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Oh. Dear. Jenni Pulos hasn’t just left the Jeff Lewis empire, she potentially annihilated it! Pretty good last laugh for the woman who is essentially responsible for pitching the show that lead to Jeff becoming household name. The fighting between Jeff and Jenni has definitely gotten nasty in the past, but never bad enough to involve the authorities!
First of all, Jeff says Bravo has cleared him of “all abuse charges,” but as a result of Jenni’s allegations, he’s still concerned about the future of Jeff Lewis Design and Flipping Out. Jeff confirms Jenni will no longer be returning to the show after this season, and worries that he may be facing the same fate. “Her making this claim, it put my entire career in jeopardy,” says Jeff. “My family, my livelihood, everything!”
Earlier this year Jeff and Jenni had a huge fight, which signaled the end of the Flipping Out stars’ friendship. Jeff confirms this, “So Jenni and I did have a fight, which then resulted in a rift.” According to him things “started escalating” when he offered Jenni “unsolicited career advice.”
Still, Jeff didn’t believe this was the end of their friendship. “This fight, I never thought in a million years that would ever break us up. Now we’ve been very good friends and pretty much brother and sister, I would say, for like 15-16 years. So look, we’ve been through a lot together, and we’ve had fights before, and you know, this fight was very much like, you know, it maybe [got] a little more heated, but it was like the other fights. And it was really kind of silly…. ”
The realization that this wasn’t just a silly fight happened when Jeff learned Jenni no longer wanted to work at Jeff Lewis Design and “she said that she had given up her acting career to work for me, and that really hurt my feelings, because I felt like I have done nothing but accommodate her for her auditions and meetings and all of that.”
Jeff was even more surprised by Jenni’s attitude given that, according to him, she hasn’t actually worked for him for several years! “She’s employed by Bravo,” Jeff revealed on his radio show Jeff Lewis Live, adding, “it is the one thing that is not authentic about this show.”
“She shows up the day of filming, she leaves the day we are done filming,” Jeff continued. “She doesn’t work for me seven months out of the year. She’s not employed by me. I don’t pay her. She’s not on my payroll.”
Jeff was worried that if Jenni left viewers would go with her, so he offered her a role as his ‘friend,’ instead of continuing to pretend she was employed by him. “I did it because I thought it really was the best for both of us. All of this was very civil, I thought.”
Instead of Jenni discussing what she wanted to do Jeff claims that soon after he received a phone call from their producers, Authentic Entertainment, because Jenni allegedly reported him and the production company for “abuse and victimization.”
Bravo showrunners “had to go frame by frame to confirm that there was no abuse. I have been cleared of all abuse, victimization charges.” But then Jenni “doubled down” by filing a claim against Jeff for “wrongfully terminating her off her own show.”
“And there were also allegations of a hostile work environment, so somebody’s talking to an attorney,” adds Jeff, “which scares me.” Why — if he did nothing wrong?
In typical Jeff fashion he’s adamant that Bravo will fire him over Jenni’s claims. “I just lost my job. I’m pretty sure of that.” He blames Bravo for ‘losing control’ of Jenni and questions whether the show will be picked up for subsequent seasons without her involvement. “I’m pretty sure they’re not going to keep picking up Flipping Out if she’s not on the show. And she’s not on the show.”
Why would Jenni have control over the fate of Flipping Out? It was her pitching a show called “The Wannabes,’ way back in 2009, that initially led to Jeff being discovered by Bravo.
In 2014 Jenni’s memoir, Grin and Bear It: How to Be Happy No Matter What Reality Throws Your Way (which Jeff filed a lawsuit seeking an induction to prevent Jenni from revealing certain things about him and his business), she shares that she and her ex-husband were the original brainchildren behind Flipping Out. So in a sense it is Jenni’s show, even though Jeff is the central figure-head.
Reality stars to the bitter end – literally – a source tells People Jeff and Jenni’s friendship demise was captured on film. “They found fame together so there was always this thought that nothing could tear them apart, but that hasn’t been the case,” says a source who predicts, “their differences just got too big to overcome.” You can read excerpts from Jenni’s book about how Flipping Out began here.
Jenni hasn’t commented about any of this. I assume, if permitted, she’ll be releasing a statement soon. This is a big loss for Bravo, and for both Jeff and Jenni.
TELL US – DOES JENNI HAVE A VALID CASE FOR HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT AND WRONGFUL TERMINATION? WILL JEFF AND JENNI EVER BE FRIENDS AGAIN?
[Lewis Live transcript provided by Us Weekly and People. Photo Credit: Jeff Lewis Instagram]
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This week your favorite reality TV stars were all about the family time. Potomac Housewife Monique Samuels posted a photo of herself with her husband Chris Samuels and their two children. Former Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Meghan Edmonds shared a photo holding all three of her babies in her lap at the same time.
Million Dollar Listing star Josh Altman spent some quality time with his daughter. Teen Mom‘s Leah Messer shared a selfie with her daughter on a swing set.
Check out all of those pictures and more from this week’s edition of Instagram Roundup by clicking through the photo gallery below.
TELL US- WHICH PHOTO WAS YOUR FAVORITE FROM THIS WEEK’S EDITION OF INSTAGRAM ROUNDUP?
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This Big Brother 20 week is already starting off slow. We knew once Kaycee Clark won the Head of Household competition, there wouldn’t be much game excitement going on in the house. It looks like we were right. The most excitement for yesterday’s Big Brother 20 Live Feeds came via past houseguests entering the house to help celebrate and execute a surprise engagement.
The houseguests mentioned how excited they were to meet so many of the former houseguests, especially Big Brother 16’s winner Derrick Levasseur. They regretted that they didn’t get to clean the house more or dress up for the engagement. They also mentioned that it was a little awkward having conversations with the past houseguests because they couldn’t really talk about anything happening outside the game. They also had to avoid outing any important game details.
The chats ended up being about random facts about the players.
Kaycee didn’t really use yesterday to make any deals or anything of that nature. She just had two important game talks, both with her nominees. Haleigh Broucher made a pitch to stay off of the block by saying how close she has gotten with Kaycee and everyone.
Kaycee just used the meeting to let Haleigh know that she was going on the block. Her meeting with Sam Bledsoe revolved around her letting Sam know that she was going on the block too, but she made sure to let her know that she was a pawn. Kaycee didn’t give Haleigh a clear message about whether she was the target or the pawn, but Haleigh knew she was probably the target. She even decided to not unpack.
Tyler Crispen mentioned to Kaycee that JC Mounduix and Brett Robinson were becoming a problem. He talked about how they even made the same pitches and brought them the same info. Kaycee agreed but didn’t seem willing to do anything about that duo this week. She was committed to going to the final five with them.
Late at night, the Big Brother houseguests received an alcohol delivery. This is the fourth one within the last week, which seems to be a record for the last few seasons. The alcohol brought out the horny side of Angela Rummans and Tyler, who made out under the covers later that night.
Today, it all comes down to the Power of Veto competition. Most of the houseguests are very determined to win it, to either win safety or keep the nominations the same. It should be an interesting Power of Veto battle. It’ll be Haleigh’s last hope to stay in the game.
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