The Real Housewives of New Jersey is being rocked by another cheating scandal. On tonight's season 12 premiere of the hit Bravo show, Margaret Josephs and Jennifer Aydin's ongoing...It’s so hard to even figure out a place to start with Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. It is so chaotic, so dramatic and so incredibly wonderful. How could you not love this season? It’s giving us more in one season than other franchises have done in multiple seasons. And there’s good reason for that. Despite some side fighting (I’m sorry Whitney Rose, but we don’t care that Mary Cosby doesn’t like you), there is one looming issue. The epic arrest of Jen Shah on camera. And what, if anything, Meredith Marks had to do with it.
As we all know, Jen was tracked down by the FBI and Homeland Security while the women were waiting on a party bus to go to Vail on a cast trip. Jen fled before they arrived, but they ultimately caught up to her on the side of the road. But the knowledge that Jen was sitting in the parking lot of Heather Gay’s business brought up some conspiracy theories amongst the women. Mainly, where were Meredith and Mary when all this was happening?
Meredith has denied she had anything to do with tipping off the feds. She maintained that at the time, she was at her deceased father’s memorial. But as we saw in the last few episodes, some of her castmates weren’t buying it. Which is really sad, if I’m being honest. Now Meredith has had enough and is coming through with the receipts so everyone can stop the accusations. Meredith tweeted out a screen shot of the booking details she reserved for the memorial. The receipt listed the dates to corroborate Meredith’s account of what happened.
She added to the tweet, “Repulsive as it is, some are still commenting that I faked a memorial. I am not the fake of the group. I answered the question the first night asked at the white party. I went to Aspen on 3/28, had the memorial on3/29 and left for Vail that evening. Receipt below for my hotel.”
Her next tweet read, “For those of you who have kindly expressed your condolences for my loss, thank you for your kindness and compassion.” She ended it with a heart emoji. Whew guys, this is a rough one. While housewives isn’t exactly known for it’s compassion, there are some lines you just don’t cross.
I was especially shocked to see longtime “friend” of Meredith’s, Lisa Barlow, and Heather discussing their disbelief of what Meredith told them about the memorial. Heather said Meredith mentioned the memorial was on Monday. While Jen pointed out that she thought it was on Tuesday, which is the same day Jen was arrested. Jen also said that Meredith called in the middle of the memorial. So, with seemingly blind loyalty to Jen and a strong desire to flush out Meredith as a liar over the death of her father, the ladies won’t leave it alone.
And it might just be the last straw for Meredith, who has recently alluded to quitting the show because of the lies being spread about her. Regardless of what you think about Meredith, could you blame her?
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MEREDITH SHARING RECEIPTS? DO YOU THINK THE WOMEN SHOULD EVEN BE QUESTIONING HER ABOUT HER DAD’S MEMORIAL?
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The Summer House mantra is that no matter what, summer should be fun. It doesn’t matter if COVID-19 is rampant and the Good Vibe Tribe is all working from home in the Hamptons. Or if there is a massive fight involving all of the roommates going on after a LoverBoy-fueled costume party. It’s alllllll about having fun. But based on the first few episodes of Season 6, it’s unfortunately not all fun and games for the Hamptons gang. Particularly when it comes to Amanda Batula and Kyle Cooke as they get closer and closer to their wedding day.
Kyle got himself in time out with Amanda just one episode into Summer House Season 6. He was having a little too much fun going out and letting loose, so he ignored dozens of missed calls from his fiancé while all of his roommates were asleep at home. To make it worse, he had an adult temper tantrum and blamed it all on Amanda. It was obligatory for her good friends Ciara Miller and Paige DeSorbo to step in and say what we all were thinking — Amanda should’ve called off the wedding.
Cookie recently appeared on Watch What Happens Live to try to defend his behavior toward Amanda on the show. One fan asked Kyle to react to Paige and Ciara’s attempts to make Amanda a runaway bride. “I mean, obviously it cuts, you know, pretty deep,” Kyle admitted. “But I also know that they’re trying to be supportive of their friend.” Kyle’s like a dog with his tail between his legs. If Ciara and Paige didn’t step in, though, I’d question their commitment to the girl code.
But Kyle also admitted that it hurt to hear two people who are his friends say such a blunt truth. “It’s a complicated situation, I’m sorry,” he concluded. I love Kyle when Kyle is good, so I feel for him. Hopefully, watching his behavior on TV will help him dial back his antics now that he’s a married man. The last thing he wants to be is an Austen Kroll 2.0. He should aim to channel Carl Radke’s good boy energy instead.
Honestly, the last thing that comes to mind when I examine the current Summer House drama is Hannah Berner. We got Andrea Denver and some cameos from Southern Charm pillow king Craig Conover in her place thanks to Paige’s dating game. And the OGs are definitely providing plenty of entertainment to keep us talking in between Monday nights.
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK OF KYLE’S RESPONSE TO AMANDA’S FRIENDS TELLING HER TO CALL OFF THE WEDDING? DO YOU AGREE THAT THEY WERE BEING SUPPORTIVE FRIENDS?
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It’s certainly been an odd season of Below Deck. On one hand, it’s been tarnished by accusations of racism all season. On the other, we finally got to see a seemingly straight deckhand happily make out with his best friend, a gay stew. So yes, you could say there have been lows and highs. And so maybe it’s fitting that the season comes to an equally bizarre and convoluted end this week. But at least I can say I think I enjoyed it more than Season 8? Maybe? The good thing, anyway, is that even following a season that’s been hard to watch at times, there’s always another season in the Med or on a sailboat around the corner…
At the top of the finale, Chef Rachel Hargrove is still upset about ice cream. Specifically, she’s unhappy that Heather Chase asked Eddie Lucas, dressed as Alexander Hamilton, to bring the dessert to the beach picnic before the guests had finished eating. This despite the fact that the chief stew was merely doing what the chef asked. And radio’d Eddie right in front of her. Now the ice cream is at risk of melting. The guests hardly even notice the snipping among the crew. Though Heather doesn’t take kindly to Rayna Lindsey trying to shush her. It’s the end of the season and everyone is on each other’s nerves.
Back on M/Y Seanna, Wes O’Dell is attempting to flirt with Kaylee Milligan. But the new third stew doesn’t compare to the old third stew in Wes’ eyes. He misses Jessica Albert. Plus, his invitation to come hang out on the swim platform is dashed by the guests’ imminent return from the beach picnic, anyway. For dinner, Heather‘s come up with an idea to take the guests’ Hamilton obsession a step further. Now she wants Eddie and Jake Foulger to recreate the Founding Father’s death by duel at the hand of Aaron Burr…(sir). The first officer and lead deckhand are all about it. But Captain Lee Rosbach clearly isn’t a fan. Either that or he just hates Hamilton.
The guests have requested Captain Lee to join the glitzy formal dinner on their last night. But down in the galley, things are far less glamorous. Rachel‘s been stuck in a stress spiral since the beach picnic. And now she’s so tense that she’s demanding a silent galley for the duration of dinner service. That means no talking. No banter with Rayna. No joking around with Heather. It’s all business and she’s on a warpath. Not used to the chef’s intensity, poor Kaylee is terrified. Heather, on the other hand, misses the memo and her commentary on the food is less than appreciated. But even with dessert disaster involving untempered white chocolate, the final dinner is a success. And Rachel eventually apologizes to Heather in their cabin for being such a grouchy ball of nerves.
The next morning is the guests’ departure day. The crew has just one more breakfast service to get through! Well, that and the tension that’s still brewing between Heather and Rayna. The night before, the deckhand-turned-sous-chef wouldn’t even respond to a compliment from her sworn enemy. And at this point Heather’s at a complete loss about what to do. She’s tried apologizing to Rayna multiple times. And every time, the junior deckhand assures her that all is forgiven and everything’s great. Though clearly it’s not.
Since it’s the final docking, Captain Lee has a special treat planned for Eddie. The first officer gets to dock the mega-yacht all by himself! This is obviously something he’s never done before and the pressure is understandably nerve-wracking. What if Eddie crashes the boat? Naturally, the Below Deck gods throw him a curveball when the ship’s bow thrusters stop working. It even looks for a moment like Captain Lee might have to take over. But the off-camera engineer gets them working again at the last second and Eddie’s virgin docking is an ultimate success. Lee couldn’t be more proud.
The guests depart and the final charter of the season is officially over. But there’s still plenty of work to do. Captain Lee calls the crew together for their last tip meeting, revealing the crew made an additional $17,000. That adds up to a grand total of $147,000 in tips for the season. Now that’s a number worth jumping off the bow for. Which several of the crew members do in celebration. Jake, of course, is naked.
For their final night out, the crew doesn’t want to be anywhere near the water. So they turn into the jungle of St. Kitts, arriving at Caribelle Batik for a magical last meal. But right away, the passive aggressive jabs happening between Rayna and Heather put a damper on the evening. There’s tension over taking a group picture. Heather’s pointedly excluded, left to take the photo of everyone else. There’s tension when Heather reminds the crew not to judge a book by its cover regarding Kaylee‘s late stage arrival. Not even Eddie being willing to jump into a nearby fountain fully clothed can turn the mood around. Ultimately, Fraser Olender is left to mediate, trying to talk each of his friends down. But nothing he says can tone down Rayna’s pettiness at this point. He recognizes all Rayna wants to do is get under Heather’s skin and she’ll stop at nothing to do just that.
Ultimately, the animosity comes to a head over which car Kaylee will ride back to the boat in. Except it’s not about that at all, of course. Heather challenges Rayna to say how she really feels to her face instead of the little muttered digs she’s so good at throwing out behind her back. The chief stew also calls out the deckhand for never truly accepting her apology, and this is where things get heated. Voices are raised — Heather is essentially begging on her knees in a parking lot at this point. But according to Rayna, there will never be any forgiveness.
The rest of the crew tries to break up the argument. But Rayna‘s set off again when Wes tries to advocate for Heather and talk some sense into her. When Wes doesn’t fully take her side, Rayna lashes out by calling him “white” and denying that he’s really Black since he happens to be mixed race. Which is the lowest of blows to someone who’s done nothing but hear her out and support her behind the scenes all season long. But apparently no one’s opinion on the matter counts unless they blindly agree with Rayna holding her grudge against Heather to the bitter end.
Back on the boat, there’s no more fun to be had. So everyone goes to bed, with Rayna ending the night in Jake‘s cabin for one last cuddle. Bright and early the next morning, it’s departure day for the crew. But Wes isn’t going anywhere until he gets a chance to confront Rayna. He’s deeply hurt by her turning on him. But she’s insistent that he just doesn’t get it, willfully throwing every excuse she can think of in his face to dismiss and discount his own lived experience as a mixed race Black man. She doesn’t even any kind of apology, sincere or otherwise. But at this point, is that really surprising?
One by one, the crew say their goodbyes and leave M/Y Seanna behind. Wes can’t wait to get back to his beloved sail boat. Jake and Fraser — the season’s true love story — leave together for a holiday in Miami. And in a final twist, Heather and Rayna even hug it out as they say farewell. (Think that’ll last until the reunion?) Naturally, Captain Lee saves his last goodbyes for Rachel and Eddie, the latter of whom he admits he’s training to be a captain. Could Eddie become the new face of Below Deck? Guess we won’t find out until next season! Next week, the reunion!
TELL US – WAS RACHEL OVERREACTING BY DEMANDING A SILENT GALLEY? WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE HEATHER AND RAYNA FINALLY HAVE IT OUT? WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN RAYNA LASHED OUT AT WES? HOW WOULD YOU RATE THIS SEASON OVERALL? AND WHO DO YOU WANT TO RETURN NEXT SEASON?
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The Fourth of July never ends in the Summer House. At least not at the end of an episode. Because the party is still in full swing at the top of the latest hour. Last we left off, everyone was drunk. Amanda Batula was still giving Kyle Cooke the patriotic cold shoulder. Andrea Denver had been kicked in his beautiful face. And Lindsay Hubbard was sauntering through the chaos kissing anyone she felt like — new housemate Alex Wach included. Ok, all caught up?
With Paige DeSorbo still tending to a wounded Andrea in his (now very wet) bed, the rest of the gang decides the Fourth of July festivities are over. So while Alex tries his best to fit into Lindsay’s shirt without his gigantic muscles ripping it to shreds, Amanda is busy ushering guests out of the party while offering goodbye shots all around. Democracy’s another year older, now get out! Only after everyone leaves does Carl Radke stop and realize it’s not just America’s birthday, it’s his six-month sobriety mark. Go Carl! 6.0 and six months sober. The entire Bravo fandom is rooting for you.
Kyle, however, hasn’t had much fun at this annual start of summer bash. Mostly on account of Amanda spending the whole party avoiding him and refusing to talk through their screaming match from the first night of the weekend. Danielle Olivera hasn’t either, considering she spent much of the party arguing with boyfriend Robert Sieber over how much time they can or cannot spend together this summer. And after everyone else goes to sleep with the house a post-party disaster, it turns out newbie Mya Allen can’t sleep until after she cleans the kitchen. So I guess that’s one less thing to deal with the next morning when everyone’s hung over.
Speaking of the next morning, it’s a Monday. Which means the Good Vibe tribe must head back to the city. But Amanda‘s not interested in making the four-hour trek to New York in a silent car with her fiancé. So instead of riding with Kyle, she tells him she’s getting brunch with the girls on the way and will drive back to the city with them. If Kyle didn’t know he was in the doghouse yet, he certainly does now.
The girls stop at The Hamlet in Hamptons Bay. (Quick side note: judging by Carl‘s morning run, the new house might be in Sag Harbor? The show hasn’t specified…) Over chicken fingers and fish tacos, the ladies of the house commiserate over their respective storylines problems. Paige is caught in the beginnings of a love triangle of her own making. But is juggling Andrea and Craig Conover such a bad spot to be in? Only if you’re Andrea, I suppose, who left the weekend thinking he and Paige are back on track and Craig isn’t much of a threat.
Ciara Miller, meanwhile is weighing the idea of a prospective fling with Carl against her latent feelings for Austen Kroll, who’s supposed to show up in the Hamptons the following weekend. What’s a girl to do? Go back to the Charleston Charmer who spent all winter flirting with her before making it clear he wasn’t interested in a relationship or take a chance on sane, sober and incredibly sexy Carl 6.0? And Amanda clearly has a major problem to fix when she gets back to real life in the city. Though after sleeping on it, she seems to be minimizing just how serious her issues with Kyle are to her friends, which is a definite red flag.
Over the course of the week, Ciara moves into her new apartment. And Paige and Craig go on their first official date in the city. Though we’re robbed of seeing the latter scene in anything other than a flashback, even though it includes the elevator make-out that teased the season at the end of Winter House. Let us experience the excitement of Craig and Paige’s relationship in full, editors! And by Thursday, Amanda’s finally ready to talk things out with Kyle. She’s worried he doesn’t see the toll his drinking is taking on their relationship; he thinks she doesn’t understand the amount of pressure and debut he’s under after taking out a $4.2 million loan to fund the growth of Loverboy. Kyle ends the conversation apologetic and in tears, promising to do better. But with just two months to go before they walk down the aisle, the couple’s relationship is clearly on thin ice.
If only every weekend would arrive as quickly as they do on this show. Because before you know it, it’s Friday and the housemates are once again headed to the Hamptons. On the drive out, Ciara relays disappointing news. Austen‘s not actually coming to the house for weekend number two. (Neither, it seems, is Luke Gulbranson, who’s nowhere to be seen for the third episode in a row. Maybe he’ll join the party next week?) So now, Ciara can focus all her attention on Carl.
Paige, on the other hand, is in for a potentially hazardous weekend of the romantic variety. For the next three days, she’ll be walking a tightrope between Andrea and Craig, on display for the entire house to see. The other wrinkle in this love triangle in-the-making is the fact that Andrea and Craig are genuinely friends. Like, good buddies. They spent the entirety of Winter House bonding, with the Southern Charm-er even inducting the Italian model as real-life American frat boy. (It was cuter in the flashback than it sounds, OK? Also, the scene seems to be one of the many from the missing week of footage from the spinoff that mysteriously never aired…)
Arriving at the house, the roomies kick things off with a pool day followed by a Mexican dinner. On account of the weather being 100 percent sunnier than the 65 degree rain they started the previous weekend with. Though before they can so much as unpack, Lindsay spills the tea to Carl that she met a guy in the city this week and is apparently going to Mexico with him in a few days time. Uhh, Hot Hubb Summer, I guess? And while a shirtless Alex crushes avocados into some semblance of guacamole, Robert arrives to surprise Danielle for their one-year anniversary. His sweet picnic of sour candy and pepperoni in the pool house seems to successfully make up for all the fighting they did last weekend.
After dinner, Craig makes his grand entrance. And both he and Paige are visibly giddy to see each other. It’s honestly adorable. But before the crew heads to Southampton Social, Andrea pulls his pal aside to clear the air about, you know, both of them liking the same girl. Andrea’s mostly hurt that he found out Craig and Paige were seeing each other through the grapevine. You know, rather than from his friend’s own mouth. And it didn’t help that his calls to talk to Craig about it went unanswered. And although the boys hug it out — they missed each other! — there’s definitely an underlying vibe happening. May the best man win!
And that man, for the time being, appears to be Craig, who spends the entire night out enamored with Paige. Lindsay claims to be surprised at just how much PDA the totally-not-exclusive couple is packing on at Southampton Social. Because last she heard via Instagram gossip, Craig was hooking up with a certain reality TV icon whose last name will be blurred and bleeped out this entire season. (I can’t help but get a kick out of thinking about Kristin Cavallari hitting Bravo with legal papers to keep her name off the show. Honestly…her power.) And once they get back to the house, Lindsay has no problem whatsoever planting the Kristin bug in Paige’s ear.
While Carl is out in the hot tub concluding that he’s not ready for his own inter-house love triangle, drama starts brewing inside. Hurricane Hubbard has struck again! However, the audio for the last five minutes of the episode is straight up bizarre. It’s going in and out, everyone sounds weirdly echoey. And I can’t help but wonder if some of the dialogue has been dubbed over in post-production — a classic trick of reality TV that was, ironically, pioneered on both Laguna Beach and The Hills…
Paige had seen the rumors about Kristin circulating on Deux Moi. But Lindsay claims she heard from Austen that very day that Craig‘s been hooking up with the Very Cavallari alum. All this time, Paige had assumed the rumors were actually about Austen. And now suddenly she’s found herself pitted in another love triangle against one of her favorite celebrities of all time. (And one who, mind you, perfected the art of the reality TV love triangle at the age of 16.) Craig tries to confront the situation head on, but calling Paige “weaker than [he] thought” for being manipulated by Lindsay is not the way to go about that, sweet Craigy. Paige feels like she looks like the fool, but Craig thinks Lindsay’s the “loser” for stirring the pot.
He also throws Austen under the bus by claiming Lindsay and his pal have been dating for the past four years while seeing other people. Uh, that wasn’t the story six months ago in Vermont! Mya accuses Craig of gaslighting Paige. But the episode ends with her sneaking into his room for a second, more private confrontation. One that doesn’t involve her friends standing guard or chiming in. And no talk of Austen and Lindsay, please. She just wants to know the truth. Who’s hooking up with Kristin: Craig or Austen? And Craig admits that, yes, he’s made out with her before. (And Austen, apparently, is seething with jealousy over it. Just by the way.) But is he still hooking up with Kristin now? That’s the juicy cliffhanger we’re left on until next week…
TELL US – SHOULD AMANDA HAVE FORGIVEN KYLE SO EASILY? DID CRAIG BREAK BRO CODE BY NOT TELLING ANDREA HE WAS SEEING PAIGE? DO YOU BELIEVE CRAIG REALLY HOOKED UP WITH KRISTIN?
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Lamar Odom may no longer keep up with Khloe Kardashian, but that doesn't mean the love is gone. In this exclusive sneak peek of the new season of Celebrity Big Brother, which...
