{"id":207926,"date":"2024-02-24T21:51:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T21:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/24\/flavor-flav-says-miley-cyrus-smacked-him-when-he-mistook-her-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:37","slug":"flavor-flav-says-miley-cyrus-smacked-him-when-he-mistook-her-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/24\/flavor-flav-says-miley-cyrus-smacked-him-when-he-mistook-her-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Flavor Flav Says Miley Cyrus \u2018Smacked\u2019 Him When He Mistook Her \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-gallery\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"lead-gallery-link-featured\" class=\"entry-media__image entry-media__image-0\" href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/flavor-flav-photos\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"lead-gallery-link\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--widescreen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"384\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/flavor-flav-miley-cyrus-smacked-ftr.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-hl-384x216-tc size-hl-384x216-tc\" alt=\"Flavor Flav, Miley Cyrus\" loading=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/flavor-flav-miley-cyrus-smacked-ftr.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=384&amp;h=216&amp;crop=1 384w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/flavor-flav-miley-cyrus-smacked-ftr.jpg?quality=100&amp;resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/flavor-flav-miley-cyrus-smacked-ftr.jpg?quality=100&amp;resize=1536%2C864 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 670px\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-media__cta\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-media__cta-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\" viewbox=\"0 0 21 18\">\n\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M4.807.867h15.401v12.101h-2.2v2.2h-2.2v2.2H.406v-12.1h2.2V3.066h2.2v-2.2Zm14.301 11.001V1.967H5.907v9.901h13.201Zm-2.2 2.2v-1.1H4.807v-8.8h-1.1v9.9h13.2ZM7.007 3.067h11.001v7.7H7.007v-7.7Zm7.7 13.201v-1.1h-12.1v-8.8h-1.1v9.9h13.2Z\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView gallery\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"lead-gallery-link-thumb-1\" class=\"entry-media__image entry-media__image-1\" href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/flavor-flav-photos\/#!1\/yo-mtv-raps-anniversary-show-new-york-usa-01-jun-2018\" data-analytics-trigger=\"lead-gallery-link\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-wrapper image-wrapper--square image-wrapper--has-gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/flavor-flav-shutterstock-5.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=440\" class=\"attachment-440x440 size-440x440\" alt=\"Flavor Flav&#10;Yo! 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The <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2022\/05\/19\/flavor-flav-reveals-son-manager-photos\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">rapper<\/a> said that the singer \u201csmacked\u201d him in \u201cthe face\u201d after he thought she was <strong>Gwen Stefani<\/strong> during their first meeting. The \u201cWe Can\u2019t Stop\u201d crooner recently met up with him again while backstage at the 2024 Grammy Awards and commended him with knowing who she was.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-4\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cThere was a time a few years back when they both had the same exact haircut. That\u2019s the thing that got me,\u201d Flavor Falv said about Miley\u2019s short blonde haircut at the time. \u201cWhen I ran across Miley first time ever in my life I was like, \u2018Oh my God, Gwen Stefani, Gwen Stefani!\u2019 You know what? Miley didn\u2019t say anything. She just went along with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\"><iframe title=\"When Miley Cyrus meets Flavor Flav \ud83d\udcab\ud83d\udc96\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s7Nm4aG0JXY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">After walking away from her, Flavor Flav said one of his friends told him that he mistook Miley for Gwen, so he turned around because he felt bad. \u201cI turned around, and I ran back to her,\u201dhe said. \u201cI was like, \u2018Oh my God, I\u2019m so sorry. Yo, Miley Cyrus, I know who you are now. Your dad <strong>Billy Ray Cyrus<\/strong>.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-11\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cI was like, \u2018Oh my God, I\u2019m so stupid,&#8217;\u201d he added. \u201cSmacked me in the face. She smacked me in the face. Miley Cyrus slapped Flavor Flav in the face, and I said, \u2018I won\u2019t let it happen again. We laughed it off.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5259042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5259042\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5259042\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/flavor-flav-miley-cyrus-smacked-embed.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=620\" alt=\"Gwen Stefani\" width=\"620\" height=\"993\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5259042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flavor Flav mistook Miley for Gwen Stefani, seen above. (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Flavor Flav\u2019s latest podcast interview that mentioned Miley comes just a few weeks after he and Miley\u2019s reconnection at <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/02\/04\/grammys-winners-2024-who-won-grammy-awards\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\">the Grammys<\/a> was captured on camera. In a video from the moment, Miley hugged the <strong>Public Enemy<\/strong> star and joked that she \u201cmade it\u201d because he knows who she is.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">\u201cYou don\u2019t think I\u2019m Gwen Stefani anymore,\u201d she said with a smile. \u201cYou used to call me Gwen every time I saw you.\u201d He replied with, \u201cI know,\u201d and she assured him it was okay by saying, \u201cI love it.\u201d They exchanged \u201cI love you\u201ds before walking away.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2024\/02\/24\/flavor-flav-miley-cyrus-smacked-face-gwen-stefani-podcast\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images Flavor Flav, 64, revealed a memorable moment he had with Miley Cyrus, on a new episode of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342407,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207926\/revisions\/342407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}