DX: No, not you, I mean people in general. I’m not putting the weight of the world on your shoulders [Laughs]
B: [Laughs] Oh, alright.

DX: But just because something’s been going on for awhile doesn’t make it right. Slavery was accepted for years, but that doesn’t make it right.
B: I said it’s been going on forever. I never said if it was right or wrong. I said men are gonna be men. So trying to change the way men think will be hard. I don’t know. I’m not a man. All I can do is try to be Buffie. I never put myself out there as a role model for the next generation. Nobody has every read before in any of my interviews that I consider myself a role model. I got in this industry because it happened to me [by chance]. So I just said let me take my blessings and roll with it. I basically took my looks and parlayed it into a book. I turned it into an exercise tape. I’m working with an attorney in Atlanta to trademark a new bottled-water brand. I I’ve done so many positive things with this—

DX: Oh, of course you have, I’m not doubting that in any way—
B: I’m helping people financially. I have good credit now. I have a financial advisor. I have retirement plans. I’m doing business things now. There’s nothing wrong with being in a music video. But we can’t just stop there.

DX: I completely feel you on that. But even if you aren’t intentionally setting out to be a role model—which I’m sure is the case—at the same time, whether or not you planned to be a role model, you just told me that women look to you for advice—
B: People email me asking for advice. If you don’t ask me, then I don’t tell, so I’m not a role model.

DX: But if women are looking at you in a magazine and saying to themselves, “Wow, look at Buffie. I want to be like her. I’m gonna write her an email to figure out how I can be more like her or look like her or get into the industry” then whether you like it or not, you’re a role model, honey. You just said you wrote an e-book with advice for people who want to be like you!
B: Okay, well then I guess I’m a role model. [Laughs] I still don’t think I am, but if people view me as one then fine. I don’t have a problem with that.

DX: Well, you’ve been in the game for a few years now, what are your thoughts about the newer faces on the scene like Angel Lola Luv?
B: I think she’s a beautiful girl; she came to my birthday party in January in New York. We took pictures and stuff. She’s a very sweet person.

DX: Is there enough room in the industry for you to share the spotlight with the newer girls?
B: Yes. Because I believe on working with others. In the past other models haven’t been willing to work with me. But I feel like there’s more out there for everybody if we work together. I remember this one time Melyssa [Ford] [click to read] didn’t wanna work with me. She didn’t wanna do a photo shoot with me. I’ve never had a problem with any model. Melyssa Ford, Vida Guerra, these are girls that I looked up to when I got in the industry. So to find out that they didn’t wanna work with me was like…wow...

DX: Did you ever find out why Melyssa didn’t want to work with you?
B: No. I never figured it out. Honestly, I still look up to her. I don’t let it get me down. I’m still gonna be Buffie and get to where I wanna get to with or without Melyssa or whoever.

DX: What do you look for in a man?
B: Um…someone who of course has a great personality. Someone with a great sense of humor because I like to laugh, I like to joke. Someone who has their own. It doesn’t have to be somebody “rich.” They don’t need to drive a Lamborghini, but just somebody who’s tryin’ to do something on their own. Someone who gets up and goes to work everyday. That don’t have a bunch of kids. They don’t smoke or drink a lot because I don’t smoke or drink I don’t club-hop unless I’m working.

DX: Do you find all of those qualities in Gucci Mane?
B: Me and Gucci are just cool so….no. [Laughs]. Gucci is a very nice, very sweet person…we’re just not…compatible. He’s a very hard worker though and I love that about him.

DX: Are you seeing anyone right now?
B: Yeah. He’s not in the industry at all; he’s just a regular guy.

DX: Are you in love? Are there wedding bells in the future?
B: [Laughs] Umm…nope! [Laughs]

DX: Was it really that funny?
B: Yep! [Laughs]. Buffie the Body married? Yeah, that is funny. That’s real funny. [Laughs]

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