned how to adapt. There is definitely a balance. If I have my day where I don't feel like being New York, if I want go somewhere and I don't feel like taking pictures or whatever, I don't go out that day. I just learn kinda how to navigate through it. It can get a little hectic sometimes. I love my fans, but I'm a human being. I get emotional sometimes.

Those days that you don't feel like being New York, what are they like?

I mean, I'm just a regular, normal person. My style of dress and the way that I am is probably a little above average in that regard, but other than that, everything is like, normal. I like to go to the movies, and regardless of the fame I still like to go to the mall. Sometimes some days it's impossible for me to walk through the mall, but I still try to do that and you know I still like all the same things that I liked before. Clubbing, restaurants. I'm just chillin'!

I don’t know if you heard about it, a few months ago there was a story in Page Six saying a white woman came up to you and asked for your autograph and you said no, then a black woman did and they were saying that you are racist. Did you read about this?

I did hear about that. All I want to say is that is totally false. There was a white waitress, there was a black waitress. The white waitress was very snooty to me and she was a little bit rude, the black waitress was very, very nice to me, so I showed her love. That's how that came about. I would never treat someone differently just because of their race. That's crazy.

I hear rumors you're moving to New York City.

Yes. I'm in the middle of finding like the perfect spot here in New York. I spend a lot of time in New York now, and I'm looking to move out here really, really soon. Like within the next couple of weeks.

I find your ascent to fame particularly fascinating.

I know, I still can't believe it sometimes. It was just this ball that got rolling and it got bigger and bigger and bigger. Now it's like I sort of stand on my own now. I'm kind of out of Flav's shadow. A lot of people don't even call me New York anymore -- they call me Tiffany on the street. When they're like, "Hey Tiffany!" that feels really good.

Ever since your mom made her debut on the first season of Flavor of Love, your weight has been a topic of televised discussion. What's your regimen like – do you work out or diet or what?

It's a little bit of both. I'm a girl that loves to eat. In the mornings, I'll usually have a piece of fruit, then lunch I'll probably just have like a liquid shake of some sort, like a carb-control shake, and then I'll have a regular dinner. And then I Tae Bo. I do the Tae Bo Amped DVDs. I have to work out or I won't lose weight.

When I interviewed Mo'Nique at the start of Charm School, she told me that she had some words with you behind the scenes. Can you tell me about your interaction with her?

When I did meet her off camera and we talked after I had questioned the girls, I thought she was in a trance. She was possessed by some kind of good spirits or something. She was just so over-the-top with her, "Oh sister, you wanna be a good woman. You don't want be like this." I'm like, "Honey, please," you know? It's just too much. She turned herself into a freak, seriously.

You're known for asserting yourself, but I wonder if your mouth has ever gotten you in trouble.

I think my mouth usually doesn't get me into trouble. After I say something, the person I say it to takes it in and I see them thinking, like, "Hmm, she could be right." It's kind of like I'm a teacher of some sort. I like to teach people the err of their ways. It's been working, so far. I mean look at me, I got a second season.

Do you ever think to yourself, "My job is so weird"? Because, really: it is.

I know, but you know what? It is a great job. I don’t think of it as weird. When a friend of mine saw the ad for the new season of I Love New York and he compared it to last season, he's like, "You're always in bed. And you're always just able to lay back and be the seductress and have guys come out and see you." I think that is so hot and sexy. It's a privilege and an honor to do what I do because a lot of women wish they can had that. Guys coming from all over and all the 50 states coming down to meet me and seeing if they could be with me, that's huge, I love it!

Do you think about the future? If it works out with this new guy, there won't be an I Love New York 3. Then what do you do? Where does your career go?

This guy, like I said, before, is so perfect and we fit together so well. He said that he will not allow another season and I told him, "Don't take that tone with me, because I am not gonna allow another season. It's OK for me to say that, not for you to say that." 'Cause I have my man in check. But anyway, I do see myself branching out and pursuing a career in acting and stuff like that. Just because I'm not going to do a third season of I Love New York, it doesn't mean that there's not going to be another project waiting for me.

And what are your feelings on Flavor of Love 3?

Oh boy. When I heard he was doing a third season, I was a little surprised. Really, I didn't know how to feel. It's just one of those things where I'm like, "He's gotta do it again? For a third time?" Twice is cool, but a third time? I'm just gonna keep my fingers crossed and hope that he finds true love I guess. I'm just shocked.

You were such a big part of the first two seasons. It's going to be a different show without you.

When I did find out he was doing a third season I figured that this season is gonna be his baby. I'm not involved in any way. I'm not coming back as a friend, no advice, no nothing. It's just really his time to like take it over and find his girl on his own. It's gonna be fun to actually see, finally see the Flavor of Love without me.

So you'll be watching?

I think I will tune in if it keeps me. What am I saying? I'm sure I'll watch it. To just kinda support Flav.

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Comments

[MSB]

Just checked out Hell Date on BET today and How bout ya boy Budda is on Hell Date today?

[Karen Parker]

hey new york just wanted to say whats up and sho you some love. hey what happened to chance after the show.You should have pick him you to were a perfect fit, made a cute couple he was also sexy.
Keep in touch and I'll keep watchin.

[Ashley Wells]

Chance was a real keeper. He knew how to treat a lady and be a thug which is what every lady needs and wants

[allison]

i think 20 pak &punk are hot & I think one of them are for you

[A Pimp Named Slickback]

Get off my TV. You 5uck. F4ke Sk4nk-455 H0e.

[kim p.]

NeI w York, I love your show! It,s the highlight of my monday nights. Iam slightly confused though it sounds like you already have a man,judging from this interview. Maybe you mean the the guy that won the show. Anyway I'm a big fan of yours Iwish you the best in your lovelife.

[melvin ellison]

Tiffany/New York, you may wonder why I write your name the way I do. It is because you were Tiffany when you entered Flav's mansion on the first season of 'Flavor of Love' and left as New York. To love you is to love both the Tiffany and the New York, there can be no separating the two. Tango claimed to have been on your show for Tiffany not New York. Being a fool that he is he attempted to disect you into two different women. That is impossible either love Tiffany/New York or don't enter the game.
I keep reading that you should have chosen Chance, no you shouldn't. He is immature and a want to be bad boy, you being a self-confident, assertive, proud, pure woman you two would never have clicked. He would not have allowed you to be the woman you are and striving ever to become. He would never put you number one on his personal list of priorities. You would become his woman and that would forever be your place in his life; not your own woman but his woman a possession. Do you think you could entertain a one sided relationship like that?
I am Melvin Ellison and as written so many times before by me you will never find the man of your dreams among the cast of characters on your reality television shows. None of them are serious about being there for you, they are there for television exposure. Your shows have become their springboard to a sort of celebreality they all seek. You have been heartbroken again and again because you use reality television as a means of finding true love, it will never happen that way. To be continued.

[melvin ellison]

continued
The man of your dreams the man that will give you everything and honor you and you will give him the same in return are not and will not be found among any of the jokers cast for your television reality shows. When the casting call goes out for outrageous personalities what that encourages is guys putting on their best over the hill faces. They audition wearing that face in hopes they will be spotted. Their aim is to be so over the hill that you, the producers should focus on them making it possible for them to be chosen to be on your show. Never have I heard any of them express any authentic desire to complete you, share their life with you, honor, cherish you, adore and devote their life to you. No. They are all there to be seen and hopefully chosen so they can exclaim 'look fellows I'm in.'
How do you find true love on a reality television dating show? You can not because the men cast, chosen to compete for your affections are men seeking television exposure and your show provides that opportunity. How can you possibly find true love in a couple of weeks with men who are there to out do the other men in that limited amount of time? Because a man proves to be smarter, stronger, more resourceful, better looking, does not mean he is the best man for Tiffany/New York. To be continued.

[melvin ellison]

continued
The man of your dreams are not among any of the men you put to the test on your television reality dating shows. The man of your dreams, the Prince you search for is not and will not be discovered among any of those men on your shows. Your Prince is the man that empties the contents of his heart to the one he loves as you do. He gives his everything and everything he is to the woman he loves. He honors, cherishs, adores, and devotes his life in the pursuit of her complete happiness. He is the man that accepts the woman he loves as being the woman she is not attempting to change her for he loves her the pure woman she happens to be. That edge you so desperately chase is a natural part of his character not a 'bad boy' personality but that of an 'authentic man.' This is the man of your dreams, the Prince of your sincere wishes and prayers. He is here. When you aknowledge him then all will become manifest and your eyes and heart will be truly opened.

[Shaquille Spann]

I honestly think that reality dating is no way to find a man. You need a man that will be there with you no matter what. A man that would not mind going the extra step to make you happy, even after you have told him you are content. A man that will be there with you when the going gets rough, and it seems like there is nothing improving. The guys you choose, in your eyes are hot, they may be. But do you honestly think they can fufill your needs, can you find yourself spending the rest of your life with them. Here's some advice, when finding a guy think about your future, if you can't see yourself spending your life with that person, don't even waste your time on them. Don't worry about a spring fling, just do what is right for your mind, body, and soul, not personal pleasures. Don't let anyone get in the way of your love life. From all this you probably think that I am a psychiatrist or something, but the truth is i am only a 13 year old boy, and I just adore you in so many ways. You are kind of like a role model for me, except the fact that you choose guys poorly lolz, just joking. I hope you think about my adivice.If anyone likes my comments and need some advice on anything send me a e-mail to [email protected]. I will be waiting to answer any questions, or give any advice. Make the right decision for your future, and not the present Ms.Tiffany Pollard, Love yah big sis. See yah soon.

[melvin ellison]

I have watched you enter the competition for the love of 'Flavor of Love' and witnessed you be rejected in the final elimation episodes of two seasons of the televisison reality show. I watch you now attempt to find love on your own reality television dating shows but all seems hopeless. Are you really trying to find true love on these reality television dating shows or pursuing your acting career? The man you seek will never be discovered among the cast of characters the show brings in. The man of your dreams you will never find there, they are all rejects, would be actors hoping to fulfill a dream at the expense of your shows, your heart.
Your Prince continues to pursue you a Princess on this Internet. This is an introduction of sorts to a Princess in search of her Prince. But you have to recognize me in order for me to become he whom you seek. Your Prince has opened the door for you to walk through to know him but you will have to acknowledge this and walk through that open door. The men on your reality television dating shows are nothing but entertainment and no more than that. To be continued.

[melvin ellison]

continued
Maybe this is totally hopeless, useless, foolish for me to continue trying. Want to believe in the improbable, the impossible. My focus is unwavering because I watch the type of men you entertain on your shows and understand you will continue to be heartbroken if indeed you are truly searching for love on these shows. My soul is becoming weary, my heart disillusioned, hope in making you believe in me is vanishing rapidly.
Perhaps this is an impossible endeavor, maybe my intentions are foolishness. My winsow of opportunity is closing in any attempt to open your eyes to whom you truly seek. You refuse to notice your Prince because you do not honesty believe he exists but he is the man writing you this, now. Follow your heart is you must but please do not continue to close your eyes to the truth that your Prince, the man of your dreams do exist and is praying you realize him.

[ebony thompson]

i think that if u change your
attitude it may be possible to
find and keep someone.

another thing is leaving something to the imagination and not opening your legs when u feel hot-n-bothered
would help u also.

[ebony thompson]

TIFFANY IF YOU ARE THE ONE READING THESE COMMENTS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT I SAID AND FROM ME READING ALONE THIS MELVIN ELLISON SOUNDS LIKE THE PERFECT PERSON FOR YOU.

I MEAN I'M ONLY 22 AND I AM MARRIED AND HAPPY IF I'M HAPPY I KNOW THAT YOU CAN BE HAPPY TO.

THE MEN ON THAT SHOW WON'T DO ANYTHING BUT PULL THE CARPET FROM UNDER YOUR FEET AGAIN AND YOU DON'T NEED THAT.

"THINK ABOUT IT GIRL"

[LATOYA STANFIELD]

NEW YORK I LOVE YOUR SHOW BUT I HONESTLY BELIEVE THIS IS A WASTE OF YOUR TIME.THESE MEN ARE COMPLETE STRANGERS AND SOME WHO ARE SMART HAVE WATCHED PREVIOUS SHOWS AND KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE AND DONT LIKE.WHICH MAKES IT HARD TO FILTER THROUGH THE REAL AND THE FAKE.TRUE LOVE CANT BE FOUND NOR ESTABLISHED IN THIS SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME .LOVE IS SOMETHING THAT BLOSSOMS NOT SOMETHING YOU GUESS ON OUT OF KISSES,EXPESIVE GIFTS AND SEX.WORD TO THE WISE I'VE HAD MEN PLAY THE ROLE AND IN THE END FOUND OUT I WAS NO MORE THAN AN ACCESSORY SO TO SPEAK .IT WAS NEVER TRUE LOVE JUST SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT I BELONGED W THE REST OF THEIR TROPHIES.JUST BE CAREFUL AND LOOK BEYOND THE LOOKS WHICH I KNOW IS HARD TO DO W THE HANDSOME MEN ON THE SHOW. BUT DIG DEEP.I MEAN TODAY I'M MARRIED AND I'M STILL IN LOVE. AND I FEEL THIS IS GOING TO LAST FOREVER. THE BEST WISHES TO YOU

[melvin ellison]

Every Sunday now Monday evenings you are welcomed into my home. Every Sunday now Monday you open yourself to me on reality television. Real passions, real emotions, laughter and tears, being allowed to know and understand Tiffany/New York as a true person is a true pleasure.
Tiffany/New York you are such a beautiful person inside and out. Full of life and feminine vitality, you exemplify exquisite femininity. You display feminine grace under extreme circumstances, ladylike in any situation. Your shoulders are regal, you walk tall with purpose and poise, dignified grace, and you exude elegance and confidence. You are a strong passionate woman, an enduring treasure, any authentic man ought to cherish.
You demonstrated a strenght few other women possess. Under pressure and hurt you remained poised and focused true to your values. Heartbreak after heartbreak you survived stood your ground never surrendering. How beautiful you are enjoying laughter, or enduring tears, fortified by the knowledge you are a wonderful woman, a precious jewel.
Flavor Flav, and Tango, could not appreciate the sincere, honest woman that you are. They could not fathom the depth, passion, and intensity, the true character of your love. Flavor Flav, and Tango or the other men on your own reality television dating shows will never be able to comprehend the complete woman Tiffany/New York. But I do because my love is like yours', it's complete, it's all or nothing. My heart is also thrown wide open, it's contents emptied, therefore there is always a possibility of being hurt, heartbroken. Viewing you every Sunday now Monday evenings on reality television, how deep you can love. The depths of your soul, the power of your tears, how I witness you suffer to find true love. But you will never find the love, the man of your dreams, your true Prince among any of the men you bring to your own reality television dating shows. To be continued.

[melvin ellison]

continued
Again I admire your strength, your fortitude, you took the judgement twice with Flav, and was abandoned by Tango. You remained elegant, ladylike, feminine even though you vent righteous anger and rage. I am so impressed by your resolve, poise, beauty, considering the circumstances your heart had to undergo. I applaud the way you responded, because I understand.
Tiffany/New York, I know that one day you will find the man that's truly for you. The man of your drams that's going to honor you and give you everything and you will give him the same in return. That man is the man that writes to you at this very moment, the man that understands and admires the woman you truly are. This man appreciates your confidence, honesty, sincerity, passions, passion for living, intensity of being, depth of those passions, femininity, innocence, vulnerability, courage, poise, love, and the total surrendering of your body, mind, and spirit to the man that you render your heart to.
You have suffered much in the pursuit of love, the man of your dreams; and have only encountered disappointment, heartbreak, and rejections. Now you believe you can discover true love the man of your dreams on reality television dating shows. You will never accomplish finding him the route you are taking because it is basically reality television dating show entertainment. Your Prince shall never be found among any of the fame seekers you gather together to create an entertaining reality television dating show, because that is what all this really is about, entertainment and huge television ratings. To be continued.

[melvin ellison]

continued
In this personal intrduction my attempt is of course introduce myself to you, hopefully you will notice me and want to know more about me. I only know you as the woman Tiffany/New York on reality television dating shows. You are a reality television creation that garnishes huge viewer television ratings for a television network. What I have witnessed is the unfolding of a personality that is genuine, sincere, honest, confident, open, loving and beautiful, that no reality television cutting room can create. But still I do not really know you and you do not know anything about me, who I am. You do not even know I exist because Tiffany/New York does not believe in dreams coming true. To you your Prince is only fantasy, wishful dreaming, you do not truly believe he exists you only pray tha he does but in your heart your belief is he is just a wonderful dream never to be real.
But he has seen the Princess he also has only dreamed of on reality television dating shows. What he sees is what the producers of those shows wants the television audience to see. But I see beyond that curtain of promotion to discover the Princess I have long dreamed of but did not really believe existed. Tiffany/New York you do not recognize your Prince because you do not believe in him and what he writes you, how will you perceive him if you do not read of him? Your Prince will never be found among the men on your reality television dating shows, which is only for entertainment. How much is real and how much is illusion this is what reality television is truly about.
If YOU Tiffany/New York should read this or anything else I have written you from the end of season one of 'Flavor of Love' until now your second season of 'I Love New York' know that I appreciate you doing so. I do so because I believe it would be a considerable injustice to my heart not to write you. Never done anything like this before it is way out of character for me but my heart begs to differ. It is worth any humiliation I incur by others reading what I write if it leads to any response from Tiffany/New York. If you do not believe in me then to you I really do not exist. Your Prince will continue to remain just a fanciful wish, a playful prayer in your heart. To me you will continue to remain just a fanciful wish, a playful prayer in my heart, the difference being I have found my Princess I know you exist.

[Morgan]

is there any way to get an autographed picture from tiffany pollard aka new york?

[John]

I have a good friend that wants an autographed photo of "New York" for Christmas..does anyone know of a way to get one?

[melvin ellison]

I have just read a comment that has provided a bit of hope to this failing heart of mine. Thank you Ebony Thompson for posting that positive comment October 30, 2007. I begin to believe no one reads these comments but now I know that they are read. Thank you so very much Ebony Thompson for reading my comments to Tiffany/New York and considering me the perfect person for her. She is the perfect woman for me but that means nothing if Tiffany/New York does not acknowledge that I do exist. Besides she may reject me outright, but that's a chance everyone takes when he/she becomes involved in love. All I have written is aimed at obtaining an oportunity to correspond with Tiffany/New York so that she might conclude if I am truly her Prince, the man of her dreams or not. I have found my Princess now my Princess can discover if indeed I am the Prince she so desperately seeks. Once again Thank You Ebony Thompson for acknowleding me on Tiffany/New York's Comment Board, hopefully others will also acknowledge me and perhaps inform Tiffany/New York that her Prince awaits her notice.

[melvin ellison]

My last post did not get posted. I like to thank you Ebony Thompson for the comment written of me and Tiffany/New York. It proves that these comments are read, if only Tiffany/New York would find the time to read them also. I am the perfect man for her but that does not mean she will recognize me as such. It is difficult to witness true love thrown away as it is on her reality television dating shows. Your Prince will never be found among any of the entertainers brought to your shows. It is frustrating to watch you be unloved when you said you are searching for love and not discovered it. If you don'n believe in me it is understandable you do not know me. Read what I write and take the chance to know me then perhaps you will believe.

[melvin ellison]

The decision to go with Tailor Made was the wrong decision. You shall keep him under your foot and that is not the path of a strong and lasting relationship. He curried submissively to your every whim, he is your whipping boy, not your perfect man.

[melvin ellison]

The decision to go with Tailor Made was the wrong decision. You shall keep him under your foot and that is not the path of a strong and lasting relationship. He curried submissively to your every whim, he is your whipping boy, not your perfect man.

[melvin ellison]

I imagined you as a strong black woman, Tiffany/New York. A strong, self-confident, black woman in search of a strong, self-confident black man. I once believed Flavor Flav rejected you twice from his television reality dating show because he was afraid of a strong, self-confident black woman as yourself. My belief was that he could not handle you therefore he simply rejected you with the excuse that you were too controlling and he would have none of that in his relationship with you. I believed he right out rejected you twice because of your self-confidence and your strength as a strong black woman. But with your choosing Tailor Made I have to reconsider my prrevious beliefs and admit that perhaps Flavor Flav was more insightful as I assumed him to be.
Flavor Flav may have been smitten by Carmel cream but you leaped over that and went right for rich vanilla. Tailor Made bought you because there were no redeeming qualities as a real man in him. You equated weakness for love and devotion when in reality it is weakness. Because the two other remainging competitors were strong black men that demanded respect and dignity as being real men you rejected them both and chose the white man that cowardly curried to you and your mother. Another black woman rejecting a black man for a white man and on national television. But what is more discouraging is Tiffany/New York the black woman is considered and strong, self-confident woman by other black women. And there you are on national television rejecting two strong black men that obviously love you for the pampering of a weak, currying white man. What does this convey to the young black women watching your show?