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Once again, Dancing with the Stars is shaking things up. According to People, Tyra Banks just announced that after three seasons on the dancing competition show, she’s stepping away from her role as host. She shared the news in a recent interview with TMZ and revealed that she’s shifting her focus.
“I feel it’s really time for me to focus on my business and my entrepreneurship, and also producing more TV — but behind the scenes. I think it’s time to graduate from the dance floor to the stock market floor. … from the ballroom to the boardroom!” Tyra explained.
The supermodel clarified her decision to leave DWTS, asking the interviewer, “Don’t you think it’s time? Yeah, I think it’s time.” She added, “I’m an entrepreneur at heart. … I think my heart, my soul, is into my business, it’s also into producing new TV. … But, I really, really want to focus on my business, and you can’t do that hosting a show.”
Although plenty of TV hosts also run businesses, we respect Tyra’s decision to bow out from Dancing with the Stars to do what makes sense to her. She joined DWTS as a host and executive producer in 2020 after Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews got the axe. At the time, she shared that she was eager to join the franchise and excited to honor the show’s legacy while adding her own spice. But not everyone was satisfied with Tyra’s special spice. Both fans and DWTS alums criticized her eccentric hosting style, from her over-the-top fashion choices to her alleged “diva-like” behavior.
Despite the lukewarm reception, Tyra continued hosting. Then, ahead of season 31, Disney tapped Alfonso Ribeiro to co-host alongside her. That same season, the long-running series jumped from ABC to Disney+, becoming the streamer’s first live-streamed broadcast.
When the show left ABC for Disney+, the executives described it as a “bold next step forward in the evolution of the franchise.” So perhaps saying goodbye to Tyra is just another small step forward in that evolution.
With Tyra out of the picture, fans are eager to learn if Alfonso will take on the hosting gig solo. Or, perhaps they’ll bring in another DWTS alumni to help him co-host. Either way, we’ll be watching when Season 32 hits Disney+ later this fall.
TELL US – ARE YOU GOING TO MISS TYRA BANKS HOSTING DANCING WITH THE STARS? DO YOU THINK SOMEONE SHOULD CO-HOST ALONGSIDE ALFONSO RIBEIRO NEXT SEASON?
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It may not be the best days of Ariana Madix’s life, but she is getting through just fine thanks to the support of friends and family. Vanderpump Rules fans at large have also rallied around the reality TV star. No one predicted that Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss were hooking up since the summer of 2022. But did anyone know about it before the news broke earlier this month?
VPR alum Kristen Doute made a claim on her Sex, Love and What Else Matters podcast last week. According to Us Weekly, she suspected that Sandoval’s BFF Tom Schwartz knew of the affair “a month ago.” And left it to the cheating duo to sort themselves out and come clean to Ariana.
Kristen revealed, “Schwartz only found out about it a month ago,” and that she and the Schwartz & Sandy’s co-founder were “texting yesterday” about the affair. This would mean that Schwartz knew that Sandoval and Raquel were hooking up in early February.
Kristen claimed that Katie Maloney’s ex-husband told Sandoval to take responsibility. She 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.”
Despite the uncomfortable situation of their meeting, Kristen and Ariana are now good friends. Kristen dated Sandoval from 2007 to 2013, before he cheated on her with Ariana. So the friends were together at TomTom when Ariana found a sexually explicit video of Raquel on Sandoval’s phone.
Kristen described what went down, “During Tom [Sandoval’s] performance, his phone fell out of his pocket or something and somebody — a mutual friend — picks up his phone, hands it to Ariana. Ariana had his phone and she told me that she just had this gut intuition to look at it.”
Despite being “a trusting couple” (at the time anyway), and Ariana calling Tom “dedicated” shortly before the scandal surfaced, Ariana “just felt like she had to look.” Kristen explained, “So she went into his photos. He had screen recorded a FaceTime of him and Raquel masturbating with each other. That’s the truth.”
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With no reason to hide now, Raquel has been “saying that [she and Sandoval] are in love and they have matching necklaces,” Kristen claimed. She also said that Sandoval was “gaslighting” Ariana and “blaming” her for not being “supportive” of his “endeavors.” According to Kristen, Tom told his ex-girlfriend, “You know we haven’t been happy.”
Needless to say, Kristen is Team Ariana. She shared a video on Instagram to support her friend. “I stan Ariana. This is in real-time. I love you so much.”
Some fans pointed out that VPR alum should feel vindicated. After all, Ariana smooched with Sandoval when he was with Kristen. Yet, she gets no satisfaction from Tom and Raquel’s disgraceful behavior.
Kristen took to her Instagram Story earlier to clarify. She said, “I don’t know why I feel like I need to make this clear, but there’s so many people right now wondering if this is making me happy. And you guys, Ariana and I’ve been really good friends for many, many years now. So, I am Team Ariana— all day, every day. That’s what’s up.” She added, “Karma is indeed coming. So Raquel should just move home.”
The Pump Rules cast dating history is an intricate web. Kristen moved on from Sandoval with DJ James Kennedy. Kristen and James ended their relationship in September 2015. He started dating Raquel and introduced her to the VPR cast. Thanks, James! Sandoval added $25,000K to the budget when James proposed to the beauty pageant queen in May 2021. She called it off in December 2021.
Since then, Raquel has been on a self-proclaimed journey of sexual liberation and self-actualization. It ended the way it did. Raquel fled LA and issued a statement apologizing to Ariana.
TELL US- DO YOU THINK SCHWARTZ KNEW ABOUT THE AFFAIR A MONTH PRIOR? SHOULD HE HAVE WARNED ARIANA? SHOULD KRISTEN FEEL VINDICATED BY ARIANA BEING CHEATED ON? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL THE PAST VPR HOOKUPS?
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Lala Kent isn’t exactly known for being the nice one on Vanderpump Rules. Or anywhere else. But on the most recent episode of VPR, her treatment of castmate Raquel Leviss rubbed some fans the wrong way.
The episode, a girls’ trip to Lake Havasu to cheer Katie Maloney up about her divorce, was cringe to watch as a viewer. It seemed forced and most certainly not an uplifting vibe. The drama was all about Lala and Raquel.
Now Lala is defending herself against those who think she took things too far with (former) “underdog” Raquel. As reported by Page Six, Lala took to her Instagram Stories to remind us why she was being a “mean girl” from the start.
Lala began, “My words are intense. I got that. Things I say at times are completely out of pocket. However, words are words. I’m about actions. Raquel was full of friendly words … her actions, not so much.”
She continued, “Some of you act so brand new to me. You know the drill by now. I’ve never liked Raquel. She’s always triggered me. NOW WE KNOW WHY.”
During an intense late-night conversation with Raquel, Lala expressed annoyance at Raquel’s drinking behavior. The two both went for the waiter and then-married son of Garcelle Beauvais, Oliver Saunders. Raquel ultimately won out, sucking face with Oliver that night.
A perturbed Lala later told Raquel she wouldn’t trust her around her man. An undeterred Raquel quipped that it was a good thing Lala didn’t have a man. But now we know that Lala and Katie’s suspicions were correct.
Just a few weeks ago it was revealed that Raquel and Tom Sandoval have been carrying on a seven-month-long affair behind Ariana Madix’s back. Ariana, who has been with Sandoval for almost a decade, was reportedly “blindsided” and quickly broke things off.
Since then, Lala has been extremely vocal about her support for Ariana. And her disdain for Raquel. The last time she addressed Raquel on Instagram, Lala was seething over Raquel’s legal team emailing out a demand to destroy an explicit video that Raquel sent Sandoval. Which is how Ariana found out about the affair. Lala went on to sell merchandise with a catchphrase that was part of her tirade.
While Raquel is certainly persona non grata now, she wasn’t at the time. And was quick to remind Lala that she slept with James Kennedy when Raquel was still with him. Additionally, Lala has always taken (rightful) heat over her relationship with her former fiancé, Randall Emmett, who was still legally married when Lala started dating him.
But Lala, who has been sober since 2018, noted that she has also made “many bad decisions in the past” while under the influence. “I made decisions I was not proud of. Things that wouldn’t have happened had I been clear and sober. It’s not an excuse, it’s fact,” she explained.
The single mother then concluded, “And unless you struggle with addiction you won’t understand, nor does your opinion have any place on this conversation.”
TELL US – DO YOU THINK LALA WAS TOO MEAN TO RAQUEL? WAS SHE JUSTIFIED GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW? HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING THIS SEASON OF VPR?
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The Bachelor star Zach Shallcross began Season 27 with 30 women competing for his heart. But now that he’s down to his final three, he claims to be “confident” he’s found “the one.”
“I think it’s weird reliving it and watching it — it wasn’t pretty all the time, and it doesn’t get very pretty at later stages,” he admitted, likely referring to the drama coming up next week during Fantasy Suites. “But I truly do believe everything [happened] for a reason.”
“I feel confident,” he told People just prior to the Women Tell All taping. “Very confident, yes, absolutely. I’ve got a big grin on my face.”
Zach confessed to being “very nervous” going into the Women Tell All, saying he’s “not a big fan of public speaking.” That’s pretty obvious if you’ve ever heard him speak. He’s awkward AF, uses too many words (especially the word “like”), and doesn’t consider his listener’s feelings. But he hoped the WTA would give some closure to himself and the eliminated women.
“I think my heart was beating through my throat,” he said about facing all his ex-girlfriends. He hadn’t seen any of them since their elimination, so he was understandably nervous.
“It [almost like] night one again,” Zach said about seeing the women at the WTA. “All these beautiful women that are my exes are now staring at me, and may or may not like me. Honestly, it was a cool experience, though, to get to see them again.”
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Admittedly, each rose ceremony grew harder and more painful as the season went on. As Zach developed feelings for women he then had to send home, he got more emotional, too.
“Every goodbye, at a certain point, [was] very hard,” he confessed. “It’s not like you just drop your feelings immediately.” Did you not watch Jason Mesnick’s season of The Bachelor, Zach? He was emotional. In fact, collapsing into a sobbing heap after sending someone home was actually called “going Mesnick” for a while there. But then Jason had other issues, too.
Going into Fantasy Week — or as Zach less delicately calls it, “Sex Week” — there are three women remaining: Kaity Biggar, Ariel Frenkel, and Gabi Elnicki. Despite Zach declaring “there would be no sex of any kind” in the Fantasy Suite, we know from the previews that something definitely happened.
I’m predicting Ariel is the one he’s rumored to have slept with during the overnight, and the other two women will be crushed. Can’t wait to find out!
TELL US – WHICH OF THE THREE REMAINING WOMEN DO YOU THINK WILL RECEIVE ZACH’S FINAL ROSE? WHICH ONE DO YOU THINK IS THE ONE HE SLEEPS WITH ON THE OVERNIGHT?
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Another week, another gold mine of Bravo content. I’m personally enjoying the art of it all. Like are we still watching these people as their characters? Or are they just a bunch of camera-hungry vagrants trying to grift off their fans and Instagram followers? And at what cost? Join me for what I’m watching this week. And let’s all laugh together at these self-absorbed jesters, shall we?
This week is the finale episode of Below Deck. We’ll watch Ben Willoughby maneuver his way through a haphazard love triangle involving Camille Lamb and Leigh-Ann Smith. Unfortunately, it looks like we won’t be treated to a reunion follow-up with the rag-tag crew of Season 10. Ben, Ross McHarg and Alissa Humber better be thanking their lucky stars for that.
Watch on Bravo Monday at 8 PM ET.
I don’t know. I sort of love watching this ridiculous relationship between Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard. I am paying good money to my cable company. It makes watching these two completely embarrass themselves for a check feel worth it. The unabashed desperation for camera time helps me feel good about my stance in life, from my couch, writing this opinion. Dark, I know. Join me this week and watch privileged white-collar adults humiliate themselves for some camera time, babe.
Watch on Bravo at 9 PM ET.
Similarly, I’m watching Real Housewives of New Jersey like a fly on the fourth wall. What in the hell are the Gorgas trying to pull off this season? We’ve gone from a music career and exploiting prison sentences to local comedy shows and forehead surgery slander. Peak bleak. And before you roast me for defending Teresa Giudice, I’m defending the unhinged masterpiece RHONJ once was. According to my calculations, things took a turn as soon as Joe Giudice left the scene. I know that might be hard to comprehend, but we need more camera-blind ingrates if we want any sort of future for these shows.
Watch on Bravo Tuesday at 8 PM ET.
Speaking of fourth walls, Vanderpump Rules is officially a human interest piece. Of course, you’re caught up on #Scandoval. And if you’re so invested in reality TV that you’re reading this article, you’re probably through Season 1 of your VPR rewatch already. I’ll be starting mine tonight. It’s important we have our Herstory facts in order before we watch Lala Kent try and attack Raquel Leviss for being a mistress…again. Join me on Wednesday to try and make sense of this series.
Watch on Bravo Wednesday at 9 PM ET.
TELL US – WHICH BRAVO-LEBS DO YOU FEEL ARE MOST DESPERATE TO BE ON CAMERA RIGHT NOW? ARE YOU ENJOYING THE SHOWS AS THEY ARE? DO YOU THINK BRAVO SHOULD START BREAKING DOWN THE FOURTH WALL?
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