PR.com (Allison Kugel): Ice, you’re quoted as saying that your new show on E!, Ice Loves Coco, is about how Coco runs your life. How is Coco running your life?

Ice-T: Behind the scenes Coco has actually been my personal assistant, similar to Sharon Osbourne and Ozzie, running all my businesses, all the logistics of tours and all that. Everything that I do other than act, Coco’s on the phone making all those deals happen and doing everything that she’s doing with her career, simultaneously. So I’ve got the easy job. I just go out and do the work and Coco handles all the business behind the scenes.

PR.com: Coco, does everyone underestimate you?

Coco Austin: I think so. I think [people] really haven’t seen the true Coco. This show is what it’s all about. You’re going to see the family side of Coco, the loving side of Coco and the goofy side of Coco. I think that’s the key here. People just see me as a model and as the party girl because the only time paparazzi are out is usually when we go to red carpet events and you’re wearing crazy outfits and going to the after-parties. They don’t see what I do on a normal, regular basis.

PR.com: Coco, you are often dressed in as little as is legally possible to wear in public. Why?

Coco Austin: First of all you don’t see me when I’m in regular outfits. I live in New York where it’s mostly cold, so it’s not like I’m wearing booty shorts…

Ice-T: (Laughs).

Coco Austin: I do have boots and clothes and turtlenecks that you never see because I never wear that to the clubs at night; I never wear that on the red carpet! But of course, I do have to say that I am a bit of a nudist. You know how nudists are. They’re completely open and free with their bodies.

PR.com: You’re the best looking nudist I’ve ever seen. I’ve been to nude beaches and there are some grotesque looking people.

Coco Austin: They are grotesque, I have to admit. But there is just something about being free with your body and just totally au natural. But, of course, I don’t live near a beach or anything, so I do cover up and you don’t get to see those times. But I do like to show off my assets. I work out hard at the gym so why not show it off? We always explain the bodybuilder who goes to the gym and wants to show off his arms. Do you think he’s wearing a baggy shirt? No. He’s showing off his biceps, probably with a cut-off tank top or whatever. And no one says anything bad about them (laughs).

Ice-T: People like to show off what they think they have best, you know? Like a guy that gets a tattoo, all of a sudden he doesn’t have any sleeves on his shirts anymore.

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