Rock of Love alum Daisy De La Hoya is opening up about her difficult reality after finding fame on VH1.
“I’m poor and homeless, that’s the truth,” Daisy, 42, told the Daily Mail in an interview published on Friday, August 21. “I’m staying with a friend, but it’s a temporary thing, and I’m in school and looking for a freakin’ job.”
Although the former reality star briefly found employment doing door-to-door fundraising for a nonprofit, she was fired “for not being good enough.” She recently applied for jobs at McDonald’s and Del Taco but has been unsuccessful.
“It’s embarrassing, and it’s very hard, but I keep searching. I don’t know what it is about me, but I guess God does not want me to have a job,” she said. “I’d work at McDonald’s, Starbucks, anything. Maybe I’m overqualified or maybe I’m underqualified. I don’t know.”
Viewers met Daisy when she appeared on season 2 of Rock of Love With Bret Michaels in 2008. After coming in second place, the reality star earned her own dating show called Daisy of Love.
In her latest interview, Daisy claimed she paid a flat rate of $50,000 for her 2009 spinoff and does not receive residuals from reruns or streaming.
“It’s still there on streaming platforms, but I don’t get any of that money,” Daisy said. “The good news is that I’m still getting fans and people can watch it, but I don’t get any money from it.”
Away from the cameras, Daisy struggled with substance abuse and mental health issues. She ultimately got sober in 2024 and is now on medication for anxiety and bipolar disorder.
“You have a different perspective after hitting rock bottom and losing everything. And I was lucky, but I’ve had to crawl my way back and I’m still crawling my way back up,” she said. “I don’t think of myself as being famous or being somebody. I just think of myself as a person who did a thing and wants to continue to be part of the entertainment industry. But sometimes I think I need to just give up on entertainment because at this point I just need a job.”
After graduating from The McAlister Institute, Daisy still has music dreams.
Although she doesn’t keep in touch with Bret Michaels, she remains close friends with actor Corey Feldman, who helps her “morally” and offers “suggestions of things I can do.”
Through all of life’s twists and turns, Daisy is grateful to be in a healthy place and creating a better life for herself.
“I do everything that the treatment centers and the therapist and everyone tells me to do because it’s important,” she shared. “This is something that you do for the rest of your life. It’s not something that you do once a week or for a weekend retreat and you’re done. For me, this is my entire life, my every day. This does not go away and everything is hard. It’s like learning to relive your life.”
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
