Love & Hip-Hop: Do You Really Know Juelz Santana’s Wifey Kimbella?
Model and actress Kimbella Vanderhee is one of the newest cast members VH1‘s reality show Love And Hip-Hop. She is also rapper Juelz Santana girlfriend and the mother of his youngest son. On the premiered episode, Kimbella revealed that she dated Emily’s ex-boyfriend/mother of his son Fabolous. Instead of focusing on the drama, Kimbella is focusing on her career as a singer and actress. GlobalGrind caught up with Kimbella to talk about Fabolous, Juelz, her fight with Chrissy Lampkin and Love & Hip-Hop. Below are some excerpts:
On how she got involved with the show.
I was scouted by Vh1. They were looking for someone extreme. I have a relationship with Juelz Santana and we have a child together. So we have a really nice family. With my stuff thatâs going on, Iâm transitioning from modeling into singing and acting. Iâm building my Bella brand. So it made me a good character for the show.
On her relationship with Juelz and him being a good dad.
Yeah. Weâve been together since you guys have known of us being together. Yes, we are happily together. Our son is 14 months. I have another child whoâs nine. So we have one big happy family. Itâs really good. You know him as this rap artist, hardcore. But really with his kids, itâs like heâs in awe all day, all night with his kids. Itâs really nice to see that different side of him all the time. I donât see him as Juelz Santana. I see him as a father and as my man.
Source:Â Global Grind
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On starting a career as a model
I really got started back in 2003, but I didnât launch out into becoming a professional model until 2009 when I was first published in Smooth magazine. And thatâs where it really lifted off from.
On dating rapper Fabolous.
Oh wow. I donât want to give any detail on Fab. I donât want to give him any 15 minutes of fame. Iâm in a really happy relationship. But thatâs really what it is. I dated him. Thatâs it. Thereâs nothing else to say. I admitted it on national TV.
On knowing about Emily
No, I didnât. If I knew, I wouldnât have f*cked with him. I wouldnât deal with him. I just want you guys to tune in on Monday, every Monday, and you guys will see for yourself exactly what happened, why it happened, how it happened, and the outcome from everything and the aftermath.
On her fight with Chrissy?
That was in the supertrailer. Once you guys tune in on Monday, itâll be a full one hour episode, and youâll see a lot of different things happening. That was a big situation that did happen unfortunately. But of course I didnât expect for that to happen because she was so close to being in my family because of Juelz and Jimâs relationship. Editing is a bitch. So I wasnât happy with it at all. I’m going to just chill until I see the first episode.