Next month, fans will finally be able to enjoy the second season of VH1's reality dating series,
I Love New York. Meanwhile, season 1 winner Patrick “
Tango” Hunter has something to reveal about the show based from his own experience.
A spin-off of another relationship competition series,
Flavor of Love,
I Love New York stars Tiffany Pollard, better known as New York, in a quest to find her true love. Tango, who proposed to New York during the season finale and dumped her during the reunion special, says that he was the most genuine person among all the other contestants vying for New York's heart.
When asked by AOL on how much of
I Love New York is scripted, he said, “Man, that's really hard to say. People use the word 'scripted' as if parts were drawn out. In actuality, the only thing that was scripted was the setting. The only scripted part of the show was the house and the 19 guys going for one girl. To be honest with you, this cast, the guys I was with, that was very, very real. If I had to give a percentage, that show was 85 percent real. This is going to sound arrogant and I can only speak for myself but I was probably the realest part of the show. I'm just a normal guy. I'm not an actor. 90 percent of the guys on the show were actors. They sent a casting tape. I don't have a casting tape."
He also describes the off-cam relationship among contestants during his stint on the show as authentic.
“The vast majority of the guys got along with me great. 90 percent of the guys I'm good with.
Onyx,
Rico, of course
Mr. Boston. You have the guys that I don't get along with and that was the realist part of the show that people don't understand. The realest part of the show was the relationship between the guys. If you saw they didn't like me, they didn't like me in real life,” he said.
Though some perceive the show as offensive, he says that being on
I Love New York does not stain the image of black men.
“I think I'm one of the first people to go on a show like this and say absolutely not. From my fans that write me and leave me messages saying they didn't expect to see a guy act this way or portray yourself the way you were portrayed. There was no way you could have edited how I tried to place myself. I didn't want to be the angry black guy on television. My top question I get is “Why didn't you beat this guy up?” I tell them, simply because someone is watching. I have a mother, I have a grandmother, I got nephews and nieces and I want them to know that you don't have to fall into that category,” he added.
-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: AOL
(Image courtesy of VH1)