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— Rylan Clark-Neal (@Rylan) November 22, 2016
...[Read more]Exciting day today.... Gold Star for me..
Mariah Carey moved on already? – Dlisted
Gisele Bundchen on raising bees and babies – Babyrazzi
Is Kendall Jenner jumping on the filler wagon? – Celebitchy
Another celebrity couple bites the dust – Celeb Dirty Laundry
Kate Gosselin and Jon Gosselin are still at it – Starcasm
Blac Chyna’s mom is not a happy camper – Dlisted
8 PM EST –
Survivor (CBS)
Total Divas (E!)
Toddlers & Tiaras: Game On (TLC) – finale
9 PM EST –
Duck Dynasty (A&E)
Alaskan Bush People (Discovery)
Cooks vs Cons (Food Network) – premiere
Little Weddings (Lifetime) – premiere
Toddlers & Tiaras (TLC) – finale
9:30 PM EST –
Going Si-ral (A&E)
10 PM EST –
Wahlburgers (A&E)
Little Women: Dallas (Lifetime)
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The only way Jason Roy does not win Big Brother Over the Top is if he loses both of the final three competitions. He is up against Kryssie Ridolfi, Morgan Willett, and Justin Duncan. All three have not shown extremely good Big Brother Over the Top competition prowess. The only person who could have given him a run for his money will be leaving tomorrow night.
Morgan nominated Jason for eviction on Sunday night. She hoped he would stay on the block and secure his eviction. Unfortunately, the best laid plans rarely work out in the Big Brother house. The final power of veto competition took place yesterday.
Of course, it resulted in a Jason win. This not only killed Morgan’s plan for the week, but it took out her only ally in the Big Brother Over the Top game.
Around 1:00 PT, Jason used the power of veto to remove himself from the block. As the only available option, Shelby Stockton was forced to go on the block next to Kryssie.
Shelby and Morgan both know that this means the end of the Ball Smashers/Team Long Shot. Justin and Jason will vote out Shelby. She finishes fifth place. This leaves Morgan as the only one left to try to stop Jason from winning the Big Brother Over the Top game.
It doesn’t seem likely. Join us tomorrow to find out if Shelby does go home, and who wins the first part of the final HOH competition.
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In all the years that Kenya Moore has been on Real Housewives of Atlanta, we’ve never really seen her sweat. She comes across as confident no matter what – or who – she’s up against and nothing ever seems to make her nervous.
Needless to say, it was different to see Kenya caught off guard and nervous at Matt Jordan‘s family reunion. Matt‘s sister Hallison put Kenya through the ringer. I am sure Kenya wanted to throw some serious shade Hallison’s way, but she restrained herself.
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In an interview with Bravo’s The Daily Dish, Kenya shared how she felt getting grilled by Matt‘s family, “I was definitely in the hot seat when it came to Matt’s family reunion. I had never met his sister before and his mother and father were there. His whole, entire family was there.”
It was definitely a tense situation. I’ve seen a lot of people come for Kenya over the years on this show, but this was the only time when Kenya didn’t come back at them, for the sake of her relationship.
Kenya hinted that there might be some hope for her relationship with Matt‘s family, “And so there were times where there was definitely a lot of tension, and I felt like an outsider. But then, you’ll see how things progress as the show airs.”
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Hopefully things progress positively for Kenya‘s sake, but I guess we shall see.
Kenya was also asked about her plans for a baby and whether or not Matt is a factor in her decision making. Kenya admitted, “I think Matt, as long as he is in my life, will be a part of that equation until he’s not in my life.”
As much as a I love the babies in the Real Housewives franchise, Kenya and Matt need to make sure their relationship is solid on its own before they bring a baby into the mix, but that’s just my opinion.
TELL US: DO YOU THINK KENYA MADE A GOOD IMPRESSION ON MATT’S FAMILY?
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To put it mildly, Phaedra Parks and Porsha Williams got off to a rocky start when they first met, but now these two are the epitome of #BestFriendGoals on Real Housewives of Atlanta. They even refer to themselves as “frick and frack.” With that said, the best friendship does not mean that they automatically agree with each other’s decisions. Case in point: Phaedra is not exactly on board with Porsha’s proposed plan of becoming a single mother.
I figured that since Phaedra is now a single mother herself- since Apollo Nida is locked up in prison- that she would have more empathy for Porsha’s desire to be a mother. But then again, she obviously knows how difficult it is, so I can see why she would want to look out for her bestie. Nevertheless, Porsha does seem genuinely interested in becoming a mother- with an emphasis on that happening sooner rather than later.
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Phaedra definitely knows how tough it can be to raise a child on her own, I mean she has two, but there are a lot of women who have thrived as a single mother, so it’s interesting that Phaedra has such strong opinions about Porsha wanting to be a mother.
In an interview with Bravotv.com, Phaedra was asked about Porsha’s plan to have children that she talked about during the last episode. Phaedra explained why she is so hesitant about Porsha taking on motherhood by herself.
Phaedra said, “I know Porsha wants to be a mother, but I was a bit taken aback by her plan to side step a husband on the way to baby land. Her desire for a baby clearly outweighs her desire for marriage.” A lot of people have families in “nontraditional” ways these days, so I’m a little bit surprised that Phaedra doesn’t seem to think that Porsha can take this on. Maybe that’s not the case, and she just wants Porsha to have as much support as possible if she becomes a mother, but not everyone is romantically involved at the time when he or she is ready to have a baby.
Phaedra emphasized, “I love Porsha dearly and want to see her happy, however I do not recommend intentionally becoming a single mother.” Obviously raising a child is a lot of work, so I can see why Phaedra would want her good friend to have support, but at the same time Porsha has been talking about wanting a baby for years so it would make sense to surmise that she has put a lot of thought into it.”
Phaedra thinks that she should give Porsha a little taste of motherhood so she can know what it’s like. Phaedra mused, “Maybe I will let her babysit my two sons (who double as my ultimate workout plan) for a week to help her recalibrate her thoughts.” Now that is something I would love to see on the show. Plus, Phaedra’s sons are so cute, so I would be happy if they got more screen time.
TELL US- WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT PORSHA’S DESIRE TO BECOME A SINGLE MOTHER? DO PHAEDRA’S COMMENTS MAKE SENSE?
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Vanderpump Rules is having some sort of quarter life crisis. While Stassi Schroeder is playing the adoring sycophant, Katie Maloney is attempting to reinvent herself as season 1 and 2 Stassi. It’s a piss-poor imitation though because Katie lacks the razor-sharp edge and sheer cunning wit required to pull off Stassi-ness, not to mention Katie lacks the conviction with which Stassi conducted herself as empress of the skirtsteaks. Also Katie doesn’t own a statement necklace which is like the scrunchie of SUR.
Katie is a mere “Fetch,” trying to force herself to happen as the leader of the SUR tribe, except she’s nothing but a sheep in wolf’s clothing. And she needs to give Stassi back her fur.
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Man, how bout that Stassi becoming an ol’ popped balloon? Getting too big for her britches and leaving SUR really dulled her edge. She turned ‘basic’ virtually the moment she departed the cheating embrace of Jax Taylor and the Goat-Cheese scented coven of SUR. Now Stassi is just middling about, begging Katie to allow her to become Maid of Honor.
Even worse, Scheana Marie will never learn. I mean honestly – she ditches her actual friend Ariana Madix to be accepted by the one-time cool girls, then finds herself ostracized again and again when she’s no longer needed. This time because the big, bad Bridezilla doesn’t like her exchanging professional courtesies in the work place. Grow up, Katie. Seriously it lowers my esteem of Tom 2 that he puts up with her.
But first, Katie hosts a luncheon to announce her bridal party. She went to Christmas Tree Shoppe, bought a bunch of off-season decorations to shove onto your grandmother’s cookie tins then popped balloons in the faces of like 10 women to ask them to be bridesmaids. I’d say “no” on account that you just know Katie would choose a god-awful dress. Also she’s getting married on a Wednesday, which means the festivities require you taking off several days of work. Plus, she’s sending f–king tea towels as wedding invites! Why? So Tom 2‘s mother has something to wipe her tears with when she realizes he’s really going through with this? Or so guests can wipe away their drool when they pass out in boredom from hearing Katie drone on about how everything she does is perfect and important and mostspecialever.
The worst is that Katie decides Ariana can’t be a bridesmaid because she’s nice to Lala Kent. Katie doesn’t have to be besties with Ariana or even be friends, but her reasoning was so dumb. The other reason is obviously that Ariana won’t toe the line and act BFF with Kristen Doute to appease Katie. Kristen smirks self-satisfiedly as Katie explains her reasons for axing Ariana to a wide-eyed Brittany Cartwright.
Kristen actually cries about how happy she is to be part of Katie’s wedding – it’s the penultimate moment of her entire life. Well, at least somebody’s excited about getting an $18 tea towel to blow their nose on!
Scheana, Ariana’s supposed bestie, says nothing, deciding that because Ariana refuses to be a follower, she reaps what she sows. Demonstrating that indifference is the best revenge, when Katie stumbles explaining to Ariana why she’s not worthy, Ariana just shrugs. Poor Katie – she assumed Ariana would plead with her for a reason and beg her to reconsider. You know, pull a Kristen and Stassi by begging for Katie’s friendship!
After doling out acceptances and rejections, Katie is confronted with the greatest enemies the world has ever known: James and Lala.
James is in the hot seat – again – but like the frog that keeps jumping out of the boiling water, he manages to avoid being scalded – again. This time James stands accused of being put in a headlock in the back alley of SUR. The back alley needs to be made an LA monument, a place of pilgrimage for hopeful hipsters everywhere, where their concerns and meta-dramas, and microcosmic shifts in hair product placement, artisanal buzzwords, and skinnyjean tightness are revered and honored. Cause like any and all drama worth dealing with at SUR happens in that back alley! I imagine the dumpster glistens with the shed tears of wronged employees co-mingled with an emittance from Jax that no one needs to find in their drink. BARF.
Anyway, in the back alley James was put in a headlock by Scheana’s wedding photographer. Because people actually congregate there even when they don’t work at SUR? Lisa Vanderpump has thoroughly investigated whether or not James did something to provoke this Edmund, and is relieved to learn he is, for once, innocent.
Off Mr. Successful-o, superstar of his own mind, goes to spin some records, while Scheana scuttles over like a spider to see what happened. No one likes James, but this reeks of a set-up. Lisa redirects Scheana to not look down her old nose at James – after all she was once young and stupid enough to have an affair with Brandi Glanville‘s very-married husband, and not only that, she’s still stupid enough to trust Katie and Stassi as her friends. Stupid is as stupid contours.
Katie is livid James gets to stay on, so when Ariana high fives him, Katie is reaffirmed in her good decision to cut Benedict Arianas from her wedding party. Just so you know, Katie the Despotic Ruler of SUR, deems it unforgivable to have professional, courteous workplace interactions.
Unfortunately for poor Katie she’ll have to deal with Lala next. Lala has had an epiphany – she ain’t gonna fat shame no more! Proving that whore or no whore, she’s still the most mature person in this restaurant aside from Peter, for her own conscience she apologizes to Scheana and Katie. Lala seeks advice from Ariana, tackles Scheana first believing that since they once were friendly she’ll be more receptive. She’s wrong. Scheana is tremulously afraid of upsetting Katie, for very-real fear she’ll be ousted from the bridal party. A position Scheana fought so hard to achieve.
Scheana tartly informs Lala that people who aren’t nice to her friends aren’t her friends (which is why she’s friends with Kristen and Katie who aren’t nice to Ariana…), and then refuses to speak to her until Katie condones it.
For all her loyalty, while sitting on Katie’s bed surrounded by Christmas tree lights and Costco furniture, Scheana will later be accused of consorting with the enemy. Man what a sad place to go to your execution, although Scheana’s been imprisoned in her own narcissism, proudly displayed in her depressing apartment, so…
Despite things going badly with Scheana, Lala politely asks to speak with Katie in the back alley. Where else?! Katie affects a sulk as Lala appears to sincerely apologize for being mean and saying regrettable things. I thought Lala was mature and forthcoming, and impressively took the onus for her own behavior – only ever bringing up that some of her comments were retaliatory once Katie called her a whore and declared that refused to apologize for speaking the “truth.”
Apparently Katie knows people who know Lala has been sleeping with a married man who is also financing her life. Lala reacts with shock – either because she has no idea how Katie obtained the truth (which I doubt) or cause it’s not true and she has no idea why this rumor is being spread around. Lala insists that she can’t be a whore because her mouth is only on one d–k.
I think Lala likes to play the skanky part but in reality is a wallflower who wants badly to be loved, something she covers up up with audacious behaviors. Also Lala is smart and knows herself, and doesn’t seem to care so much about being accepted, which automatically makes her a threat to the SUR-stablishment. Whereas James is desperate to be part of the group, Lala seems pretty indifferent.
However, what Lala really says which strikes a nerve is that Katie is stuck – bottomed-out in a restaurant, waiting tables with nothing else beyond that. At that truth, poked like a skewer through a crispy-fried chicken, Katie storms out.
Just so you know, Lala’s mother is actually the one buying her love, not a married boyfriend. Do we believe that?
Katie summarily renounces an earlier decision to not publicly share news of Lala’s rumored affair by stomping back into the restaurant to repeat it to Scheana. Later Katie observed Scheana smiling with Lala at the bar, and decided she’s henceforth a traitor not to be trusted.
But first Katie must spend $3,000 on tea towels, and avoid her apartment while Tom 2 shoves steak and shrimp up his butt before serving it to Jax and Tom 1 on a platter. Literally.
This was after Tom 2 asked them to be his groomsman. Figuring out something that no Real Housewives can, Tom 2 provided photographic proof of his disgusting food abuse to present to Jax and Tom after they had consumed every last morsel of dinner, then licked their plates clean. Tom starts involuntarily retching on imagined pube hairs, but then regrets that he didn’t think of this first. Jax is impassive – he’s eaten worse. Probably out of the dumpsters behind SUR.
I’m sorry but even if it was in retaliation for years of pranks, that’s just beyond gross. Not to mention totally unsanitary.
Lastly Katie and Tom throw a housewarming party. They invite all their erstwhile friends to congregate and eat Trader Joe’s dips while complaining about the ills of Lala and James. Those two are obviously not invited.
At the party Stassi bemoans being the only single girl in her group since she and Patrick are chronically on-again/off-again which is “embarrassing.” It’s only embarrassing because Stassi proclaimed him the great love of her life who would save her from SUR, palace she was so too good for. It turned out Stassi’s mind was playing tricks on her when she imagined Patrick would put up with a lifetime of her shenanigans. Now she’s embarrassed that she was reduced to grovel and is back at SUR. Only worse off than where she started.
Stassi sheds exactly ZERO TEARS while sniffling into Brittany’s shoulder over her alleged heartbreak (Patrick and Stassi had been broken up for over a year at this point, btw). Brittany promises to be there for Stassi day and night. And just ask Kristen about those nights…
Tom and Ariana hide in the corner and pretend to like these people. Tom 1 is only here for Tom 2. I truly love those two together. They’re subjected to Jax who proposes getting transexual strippers for the bachelor party.
Later Jax observes that Scheana used to be hot but now she’s not. A feeling he can sympathize with.
Then Katie corals Stassi and Kristen into her bedroom to reveal that Lala is sleeping with a married man. Kristen is apoplectic at the indignity and shrieks about Lala being a “Sociopathic skank.” Excuse me – WHAT?! These girls are friends with SCHEANA, whom Brandi Glanville will happily remind them not only cheated with her husband but told the stories to the tabloids in order to get on a Skinnemaxx After Dark nudie flick famous! And KRISTEN! OMG – the nerve of that girl calling anyone out for being whorish!
Needless to say they refuse to allow Katie to accept any apologizes from Lala, but Katie is more upset that Scheana was consorting with the enemy!
While they’re cozied up in Katie’s bed, virtually hanging Scheana by the Christmas lights, Scheana is outside explaining how she valiantly defended Katie to Lala and Lala deserves no empathy. Ariana is confused about why they care so much about the life of someone they work with in a restaurant.
Realizing her true friends have left her, Scheana wanders into the bedroom to be met with an icy reception. She is then forced to endure an inquisition from Katie about the nature of her conversations and smiling with Lala. Katie accuses Scheana of inviting friendship, which Scheana denies. When Scheana wises up and refuses to beg forgiveness, Katie’s eyes narrow and a hiss bubbles up in her throat. Tequila Katie is on the rise…
Wasn’t this just “THE BEST GROUP OF GIRLS” ever like 15 minutes ago? I hate to say it but Scheana deserves it. Or does she?
TELL US – DOES SCHEANA DESERVE TO BE OSTRACIZED? IS KATIE OUT OF CONTROL?
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Are you ready for This Is Us' first holiday episode? That's right, we're all invited to the Pearson family's Thanksgiving feast, where turkey, sentimental flashbacks and...Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy‘s divorce is done and over, but it seems that things are far from civil and settled. It appears that Jason is harboring some hardcore hatred for his former wife and has been seen sending nasty and harassing emails to her and her boyfriend, Dennis Shields. And Dennis has had it up to here.
According to new reports, Dennis is threatening to sue Jason. He has allegedly been sending hateful emails to Bethenny (almost 50 in the last 70 days alone!) and cc’ing Dennis on them.
The emails reportedly spew about how old, ugly and irrelevant Bethenny is and warns Dennis that he’ll be “gone soon” because Bethenny has a revolving door of boyfriends. In her defense, Dennis has been Bethenny’s boyfriend for nearly a year already..
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Dennis had his attorneys fire off a letter to Jason, warning him to stop the nonsense already or he’s going to take legal action over it.
If these allegations are true and if it’s also true that Bethenny can’t talk about anything relating to Jason and the divorce, it’s really low if he’s sending her hateful emails, knowing she can’t say anything publicly. BUT his mistake may be in including Dennis on these emails, because Dennis isn’t under any gag orders of any kind. If this goes to court, we could wind up seeing the content of these emails and that could shed a whole different light on things.
It’s truly sad that there is still so much negativity going on. They have a young daughter to raise together and that’s where all their (POSITIVE!) energy should be going! Life is too short for this hateful grudge match crap.
We’ll have to wait and see what Jason’s attorney will fire back with about the email allegations.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK DENNIS WILL TAKE ACTION? DO YOU THINK BETHENNY ISN’T ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THE HARASSMENT IN THE PRESS? DO YOU BELIEVE JASON IS THIS NASTY BEHIND THE SCENES?
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Last night was FINALLY the end of the Real Housewives Of Orange County reunion and it was sponsored by Shannon Beador‘s many factions to Hawaii.
The one thing I learned is that Vicki Gunvalson really needs to consider a career in politics because she can twist words and spin like no other. It’s rather impressive in some bizarro universe led by Andy Cohen and morality policed by Heather Dubrow.
The reunion starts with a ride back in time to Glamis. The ladies watch the ATV flip time and time again. Just so you know… Heather escaped injury because she even does car accidents perfectly and better than you.
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Heather also does consoling non-friends at a hospital better than you, which is why she would have stormed triage with a pair of Victoria’s Secret Angel sweatpants because she is, after all, an angel! Did you see that solid gold and diamond-studded halo floating there above her pizza oven?
Cue the inevitable fight about how Shannon and Meghan King Edmonds abandoned Vicki in the hospital while Heather and Kelly Dodd enjoyed a fleeting 15 minute friendship consisting of post-sand annihilation champsing. When in the dunes…
Shannon had a legit reason for skipping Glamis – she has bronchial fibroids (I made that illness up). Shannon’s lungs are so bad that screaming is virtually impossible. Ha. No, whoops – not that!
But they are so bad that Shannon has had to cancel trips to Hawaii because of volcanic ash. Does this lady go anywhere else? I mean, um, like expand your horizons and get off the volcano, which is an uncanny metaphor for the eruptus burrious of her marriage. Shannon Vs. The Volcavid. More on all that later.
Heather is still upset with Meghan for not taking her phone call about Vicki being airlifted seriously enough. Meghan subtly shades Heather, saying that she assumed she was melodramatically being “TV Heather” instead of real Heather. And TV Heather plays a dramatic Real Housewife on TV. Heather wishes she were TV Heather instead of Real Housewives Heather who is rolling in the quicksand of déclassé Tamra Judge and Kelly. Tamra and Kelly – the Miller High Life of Champs and Housewives!
Exercising her DW degree (Doctor’s Wife), Heather lectures Meghan about the impossibility of Vicki being histrionic as proven by the fact that she was airlifted from Glamis. Ironically, Tamra actually thinks Vicki was histrionic and got airlifted. Also ironic, the only time Heather would deign defend Vicki is when Heather is in fact actually defending herself and her right to carry the Morality Chief Badge.
Tamra has a reason for doubting Vicki’s illness: Briana. Which is also why Vicki took a selfie in the helicopter – to prove to Briana she was there. “Why would Briana need proof,” cross-examines Andy. See Brooks: Cancerscam: Binders Full Of Medical Records: Fake/Lies/Hospital Waiting Room, ext: fake scans.
Apparently, Briana also contacted Tamra to complain about Vicki exaggerating her injuries, and as soon as the cameras stopped filming, Vicki was taking off her neck brace to guzzle wine. OK, Briana needs to STOP. She’s a traitor. She’s the Benedict Arnold of Bravo. I used to love Briana; now I’m disappointed. I don’t care how freaking dramatic and Mama Joyceian your mother is, that is YOUR MOTHER and you ride or die for her. I defended Briana in putting Brooks on blast because I felt that was done to protect Vicki to get it out there how toxic and demeaning their relationship was. However, Briana’s constant co-conspiring with Jesus Juggalo? Nope – WRONG!
Vicki acknowledges she did take the brace off, and claims she hid how badly she felt from Briana because she didn’t want to “minimize or diffuse” Briana’s own serious health issues. Tamra snorts with laughter. Because, Tamra is gross. Quick Question Miss “STOP F–KING TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE” – why are YOU gossiping and talking about people, huh? Even Heather agrees that Briana was throwing Vicki under the bus, and since she’s the morality police, I guess we ought to listen!
So, why isn’t Heather yelling at Shannon for skipping the hospital? Oh, cause she didn’t know Vicki was airlifted until later. Like one hour later. When she was already deep into golf. Meghan’s expression and rolling her eyes? Yeah, likewise here.
Vicki Of the Bossy Pants gets on her soapbox, challenging Shannon to get hurt, so Vicki can prove she’d drive all day (like a early 00’s Celine Dion song) to visit her in any hospital the world over. “It’s what you’re doing when nobody’s looking that is the true mark of a person’s character,” lectures Vicki. Yes, yes, I think we can all find the irony in that. Oh, was that a bit rich!
While some things are funny – like Vicki getting her arm stuck in the car door handle – other things, like Kelly’s nose flips and basically the entire trip to Ireland are just not. As Heather pontificates, “We all have douchey moments.”
Truly everyone goes overboard trying to defend their Irish antics to “prove” they didn’t bait or set-up Kelly. “I felt she was baited,” admits Meghan.
Only Shannon seemed to enjoy that trip – she calls it one of the best trips of her life. Shannon was having so much fun! she decided everyone else needed to have that much fun too, which is totally why she was pouring shots down Kelly’s throat! It was just for FUN! Vicki did it too. If Vicki is your barometer… well, I wouldn’t get in bed with that convenience, Shannon. You’ll wake up being accused of spousal abuse against a tequila bottle.
Before the final dinner, Vicki warned Kelly to watch her drinking… Despite Shannon’s denials that they were setting Kelly up, Andy even calls them out in a roundabout way, and also shadily brings up ‘naked wasted’ night from many sessions past when Tamra, Vicki, and Gretchen all had different faces, but the same bad behavior. Time only marches to the plastic surgeon’s office apparently! “We look bad,” Shannon acknowledges, “but there was no ill intent!”
“Lie,” sneers Kelly.
Speaking of lies, Vicki got caught in one. Now, I never believed Vicki was lying as part of the cancer scam last season, and mostly felt she was the victim of a duplicitous loser and her own vulnerable neediness, which led to an undue course of pathetic actions. But last night she was totally lying in regards to Shannon confiding some deep dark secret that David is physically abusive. Or at least it seemed that way to me.
It was reprehensible for Vicki, as Heather said, to bait Shannon with insinuations by exploiting moments of their friendship in order to gain an upper hand in an argument. Vicki didn’t necessarily “put out into the universe” something that did not previously exist. Shannon did call the cops on David and he pleaded guilty, something she greatly tries to minimize. Also, her entire story last night seems hella dicey… learning from Brooks‘ mistakes of not having sufficient hard evidence that is easily decipherable, Vicki claims to have proof of what she’s saying.
Proof Vicki never gets to show because the whole damn cobbled story is silenced with a photo of Shannon in a bikini. “I was a lot lighter then,” Shannon makes sure to qualify.
Not to let ANYONE else get the attention for causing drama, Tamra interjects, screaming that everyone is sick of Vicki’s shit. True. Vicki fires back that everyone is sick of Tamra’s shit. Again, true. So then Tamra, who is Vicki’s peer in age and maturity, and also good Christian behaviors, shrieks, “I’m a better person than you! I’m a good person, you’re not!” Well, I wouldn’t go that far!
Look – I don’t care to rehash Shannon’s tear-streaked denial and defense of David – that she was roofied, wandered blocks away from her house into a dangerous hood (she lives in an ultra-elitist community with security), and came to bruised and bloodied. Then, being locked in her child’s room and trying to break the door down, followed by screaming for Vicki to help her, then merely hopped on a plane to Hawaii to breathe in some volcanic ash and flaunt her bikini bod. While Shannon is recounting this, Vicki sat stone-faced and impassive, repeating blanket pacifications about how she doesn’t want to give more damaging information and hopes Shannon is well. It was in fact “BULLSHIT!” on all levels, subterranean and outer space.
The whole scene was gross, bizarre, and Shannon was absolutely seeming a bit um… lady doth protest way WAY too much (as she always does concerning David and her marriage), but Vicki absolutely was seeming a bit lady doth lies too much! If Vicki truly didn’t want this ‘out there’ then she would have mentioned the so-called secrets as some sort of ‘HA!’ card to wave in Shannon’s face. If Vicki wants to affirm how far she’ll go, try sending a Hallmark card. Do they make one for emotional blackmail?
What Vicki did instead, was definitely a violation of the morality code, shitty person 110, aberration 253, despicable acts 42,18: 12 – thou shalt not enact a reign of threat and terror over former frienemies.
Andy wonders about Brooks allegedly getting physical with Vicki, but she deflects, saying he only pulled her hair, and furthermore, they’re not together anymore. See this is what irks me the most – VICKI seemingly knows what it’s like to be in a toxic, abusive (on some level: emotional – definitely; verbal – very likely; physical – possibly) relationship – so why on earth would she not react with compassion and kindness to Shannon?!
Vicki was just advising Meghan, “It’s what you’re doing when nobody’s looking that is the true mark of a person’s character.” Yet, when no one was looking, Vicki repeated private and personal confidences about Shannon to Kelly, someone who doesn’t like Shannon. So Character, I believe you’ve been outed. Man, I do despise when Housewives goes so dirty. Can’t we just stick to whopping it up!?
After sobbing profusely in Defense Of David (DOD), Shannon races off stage, trailed by Tamra, and Vicki is held to the fire by the self-appointed morality police. “If you didn’t want it to come out, you never would have mentioned it,” snaps Heather. ZING!
In the hallway, Tamra does Shannon the way Heather did Meghan on the Ireland bus, whispering hateful nothings in her ear instead of consoling a friend.
Vicki justifies her gossiping on being hurt by Tamra and Shannon “making me out to look like a con-woman.” After evaluating, Kelly says Shannon’s story of drunken lunacy makes sense. If anyone understands raging and acting crazy when they’re drunk, it’s Kelly.
Vicki continues filibustering with nonsensical excuses and denials. Even after Shannon pulls photos of that fateful Hawaii trip from the iCloud and passes them around, show and tell style, thus proving she doesn’t look beat up. Vicki sourly backpedals that she never said David “beat the shit” out of Shannon – he just hit her, and she knows what she knows about what Shannon is hiding, but she won’t reveal anymore.
Vicki finally decides to apologize to Kelly for getting her involved. Exasperated, Meghan tries to explain the difference between humbling oneself and truly being apologetic. Apparently we’re not getting that Vicki is humbled?
Oh Vicki… I thought you couldn’t look worse after last year’s reunion… welp, I was wrong! At least she could blame Brooks last year. This year, I agree with Tamra that Vicki should “Shut UP!” but I just can’t take it seriously coming form Tamra who has spread more rumors and vitriol than anyone on RHOC. She should take her own advice, and go ride off into the sunset on a dune buggy, or in a hot tub, with not-gay Eddie. (I don’t think Eddie is gay, I just like spending rumors).
In other crazy, Heather accuses Kelly of being a hate monger, trying to spread propaganda against her. I think Heather misunderstood – see Kelly’s husband is Hitler, not Kelly! Besides, Kelly obviously doesn’t need to rally hate troops, because the whole world sees who Heather is, and now likes Kelly instead! We do?
The ladies closed by admitting their biggest regrets from the season, and they were all pretty good. And dare I say, humbled.
Well, Tamra doesn’t need to tell me to shut up. I’m done. This is toast, and on that note, I’m hereby electing myself Chief Of the Morality Police for RHOC. See ya on the flip side!
TELL US – WAS VICKI WRONG FOR REVEALING SHANNON’S SECRET, OR DID SHANNON DESERVE IT? IS VICKI HUMBLED?
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