‘Love & Hip Hop’ Star — Erica Mena’s a Publicity Whore Liar … VH1 Didn’t Edit Our Fight!!!

“Love & Hip Hop” star Kimbella Vanderhee tells TMZ, Erica Mena wasn’t edited to look like the bad guy during their massive hair-pulling cat fight in this week’s episode — Erica WAS the bad guy … and VH1 just showed her for who she truly is.

As we first reported, Erica claims VH1 editors clipped the show to make her look like the villain — when she appeared to unleash an unprovoked verbal attack on Kimbella, accusing her of cheapening the video vixen industry by agreeing to work for pennies.

Kimbella flipped, throwing a glass at Erica … and the fight blew up from there. You’ve all seen the fight footage … it’s awesome.

But now, Kimbella’s coming to the defense of VH1 — claiming producers didn’t misrepresent Erica on the show … the fight happened exactly the way everyone saw it on television.

Kimbella tells us, “VH1 didn’t do editing on anything with [Erica]. That’s who she is” — insisting she’s using the fight for publicity … to boost her struggling career.

But Erica’s unfazed — telling us, “I wish her well and much success in 2012. Have a happy new year!” Still no word from VH1.