![]() When they did that, that’s when I was like, y’all ain’t of God. These muthaf–kas was telling me I couldn’t go to my own grandma funeral ’cause I had to film, y’all. I felt so f–ked up because I literally hadn’t gone home in damn near a year. I lost my grandma while I was on the show. “When I left the show, I went through therapy,” she said. She said, ‘Dutchess you got a back door?’ I said, ‘Yes, ma’am.’ She said, ‘I want you to go out this back door and get the f–k away from here as far as you can ’cause I’ll be damned if they gon’ make you look like this.'”ĭrama with Big Fish (a company that recently lost its ability to produce shows with ViacomCBS after they got rid of footage of a police involved death of a Black man on their now defunct A&E series Live PD) as well as issues with co-stars and former fiancé Ceaser Emanuel, sent her on a tailspin once she finally cut ties with the series. She told me what they was trying to do to me. The lady that they sent in there to tell me that sh-t, I had just done a tattoo for her like a month ago,” she said. “The day I put Cease’s shoes out on the corner, on the street, do y’all know they called the f–king crazy house to come get me and told the lady to put me in a f–king straitjacket for cameras? But let me tell you how good God is. “They are a group of racist white individuals that created a relationship with Viacom to further the propaganda of what I feel racism is in this country,” she said, going on to share an incident that crossed the line. What drove me crazy more than that was the group of white producers that was literally instigating ignorance and negativity trying to make you feel like you really are f–kin’ crazy,” she said. “I’ll tell you what drove me crazy more than that. She said going from Lillington, North Carolina to NYC to being on national television was stressful enough, but nothing was more stressful than the actions of production. This sh-t ain’t for me,'” she said.īut she stayed for five seasons due to her contract and had issues with the production company behind the series, Big Fish Entertainment. ![]() “When I started seeing they was playing with that, that’s when I was like, ‘Yeah, I don’t know. She said that she began to notice that the series was going in another direction after Season 1, and that it became less about the craft of tattooing and the lives of those who do it, and more about portraying cast members in a negative light. “You really have to have a certain level of disdain not only for yourself but for Black people in general, to want to watch something that you keep seeing Black people, and they never come to a place of success. Years later, both Dutchess and Ceaser seemed to have officially laid their relationship demons rest, with Ceaser even admitting to VH1 in March 2020 that he was in "puppy love sh*t" and reflecting that the relationship was "crazy now that I look back at it." He said, "I used to really think I wouldn't be able to make it without her.“Reality TV is meant to diminish mental health not only for the people on the show but for the people that watch the show,” she said. Although their relationship was rocky, Ceaser once seemed very serious about tying the knot with Dutchess, who accepted his marriage proposal in 2015.īut things came to an abrupt halt before Dutchess moved to her home state of North Carolina, where she now owns a tattoo parlor of her own. One that stands out is Crystiana Lavielle Lattimore, aka "Dutchess Lattimore," another tattoo artist and former cast member Ceaser dated periodically until their final split in 2016. Fans of the show have been no stranger to the Ceaser's dating history, and while he's had his share of fun as both a single and taken man, there are a few women that have snagged Ceaser's heart more than the rest. ![]()
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