Aubrey O’Day – Icon Magazine SCENE
After graduating from high school and deciding to go to University of California Irvine, O Day spent a semester at sea where she developed a passion for helping charities. She worked with service organizations while touring in different countries, as well as refugee centers, orphanages, and mostly with children with AIDS. She volunteered as a Big Sister to an organization called Pink Project, and helped victims of the Hurricane Katrina devastation. Motivated by her passion for charity, O Day soon created her own organization, called F*A*N (Fighting Aids Now). The charity's goal is to give therapy and art to children in hospitals.
While competing to be in the band, O Day formed a strong connection with fellow contestant Aundrea Fimbres. The two made it through two seasons together, and gained a large and loyal fanbase before Combs chose them to be in the group, O Day first and Fimbres last. Viewers named the two "the AUs" and "Aubrea" portmanteux of their first names put together), and O Day declared Fimbres her best friend in the Season 2 finale of the series.O Day even got Danity Kane's bar codes from their albums tattooed on the back of her neck. O'Day's friendship with Fimbres, however, later became distant. As of 2010, O Day and Fimbres have reunited on numerous occasions and have claimed to have always been friends. O Day has also been best friends with another Making the Band 3 contestant, Melissa Molinaro, who appeared with O Day on the MTV Show Exposed, and were last seen on screen together in the VH1 pilot The Aubrey O Day Show, which was picked up by the Oxygen Network instead. On the show, they had an onscreen falling out and seem to no longer be friends but have recently seemed to have rekindled their friendship.
On The Wendy Williams Show on August 12, 2008, O'Day stated that she previously dated DJ Cassidy. She dispelled rumors of ever having plastic surgery or dating boss Sean Combs. In addition, she declared then-bandmated. Woods her best friend and porn legend Jenna Jameson one of her good friends. In September 2008, she told Complex that she likes to watch porn as a hobby and that her favorite porn star is Jameson.
In an August 2008 interview with Broadway.com, O Day stated she was increasingly irritated with people pigeonholing her sexuality; stating that she looks for incredible passion and honest love" and not at gender. On December 15, 2008, Fox News reported that O Day attended a party accompanied with her girlfriend/lover, according to an anonymous friend in attendance. When questioned by Us Magazine.com regarding the gay rumors, O Day did not confirm or deny the speculation about her sexuality, and once again stated that she could not say "one way or another" what her sexual preference is at this point in her life. In 2009, while on the show Chelsea Lately, when asked about being bisexual, she replied, "Generally, I don't like to label myself... I want to find someone I'm passionate about, and I don't want to limit myself to one segment of the population."
During the 2008 presidential election campaign in the United States, O Day supported Barack Obama for President
