Michele Rothschild-Patterson

Patterson was born on November, 17th 1951, in Syracuse, New York. She has numerous siblings, including a younger brother named Stephen. They grew up in a religious household, as their father was a pastor. She was romantically involved with Alex Pollard, whom she never married but had a daughter with. In 2008, Patterson was briefly romantically involved with I Love New York contestant Jimmy "Champion" Houston.

In 2006, Patterson's daughter Tiffany Pollard was a contestant on Flavor of Love, In which American Rapper Flavor Flav brought 20 female contestants into his mansion to compete for his love. Patterson and Pollard's father Alex appeared on episode eight, as Flav wanted to spend time with the remaining girls' parents. Flav took Patterson, Pollard and Alex to the Santa Malibu Tennis Resort. On the way to the tennis resort, Patterson proclaimed that her daughter had gotten fat, which didn't phase Flav, but embarrassed Tiffany. While at the resort and later at the house, Patterson verbally fought with Flav, as she loudly expressed her objections to any possibility of her daughter marrying him.

Despite being engaged to I Love New York season 1 winner Patrick "Tango" Hunter, Pollard's engagement was soon called off. Afterwards, Pollard signed on for a second season of I Love New York. When asked if Patterson would make an appearance, pollard responded; "Definitely, definitely. I couldn't do it without her. She's going to come down and make sure everything's in order. You know how she does it. She's going to be there for a large chunk of the show, actually." While most of the contestants were picked by Pollard, Patterson picked 5 men called the "mama's boys". Patterson had strong opinions about the other guys, that she loudly expressed. She would even later label one man a "freak" and scream at a little person. I Love New York 2 premiered on October 8, 2007 and the finale aired on December 17.

In late April, Patterson, Pollard, and Dr. Jenn appeared as guests on Steve Harvey, where Patterson fought with host Steve Harvey, and made insensitive remarks about her daughter's miscarriage. The episode was aired on May 2, 2016. Harvey later called Patterson "full-blown crazy" and stated the entire interview "is the worst segment [he's] ever had on [his] show."