Alex Trebek is on the road to recovery. The longtime game-show host is taking a break from filming Jeopardy! as he recovers from brain surgery. "Some of you may have heard by...
We may still be three months away from the premiere of the final season of New Girl, but we don't have to wait that long to find out what the loftmates are up to when the show picks up three...
On paper, Fox's new music competition event series The Four seems, well, complicated. When the show premieres on Thursday, Jan. 4, the producers will have already narrowed down their...
Hello, nurse! Revival madness continues, this time with Hulu pulling the trigger on an Animaniacs revival. The pact, which also gives the streaming service old episodes of Animaniacs, Pinky and...
How many Laurens can you fit into 22 seasons of The Bachelor? During Arie Luyendyk Jr.'s season premiere on Monday, the 23 other women were shocked to learn they had not one, not two,...
The breakup and divorce proceedings between Golnesa “GG” Gharachedaghi and Shalom Yeroushalmi are longer than the actual marriage (and the relationship as a whole). I have no idea how two people who were barely together can drag out a divorce to this extent, but it’s happening.
The Shahs of Sunset star and the perpetual reality TV dater got engaged (and married) months into their relationship, got married at the courthouse, broke up within two months, got back together, restraining orders entered the mix, and now they are proceeding with the divorce again. And by “now” I mean “as of this exact moment” because this breakup is constantly shifting and this post will be outdated by the time you get to the end of it.
So what’s the latest “non-update” update on this never-ending breakup? Page Six reports that the on-again-off-again couple were due in court on January 3, but neither of them appeared in front of the judge. There’s no word on whether their lawyers showed up on their behalf, but again, this whole situation is a constantly-changing mess, so it hardly matters.
Some poor soul “inside source” told Page Six, “The divorce is moving forward and they’re trying to do it amicably and get on the same page.” What is there to get on the same page about? I’ve kept shampoo bottles in my shower longer than they kept this marriage together. What do they have to take care of?
That same source added, “She’s pretty dead set on making the divorce official soon.” Let’s hope that’s the case. That person adds, “It’s going back and forth … they’re both very passionate people.” Back and forth about what? They were barely together.
The article also notes that the next Shahs of Sunset season isn’t filming but “the divorce will most likely make its way into the upcoming season.” Of course it will. How could they not address it?
RELATED: Golnesa “GG” Gharachedaghi Requested A Restraining Order Against Her Husband Shalom Yeroushalmi
TELL US- DO YOU THINK GG AND SHALOM ARE FINALLY DONE FOR GOOD? DO YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE DIVORCE NEXT SEASON ON SHAHS OF SUNSET?
[Photo Credit: Nicole Weingart/Bravo]
The post Golnesa “GG” Gharachedaghi’s Divorce Is Moving Forward; Likely To Be Featured On Shahs Of Sunset Next Season appeared first on Reality Tea.
Siggy Flicker has announced that she will not return to Real Housewives Of New Jersey because she feels she was bullied by Margaret Josephs and Danielle Staub.
As we count down to the season finale, Siggy is OK with her decision to leave and has no regrets. “I’ve never been so happy with my decision,” she says. “I made the right decision and I would do it all over again. I love Bravo and I love Andy Cohen but at the end of the day all the odds were stacked up against me and I chose my family.”
Despite semi-forgiveness in Milan, Siggy is back to deeming Margaret’s “Hitler comment” unforgivable; and claims she left the show to preserve her sanity.
“I made the right decision and I would do it all over again,” Siggy told Radar Online. Siggy also revealed that she’s made lasting friendships with several of her co-stars and leaving the show won’t change that. “I love Teresa, I love Melissa and I love Dolores and they’re going to rock next season. And they all reached out. Because we are real friends.”
Siggy elaborated on her decision to distance herself from RHONJ in an instagram post following last night’s episode. Siggy called out Margaret and Danielle, and then cited her father as a guiding force in her un-forgiveness. “I JUST LOVE AND ADORE MY FATHER!!! He told me to STAY AWAY from M[argaret] & I did just that,” praises Siggy. “Once again Danielle was completely out of line & in my opinion, trying to stir the pot when she tried to drag me across the room to meet M[arge] senior at the Gorga’s Pizzeria! Why would I want to meet her in the 1st place?”
Siggy continued, “Anyway here is the full advice my father gave me & he was spot on! When Margaret mentioned Hitler in the middle of a conversation that was far removed from anything having to do with him, it was solely for one purpose — to get you upset. If the conversation had to do with World War II, with the Holocaust, and with the Nazis — then it would have made sense to mention this person, surely history’s greatest criminals. But the mention of his name in a conversation about a fund-raising activity for a distraught family, was completely out of place. The whole intention was to get you upset. She is not an historian that one may have a conversation about Hitler and the Nazis. She had her eyes set on you and was looking for a way to get you started. As to whether she’s an anti-Semite or not. Perhaps she is, and perhaps not. One thing is certain; she is abrasive and spiteful; otherwise, she would not have mentioned his name in a conversation totally divorced from him, and to a person who happens to be Jewish — and she knew it. She was out to get you. So, the smart thing to do is to avoid that woman altogether, other than a polite, ‘hello, how are you, and have a good day.’ Nothing more. Be nice, curt, polite — and don’t get involved in any discussion with her — not about the weather, not about the price of rice in China, not about politics; briefly, not about any subject. This, so as to avoid any repeat attempt by her to get you emotionally upset. She has a way of doing this — probably with other persons as well. ~ Dr. Mordecai Paldiel”
I love how her dad is a relationship counselor too – runs in the family, eh!
TELL US – ARE YOU GLAD SIGGY IS LEAVING RHONJ? DO YOU THINK SHE’LL CHANGE HER MIND AND RETURN?
[Photo Credit: Bravo]
The post Siggy Flicker Relieved To Have Quit Real Housewives Of New Jersey; Blames Margaret Josephs appeared first on Reality Tea.
|
It’s been a while since we’ve covered some of the hottest blind items floating around. Here are three new ones from Crazy Days and Nights!
Blind #1 – This B list host/reality star/singer is going to look like crap when many others start slamming her still husband for sexually exploiting and abusing them when they were in their early to mid-teens. Don’t even get me started about what he did when they were legal.
Blind #2 – The drug use is real. The violence is real. Somehow though, despite those two factors, fame and being famous and keeping a reality show seems to be the most important factor in the relationship of these two people in the record industry who are married and have a reality show. They actually had sex within the past 72 hours which just blows my mind.
Blind #3 – The soon to be husband of this on again off again Bravo reality star is far more interested in sleeping with the daughter of the reality star, but the mom has the money.
Give us your best guesses below!
Photo Credit: Getty Images
The post Reality TV Blind Item Roundup appeared first on Reality Tea.
Randall Pearson is heading to prison. OK, so This Is Us' Randall technically isn't going to jail...but his portrayer Sterling K. Brown is, as the Golden Globe nominated star is...
It’s the news Little Women: LA viewers have seen coming for what seems like an eternity: Briana Renee finally filed for divorce from her horrific husband, Matt Ericson [Grundhoffer]. Briana also obtained a restraining order against Matt, citing verbal abuse, erratic behavior, and in the most disturbing twist yet, bestiality and pedophilia. Matt has allegedly threatened to kill all of them and/or himself in recent months. This threat is made even more frightening when we remember that Briana brought a gun into their home last season, claiming she needed it for “protection.”
Despite the protestations of her family, friends, and cast mates, Briana clung to her abusive husband through thick and thin – or as she would say, “Ride or Die.” Through his sexting scandals, verbal abuse, serial cheating, and drunken outbursts – Briana made excuses for it all. But now she’s found her limit, and (hopefully) can extricate herself from what can only be described as a toxic relationship.
Briana announced her separation from Matt in November, but many questioned the lasting impact of her words – especially since the couple was still living under the same roof. Now Briana is getting serious. She filed divorce papers citing irreconcilable differences, and is seeking spousal and child support. Not that the perpetually unemployed Matt will be able to offer either, as he’s been reportedly mooching off Briana ever since he hitched himself to her wagon.
Briana filed a restraining order in response to Matt’s abusive behavior since the time of their separation news. TMZ reports that “Briana says Grundhoffer verbally abused her at least twice in November — calling her a ‘c**’ and a ‘worthless bitch’ … and threatened to take their 1-year-old son, Maverick.”
In the darkest twist yet, Briana alleges she found new texts on Matt’s phone to another woman which “involved bestiality and proposals of sex acts with minor children, including the proposal of sex acts with Matthew’s minor child, age 12, from a previous relationship.”
There are no words for this. Okay – maybe a few: Evil scumbag worthy of rotting in a jail cell for life while watching his unforgivably irritating spinoff Matt And Briana: Ride Or Die on an endless loop. With the volume turned ALL the way up.
RELATED: Christy McGinity Gibel Suing Spinal Surgeon For Malpractice
Now the only question is that of Briana’s safety, and that of her son, Maverick, and daughter, Leiana (from a previous marriage). The restraining order prohibits Matt from being within 100 yards of his wife and son, but we all know Matt is no stranger to breaking the law or threatening his family (his history of domestic battery charges is public knowledge).
All we can hope for now is that Briana is able to swiftly extricate herself from this horrific marriage once and for all. No word yet on whether she’s reached out to her estranged family, friends, or LWLA cast mates for support – but I’m crossing my fingers that they’re coming to her aid no matter what.
TELL US: WILL BRIANA BE ABLE TO KEEP MATT AWAY FROM HER? WILL HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS SUPPORT HER?
Photo Credit: Lifetime
The post Little Women LA’s Briana Renee Files For Divorce From Matt Ericson; Obtains Restraining Order Against Him! appeared first on Reality Tea.
It wouldn't be The X-Files without a polarizing twist, right? The eleventh season, or second chapter of the revival event series, debuted on Wednesday, Jan. 3 and dropped a major revelation...It’s been a minute since we’ve checked in with The Real Housewives Of New Jersey on Bravo, but oh boy, have things heated up behind the scenes! Since Siggy Flicker’s announcement that she’s leaving the show, social media and news outlets have been abuzz with what went down at the reunion – and what portion of that drama we’ll actually see. (Crossing fingers that a rogue editor somehow splices in the juicy stuff at the last minute!) Until then, we must travel back in time to the ladies’ post-Milan lives, which are just as much of a mess as they were pre-Milan.
Margaret Josephs and Siggy are now in open war after Siggy’s accusation that Marge was anti-Semitic. Siggy’s half-hearted (and delayed) response to Marge’s apology did nothing to cool the flames. Melissa Gorga is back in the strip mall trying to make Envy happen, despite the wishes of Joe Gorga. He apparently needs a waitress at the new pizza joint, and his only remaining name tag says “Melissa.” Teresa Giudice is living like it’s 2009 all over again as she turns up at Danielle Staub’s home to offer a contractually obligatory apology to her dorters. Except one of the dorters doesn’t even want to see her! She’s like, Namaste away, crazy lady! Tre has trouble counting to two anyway, so she likely thinks all Staub offspring are present for the blessed event.
We begin at Envy, where Melissa is happy about her first package arriving from Italy – and no, I don’t mean her husband. Although he does show up to hassle her about never being at the restaurant. She’s a BIZNISS woman, dontchaknow? Joe is not happy about Melissa’s love for fashion. He’d rather she love serving spaghetti – or washing dishes – or at least helping Teresa fix her hairline for photo ops. But Melissa is not about that waitress life, so she tells Joe that she’s backing off his business. She’ll be at the store if he needs her. Guarding her inventory.
Over at Margaret’s, she’s doing actual business with her Macbeth team – and filling them in on the anti-Semitic nonsense. She has no time to focus on the many emotions of Siggy these days, for there is a birthday bash to throw! One hitch: Joe the Contractor will need to clean this joint up before Marge’s Studio 45 party gets going. He’s up for the job.
Elsewhere, Teresa is getting her hair and makeup done for her book cover shoot, and Siggy stops by to provide emotional instability support. She claims that moving on with Margaret is her new mantra, but something tells me that if we look up “moving on” in the dictionary, we will NOT see Sig’s picture. Teresa wonders how her new book will be received, given how much she’s “opened up” in it – especially about her resentment toward Joe Giudice. Tre hasn’t seen Joe in months, but plans to do a prison drop-in soon so she can throw him under the bus in person! Cue the divorce announcement within the next year. I’d put my money on 6 months, actually. (Want to start a betting pool, guys? Over/under odds on Joe’s deportation? Anyone?)
Frank Jr. must have finally sent his college applications in because Dolores Catania and Frank Sr. are taking him on a college tour at Sacred Heart. Frank Jr. seems to think he has options about where to go to school, therefore Dolores and Frank Sr. can play the proud parents today. Their tour is actually very sweet, and their strange little family unit is obviously working for them – so good on ya, Catanias! Dolores tears up when she sees a dorm room, thinking about the empty nest in which she’ll live. Except she’ll be living there with her ex-husband, whom she comes home to after dates with her current boyfriend. So…
Speaking of ex-husband’s, Margaret’s stops by for a visit – with bagels! She and Jan are better friends than they were romantic partners, but their divorce (precipitated by Margaret’s cheating with Joe) has fractured the family. Jan’s children, who Marge raised with him since they were young, refuse to speak to her now. As they drink coffee and catch up, Marge asks Jan if there’s a chance the kids will ever let her back into their lives? Jan says there’s always a chance, but there’s nothing he can do. “For a long time you were a great mother to my kids,” he tells Marge, “but you chose a different life.”
In tears, Margaret takes responsibility for hurting Jan and his children with her actions. She can understand their pain and resentment, but wants to find a way back to them – somehow. She asks Jan to tell the kids she loves and misses them, and he promises he will. He’s optimistic that things will change one day. They’re bound to.
Things never seem to change in Dolores’s life, however, because she’s still roping Frank Sr. into power-walking the dog with her around the neighborhood. Frank likes living with Dolores again, but is wondering what’s up with them? Dolores doesn’t get much time with her imaginary boyfriend, David, since he’s busy doctor-ing. Allegedly. Frank wonders if they could have done things differently in their marriage? Dolores doesn’t take the bait, claiming she wants to spend the second half of her life with a man who’s really there for her. Um – like the dude who’s walking your dog, changing your lightbulbs, paying your bills, and going on college visits with your son? That would be Frank Catania, First Of His Name.
It’s the day of reckoning for the Giudices and Staubs! Teresa will be ambassador, armed only with a rosary hanging from her rearview mirror and an English-to-Tre dictionary. As if she’s meticulously planned this all out with her discount acting coach, Danielle has her lines and props fully locked and loaded. This is the day she’s dreamed of, people! Serving up literal hot tea, she tells Teresa that her eldest daughter, Christine (23), is not willing to sit down with her, but her youngest, Jillian (19), is.
Tre is speechless as she listens to Danielle explain how the Prostitution Wh*re! moment “destroyed” her family. But she sits down with Jillan anyway. She confesses that she’s nervous, but is glad Jillian’s willing to meet with her. It was a long time ago, and Teresa claims she’s had a lot of time to think in lockup since then. Jillian admits that she flipped out when she first heard her mother was getting chummy with Teresa this year, especially since she was bullied throughout her life for being the daughter of a “prostitution wh*re” – which Teresa’s table flipping moment made infamous.
Teresa just says, “wow” when Danielle tells her that she moved her daughters out of their neighborhood because the bullying got so intense. “I would never want to hurt you in any way,” says Teresa, not actually apologizing. But for Tre, this is the best that we’ll get. Oh wait – she does finally say the words “I’m truly sorry.” Good for her! Jillian accepts her apology, which makes Danielle’s little black heart grow thrice the size. Teresa sits in stunned reflection about actually having apologized to someone.
At Joe’s restaurant, he’s stressing out about opening day. Melissa and Teresa aren’t there yet, which will come back to haunt them later. But first, we cut to Marge Jr. razzing Marge Sr. about her style. They’re hopeful that Margaret’s 50th birthday party will be a hit and that the tenuous peace between Siggy and Marge will last until then. But first, they’ve got to get through the Gorga’s restaurant opening. Somebody better slip a shiv in Marge Sr.’s Jimmy Choo just in case.
Over at Siggy’s, she and her father are eating al fresco in the backyard. She discusses Milan with him, but more to the point, she brings up the Margaret’s Hitler reference, the comment that launched ten thousand tweets. Siggy’s father is taken aback, but not flustered by the story. He just thinks Siggy should stay away from Margaret if they don’t get along. And, wise man that he is, advises her not to give this thing more life by “philosophizing about it” endlessly.
He agrees that Margaret’s comment is inappropriate, but immediately calls Siggy out on wrongly accusing her of being anti-Semitic. He’s like, whoa! whoa! Slow your roll, girl. Sure, Siggy may deserve an apology (which she got), but Marge certainly doesn’t deserve a full-blown character assassination at the hands of a temporary RHONJ cast mate. Two snaps in a circle for Sig’s papa.
Back at the restaurant, Teresa has arrived to talk smack with Joe about Melissa’s absence. Where is she? There are pizzas to be cut here, and Tre’s strong suit is not dividing large circles into equal parts!!! #MathIsHard
When Melissa does show up, Teresa confronts her immediately about not wanting to be part of the business. “This is a family restaurant, so you need to take it serious!” hilariously quips Tre. Melissa is not here for the Gorga gang-up. She’s here for the wine. So she basically tells them both to back-that-sh*t-up-and-back-it-up-quick (hi, Dorinda!) as she saunters off to find a glass.
Tempers cool by the time everyone arrives, and the vibe continues to be lighthearted with all of the kissing and hello’ing and Tre feeling up Frank Sr.’s biceps. Marges, both senior and junior, hold their tongues as Siggy enters the room screaming about everyone there being her BEST FRIEND!!! Siggy will definitely need a friend in this room because she’s avoiding Margaret like it’s her job. She even rudely changes topics when Dolores says she met Marge Sr., which is off-putting to even her most loyal soldier. Obviously, she’s over nothing. And never will be.
After Joe offers a sweet toast in honor of his late mother, Teresa and Melissa stand by in mutual support. Melissa will help with the restaurant when she can, and Tre even says she’ll help with Envy in any capacity needed. They have no real beef with each other, and it’s actually a nice change of pace to see this family getting along.
As Margaret quickly comes to the realization that Siggy is definitely icing her out, she sends Danielle to ask Siggy if she’ll come over and meet her mother. Siggy promptly and rudely refuses to do so, which shocks Margaret. Didn’t Siggy just text her a nice RSVP to her 50th birthday party? Why can’t this woman cope with a simple “hello” in public? GAWD.
“The Sig ain’t stupid!” Siggy reflects in her interview. Okay. But she’s sure looking that way this season. Next week: The finale of RHONJ, Margaret’s 50th birthday party, Tre goes to jail (no jumpsuit this time), and a Dolores versus Danielle disco death match is on the way! There will be glitter.
Writer’s Note: Check out my podcast, Pink Shade With Erin Martin, for more Reality TV talk (Housewives, Vanderpump Rules & more!) – plus a deep dive into cults & the supernatural. Available on Podbean, Stitcher, and iTunes!
TELL US: WILL SIGGY SHOW UP AT MARGARET’S PARTY? WAS TERESA’S APOLOGY TO JILLIAN GENUINE? PREDICTIONS FOR THE FINALE – AND THE REUNION?
Photo Credit: Bravo
The post The Real Housewives Of New Jersey Recap: Ain’t Misbehaving appeared first on Reality Tea.
"I have no big plans for what I'm going to do with my career," Kristen Bell said. "If people stop watching the things I'm in, I won't have a career." But...
