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Even for The Bachelor, this Shrimp-Gate drama was overkrill. The Jan. 31 episode of The Bachelor featured one of the most ridiculous fights we've ever seen on the show, as resident...I feel the need to spend time drawing out a massive web to keep track of every hook-up, fling, and relationship going on in the Summer House and Southern Charm universe. Austen Kroll realized he caused enough trouble on Southern Charm thanks to his insane relationship with Madison LeCroy, so he’s moved on to torment a new pot of women. We saw it go down on Winter House, when Lindsay Hubbard and Ciara Miller were caught in a love triangle with Austen.
But Austen isn’t emotionally mature enough for a relationship, and he continues to prove that. Luckily, Lindsay finally snapped out of it and escaped from Austen’s spell. In my opinion, she’s winning — now she’s dating Carl Radke, who is like the opposite of Austen when it comes to being a good boyfriend. Austen and Lindsay won’t totally part ways before one last rendezvous in the Hamptons before Carl and Linds went official. And now, they are totally at odds. I haven’t even mentioned the love triangle we’re currently watching between Paige DeSorbo, Craig Conover and Andrea Denver. We’ll save that for another time because this already is already too much to follow.
While Austen and HubbHouse are on the outs, he’s never saying never to a future with Ciara. But once he’s “ready” for a relationship, which will probably be never. In a recent appearance on Watch What Happens Live, Carlito and Kyle Cooke shared their opinions on whether or not Ciara and Austen would make a good couple. Even though Kyle is probably the last person to go to for relationship advice, considering he barely made it to the altar with Amanda Batula.
Andy Cohen asked Carl and Kyle point-blank if Ciara was too good for Austen. Obviously, they both said yes. Honestly, they responded almost faster than they did when they admitted they didn’t miss Hannah Berner filming the show one bit. It’s that serious.
I think anyone who watched 2 minutes of Winter House knows that Ciara is too good for Austen. Kyle, however, blames the long distance between them as the reason they wouldn’t be a serious couple. He admitted he thought they’d be a good match at one point, but it’s “very clear” now that they wouldn’t be. Finally, some sense from Kyle. Summer should be fun, but it’s never without a little mess along the way.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK CIARA IS TOO GOOD FOR AUSTEN? DO YOU THINK THEY WILL EVER ACTUALLY SERIOUSLY DATE?
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Season 30 of Dancing with the Stars was ground-breaking. For the first-time a same-sex couple competed for the mirror ball trophy. Pop singer JoJo Siwa danced with pro Jenna Johnson, and they finished in second place for the season. Iman Shumpert and Daniella Karagach clinched the mirror ball trophy in a surprising upset. Their free style was epic.
Artem Chigvintsev, who took home the trophy in Season 29 of DWTS, danced with actress Melora Hardin last season. They were eliminated just before the finals, along with pro Sasha Farber and Olympian Suni Lee.
Melora truly deserved to be there, and both Artem and Melora voiced their disappointment. “The one thing that I felt really sad [about] … I don’t think there’s been, for the past I don’t know how many seasons, a person of [her] age make it this far,” Artem commented. “I don’t understand why people don’t get behind this.” I totally agree!
Melora felt that the judges’ scoring was a bit off. She remarked, “They said all these incredible things [about our dances], but then the scores didn’t match … which was a bit disappointing and upsetting.”
Now fans are dealing with more bad news. Page Six reported that Artem dropped out of the DWTS tour because of “unexpected health issues.”
Artem posted a statement to his Instagram detailing the news. “Hi DWTS family – My time on tour so far has been wonderful – unfortunately I am having to step away from tour for a while, due to some unexpected health issues,” Artem wrote. He did not clarify what type of medical issue he is dealing with.
The dance pro continued, “My goal is to recover as quickly as possible so I can rejoin my cast and crew on this incredible tour. Thank you for your patience and understanding. See you soon, Artem.”
A representative for the tour told Page Six “The DWTS: Live! Tour is continuing as planned with our cast of amazing pros — we wish Artem a speedy recovery and look forward to having him back in the show in the very near future.”
Artem’s fellow cast members flooded the comments section of his Instagram post with supportive messages. Gleb Savchenko wrote, “Please feel better, we all miss you so much and wishing you a speedy recovery.”
“Get well soon brother,” Keo Motsepe said. Sharna Burgess commented, “Love you Artem, feel better soon.”
“Wishing you a fast recovery,” Daniella wrote. “Rest up and get better soon man,” Pasha Pashkov posted. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba commented, “I hope you feel better soon Artem…”
Others who sent their good wishes included Sasha, Alan Bersten, Amanda Kloots, and Lindsay Arnold.
Artem’s fiancée, Nikki Bella, posted a simple heart emoji in the comments. Total Bellas star Nikki and Artem met on DWTS in 2017 when Nikki was engaged to John Cena. In 2019, Artem and Nikki went Instagram official. Artem popped the question a few months later, and in July of 2020 the couple welcomed a son.
In December of 2021, Nikki explained that the duo had to push back their wedding plans because of travel restrictions caused by Covid-19. “The one promise I made [Artem] before we can plan is that his parents can attend,” Nikki shared. “And with where the world’s at right now and trying to get two Russian parents into the country, it’s almost impossible.”
Sending best wishes for a speedy recovery, Artem!
TELL US- WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAVE A POSITIVE COMMENT FOR ARTEM? DO YOU WANT TO SEE HIM ON DWTS IF/WHEN IT RETURNS?
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Has Teresa Giudice just made Housewives history once again? Things are about to get messy (literally and figuratively!) for Teresa and her The Real Housewives of New Jersey co-star...Jen Shah continues to amaze me with her total detachment from reality. Sometimes, all of the drama surrounding Real Housewives of Salt Lake City almost makes me forget that Jen is about to be in court on trial for fraud and money laundering. Like, we all know that Jen was probably happy the moment Jennie Nguyen got exposed and fired from the show. It took the focus off of the horrible charges against her. Even during current episodes, when Jen makes digs at her co-stars or screams that she’s “not a criminal,” I momentarily cease to remember that this is a woman accused of stealing from elderly people. And she did so to fill her closet with jewels and fur coats. It’s almost too ridiculous to comprehend.
The red flags were there when looking at Jen’s track record. Aspects of her larger-than-life reality turned out to be nothing but smoke and mirrors. Some of her co-stars even admitted that Jen was vague and shady when it came to her business. Jen has a bad reputation around Salt Lake City — somehow even worse than her offensive tantrums on national TV.
Yet somehow, Jen is doing everything in her power to try to get out of these charges like it’s nothing. A judge rejected her request to dismiss the case after she claimed a Hulu documentary ruined her right to a fair trial. It also sounds like Stuart Smith might end up flipping on his former bestie boss. Her lawyers even quit at one point.
Meanwhile, Jen’s family even attempted to set up a GoFundMe to raise $2 million for Jen’s case, but that was a bust. Meanwhile, we’re watching RHOSLC scenes where Jen is seen one minute consoling her mother who is spending her retirement money in an attempt to help her daughter, and the next she’s bringing a glam squad to a girls’ weekend. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.
Jen is following the footsteps of the reality stars before her who got in a little trouble with the law and attempted to get the sitting U.S. president to pardon them. Yes, it gets even harder to believe. Instagram user @realityvontease2 posted a screenshot of Jen’s Instagram story from a fan asking others to contact President Joe Biden and beg him to pardon her.
“@therealjenshah needs our help! Call or write @potus and beg him to pardon Jen Shah to ensure she is not wrongfully convicted! Remind President Biden That Jen Shah is innocent,” the post read. The fan also included a screenshot of ways to contact the White House. Who has the time to put effort toward trying to help JEN SHAH without getting paid from her? The feds allege that she’s an orchestrator in a massive and decades-long telemarketing scheme. SCAMS are involved here. I bet Heather Gay will email Joe Biden for Jen. Aside from that, no one in their right mind should.
I would believe that Meredith Marks really did call the feds on Jen before I’d believe that she will get pardoned. It didn’t work for Joe Giudice or Joe Exotic, so why Jen? Hopefully, Jen gets a grip during Season 3 of RHOSLC and grasps that she really is in danger of going to jail. So maybe she should stop the Erika Jayne-esque Instagram posts and start focusing on a game plan. But something tells me next season, she’ll still be preoccupied with everyone who isn’t as loyal as her No. 1 soldier Joe.
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK OF JEN TRYING TO GET PARDONED? CAN YOU BELIEVE JEN REPOSTED THIS ON HER STORY?
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The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills are a lot of things, but in 2022, they are WORKING. The girls have already been filming the next season of the show because producers didn’t want to miss a minute of the Erika Jayne circus. Erika’s still in the midst of a $25 million lawsuit and a divorce from her (allegedly) shady lawyer husband Tom Girardi. But all Erika seems to be doing is trying to revive her “pop career” and looking for her next victim boyfriend. Oh, and acting totally delusional. Like, selling $700 at-home hair extensions levels of delusion. It can probably be described as a Pretty Mess, if you will.
The RHOBH ladies have been together a lot recently as a result of the show, meaning that Instagram is full of teasers. We know next season will be Erika-heavy, but there’s plenty of other drama going on in the meantime. Dorit Kemsley’s robbery, Kathy Hilton’s tiff with production, etc. As usual, Erika’s Instagram photos are stirring the pot with fans, but not in a fun way.
Erika and the RHOBH cast recently flooded our feeds with photos from a 70s party. For the girls that love glam, a theme is everything, so they went all out. Erika posted a snap of herself with Lisa Rinna, but Page Six reports that she changed the caption. Why, do you ask? Oh, because Rinna’s being Rinna and acting a fool. For once, it’s not for something that came out of her loose lips.
The original caption of the photo read “Donna and Jerry” in reference to Donna Summer (Lisa) and Jerry Hall (Erika). However, the current photo reads “Cher and Jerry” after fans accused Rinna of blackfishing. One fan wrote, “If that is Donna Summers…… Rinna be hitting up the black face!” It’s not hard to put two and two together when Erika literally spelled it out in the caption, so no wonder she changed it.
Another fan commented, “Lisa Rinna stay problematic #blackfishing.” Let’s remember that Rinna’s daughter Amelia Hamlin has been accused of the same thing in the past — channeling Black aesthetics through makeup, fashion or other measures. Other fans refuted that Rinna could be a victim to a poor choice in an Instagram filter or a poorly-done spray tan. But the buzz was enough to check Erika’s behavior online, which isn’t something she does often. Her methods usually include turning off comments to avoid hearing anyone but herself at all.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK LISA WAS BLACKFISHING? ARE YOU SURPRISED THAT ERIKA ACTUALLY CHANGED THE CAPTION?
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Erika Jayne is finally receiving some good news in court. As we all know, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has been overrun with legal cases. All of this stems from the downfall of her husband, Tom Girardi. Once a highly respected lawyer, Tom stands accused of fraud and embezzlement. Erika filed for divorce from him in November of 2020. This took place right before the news broke that he would be charged for misappropriating client funds. While Erika maintains her innocence, she has been accused of orchestrating a “sham” divorce. All in an attempt “to fraudulently protect Tom’s and Erika’s money from those that seek to collect on debts owed by Tom and his law firm GK.”
Now, one of the more notable lawsuits against Erika is being dismissed, as reported by Page Six. Tom, along with Erika, were sued by Edelson PC, a class-action law firm in December of 2020. The firm is representing a number of Lion Air plane crash victims that claim Tom embezzled their settlement funds. The funds were from Boeing, who settled with the victims in a wrongful death suit. The suit was headed up by Tom and his firm, who represented the victims. The Illinois lawsuit also accuses Tom of using those funds to upkeep his lavish lifestyle with Erika.
Legal documents regarding the dismissal of this case read, “Pursuant to stipulation, plaintiff’s claims against defendants EJ Global LLC and Erika Girardi are dismissed without prejudice and without costs.” The ruling was made only one day after both parties agreed that “dismissal is appropriate.”
Erika’s attorney, Evan Borges immediately made a statement. He said, “I’d like to see Edelson and everyone else take the high road going forward and not make accusations against Erika without evidence.” He continued, “We want Edelson to get the most complete picture of the evidence as possible, and have no issue with further investigation. But the truth matters. Here, the truth is that Erika had no role in the Lion Air dealings, actions, or inaction as between the attorneys and their clients, and she never received any of the Lion Air client settlement funds.”
Evan noted that Edelson PC has the right to refile against Erika in California. But he also added that her dismissal “from the federal lawsuit that triggered bankruptcies of Girardi Keese and Tom Girardi is extremely important.”
But while this is a big one, Erika’s legal problems are far from over. Both in the courts and in the court of public opinion. She was recently accused of not coughing up $1.4 million earrings that Tom gave her during their marriage. The accusation comes from the firm investigation Tom’s financial records for his bankruptcy case. The trustee is demanding Erika return the earrings, but she has yet to comply. A motion was filed asking the court to force Erika to give back the earrings within 5 days.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK THE ILLINOIS LAWSUIT AGAINST ERIKA SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED? DO YOU THINK SHE KNOWS MORE THAN SHE IS TELLING US? WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE WILL REVEAL NEXT SEASON ON RHOBH?
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Last week, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City ended on a surprisingly feel-good note. But if you think the good vibes from Club Zion would last, you’re sadly fooling yourself. Because all it took was less than 24 hours for the group dynamic to spiral once again into chaos. Do these women, uh, despise each other? Because it’s sure starting to feel like it.
The wild night at Club Zion could’ve been the perfect note on which to end the Mother’s Day getaway. But we still have two more days in Zion, so the trip must go on. As someone who grew up just outside of the national park, I can tell you there’s much more to do there than sit in a villa screaming at each other about who turned Jen Shah into the feds. And so the women split up in classic Housewives style for a day of excursions. And also to rehash all the drama that’s gone down away from the group as a whole.
While Jen and Whitney Rose go ATV riding, the strange trio of Meredith Marks, Mary Cosby and Jennie Nguyen prefer a day at the spa. And then there’s the oddest couple of all, Lisa Barlow and Heather Gay, who show off their abilities to both canter and gallop by going horseback riding before living out their best Britney Spears fantasy like they’re on the set of “I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman.” (For the record, that video was actually filmed at Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona, which is another couple hours of driving from my hometown past Zion. There are the types of important details you come to these recaps for, right?)
It’s quite interesting seeing Heather and Lisa film alone together for what I’m *pretty* sure is the first time all season. And it seems after the terrible dinner the night before, Heather’s starting to see her sometime nemesis in a different light. All season long, Meredith has expected Lisa’s unwavering support in her feud with Jen. In fact, both women have very nearly demanded that Lisa pick a side, rather than attempt to play peacemaker or try to be a good friend to both. And now Heather is finally seeing that Lisa frankly isn’t getting the same type of support in return.
In all of their interactions with Lisa, it’s always about what either Meredith or Jen is going through. They’ve both screamed at her, discounted her feelings, and demanded more from her. Add in Meredith’s seemingly blind (and confusing) loyalty to Mary over her supposed best friend of 10-plus years, and it makes for a bizarre dynamic. Heather also has questions about the memorial for Meredith’s father. Meredith apparently told her the service was on Monday, the day before the trip to Vail. But Lisa was under the impression it was on Tuesday, the same day that Jen was arrested. She even called her on the phone in the middle of the memorial! Hmm..is it a miscommunication or could Meredith be lying to one of them?
Whitney and Jen, meanwhile, are asking the same questions. Is Meredith using her father’s memorial as a cover-up for something else? The convenient reason she didn’t ride in the van to Vail, perhaps? Whitney also tries to dig into her theory about Meredith and Jen sharing a secret boyfriend, but Jen claims there wasn’t anything more to the story last season about Meredith dating other people…
Meredith herself has no idea any of these conversations are even happening, of course. Because she’s busy getting a massage with mortal enemies Mary and Jennie. At Five Petals Spa, the trio try to make small talk, but even that basic level of interaction quickly gets awkward. Jennie apologizes to Meredith for spilling the tea to Jen about the private investigator. She claims she wasn’t trying to hurt Meredith, but given the weird fixation the now-fired newbie has had on the issue since Vail, I’d say that’s hard to believe.
Mary has no idea what Jennie‘s talking about when she relays the status of her marriage to Meredith over the whole sister wife drama. (Newsflash: Duy Nguyen refuses to go to therapy.) And when Meredith and Jennie ask the simple question of whether she’s talked to Robert Cosby Sr. during the trip, Mary is a closed vault. Claiming she refuses to talk about her family in front of Jennie, she excuses herself from the conversation entirely rather than make any attempt to open up or bond. Like I said…awkward.
That night, Jen throws a Mexican-themed dinner to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Supposedly it’s in honor of Mary calling her a Mexican thug in Vail. Which is…a hilarious way to turn the racist insult on its head. The dinner, however, is no laughing matter to Meredith, who wonders to Whitney how the hostess is paying for the party, given that she’s publicly declared to the federal government that she has exactly “zero” assets in her name. If Jen’s financed the dinner with dirty money that’s been allegedly stolen from the pockets of hundreds of elderly victims, Meredith’s not interested in participating. And yet, she dons her boldest crushed orange velvet pantsuit and joins the other ‘Wives for dinner anyway…
To make things even more uncomfortable, Jen kicks the meal off by presenting each of the ladies with a diamond snowflake necklace. Remember, the gifts she was supposedly bringing for everyone in Aspen? Yeah, those. There’s an even bigger question mark in the air about whether Jen paid for this extravagant jewelry with fraudulent funds, but Meredith doesn’t turn her nose up at the gift immediately, either. Instead, she rather coolly thanks her for it!
Between the quesadillas and margaritas, the dinner starts on a sour note when Mary goes into the villa for a jacket but ungraciously refuses Whitney‘s request to bring blankets back for the rest of the group. Watch out, Mary’s clearly in one of her moods. While she’s away from the table, Jennie fills the women in on how the First Lady treated her at the spa. And surprise, surprise! Meredith rushes to Mary’s defense. So when Mary returns (with a jacket and no blankets), Whitney decides to ask her point blank: does she like Jennie? Without missing a beat, the answer is a curt “No.” And she’s not about to apologize for it.
The confrontation starts with all the reasons Mary and Jennie dislike each other, but Heather quickly gets dragged into the fray after pointing out how rude Mary was to Jennie even just that morning over breakfast. While the husbands gifted this trip to the group, Mary throws it in Heather’s face that she doesn’t have one. Which…yikes. Low blow, Mary. And Heather eschews Michelle Obama’s advice by going just as low to remind Mary that her husband is her step-granddaddy, thank you very much. (All Jen can do is sit back and watch the barbs fly across the table with a smile.)
At the other end of the table, Lisa jumps in to point out Mary‘s cruelty to Meredith. But her bestie remains unfazed as Mary then turns her ire on Lisa. Which leads to the queen of Sundance exploding and positively reading Mary for filth. She reads Mary up and down for everything from her verbal abuse and questionable character to the allegations about her church and her dwindling congregation. Hilariously, Mary’s only retort is that Lisa likes to eat Taco Bell. Which in Mary Land somehow equates to Lisa having “no depth.” Uh…ok, Mary. Nice try, Taco Bell is untouchable.
Caught (literally) in the middle, Meredith once again does absolutely nothing to stand up for her best friend. Because at this point it’s clear: for some unknown reason, her loyalty is to Mary above all else. Even when she’s calling Lisa “the devil” and a “chihuahua.” Not a peep. The other women start pointing out Mary’s glaring hypocrisy in claiming to be a woman of God while treating people the way she does. This season, she’s been unpredictably cruel, callous and condescending to just about every other Housewife. Besides Meredith, of course. But Mary doubles down — and basically breaks down the fourth wall in the process — by claiming that none of these women are actually friends. At best, they’re co-workers she’s being paid to be around. Again, other than Meredith. Of course.
At this, Whitney tries to force Meredith‘s feet to the fire. Does she condone the way Mary‘s been speaking to Lisa? Her best friend of 10 years? What about telling Jennie she doesn’t matter? Is that leading with love and kindness in Meredith’s view? But rather than take a stance, Meredith plays Switzerland, and tries to talk her way around making Mary’s verbal abuse of the others somehow OK. And seeing this leads Lisa to her breaking point. She retreats from the table in tears. Then, barricading herself in her room, we are treated to a hot mic moment that just might signal the end of Lisa and Meredith’s decade of sisterhood. It also holds the high (or low) honor of outdoing basically every other hot mic caught in the history of Bravo. To end the recap, I present it below in full:
“Meredith can go f–k herself. I’m done with her. ‘Cause I’m not a f–king whore, and I don’t cheat on my husband. Her and her dumb f–king family that poses. Why don’t you own a house? Wait, you can’t. ‘Cause your husband changes jobs every five minutes? Fake Meredith is a piece of s–t. ‘I have your back,’ and I’m offended by that. F–k you! That f–king piece of s–t garbage whore. I f–king hate her! She’s a whore; she’s f–ked half of New York! She can go f–k herself [opens door and emerges from bathroom]. Here, you can have your mic back [tosses mic to producer off-camera].”
TELL US – DO YOU BELIEVE MEREDITH IS LYING ABOUT HER FATHER’S MEMORIAL? WHY DO YOU THINK SHE CAN DEFEND MARY’S VERBAL ABUSE OF THE OTHER WOMEN? IS THIS THE END OF MEREDITH AND LISA’S FRIENDSHIP? DID YOUR JAW DROP AT LISA’S HOT MIC MOMENT?
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