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8 PM EST –
Survivor (CBS) – premiere
Alaskan Bush People (Discovery)
Chopped Junior (Food Network) – premiere
Catfish (MTV)
My 600-Lb. Life (TLC)
Black Ink Crew (VH1)
9 PM EST –
Duck Dynasty (A&E)
Alaskan Bush People (Discovery)
Little Women: Atlanta (Lifetime)
Are You The One? (MTV)
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Jep & Jessica (A&E)
10 PM EST –
Jep & Jessica (A&E)
Bakers vs Fakers (Food Network)
Bringing Up Ballers (Lifetime)
America’s Next Top Model (VH1) – finale
11 PM EST –
WWHL (Bravo) – Ray Liotta and Jennifer Lopez
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Hallelujah! A blog from Eileen Davidson that is NOT defending Lisa Rinna for the fifth week in a row! Alas, The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star spends most of her time now defending Erika Girardi, presumably against the accusations by Dorit Kemsley that she’s “cold.” After seeing Erika in her element at home in GA, Eileen says she can relate to her cast mate more than ever.
After praising Kyle Richards’ totally bizarre store party, Eileen addresses being accidentally invited to Lisa Vanderpump‘s Hong Kong trip. “The awkward invitation aside, Hong Kong is still something I’m looking forward to. Despite our past differences, I believe in stopping Yulin, and I do support LVP’s efforts to do so. That’s why I’m happy to spread the word with my ‘couple dozen followers.’ Isn’t Lisa Vanderpump cute?” she snarks.
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Since she has very little going on in her own life in terms of RHOBH storylines this year, Eileen addresses Dorit’s take on Erika, and it sound like she’s staunchly #TeamPatThePuss all the way. “I guess I can understand why some people view Erika as being cold. I’ve always seen her as being cautious. Given everything that happened between Dorit and Erika, I can only say Erika’s instincts were right. Their relationship started off on the wrong foot and doesn’t seem to be improving much, unfortunately.”
“Speaking of Erika, her mom is very brave to be so honest with her daughter about her imperfections as a parent!” continues Eileen. “Raising children is never easy. As parents, we can only hope we send kind, honest, and responsible people out into the world. It seems that Renée has done just that. Even though she had Erika at 18, she has managed to raise a wonderful daughter. After taking care of her ill parents, she is now having a much-deserved renaissance and is starring in a play! I’m inspired. It’s truly never too late to follow your dreams. Good for you, Renée!”
RELATED: Dorit Kemsley On Peace Between Kim Richards & Lisa Rinna
When Erika shared the pain of watching her grandmother deteriorate with Alzheimer’s disease, Eileen says she could relate on a deep level. Eileen blogs, “Her struggles with her grandmother’s Alzheimer’s mirror my own past with my mother’s dementia. It is such a painful road to walk down. I know the ending of the phone calls closed a chapter for me as well. All I can say is Erika’s grandmother was a lucky woman to be so loved, and Erika was lucky to be loved by her.”
Eileen also congratulates Kim Richards on becoming a grandmother – because…why not? “On a different note, congratulations to Kim and the whole family for baby Hucksley’s arrival into this world. He’s beautiful!”
“Okay, Hong Kong here we come! Can’t wait to see what adventures this trip brings! *swallows hard*…I’m so full of crap,” closes Eileen, intimating that much drama awaits the viewers ahead. As if we’d expect anything less from an RHOBH trip abroad. (Eek – was China warned ahead of time?!)
TELL US: DO YOU AGREE THAT ERIKA IS MORE CAUTIOUS THAN COLD?
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Eric Stonestreet and Bethenny Frankel have had some fun keeping the rumor mill guessing about the status of their friendship/possible romance. Today during a segment on The View, Eric addressed Bethenny’s recent visit to the Modern Family set. After posting the photo above, Bethenny had fans wondering if they were a couple, if she was shooting a cameo on the show, or if they were just two friends hanging out for the day.
Joy Behar told Eric that the photo got fans stirred up again, wondering if they were an item. Eric explains his relationship with the Real Housewives of New York star, “Bethenny and I met at a party a couple years ago and you all know Bethenny – she is a force and she is amazing and she is exactly what you see on TV in addition to being really sweet and really kind and caring.”
He adds, “We hit it off at the party and we hung out and we’re friends. We’ve remained friends. We saw each other last weekend. She always wanted to come to the set and she is a great person. I admire what she’s done.”
Joy asks, “So there’s nothing romantic there?” Eric firmly denies it, “No, I’m sorry.” He then jokes, “So.. I’m avaaaaillable!”
I think these two would be a great match. They’re both sarcastic and funny, successful and in different areas of showbiz and business, so they wouldn’t be “too” intertwined but yet could understand a bit of what the other person’s career involved. Plus, they live on different coasts, so they wouldn’t be in each other’s faces all the time! And Bryn would probably be over the moon (and maybe a little freaked out) that mom was dating the voice of Duke from Secret Life of Pets and Minimus from Sofia the First…
TELL US – SHOULD BETHENNY AND ERIC GIVE IT A GO? ARE YOU SAD THAT SHE’S NOT DOING A CAMEO ON MODERN FAMILY?
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Terra Jole’s friends have been pretty vocal about the Little Women: LA star’s all-consuming stint on Dancing With The Stars this past year. But now that her run is over, Terra reflects on how the group’s relationships have changed – and fractured – since filming. Because she apparently doesn’t get enough camera time to speak her mind on the show, Terra has taken to blogging each week to dissect the drama. And to shade her cast mates (looking at you, Briana Renee and Matt Ericson!).
It’s not all snark for the ladies, though. Terra compliments Briana on her postpartum body, at least: “Honestly, Briana looks great already. She’s got an awesome body that popped right back into pre-pregnancy shape.”
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But, hang on! Because Terra’s got more questions for her costars. “I have so many questions for her this episode. Like, are you going to give up on music again, Briana? What if someone doesn’t like your music, can you handle the comments, Briana? Matt, did my ears just hear that you want to fight? You, the man that has been arrested for violence, wants to fight at age 40? Right when I think I have the two of them figured out, they bounce off the wall and turn upside down. Who knows what’s next. Maybe Elena [Gant] will say she wants to make clothes again?! Tonya [Banks] will announce she’s pregnant?! Let’s get weird!”
As for Christy McGinity Gibel, Terra says she has sympathy for her health struggles post-surgery, despite their rocky relationship. She tells PEOPLE, “When it comes to Christy having surgery, I wouldn’t wish any harm on her, ever. I honestly hope she feels better. The best part of this segment is seeing doctors that really know a lot about little people. Cedars is one of the most informed places a little person could go to have surgery.”
Now, we must move back to Terra, Terra’s many feelings about Terra, and Terra’s world collapsing when she was eliminated from DWTS. Because…it’s Terra we’re dealing with here! She begins by describing the girls’ “intervention” with her at the studio. “Next, it’s back to my two worlds colliding. It just won’t stop. I remember this day at Dancing with The Stars rehearsal vividly.”
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Admitting the scene with Tonya was tough to watch back, Terra blogs, “When Tonya came to give me the ‘Elena speech,’ I was kind of over it. It was like I was listening to a broken record. Doctors had advised me that I was okay to keep dancing, so why couldn’t everyone just chill out!!!!? Tonya, look at yourself in the mirror. I’m not the only one that needs to take care of herself! It hurt me that she would go there, when she’s not resting either. She’s going 100 percent and judging others when they try to do the same.”
Moving on to issues of pregnancy and postpartum depression, Terra doesn’t mince words. She writes, “It’s so amazing watching [Jasmine Sorge] in her final days of pregnancy and her sharing her experience with postpartum depression was touching. I never knew that about her and I understand entirely what she went through because I experienced the same emotions after having Penelope.”
As for Briana, Terra snarks, “Briana, just because you have a wacko as a husband doesn’t mean you’re experiencing postpartum depression.” LOL! Okay, Terra – you get mad points for that sh*t.
After commenting on the cray-cray comedy show that Tonya, Elena, and Briana attended, Terra closes with her DWTS elimination…AGAIN. She reflects, “The ending of this episode … not so funny. I don’t want to dwell on my Dancing with the Stars elimination too much. I feel like the episode gives you a complete understanding of how I was feeling. It was so hard to face cameras coming home. All I wanted to do was put my head on my pillow and sleep for a week! I’m just glad that I can now focus on my health and my family. My husband helped me out this entire run and now it’s my turn to help him out.”
TELL US: DO YOU THINK BRIANA’S POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION IS A COVER FOR AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE? WILL TERRA GO TO BATTLE WITH ELENA ALL SEASON OVER THEIR DWTS BEEF?
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On last night’s Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills, “we” had a baby (we’re included in this “we” because at this point we’re all basically Kim and Kyle Richards‘ celestial family in twisted sister drama). “We” also planned a trip to Hong Kong to rescue dogs, and we also got our laps squished by an Instagram personality and his giant bottle of rosé.
Where I will let Kyle stand alone is in that awful dress she wore to the Kyle By AleneTwo book signing event. At least Eden Sassoon got the message and wore a kaftan. And Lisa Rinna, well she and her diarrhea stayed home. Erika Girardi also went home – on a private jet with a glam squad. I don’t know why Erika doesn’t cry more often because she has such a pretty cry face!
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So, yes, Kyle is hosting an event at her store for the book and wine release of Instagram personality The Fat Jewish. Kyle is very literary, you know. She once hosted a book party for Nicky Hilton. KaftansTOO! is a hub of intellect and arts.
Kyle arrives to lunch with Dorit Kemsley driving some sort of flashy car, and across town, Erika arrives to lunch with Eileen Davidson driving the exact same car. That’s like a weird Beverly Hills show of solidarity and support, but no matter the driver, the topic of conversation remained the same: Kim Richards Vs. Lisa Rinna, Round 2 zillion.
Kyle doesn’t trust that Lipsa’s apology was sincere because how many times can you cry ‘own it,’ then repeat the same behaviors? I don’t know – how many times can you, KIM? Kyle is griping that Lipsa wants everyone to forget all the bad stuff she’s done because she’s apologized, but Kim is doing the exact same thing! Except she’s not even apologizing. Instead, Kim’s all – MY SOBRIETY NOW so none of that other stuff that I did ever happened. GOT IT?! Yet, despite Dorit’s prodding about how untrustworthy Lipsa is, Kyle has decided that underneath she’s a good person. So if Kim can forgive and go forth anew, so too can Kyle. After all – Kyle wants friends in high places! And not the same kind of high places Rambles seems to seek her friends.
At a different lunch, Eileen and Erika are far more sympathetic to Lipsa. They praise the incredible guts it took to ‘own it’ in a room full of Richards and Richards-sympathizers. Cheesecake makes a girl do funny things!
And in a bucolic garden, atop a Hollywood hilltop and surrounded by pom-fur infinitum, Lisa Vanderpump tut-tuts about Lipsa’s latest shenanigans and decrees that calling Kyle an enabler is unforgivable. Still, LVP has bigger traps to worry about closing – like the one in China sending dogs to slaughter. She’s planning a trip to Hong Kong to petition the government against the Yulin Dog Festival. A noble cause for noble beasts. Funnily enough KimKillah + Kingsley is always RHOBH’s beast of burden.
RELATED – Kim Has Neither Forgiven Nor Forgotten Rinna’s Words!
All by herself, with only a smoothie full of Xanax (we presume), a giddy Lipsa talks to her dog about how happy she is to have moved on. It’s a new day in her heart, which means her lips are sealed when it comes to KimKillah Rambles Richards and the flow of My Sobriety. That tough old bird can peck somebody else’s good graces out.
One thing we can all agree on – it’s time to stop talking about MY SOBRIETY and time to start talking about OUR grandson and OUR vacation. And Kyle‘s book event, which was a domino effect of disasters. RHOBH slapstick if you will. First there was Kyle’s dress and her Charo ponytail, sticking out from the very top of her head like a cone head.
Lipsa was supposed to come, but she canceled moments before because she had the flu. Then, Kyle IG stalked her and saw a picture of Lipsa shopping for shoes. Kyle has The Fat Jewish call Lipsa to expose her lie. Lipsa claims Saks is right next to her doctor’s and they have bathrooms. Basically, she had the fever for shoes, and everybody knows we’re all one stomach flu away from our goal weight (The Devil Wears Prada). Personally, I think Lipsa was just sick of Rambles and hoping to avoid her, but Rambles was at the hospital delivering Brooke’s baby or something. She plays a doctor on TV!
Next, Dorit tumbled out of her town car. Dorit was rocking a new sleek bob. Erika told her it looked fabulous, so Dorit responded by informing Erika that this was the very first nice thing she’s ever said to her. Erika bristled like a Richard’s sister’s hairbrush following 100 strokes while muttering Kathy! Kathy! Kathy!
Then Kyle, trying to drink White Girl Rose from the bottle with an extra-long straw, got wine in her eye and had to grab a pair of panties off the shelf to wipe it away. “I’ll have to take these home,” she cackled. Eden arrived wearing a cult costume – a super-bizarre kaftan that looked like it came from Kyle’s StarShip Enterprise collection.
LVP is covertly inviting Erika to Hong Kong simply so she can use of her private jet “for charity,” when Eileen sidles over and Erika instantly extends the invite to LVP’s bitterest enemy. Private planes come at a price, darling, and that price is being force to share a ride with The Apologizer Police.
Eileen is all too willing to troll LVP‘s trip – knowing how passionate LVP is about bitches and all. Then, Eden wanders over to invite herself along, too. Who’s next in this clown car of calamity? Brandi Glanville?! Actually, no. It’s Lipsa. LVP realizes she’ll have to invite The Wicked Lips Of The West, who hopefully can use her enormous vocality to raise awareness to an important cause.
This is all Ken‘s fault – he had to stay in L.A. to supervise Vanderpump Dogs, so LVP invited Kyle, and it spiraled from there.
The evening ends with Kyle finding herself in a challah bread sandwich with The Fat Jewish and his skinny green-haired accomplice. Maurico busts up the party because only one Jew bearing only a spare tire is allowed in Kyle’s inner sanctum.
The next day, LVP has a select few ladies over for a garden lunch at Villa Rosa. Pandora and Jason are releasing a new rosé and she’s conducting a tasting with discriminating palates. If your collective audience cannot make toast and thinks tilapia is an anti-aging serum, you know you’ve found the right group for mainstream appeal.
LVP’s luncheon dishes looked delicious though. Kyle announcers that WE are grandmothers to one adorable little boy named Hucksley and everyone who was loosely related to a Hilton, Richards, or their SnapChat followers was in the delivery room to witness this extension of the family line. How… errr… creepy? But congrats! I would not want The Morally Corrupt Faye Resnick‘s orange turpentine glow anywhere near my crotch, but different strokes.
The other other order of business is the icy demeanor and impenetrable wall of one Erika Vajayne Girardi. Poor Dorit just doesn’t get it – she’s able to make friends with everyone blah, blah, blah, but Erika treats her like day-old undies. They have different philosophies. Erika feels it’s best to be besties with one’s husband, a few select gays, and the rest is just meh.
RELATED – Erika Believes Dorit Had A Plan To Start Trouble
Kyle blames women being judgy for Erika’s wall, but that’s silly! It’s not like Dorit is chopped tilapia – I can imagine plenty of women passing judgement on her as well, yet that doesn’t stop her from being friendly. However, just like Dorit doesn’t trust the motives of Eileen and Lipsa, Erika doesn’t seem to trust her. As Erika said, “I’m a different animal…” Dorit pushes the issue until Erika leaves – she’s on her way to GA to see her mama and confront difficult issues from her past.
Kyle travels to Kim’s new condo to deliver a bassinet and discuss Kim and Lipsa’s tepid truce. Will it last? Will a baby stay a baby? Will Kingsley ever stop biting?
The devil went down to GA on a private jet, looking like an angel and bringing her glam squad. I’m just kidding. I was happy to finally see a more ‘human side’ of Erika instead of her JayneBot persona, a robotic misogynist attachment to pseudo-female empowerment.
I am liking Erika more and more. For one, she’s sensible and remains above the fray of pettiness. Secondly, she and LVP have realized they’re unlikely allies – two women who know that women like themselves are rare breeds who are better as allies. Although it’s a slow-moving friendship that seems awkward at times, sometimes those pay off the most in the end.
This is the closest Erika and her mom have ever been. She’s heading home to watch her mom perform in the local community theater and bringing hair and makeup as a surprise to give her mom the ultimate stage make-over. When they get to her childhood home from the airport, Erika’s mama is still at rehearsal so Erika walks her glams down memory lane recounting her grandmother’s tragic passing from Alzheimer’s. When her mom arrives home, she’s actually wearing a “Pat The Puss” Erika Jayne t-shirt. A mother’s love, right?!
Erika dispatches her glams away for some mother-daughter bonding over Lipton tea with teddy bear honey. Did the glams sleep in the private plane on top of makeup cases and curlers? We’ll never know! The next morning Erika and her mom visit her grandparents grave. It was emotional and sweet.
Erika’s mom had her at 18 and was a single mom who often got hurt and used by men and friends alike. Witnessing her raw emotions taught Erika to button-up. Her mom was hard on her and wanted Erika to have a tough exterior and self-reliance. Erika acknowledges it’s difficult for her to connect with others because of this, but at home, she lays it bare.
When her grandmother got ill, Erika’s mom moved into their home, which in a lot of ways is the home Erika grew up in. She was always much closer emotionally to her grandmother. At the grave site, Erika admits that her mom’s parenting may have turned her into a tough old bird, but people think she’s cold. Erika finally gets to be a little girl for a moment as her mom comforts her. Awwww.
Back in BH, Lipsa and LVP also make amends. Now that Lipsa has exposed herself, LVP has officially been vindicated over last season’s drama and decides the time has come to extend the olive branch – or doggy paw as it were – to Hong Kong. “I will never forget,” explains LVP, “It’s not holding a grudge – it’s called being smart.”
All it costs for Lipsa to receive the Kyle Richards Treatment is to put a chink in her armor. LVP wants to extract a pound of flesh, but since Lipsa doesn’t really have that to give, feathery eyelashes LVP has always covet will have to suffice!
A shocked Lipsa eagerly complies. If eyelashes is what it takes to get their friendship back, eyelashes she will have. The price one pays the piper is steep, but the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? Worth it. So off to Hong Kong we will go!
TELL US – DO YOU THINK LIPSA AND LVP HAVE FINALLY MOVED ON? IS ERIKA COLD OR MEAN TO DORIT?
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Last night on Little Women: LA, Terra Jole makes it to the semi-finals of Dancing With The Stars, but her friends seem less than supportive. Christy McGinity Gibel faces complications during neck surgery that we now know sadly brought on a mini-stroke, leaving her to face even more health challenges. Meanwhile, Elena Gant continues to rage against Terra being a “bad friend,” so she tries to force a laugh with Briana Renee and Tonya Banks at a comedy show. As for Jasmine Sorge, she’s just ready to have this dang baby already! And she’s letting her hubby, Chris, know it.
But first, we are forced to follow Briana and Matt Ericson [Grundhoffer] – who, in case he isn’t gross enough, now has GOUT – to the gym. Outfitted in her “Fit & Fierce” tank top, Briana does her best to focus on all things Briana – like her music career, which is currently stalled because this chick cannot sing. She just needs a better voice coach, yo! What does Matt want, you wonder? Well, since his whole body is his “instrument” <dry heave> he wants to use said instrument to become an MMA fighter. At 40. With GOUT. “I’m sorry that your life isn’t enough for you,” snarks Briana. (Shouldn’t she just be glad he’s not sexting his other instrument clear across the nation anymore? Hmm?)
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At the doctor, Christy consults about a neck surgery she needs to replace a disc. Complications include routine discomfort, but larger risks include a neurological injury. Christy knows the risks, but can’t live with her neck pain anymore – and she doesn’t want to be on pills for the rest of her life, especially with her history of addiction. The doctor notes that this will be the first artificial disc replacement done on a little person, which also ups the stakes.
Poor Christy, man. From her confessionals, you can clearly see the damage her mini-stroke did to her voice and facial muscles. To make matters worse, rumors are swirling that her and Todd’s marriage may be on the rocks also. Sigh. Whatever her sins may be (and all of these ladies have plenty), my heart does go out to her right now.
At the DWTS studio, Sasha Farber and Terra practice for their next show. Terra’s hernias and breast leakage are slowing her down, and scaring her friends. Speaking of friends, Tonya pops by to have another heart to heart. They talk about Elena’s recent outburst about Terra being completely consumed with the competition – which she is. She doesn’t want to give up so close to the end, but she did at least go to the doctor recently. After she shows Tonya the hernias (which are visible through her stomach muscles!), Tonya takes a firmer stance. She thinks Terra is crazy to push herself this hard. What about her kids? “I just don’t want you to worship this,” says Tonya. Too late.
Terra’s not about to quit, but does want to invite the girls to rehearsal so they can worship her bond. Tonya mentions a comedy show that Elena’s putting together, but Terra’s noncommittal.
Elsewhere, Jasmine and Briana meet for dinner to catch up. Briana tells Jasmine about Matt’s delusional MMA dreams. Her emotions and hormones are all over the place postpartum, which isn’t helping matters. Also, she’s married to Matt. So, yeah. Things are obviously B.A.D. Jasmine suggests drugs – prescribed by a doc, of course! Briana’s gonna need something to get through this stank pile of a life she’s created, after all.
In her own postpartum world, Elena is trying out cryotherapy to help lose weight. She drags Tonya along for the ride, thinking it may help with her Bell’s Palsy. As the ladies freeze their arses off in the chamber, they scream their way through the session, then come out hoping for a miracle. Tonya admits the Bell’s Palsy is keeping her isolated, but that she has visited Terra. Elena confesses the tough talk she gave Terra, but insists it was all out of love. Terra is family to her, and she feels cut off from her right now. She hopes Terra comes to the comedy show to connect with the group – but, as Tonya already knows, that’s about as likely as Matt becoming famous for anything but wrinkled up d*ck pics.
Back at DWTS, Terra is two days away from her next competition. Tonya, Jasmine, and Briana stop by for a visit – which Briana is salty about, being the only one (besides Christy) who hasn’t been invited to an actual DWTS performance. Elena is a no-show, which is disappointing, but not surprising. After Jasmine updates the gals about her pregnancy – she’s ready to pop! – Terra tells them about her stress, admitting she’s been a sh*tty friend lately.
Cue Briana complaining about not being invited to a performance. Well, Terra says, she’s got a little problem. See, Briana has been rolling around town saying she was asked to be on DWTS first, but according to producers (says Terra), she wasn’t. So…??? Briana claims she was pitched the idea a year ago, but was given “the runaround.” Basically, she sidesteps the truth here. Despite this lame explanation, Terra apologizes for not inviting Briana, offering her a chance to come next week. Though poor, downtrodden Briana <eye roll> doesn’t want a pity invite – she’ll take it. Because liars can’t be choosers!
At home, Chris and Jasmine (well, Chris!) are installing the new baby car seat. At each other’s throats about everything these days, Jasmine admits her OCD has kicked into overdrive with this pregnancy. Chris just hopes the railroad calls him soon so he can hop on it and run away go back to work. Jasmine knows she needs to reel in the drama and apologizes for her nagging. Chris knows this is a passing phase, and he loves his wife no matter what. These two seem like a solid couple – it’s a refreshing change of pace for this show!
But now, back to our regular sh*tshow: Matt and Briana. With sweat dripping down his a$$crack, Matt drags his gouty self around the gym for some light jogging. Which is nearly giving him cardiac arrest. As he frog-hops and climbs walls with his very patient trainer (who is stifling a laugh, no?), Briana wanders in to ask what the likelihood of Matt EVER becoming MMA-ready is? Whelp, this trainer must be as delusional at Matt – or getting paid by the lie – because he says it’ll take about a month!
After the trainer demonstrates an actual MMA brawl for the couple though, Briana says Matt is out of his mind and needs to quit this sh*t now. Matt respects her opinion, but he respects his INCREDIBLE GOOD LOOKS more. So, he’ll reconsider. Yes, we heard that right. Matt is deferring his life’s dream because his super hot face is at risk. And god knows how many people are out there just waiting to crush his skull in. I am raising my hand.
But, let’s pause for a moment. Can we all just agree that this MMA ridiculousness is obviously a producer-driven fake storyline? Briana, for one, can barely get through her lines without grinning. And as big of a dirtbag as Matt is, he is not stunted enough to think this can be a reality. I mean, homeboy looks like he needs on-site medical attention after one training session. And I don’t think he’s up for fighting another man his size – in or out of a ring – anytime, ever. He’d rather pick on the weak and vulnerable. Lifetime: Give us a break. WE SEE YOU.
Okay – moving on! Christy packs for her surgery while discussing the particulars. She’ll be in the hospital for three days, and is scared about going under anesthesia. Todd reassures her that it will all be okay. Despite her reservations, Christy is steadfast in her commitment – she wants to be pain free and is willing risk anything, even death, to find freedom from it.
On to the comedy show! Elena, Briana, and Tonya are in attendance to see Elena’s new friend, Lila, in a standup act. She’s a little person too, so Elena wants to support her. Fresh off of seeing Terra get eliminated from DWTS (bad luck charm?), Briana tells Elena she was grateful to see Terra perform one last time. Yeah. I bet. Elena is happy Terra’s stint on the show is done and isn’t afraid to say it, which Briana can’t believe. Yet in the next breath, she shades Terra for not inviting her to a DWTS show earlier! Elena calls bullsh*t on Briana wanting to go to the show to “support her friend.” Nah. That thirsty chick wanted to meet some sucker who will put her on DWTS next. Alas, she is at the same level of psychotic narcissism as Matt about her singing and dancing career. So, whatever. NEXT.
When Tonya arrives, she fills the ladies in on Christy’s neck surgery, which did not go well. Her artery was nicked and “she could have died,” says Tonya, who reminds Briana about Christy already “being dead to her.” Briana back peddles that she doesn’t want Christy dead, per se, but their friendship is dead forever. She also doesn’t think Christy’s health has anything to do with anything. She wasn’t her friend before the surgery, and she won’t be after. Even with an eyepatch on, Tonya is able to side eye this heifer. Alright. I’m just gonna come out and say it: Briana, you are immature, insecure, and thirsty. But most of all, you are downright despicable.
After Lila’s act, which included the liberal use of the “M” word (midget), Tonya and Briana take offense. They’re not here for that. Elena doesn’t have a problem with it – it’s comedy, after all. She does think Lila is maybe leaning on the word for shock value a bit too much though. When Lila comes out to thank the group for coming, Tonya immediately confronts her. Lila defends that she wants to take “ownership” of the word back, but the ladies don’t accept that answer. Thus, begins a brawl with the new girl that results in her crying (is she angling for a spot on this show!?).
Lila can’t believe the girls are going in hard on her like this. Um, she has obviously never watched LWLA. Through angry tears, Lila finally calms down and thanks the ladies for coming out to support her. HA! Because with support like this…who needs haters?
Speaking of haters, Elena snarks about Terra being less than supportive of her friends lately (um, pot: meet kettle). Then, we see Terra as she winds up her press tour in NYC after DWTS elimination. On the way home, she calls Tonya, who reminds Terra that what she accomplished was nothing short of amazing and that it opened a lot of doors for a lot of people. Terra cries that she forgets what reality is, but now she has to get back to it. Though she faced her fears, she knows there’s more growth in store for her when she gets home – with her family, with her friends, and with her health. She’s ready to begin.
TELL US: HAS DWTS CHANGED TERRA FOR THE BETTER OR WORSE? IS ELENA BEING A BAD FRIEND TO TERRA, OR JUST A REALIST? ARE BRIANA & MATT DELUSIONAL IN THEIR CAREER ASPIRATIONS?
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