Tiffany Pollard (born January 6, 1982) is an American television personality and actress. She starred on the first two seasons of the reality show Flavor of Love (2006), where she was given the nickname "New York" by rapper Flavor Flav. Pollard later starred in spin-off series, including I Love New York (2007–2008) which launched a career in television. Subsequent television roles include her hosting in Brunch with Tiffany (2017–2020) and Hot Haus (2022–2023), and her roles on House of Villains (2023–2026) and College Hill: Celebrity Edition (2023).
In 2016 Pollard joined the British version of Celebrity Big Brother. She has hosted the Fenty Beauty holiday gift guide twice—once in 2018 and again in 2019—at the request of Rihanna. In January 2025, she was a contestant on a season of the cooking competition series Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition.
Tiffany Pollard was born in Utica, New York to Michelle Rothschild-Patterson (also known as "Sister Patterson") and Alex Pollard. Pollard has used the surnames of both her parents, despite them being unmarried. She attended John F. Kennedy Middle School and graduated from Thomas R. Proctor High School.
2005–2006: Beginnings and Flavor of Love
Pollard began her television career in 2005 at the age of 23, when she was working as a clothing buyer and walking down Hollywood Boulevard. She was noticed by a casting agent from 51 Minds Entertainment, leading to her being cast in Flavor of Love, a reality television dating competition series which was filmed in late 2005 and debuted in early 2006.
While Pollard was on Flavor of Love, she had occasional clashes with other contestants. Although these clashes were, in general, nothing more than words, an incident in the penultimate episode of season one led to violence. After her elimination, an outraged Brooke "Pumkin" Thompson spat on Pollard following a heated exchange. There was extensive tension between Pollard and Thompson throughout the show. Pollard vowed to "whoop Pumkin's ass", and attempted to do so at the season one reunion. The final two contestants journeyed to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where Flavor Flav chose Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander over Pollard, to be his mate. However, after his relationship with Alexander did not work out, Flav decided to return for a second season of his dating show.
During the filming of Flavor of Love 2, Flav invited Pollard, then 24, to join him in helping eliminate contestants. She agreed and was later added as a participant. Pollard made it to the finale once again; however, Flav ultimately chose "Deelishis" over Pollard. The season finale was the second highest non-sports basic cable program of the year drawing over 7.5 million viewers.
2007–2014: I Love New York and spin-off series
Before the finale of season two's Flavor of Love, Pollard had initially denied having her own show. However, after the finale aired, she announced her own dating reality show. I Love New York, a reality series focused on Pollard as she navigated a group of suitors vying for her affection, premiered on January 8, 2007. The show held a record for The Most-Watched Series Debut in VH1 history with 4.426 million viewers. The finale resulted in Pollard choosing Patrick "Tango" Hunter as her boyfriend. During the reunion episode, Hunter ended his relationship with Pollard.
51 Minds Entertainment premiered a follow-up season titled I Love New York 2 on October 8, 2007, on VH1. The second season introduced a new group of men, including George "Tailor Made" Weisgerber. During the finale episode, Tailor Made proposed to Pollard, but was turned down. During the I Love New York 2 reunion special, Tailor Made proposed a second time and Pollard accepted. In August 2008, Pollard starred in her third reality TV show New York Goes to Hollywood. The show chronicled her efforts to pursue a career in acting as well as music. Pollard appeared in the 2008 American crime comedy film First Sunday.
In February 2009, Pollard toured with the stage production of The Vagina Monologues. In May 2009, she debuted her fourth TV show New York Goes to Work. The series centered around Pollard performing a different occupation each episode and if it deemed successful by her employer, she would earn a $10,000 bonus check. Over the course of the series, Pollard earned $45,000 in bonuses, succeeding in four jobs, failing or quitting four others, and ultimately drawing in the season finale. In the series finale, viewers voted via mobile poll to choose New York's next task, and the majority selected I Love New York 3.
Production for I Love New York 3 was set to start during the first quarter of 2010; however, VH1 requested immediate cancellation of the "celebreality" franchise and shelved plans for I Love New York 3. In the summer of 2011, Pollard revealed that I Love New York 3 was shelved due to the murder-suicide case of Ryan Jenkins, who was a former contestant of Megan Wants a Millionaire. Following the halt in production, Pollard decided to take a step back from the spotlight for a period of time, marking a significant shift in her public life. After I Love New York 3 was shelved, Pollard appeared in various television series, such as DTLA and That Sex Show. In 2014, Pollard was profiled in an episode of E!'s True Hollywood Story, which revisted her rise to fame and explored her journey as a television personality.
In April 2015, Pollard made a guest appearance on the E! Network series, Botched, where she discussed her previous breast implant surgeries and its complications. Before having surgery, Pollard threw herself a party at a hotel in Beverly Hills, to celebrate her impending transformation.
In January 2016, Pollard participated in the seventeenth season of British television reality game show Celebrity Big Brother. During the show, she misunderstood fellow contest Angie Bowie, who told Pollard that "David is dead", resulting in Pollard believing that fellow contestant David Gest had died. It was later clarified by Angie Bowie that she was talking about her ex-husband David Bowie, who had died during the show. Pollard finished the competition in fourth place. In February 2016, Pollard signed on to join the unscripted reality series The Next :15, which followed six reality television stars in their pursuit of longevity in the entertainment industry. That same year, she also joined VH1's Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn, a series led by therapist Dr. Jenn Mann that follows five celebrity families as they undergo three weeks of transformative family therapy.
In 2017, Pollard hosted her own talk show Brunch with Tiffany. The talk show followed Pollard meeting with different media public figures at restaurants for interviews. Later that year, Pollard competed in VH1's horror reality game show Scared Famous, where ten reality stars move into an estate in Savannah, Georgia, one of America's most haunted cities, as they endured challenges and scares that paid homage to recent horror hits. In June 2017, she participated in E! Network reality series Famously Single. In 2018, Pollard made a guest appearance on Braxton Family Values, where she was reunited with Flavor Flav. In the same year, she also participated in Hip Hop Squares. She also hosted the Fenty Beauty holiday gift guide in 2018 and 2019.
In 2019, Pollard became a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race season 11. That same year, she returned to Botched to address complications from a breast implant surgery and to remove her breast implants. She also starred on an episode of Traveling the Stars: Action Bronson and Friends Watch Ancient Aliens, a comedy-documentary series in which Action Bronson and his friends engage discussions about the content of Ancient Aliens episodes.
2020–present: Expanding presence
In 2020, she took part in the eleventh season of Celebrity Ex on the Beach, as the ex of David McIntosh. Later that year, her YouTube series Brunch with Tiffany was picked up by VH1, making its television debut in late 2020. The pilot episode, which premiered on September 7, featured Cyn Santana and Fizz. In October 2020, after she teased that a season three of I Love New York "might happen", VH1 announced a one-off reunion special for I Love New York, which was hosted by Vivica A. Fox. The reunion returned to the series' most memorable moments and offered insights into the cast's experiences since the show aired.