Strange Love
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| Created by |
Cris Abrego Mark Cronin |
| Starring |
Flavor Flav Brigitte Nielsen |
| Composer(s) | Adam Zelking Dan Radlaur |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Cris Abrego Mark Cronin Ben Samek Jill Modabber (VH1) Jeff Olde (VH1) |
| Producer(s) | Chris Brewster |
| Cinematography | Bruce Ready |
| Running time | 3×44 mins approx 8×22 mins approx |
| Production company(s) | 51 Minds Entertainment |
| Distributor |
USA: Debmar-Mercury (2006–) Worldwide: Endemol (2008–) |
| Release | |
| Original network | VH1 |
| Original release | January 9 – April 24, 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Surreal Life |
| Followed by | Flavor of Love |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Strange Love is a reality series featuring Brigitte Nielsen and Flavor Flav that aired on VH1. Sparked by their on-screen romance in the third season of VH1's The Surreal Life, it is a spin-off that focused solely on Brigitte and Flav. The series premièred on January 9, 2005 and ended its run on April 24, 2005.
Due to mutual jealousy, the couple was constantly fighting and yelling, and they went their separate ways in the end, with Nielsen choosing instead to live with her Italian boyfriend, Mattia Dessi. Flavor Flav would go on to have his own reality show, Flavor of Love, where he continued to search for love.
First aired: January 9, 2005 (1.8M viewers)
"See how the "strange love" began, with this encore presentation of the one-hour season premiere."
First aired: January 16, 2005
"Flav and Brigitte receive an invite to a Gala at lake Como. Flav bends over backwards to become "proper" for the occasion, but he's only willing to go so far (he reluctantly takes an etiquette lesson and he buys a tailored suit, but a pimp suit). Mattia falls out of favor with Brig when he sends her clothes in a paper bag. Flav encourages the end of their relationship. Brigitte admits that when Mattia is bad, he has to sleep in the closet. Flavor says that he would never be like Mattia. They go clubbing, Flav raps. Brigitte kisses another guy AND another girl. Flav kisses another girl. Brigitte slaps him and he slaps her right back. Brigitte realizes she's with a real man ... and likes it."
First aired: January 23, 2005
"They travel to Lake Como with Brigitte's manager, Luigi, and his wife. They have an awkward lunch, and a clumsy ballroom dance lesson. Flav's pimp suit is finally revealed as they go to the Gala. Immediately Flav and Brigitte are not accepted by the horrified snobs. Brigitte realizes her friends are a bunch of pretentious jerks. She apologizes to Flav for the way he was judged. They make love for the first time since their reunion."
First aired: January 30, 2005
"The lovebirds wake up in Como. Brigitte is feeling guilty about her tryst the previous night. Flav feels her unease and coaxes her to take a bubble bath. Flav tries to be romantic, but blows it when he kicks over a glass of wine then goes ballistic on the chambermaid when she tries to clean up after him. They tour a vineyard and stomp grapes, and take a ferry to Bellagio where they go to dinner. They have a long conversation in which they open their hearts. Brigitte agrees to go to New York because she needs to see if she and Flav really still have something."
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