Ray J on Hosting Bad Girls Club All Star Battle: "A Real True Bad Girl Is a Girl That Is Still a Winner"
Just in time for the season premiere of Bad Girls Club All Star Battle on Oxygen, Premier Guide Miami caught up with singer, songwriter, actor, and entrepreneur Ray J about hosting the new series, what it really means to be a bad girl, and what his ex Kim Kardashian would bring to the competition.
From the Vault · 2013
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Ray J said it plainly: "A real true bad girl is a girl that has maybe been through some things, but is still a winner and continues to go on wit…" — and Premier Guide Miami was in the room when it happened.
Just in time for the season premiere of Bad Girls Club All Star Battle on Oxygen, Premier Guide Miami caught up with Ray J — singer, songwriter, actor, entrepreneur, and reality TV star — to discuss the new series he is hosting, featuring some of the biggest names in Bad Girls ' history as they battle it out for $100,000 and the title of the ultimate Bad Girl.
A real true bad girl is a girl that has maybe been through some things, but is still a winner and continues to go on with her life as a champion.
The term "bad girl" has historically carried a negative connotation. How do you define it in the context of this show?
My description of a bad girl is a girl that never gives up, a girl that is confident in herself, a girl that has been through things and maybe has been knocked down and got right back up and kept fighting and kept going. And you know a real true bad girl is a girl that has maybe been through some things, but is still a winner and continues to go on with her life as a champion.
You're no stranger to bad girls yourself. How did you end up as the host of this show?
I've always been a fan of the Bad Girls Club, so I had a couple of meetings with Oxygen and it was just the perfect match. I mean I was really excited and interested in doing the show, so from there, it was kind of like building a relationship.
This is an All Star Battle — what makes this season different from a regular season of Bad Girls Club?
You've got the baddest bad girls from each season of the Bad Girls Club. That alone sets the tone and now they are coming to live in one house and then on top of that, they are trying to win $100,000, and get the crown to be the baddest. I mean, that speaks volumes for what is about to happen. And even when you just watch the commercial, it's like I've got to either TiVo or run home immediately when this show comes on. It speaks for itself. We are turning it up.
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What did hosting this show require of you personally? Did it change your approach at all?
I had to really get inside of the girls' minds and understand what was their angle, what was their plan. It just stepped my game up to 100%.
You've had some high-profile relationships with women who could certainly be called bad girls — Kim Kardashian, Monica "Danger" Leon. And of course you hosted your own reality show, For the Love of Ray J. How does all of that experience inform your perspective going into this?
I'd say it's definitely informed by personal experience. [Laughs.] Living in a house full of women on For the Love of Ray J — that alone prepared me for a lot. You learn to read the room fast.
Speaking of Kim Kardashian — how do you think she would do in this competition?
You know what, [Kim] is a true survivor. That's all I can say.
While he could say more, Ray J would rather sing it. For proof, check out his single "I Hit It First." Bad Girls Club All Star Battle airs on Oxygen. While we don't know who the reigning bad girl will be, clearly Ray J is the bad boy king.
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