- I went to a drive through recently.
And I ordered my, and I'm like, do they have cameras?
I was ordering the food.
And this guy was like, "oh my God, Ariane!"
And my girlfriend was like, wait, what the (beep)?
What do you mean, oh my God, Ariane?
And I said, y'all got cameras right there?
He was like, "no, but I know that voice anywhere."
You do?
(upbeat music)
Hey guys, it's Ariane.
You may remember me from "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta"
for being the voice of reason and that bitch (giggles).
And I am excited to tell you guys
what I've been up to, living my best life.
I want to do what makes me happy.
I am happy to not be on "Love & Hip Hop" anymore,
because I feel I'm more at peace.
My sanity is intact.
Don't get all this-
- [Mimi] It does matter.
- Live with courage and then take it out on me.
A lot of growing pain, during and after.
And I'm very grateful and thankful for what
"Love & Hip Hop" did for me, for sure.
But I just feel like, I need more.
I want to be executive producing things.
Because I know the TV world through and through now.
I know I have so many ideas when it comes to
certain shows being put together and how to just create.
I want to be more of a creator,
and actually the talent as well.
But there's just so much creativity
that's been flowing through me.
And I want to have the chance to, you know, showcase it.
Music is gonna be forever ambition for me.
And I want to do it in a different realm now.
And I want to do with this project.
I want to make it, the vulnerability of Ariane.
I want that to come through my music because,
you know, people just really don't know
the ins and outs of who I am, for real.
I wasn't mad about the way my music was portrayed
on "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta".
And of course it became a little bit, you know frustrating.
A little bit, just a little, but it didn't discourage me
from doing what I know I've wanted to do all my life.
When I first started talking about my sexuality,
it wasn't anything new to most people in my life.
People that know me, know me.
But when I mentioned it on television.
I didn't stutter.
I just really want to be with a woman.
- Be with a woman where?
- In my bed, the (beep)?
(women chuckling)
I felt like, y'all just need to know this because it's okay.
It's my truth, I don't mind talking about it.
And I know that there are so many other women
and girls that felt like, well, damn.
I don't know if I want to say anything
or I don't know if I want to do this.
So yeah, I do feel like there was a sense of trailblazing.
I'm glad hat you're here, finally.
- I just want to be able to be here, permanently with you.
- I am proud that I was able to do it my own terms.
And that it didn't come from another source.
So yeah, I'm extremely glad.
You do know that I was asked to do this show,
with someone right?
When I was in a situation with a female.
And we both were asked to do it, but she declined.
And they found out that Mimi and I were best friends.
And that's how that happened.
But initially, I was asked to come on with someone.
I was dating a rapper at the time.
And she and I had been off and on for years.
When we got asked to do the show,
we were actually in Vegas together when we got the call.
And she just decided that no,
that wasn't what she wanted to do at the time.
She wasn't ready to announce her sexuality.
So she declined again.
And I got the call back again
to come back to interview with Mona.
And I sat with Mona, one-on-one, just she and I.
And then we talked about my relationship with Mimi.
She got to know me, and then I mentioned Mimi.
And then that's when her wheels started turning like,
oh (beep), this is really a thing.
Because Mimi and I are like yin and yang.
So it just, that's how it got kind of worked out.
Yes, the initial wasn't me coming on as a friend.
I wouldn't be opposed to coming back to "Love & Hip Hop".
I will just have to do things completely differently.
I was being taken advantage of as a friend.
And I know how to be a great friend.
And I'm not saying that,
just based off of my best friend friendship.
I'm just saying throughout the whole sitch.
Erica is a friend and yes, we've spoken.
I haven't talked to her since the babies.
But I have seen, and I follow her.
And yeah, I still talk to Erica.
Hey, know what, Stevie, this is my friend.
- [Stevie] Okay.
- And she needed a support system,
you weren't there to support her.
- I'm always there.
- Yeah Stevie reaches out.
Like he will text or call just randomly, sometimes.
But I talked to him, like mid-COVID, I spoke to Stevie.
I'm proud of you.
- [K. Michelle] Thank you.
- And this is why I'm like, let me go see my boo.
I have not spoken to K. Michelle, and I don't know.
I think so much happened with that situation,
that I would need to see where she is
as a person, in front of me.
Like I would have to feel her energy
and her vibes to say whether or not like, yeah.
Are we cool or aren't we?
Because I don't know, just never know.
Actually Melissa has booked me, for a few gigs.
And I just saw Melissa in L.A.!
Like maybe a couple of weeks ago.
Melissa is fine, she's cool.
Child, been on that thing way too long.
So I know what the (beep) to expect from Melissa.
Before hand, after hand, I know, okay.
I haven't talked to Kirk or Rich.
Well, Rasheeda, I'll see on Instagram,
but we haven't spoken spoken.
But yeah, Rasheeda's always cool.
Like she's always, always been my girl.
I'm really optimistic about Mimi
when it comes to our friendship,
and what can be in the future.
I try to stay open to that.
But you know, it takes two to tango.
- You get mad at me when I don't divulge,
or (beep) tell you (beep), when the (beep) is reversed,
you want to half ass tell me some (beep).
- Listen, this lesbian world is very different.
- No (beep) the lesbian,
I'm talking about the friendship world.
- Oh, okay!
And I can't just be willing to be
in a friendship by myself.
But I am open, she's always been like my sister.
And I don't even know why we stopped conversing.
And I'm at a point and place in my life,
like if I'm doing something,
if I've done something wrong to somebody,
or if there's something that I need to talk about
on my end or what they've made me feel like,
I'm gonna let them know, and that hasn't happened.
Because the stopping happened on her end, not mine.
I was abandoned by my friend that I don't understand why.
Like, if I know why, I would've been like,
oh okay, yeah, she's mad at me.
And this is what happened.
But no, I honestly do not know what the (beep) happened.
We've known each other,
we've been in each other's lives way too long.
(mellow music)
I know so much (beep), that you know so much (beep).
It was a sisterhood.
And it shouldn't just have been like, I'm out.
And I'm not gonna tell you why.
It should have never been that.
It's heartbreaking, it was like a breakup.
And I didn't know why, I'm like, what the (beep) did I do?
Tell me what I did as to why you broke up with me.
(upbeat music)
You guys saw me in my last relationship.
We were going back and forth from New York to Atlanta,
Atlanta to New York.
And she finally moved to Atlanta full time.
But throughout the time there, we decided to (indistinct).
Yeah, we separated.
It wasn't a hard breakup, but it needed to happen.
And we recently just became cool again.
So we're in good spaces.
I try not to have bad blood with my exes,
'cause, for what?
(soft music)
But yeah, she moved to Atlanta.
We broke up, she moved on with her life, I've moved on mine.
I don't ask questions about hers,
but I am in a new relationship and it's good.
She and I have been together for almost two years.
Oh, we met at a little lesbo party (laughs).
We met at a little party and it was so random,
because I was just like maybe about
six months out of my relationship with Toni.
And I wasn't looking for anything.
It's just, I'm out here just having fun.
I just thought like, Oh, she's cute.
I hadn't seen her in Atlanta before.
And I thought she's cute, so she came over and we conversed.
And then the next day we went on a date.
I feel like we've been together ever since that day.
Her name is Hope, go figure, H-O-P-E, her name is Hope.
She played ball overseas for some years and she's back.
She came back to the States to pursue,
I think she got her Master's.
And now she's about to start working on
getting her doctorate too.
She is in the music world.
And she's into fashion, she's about to start this line.
Which I'm excited for her,
because this little thing loves some clothes, I got.
Since I left the show a lot has happened.
(somber music)
And even before COVID, it's just been really challenging.
My father died, in February.
We had a real estranged relationship.
I didn't know how to feel, I didn't know, I didn't know.
Like damn, do I get mad, am I sad?
I don't know, it's just an array of emotions,
but okay, just trying to get past that.
But my dad died, I went to New Orleans for the funeral.
Got back to Atlanta, then maybe like a week later, COVID.
COVID happened.
And then, you know, we had to stay in the house.
And so I had to deal with a lot of things.
Like I just had to sit,
I couldn't be as active as I wanted to do.
And I just felt like it was God telling me,
you got to deal with your (beep).
You gotta deal with the fact that you aren't okay.
You gotta heal.
So in the process of my healing, we got another phone call.
My uncle contracted COVID.
And after six weeks on a ventilator, he died.
And that was right after my dad, it was his brother.
So my grandmother lost two sons in two months time.
And you know, we couldn't go to his funeral.
And a lot of things just kind of started shifting for me.
Like, yeah, I gotta live my life, man, I had to.
So that's when I came to L.A. in May.
Visited one of my best friends.
And I stayed and Jared was like,
bitch, you should just move.
Just get out of Atlanta, it's time.
And then I considered it.
And then when I got back to Atlanta, I just said (beep) it.
I just started looking for places,
started selling everything.
And then I made the decision to say, let me just go.
I was ready for something new.
Something fresh, just a new environment.
And (sighs), here I am.
Me coming to L.A. was for not only to start over,
but I have a few business ventures
that I'm working on out here.
I'm actually looking for an agent.
So if anybody knows a really good agent, please let me know.