To quote the woman herself, Danielle Staub is back, bitches. The original Real Housewives of New Jersey firecracker made her long-awaited return to the Bravo reality show in the season eight...
I’m just gonna come right out and say it: Margaret Josephs was a great casting choice for The Real Housewives Of New Jersey this year. She’s bringing the crazy pigtails, the psychedelic purse parties, and the toe-to-toe sparring with Siggy Flicker who has become a legend in her own mind. Margaret took her her blog last week to call Siggy and Dolores Catania out on their wacko slumber party, clear up her side of the Boca beach ceremony, and further align herself with Teresa Guidice’s team.
Margaret begins by gushing about her party. Despite her house being under construction and her ovens not working, it turned out to be a good time! She was disappointed that Siggy and Dolores decided not to attend, even though she’d extended invites to the entire group. “I couldn’t wait to invite the Boca babes! I had such a good time with them and was wanting more. That’s not me being a wannabe, that’s just me being me. (Oh, and Siggy: I don’t need to go out of my way to be nice to anyone, it comes naturally—as natural as my boobs, thank you very much! Also, my being nice to someone doesn’t detract from how I feel about anyone else. I can compartmentalize much better than most and don’t need to dull someone’s sparkle to shine.)”
“I have a whole lotta love to give and there’s enough to go around,” continues Margaret. “Even for Siggy, despite her name-calling and wanting to pull my pigtails out…LOL! And for Dolores: I don’t need to call out anyone’s bad behavior to turn people against Siggy—she’s got quite the talent for doing that on her own. But anyway, slithering on…”
When she visited Envy, Margaret bonded with Melissa Gorga over being fellow “businesswomen,” also sharing with them that Siggy has blocked her on social media “after accusing me of basically breaking into her ‘private beach club’ and keeping her out of everything we did. I mean..I guess that’s where it went south, LOL.”
Margaret claims that the flower ceremony she arranged for Teresa didn’t occur on any sort of “private” club, though. “Let’s clear some things up: it’s a hotel. A public one. A Waldorf Astoria resort. Anyone can walk in and do what they want. I’ve had lunch there numerous times, though I don’t stay there, because I stay at a club in Palm Beach, but anyway… I saw flowers in the hotel lobby while we were walking through to a yoga session Danielle [Staub] and Teresa had planned, and I told the concierge I wanted to do something special for all of us. I explained what I wanted, and he called the florist and BAM—simple as that. Concierges and florists really know how to deliver…(see what I did there? You’re welcome.) And thank you to the Boca Beach Club for making a tagalong guest feel like a guest of honor!”
So, wait – Siggy doesn’t own the beach? Boca Raton is not HER TOWN?!? Oh, the humanity!
Moving on to Siggy’s refusal to attend her party, Margaret writes in her blog, “Yes, Siggy declined the invitation to my party with class and respect (gotta hand that to her) until she hung up on me like a brat. I call that a 50/50 split on effect. Did she prove a point? Yes, but I don’t think it was the point she meant to prove. It would seem I’m being painted as the ‘mean girl’ here, but I invited Siggy to my party in a genuine place of moving on.”
“Melissa and Danielle were more surprised, but I was really surprised. Melissa’s dealt with Siggy more than I have, so I should’ve taken my cues from her. I didn’t expect an adult, much less an expert on relationships, to conduct herself that way with a new relationship. Lots of assumptions, accusations, and attacks, but I guess that means I’m ‘toxic’ by being truthful. Personally, I find it easy to move on, because I don’t take anything or anyone seriously — especially if they take themselves so seriously. Then it’s hard to see them as anything but weak and ridiculous. Either way, holding a grudge is simply not my style.” But yanking up her Spanx while walking around with her hair in rollers is “classic Marge” – and that’s probably why I’m digging this chick so far!
After she watched footage of Siggy saying “I hate that b*tch” to Teresa over wine, Margaret agrees that Psycho Siggy came through loud and clear. And she continued to rear her head during the absolutely juvenile slumber party with Dolores later. Margaret snarks, “Siggy ‘respectfully’ declined my invite and then went out of her way to be disrespectfully ridiculous. To be honest, I found it endearing, and it read as more of an ‘Homage to the Marge’ than anything else. I’m truly flattered. It was almost as sweet and adorable as my cotton candy martinis.”
Despite their middle school behavior, Margaret claims,”I still wish Siggy and Dolores had shown up. Had she come, I would’ve welcome Siggy as a guest of honor, thanked her for introducing me to the ladies, and crossed over the bridge of tears with her. That’s how you host a party, babe: no saltiness in sight.”
“To me, friendship is not a competition. There is a place for everyone in a circle of friends. This isn’t Survivor,” argues Margaret, who was ready to make amends with Siggy at the diner the next day – even if she was walking into a mine field!
Margaret reflects, “I walked in not knowing what to expect but aware she was in the throes of a stage five meltdown, and I wanted to tread carefully and avoid the waterworks… HOWEVER, being my typical obnoxious, wiseass, funny self was not what the doctor would have ordered. I just can’t help it. I struggled to understand the depth of her feelings and the nature of why she’s so threatened and territorial, but then I saw it was nothing more than insecurity and overcompensation for fears of inferiority. That’s where that comment came from: the ‘trying to destroy you’ comment. It’s very telling. Either she REALLY has a thing against pigtails or a thing against powerhouses. That’s not talent, that’s ego. That’s not empowerment, that’s malice. That’s not sanity, that’s delusion.”
But Margaret was glad to get past their drama (at least temporarily) in the end. “I believe a true friend is honest and sincere, in the good and the bad, and at every turn. I can poke fun at myself just as quickly as I could of anything. As soon as Siggy cried over cheese fries, I felt awful. My intention is not to hurt anyone’s feelings or upset them—I just want to lighten the mood and liven up the place. ‘Tongue in cheek,’ to use her phrase. My apology was completely genuine and from the heart, and let’s just take note: There was one apology in the diner that day, and it didn’t come from Siggy. Like I said: I don’t hold grudges, I hold standards.”
In tonight’s episode of RHONJ, we’ll see another stage five meltdown ensue when Dolores goes absolutely ape-sh*t on Danielle. Welcome back, scumbag!!!! just might be the next golden catchphrase in Housewives merchandising, y’all. It’s gonna be crazy, in the best way possible.
Join us here in the comments section to dish all the dirt and drama!
TELL US: WILL MARGARET AND SIGGY’S TRUCE LAST? IS MARGARET A GOOD ADDITION TO THE CAST?
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On last night’s two hour finale of Dance Moms, Cheryl Burke stays true to her word and returns to coach the Irreplaceables to victory. However, Jill and Kendall have gone out of town so Cheryl insists on bringing in a fifth dancer for the “Coven” group routine. She jokes that the girls will be witches while the mothers are bitches. Truth! This news causes the mothers to bristle. Who will the new girl be? Will she get a solo? What does this mean for their girls? Cheryl quickly shows them the door. Let her do her job, people!
Of course, the moms are less than thrilled when dancer Reagan arrives with her mother Julie. Reagan has competed against the girls, and the mothers don’t welcome Julie with open arms. Julie wants her daughter to have a solo given that she’s been excommunicated from all her teams for all the hopping around. Julie tries to make awkward jokes as Holly, Christi, and Camille become increasingly peeved at the attention Reagan is receiving. When she is granted a solo alongside Camryn and Kalani, the mothers go ballistic.
Christi and Holly are broken records about their daughters having been on this team since the beginning. Why do they get shafted? Cheryl quickly shuts them down—she wants to win this week and Reagan has better technique. Perhaps watching her will push their daughters to improve. Nia and Chloe try to stick up for themselves, but Cheryl isn’t having it. Nia had a duet last week when Kalani didn’t—everyone gets a turn. The mothers start yelling obscenities and Cheryl promptly kicks them out of the room while admonishing them for such deplorable behavior in front of their daughters. The screaming continues in the viewing room as the mothers converge on Julie for claiming the older girls were belittling her daughter. It’s not a pretty scene.
The following day, Cheryl calmly explains to the mothers why it was imperative to bring in another dancer who could help the team win. Isn’t that what they want? She doesn’t give them the opportunity to respond before shooing them out of the studio. I love Cheryl. Working with Camryn, she learns that the dancer is insecure about her technique because she started dancing so much later than her teammates. Cheryl lifts up Camryn with a sincere pep talk, but Camryn is still worried about competing against Kalani and the girl who beat Kalani. When Reagan rehearses, Christi and Holly continue to stir the pot with Julie. Christi keeps accusing Julie of riding their Instagram coattails when all Julie wants is a “thanks for helping!” for coming in to save the flailing group dance. Shouldn’t they be peeved at Jill for peacing out this week instead?
Kalani is an incredible trooper, but she’s sustained a serious ankle injury. She offers to ax her solo in order to be able to work through the pain during the group routine. Camryn now feels incredible pressure to be the one on the team who beats Reagan. Christi finds it suspect that Kalani’s injury happened right before she was supposed to dance against the girl who beat her last year. As Kalani’s ankle swells, Cheryl pulls her from the group number so she can recuperate before Nationals.
At the competition, Holly has absolutely no faith that this foursome is going to be able to take the team’s first group win without Abby Lee Miller. The mothers are still icing out Julie, but the girls are welcoming to eleven-year-old Reagan. What a talent! Reagan reminds me of a young Maddie Zeigler. Camille wants Camryn to crush the little girl her solo so she gets more confidence in her dance abilities. Camryn did an incredible job, but she leaves the stage feeling defeated. Her friends pile on the praise, but she doesn’t listen. Cheryl tells Camryn her performance gave her chills, but Camryn believes she let down her coach. Cheryl hopes her attitude shifts before the group routine.
Kalani gives her team a serious pep talk before they take the stage. I love these girls. Mission accomplished. The four girls do a tremendous job as Kalani watches in the wings. Cheryl and the moms let out a sigh of relief. When it is time for awards, Reagan’s solo places fourth with Camryn winning first. Finally, she’s smiling. The Irreplaceables take the top spot for their group routine, and they are elated to have scored their first victory outside the ALDC.
Jill has returned, and she poopoos the other mothers who were agitated by her absence. The mood in the studio has changed immensely after last week’s win. Cheryl Burke wants to keep the streak, and she’s choreographing the Nationals routine with many elements of ballroom dancing. Holly is concerned. These girls have never had any kind of ballroom training. Cheryl announces that Nia, Kalani, and Chloe will have solos, citing Nia and Chloe as the two OGs. Jill mishears her and quickly interrupts to snap that Kendall has been around a lot longer than Kalani. When put in her place, Jill demands to know the thought process behind Cheryl’s decision. Cheryl curtly reminds Jill that Kendall was on vacation last week, and Jill fires back that Kalani didn’t dance either. Um, she was injured, but she was at competition to support her teammates. Cheryl puts a swift end to Jill’s bitching and dismisses her along with the other mothers.
In the viewing room, Jill passive aggressively rants about how unfair it is that Kendall is the only dancer not to receive a Cheryl Burke solo. Woe is Jill! How quickly she forgets Kendall’s winning duet that initially caused Cheryl to stick around. Christi reminds Jill that she wasn’t around last week, and Jill screams back that Christi has been MIA for the last two years. Oh Jill. She’s not mad Chloe has a solo. She’s mad Chloe has a solo instead of Kendall. Why can’t they both have solos? Christi chastises Jill. She and Holly had their girls dancing at the ALDC long before the show and social media followers. Jill is clearly in it for fame. Aren’t all of these blow hard moms?
Chloe’s solo is very dark and requires a lot of acting skills. Cheryl wants tears. Chloe reveals that she lost her love for dance while at the ALDC, but she’s finding that passion again. Cheryl approaches the mothers, and Jill is faker than fake when addressing her. If there is extra time, would she pretty please consider a solo for Kendall? It would mean so much. Cheryl relents…if there is time. She warns Jill that Kendall needs to up her group routine game. Christi gives a hard eye roll to Jill’s request. Cheryl works with Nia, and Holly is hopeful for a positive Nationals solo routine for her daughter. Kalani is trying to push through the pain of her strain. She feels the pressure after winning Nationals last year. Kira is nervous as she sees her daughter struggle to put any weight on her ankle. What if she is unable to dance?
Cheryl caves and choreographs a solo for Kendall, entitled “Trouble Maker” as an apparent dig at Jill. Jill doesn’t care as long as her kid has a Nationals’ solo. At Nationals, Holly feels uncertain about the girls’ future. Is this the end of their Lifetime fame new team? Christi surprises the Irreplaceables with team jackets. The girls are thrilled, and Christi adds that Nia and Chloe have special OG patches on their sleeves. Jill quickly points out that these girls were the OGs of the ALDC, not this new team. Nia laughs and chides her, saying, “I don’t get much, Jill. Let me have this!” Preach Nia. Christi and Jill continue their bickering backstage, but the girls just want to focus on their final performances. Kendall, Nia, and Chloe are flawless, with tears of joy from the girls and their mothers. Kalani is in a great deal of pain, but you’d never know from her performance. She is perfectly fierce and saves her tears of agony until after she’s exited the stage. Nia is on hand with an ice pack. She’s never seen her friend cry over an injury, so she recognizes the severity of it.
Kalani knows she needs to push through for the group routine, but she may not have to worry when Chloe is rocked by a severe nose bleed. However, the title of their routine is “Survivor” so the show must go on…even if it means Chloe floods the stage. JoJo arrives to support her former teammates, and their number earns a standing ovation. At the awards ceremony, Chloe’s solo places third which is wonderful considering it’s her first solo performance in years. Kendall’s dance scores the second spot in the teen division (good thing Jill pushed for that dance, right?), and a beaming Nia receives a deserved first place. In the senior division, an injured Kalani ties for second. The group routine achieves the overall high score with the Irreplaceables sweeping Nationals. Backstage, the victories are bittersweet as the girls recall the highlights of their friendship over the years, and damn you Lifetime. I’m a blubbering mess over Dance Moms.
TELL US – WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE FINALE? IS THIS THE END OF AN ERA?
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Kris Jenner‘s evil genius as a pimpmomager has just been majorly rewarded – like $150 + million majorly rewarded. The Keeping Up With The Kardashians matriarchs has led her klan into a $150 mill renewal contract for additional seasons, and netted herself a tasty little additional profit in managerial fees.
Despite consistently lackluster US ratings, the Kardashian brood – which is working on three simultaneous pregnancies to continue their famewhorific legacy (God help us all!) – just signed an E! contract to guarantee 5 more seasons – at the affordable paycheck of $30 million per season!
According to TMZ the family gets to decide amongst themselves how the money is divided up (Sorry Rob!), but with this new deal we can expect the Ks on TV until 2019. Or until Kim and Kourtney are literally in their 40s. Girls… or should I say women…
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That’s not all though! TMZ also shares that Kris is getting getting her extremely tasty cake and eating all of it too! As the family manager she netted a separate profit windfall of an additional $15 million for negotiating the lucrative contract and getting it signed.
Since Kris is working for her daughters, however, she decided to give them a deal by reducing her cut. The standard going rate for managers in Hollywood is $15%, but the ever-giving, benevolent Kris is only taking a meager 10%. Blood is thicker than water … er money..
I wonder if that includes any profits Scott Disick earns – Kris is his manager too. Of course, Blac Chyna is out to blood by suing them all so this is probably music to her gold-digging ears!
Dang well viva la Kardashians. Both on television and in their uteruses (uteri?)
TELL US – ARE THE KARDASHIANS WORTH $150 MILLION? DO YOU STILL WATCH?
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According to DeMario Jackson, there is no love lost between him and Chris Harrison. In an interview on The Rose Buds podcast on Tuesday, the former controversial contestant called The...Well what do you know–a housewife is expressing remorse over her actions! Is there a blue moon tonight? Did a pig just fly by my window? Brandi Redmond feels downright horrible for insinuating her friend and Real Housewives of Dallas cohort was shagging Dr. Dueber when she was a nanny for her now-stepchildren. Following? I’m sure LeeAnne Locken will end up as somewhat culpable, but at least she’ll own it, right?
In her blog, Brandi apologizes for her White Party accusations against Cary Dueber and hopes to explain some of what viewers may have missed in the glass throwing mayhem and subsequent pink kibble craziness. She begins, “Thank you all again for watching and keeping up with all our shenanigans. First, as I write this, my eyes are overwhelmingly pouring with tears. I am truly sorry for the pain, heartache, and embarrassment I’ve caused the Deuber family. I love and respect the family as my friends and their practice. I have never done something so low and hurtful in my life. Not only am I disappointed in myself, but I can’t imagine how people must feel that are constantly on the move to bring others down. It’s exhausting, and my soul is beyond empty for that darkness I created. I know time heals all things, and my prayers are for healing the Deuber family and myself so that I never let anyone down that I love and care about.” Sounds pretty sincere, I’d say!
Taking us back to all the {feelings} she’s experienced, Brandi writes, “So let me start back with being hurt by Cary at my party. I felt a mix of emotions between Mexico and my party, but I didn’t have an opportunity to speak with Cary one on one. I felt that we both were distancing ourselves from each other, but I will say I was feeling nasty in my heart for what I said in front of the group. This feeling was eating at me, and you even hear me say to D’Andra [Simmons] and LeeAnne that Cary had been a good friend to me. I was addressing my guilt in my own way as LeeAnne asked me to repeat to D what I’d said. I do think watching Cary and Stephanie’s conversation was shocking, but at the same time, I get it. Cary has every right to be upset with me, and if she wants to call it a spell, so be it because I was wrong.”
She adds, “I by no means am a witch, but I do think I can be a bitch at times. I was being a disrespectful bitch when I did what I did in front of the group to Cary. I would actually love to blame my actions on a spell myself, but I did that, and I once again am ashamed of myself. My heart will forever be torched with owning that my integrity was undoubtedly tested. I don’t want my friends or family to think that I manipulate people to get my way or my point across. Cary was looking out for Stephanie due to my behavior and going below the belt. I respect Cary for this, and I’m glad she did, even though the truth hurts. I’m a strong believer that you are who you hang out with, and hey, if I went below the belt once, would I do it again? Well, then I had LeeAnne telling me something similar about Stephanie [Hollman] and Cary’s friendship. Can we just agree that we might have stepped back into middle school? This is exhausting, but at the time, I was thinking, ‘Well if she doesn’t want to be friends with us, it shouldn’t matter to begin with…'”
Speaking of middle school mentalities, Kameron Westcott’s voice is grating on my last nerve. She has to know how insincere she sounds, doesn’t she? Sheesh. Brandi jokes about Kameron slumming it in Plano, teasing, “I may have been uncertain of friendships at that point, but I can’t tell you how shocked I was to receive an invite from Kameron to meet in Plano for a happy hour. I was not sure if it was going to be happy or not, though. ”
However, Brandi is quick to point out some of the high points of the meeting. She asserts, “Kameron making an effort to come see me speaks volumes to me, especially since she didn’t want to talk about the other drama but just our relationship. That’s a first in this group, so thank you, Kam. I was also starting to warm up to her humor. What I always thought was a dig on Plano being so far away is just her sense of humor. She really is funny, and I love how ridiculous she is. She doesn’t like Big Bird and Elmo as our gimmick but ‘Sweet and Sour.’ She’s all about being sweet and proper, but I’m sour with some dirty jokes and pushing the limits, so I’m looking forward to this sweet and sour relationship and meeting in the middle. I will say that I laughed a lot at our sit down, and we do have a lot in common. I hope you all can give her a chance because I do think she’s got a fun funny side that I plan on playing with in the near future. P.S. Kam, I won’t invite Sexual Chocolate 
Thank you, Kameron, for inviting me to your launch for Sparkle Dog. I love supporting dreams, and you should be very proud. I do want to apologize that you even felt the need to meet with me to be on my best behavior…I was wondering if LeeAnne had a meeting too after the glass-shattering?”
Am I the only one who didn’t think that dog food looked pinkalicious? It seemed more gray to me, but then again, I thought the dress was white and gold. Ha! Brandi shares, “Anyways, the launch party was pinktastic, and I loved every minute of it. My heart went out to D’Andra and her dog with the dog psychic. I started laughing at first because it seemed so hysterical, but then I realized as I’ve gotten to know DAndra, she doesn’t open up that much. She never becomes vulnerable, so wow. I know how much she loves her mom, and she is putting so much pressure on herself. D’Andra once told me at a lunch she hosted that having a friend like me brought the fun and laughter in her life that she needs. Those words now really make me so happy because I feel like she knows I don’t care about the social status but want to live in the moment with family and friends. It’s probably also why I’m horrible at social media. Anyways, D’Andra, you are amazing and don’t give yourself enough credit. You and your mom are precious, and I think we should take Dee to dance on a bar. Lol jk!”
“Cary wanting to speak at the party was a long time coming. I knew it was going to happen eventually, I just didn’t know when. This was our first face to face moment. I didn’t want Cary to think that I didn’t want her in the group. That was LeeAnne saying that, not me. At the end of my party, all I could do is grab my neck and think what had just happened. It went so wrong on so many levels. So there we were, at another party, and thank God it was just the two of us. Cary was extremely upset, and I don’t blame her. I was glad we could hear each other. I felt my tone shifting because I was indeed wrong. I shouldn’t care what she does behind closed doors unless it directly affects me. Do I have opinions on things that are sacred? 110%. But I have learned that I need to base my life on my life and not others and what they go through. Everyone has a story and their truth. My truth is that I was wrong on every level. Two wrongs don’t make a right, so I hope and pray my one wrong will be buried.”
Brandi concludes, “As far as my feelings go, it’s easy to get worked up with these ladies. One minute you hear voices saying, ‘She doesn’t like you, look what she said about you, you need to watch yourself.’ But with me, I have such a tender, forgiving heart, and I want to see the best in everyone. I hate living in negativity — I think this is why I’m such a free spirit. I let people in time and time again to the point that my husband has to step in and say, ‘No more.’ I am my worst critic, and I am still to this day trying to forgive myself for what I did to Cary. Cary, thank you for loving me and my family and for forgiving me. I without a doubt know I’m not perfect, but you are a true testament of forgiveness. Thank you, and I love you. Once again, thank you for watching and hang tight. It’s about to get real in The Real Housewives of Dallas.”
Y’all Dallas is where it’s at this season. I am loving every episode after being completely on the fence after its debut!
TELL US – DO YOU BELIEVE BRANDI’S APOLOGY? IS LEEANNE TOO MUCH OF A SCAPEGOAT FOR THESE LADIES?
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Danielle Staub is back! The 55-year-old reality star made her return to The Real Housewives of New Jersey earlier this month and on Wednesday she dished about the new season on E!'s...Danielle Staub definitely came on Real Housewives Of New Jersey to stay – which means she came with an agenda to cause drama and avenge herself for all past wrongdoings. Now that Teresa is Danielle’s new BFF, that left Dolores Catania and Siggy Flicker, who are friends with Danielle’s eternal nemesis Jacqueline Laurita, to suffer the sins of her friend.
According to Dolores, things with Danielle got so atrocious she had to contact the authorities for help. Danielle has been down that road on Bravo before, so I guess she never learns – or changes! Or as Dolores describes, “A leopard doesn’t change its spots. Ever.”
“I gave her the benefit of the doubt. I started out with her with a clean slate, and somebody said to me, ‘So, how’s it going with Danielle?’ I say, ‘She seems OK. She likes animals, she seems, like, good with kids. She seems nice.’ They’re like, ‘Just wait. Just wait,'” reveals Dolores. “So, sure enough, she showed her true colors very early in.”
Who thinks the person who warned Dolores about Danielle was duh-duh-duh… JACQUELINE?!
Dolores classifies Danielle as a “professional victim” who “pushes people’s buttons, waits for a reaction, then acts like the victim.”
“I’ve never seen this behavior before, so I called in my brother and my father, who are cops,” Dolores admitted to ET. “And I said, ‘She’s getting me to a point, I’m not gonna be able to handle this.’” But are they cops without a badge???? #TheInfamousBook
In the end Dolores realized that the best way to deal with Danielle: “ignore her.” She adds, “It’ll drive her crazy. And I did.”
Unfortunately Danielle is trickier than a fox in a henhouse and just as desperate because she then started terrorizing Siggy. Things between Danielle, Dolores, and Soggy explode during the cast trip to Milan, resulting in an epic fight that got them thrown out of a restaurant. “It’s a pressure cooker,” describes Dolores.
Of course Soggy-Siggy‘s biggest issues are with new Housewife Margaret Jacobs, who Siggy says destroys the group dynamic. “[Our] first season we came on and we wanted to bring our friends together,” Siggy explained. “This season, new person comes on and wants to tear our friends away from us.”
“When I’m dealt with toxic people in my life, I block you. I delete you. I try to get away from you. If you see me angry, and you see my lashing out, it’s because, listen, when you’re dealing with a toxic person, you’re forced to be with that person, what do you want me to do?” snaps Siggy. “You have to stand for something, and you won’t fall for anything.”
Y’all have been warned – Boca Soggy is gangsta and does not play.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK DANIELLE AND MARGARET CAME IN WITH AN AGENDA?
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Nico Scholly so does not care about cheating on his girlfriend anymore. From halfway around the world, Melissa is sensing that something is wrong and calling him an extra lot about why he’s distancing her. I mean, other than the whole ‘on a yacht in the sea’ thing, she means like emotional distance. The answer: Brianna Adekeye. Big ol’ UGH on that girl!
While Nico is getting his sea quests on, Matt Burns is trying to reconnect with his ex-girlfriend. He suggests they get together while he’s on leave and is met with a flat-out “Nope.” She’s not interested. Strangely, eerily, after the hot mess express disaster he’s been, Matt takes this in stride… straight to the bar.
It’s time for another round of Musical Bunkies aboard Valor. This time, the goddess that is Kate Chastain (stirred by the hand of production) decides she feels bad that EJ Jansen is being hazed and ostracized, and being bullied like the high school nerd by the supremely bitchy mean girl Nico. Presently, poor EJ’s only friend is Baker Manning, who sees him as more than just a good leader – she actually likes ’em!
To bond EJ better with the group, Kate organizes a little room change. According to her genius if she could figure out a way to get Nico distracted getting laid by closer proximity to Brianna, he’ll lose interest in making EJ’s life miserable, so she shifts the rooms so Brianna and Nico are now bunkies. It’s the work of the Aqua Devil and sadly, it works!
Jen Howell continues to suck at her job. Like, she is the submarine of stews. Kate is now essentially parenting an extremely bratty pre-teen and there is no Nanny 911 on board. So Kate does her best, but she can’t train Jen, because she can’t make Jen think! If Jen only had a brain… but the wizard that is Captain Lee Rosbach is all out and used his last one on Bruno, alas Kate will have to make do with what she has and leave it up to Aqua Jesus to take care of the rest. (No, he wasn’t back.)
Kate goes to bed and leaves Jen with the apparently arduous task of preparing the breakfast provisions for Brianna’s 5am shift. Of course, Jen doesn’t get done until 3am, something she blames on Kate for making her work hardest of all. Poor Yachterella was so delirious with exhaustion she couldn’t find the oranges that were literally sitting right in front of her face!
The next morning, Brianna awakes to the guests requesting OJ. When Kate comes down, she immediately tattles that Jen didn’t complete her duties. Meanwhile Jen blissfully snoozes until 11am and only wakes up when it’s time to send the guests off. The guests loved everything – except Matt’s chocolate banana imposters with that weird whipped cream. They make a point to let Captain Lee know that it was the only low-point of the trip. EEK!
Yes, I think Jen is essentially a lazy, entitled hot mess who had a dream that yachting would be all luxury living and sunning herself on the poop deck, but Brianna is an egotistical hot mess who loves using Jen to make herself look better, but you can look no further than Nico’s bunk to see the truth!
After a successful charter with a $21,000 tip, Valor docks for some maintenance and the owners gift the crew with a day long break at a luxury resort. HELL-O free booze and lots of bikinis.
Despite saying about 30 times a day that he needs to cut back on his drinking, which is seriously screwing up his life, Matt of course gets loaded, then emotional about why no one loves him. Nico advises him to go have some fun. I mean it’s not like he stole the girl Matt was interested in or anything! Matt doesn’t seem to even remember he took Bri on a date – he must’ve been too drunk. Instead, Matt finds solace in Bruno, who is interested in learning culinary arts, so Bruno’s ‘boss’ Nico permits him to spend some time as Matt’s sous chef. I think the budding chef-ship between Bruno and Matt is super cute.
Nico spent his island time dry-humping Brianna upon the chaises. Get a room you two – oh, wait… And as predicted their first night in their new room, Bri and Nico take their relationship to the next level.
Meanwhile, in an interesting development, Baker sets her eyes on EJ. They go shopping in the boutique and flirt, and Baker admits she’s probably the only person on ship who likes EJ. Back on board, Baker clarifies that EJ is technically her boss-boss, before asking him out the next day. EJ is thrilled and super excited.
Only in yachting are you totally permitted to openly date your boss, but I guess there’s no room for career advancement? Baker is a smart one, though, right? Do we think she really liked EJ or is she just making a play for some favoritism by taking advantage of the fact that EJ is his own island right now?
Speaking of islands, Jen is definitely on her own, both because she’s cuckoo and because she’s so bad at her job. Bri is ready to stab her with a butter knife. Kate is tired of Jen screwing up, then claiming she works harder and longer than anyone else. Wearing a “Champagne Champion” sweatshirt, Kate arranges a little stew-off competition – and the stakes are high: the winner gets an extra hour of break next charter. Pitting Jen against Bri, Kate clocks them to see who makes up the room faster.
Before the games begin, Jen sasses Kate about not being respected, then complains that Kate is an uninspiring leader who is devaluing her self-worth. She actually claims she’s being discriminated against. For what? Dumb Blondeism? Later while Kate is explaining things, Jen mimics her – snotty-faced little kid-style – behind her back. I fully stand by my belief that Jen and her daughter did a little Freaky Friday swap before she came aboard the Valor.
Obviously, Bri is victorious. Jen runs to Bruno to cry over how unfair Kate is because Bri is given special privileges. Bruno, maybe hoping some of the romance going around the trip will pass onto him (but I cannot imagine he would be interested in any sort of fling with Jen who definitely seems like she would be a STAGE 5 Clinger of Lifetime Movie Mother May I Sleep With Danger proportions), was a consoling, listening ear. While Jen has her meltdown, Kate sits calmly on the sofa in the next room, like a mom who put her kid in timeout and ignores the tantrum.
Unfortunately, Bri comes over to reaffirm for Jen all the many things she does wrong – like be late to style her hair everyday, and according to Bri, it’s actually BRI who is pulling more weight! Jen storms away – she gave Bri a friendship bracelet, does that mean nothing to her?!
Poor Jen – she dreamed of being on a yacht for so long and had it built up in her mind as this grand adventure which she missed by getting pregnant. Now realizing it actually sucks; it’s her dreams being destroyed that’s making her crazy pants. She also probably needs to get laid. Too bad Nico was occupado!
Baker may have asked EJ on a date for the wrong reasons, but he’s got nothing but sleaze in his eyes as he prophesies that the only way he can truly know a girl is to get “inside her.” He means insider her mind, not her hoochie-ha, you naughty minded yachties! After a cute date, where they seemed to really connect discussing their lives, EJ declares that he could’ve kissed Baker goodnight, but a gentleman who courts a woman knows he must overwhelm her with surprise, so he saves his greatness by making her squirm. OH, EJ. Dude – we were kinda thinking you were alright! Personally, freak or not, that Baker seems to be (according to Nico). I definitely agree with him that she could tear EJ down and stomp him if he got fresh – and do not mess with a southern girl or her hair!
Matt and Nico use their port break to hit up a wine bar and whine about girls. Matt, however, sticks to espresso and Perrier. Nico sips on white wine as he complains about Melissa being clingy and all the love he feels for Bri’s close proximity. Matt advises him to live in the moment, and he advises himself to not let the moments get him drunk and disastrous. Nico goes back to the boat and texts Melissa that he’s met someone on board and is breaking up with her. Seriously. Like dude – really?! Nico is tired of living his life for everyone else – it’s time to do him. And Bri. And do Bri he does! He is so arrogant.
Bri doesn’t feel bad though – Nico is the one in a relationship, not her, so she’s not a cheater. Or a tattler. Or a brown-noser. She’s just sweet, free-spirited Bri!
Everyone is already in a bad mood when Captain Lee unveils the newest charter. It’s a May-December romance between an elderly but supremely wealthy gentleman and a hot, but supremely annoying younger woman. Everyone is mildly grossed out that these two are going on charter to celebrate their engagement – surely because they are so very madly in love! Kate can tell by looking at Sarah’s photo that she’s going to be the pinnacle of obnoxious.
Kate was not wrong. Moments after coming on board, no one even thinks Sarah is hot anymore for all her whining, carrying on, and shrieking. The luggage isn’t unpacked fast enough and SARAH WANTS HER SWIMSUIT NOW! The frozen skinny margaritas taste diet! (Kate should’ve snuck a gallon of sugar in them!). The crew is looking at her – but not looking hard enough! She’s not happy with the elliptical machine on board cause it’s taunting her! It goes on and on. And everyone thought Jen was annoying.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK KATE IS BEING UNFAIR TO JEN? WILL BRIANNA AND NICO LAST?
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