A new season of The Voice has just graced us with its presence, and thus we're about to grace it with our judgments--not of the contestants, since we're certainly not music experts, but of...
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A sad loss in Hollywood over the weekend – Dlisted
The worst hair of the night – Celebitchy
Rewatch the most cringe-worthy moments of Oscar night – The Blemish
All the best looks from Oscar night – TheFashionSpot
Ryan Murphy had a little too much to drink on WWHL – Dlisted
8 PM EST –
The Bachelor (ABC)
The Voice (NBC) – premiere
Kids Baking Championship (Food Network)
Love & Hip Hop (VH1) – reunion
9 PM EST –
Vanderpump Rules (Bravo)
Cake Wars (Food Network)
Teen Mom 2 (MTV)
Counting On (TLC)
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Summer House (Bravo)
Martha & Snoop’s Dinner Party (VH1)
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WWHL (Bravo) – Josh Henderson and Stassi Schroeder
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"We are all in that we in When We Rise." While the ABC mini-series debuting tonight will chronicle the real-life personal and political struggles among a diverse family of LGBT...
As dedicated Bravoholics, we've learned a thing or two over the years. One: NeNe Leakes is very rich, bitch. Two: If you're trapped on Scary Island with nothing but satchels of gold, you...
The final four is upon us! TV's Top Couple is down to the wire, and we're just two rounds away from declaring a winner. In this round, we have some old favorites and a couple of...To say that this has been a rough year for Katie Maloney on Vanderpump Rules would be a major understatement. Not only is she at the center of most of the drama this season, but she is also really feeling the heat from the Pump Rules fandom on social media. Now Katie is defending herself against the haters and justifying her actions by giving the viewers some insight on her conflicts with Scheana Marie Shay, Ariana Madix, and LaLa Kent.
Hopefully Katie has some reasonable explanations for her behavior this season, but I guess that’s up for you to decide. I was all for Katie “finding her voice” and moving away from being portrayed as Stassi Schroeder’s sidekick, but now it’s hard to know how I feel- not that I actually know these people or have any role in this friend group. Needless to say, Katie’s latest interview is interesting.
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Katie appeared on the Pump Rules Podcast to open up about all that has gone down this season. One story line that has been a real throwback to Season 1 is the Stassi, Katie, and Kristen Doute clique vs. Scheana. And Katie finds it very offensive. Katie explained, “I’ve been a little caught off guard. I was aware that Scheana was saying certain things about me and wasn’t particularly happy with me- not even understanding why when it was happening, but watching now this season and seeing really all the stuff she was saying and not really seeing where that was coming from.” I feel like Scheana was just getting some sort of friendship PTSD from the old days in all honesty. Now that the big three are close again, Scheana feels less welcome.
Katie insists that this is all in Scheana’s head and that she was very much included. Katie explained, “There was a solid eight months where you know me Scheana, Stassi, Kristen, Rachael, and whoever else would all hang out like this big group of girlfriends. Sometimes it would be all of us, sometimes it would be a few of us in whatever combinations you could make from that group and it was great. There was never a problem. Then all of sudden Scheana is kind of sort of putting a wedge between us and we didn’t know why.” If that’s actually the case, then I feel like that’s a part of life, within every big friend group, there are some people who are bound to be closer and sometimes not everyone is available to hang at the same time. Sure FOMO can be tough sometimes, but was Scheana actually excluded? That’s the tough part to figure out. To paraphrase something Ariana Madix said in a previous interview on the same podcast, it seems like Stassi and Kristen might be overcompensating for the years when they were on the outs with Katie by supporting her no matter what she does… or texts.
Katie continued to emphasize that they did not exclude Scheana when she explained, “And she was like ‘It’s just the three of you’ and we were like ‘since when?’ What? Four years ago? We haven’t gone through everything to go back to that. We are not reliving that again. We are not repeating history.” Or are you? Aside from Scheana being super tacky when she revealed the bridesmaid expenses (which she apologized for), it really does seem like Scheana is just insecure with her spot in the group and didn’t really do anything bad.
Katie added, “We have pulled her aside and had so many conversations with her just to let her know how much we love her, how much we regret wasting time, and how happy we were to come together and be this great group of girlfriends. I feel like that was a choice that Scheana made. I don’t know if it was an insecurity thing. I’ve been trying to figure out exactly what it is because nothing I’ve done or said- or any of the other girls- has warranted that kind of response from Scheana. So for her to just kind of victimize herself consistently and put it on me like I hate her.” I feel like this would be a logical time to bring up Katie’s Klique getting mad at Scheana for talking to LaLa at work about work-related topics, but LaLa is a whole other portion in this interview. Is Scheana really a victim of this clique or is she playing this up for a story line?
Switching topics, slightly, Katie doesn’t understand why everyone thinks she’s bridezilla who makes everything about her wedding- even though pretty much this entire season has been a series of events leading up to her wedding. Katie did not understand Scheana’s melt down during the spa day at Pandora Vanderpump’s house.
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Katie lamented, “In the last episode at Pandora’s when she got so upset with me and ran to the bathroom crying and saying that she hates me, I’m just like at what point did I say that I hated you? And it’s like ‘all about me’? ‘Everything’s about me and I can say and do what I want there’s and there’s no consequences.’ And I’m like what was I saying or doing that I didn’t think that there were consequences for?” Rage texting, anyone?
Katie continued to ask, “That I was being honest with you? That’s the one thing that I’ll say, people can call me a tyrant and they can call me a bridezilla or whatever, but basically what I was trying to do this whole summer was be in a real place with people where there were no question marks about what I thought or felt about someone- that basically however I was feeling, what I was thinking I was just gonna let you know because I feel like I’m doing a disservice to someone, I’m being deceitful to my best friend by not telling them how they’re affecting me.”
Katie tried to explain her tendency to bring up her wedding: “Of course when I say ‘It’s my wedding season. Of course I don’t want this kind of stuff’ it’s the only part that they show so it looks like I’m making it all about that. But if I’m a bridezilla and a tyrant for wanting my friends to get along and the dynamic to be just solid between everyone- to make the wedding even more enjoyable, then call me a bridezilla because I don’t know who in their right mind wouldn’t want to strive for peace and calm within their group of friends- especially under the kind of stress I was in. It just was more comforting to know that people were actually trying to give each other a chance- but I’m a tyrant for that.” That actually does make sense in all honesty. I know everyone is hating on Katie this season, but if she just wanted everyone to get along, I can see why she might use her wedding as bargaining chip to persuade people to stop fighting- it just really came off like she was trying to bring the attention back on to herself in all honesty. But once again, I do understand that we don’t get to see everything that goes down and blah blah blah blah.
And eventually Katie eventually addressed her issues with LaLa, which she also used to address her issues with Ariana. Katie complained, “When it came to the LaLa stuff, the whole like sit-down and trying to make peace between us, I’m just wondering at what point Ariana thought that was productive or a good idea or in the least bit respectful to me.” Did she not watch the show? Katie’s own mentor Lisa Vanderpump is the one who asked Ariana to sit down Katie, Scheana, and LaLa to try and hash things out. If Katie claims that she wanted everyone to get along for the sake of her wedding (which is one day) and its events, then wouldn’t she be understanding of Lisa wanting her employees to peacefully coexist at her restaurant?
Katie hypothesized that Ariana and LaLa only got close when she rekindled her friendship with Kristen which is a claim that might hold some validity since Ariana and LaLa have had it out with Kristen in the past. But then again, they are all on this show together so of course they have to be in scenes together! How does nobody realize this? Katie claimed, “Her and LaLa sort of struck up a friendship out of thin air for all I know, so for her to kind of be orchestrating that really, really got to me because I had a very close friendship with Kristen for many years and I spent two years not being friends and that’s during a time when Ariana and I got close and then when Kristen and I sort of began to reconcile, that’s when Ariana and I sort of stopped being as close.” Again, I feel like it was more about making peace for the sake of being on the same show together, but who knows if they just formed friendship “I Hate Kristen” meetings, but Kristen is so harmless these days. She is the most fun person on the show and she isn’t f***ing anyone else’s boyfriend, so I don’t see why she would be blamed for anything.
Katie then tried to relate Ariana’s Lisa Vanderpump-instigated attempt to get Scheana and Katie to get along with LaLa AT THEIR PLACE OF WORK to the fact that she never tried to push Ariana and Kristen to “reconcile”- as if they were ever friends. Katie said, “I never once for the benefit of myself or the show or anything ever tried to orchestrate some sort of reconciliation between Kristen and Ariana because I knew that was never going to happen because I knew how Ariana felt and even as willing as Kristen was, I knew that I would disrespect my friend Ariana by trying to ignorant to the fact that this is something she would never be interested in. So I always just kept it separate and Kristen knew and respected that. She would never be upset about me being friends with Ariana. She understood all that.” Yeah, because Kristen has morphed into being the best female cast member on this show- at least in my opinion. But contrary to what goes down with many people in this clique, not everyone knows how to be friends with someone their boyfriend dated or had sex with. Not to mention all of that Miami girl drama- but I’m not trying to bring up the past with Kristen. She’s reformed now.
So why does Katie have an issue with LaLa? By now we all know that the problem lies in whatever LaLa was saying in between seasons about Katie- things that did not make the show. And that’s totally valid. Nobody wants someone to be talking shit, but as far as the show goes, not all of the viewers listen to/watch/read all of the cast interviews. It’s tough to get the complete picture here. And instead Katie and clique’s hatred of LaLa transformed her from a side character with zero relevance in the cast to a main topic of conversation- oh the irony. If they just didn’t mention her at all, she would have been kicked off of this show way before she quit.
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Usually Shannon Beador goes on family vacations to Hawaii. Over and over and over again. But this time, her devoted beloved, non-affair-having husband David Beador decided to shake things up by surprising them all with a mid-winter break to Mexico.
The Real Housewives of Orange County star (who confirmed her return for season 12) thought they were headed to a ski resort when SURPRISE: Mexico! In Puerto Vallarta, no less. Shannon and David have been there before…
You know because it’s Vicki Gunvalson‘s favorite place ever! Doesn’t she own that town?! And Andales… in it?! Perhaps Vicki was even there at the same time whooping it up in the next cabana! (I kid).
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I’m sure we’ll be seeing this play out on RHOC – currently filming – and despite the proximity to Whoop It Up territory, it’s better than some of David’s past surprises…
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You can check out photos from the Beador family vay-cay below. I’m sure much holistic-healing took place – but hopefully no naked guacamole eating!
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“I hear the train a comin’, it’s rollin’ round the bend…” and it is called the HOT MESS EXPRESS! That’s right folks, your favorite trust funders and Peter Pans are returning for a new season of Southern Charm, and legal eagle Craig Conover is dishing all about his co-stars and their journey to Bravo-lebrity status.
One of the most endearing things about Craig (in my opinion) is that he is very loyal…and he can’t keep his mouth shut. Whether he’s defending Kathryn Dennis’ honor, competing with Shep Rose, or lunching with Cameran Eubanks, chances are he’s going to say something that could potentially get him in hot water with his friends. I’ll be interested to see if any of them have opinions on Craig’s recent comments. Oh, and side note, our little Craig is growing up so quickly. He’s finally (FINALLY!) taken the bar exam!
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In a recent podcast with Reality Life with Kate Casey, Craig opens up like only Craig can. Remembering the initial buzz about Whitney Sudler-Smith’s “documentary,” Craig asserts, “A lot of people assume that we tried out or we sought this out, but actually that couldn’t be further from the truth. I think when people realize that, they start to relax a little bit. What happened was…my life was going very well. I was in my third year of law school, everything was fine, I had a great job. Then, I met Whitney, we all started hanging out and he told me about this project he was doing. I was very supportive of him, but I had no idea eventually he’d try to get me to do it.”
Craig recalls, “I knew what he was doing, and then one day, he kind of cornered me and said, ‘Hey, you know, the network and I’d like to get you on camera and see what will happen.’ You know, I didn’t think it was real so I did it. They were kind of pursuing me, but I said no for like the first five months. I think Cameran was the first to sign up after six or five months. I’d wake up some mornings and think, ‘You never say no to anything’ and then the next morning, I’d be like, ‘What are you thinking? Everything is going fine.’ I talked to my dean. She’s like a seventy-five year old woman. She said, ‘You know, Craig, we’re in a different time. Unless you’re doing heroin or crack on television, you’ll be fine.’ I said, screw it, and then six months later, cameras showed up. We’re really doing this.” Um, I know the dean, and I can’t quite hear those words coming out of her mouth…
He describes filming as taking about four months, and this season we’re treated some new additions to the cast, including Shep’s buddy Austin Kroll, who Craig didn’t know prior to filming with him. Of the typical newbie wariness, Craig dishes, “He’s pretty great though….it’s kind of like a sports team or any other club. If you’ve done it for a while and put in the sweat…you know. You’ve been through the hard times. You know we all got into this together. I remember at the very beginning, Cameran, Shep and I went to lunch together at Rue de Jean in Charleston, and we were like, ‘Are we really going to do this?’ But we decided that day that we were, so we’ve been in it since the beginning. So when Austin came in, you know, I’d be lying if I didn’t think at first, who the hell is this kid? He’s not, I don’t know. You know what I’m saying. You just kind of get possessory. But fortunately, he’s cool as hell, and he didn’t care what was going on. Shep basically invited him to this pool party and he just ran with it. There wasn’t a process. He didn’t have to make the cut.”
Continuing, Craig shares, “This year, there are also some new girls. Austin is a very kind, honest person, also. He kind of starts to like this girl and is seeing her, and Shep is kind of, well, you know, he’s Shep, and sometimes Shep–and I love him to death–but sometimes Shep is the little kid in the sandbox. He couldn’t care less about a toy truck at the other end of the sandbox. He’s not playing with it, but if someone else wants to go play with that toy truck, then Shep decides he wants to play with the toy truck. Not to compare girls to toy trucks, but you know what I’m saying. He wants what someone else has. I really think that this year…the first season was great because it was the first one, but I really think this will be one of our best seasons. It’s entirely brand new. You have all these new elements. You have Thomas [Ravenel] being a father. You know Thomas has the kids this year, so all of a sudden, you’re watching Thomas differently.”
Addressing the rumors that Kathryn wouldn’t be appearing on the upcoming season mixed with the news that she will, in fact, return, Craig explains that she isn’t present during the early part of the season. He says, “Kathryn had her own stuff that she was dealing with, and it’s really intense stuff. You know, there are kids involved, add in everything she was going through with Thomas. I think she was handling her own stuff when we started to film.”
When asked if he or his cast mates were shocked to learn of Kathryn’s demons, Craig side steps a bit because OF COURSE THEY KNEW! He replies, “You know, that’s a tough thing to answer. You know, it’s more just sadness and disappointment that it had to get to that point. I was a guardian, at my law school you had to do thirty hours of pro bono work before graduating, so I became a guardian. Any time the state gets involved with the children for abuse or neglect or anything like that, the child is assigned a guardian, and you’re basically the child’s attorney…so I had been through this process a lot, and I know once the state gets involved in your life, it’s really hard to get them out. I look back when I was a kid, if someone had walked at some point when I was kid, I could have been taken. It’s such a strict microscope way of looking at it. I was just bummed out that they weren’t able to get their shit together on their own before the state had to get involved.” And you know Craig’s poor parents are listening to this podcast going, “Really son? There were times the state should have intervened? Child, please.”
There is no doubt that some of the drama with Kathryn and Thomas was hard to watch, and it was a big leap from the lighthearted escapism the show provided in the first season. Questioned whether the cast felt the show seemed to dark at times, Craig answers, “Yeah, I think you would hear a few of us screaming that a lot. We consider ourselves to be funny people and fun people. We have a lot of humor and happy times and fun stuff and sometimes it doesn’t come across…if Shep or I were to put out our own material, I think it would look a little different. That’s just how things go,” adding, “We’re like family, and you care about everyone. Cameran and I talk the most in the off-season, Shep too. I just saw Kathryn the other day, we went and had lunch to check in and see how she was doing. I saw Thomas at an oyster roast. We all run into each other and we do hang out, but everyone is kind of busy. Shep’s traveling all the time. Cameran’s working. We do hang out and we do see each other. We don’t see each other every day, but we are definitely all friends for the long haul.”
As the seasons progress, it has become easier to forget about the cameras. Craig states, “I think after doing it so long, it’s raw now. I mean it always has been. I think if you’ve had your guard up, you’ve dropped it now because you’ve become immune to the cameras, and you’re just yourself. I only get uncomfortable when I would prefer whatever is going on would not be seen by millions of people…but you just get immune to it. I think you’ll see this year, you’ll be like, ‘Holy shit–excuse me, so sorry God!–I can’t believe this is happening.’ It’s very raw. And yes, there are times you think, ‘Really? I really wish this was in private, but it comes out as well.'”
He also isn’t shocked to see some of his cast mates getting roasted on social media for their behavior on the show, especially Landon Clements. Craig admits, “I’m not surprised because I pretty much know any time something is happening, just how it will be received. I am surprised by, why on earth they choose to do some of the things they do on camera. I love Landon to death. She’s like a sister to me, and she’s really just a nice and kind person usually, but when it comes to Kathryn they have such a strong–hate is the wrong word, but passion–that is their nemesis. If you’ve ever had someone cheat on you, the person they cheat on you with, you feel complete anger and disgust.”
Citing those cheating rumors swirling around T-Rav and Landon, Craig says, “I mean, they still haven’t admitted if they were together, so we don’t know, which is why last year, how I would have handled it, I’d calmly and coolly explain everything. Landon would say, ‘You can’t calmly and coolly explain anything to Kathryn.’ But I remember when Landon and I were driving to that spa last season, I got the call that Kathryn was in the hospital and Landon went on some tangent about not caring. I remember just being like, covering one of the go-pros and looking at her, and being like, ‘Are you freaking crazy? You can’t say stuff like that.’ I knew that no matter what happens, if that airs, you’re going to get crucified. She just didn’t care. I remember just thinking, ‘You’re going to get crushed,’ and she did unfortunately.”
Giving his thoughts on his friends and co-stars, Craig laughs when he discusses all the trouble T-Rav has been in throughout his life, both on and off the cameras. He jokes, “There’s no one else on this planet like Thomas. I view Thomas like my little brother. What a lot of people don’t know is he’s pure kindness. Everything he does, he means well. He never has bad intentions, he’s just a moron sometimes…he’s very difficult to explain. He’s a very nice person, he just does dumb stuff, if that makes any sense.”
As for the show’s narrator, “Cameran has got a really, really fun party side to her that never comes out anymore. She can rap, and she can dance like a professional rap dancer in a music video…I guess it’s too good that I can’t think of too many things because it means most of her comes across. This year she is obsessed with the kids. She’ll spend an entire party holding the baby or playing with Kensie. She loves kids, but I think she’s just really scared about what it will do to her body. She admits that. I think if she could have a surrogate, I think she’d have a bunch of kids. Then it kind of comes out that she’s scared she’ll be a bad mom, but that inner fear coming out sort of allows some of us to help her get through that. It’s kind of a common fear. No one wants to bring a kid into this world and not give them the best life. She starts to really get soft about it this year. You’ll see I start to sew this year, so I make her a onesie that says Arriving Next Year Sometime. She’s not pregnant yet, but she tears up.” Oh Craig. Ohcraigohcraigohcraig. You should have stopped at her fun, party side, although I love that you’ve taken up sewing!
On what he’d like fans to know about himself, Craig reveals, “I’m not a complete piece of shit. I think they miss out on a lot of good that I do, but that’s my own fault also. If you’re doing something kind, you’re not doing it for recognition. You don’t post on Facebook that you paid for the special needs kid in the store in front of you without him knowing because he couldn’t find his credit card. You just do it and move on. This year, I’ve been heavily involved with charity and volunteer work, and now I’m too involved that they couldn’t help but follow it. You’ll see me go to Haiti. Naomie and I run the New York marathon for an orphanage in Haiti. You’ll be like, ‘Holy shit! Craig’s actually maturing and growing up, but it’s good.'”
All aboard the crazy train, people! I bought my ticket ages ago!
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I still have no idea if Bethenny Frankel actually ever dated Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet, but the rumored former flames did hang out when Bethenny made a visit to the Modern Family set. Both of them posted the same photo to mark the occasion.
I don’t know if the visit was social or if Bethenny has been bitten by the acting bug and will be making a cameo appearance on a future episode.
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Bethenny sure likes to keep her fans guessing. Back in 2015 when this romance rumor was a hot topic of conversation, Bethenny appeared on Watch What Happens Live and told Andy Cohen, “Eric’s awesome. As I said today, he’s a great actor,” she said, and added, “And we’re sleeping together tonight. He’s at my apartment right now. So, you know?”
So that’s not a denial, but that’s not a definite confirmation. Either way Bethenny’s joke really amped up the curiosity…until I forgot all about these romance rumors over a year later.
RELATED: Is Bethenny Frankel Dating Modern Family’s Eric Stonestreet?
Both Bethenny and Eric posted the same photo- with different levels of zoom since Bethenny had more of her outfit on display in hers, of course. In his post, Eric wrote, “Cam had a little house call from house wife @bethennyfrankel today. #modernfamily.” The fact that he mentioned his character’s name makes me think that he’s hinting at a Bethenny acting cameo, but maybe I’m just falling for a tricky caption here?
With her post, Bethenny wrote, “It’s national bring your housewife to work day @ericstonestreet” which makes me think she was just visiting Eric on the set. And now those romance rumors are bound to restart. Especially since Bethenny recently made it a point to say that she and Dennis Shields are not in a serious relationship and that she’s keeping her options open.
Bethenny sure knows how to generate a story. Let’s just hope that all of this gets addressed during the next Real Housewives of New York season because I would love for the show to get back into Bethenny’s personal life instead of just promoting her various business ventures.
TELL US- DO YOU THINK BETHENNY AND ERIC ARE DATING? OR ARE THEY JUST FRIENDS? WOULD YOU WATCH IF BETHENNY MADE A CAMEO APPEARANCE ON MODERN FAMILY?
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