In Season 14 of The Real Housewives of New York, the ladies took a girls’ trip to the Hamptons. In an attempt to break the ice with her new friends, Jenna Lyons brought a gift of lingerie for each of the women. Sadly, Jessel Taank was very unhappy with her green satin and black lace nightie. Admittedly, it was way too big for her and wasn’t anything she would normally wear. She complained loudly about it making her “look like a Christmas tree.”
In the end, Jessel had the notorious nightie framed and gifted it to Andy Cohen to add to his Watch What Happens Live collection of Housewives memorabilia. But now, Jenna’s throwing it back. Who said Housewives can’t have fun?
Jenna Lyons has a surprise Christmas gift for Jessel Taank
Jenna Lyons gifting Jessel a literal Christmas tree costume after complaining last season that she looked like a Christmas Tree. We love a callback! #RHONYpic.twitter.com/4UD3Cknon9
Apparently, Jessel has gotten over herself these days and is able to laugh at her initial indignation over the Christmas tree nightie. Despite it being the wrong size and not something she would normally wear, a gift is a gift. The proper response is to say thank you and move on, even if you’re not happy with the gift.
But Jenna sees the humorous side, too. When the RHONY ladies once again take a girls’ trip to Erin Lichy’s Hamptons home, the fashion icon brings gifts to share. After Erin brings out welcome gifts for her guests, Jenna says, “I have gifts, too. Here comes more gifts!”
Jenna’s brought all the ladies more sexy lingerie. Very pretty! But Jenna explains that she brought “a special gift for Jessel.”
“Last year I gave you a hard time about wearing multiple labels,” she says. Jenna then hands her a very large Bottega-branded shopping bag. Jessel’s eyes light up.
“Wait a second,” she says. “I cannot with you, Jenna Lyons!” But when she rips open the bag and sees what’s inside, it’s a full-on Christmas tree costume. I hope it’s the right size, at least.
“Oh, my God!” Jessel laughs, taking it in stride. Everyone else is highly amused. Sai calls it “epic.”
“But wait, everyone else got lingerie?” Jessel realizes. Come on, Jessel. Just take it in stride.
But fortunately, Jenna whips out a red heart-shaped box, “Here you are.”
“Now we’re talking, Jenna Lyons,” Jessel says, pulling a black lacy bra and undies from the box.
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Welcome to the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 5, Episode 5 recap. In last week’s episode, the ladies took a tour of the Miller Brewing Company, where Heather spilled the beans to Whitney that Meredith’s been talking about her business. At the Harley Davidson Museum, Whitney drove them all to Crazy Town, but the night ended happily at Trixie Mattel’s drag club. Keep reading to see exactly what went down in the RHOSLC Season 5, Episode 5: “Whitney Drew and Her Clues.”
What happened in Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 5, Episode 5?
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In this week’s episode, Bronwyn drops a huge reveal about her daughter’s father. Whitney uncovers the alleged culprit behind the rumors surrounding her jewelry business, and Britani and Jared break up for good – but she still wants to be friends. Finally, Mary accuses Heather of “leaving a trail of lies” wherever she goes. Here are some of the highlights from RHOSLC Season 5, Episode 5.
Bronwyn shares the story of her daughter’s birth with Lisa
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Waiting at the airport in Milwaukee, Lisa and Bronwyn bonded over how her daughter looks like her. When Bronwyn pulled out her phone to show a picture of Gwen’s dad, Lisa realized that she knew him. She knows his parents really well. Bronwyn explains that she got pregnant when she was only 19. Her daughter’s dad actually passed away when she was two.
When she found out she was pregnant, she and her boyfriend went to see his parents. They were devout Mormons and blamed Bronwyn for the pregnancy. They called her horrible names and wanted her to just “go away” until the baby was born and put the baby up for adoption.
But Bronwyn was determined to “do it by myself.” Her boyfriend “wanted no part of it,” so she dropped out of college and moved home with her family. They accepted it as best they could.
Tearfully, Bronwyn tells Lisa, “It is a total mind f*ck to think this is the best thing I’ve ever done, and so many people thought it was the worst thing I’ve ever done.”
Lisa has known the family for years. She remembers the devastation of their son’s passing.
But Bronwyn’s having a hard time “reconciling this ‘wonderful family’ that you know with the family that has not made time in 18 years” to meet their granddaughter. That’s shameful.
Lisa told the grandmother Bronwyn’s story. She says there’s regret there and that her grandparents would like to be a part of Gwen’s life.
“Gwen wants to know about her dad,” Bronwyn says. “I think she should know everything she wants to about him.” Nevertheless, it will be painful for her because of the way they treated Bronwyn initially.
Britani got love-bombed by Jared while she was away
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Heather shares a video with Whitney that she got from Britani the night they got back from Milwaukee. “I just walked in from Milwaukee,” Brit says. When she got home from the trip, she walked in to find four dozen roses along with a “beautiful card from Jared.”
Of course, he wants to meet up, and Britani’s tempted, but Whit and Heather both encourage her to stay away from him. She thinks he needs closure, and she “owes him” that much. Don’t do it, girl. He’ll suck you right back in.
Britani mentions that Lisa was “way too invested” in her relationship and was the one who talked her into breaking up with Jared in the first place.
Then Whitney brings up that the necklace she gifted Lisa in Milwaukee was found in the trash. The manager from the guesthouse they stayed in called her and told her. She’s really upset that Lisa would just toss her gift like that. And it turns out that Lisa was supposedly the one who started all the talk about Whitney’s jewelry line being from Alibaba.
Angie and Mary go to a hip-hop class together
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Angie pulls up in front of Mary’s house. “Your charity awaits, my lady,” she says on her phone. Um, I think you mean “chariot,” hon. Angie and Mary are going to a hip-hop class where they run into Georgia Gay, Heather’s daughter.
Meanwhile, Heather and Lisa are meeting up at the salt caves. The room is made out of 16 tons of Himalayan salt. It’s supposed to be calming and healing.
Back at the dance class, Angie tells Mary she’s still irritated with Lisa for bringing her daughter Elektra into their conversation. She points out that Lisa has had a problem with every single one of her friends. Could Lisa be the problem?
But over at the salt cave, Heather and Lisa are talking about Angie. Heather’s stirring the pot, telling Lisa that Angie was throwing “out some jabs” about her. She tells her that Angie said she doesn’t let her daughter sit and play video games until 2:00 in the morning. Ouch. I have a son, too. That’s what they do. But mine’s in college and has a 4.0 GPA, cooks dinner now and then, and does his own laundry. I’m not gonna complain.
Angie says Lisa is using the computer as a “f*cking babysitter” for her 12-year-old son. Lisa’s not crazy about that. Stay in your lane, Angie. Kids are off-limits. And you just don’t criticize your friends’ parenting skills. Lisa’s hurt. She might have asked for some drama when she randomly brought up Elektra, Angie’s daughter, last episode. But this felt like a step too far.
Detective Whitney discovers the source of the rumors
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Whitney and Justin are in the car driving their daughter Bobbie to soccer practice. After they drop her off, Whitney gets a call from a podcaster friend. Adam knows the person who posted the rumor that Whitney’s jewelry line comes from Alibaba. So Whitney asked him to find out who fed the story to the site. She has suspicions, but she needs proof.
The culprit seems to be Lisa. No big surprise there. Now she knows she has a friendship with someone who really isn’t her friend at all.
Meanwhile, Britani’s meeting Jared for lunch. “I know that when I get in front of Jared, he’s very convincing,” she interviews. “I have a really hard time standing my ground and staying broken up.”
Apparently, on the way back from the Bucks game in Milwaukee, Lisa grabbed Britani’s phone and started texting Jared “really mean things.”
“This is what I have a problem with,” Jared says. “Private conversations between people that love each other are private.”
Britani’s insecure due to Jared’s behavior. Even though he claims to be publicly affectionate, “He doesn’t post about me on social media, he won’t get off dating apps, and when we walk by cute girls, he’ll drop my hand,” she says.
Britani just wants to feel “safe” and like he feels they’re in a relationship. Instead, he says, “I’ve given you everything I can.”
There you go. He’s just not willing to give her what she needs. He says, “I don’t want to lose the relationship, but you and I just don’t understand each other. So let’s just put a pin in it.”
What does that mean? Are they going to revisit the topic at some point? Sounds pretty clear that he doesn’t really want to be her boyfriend.
Gwen’s not so sure she wants to meet her grandparents
Bronwyn says as soon as she got home from Milwaukee she told Gwen about the info Lisa had told her about Gwen’s grandparents. They both needed time to process, so Gwen spent a couple of days in San Francisco with Bronwyn’s parents.
Since her dad’s parents expressed wanting to see her, Gwen feels the communication has gone a little cold. She was excited at first, but now she doesn’t think they’re all that excited to meet her. She didn’t feel their response was very “loving.”
Bronwyn says they sent a text saying they were ready to meet Gwen, but only if she was “in a place where she’s ready to accept them.” Sounds to me like they don’t want to be held accountable for the sh*tty way they treated Gwen’s mother.
Even though the text threw some cold water on the situation, Bronwyn says she knows Gwen wants them so badly “to want her.”
“They had nearly 18 years to reach out,” Gwen says. “[But] they woke up every day and chose not to.”
“I just want to feel like I know something about him,” she continues. “But I can’t do that unless I meet them and have a relationship with them.”
Bronwyn explains that she always thought if she was just a good enough mom, Gwen wouldn’t miss what she never had. She tried very hard to fill that missing piece. But now she realizes it wasn’t fair to her daughter.
“Of course, you’re going to feel that absence,” she admits. Gwen is the only one in this situation who never made any choices, and now she’s feeling the weight of all the choices everyone else made for her. That’s something Bronwyn says “will keep me up at night.”
Mary accuses Heather of leaving a “trail of lies”
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Britani confronts Lisa over her grabbing her phone when they were in Milwaukee and texting Jared “mean things.” She worries they won’t be able to remain friends because of it. Jared is not your friend, Britani. He’s manipulative, and he’s chatting with other girls.
The conversation moves on to Mary running into Georgia at the dance class. Mary doesn’t want to talk about it, since she was there with Angie. She knows Lisa and Angie are on the outs.
Next Mary challenged Heather for always “championing Lisa.” Even though she’s known Angie since high school, in this case, Heather’s on Lisa’s side.
“I feel like you leave a trail of lies,” Mary says. “Like the black eye. Then the fact that you champion body positivity, and now that’s a lie, too.”
Lisa comes to Heather’s defense: “Why are we saying she was lying, because she said ‘body positivity’ was a lie? She didn’t say, ‘I was lying.”
Heather clarifies that the whole “body positivity” thing is a lie, because people say all bodies are beautiful, “when they really just want you to be skinny.” Heather has been very open about her use of Ozempic to lose weight, and she looks great.
“The entire world is criticizing the way that I’m losing weight … or what I look like,” Heather says in a confessional. “Mary, I don’t need it from you, too. I’m just trying to live my … life, and have it not be about my body for once.”
TELL US – WHAT DID YOU THINK OF REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SALT LAKE CITY SEASON 5, EPISODE 5? DO YOU THINK HEATHER SPREADS LIES? DO YOU THINK ANGIE AND LISA WILL MAKE UP?
Survivor 47 just keeps getting better. Tonight’s episode kept us on our toes. Loyalties shifted, new power players emerged, and one castaway was forced to pick a side.
If you missed the fun, we’ll bring you up to speed.
Here is everything that happened on Survivor 47, Episode 5, “The Scales Be Tippin.”
Brief Overview of Survivor 47, Episode 5
Episode 5 was full of action. Rome continued to cause chaos among the Lavo tribe but this time, there were consequences. While his previous impulsive decisions have benefited his game, he may have gone too far this time. He told Sol about private conversations he had with his number one ally, Genevieve. Now that she doesn’t trust him, there is no one protecting the castaway with nine lives.
A Reward Challenge granted seven castaways access to the Survivor Sanctuary. They ate food, played games, and threw their tribe members under the bus.
Gata lost the Immunity Challenge and was sent to Tribal Council. Sierra and Sam weighed their options but ultimately decided to blindside Annika and keep the always-unpredictable Andy in the game.
Keep reading for a detailed recap of tonight’s episode of Survivor:
Teeny recovers after Lavo blindside
Tonight’s episode began with the Lavo tribe recovering from Tribal Council. Last week, Kishan kissed his Sole Survivor dream goodbye when his master plan to eliminate Rome backfired. He made the mistake of confiding in Genevieve, who saw the value in keeping a wildcard like Rome around. She flipped the vote and convinced Rome to use his Steal a Vote to put the nail in Kishan’s coffin. The strategic move got the attention of fans at home. She is one to watch.
Aside from Kishan, Teeny was the most affected by the vote. Kishan was her number-one ally. She tried to smooth things over with Rome but had little success. He no longer trusts her. If Lavo loses the Immunity Challenge tonight, Teeny better watch her back.
A reward challenge is introduced…
Tonight’s episode featured a unique Reward Challenge. The castaways were split up into two teams to compete in a challenge. The winning team would be granted access to the Survivor Sanctuary, allowing them to socialize with their winning teammates while eating hot dogs and enjoying other leisurely activities. I’ve never seen a group of people so excited to barbeque and play cornhole. Some of them were on the verge of tears.
The Survivor Social Hour is a game changer. Aside from the journeys to the summit, the castaways have not had a chance to socialize with players outside their tribe. With the merge quickly approaching, that time is vital.
The Yellow team wins the challenge, which means Rachel (Gata), Sam (Gata), Sue (Tuku), Caroline (Tuku), Tiyana (Tuku), Kyle (Tuku), and Teeny (Lavo) are headed to the Sanctuary. The Blue team members head back to their Tribe camps without reward.
The Survivor 47 Sanctuary is open
At the Survivor Social Hour, Teeny takes full advantage of being the only member of Lavo present. She explains how she was blindsided and feels as though she is at the bottom of her tribe. Tiyana uses the opportunity to talk sh*t about Gabe and his addiction to searching for Idols. Tiyana better be careful because Sue is not fond of this play. In a confessional, she criticizes Tiyana for putting a target on her ally’s back. I think it is unlikely that Caroline and Sue flip on Gabe. Maybe this would be a great move to make at the Merge, but we’re not there yet. Tiyana still may have to survive a Tuku Tribal Council and it’s not looking good for her right now.
Sue tells Sam that she heard that he and Sierra rule the roost over at Gata. Naturally, Sam is concerned by this and worries that his close bond with Sierra could be making him a big target.
Rome can’t stop gossiping about Survivor 47 castaways
Back at Lavo’s camp, Rome (unsurprisingly) is doing way too much. He pulls Sol aside and tries to convince him to target Teeny. Dude, you lost a Reward Challenge, not an Immunity Challenge. You can chill for a bit. Unfortunately, he doesn’t stop there. He tells Sol that Genevieve said she doesn’t want to work with him long-term. Sol feels betrayed and confronts Genevieve about his conversation with Rome. Genevieve is annoyed that Rome told Sol that she views him as a short-term teammate. She is starting to realize that she cannot reel in Rome’s chaos. She sees the value in keeping a loyal ally, but she is also starting to see what a dangerous and chaotic player he is. If he becomes more of a liability than an asset, she’ll cut him loose. Careful, Rome.
Gata tribe loses Immunity and Sierra faces a crossroads
The Gata tribe loses the Immunity Challenge. They will face Tribal Council tonight. Back at camp, Annika and Rachel reveal they want to vote for Andy. He slowed them down during the challenge and they see him as a liability at this point. Sierra is confronted with a difficult decision. She is aligned with the girls and the boys. She can appease Sam and vote out Annika or vote out Andy and continue working with the girls. It’s a tricky choice.
Sam has wanted Annika out for a while but he is worried about how Andy will react to his Immunity Idol. He’s kept it a secret from his ally. He has to play the Idol tonight or it expires. Andy is a loose cannon, but he’s their loose cannon lol. I hope Sam and Sierra realize the benefit of keeping him and breaking up a duo.
At Tribal, Sam decides not to play the Idol. He, Sierra, and Andy vote for Annika, blindsiding her and Rachel. Annika is stunned when the votes are read. She was sure it would be Andy’s head on the stick tonight. I love this game. The blindsides just keep coming.
While I’m happy to see my chaotic king Andy live another week, I’ll miss Annika. She was a smart, savvy player who deserved to make it to the merge.
TELL US – WHAT DID YOU THINK OF TONIGHT’S EPISODE OF SURVIVOR 47? DID YOU WANT ANNIKA OR ANDY TO STAY?
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Kate Gosselin and her eight children became superstars overnight thanks to TLC’s Kate Plus 8. However, the series often cast the mother in an ever-controlling light, which left many questioning her parenting. As the children grew up, a few decided to speak out. Collin Gosselin has been the most critical of his mother. He is now speaking about her time on Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.
Colin Gosselin thinks he can beat his mother’s record
Even though Collin’s dreams of being a United States Marine were cut short, he still aspires to be close to the armed forces. However, the route back might be unconventional, as Collin noted he would happily return to reality TV to participate in Special Forces. Collin thinks it would be a “cool opportunity” telling the U.S. Sun he wants to show his estranged mother what he is “capable of.” Kate, who starred in Season 2 last year and had an abysmal showing and, cried a lot during her short-lived stint.
I mean, even Tom Sandoval, who got carried off, did better. The mother of 8 decided to withdraw from the competition after the first episode due to a neck injury. Collin told the outlet, “I actually watched Special Forces. I think it’s a very neat show. And what was upsetting is having to watch her kind of struggle through it, and it seems like she had a very difficult time on Special Forces.”
The freshman in college added, “Despite my mother, and you know her, her constant effort to protect her reputation at the cost of mine, and the things that she has said about me and the things that she has done to me, in my heart. I feel sorry for her.” Last month, Collin accused Kate of abusing him when he was a young child. He described that his mother would zip-tie his hands and feet together while locking him in their basement. Collin has been estranged from his mother and most of his other siblings since 2016 after Kate committed him to a mental institution. At the time, Collin was just 11 years old.
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There are very few people on television who have been more consistent than Survivor host Jeff Probst. He has spent the entirety of the 21st century hosting that show. Truly, it’s a labor of love, and you have to respect it.
As much as Jeff loves the game, it’s still a job, and he recently shared its biggest pitfall. It turns out, the hardest part about filming the show is just being away from his family. Underneath the khakis and the cargo shirt, Jeff is just a big softie.
Jeff reflected on his legendary hosting gig. He spoke to In Touch, and that’s when he revealed the “hardest challenge” of his role had nothing to do with the contestants or the challenges. Instead, he explained how the hardest part of his job was spending so much time away from his loved ones.
“Leaving. Leaving home. And that is not a woe is me that’s just the truth,” Jeff told the outlet.
Jeff is married to Lisa Ann Russell. They’ve been together since 2011, and he’s the stepdad to two children from her previous marriage. Of course, filming two seasons of Survivor every year since 2000 pulls him away from them. When that starts to weigh on his heart, he has to put it all into perspective.
He explained, “I love my family, I love my life at home, the comfort of a cup of coffee and my routine, and every time I have to leave I remind myself, that’s the reason you get to get up and have a cup of coffee is this amazing show you get to do.”
As the show approaches its landmark 50th season, the big question on everyone’s mind is whether or not Jeff will keep going. That’s still up in the air. For now, he’s focused on keeping the show fresh, and ensuring that Seasons 47, 48, and 49 go off without a hitch.
“Here’s how it works. I’m in post-production on 47, in pre-production on 49; I’m starting casting on 49, and then we have 50 coming up this year, so that’s a bigger thing,” Jeff recently explained in an interview.
New episodes of Survivor air on Wednesday nights at 8/7c on CBS.
TELL US – WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON JEFF BALANCING HIS FAMILY LIFE AND HIS CAREER? DO YOU THINK HE WILL KEEP HOSTING AFTER SURVIVOR 50?
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Real Housewives of Orange County star and Two Ts In A Pod host Tamra Judge is all about some messy drama. And Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Meredith Marks has provided just that. It all started when Meredith pulled Heather Gay aside to fill her in on some tea about Whitney Rose. She had heard Whitney bought her jewelry from Alibaba. Heather then told Whitney, who then confronted Meredith on the Sprinter van. And much to Tamra’s delight, that’s when things got “messy.”
Tamra Judge says “Meredith is so messy” and she is “here for it”
Meredith wasted no time getting right to work this season. Surprisingly, Meredith didn’t dish on Whitney’s alleged MLM scheme. Instead, she brought up the rumors and the nastiness about Whitney’s jewelry business. Whitney then decided to confront Meredith where drama usually takes place on RHOSLC, a moving vehicle. Get your popcorn ready!
Teddi Mellencamp and Tamra had their thoughts on the matter. Tamra said, “Meredith is so messy, and I’m here for it. I love it.” Same, Tamra, same. Teddi added, “But this is what I don’t like. She’s only messy when one person is around.”
Tamra didn’t disagree, but she thought Meredith should have told Whitney first instead of Heather. She said, “But I think it’s kind of messed up that Meredith brought it without talking to Whitney first.” Teddi observed, “I think clearly Meredith doesn’t like Whitney. I’m like, listen, Heather, please don’t kill my joy. I love drama in a sprinter van.”
It was Tamra’s favorite location as well. She shared, “I love a good fight cause you know nobody can walk out.” Teddi added, “You know you wanted her to wait until a meal because that’s where the better cameras are.” That might be the case; however, Tamra had a different perspective. She said, “I like being blurry; I look better.”
Teddi concluded, “Meredith says Whitney is making this much bigger. I’m like Meredith; this is coming from someone who flipped out that Whitney’s selling bath bombs.” One can only imagine what mess Meredith and Mary Cosby are going to fight about. Hopefully, it will be on a Sprinter van.
After 14 years and 19 seasons of Sister Wives, we thought we had seen it all. Then, here comes Meri Brown with this bizarre story about how she breastfed one of Kody Brown’s kids from another spouse. It’s just the latest in the wild, world of TLC polygamy that has a little puzzled.
Whose baby did Meri Brown feed anyway?
Meri made the surprising confession about her breastfeeding during a recent episode of the long-running TLC show. A producer told Christine Brown that they heard a rumor that sister wives in the church would “sit around and breastfeed and swap kids around.”
That description makes it sound like they’re just passing babies around like a hot potato, but according to Christine, it wasn’t true. She said it was a “joke” and called it disgusting. Meri on the other hand? She had a slightly different perspective.
“I actually breastfed one of our kids that was not my own child,” Meri revealed.
She continued. “That was something that was kind of medically necessary at the time, but it wasn’t something that we did on a regular basis just for fun, just for kicks and giggles.”
Meri didn’t dive into many specifics about which of her former sister wives she filled in for, but the rest of the women seemed to agree that swapping was just a part of their lifestyle. Christine must have missed that memo.
Robyn Brown added that breastfeeding other people’s babies was something that was just a “part of the culture.” According to her, she had seen it plenty of times and wouldn’t turn an eye to it. Meanwhile, Janelle Brown felt the same way. She said she would have helped out with the milking if she could.
“I’ve never breastfed another baby. I never had enough milk,” she shared. “I would have been hard-pressed to do that.”
You can learn more about the Sister Wives and their unique culture on TLC every Sunday night at 11/10c.
TELL US – WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MARI’S CONFESSION ABOUT BREASTFEEDING? WERE YOU SURPRISED TO LEARN ABOUT THIS A PART OF THEIR CULTURE?
