Flavor Flav opened up to VladTV about first meeting Brigitte Nielsen while filming for Vh1's The Surreal Life. He explained how he was turned off from her at first, claiming that she didn't have great hygiene while walking around the house naked. However, after Brigitte came onto Flav and they hooked up in the house, Flav explained how they started falling in love. He went on to speak about filming Strange Love and Flavor of Love for Vh1 and holding the record for most viewers on the network.