One of the central characters on VH-1’s, I Love New York, is Lee “Mr. Boston” Marks. The Beantown representative’s hometown drawl caught the affection of Ms. New York. His zany actions and sheltered home life differed from many of the other male contestants, but proved to be comedy gold when aired on television.

Marks brash and unflinching attitude made him a target within the house, but his courage under fire proved that he was willing to take anything to leave home with the prize. Even if that meant getting his wig pushed back in the ring. Last week, Mr. Boston went through a proverbial hell… just for a date! And as dumb as that may sound, it impressed the VH-1 vixen well enough to where he won. But upon a crucial elimination, where most thought that the fiery Chance would go home, Mr. Boston was ousted.

Now free to do as he pleases, Mr. Boston chews the fat with HHDX as he talks about his experiences with a Black woman, his beef with Chance, and he’ll explain a few of his “nervous tendencies”.

HHDX: First things first, how’s your nose?
LM: The nose is doing well. It was sore for a week afterwards. But it wasn’t broken.

HHDX: What made you want to be a part of the show?
LM: For most of my life, I’ve been pretty entertaining. I felt that I should take myself to the next level. Basically, they had an open casting call in Hollywood in early-July. I went in for the auditions and went through a whole round of interviews and auditions. I got in based upon my personality and it was on from that point on.

HHDX: What was your first thought when you had finally got around the other cast members?
LM: My first thought when I got on the show was that I was really happy because I knew if the casting directors thought that I was entertaining, that they were right about me. But when I got into the house… I wasn’t very surprised. I knew it was going to be a lot of ghetto people. So, I knew it was going to be a pretty stressful time. But people also knew that I would get along with a lot of the guys. On the show, I was closest to Tango and Onix on the show. They were pretty nice guys and… you know… they didn’t pick on me like the others did. So, that’s what made them my friends.

HHDX: Over the course of the show, you weren’t able to participate in some of the challenges. How was your upbringing in Boston?
LM: Yeah, umm… growing up in Boston… I wasn’t really around a lot of hands-on stuff like construction. So, basically, when the challenges came around, I knew that I wasn’t going to be very good at it. I never did anything much with my hands. Continued on page 2 »