The reality world was introduced to Jen The Pen via the most recent season of Love & Hip-Hop New York, but she almost was a cast member on the new show, The Gossip Game, instead! “I had went for a bunch of interviews with the executives at VH1, [and] I ended up choosing Love & Hip Hop because that’s where my life was at the time when we started the filming process,” Jen said in a recent interview. More details below. Do you think L&HH was a better fit for her?
Jen The Pen: They asked me to be on The Gossip Game!
VH1: Really?
Jen The Pen: Yea, before Love & Hip Hop. They asked me originally I was supposed to be on The Gossip Game. I had went for a bunch of interviews with the executives at VH1, [and] I ended up choosing Love & Hip Hop because that’s where my life was at the time when we started the filming process. My past is in gossip, it’s in radio but where I was when we started filming was, I was coming off of just having a baby, I’m with this rapper I don’t want to have to make anything up, I want to really be about where my life is right now. Where my life was – struggling trying to get back to work, balancing this life of Cons’ rap life, our personal issues – that made sense for Love & Hip Hop. I am excited to watch The Gossip Game. I had done some work with Angela Yee and Kim Osorio in the past. I’m big fans of them both; I respect them so much they’re my peers. I’m excited to watch someone else’s drama for a little while instead of my own.
Read the full interview over at VH1.
