Y'all! Episode One of Vh1's New York Goes To Hollywood -- wittily entitled "California Here I Come!" -- is already online, even though it doesn't get broadcast until August 4, and in classic New York fashion, it’s entertaining and cringe-inducing through and through. New York’s everything we could have wanted: she’s calling a potential assistant a skanky-ass bitch, proclaiming the awesomeness of premarital sex, and sucking down a Redbull (did she need that?) all at once.
It’s clear the real talent on the show is her assistant Lizza, who manages not only to deal with the cra-zeee that is Tiffany “New York” Pollard, but make some progress for her own career in the process. Lizza even gets New York in the gym with Barry Jay (trainer of such beauties as Gwen Stefani and Fergie) -- a genius move. When poor little Tiffany can’t handle the workout and adopts her go-to helpless little girl act, Barry’s having none of it. Here’s a hint, Tiff honey: your feminine wiles ain’t gonna work on this one.
As Tiffany herself notes, “raw talent isn’t enough” to make it in Hollywood. Lucky for her, “straight up psycho” might just do the trick.
-- Meghan Pleticha