Chanel West Coast is having fun with a brand new chapter in her life. It began final 12 months when the TV persona exited Ridiculousness after 30 seasons on the MTV viral clip present. Three months later, she began filming The West Coast Hustle.
The docuseries facilities on West Coast, whose actual identify is Chelsea Chanel Dudley, as she turns her consideration again to jumpstarting her music profession to new heights. That is simpler stated than achieved whereas juggling being a very good girlfriend to Dom Fenison and a mother to their child Bowie. Right here, West Coast will get candid in regards to the struggles she confronted throughout filming.
Leaving a present after 30 seasons feels like a giant life change. How was it coming to grips with all that within the weeks and months after the formal announcement got here out?
Chanel West Coast: They have been very emotional, most likely one of many hardest issues I’ve gone by means of in my entire life to be sincere. I’ve been working to get my very own present for a number of years, and that is simply the pure evolution of the place Chanel West Coast is meant to go.
What do you consider Lauren “Lolo” Wooden stepping in as a co-host?
I’m very glad for her. She has plenty of enjoyable on the present. I hope she kills it.
Any phrases of recommendation?
Simply be your self. I do know individuals might see I used to be very a lot myself, and it labored for me. Simply be your self.
How did Dom really feel in regards to the concept of this actuality present?
After I first instructed Dom the information in regards to the present, I feel he was slightly bit unprepared. Naturally, he’s a really supportive accomplice. He knew this was an awesome platform for not simply me to showcase all of the issues I’m doing, however to showcase all of the issues he’s doing as nicely. Additionally, displaying our daughter. We’re simply actually excited for the world to get to see us on a deeper stage, to get to know us, to get to know him as a result of they don’t even know him in any respect but.
You even have a pair who’re pals of yours as a part of it. They’re going by means of one thing actually private this season. How was it having them concerned?
Our pals are a giant a part of the present. Individuals are going to get to see a really deep storyline that was one thing very uncooked and actual that occurred. Even that storyline happening, it was one thing I used to be hesitant about having on the TV present. I wished the present to be glad and enjoyable, however I did need it to be actual and relatable. So did my pals, who went by means of one thing very arduous that you will notice on the present. They wished to be inspiring to individuals who needed to undergo what they have been going by means of. That’s what Dom and I would like as nicely. We wish our struggles and every thing you see on this present to encourage different individuals.
A number of the struggles you contact on are getting back from being pregnant and the strain that comes with being a public determine and in leisure. What does it imply so that you can present this vulnerability?
I used to be actually open within the present about that wrestle to look good and be on digicam once more. I did get liposuction surgical procedure and was very open. These are the issues that lots of people disguise, procedures like that. I wished to be very open about it and present individuals it’s not the best factor. You don’t simply get your fats sucked out and also you’re fairly the following day. There’s a large restoration course of that goes with one thing like that as nicely. I did this whereas nonetheless having to be a mother and taking good care of my child whereas I used to be recovering from a loopy invasive surgical procedure. I feel there are ladies who disguise these issues and placed on this gorgeous face for the digicam and attempt to seem excellent. They don’t present all of the work it took to get there. I would like individuals to see it takes plenty of work for individuals to be “excellent.”
You’re so used to being in entrance of the digicam. Did the expertise really feel totally different on this setting?
It’s arduous to lose all privateness and to be so susceptible and open about every thing. By the method, we bought actually snug with it. You virtually overlook you’re being so open in entrance of a digicam. They’re simply round a lot. It was an attention-grabbing course of, however we all know shedding a little bit of privateness can result in our story uplifting and galvanizing different individuals. We’re okay with shedding a little bit of privateness for that, exposing what we’re going by means of for the sake of serving to others.
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Quite a lot of the season is about you attempting to take your music profession to the following stage and the sacrifices that include it.
The followers can count on a really humble aspect of me. I’m displaying a number of humility in my profession. Some individuals placed on this entrance like every thing is ideal. I’m actually exposing that I’ve struggled rather a lot with my music profession. There have been so many hurdles I’ve needed to soar over to get to the place I’m now. And I’m nonetheless not the place I wish to be. That’s what I wish to present. I used to be profitable on TV for 12 years. I’ve been on 30 seasons of Ridiculousness and a complete of 38 seasons of tv whenever you mix three TV exhibits I’ve been on. I haven’t been in a position to get the place I wish to be with my music.
I’ve fame, however fame shouldn’t be what I’m on the lookout for. I’m on the lookout for success in my music profession. That’s my ardour and what I’ve at all times beloved to do. I feel the followers will see that simply because I’m profitable on Ridiculousness doesn’t imply that my life is ideal or that I’m one hundred pc glad the place I’m at. I’m striving for some massive objectives. I feel the followers are going to see that, “Wow, despite the fact that this woman has had success and made it, she continues to be working arduous to go even additional.” I hope that evokes individuals to work slightly more durable, too.
What did you’re taking from the filming expertise?
This has made me actually be taught. I’ve such an awesome fan base, however together with fame comes the haters. I see the hate feedback right here and there. I feel, “If I used to be getting hate feedback once I was sitting on a sofa on Ridiculousness trying excellent, I do know I’m going to get feedback once I’m 40 kilos obese after having a child.” This entire course of made me understand that there are going to be haters.
Individuals are going to have unfavourable issues to say, however I do know the nice individuals on the market who usually are not haters and are going to look at this and really feel one thing. We’re going to make individuals really feel good watching the present and encourage individuals. That’s the gist of all of it. I discovered to let go of my insecurities as a result of if I let go of them and am uncooked and actual, it should assist different individuals. The extra open and sincere you’re, the extra sincere and open others could be. It’s a ripple impact.
What else are you able to tease that we’ll see over the course of the season?
You’re going to see the development in my music profession. This season, I dropped my album. You’re going to see rather a lot. It’s a loopy rollercoaster journey. There will probably be ups and downs. It’s such an awesome present. I in contrast it to Forrest Gump yesterday, however Forrest Gump makes you giggle, cry and have this feel-good feeling whenever you’re watching it. That’s what this TV present offers you.
You signed a cope with Paramount Media Networks. What are among the different alternatives you’re creating or hoping to develop?
That is my first venture, attending to government produce with Paramount-MTV. I simply wish to produce different TV exhibits for MTV. I’ve been watching MTV religiously since I used to be slightly child. I do know this community just like the again of my hand. I simply wish to produce new content material for this community and for the brand new technology. I really feel like I’ve plenty of nice concepts. Proper now, I’m within the means of pitching them. Who is aware of? After The West Coast Hustle, I could be producing different TV exhibits for them as nicely.
The West Coast Hustle, Sequence Premiere, Thursday, July 18, 9/8c, MTV
