Lisa Edelstein plays the impeccably dressed Abby McCarthy on Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, and sometimes the two styles blend together. "I actually stole this from Abby's...
Michael Scofield is officially back from the dead...somehow. The premiere of Fox's Prison Break revival is just a couple of months away, and if you're still wondering how the...It’s day 7 on Celebrity Big Brother and we’re waking up to a night of regrets and headaches. Nicola McLean wonders if her husband will be annoyed, and when told she’ll have some explaining to do, she retorts that she gets a free pass due to his indiscretions anyway. Angie Best tells son Calum Best off for drinking so much and tells him his liver can’t deal with it. I really wish he would let this side of his character out more; the relationship with his mum is so cute.
And it is this that leads us on to the task of the day. Angie, who has been personal trainer to the likes of Priscilla Presley and Cher, is asked to choose the unhealthiest housemates and run a detox program with them. Her choices (victims) are James C, Coleen, Ray J, Brandon, and Calum. Housemates will not be able to smoke, drink alcohol, or eat unless Angie tells them they can. Obviously they’re thrilled. Helped by Angie saying Ray J has put notable weight on since being in the house.
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Calum tries to explain to Angie this could cause some animosity, which Angie can’t understand as she genuinely thinks the end result is worth it. The have healthy salad, hand over contraband and meditate. After 5 hours and 12 minutes of healthy living (not that they’re counting), Ray J is allowed a cigarette, and asks Angie for clarity on what he’s allowed. Angie tells him to grow up and stop whining and calls him a “f*cking slime.” I haven’t heard her swear so much as she does at this point. Jasmine watches on and pulls Calum to one side afterwards and tells him what was said. Calum doesn’t even believe she said that at first, so I’m glad to know it caught him off guard too. Calum speaks to his mother and asks her to calm down a tad. I think she actually just went into work mode, like they were real clients, as opposed to grumpy celebs that aren’t happy in the house anyway.
Austin is in grump mode again. He tears into Stacy and tells her that she makes him feel uncomfortable with her relationship with Ray J and that it’s disrespectful to his wife. He’s talking rubbish. She has done nothing wrong whatsoever. He then denies using the words that he actually does, and James J wanders past and gets Austin’s attention for a screaming match. It’s noted that it’s always alcohol involved. Stacy holds her own. Austin tells her that he is not the only person that feels that way and that four other people nominated her and probably agree with him. Stacy owns the argument by telling him, “if I got nominated and I got nominated by the five people that don’t like me because I laugh too loud and love too hard, then I say, bring it on.” And in that one sentence, she has gone up leaps and bounds in my estimation, and Austin looks the fool that he’s acting.
What on Earth has happened to this guy? There is literally nothing that I’m enjoying of him this season. I hope whatever is going on in his life that has made him so angry, is soon resolved.
Stacy leaves Austin speechless and drops the mic as she walks off. Go girl.
Second task for the day is playing a game of “who’s lying now.” Telling the lies are the housemates voted most untrustworthy by the public. The UK has decided on Speidi, Coleen, and Jasmine. The rest of the housemates have to guess which of three tweets or statements that are read is the lie. Obviously Big Brother goes for the most contentious for entertainment. One round is three quotes that each untrustworthy housemate has said, bar one lie.
Coleen is found out to have said Heidi is Spencer’s puppet and Jasmine’s statement that Stacy only talks to Jasmine for camera time. Final round is Coleen reading out her nominations for Ray J and Angie, Speidi’s nominations for Austin and Bianca, and a false one for Jasmine. The housemates correctly guess two out of three rounds and win the challenge… then go and deal with the fallout the game has provided.
Firstly is Coleen crying in the garden that she is considered one of the most fake. She believes it is the worst thing that could have been said. Stacy then confronts Jasmine about what she had said. Whilst Jasmine tries to say that she didn’t want to talk about it, and that basically she got carried away in the diary room. She doesn’t want to discuss it and tells Stacy to not let it upset her. She seems uncomfortable. She apologizes, and genuinely seems awkward that it has upset Stacy but doesn’t want to admit it.
And we break to Austin losing his head in the diary room. He wants to leave. He screams, hits, takes his top off, and swears in a Yorkshire accent, which takes the meaning away quite a bit from the melodrama. It’s like 90% American and every now and then flat vowels and a northern accent. It’s hard to take seriously, and to be fair, I stopped listening. He had a freak out, then told himself to stick the night out and see how he feels in the morning. Hungover is my guess. He is so frustrating and coming across so badly, which I didn’t think would happen.
Angie is called to the diary room and told that the task has finished, so they can all go back to their cigarettes and alcohol. She’s given a hamper of fruit and veggies for everyone to enjoy. Which is nice, but it’s 1:00 in the morning. I never fancy a stick of celery at that time. Maybe this is why I’m not Cher.
Austin and James are arguing again in the garden. It’s so tired now; it’s literally handbags at dawn.
Everyone goes to bed and most of the housemates are asleep apart from Nicola and Austin. Nicola suggests putting water in James’ bed, which he does. They both laugh loudly and call him stupid when he realizes. James holds his temper well, especially when Austin starts laughing at the fact that James is a dancer, and “my mom told me Billy Elliott was a bad ass.” James and Austin start arguing again, and the camera flashes to Spencer and Heidi laughing at the commotion. Austin even turns on Coleen, and whilst I’m no fan of James J, he didn’t deserve the argument. Nicola should be ashamed of herself for starting it.
I think we are actually witnessing Austin having a Britney moment, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he were to leave or have some sort of breakdown. Unless last season was a complete act, the true Austin is shining through right now. It’s almost like a mini Perez. The only positive is that Jedward weren’t even noticeable in this episode, even Speidi minimally so, which no one would have expected at all. We can only see how this will turn out tomorrow.
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The directors of Netflix's 2016 breakout hit Stranger Things and HBO's new show Westworld are among the nominees of the 2017 Directors Guild of America Awards. The list of...Eden Sassoon may have been the only one who actually enjoyed The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills dreaded game night! Though she did mildly insert herself into the drama between Lisa Rinna and Kim Richards, Eden says it was done out of empathy for both women, who she says need to actually listen to each other at some point. Wishful thinking?
In her blog, Eden thanks Kyle Richards for hosting the night and jokes about Dorit Kemsley’s very sudden and very bizarre attraction to her: “I kind of wish we were all naked (#FreeLove), but I guess it didn’t matter. Dorit was already undressing me with her eyes. And remember, I told you guys last week that the only games I like to play are with men!”
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“Game night was so f—ing fun!” gushes Eden. “Was I nervous? Not at all. Did Kim remember me? Yes, and she got the biggest Eden hug! Was everyone drunk? A few. Did I look good? Hot, check! Was I still good at games? #Winner”
But not everyone was initially as warm and inclusive as Eden expected – notably Lisa Vanderpump. Eden reflects, “Watching it back, when I first walked in the queen greeted me with a bit of a cold shoulder (said in a British accent). Happy to say she warmed up to me and quickly popped a squat poolside for a great talk. It was cut short thanks to a few of the women. #DRAMA”
It’s safe to say that anyone walking into this game night cold would have been confused about the level of chatter surrounding a pair of damn panties! Of the incessant drama surrounding Erika Girardi’s perceived faux pas, Eden jokes, “I was sitting there thinking, who are these women and WTF are they talking about. Who does this after all the fun we just had? They’re obviously pros at these types of games. I honestly didn’t know what they were talking about. There was so much back and forth, I just sat there with a blank stare. As the one who always tries to understand the deeper meaning of things, this one was even too much for me to figure out. #MatrixMind”
But things took a turn when Lisa and Kim began dredging up the slimy muck of their eternal issues with one another. Eden admits she felt the need to intervene on behalf of both women because the matter felt very close to home.
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She blogs, “I couldn’t just sit there and listen to Lisa Rinna and Kim go at it. On one hand, I have my friend, who I just gave a healing crystal to, which was supposed to release toxic and emotional old pain and blocked energy (#DidntWork), and another woman who I relate to through sobriety, and they’re about to throw down… I felt like my allegiance was with Rinna, but I felt Kim’s deep sadness, and they weren’t hearing each other. As much as I didn’t want to get involved, I personally couldn’t watch them go at one another without speaking my truth. If I could stop and get them to hear each other, I felt like I could shift the energy.”
Although Eden’s intervention did elicit an apology of sorts from Lisa R, it obviously won’t do much to mend her tumultuous relationship with long-time nemesis, Kim. But Eden is more hopeful about her own friendship with Rinna – maybe because there are crystals involved?!
Eden reflects on her lunch with Lisa R: “I love that Rinna knows I have no judgment and admire her. We go deep, quick. She said, ‘You see me and hear me.’ I mean does it get better than that? It feels good to connect, unfortunately, through the loss of sisters and fathers. Always when we’re together, I reassure her that it’s okay to be her and feel what she’s feeling. #Truth”
“Rinna asked me, ‘What are you afraid of?’ I’m afraid of everyone leaving or pushing everyone away,” confesses Eden, who spoke in some detail about her childhood trauma and current sobriety. Deep connections aside, Eden teases that perhaps Lisa needs a different kind of therapy next time?
“Well, if crystal therapy didn’t work, maybe retail therapy will! I’m going to need my kind of therapy (#Acupuncture #Pilates #Chiropractor #Massage #Bumble) after Rinna and I start to dig ourselves a big hole. #PassTheShovel…Note to self: Bring Rinna BIGGER crystals. #Healing”
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Just because the clothes are gone and some of the fixtures yanked out at her envy boutique, that doesn’t mean Melissa Gorga is packing up and going home. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star vows to reopen and soldier on with her clothing store. Her costar Dolores Catania also weighs in her two cents on the situation between Melissa and Jackie Beard Robinson.
Melissa took to Instagram to let her fans and customers know that the show will go on. She shared, “Awesome couple of days buying at #intermezzo #jacobjavits for your spring/summer 2017 styles! All for @envybymg.” She added, “Can’t wait for you to see!! Coming back stronger than ever & doing it on my own. #bosslady.”
Melissa may be moving on, but her co-stars are now weighing in on the drama over the boutique. Dolores Catania gets a little shady in a new interview, saying maybe Melissa didn’t take Jackie’s suggestions seriously enough.
Dolores shares what she thinks went wrong, “The chemistry was over. The business agreement or what ever it was that they had between them is not working out anymore. They decided to separate and Jackie wanted to liquidate the [boutique]. I don’t know if Melissa was on board with that, but certainly Jackie went to Kim [DePaola] for the help.”
RELATED: JACKIE BEARD ROBINSON EXPLAINS HER SIDE OF BUSINESS ISSUES
Dolores got a little shady with this comment, “I’m sure Jackie had had complaints in the past and stressed them to Melissa. I don’t know if Melissa really took them as serious.”
No word on whether cameras have caught any of this drama going on over in Jersey. Since Kim D. is involved, we’re obviously hoping so.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK MELISSA HAS THE BUSINESS SMARTS AND CASH TO MAKE THIS BOUTIQUE THRIVE? WILL IT BE STRONGER IN THE END TO DO IT ON HER OWN?
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This Real Housewives of Atlanta season does not disappoint – other than the repetitive rivalry between Chateau Sheree and Moore Manor. I cannot believe all the skeletons coming out of the closet now that Phaedra Parks and Kandi Burruss put the final nail in the coffin of their friendship. The most random accusation so far is that Kandi hooked up with Porsha Williams’s BFF Shamea Morton. And one person who is not actually involved, but is somehow in the middle of all these discussions, is Sheree Whitfield. So of course, she has an opinion.
I love how the RHOA editors subtly alluded to these Kandi/Shamea lesbian rumors by randomly showing us a segment of Kandi’s employee talking about a Bedroom Kandi sex toy for lesbian couples. I cannot be the only one who picked up on this? Since when does the show highlight Kandi’s products – aside from when she self promotes? But anyway, thankfully we had Sheree around to stir the pot and let Phaedra and Kandi know what they were saying about each other.
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I was truthfully surprised by the slow fall-out between Phaedra and Kandi. I’m not shocked that they aren’t friends anymore, but I was expecting it to be more messy instead of so “unspoken.” Well, I got my wish with the last RHOA episode and thanks to Sheree, all of the tea was spilled.
In an interview with Bravo, Shereee was asked about the demise of Kandi and Phaedra’s relationship. She admitted, “I have to say that I was a bit surprised at some of the things that were said! I’ve known both Kandi and Phaedra for years, so it is just a sad situation to see a genuine friendship end like this.”
Sheree added, “I think the demise of the friendship has definitely caused feelings to intensify, so both ladies are definitely reacting to what they are feeling as they process this ‘break-up.'” As sad as it is to see BFFs breakup, it is making for some wild TV.
RELATED: Porsha Williams Denies Implying Kandi Burruss Is A Lesbian
Speaking of which, I would love to know what Sheree was thinking when Phaedra accused Kandi and Shamea of getting together. Sheree admitted, “Now that was very surprising, and it was definitely even more surprising to hear Porsha allude to it after our lunch with Kandi.”
That last part is really what killed me too! Shamea had the designation of being “Porsha’s best friend” and served as her sidekick for all of her random adventures like that weird fertility egg yoga class. That was some super shady shit, Porsha. Some best friend, you are not standing up for your girl like that. Clearly Porsha‘s loyalties lie with Phaedra.
Sheree defended her shit stirring with this diplomatic statement: “Overall, because I am cool with all parties involved, all I can do is try to help and bring this conflict to the forefront and hope that, as women, we can have a healthy discussion and resolve our issues in a mature way.”
RELATED: Kandi Burruss Denies Accusation Of Having A Lesbian Affair
I find it hard to believe that Sheree was solely acting with the intent to mediate conflict, but it made great TV so I was all for it.
Sheree further explained, “If someone was saying something about me, I would want for my friend to be honest and direct with me and sit me down with the individual who said it. This way everything is out in the open and there is not he-said, she-said involved. However with this group of girls, things always seem to go left. You would think I would know this by now!”
Well, yeah. These are not the most rational people when it comes to conflict resolution. If they were, then they would never be cast for this show.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK KANDI & SHAMEA HOOKED UP? WAS SHEREE MEDIATING CONFLICT OR STIRRING THE POT? WAS PORSHA A BAD FRIEND WHEN SHE DIDN’T STICK UP FOR SHAMEA?
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Kenya Moore has had a rough season so far on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Dealing with her now-ex, Matt Jordan, and his anger issues came to a head on this week’s episode (pun not intended..but it works). Kenya opens up about Matt’s threatening text messages and the driver assault in her new blog.
On Matt‘s ominous text messages, Kenya shares, “The texts were troubling, and although we were not together, we were still cordial, which is why I initially didn’t mind that Peter invited him.”
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Kenya says that the tussle with her driver happened so fast, she didn’t realize what happened. “I was shocked, because it happened so fast. I have never seen him strike anyone. I knew he was angry because he drove hours to get there when his ticket was cancelled. After reading his texts, I didn’t know his state of mind, so I didn’t want any altercation. When Matt approached the car, I didn’t think it would end well. He looked inside the car and then the driver rolled the window up on him while his head was still inside. It happened so fast. I was relieved that he walked away and it didn’t escalate.”
She says it’s been difficult to watch these things play out on screen. “It’s hard to watch these scenes and was even harder for me to live through them as this was a man I was in love with. Even though I have not spoken to Matt in a while, he came to my house when he heard I was possibly hurt by trespassers last week. I wasn’t home, but his mother reached out to me for him to make sure I was not hurt.”
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Kenya isn’t here to make excuses for Matt, but insists he’s a really not a terrible guy. “Even though I would never make any excuses for violent or verbally abusive behavior, this show of genuine care has made me see he is not a monster. But be clear, no woman should accept any person who makes them feel threatened or nervous in any way. I feel justified in my decision to leave the relationship. With that said, I know that he has been getting help. I pray that he continues his path of healing.” Oh Kenya, please DO NOT even consider taking this guy back after he’s “fixed.”
Kenya says she didn’t feel weird about agreeing to host Peter Thomas‘ club opening despite his split with Cynthia Bailey, “I host openings and parties all the time, and although Peter and Cynthia are divorcing, I still consider Peter a friend. It’s apparent their divorce is amicable, but I still wanted to check with Cynthia first to make sure that it was OK with her.”
TELL US – WILL KENYA WIND UP TAKING MATT BACK DOWN THE ROAD, CLAIMING HE’S BETTER? SHOULD SHE?
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Last night’s Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills was all about mind games and the women who play them. I am becoming curiouser and curiouser about this Dorit Kemsley though, which coincidentally coincides with me getting less and less enamored with Eileen Davidson.
Things continue at Camille Grammer‘s Luncheon From Hell, which really wasn’t all that hellish after all. It kind of fizzled and popped, then went flat like day-old Perrier. What Dorit wanted to finish telling Eileen is that she feels constantly on the defense with these women. I feel like it’s true that Dorit is under laser-focus, but I also feel like Dorit is trying too hard, then imagines people are constantly scrutinizing her. Her affiliation with the sleaziness that is PK doesn’t help.
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What I really don’t get is why Erika Girardi‘s underwear seems to be the most important thing happening in Beverly Hills? Now poor innocent Erika was “blindsided” by Dorit’s panty pop-up? Pantygram? Kyle Richards and Dorit are talking about it; Eileen and the rest of the world are talking about it. Lisa Rinna is gonna do a whole segment on QVC about panty politics. Lisa Vanderpump is gonna host a march to Stop Panty Abuse Forever. Camille is gonna have Allison DuBois predict panties’ futures. STOP SAYING THE WORDS PANTIES YOU PERVS – you’re all turning into PK.
To all of this, Camille rolls her eyes. She silently mouths “pernicious” to DD, who is waiting mutely and secretly in the wings. Camille has her optical illusion shirt on and that’s just what this nonsense is. Of course the women are all talking about Dorit, because duh – that’s the whole point of this show. In actual important matters, I now know where Camille’s Dinner Party From Hell cocktail glasses went – she re-gifted them to Kyle.
Well, after the luncheon, the ladies took a temporary break from each other until they reconvened at Kyle’s for game night. Speaking of people who don’t learn their lesson… Kim Richards is back on the scene with what appears to be a curiously obtained dress… Oh yes, the store “forgot” to remove the security tag [side-eye infinity].
Since Kim is a soon-to-be-a-grandmother, we must all pretend none of her bad behaviors ever occurred and treat her with kid gloves, eternal kindness, and our brains locked on delusion. Really? Cause no. I still see you KimKillah Rambles Richards. I see you with the security tab poking out of your hemline. I see you under 12 layers of blush. And thanks to stupid Eileen, I now see you without panties. THE HORROR – MAKE IT STOP!
Before game night, Lipsa meets her new counselor Eden Sassoon for an iced tea at, of all places, a Mexican restaurant. While they stare at the untouched tortilla chips on the table, Eden confesses about substance abuse to distract herself from carbs. Eden is like Rambles in that she talks tangentially, but she is unlike Rambles in that she talks some sense and has also come out the other side of addiction with actual accountability.
While Eden and Lipsa lick tiny crumbs of salt from the chips, they reveal their fears that hereditary addiction will affect their children, and Eden opens up about her insane-sounding childhood. Eden came into this world in a terrible situation – apparently she was premature because her mom had an early c-section so she could party in the Hamptons, then she left her preemie daughter the day she gave birth? Errrmmm… well, uhhh.. suddenly Kyle and Kim’s mom seems marginally less horrible. Big Kathy may have seemed even less terrible by comparison if I hadn’t also found out she used to go around BH with her hair in curlers.
After, Erika checks out the set of her upcoming video Expen$$$ive. I just have no words except, wow, it’s back to Kyle’s we go.
Kyle predicts this game night will be better because Brandi won’t be there. She probably has a point! Just in case, before anyone arrives, Kyle orders the bartender to keep the drinks flowing. This way everyone is three-sheets into the rosé before they hit the patio, which is fortification they’ll all need to partake in a little game known as Sexual Harassment Charades.
The ladies were ‘randomly’ split into teams, which consisted bitter enemies being forced to work together and touch each other to demonstrate activities for their teammates to guess. An example – LVP had to manipulate Lipsa’s body to make it look like she was a model. LVP took every opportunity to play PK by making Lipsa grab her own boobs and crotch – cause Class! Maturity! Manipulation!
Everyone was a good sport and seemed to have fun, except Dorit, who I think had an orgasm over Eden. After the games ended, she questions Kyle about Eden’s sexuality, then saunters out by the pool to awkwardly proposition Eden about how hot and sexy she is.
What’s more awkward is that 10 feet away Eileen is whispering to Kyle about Erika’s panties and the hidden meaning behind them. Eileen thinks it’s an amazing coincidence that both she and Kyle used the word “blindsided” to describe Erika’s reaction, and that means that what Dorit did was WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!
Eileen decides to interrupt Dorit‘s SWF-ing of Eden to personally interrogate her about pantygate. If you screamed “OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, EILEEN, LEARN TO LET THINGS GO” at the TV, you are not alone. I screamed it. Honestly!
Dorit demands a glass of ros̩ before questioning and sits down annoyed from the jump. Also annoyed is Camille, who complains that things were going well and everyone was getting along Рeven Lipsa and Kim Рyet now someone has to go poop in the proverbial pool by starting some sort of inquest about a few scraps of nothingness and their greater relationship to the hoohah of a woman who rolls around on TV in thongs.
I would almost rather hear about KimKillah Rambles Richards non-sobriety than The Secret Life of Panties According To Eileen Davidson.
But Eileen must press-on in her quest for exhaustive detail. Now it’s about whether or not Dorit considered how her actions made Erika feel. Erika sits there stone-faced as Eileen caresses her arm and defends her against panty persecution. As much as it pains me to admit this, Dorit made some good points. Wrong as it was that Dorit told ALL of these women before confronting Erika – these s0-called friends of Erika – not a single one of them discouraged Dorit against the gift, or mentioned concerns about how Erika may feel. Instead, they encouraged her, they laughed with her, they purchased the mother-f–king panties with her! Yet Kyle is NOT involved. She is so not in the middle.
Now these same women are the ones who keep bringing it up! When Dorit tries to make these points, Eileen tells her “stop talking – you talk too much”. Um, a bit rich…
Even Dorit shrieks that if Erika wanted to talk about it, she could call Dorit. Like do as Dorit says, not as she does, right?! Indeed Erika is more annoyed that everyone knew before her that the flash occurred, and she wished Dorit had just said something privately instead of making her the “butt of a joke” (pun intended?).
Luckily, Eileen’s interrogation is interrupted by Kim declaring that not wearing panties is no big deal – take it from her, a woman whose connection to sanity is so loosely tethered she tried to legally adopt a dog as her son, because she doesn’t wear them either.
Of course, Kim really only interrupted to make things all about her issues with Lipsa, which involves Kim denying that she ever made any comments or inferences about Harry. Um, no Kim. You cannot re-write that history! “Let’s talk about your arrests!” retorts a gobsmacked Lipsa.
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And suddenly everyone is defending poor, maligned, innocent Kim – protecting her from her own past by enabling her even more and allowing her to skirt by (on a stolen skirt, no less) taking zero ownership of her own past behaviors while simultaneously demanding that Lipsa (and Dorit too) own theirs.
LVP jumps in implore Lipsa not to go there with Kim. Then Eden, also sober, interjects with a bit of sanity about what Kim should do instead. According to Eden, Kim is using her hurt as a sword, when she should be using it as vessel – something Eden probably learned in a yurt in Sedona during a sweat-in to release her demons into the wild dessert before the stars turned into goddesses with the secret key to eternal optimism.
Eden’s words are another convenient excuse for Kim to avoid her own bad behavior. Now, Kim claims Lipsa never sincerely apologized for speaking the truth – that Kim is a hot mess of drunken disaster and was a complete and utter terrorizing bitch to all the women. But let’s not speak of that, let’s instead force Lipsa to apologize while Kim gets off with another year of probation!
After feeling bad that she “went low” by calling out Kim’s arrests, Lipsa was standing up poised to leave the party, but standing there, physically appearing to be the bigger person she actually becomes this by apologizing to Kim for “hurting her feelings” and “being mean.” It was another BS apology of the sort she previously offered LVP, but hey – she’s hustling apologizes alongside duster coats now!
In reality I think Lipsa was truly more or less giving herself permission to accept that she had done some things to make her feel bad about herself, which she did, but she was able to reasonably apologize to Kim instead. Kim, who didn’t so much accept the apology (or apologize in return), but feel vindicated that she’d gotten something she long (erroneously) decided she deserved.
Yeah, I’m over Kim. I’m over Eileen too. And I’m pissed that Eileen is now making me feel bad for Dorit who has all the charm of an unnecessary crust of sequins sewn as an afterthought onto the hem of what would otherwise be a fabulous dress because the designer worried it would look too ordinary.
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When will The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills learn: Game nights (and dinner parties for that matter) never end well. In the Tuesday, Jan. 10 episode of the Bravo reality series, the latest game...
This Is Us fans were crying tears of joy (and a little sadness) during "The Right Thing to Do" when the NBC drama revealed the fate of Toby (Chris Sullivan). The Christmas episode ended...It’s time for the Ladies Of London to head to Scotland this week, as Caroline Stanbury hosts a trip – with NO house rules and (gasp!) a RENTED castle – for her friends and enemies before moving to Dubai. Julie Montagu, of course, feels preyed upon by Caroline’s digs about rules and such, but finds that her former ally, Sophie Stanbury, is not interested in gossiping with her anymore about Caroline. What’s a future Lady Of The Manor to do?! Cry in her kitchen. That’s what.
Testing her loyalty right off the bat, Julie has Sophie over for wine – and whining. She’s pissed about Caroline telling her she’s going to show her “how to have a good time” in Scotland, versus the crap time she had at Mapperton. Julie snarked back that she’ll try to not walk out of Caroline’s dinner. Touche! But then she sobs about Caroline picking on her again, and Sophie draws the line. She’s extracting herself from this mess, pronto, advising Julie to fix her sh*t with Caroline all by herself.
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Seems like Sophie is learning how to survive in this circle – finally. Let’s see how long that lasts, shall we?
As the rest of the ladies pack up for their trip, Caroline Fleming takes a moment to meditate next to a lit candle, breathing herself into some sort of trance. Because she’s gonna need her happy place to get through this trip! Adela King and Sophie share a car, also sharing their wish for a drama-free weekend. Meanwhile, Marissa Hermer and Julie are in their own car, discussing Julie’s “really low expectations” that she plans to exceed. Hmm. Marissa also whines about leaving hubby Matt behind, which is rich coming from the woman who leaves behind newborns without a backward glance. (Harsh! Sorry, but it is what it is.) Juliet Angus and Caroline F spend their car trip pushing their breasts together on video. Okay – their car wins!
Ah, but the groups will actually meld together in vans of doom for the longer trip. Julie climbs aboard Caroline S’s van, in an effort to do the “bigger person” shtick, while Marissa tortures the driver – and all riders – in the other van with her questions about Scottish drinks. Julie, Caroline F, Juliet, and Caroline S travel in their van without much incident – that is, until Caroline comments on Marissa and Matt’s plans to sell all of their businesses and move to LA. A move that seems like running away – something Caroline thinks Marissa has been accusing her of for months. The plot thickens!
When the ladies arrive at the gorgeous Dundas Castle, all are impressed. Well, all but Lady Julie, who grossly comments, “Caroline did a great job finding this castle. But she did have to rent it.” Because, remember, she’s the bigger person, right? But who really cares about who rented what or who wears what dusty crown? Because, yet again, Ladies Of London is serving up CASTLES!!! I’m sorry, but it simply cannot be overstated: This show has THE best landscapes, estates, luxe billings, and straight up eye candy on Bravo. Plus, there are bagpipes. Rent away, ladies! RENT AWAY! #MoreCastlePornPlease
For Caroline F, she’s right at home in a castle, having grown up in one. But this is Caroline S’s temporary castle now, so she’s making the rules – which means there are no rules. Want to sleep through breakfast? Go for it! Plan to ditch the planned outings? No problem! Need a smoke on the front lawn? Be her damn guest! Caroline F notes the jab at both Julie and her for their attempt to enforce house rules at each of their estates.
But apparently, there are also no rules about throwing the host under the bus, which Julie is currently doing upstairs as she tells Marissa that Caroline has an issue with her about the Dubai rumors. Though Luke tells Julie to quit while she’s ahead, any dolt can see that Julie never lets go of a problem until it has her claw marks all over it.
After a castle tour – squeeeeee!! decadence! tapestries! brocade! – Marissa complains that Caroline is “literally the worst host ever!” for giving her a perfectly acceptable room, but not the best room. #BasicDigsForBasicB*tches She then confronts Caroline in her sub-par room, asking what her issue is? Caroline expresses disappointment in Marissa for spreading dirt about running from “financial ruin,” which Marissa denies spreading. Caroline says it’s fine, she’s not upset, but was disappointed. Marissa basically insinuates that Caroline’s life is such a minuscule pimple on the butt of her world, that she doesn’t even have time to think about it.
But now Caroline S is fired up that Julie spread rumors about her being upset with Marissa, so she goes to confront her next. Marissa follows, still simpering that she’s done nothing wrong! Julie sidesteps that she just told Marissa to go talk to Caroline. But now Caroline’s hot button has been pushed, which is the breakdown of perceived “loyalties” among friends. (Really? In Sophie’s case, yes. But Marissa and Julie? They are loyal only to each other. And possibly, Nordstrom Rack online.) In any case, Caroline just reiterates that she’s moving to Dubai as a new chapter in her family’s life, period. And she doesn’t want to have a month of animosity among her friends during her time left in London. Marissa, of course, doesn’t care. She’s all, “Just move already! MOVE!”
Before their casual dinner, for which Caroline F is decked out in metallic body armor (looking FAB!), Marissa confesses to Julie that she’s homesick. Whah! She misses her family! She’s pumping and lonely! She is also, in my humble opinion, full of sh*t. But Julie coos that she totally understands Marissa’s very special feelings. Their chat turns to trashing Sophie – which Julie feels free to do now that Sophie won’t badmouth Caroline S with her anymore. She’s lost her co-conspirator, and Marissa doesn’t care to talk to Julie about all of this played-out drivel either. So, Julie will just have to ponder her pain whilst standing on her head somewhere.
At dinner, Caroline S offers a toast, hoping they can all reconnect and bond during this trip, enjoying the next three days without incident. Adela knows their friendship will stand the test of time, no matter what. Sophie also admits she’ll miss Caroline deeply, which Julie interprets as ass-kissing – totally missing the point that these two women are in each other’s lives for the long haul as sisters-in-law (divorce or not), and share a bond that Sophie and Julie never will.
Adela tries to lighten the mood by talking about her sexual dry spell, which try-hard Marissa attempts to one up, dishing about the bruises all over her body from last weekend. Purportedly from hot postpartum sexxx with Matt? <dry heave> But things get deeper when Adela opens up about her drinking history, which turned into addiction, and now into an attempt at long-term sobriety. Adela admits she was always looking for a way to “numb out,” which alcohol provided for a time – until the alcohol became her main problem in the end.
Adela says she hit rock bottom when she tried to commit suicide, in an attempt to make the pain go away. Her story makes Juliet uncomfortable, who stupidly asks, “Is that not selfish?” Caroline F, dumbstruck by Juliet’s lack of empathy and understanding (about addiction – or anything else, frankly), defends Adela as likely being in a major amount of pain to attempt such a drastic, misguided end. Juliet, sitting at the table like a mouth-breathing moron after an offended Adela walks out, defends her point of view. But no one at the table can believe her inane, aggressive comments. Even ride-or-die Caroline S looks like she wants to be wearing the “I’m With Stupid” shirt right now.
“Is it bad to stab myself at my own dinner party?” muses Caroline S. But, somehow, everyone makes it out alive in the end. But barely, as the ladies continue their mutiny in their vans (albeit, good naturedly) as they argue over heat levels and faux furs.
The next morning, Marissa checks in on her family via #CreepyNanny, who comforts a crying Marissa, assuring her that the kiddos are fine and Matt will be joining her soon. Um. Why is #CreepyNanny comforting Marissa – not Matt?
At breakfast, Caroline F is told the kitchen would be happy to whip up some kedgeree (boiled fish and rice) if she’s unwilling to eat the sausages everyone else has ordered. She’s like…um, can I just hop in the kitchen and whip up some eggs? But there are no eggs, Baroness! No chickens either! So, she’ll have to eat a healthy helping of air with her coffee and non-skim milk this fine morning.
Pretty much done with Marissa and her giant back of bullsh*t, Caroline S snarks in front of the entire breakfast table – at which Marissa is now seated – that everyone basically wants to defect from the country whenever Marissa approaches them for a little “chat.” Caroline F interviews that she nearly jumped out of a window to avoid a Marissa chat that very morning, but doesn’t pile on at the table. Astounded that Caroline S is now full-frontal gossiping about her (not saving it for behind her back like the noble Marissa does), Marissa defends herself as an up-front kind of gal. HA! Is that why Marissa invited Juliet to her home last week, only to trash her behind her back the ENTIRE time?
Juliet, misguided as she is in ever so many ways, does have Marissa’s number. She calls her out as wanting to appear perfect and sweet, but is in actuality an entirely different person behind the scenes. “My life is not perfect!” whines Marissa, whose ally, Julie, is now perked up, ready to defend all rumpled feelings in the room! (Well, all rumpled feelings that belong to Marissa or Julie.)
After Marissa wanders out of breakfast, crying, Sophie tries to smooth the waters by professing her love for everyone in the room – except Juliet. Har! Now Juliet’s feelings are hurt. As she warms up to attack Sophie, we cut to next week’s previews. Thus, their inevitable dogfight is to be continued.
TELL US: IS MARISSA SPREADING RUMORS ABOUT CAROLINE S? SHOULD JULIE BE MAD AT SOPHIE FOR NOT WANTING TO GOSSIP ABOUT CAROLINE ANYMORE? WERE JULIET’S REMARKS TO ADELA INSENSITIVE OR JUSTIFIED?
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