There's nothing like the bond between a mother and son. On season one of The White Lotus, Lukas Gage played resort staffer Dillon, who shared a very—shall we say—intimate scene with his boss...Well, well. It looks like Melissa Gorga is a liar, after all. Caroline Manzo surprisingly confirmed the rumors that Melissa called her “too old” to film the Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Jacqueline Laurita, former RHONJ star, spilled the tea. She gave her two cents when discussing Melissa and Caroline’s thriving friendship. “I think they are friendly acquaintances,” she replied. “Melissa always used to say Caroline was too old and boring for the show. (She’s not).”
Shortly after, Melissa denied the rumors (shocker!), claiming she’s always been a fan of the Real Housewives matriarch. “Not true- I love Caroline always have,” she wrote in an Instagram comment.
But now, Caroline has a little something she’d like to add. In a brand new interview on HollywoodLife’s podcast Pay Attention Puh-Lease! the former Real Housewives of New Jersey star said the rumors were true. And there it is! Melissa lied.
“She said it. I remember when she said it. And I don’t fault her for it,” Caroline said. She even added that she “heard” the statement but understood why Melissa said it. “Even back then, Melissa is what, 42? I’m 61. I get it.”
She continued, “Okay. Back then, I was 50. And she was 30. So that’s from the mind of a 30-year-old kid. So how could I be mad at that?” Caroline may not be mad, but I sure am. Melissa dragged Teresa Giudice during this previous episode for not being honest, yet she’s dishonest about what comes out of her mouth. But because Caroline is okay with her statements, I bet she chooses not to address this.
Caroline, who clearly enjoys her peace away from the messiness of this show, noted that she’s choosing to offer Melissa grace and understanding rather than dragging her. “You have to always kind of figure out where it’s coming from. Back then, I understood it, and now I understand it. So, yeah she said it, and yeah I don’t care, because I get it,” she said.
What an odd statement. Maybe because Caroline and Melissa are anti-Teresa, they want to stick together. Who knows. Either way, in my eyes, this only gives further authority to Carlos King’s statements about Melissa being so thirsty to get on the show a bucket of water wouldn’t satisfy her. Furthermore, Danielle Cabral’s and Luis Ruelas’ comments look pretty solid right about now, too. I’m eager for the season to pick up to see what happens between this group of passionate Jersey families.
TELL US – HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT CAROLINE REVEALING MELISSA LIED? DOES THIS CHANGE YOUR PERCEPTION OF MELISSA?
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We interviewed Sydney Sweeney because we think you'll like her picks at these prices. Sydney is a paid spokesperson for Laneige. E! has affiliate relationships, so we may get a commission if you...There is a tremendous amount of speculation as to what Tom Schwartz knew of THE AFFAIR. Of course, we are talking about Tom Sandoval’s trysts with Raquel Leviss. Lisa Vanderpump and Kristen Doute are both convinced that Schwartz was in on it. The question is, to what extent?
According to Us Weekly, Schwartz told ET Canada that his best friend pushed him to pursue Raquel. So the onus is off of him right? Well, that perhaps depends on what he knew of the Vanderpump Rules scandal at the time.
“I’m guilty by association,” Schwartz said. “Oh my God. [Sandoval] made me do it. I didn’t want to do it. He’s like, ‘If you don’t do it, you’re a wussy.’ He steamrolled me.”
That all sounds very juvenile. But it doesn’t end there. Sandoval even witnessed them locking lips at Scheana Shay’s wedding.
“I was stoked [about their kiss]. I thought it was fun,” the Schwartz & Sandy’s co-owner said at the time. “They went behind this little greenery wall and I went and cracked two beers and handed it to them.”
Schwartz’s ex-wife Katie Maloney had a contrasting reaction. After all, she did ask him not to date within their friend group after their split in March 2022.
So, despite the risk of hurting Katie, and potentially knowing what was going on between Sandoval and Raquel, Schwartz did as he was told. Though at the time, he defended the authenticity of the kiss.
“In the moment, there was momentary passion in the air. I kind of disappeared into that kiss, I’ll be honest. It was kind of a transformative moment,” Tom previously told Us Weekly. “In terms of any long-term romance with me and Raquel, I don’t know how much chemistry is there.”
Schwartz never regretted the kiss, only that he hurt Katie. How does she feel now that it’s clear Sandoval was using her ex-husband to cover for his own discretion? And while her ex-husband tries to shift the blame, should he take some responsibility?
Pump Rules alum Kristen Doute claimed Tom knew about the affair and kept it under wraps. According to Us Weekly, Kristen revealed that “Schwartz only found out about it a month ago” during her Sex, Love and What Else Matters podcast.
Kristen continued, “[Schwartz] said that he told [Sandoval] he needed to tell Ariana before it blew up in his face and humiliated the hell out of her … Too little too late.”
So Schwartz did not know about the affair when he kissed Raquel. That would vindicate him of all things, except breaking Katie’s dating rule. However, he did know about the illicit love long enough to be called out for keeping it hush-hush. Especially considering his long-running friendship with Sandoval. It is interesting that Schwartz hasn’t issued a statement of condemnation for the affair.
It’s no consolation to Ariana Madix that an insider revealed her alleged relationship woes. A source claimed that the couple was “having problems for a while.” The situation “only came to a breaking point” with Sandoval’s affair with Raquel.
Then, Sandoval received backlash for addressing his restaurant, Schwartz & Sandy’s, prior to posting an apology for Ariana. Finally, he wrote, “I want to first and foremost apologize to everyone I’ve hurt through this process. Most of all, I want to apologize to Ariana. I made mistakes, I was selfish and made reckless decisions that hurt somebody I love. No one deserves to feel that pain so traumatically and publicly.”
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He continued, “I can only imagine how devastating this has been for Ariana and everyone around us. I feel really horrible about that. My biggest regret is that I dishonored Ariana. I never meant to disappoint so many people, including our loving families and friends,” Sandoval added.
For her part, Raquel issued an apology of her own. It reads, “I want to apologize for my actions and my choices foremost to Ariana, and to my friends and the fans so invested in our relationships. There is no excuse, I am not a victim and I must own my actions and I deeply regret hurting Ariana.” Perhaps an apology for Schwartz and Katie would be in order since they were indirectly tangled in this mess.
Ariana, meanwhile, is putting the drama behind her. She was spotted in Mexico this week celebrating a friend’s wedding.
TELL US- SHOULD SCHWARTZ SHOULDER ANY RESPONSIBILITY? DO YOU BELIEVE KRISTEN? SHOULD SCHWARTZ HAVE TOLD ARIANA ABOUT RAQUEL WHEN HE FOUND OUT?
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My therapist will be hearing about this episode. I am so twisted up with this Vanderpump Rules drama I don’t know which way is up or down. Watching Lala Kent and Katie Maloney pretend to be afraid of a drunk Raquel Leviss because she was dancing to Taylor Swift with a galaxy light was a bit of a reach for me. And Lala acts like she has any right to be reviewing the girl-code manual with anyone, let alone a woman whose man she’s cheated with.
That said, what am I? A warrior for Raquel? I think not. But in all seriousness, we don’t watch this show for the ethics. Thanks for bearing with me through another week.
Raquel is bumbling around drunk after the Girl’s Night at Disco Pussy. She’s microwaving leftovers and praying to her one true ruler, Lisa Vanderpump. Lala, Katie, and Kristina Kelly are laying in bed together, talking about how embarrassingly sloppy Raquel has gotten in Vegas. Shame!
Raquel joins the women on the bed, and Katie asks her if she kissed Oliver Saunders earlier in the evening. Raquel admits she did but assures everyone that Lala gave her permission. Katie continues to press Raquel. Why Katie thinks this is her jurisdiction, I really don’t know. Lala summarizes everything by saying she wouldn’t trust her man around Raquel if Raquel had been drinking. Tell me you knowingly date cheaters without telling me.
“Thank god you don’t have a man around,” Raquel slurs back to Lala. Her comment wounds Lala, who decides to dismiss Raquel on the spot. Everything ends with Bambi agreeing to leave the room peacefully. Yet we’ll somehow rehash this at least two more times in this episode.
In the morning, Lala is still upset over Raquel’s “thank god you don’t have a man” comments. Lala feels she’s evolved beyond Raquel’s comprehension, and she decides to continue rubbing her nose in it. When Raquel apologizes for her drunken mistake Lala seizes the moment to remind her she’s taken men from her before, so don’t get it twisted.
Was she bragging about hooking up with James Kennedy? Or was it the fact that she knew she was taking Raquel’s dude? Whatever the point was, Lala didn’t stick the landing. She came off looking hypocritical and a little too touchy for someone claiming to be a reincarnate of Tupac. She doth protest too much.
Things change between the women again during their drive from Vegas to a rental house in Lake Havasu. Raquel breaks down in tears while telling the girls she’s trying to figure out who she is after leaving her awful relationship with James. She has a full-blown panic attack, and the women pull over to have a feel-good moment.
Lala tells Raquel that she has nothing to worry about. Methinks Raquel is having some social anxiety about her drunken antics while being filmed. Everyone truly seemed bonded after the breakdown, and again, the two mistresses have found peace.
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Ahhhhhh!! Did you see it?? Supposedly, this episode was mainly filmed the first weekend of August 2022. That’s just a few weeks before the Raquel and Tom Sandoval affair started. Or was it? Maybe that post-Vegas meltdown had a little more guilt behind it than we originally thought. There’s still no clear answer on when these two thirsty queens got together.
We are treated to a short and sweet bland scene featuring Sandy and Tom Schwartz weighing whether they should divest their stake in TomTom. The biggest notes are Lisa’s son has been promoted from bus boy to bar manager and Tom Sandoval is donning his half of the matching necklace set he and Raquel share. Now everything is scrambled. Is Raquel cheating on Tom with Oliver? Which Tom am I even talking about?
She’s still mothering Tom Schwartz. This week, Scheana Shay hired Tom a stylist to help organize his closet. She wasn’t included in the girl’s trip, so she needs to hatch a comeback plan. Shi-shu offers to organize a Guy’s Night to celebrate Tom getting “his Schwartz” back. She is solidly on Team Tom at this point.
Charli Burnett has joined the mildest Girl’s Trip this franchise has ever seen. And we’re about to relive the same argument again. A few times. The girls all go out to dinner, and quickly everyone starts calling Raquel a liability to let Charli know how the lines have been drawn in her absence. Lucky for us, Charli doesn’t really give a sh-t.
Lala starts retelling the entire “glad you don’t have a man” story again, and it’s time for round three. Katie plays her role poorly and pretends she’s shy to mention that Oliver and Raquel make out to Charli. Lala adds that Raquel’s quip about not having a man was unforgivable according to female empowerment.
Raquel gently reminds everyone that Lala was once proudly dating a married man. Katie tries to claim she and Tom’s marriage is still sacred, and Raquel tried it with him. According to Katie, that makes Raquel a hypocrite. Do her hands hurt from scraping the bottom of the “me and Tom” storyline barrel yet? And to be clear, obviously, we now know Raquel is a hypocrite. But watching Katie try and make this point is still making my brain hurt.
Raquel doubles down and reiterates that Lala has slept with and committed to a fully married man. Lala has had enough. She leaves the table in defeat. How has Raquel become the apex? This season is about to be such a ride.
The next day, Lala is upset Katie’s trip keeps getting ruined because she herself can’t stop talking about Raquel. Meanwhile, Raquel and Charli pack up their stuff to leave. They’re headed back to LA to hang out with Tom Schwartz at Scheana’s Boy’s Night. They leave with their middle fingers up.
The remaining three girls stick it out in Havasu to film a scene with a Tom pinata. Katie knocks it down with a couple of smacks and about 15 miscellaneous items fall out. Party! Later they go to a country bar and drink cucumber water.
TELL US – DID YOU SEE THE LIGHTNING BOLT NECKLACE? THOUGHTS ON THE TIMING OF TOM AND RAQUEL NOW? ARE YOU TEAM LALA OR TEAM RAQUEL IN THEIR NEVER-ENDING MISTRESS WAR?
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