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If we thought previous Below Deck guests came ready to party we haven’t seen anything until tonight’s Florida State University alums get on board Valor! Drunk and disorderly seem to be putting it nicely.
While Kate Chastain struggles to retain control of an unruly charter, she’s further challenged by Simone Mashile being distracted by a crush on Tanner Sterback. Simone already feels in over her head with service, and then is forced to handle an overly flirtatious attentions from a guest.
Kevin Dobson is back to his arrogant ways, and once again frustrated by interior, decides to take matters into his own hands – which leads to irrevocable damage in his working relationship with Kate.
With the deck crew already down a member after Abbi Murphy left, Brian de Saint Per injures his knee; placing additional strain on Ashton Pienaar. As Courtney Skippon nurses Brian back to health, deepening their connection, Captain Lee Rosbach scrambles to find a replacement for Abbi.
Ashton is none too thrilled with who Captain Lee comes up with to join the deck crew… My money is on Rhylee Gerber returning (which would be completely inauthentic, but an insane shit-show), although I’ve also heard rumors that it’s Tyler Rowland from last season. Tyler was a hard-worker from what I recall, and didn’t seem to give anyone but Rhylee problems, so I don’t know what would annoy Ashton about that!
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The last episode of Real Housewives of Orange County featured a heavy storyline for Tamra Judge and her oldest son Ryan Vieth. They brought the cameras into his therapy session, where Ryan complained about his childhood and how those problems still affect his life today.
During the episode, Tamra admitted that her “biggest fear” is that “one day Ryan might commit suicide.” Tamra was sympathetic, but her husband, Eddie Judge, was far from it. Normally, Eddie does what he can to not make waves. However, Real Housewives of Orange County viewers were up in arms over the comments he made about Ryan “not being a man” because he’s affected by his childhood trauma.
After the episode, Ryan took turned to Instagram to thank people for support. According to an article published by The Blast, Ryan wrote in his Instagram Story, “Thank you for the hundreds of messages ive received over the past 2 days. Everything is good and things are going great. Means a lot to have complete strangers reach out with good intentions. Thanks again life is good i can’t complain.”
It’s nice to see that things are going well for Ryan and that he’s actually using social media for good. Ryan has been in some hot water recently when it comes to his Instagram activity.
In August, Ryan posted that he’s done with Real Housewives of Orange County and accused his ex-girlfriend Sarah Rodridguez of cheating on him with Dakota Meyer from Teen Mom. That same month, Sarah posted screenshots of their text message conversations where Ryan told her to kill herself, sent a photo of a bullet, and called her daughter a “little bitch.”
In January, Ryan wrote an incredibly offensive, transphobic post on Instagram. His mom Tamra “liked” it, by the way. Yikes.
This post is definitely a much better look for the RHOC offspring.
TELL US- WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT RYAN’S OPENNESS ON THE SHOW? WHAT ABOUT HIS RECENT RESPONSE ON INSTAGRAM?
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These days, NeNe Leakes talks about how much money she has almost as much as she shades Kenya Moore and Cynthia Bailey while pretending to be unbothered by their existence. However, that wasn’t always the case. During the beginning seasons of Real Housewives of Atlanta, NeNe’s husband Gregg Leakes was the breadwinner in their relationship. However, that changed when RHOA’s popularity skyrocketed. NeNe’s one-liners and her feuds with Kim Zolciak and Sheree Whitfield gave her a lot of notoriety…. and the paycheck to buy much better wigs. Well, sometimes anyway. We all know that wig selection isn’t exactly NeNe’s biggest strength, no matter how high her budget is.
Anyway, in a recent interview, NeNe spilled some of the details about the start of the Real Housewives of Atlanta. I will never forget Kim texting NeNe “you are a low budget bitch” back in Season 1. But, you know what: Kim wasn’t too far off about the financial situation. The salaries on the show were not nearly as high as they are today.
In an interview with Enterainment Tonight, NeNe revealed that the Real Housewives of Atlanta cast members made $5,000 to shoot the first season. This was back in 2007, so we can factor in some inflation there, but that really is so low in comparison to now. Reportedly, NeNe will take home almost $3 million for Season 12 of the show. And this is pretty wild in general, but especially since NeNe didn’t even pop up on the show until episode 3 this season. This was reportedly due to a contract dispute.
However, there are also rumors that NeNe was suspended after roughing up that cameraman last season when Porsha Williams and Kandi Burruss went into her closet. NeNe denied this, of course, but it isn’t completely unrealistic.
Now, NeNe has a closet full of super expensive designer clothes- not that we’ve ever seen the closet on the show. Maybe we will at some point this season. Anyway, it’s interesting to think about how far the Real Housewives of Atlanta ladies have come since those initial $5,000 paycheck.
TELL US- ARE YOU SURPRISED BY HOW LITTLE THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA CAST MEMBERS MADE DURING THE SHOW’S FIRST SEASON?
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Bravo, wanted the drama and got the drama. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with the core cast on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. After rumors of a dud season surfaced, executives have begged called Camille Grammer back onto the front lines. As an added bonus, we learned Brandi Glanville and Kim Richards will be providing back up support.
The returning ladies have allegedly fallen victim to “getting along”, if you believe their side of the story. This was their season to break free from the popularity burden of Lisa Vanderpump, who apparently was the source of endless betrayal and arguments amongst the group. After Lisa’s departure, Bangs Kyle Richards and crew were transported to a magical place of fairies and flying dolphins, with nary an unkind word in sight. That’s just not going to work, darling. With hopes of spicing up the episodes, Brandi and Camille are already earning their checks. Currently, their war of words is going down on Twitter. Fortunately for fans of the show, the former full-time stars know their roles and know them well.
Looks like Brandi and Camille were at the same event recently. If you think they fell into a warm embrace, you would be wrong. It isn’t because they aren’t polite and sophisticated women of upper society, it’s because they have a job to do, y’all! Brandi and Camille aren’t exchanging lines of poetry, but they are trading jabs on Twitter. Oh goody!
Brandi appeared to fire first on the platform by writing, “It’s hilarious @TheRealCamilleG is so gangster & fearless on Twitter but the second she sees me in real life she tells everyone she’s afraid of me and hides from me the entire night #diamonds drama & cowards.” Awww yeah – ding, ding, ding! Round one is currently in progress. One thing I will give Brandi, she has no chill fear.
A few hours later, Camille responded to Brandi’s wind up with, “I didn’t tell anyone that I was afraid of you at the party? I’m perplexed.” At that point, a follower chimed in and said, “And so it begins Camille. I hope you don’t regret coming back, but I think you will… She was brought in just to attack.” True. Brandi was brought in to attack, but so was Camille. No one dialed Camille 007’s number expecting her to show up detailing her superior gardening skills. Let’s keep it real.
A fan of Brandi’s replied to her Twitter post and shared that she liked both of them. Brandi had this to say, “I’m not saying I don’t like her [Camille]… I have always been a great friend to her but she randomly chose to throw me under the bus on twitter :/ it needs to be addressed that’s all.” Thank goodness reality television stars do not communicate via smartphones, landlines, emails, or private messaging. If something needs to be addressed, it will be done in front of millions. But where did Cammy throw Brandi under the bus?
Regardless, Camille will not hesitate to hop on that bus and drive it to Takedown Town. Camille offered, “I’m barely on the show. She [Brandi] is trying to use me as a foil to get her [diamond] back but I’m hardly around this season. She may need to look elsewhere.” Where is Brandi supposed to look, under Vanderpump’s pillow? Brandi eats bad decisions for dinner, this is nothing for her.
Camille returned fire again, “She [Brandi] needs to look for a new victim because I’m barely on the show. If she is looking for a [diamond] she needs to find another way back.” For all intents and purposes, this Twitter drama is probably one of the ways Brandi is trying to “find another way back”. The only other guarantee for a diamond is by getting pregnant traveling through a portal located in the basement at Dorit Kemsley’s rented house in Encino. Ain’t nobody got time for that.
Brandi didn’t respond after Camille’s last remark, but maybe she passed out fell asleep. While many disagree with Brandi that Camille is a “coward”, some viewers would like to see these two team up against the Puppygate Girl Gang and take them to church. It would be the redemption fans have been waiting for after last season’s historic fail. So Brandi and Camille, please do us a favor and don’t fight each other. Combine your evil powers and give us the takedown we so desperately need.
TELL US- WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT BRANDI CALLING CAMILLE OUT ON TWITTER? IS THIS THE DRAMA RHOBH HAS NEEDED? WILL THIS MAKE YOU WANT TO WATCH NEXT SEASON?
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When Bethenny Frankel announced her exit from Real Housewives of New York, some fans were sad that we would miss out on her one-liners next season. Others understood that Bethenny had to focus on her daughter, charity work, and her relationship with Paul Bernon, who seemingly had no interest in appearing on RHONY. Then, there were some people who were downright ecstatic about B’s departure. I’m looking at you, Ramona Singer and Luann de Lesseps.
The two of them have made several comments about Bethenny’s exit and none of them had anything to do with missing the Skinnygirl mogul. Of course, they were asked about Bethenny during a panel at BravoCon over the weekend. And, well, Ramona didn’t mince any words.
Bravo’s The Daily Dish reported that Ramona declared, “I think we’re better, we’re stronger” without Bethenny. Damn, girl, tell them how you really feel. As much as I’ll miss Bethenny, the truth is that RHONY is full of all-star cast members. These women bring it without even trying. We don’t need Bethenny, but I would just like her confessional interviews in my life.
Luann chimed in to say, “we have such a great season.” I don’t doubt that for a second. The Real Housewives of New York ladies always come through.
During that same panel, Dorinda Medley and Tinsley Mortimer said that they are still in touch with Bethenny. The Daily Dish didn’t mention anything about Ramona and Luann making similar comments, which shocks absolutely no one. However, you know what’s shocking to me? No mention of Sonja Morgan. Where is the straw that stirs the drink!? Is she busy training unpaid interns? I can’t help wondering.
TELL US- WILL REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK BE BETTER AND STRONGER WITHOUT BETHENNY FRANKEL?
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Have you ever been embarrassed on someone else’s behalf? I sure have. Emily Simpson’s husband Shane Simpson failed the California Bar Exam. Again. FOR THE THIRD TIME. No, I’m not in my feels over Shane. It’s more that I feel bad for (my friend in my head) Emily.
It’s been rough to watch Shane ditch Emily to study in a hotel room, only to find out that he failed the exam he took in February, which was his second attempt. When he returned home, he even told Emily that he didn’t miss her or their kids. She has been defending him in interviews and on social media, insisting that he’s not really like that. For her sake, I hope that’s true, but I can’t say I’m buying her defenses. After that February fail, he took the test again in July, and it looks like this is just not meant to be. The third time wasn’t the charm for Shane.
People reported that Shane did not pass the exam, but, apparently, Shane himself doesn’t know that yet. Yes, you read that correctly. During a panel at BravoCon, Emily said that Shane didn’t check his own results. Why would someone not check the results of an exam he took three times?!
Emily shared, “He should have gotten them but he won’t look. I can’t figure out if he’s waiting for me to come home. He had a rough time the last time [he took the test], so I don’t know if he’s avoiding looking or he knows he messed up.” Both.
At BravoCon, a fan offered to look up the results and let her know, but Emily wanted to wait to check when she got home. Don’t worry though. I checked.
He is not listed on the California Bar Organization website. However, there is a slight possibility he took the exam under a different name. For all we know Shane is his middle name. Or he used his full name. Or he just went by S. Simpson. Do I think that any of those things actually happened? No, not really, but I’m just saying I went through and checked for all variations of “Shane Simpson” that I could think of and I didn’t find one California lawyer. You’re welcome, people.
Well, at least they already filmed the reunion. Maybe Emily didn’t have to discuss this there.
TELL US- ARE YOU SURPRISED SHANE FAILED THE BAR EXAM FOR A THIRD TIME? SHOULD HE TRY AGAIN?
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On last night’s Real Housewives Of Atlanta we finally caught up with Nene Leakes, who is now producing PSAs for the American Cancer Society about how hard it was for her to be married to a man who had cancer. I really just think Bravo should leave cancer alone, and I really also think the American Cancer Society needs to better in their vetting of spokespersons.
Now that Gregg Leakes is cancer-free and isn’t requiring NeNe to ‘care’ for him and uphold those wedding vows she took (twice!), she’s eager to rebuild their marriage. I’m frankly sick of Gregg being so phony. Look, I know he has to rely on NeNe for his living expenses because Senior Living Communities are depressing and don’t come with Bentleys, but honestly the way he goes overboard praising NeNe for her support and kindness while he was battling for his life, and it was frankly unbelievable.
Also, why is NeNe, a person whose only experience with cancer is making it about herself (or being a cancerous tumor to her friends’ self esteem), doing an infomercial about how to be supportive. NeNe was basically sitting in that interview chair complaining about Gregg not being there for her enough through her illness! Also, who approved a plunging neckline with full cleavage for this video? Do families battling cancer really need to see 3/4 of NeNe’s boobs? Doesn’t that sort of, distract, from the message? This is not a Real Housewives Of Atlanta confessional!
While NeNe’s marriage – and self-image – are on the mend, Kenya Moore is struggling with Marc Daly. Surprised, anyone? The problem is that Marc is far more interested in their daughter than he is in Kenya, but the question remains: if he’s so dedicated to Brooklyn‘s upbringing and being with her every day, why is he living in NYC while his wife and daughter live in Atlanta?
Kenya confides in her cousin Shay that when Marc does visit he wants to spend every moment with the baby, so they get no alone time – not even at night. Kenya is tired of being second fiddle – she wants to be the Queen in Marc’s eyes, after all Brooklyn, is her princess.
A few days later, Marc is in town and I just don’t like this guy. First of all, his head is too small and Mr. Potato Head looking. Kenya says he’s an alpha male who demands she wait on him, hand and foot, which means preparing breakfast wearing a Gone With The Wind fabulous negligee and satin robe. Which fits since emotionally since Marc is gone with the wind. Kenya has to make pancakes from a box since she’s out of eggs, and is too busy to go to the store in-between raising Brooklyn and running a multi-million dollar company (which company is this again?).
Over breakfast, Kenya sulks while Marc fusses over Brooklyn, and then Kenya really sulks when she demands to know who Marc loves more: her or her daughter. OK, Kenya, this is a problem. Big time. This is you repeating your mommy issues with your baby. A baby requires full-time attention and love, and what marriage doesn’t chafe a bit as it struggles to readjust to those demands.
I understand Kenya wanting Marc to spend quality time with her, and that is important, but any man who prioritizes his wife’s ego over his daughter’s happiness and growth, is not a man you want to marry. If Kenya is so committed to making this marriage work it sounds like she needs to move to NYC because Mr. Alpha Male is not going to uproot his life to relocate to Atlanta (thus admitting that Kenya is the breadwinner). Also Kenya: Marc’s just not that into you – and it might be your self-centeredness.
Porsha Williams knows full well what it’s like to have a man not that into her. And at least Marc is fairly honest about his disinterest! Meanwhile, Dennis McKinley was posing for holiday pictures with pregnant Porsha, filming a spinoff, moving in and giving her puppies, then running off to dip his hotdog in off-brand ketchup. When Porsha caught Dennis cheating he blamed her for not paying enough attention to him. Um, Dennis and Kenya need to go to group therapy together. Or better yet, maybe Porsha and Marc need to go out for drinks and commiserate about having partners who resent their children for requiring a lot of care. I have aways been a Dennis apologist, but NOOOOPE to this ass-hattery!
Porsha goes over to Tanya Sam‘s gorgeous house for a gorgeous lunch accompanied by crisp rose to discuss her current predicament. Honestly, that was the best choice, as Tanya is the only person on this cast whose advice I would take. Tanya encourages Porsha to continue with therapy and tread lightly on the idea of giving Dennis a second chance.
Meanwhile Eva Marcille is making a truly grave mistake by turning to Cynthia Bailey for advice. Cynthia is like… well the McDonald’s Drive-Thru window is probably more reliable.
Cynthia accompanies Eva to look at yet another house – her 18th or 19th – and this one is fine: new modern, suburban culdesac, lots of bathrooms and bedrooms for Eva and Michael’s 10-hundred children, but Eva thinks it’s too small. I think it was also too basic upper-middle class suburb for Eva’s insecurity and she doesn’t want viewers (or Cynthia) to see that her budget only stretches to $750k. Eva needs to live within her means and stop trying to keep up with the Marlos. Everyone knows she’s not as well-off as say Kandi Burruss, and that’s OK – it doesn’t mean Eva needs to go overboard trying to prove they’re not broke.
Eva and Cynthia are going to NYC to be on the Bravo float for the WorldPride parade. All of this would be exciting except NeNe is also going to be there and neither of them have spoken to her since the reunion. Well, Nene did send Cynthia one rude and hateful text, which Cynthia ignored, and then pushed block. Good for you Cynthia – see no evil, read no evil, hear no evil…
NeNe is working with a faith healer or something to help her find the positivity by turning to God for guidance and zen. It involves lamaze breathing and singing gospel hymns while shaking your titties if anyone tries to challenge you.
Kandi meets Todd Tucker for lunch so they can FaceTime their surrogate. They’re struggling to figure out the protocol for the babyshower – should Shadina be there? Should it just be them? Will guests want to touch Shadina’s belly? Should Kandi wear a fake baby bump ala Beyonce? Should Kandi let people touch her belly anyway? Todd blames Kandi for not learning “surrogate etiquette” ahead of time so she throws in his face that at least she’s not taking her 23-year-old daughter to a strip club as a “bonding experience.”
That’s right, people, parenting by Bravo! Todd thinks there’s absolutely NOTHING wrong with going to a strip club with his daughter because she’s old enough to drink (apparently forgetting the ogling of naked women element involved). Todd also thinks there’s something totally wrong with Kandi giving Kaela money to jumpstart her life in NYC where she wants to study fashion. Um, I think both things are misguided.
Todd is right Kaela should get a job and save money to achieve her dreams, but I think it’s fine for her parents to help support her. Likewise I’m ever-thankful that Kandi is openly disgusted by Todd’s choice of taking his kid to a strip club. So gross. Of course Kandi is also raising children with Todd, so there’s a problem here! I also always love it when we get a glimpse of the Mama Joyce lurking inside of Kandi. More please!
Before heading to NYC Cynthia calls Mike Hill for some #CHill advice on how to approach seeing NeNe. Cynthia’s plan is to say “hi and bye,” and keep it moving. Or as she termed it “float on by.” See what Cynthia did there – it’s a pun! Cynthia’s real focus at this parade will be Noelle, who is joining her after coming out as sexually fluid. Call me crazy but I really don’t understand how that differs from being good-old fashioned bi-sexual, but admittedly I am clueless, and good for Cynthia for supporting her daughter in better understanding herself.
Of course right after NeNe told Gregg that she is working on being less angry and plans to say hello to Cynthia at the parade – she does an interview calling Cynthia weak and desperate. An hour before boarding the float Cynthia gets ahold of this interview – which was done while NeNe was in NYC – and sends it to Eva. Cynthia is shocked and angry, but for Noelle‘s sake is trying to keep her emotions in check. As if submerging her feelings out of fear of NeNe’s retribution has ever been an issue for Cynthia before… Eva, though, is ready to confront NeNe.
Cynthia admits she’s surprised at becoming so close with Eva, and their friendships wouldn’t have been possible if NeNe were still in the mix. Instead of riling each other up they have a good laugh over NeNe’s atrocious wig in the video and move on.
The parade was a total Housewives bonanza and frankly I would’ve much rather seen all the footage of outfits than this amped-up tension of “will they or won’t they?” about whether or not NeNe and Cynthia will have a huge altercation. While Cynthia plans to basically ignore NeNe other than civilities, NeNe has apparently decided – after a pep talk from Captain Marlo Hampton – to have a chat or at least acknowledge her former friend?
Isn’t it hilarious that as soon as NeNe reappears on Real Housewives of Atlanta with her comes Marlo. It should be a sign that NO ONE on this cast is interested in resuming a friendship with NeNe (if they ever had one to begin with) and the only people available to film with her are paid acquaintances. I mean even when Porsha was explaining Tanya’s role in the group she had to breakdown how she started as NeNe’s friend, before she was pawned off on Eva, which pissed NeNe off even more so she completely ostracized Tanya, and now Tanya is friends with everyone else but NeNe…
Of course, Bravo ended on a cliffhanger of NeNe and Cynthia passing each other as NeNe climbed the steps of the float, so, until next week…
I’m not on board with having NeNe back. She really brings nothing except that fake laugh with weird Joker faces. The flashbacks to last season’s reunion were all the reminders I needed that NeNe is not willing to work with these women and is only here for things being on her terms. Why reward such bad behavior?
TELL US – WERE YOU HAPPY TO HAVE NENE BACK ON REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA? CAN NENE AND CYNTHIA MAKE AMENDS? WAS TODD OUT OF LINE TAKING KAELA TO A STRIP CLUB?
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