Safaree Samuels made it clear he joined VH1’s Love & Hip Hop Hollywood so fans would know him as more than Nicki Minaj’s infamous ex-boyfriend. But it looks like he can’t help but compare his famous former flame to his new girl, Nicki Mudarris.

“It’s so crazy from me going to mye x and I meet somebody that I really like and her name is Nicki. I’m like ‘God are you trying to play a practical joke on her something?’ I know the media is going to have a field day with this,” he told the network. He also made it clear he is not faking the relationship for the cameras. “I don’t play with my heart like that.”

He even revealed that he prefers to call Mudarris, who also goes by Miss Nicki Baby, Nicole, versus Nicki.

Samuels also had a few things to say about the physical asset that both ladies clearly have.

“Of course the obvious…Everyone would say the physical attributes that they both have are very similar… I wouldn’t say old Nicki is better at anything though. I’m not even trying to be funny. When you’re with somebody for a long time, after a while you are just comfortbale in that situation. You’re just used to it. You stay there.”

Samuels added that he is a hopeless romantic who loves to be in love. Still, he said he is taking things slowly when it comes to his love life.

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See more of Samuels on Love & Hip Hop Hollywood Mondays at 8/7c on VH1.