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Flo Rida‘s performance at iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball Detroit brought good feelings out for Flavor Flav, surprising the crowd as Flo’s hype man and running into an old friend backstage … his ‘Flavor of Love’ Season 1 winner Nicole “Hoopz” Alexander!!!
The animated rap legend joined Flo for “Club Can’t Handle Me” … which ended in jolly fashion with Flo being carried off stage by a beastly Santa Claus.
A rep for Flav tells us he still has one more stop on the iHeart Jingle Ball Tour after making cameos in both Detroit and L.A.
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As for his reunion, we’re told Flav follows Hoopz on social media and loves watching her updates, but he hasn’t seen her in person in years … neither planned on running into the other at the Jingle Ball.
As you can see in the video, the two were excited to hang — they remixed the song “Hey Mickey” to insert Nicole’s name in the lyrics … a little inside joke from their past.
Hoopz beat out Tiffany “New York” Pollard back in 2006 to win VH1’s trendsetting series … a fruitful union that lasted to the show’s next season.