 Cocktail and Ray J celebrating during 'For The Love Of Ray J' finale (Photo: VH1)
Ray J chose the winner of his VH1 reality show, "For The Love Of Ray J," on Monday night's (April 20) season finale ending. In the end, he had to choose between Cocktail, Danger, or Unique.
His choice was the girl tagged as a "gold digger" --- Cocktail, named after her occupation in Sacramento. She was victorious over 13 other girls, after months of craziness, backstabbing, and other shenanigans.
After letting Unique go, telling her he can't be the man she wants, Ray J explained to the 26-year-old Cocktail (real name: Joanna Hernandez) why she was the last woman standing.
"People been hating on you from the beginning. You been standing strong though," said Ray J. "I've really been a believer of you, and you've been a believer in me through the ups and downs. I've really, really felt myself 100% around you. I really, really like you.
"I'm gonna ask you one more time, for the last time: are you ready for the love of Ray J? 'Cause I'm here for you," the young brother of Brandy asked.
"Yes, I'm here for you," Cocktail responded with tears in her eyes, before embracing Ray J.
Cocktail earned a rep for ratting other contestant's misdeeds during the show, and won Ray over during the last episode when the singer met the families of both Unique and Cocktail.
Unique asked Ray to go by his real name Willie on the plane ride to meet her family, and Cocktail used that to her advantage when it was her turn.
During a visit to Cocktail's California home, she used her wit to help sway Ray's end decision, telling him that Unique was trying to change him. And then, proceeded to give him a sexy striptease in lingerie on a stripper pole in a shower.
"I learned a lot through this whole trip, and I feel like I made the right decision. I got with the girl whose motives were not to tear me down or to change me, or to make me something that I'm not," Ray said in closing. "That's love baby, and I think I found it."
"I'm the happiest girl in the world right now," in a post interview after being crowned Ray's girlfriend. "He chose me, and that's all I ever wanted. I'm Ray J's girlfriend bitches. I made it."
In a post-show interview, Cocktail revealed that the couple haven't spoken every day following the finale -- because they are supposed to keep their relationship a secret until the finale airs -- but says they text and make it a point to see each other twice a month.
"He's my boyfriend, and the fact that I'm not seeing my boyfriend as much as I'd like to is different from what I'm used to," she told MTV, referring to the difficulty of coordinating their busy schedules. "I would love to see him every day and have him come home to me every night. But that's not what it is, and I have to take it for what it is. I'm patiently learning his lifestyle. I expected this, but I'm sad now that I'm going through it. But it just makes the times I see him even more special."
Watch the full episode online over at VH1.com.
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