Shadowhunters is going Game of Thrones. Sort of. When E! News caught up with series star Katherine McNamara and the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con (her first one!) she had a chilling teaser for...
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Forget the summer, we're already thinking about fall. While we've yet to hit the first official day of summer, the major networks are already releasing the premiere dates for...Jessica Graf has gotten herself into quite the pickle this Big Brother 19 week. Last week, we saw Jessica’s position in the house improve. She started to regain some allies and seem like less of a Big Brother 19 target. This week, Jessica undid all that hard work.
First, Jessica received the Halting Hex, which people immediately figured out. This created suspicion and made Jessica a target once again. Then Jessica’s Big Brother 2017 boyfriend Cody Nickson returned to the game. This gave Jessica someone to trust, but it made her social game diminish.
Now Jessica holds the Power of Veto and Head of Household title. She could change her fate today by removing Ramses Soto from the block, and put up someone to ensure Josh Martinez’s eviction. However, Jessica is going against her gut, and plans to keep the nominations the same.
On Thursday, Jessica will see how bad of a move she’s making today.
So did Jessica keep her nominations the same on Big Brother 19?
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
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Yes, Jessica kept her nominations the same. She chose not to use the veto, which means Ramses or Josh will leave the Big Brother 19 house on Thursday. Prepare for fireworks on Thursday’s Big Brother 19 live eviction.
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The Emoji Movie premiere brought out a slew of reality TV stars this weekend. Little Women: LA stars Terra Jole and Joe Gnoffo brought their kids, Penelope and Grayson, to the screening at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood.
Also at the premiere were Real Housewives of Orange County stars Shannon Beador, Tamra Judge and Lydia McLaughlin. Former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Eileen Davidson even made a red carpet appearance! As did Tori Spelling and her crew.
Former Real Housewives of New York star Aviva Drescher was seen attending a special NYC screening of the movie with her husband and kids. Take a look at the pics below!
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What Netflix giveth, Netflix taketh. On Monday, the streaming service announced which movie and TV titles are coming and going in August, days after E! News shared a sneak peek. Hilary...If anyone is doing this reality TV thing right, it’s Danni Baird. She isn’t a full-time cast member on Southern Charm, but she gets to enjoy a lot of the perks and avoid a lot of the drawbacks. She has always been there, but the viewers don’t really know a ton about her.
Other than serving as a confidant to Kathryn Dennis, Danni wasn’t a major part of this season. Even so, she did faint in Key West from dehydration and she did reveal that she is now an engaged woman.
In an interview on the Be Here For A While with Rachael O’Brien podcast, Danni discussed the latest season of Southern Charm. When asked about her fiance, Danni revealed, “All season they really wanted Todd to be a part of it. I really wanted him to be if he wanted to be. He kind of caved at the end of the season, which I knew probably wouldn’t make a lot of sense [to the viewers].”
She also shared that she was really put off by the social media response after Todd first appeared on the show. Danni admitted, “I have never felt just shear wrath to respond to people on social media because I’m so protective of him and I love and adore him so much.” When asked if she ever acknowledged the haters, Danni asserted, “I refuse to.” Honestly, I have no idea what anyone could even hate on this man for. He was barely in the show and Danni seems to be very happy with the engagement.
Danni continued, “Here’s my thing, the people that are gonna hate and talk shit about him or our age difference or whatever they want to talk about, they’re probably not in their own great relationship. To me it’s deflection.” Exactly. She also revealed, “We are getting married in September.”
When asked for Kathryn updates, Danni said, “She’s got a lot going on. I’m really proud of her. That’s all I can say. I haven’t been tapped into Charleston as much as I wish.” She also said, “It’s not as easy for us to hang out as it used to be. She seems very healthy to me, very happy, very in tune with herself. I don’t know any specifics that have gone on recently. We’ve communicated in the last week over text message. She’s in very good spirits.”
When asked if Kathryn and Thomas Ravenel are going to get back together, Danni’s guess is as good as anyone’s. She said, “Honestly I don’t know. I doubt it. I doubt it right now.” Still she does seem to have hope that they’ll reunite because she did say, “They need some time apart from each other just to center themselves and fall in love again just like they did the first time without all these preconceived notions.”
One big topic of conversation this season is whether or not Landon Clements actually has sympathy for Kathryn– or if she’s just trying to rehab her image after so many questionable incidents and comments. In reference to Landon and Kathryn during the group’s Key West trip, Danni said, “I don’t know. I bought it that night, enough to the point where she defended her the next day.”
Surprisingly Danni did say, “I think in her heart of hearts, she’s always wanted to say those things to Kathryn.” Still, Danni said, “There’s some element of pride that has kept her from feeling like she has to do that. Whether it’s saving face in her mind or principle, I don’t know what it is, but just it just makes sense for you to acknowledge at least at some capacity that you have entered her life.” She added, “She entered her life and affected her.” Personally, I’m not buying Landon’s newfound sympathy for Kathryn, but I would never buy anything Landon is selling- and don’t even get me started on her travel website.
TELL US- DO YOU WISH DANNI HAD MORE SCREEN TIME ON SOUTHERN CHARM? DOES LANDON HAVE SYMPATHY FOR KATHRYN OR IS SHE JUST TRYING TO LOOK GOOD ON TV?
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After a blah first season, Real Housewives of Potomac really stepped up its game with round two. One part of that was casting Monique Samuels– one of two people in the cast who actually live in Potomac.
Aside from actually living in the city from the show’s title, Monique is one of the few cast members who is in a happy relationship and isn’t lying about her finances- so of course, that didn’t sit well with some people.
Monique talked to Olivia Caridi on her Mouthing Off podcast all about her experiences as a new Housewife. When discussing the reunion, Monique explained, “After watching everything and seeing what people had to say and I thought things were fine, I had to let a lot of things off my chest.” What bothered her the most? Monique shared, “I was not expecting to be called ‘dumb.’ I graduated at the top of my class twice and got a full academic scholarship. Who’s dumb? I was really taken aback by that.” She added, “The only things I wanted to address [at the reunion] were the attacks on my marriage and me being called dumb.”
Monique continued to discuss the reunion: “I wasn’t trying to fight with Robyn [Dixon]. I wasn’t trying to fight with Gizelle [Bryant] either. I just wanted to clear up some things and get some things off of my chest. One thing I notice about Gizelle- and I even said this at the reunion- is that she says a lot in her confessionals. And she said, ‘Yeah I did.’ She even admitted it.” Well, duh. That’s how these shows work.
When asked about her current status with Gizelle, Monique shared, “Yeah. We’re OK. We don’t really talk like that anyway unless it’s like a whole group atmosphere. We’re cordial. We’re fine. If she walks into the room and I’m in the room, there’s no tension. We’re good.”
Moving on from Gizelle, Monique and Olivia discussed the hot topic of the season: Karen Huger’s financial situation. Monique confessed, “We’re still trying to figure it out. We need two more seasons to cover that.” She made sure to add, “I love Karen, but I’m still confused.”
Another stand out story line is Ashley Darby’s relationship with her husband Michael Darby– especially that confrontation in the parking lot of their restaurant. Monique admitted, “My mouth was dropped the entire time and for once I was speechless. I could not believe it.” She said, “I was definitely cringing inside the entire time I watched it. I couldn’t believe it.” It was definitely tough to watch. That’s for sure.
Monique addressed the constantly confusing relationship between Robyn Dixon and her ex/current man Juan Dixon. Monique said, “The Robyn and Juan that I saw when were not filming were totally different from the Juan that I saw when he made those comments.” She continued, “We don’t know what conversations they’re having behind closed doors. I was definitely shocked, but at the same time, I was like they do have a very interesting relationship.” Then she said what most of the viewers have been thinking for the past two seasons: “They seem to be very comfortable because they’re parents, but they don’t seem to be very in love- like love overboard.” But she made sure to add, “Maybe they’re trying to work back to that. I don’t know.” Who knows? But it is a guaranteed story line for Season 3.
Speaking of the possibility of Season 3, Monique said, “I would do it if it made sense for me and my family.” So that’s a yes.
RELATED: Monique Samuels Claims Gizelle Bryant Exaggerates Every Detail
TELL US- WAS MONIQUE A GOOD ADDITION TO RHOP? DO YOU THINK ASHLEY & MICHAEL WILL BE ABLE TO WORK OUT THEIR DIFFERENCES? WILL ROBYN & JUAN OFFICIALLY GET BACK TOGETHER?
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When offered a Real Housewife role, most women hang on to the job as long as they can. But that wasn't the case when The Real Housewives of Orange County cast Lydia McLaughlin for season eight...Say what you want about Shannon Beador, but no one can dispute that she really puts herself out there. From revealing her husband David Beador’s affair, to taking her shirt off for a weigh in, Shannon shares it all on Real Housewives of Orange County– especially her dislike for enemy Vicki Gunvalson.
The last episode was a tough look for Shannon and things look even crazier tonight with Shannon screaming at Kelly Dodd in a restaurant- which is something I am so pumped to see. Now Shannon is defending herself after arguing with Lydia McLaughlin at Tamra Judge’s granddaughter’s birthday party (again) and takes ownership for her weight gain.
Shannon and David went on Facebook live after the last episode aired to share their reactions. Of course Shannon had to address the elephant in the room: that birthday party blow up with Lydia. Shannon recalled, “Tamra and I tried to tweet about it and it was also brought up on Watch What Happens Live. At Ava’s birthday party there was quite a conversation.” And she emphasized (yet again), “Tamra actually asked Lydia multiple times to not talk about somebody and she kept doing it. I mean, she kept doing it. She kept doing it. Over and over and over and over.”
After getting a lot of flack for blaming her weight gain on Vicki, Shannon made it a point to say, “The thing that I want to reiterate again- and I say it over and over again- is I’m not blaming Vicki for my weight gain. The stress that she caused for us, our family, for me is what started the ball rolling and that’s it. I didn’t know if anyone was going to hear her false allegations. I didn’t know if anyone was going to believe it. I didn’t know if it was going to affect my husband’s business and I was a stress ball for five months until I found out.”
During the video, David admitted, “It’s funny when I’m in a business meeting talking to a bunch of construction workers and they talk about how they’ve seen me on the show, I’ve started sweating, I get so nervous. Every single time. I hate talking about the show.” He also made it a point to say, “I tell Shannon she doesn’t have to defend me.” But Shannon adamantly declared, “Don’t mess with my friends and family. That’s the kind of person I am. I’ll jump right in.”
Shannon said, “I’m working on the weight.” People commenting on the video post came at Shannon for talking about her weight gain a lot on the show and Shannon admitted, “I get that I talk about it, but it’s a show. I talk about what’s going on in my life. Wait ’til next week. I haven’t seen it yet, but I don’t want to see it because it’s not a pretty sight, but it’s what’s happening in my life. I think it’s what’s happening in other people’s lives, which is why I chose to take my shirt off. Do you think I was excited about that day? No.”
Shannon even confessed, “I don’t really have an amazing sense of self- especially at the beginning of the season. I knew those cameras were coming and I didn’t even want to film. I didn’t want to be on the screen. I thought ‘Oh god. No. Everyone’s going to see what I did to myself.’ I don’t mean to talk about the weight all the time, it’s just happening.”
Shannon kept it real when she said, “I don’t even want to say ‘tune in next week’ because I’m not excited for that.” And that’s (one of many) points where we differ, I am beyond excited for the episode. I cannot wait to see Shannon go off on Kelly. It’s going to be must-see TV.
RELATED: Shannon Beador Takes Responsibility For Weight Gain; Refuses To Acknowledge Vicki Gunvalson By Name
TELL US- WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SEASON SO FAR? DO YOU THINK SHANNON AND DAVID’S MARRIAGE WILL GO THE DISTANCE?
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It's the Game of Thrones moment you've been waiting for. Like, for years. Viewers have waited for this for years. Do you know what it is yet? Do you? You do. It's the moment...We are only on episode two of the new season of Shahs of Sunset and I’m already tired of hearing the Persian Priestess turned Diamond Water Maker turned Kaftan Peddler Asa Soltan Rahmati go on and on about her unborn vegan baby. I wish someone could give me an epidural for the rest of the season to take the pain away.
Speaking of things we have to endure, Golnesa “GG” Gharachedaghi is back in full effect this episode and she is ready to make amends all over the place. I don’t even know if she understands what she is apologizing for but she plans on throwing those apologies out faster than she can go from belligerent drunk to blackout drunk. GG arrives at Asa’s house to eat some hummus and drink the weird watermelon juice Asa has set out. Note: not diamond water. But Asa is true to her new craft, the overpriced kaftans she wears nonstop, and today is no exception. GG shovels zucchini into her mouth with her talons and tells Asa how skinny she looks, despite Asa’s constant attempts to get GG to notice her baby bump.
When GG pushes Asa off her golden swan floaty and Asa emerges from the pool, soaking wet and kaftan clinging to her five month pregnant stomach, GG finally gets it with a resounding, “b*tch, you pregnant!?” Asa is happy to confirm the news that we can no longer escape two seconds of any time she is being filmed. WE GET IT – you’re pregnant! GG wants to know a few things: has Asa been constipated and is Mercedes “MJ” Javid jealous. Asa can’t answer either question because pregnancy has put her in such an “amazing space.” I would love to be in a space so amazing that I don’t even know what bowel movements are happening or not happening.
Since Reza Farahan and Adam Neely’s one year wedding anniversary party is coming up and GG isn’t invited, Asa explains how this would be the perfect time to apologize to Reza for all those sex tape lies. GG is still stuck on who did what and Asa urges her to just accept her own responsibility for what happened and say she’s sorry already.
MJ and her overexposed boobs head over to Mike Shouhed’s porno set that he likes to call a house. I am cringing so hard at the décor it’s hard to concentrate. Also, is it just me or has Mike started wearing eyeliner this season? His talking head and a few of his appearances look strangely lined around the eyes and contoured in the cheek area, while we’re at it. Anyway, Mike is checking in with MJ about her crying episode at his party and to be clear – it wasn’t the women with lamps on their heads dancing around that brought her to tears and it also wasn’t Asa’s pregnancy announcement. MJ was upset about her dad being sick and it got the best of her when Asa asked her about it.
Mike abruptly changes the conversation to why Asa is having a child out of wedlock and truly thinks that Asa owes them an explanation as to why. MJ is thrilled to jump on this train, asserting that a child should be brought into a household with both mother and father, because that worked out so well for her, right? MJ grumbles about what Asa must be hiding about her relationship since she’s been with Jermaine for almost seven years and they are now just deciding to have a baby.
In case you hadn’t heard, Reza’s family has a “hoe legacy” that Reza has managed to break by getting married and (wow!) staying married for one whole year! Reza thinks this is cause for celebrating and I guess in his world, managing to stay married for a year is. He even rents a party bus, stocked with leopard print paper top hats because nothing says marital harmony like a tacky party bus with your friends. But it’s not just an evening out on a party bus, oh no, it’s so much more than that – Reza has arranged to take them all to a wild animal sanctuary.
As Mike points out, the choice of venue for this celebration is oddly sadistic considering Adam missed out on the last trip to an animal sanctuary in Thailand. Because Reza jilted him at the altar. And then Reza took all of his friends to Thailand. On the trip that was supposed to be their wedding anyway. While Adam stayed home. Can we just let all of that sink in for a minute? No time really, because Asa is already busy telling everyone she can’t touch the animals because she is pregnant, turtles are busy humping and Mike and friends are getting sprayed with water by a rowdy group of chimps, who must watch the show to give that kind of welcome.
The dinner set up is like an outdoor safari and Asa immediately questions the cleanliness of the food because, you guys, she is PREGNANT. In case anyone didn’t get that memo, she announces loudly that she can’t have Caesar salad because of the dressing. Mike does what any normal person would do and requests different dressing for her so she can STFU already. But she just can’t help herself and directs the attention away from everyone questioning Shervin Roohparvar’s fidelity to girlfriend Annalise (who is sitting right there while they question him) back to PREGNANCY. We must discuss all things baby from this point forward. Asa wants to know who the next person to have a baby will be (ummm, you since you’re five months pregnant, dummy) and Reza is happy to use his one year anniversary party to throw his husband under the bus for being too pushy about kids.
Since Asa opened the door on this whole conversation about babies, MJ decides it’s the perfect time to kick it wide open and grill Asa about the state of her relationship. MJ questions if Jermaine proposed (no), if Asa wants to be married (yes, one day), why aren’t they living together (they practically are), if Asa’s parents will move in with her when the baby is born (no, they have their own house), and finally, why is Asa not married to Jermaine when they have been together for so long and are now having a baby together (why the eff do you care?). Did I miss anything? Oh, will Asa eat her placenta (yes) and will she serve her umbilical cord for Thanksgiving dinner (no).
In case that wasn’t enough, Mike decides to mention that Jermaine is black, and not Persian, because this is a “big deal” within their culture. But Mike wants you to know he’s cool with it, because he married a white girl (eyerolling so hard right now). As much as Asa’s supposed “wall” can be irksome, in situations like this, it’s entirely understandable. Even though Asa doesn’t owe it to them, she did answer their questions, just not to Mike and MJ’s liking. And who would want to field judgmental questions about your relationship and life decisions from possibly the two biggest eff ups in the group: a guy who couldn’t even keep his dool in his pants to stay married for more than half a year and a grown woman who is living in squalor and ill-fitting jumpsuits well into her forties.
Adam meets with GG, despite Reza not being happy about it because she misses him and no longer wants to claw his face off anymore. GG maintains that she apologized but Adam doesn’t recall, mainly because her next day apology text was already blocked by him. She’s doing her best to apologize again but Adam catches on quickly to the language she’s using like, “I’m sorry about what happened TO you” as if she didn’t actually take her ratchet coffin shaped nails and rake them across his neck. He wants a real apology, especially because he had to go around telling people he got mauled by a dog in the aftermath of being mauled by a Golnesa. She finally gives a real, heartfelt apology, admitting she lied about Reza’s sex tape and she has grown and changed.
Adam accepts GG‘s apology but let’s her know that for now, their relationship won’t really go beyond the lunch table they are sitting at. He leaves so GG can eat her quinoa salad alone and goes home to tell Reza what happened. Reza isn’t really ready to forgive, but glad that Adam got his apology.
Shervin is having a beach party in Malibu and Reza heads over to MJ’s to get ready and go together. It’s in this scene that we are seeing just how downward MJ is spiraling at this point in her life. She is clad in a dirty nude tube top, ratty hair piled on top of her head, and what looks like a poor spray tan streaked all over her face and body. MJ prepares a crown and ginger for Reza and attempts to stir it with either a hair curler or a vibrator, one can’t tell.
While MJ takes a call from the nursing home her dad is staying in and tries to get ready, Reza looks around in disbelief and offers to clean up for her. He’s right to be appalled that she is living in a small, raggedy apartment that has no running water. I’m actually kind of shocked MJ is letting cameras into her place but she doesn’t seem to care one way or another since she is so emotionally wrapped up in taking care of her ailing father right now.
On their way to the party, they stop to visit her dad, who has recently been moved to a nursing home and still looks to be very fragile. So much so that Reza is overwhelmed with emotion and leaves the room crying. MJ is a doting daughter, talking gently to her dad and affectionately holding his hand.
Back in the car, Reza holds back tears as MJ stays positive enough to say she’s going to get her dad strong enough to go to Vegas and play some slots. Reza realizes that MJ might be in denial about the state of her father’s health and isn’t connecting to the reality of how serious the situation is.
When they arrive at the beach house, Reza immediately unloads on Mike and Asa about what happened and how it’s given him new perspective about what matters and what doesn’t and conveniently, his relationship with GG, because she just so happens to be at the party as well. This is all setting us up for their reunited friendship but that’s going to have to wait because there’s a party to get to first. Bottles are popping, Asa is placing hands on her stomach, and random belly dancers show up to entertain the crowd. Annalise marvels at “those things” the dancers are wearing, which turn out to be decorative wings, which Shervin is happy to explain to her. I knew she wasn’t playing with a full deck just for dating Shervin alone but I didn’t know there was literally no one at home in that pretty head of hers.
Just in case things were awkward with Reza, GG brought out new friend Tara from Newlyweds the First Year, who is probably the only person Bravo could enlist to put up with GG for the next few months. But Tara isn’t the only one who is about to tolerate GG for a few months because TA-DA, GG has revealed her new boyfriend, Shalom, a guy we all know is already her ex-husband. So I guess it’s a little hard to get excited about him with that fact in the back of my head.
Finally, Reza has had just enough alcohol to decide he needs to open his heart and bury his issues with GG. He sits down with the group and starts to tell GG about the hospital visit and what’s important and what’s not. Too bad he can’t even finish that little speech before GG is interrupting him with something unintelligible, then darts off to her room to fetch little dolls she got from Belize to hand out as a sign of peace. Everyone picks a doll and they both apologize to one another and then accept each other’s apologies.
GG is thrilled everyone is back to being best friends and they can all be happy again. Now the question is, for how long?
TELL US – ARE YOU TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT ASA’S PREGNANCY? IS MJ IN DENIAL ABOUT HER DAD? WILL GG AND REZA’S PEACE LAST?
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It was a big episode of Game of Thrones for people and direwolves named Nymeria. Spoilers ahead for "Stormborn," Game of Thrones season seven, episode two. In the latest...On last night’s 90 Day Fiance, Chantel got to see where all of Pedro’s money is going when she and her family traveled down to the Dominican Republic for their second wedding. Chantel’s parents were also confronted by a plate of chicken feet, which went over about as well as…a plate of chicken feet. Paola continued to make Russ her indentured servant, Mohamed and Danielle continued to torture each other on social media, and Anfisa spontaneously lost 250 pounds when she kicked Jorge out of the apartment.
We begin in Ohio, where Danielle successfully orders a cup of coffee, then whines to her sister and brother in law, Paul, about how she still wants to be frieeeeeends with Mohamed. Paul is like: Wake up, woman! He knows Danielle would take Mohamed back in a heartbeat if he even answered one of her sad texts. Beth, who is also in attendance, nods in agreement. But Danielle swears this time it’s for real, ya’ll! She even wants her family to write affidavits in support of her fraud case. (Wait – Danielle actually learned the word affidavit? This is getting serious.)
Chantel and Pedro prepare for their trip, which includes packing up lots of gifts for Mama Fancy Blouse. Pedro’s mom, Lydia, who called Chantel and her family “stupid Americans” when she learned of their prenup intentions, eagerly awaits the loot coming her way while Chantel’s family looks forward to sneering at the local customs and cuisine. What could go wrong?
After Jorge and Anfisa met with Lourdes for dinner, Anfisa is upset – and this time, justifiably so. Lourdes basically called her a whore while Jorge sat there like an inert eggplant, offering no information about how much he’s lied to Anfisa from the very start. “I was blinded by love,” bemoans Jorge, who’s now living in some sort of roach motel down the street. As he stares at the ceiling in defeat, Anfisa wonders if her contract marriage is finally over. Hey – she already got her green card! Now she just has to set up those secret accounts, erase Jorge’s digital footprint, hot wire his car, and change the locks. Should be a cinch for this chick.
Out food shopping, Loren and Alexei’s mom, Natasha (Natalia), bond over chicken livers. Alexei wants his mom to move to the U.S., but Loren is feeling uncomfortable ever since she confessed the truth about Tourette’s being hereditary. Natasha doesn’t seem to be sweating it though. She’d rather focus on valuable marriage skills like cooking Alexei’s favorite meal than worry about their unborn children. Loren chokes down a gag later while the chicken livers fry, hoping that she can get out of cooking for good if Natasha moves here.
It’s the time of reckoning for Chantel and Pedro’s families! Chantel’s parents, who look like people who’ve just been ordered to forty years of hard labor rather than parents of the blushing bride, arrive in the DR ready to face their nemesis: Pedro’s mother. After Lydia and Pedro’s sister pick Chantel and her family up at the airport, they immediately ask, “Where’s the television!?” Chantel explains that they’ll FedEx it later, while her family stands by, shocked. They are then invited to a meal at Lydia’s house, where Chantel’s mom, Karen, plans to escape out a window.
Back in LA, Anfisa meets with her friend, Miranda, to discuss her dumpster fire of a marriage. She confesses that she kicked Jorge out because he didn’t stand up for her, and now she doesn’t know where they stand. Miranda thinks Jorge needs to become “more adult,” which is a nice way of saying he needs to stop lying like it’s his job, or accept that the wife he paid for is going to leave him soon. Miranda also thinks Anfisa can easily get another victim guy if Jorge doesn’t come correct. As inspiration for Anfisa’s tragic future in the art of finding pot-dealing deadbeats, Miranda showcases her recent lip injections. Anfisa says she’s also got an appointment to get a consultation on getting some American injectables of her own. The ones she got back in Russia are looking a little, um, road-worn.
In Florida, Loren drives Natasha to see an immigration lawyer who explains the process of moving to the U.S. – for her and eventually, for all of Alexei’s family. It comes down to this: Alexei needs to becomes a U.S. citizen first (which will take three years), then the process of bringing his parents over will only take a matter of months. Alexei’s brother, however, might not be able to come for sixteen years or so. Loren and Natasha are shocked by this news, hoping that he could at least come on a travel visa in the mean time. It’s a complicated situation that they didn’t expect to face.
Speaking of complicated, Mohamed pops up next to continue living the waking nightmare of his life. After meeting his new “friend” Diamond for lunch, she tells him that Danielle has now moved on to stalking HER. “My phone has been ringing nonstop,” complains Diamond, who also claims Danielle is writing her constantly with what I can only imagine are poorly-worded threats. She’s also taken to insulting Diamond’s looks on social media! Diamond’s like, Call off your internet troll!
Oh, random lady on my TLC channel, how little you know about our dear, dauntless Danielle! Mohamed has ZERO control over that woman’s internet trolling, nor does he have any way of protecting himself – let alone your selfie-taking a$$. And unless homeboy wants to wear a kevlar vest to the grocery store, he’s not even physically protected from the wrath of Danielle. Diana says she’s worried for him, but my guess is that she’s probably changing her number three seconds after Mohamed waves goodbye.
Down in the Dominican Republic, Chantel is blown away by the new, swanky 3-bedroom apartment Lydia is renting (with Pedro’s money). Chantel’s family side-eyes the apartment, not to mention the many gifts – including a laptop – that Pedro starts unpacking from his suitcase for his mom and sister. “At this point, I’ve seen enough,” thinks Karen, who now wants to leave. But there will be no leaving before chicken feet are consumed!
Part of the local traditional cuisine, chicken feet and neck are considered good eats in Pedro’s family, but Karen equates them with something akin to poison – or voodoo – or payback for not shoving that flatscreen into her carry-on. In any case, she’s not eating them. And she flatly rejects the plate laid out before her as if it’s some kind of insult to her refined sensibilities. “I don’t trust these people,” she thinks, next confronting Lydia about calling them all “stupid Americans.”
Pedro translates to Lydia that “the food has disrespected her,” which weirdly puts the blame for everyone’s hideous manners on innocent chicken parts. Lydia is like, WTF? She served them food that’s considered normal and delicious, so what’s the issue here?
Pedro translates what the real issue is, and it has nothing to do with chicken. Karen felt disrespected by Lydia’s comments, but Lydia (and Pedro’s sister) felt that Chantel’s family was treating him suspiciously with the prenup ordeal. Karen doesn’t seem to accept their side of the story, suddenly announcing that she’s leaving! Hmm. Maybe if Pedro translated and apology from Chantel to everyone for lying about her intentions to marry Pedro for THREE MONTHS, both families would understand who, exactly, created this suspicion? Poor Pedro. He’s doesn’t need to be worried about chicken necks; he needs to be worried about the chicken sh*t he’s married to.
After Chantel’s family leaves, Pedro’s sister summarizes that this argument has been a long time coming. And – OMG! – they don’t even eat the chicken feet/necks either. Lydia and her daughter just giggle, “We don’t eat that.” So, perhaps there was some nefarious plan to make Chantel’s family choke it down as payback for making Pedro sign a prenup? Oh, the shade. It is THICK in here! Maybe Karen wasn’t completely off base with her voodoo suspicions after all – because Pedro’s family is not playing. Especially now that their flat screen TV dreams have been dashed.
Almost forgotten this episode, Russ and Paola once again grace our screens to give us an update on their employment status. Spoiler Alert! It is still nonexistent. When Paola drags Russ along to visit her shady modeling agent (who looks horrified to see Russ), they’re fed more lies about the agent being busy, Paola’s photos not being up to par, needing more sexiness from Paola, Paola’s user account not being current, and…blah blah blah. If Paola does not understand that she’s being sold a bill of junk goods at this point, then she’s an idiot.
After finding out that she hasn’t even been placed in the agent’s system yet, Paola suspects foul play, but agrees to take new “sexy photos” with her “new sexy hair color.” Russ stupidly agrees to give this loser agent another chance too, mainly because his own job prospects are more bleak than his wife’s. It’s all just too idiotic and depressing for words.
In a slightly less depressing scene elsewhere, Loren, Alexei, and Natasha spend their final night together eating a lovely dinner out. Natasha and Loren are happy they’ve grown closer on this visit, but finally confess the troubling facts they heard from the immigration lawyer. Alexei is heartbroken to hear his brother wouldn’t be able to come to the U.S. for so long, knowing his parents would refuse to come without him.
Back in LA, the sad-sack music plays while Jorge drives to meet his sister, Lourdes, for lunch. He tells her that he and Anfisa are on a “break” and that Anfisa is mean to him. Lourdes seems to know that Anfisa hits him too, and she’s scared for him. “I don’t know why, I felt like I was afraid of her,” lamely admits Jorge, who’s tragically become used to Anfisa’s abuse. Although he’s contemplated sending Anfisa home, he doesn’t want to “be the bad guy.” Lourdes thinks he’s basically been blinded by sex, not love, but Jorge claims he still loves his wife. Lourdes doesn’t have any illusions that this will be the end of their marriage, though. She does hope Jorge cuts off the money (what little of it there is) before Anfisa takes it all.
In full wedding prep mode, Chantel and Pedro try to get their families together again – this time for an excursion into the countryside, where Pedro grew up. Lydia and Karen vow to get new attitudes about making this melded family thing work, much to the relief of their children, and chickens everywhere.
Because Danielle is still on the warpath, Mohamed is convinced his life is in danger. But, dang, he needs to stay alive another 48 hours! With their court date just days away, both Danielle and Mohamed have been busy compiling evidence against one another. Danielle is committed to proving how much of a new start she’s making, and how PROW-FESH-ON-AL she’s gonna look in that courtroom. So she goes dress shopping with her sister to get that new “I’m totally sane” look. Lots of luck, lady! Also, Danielle claims that Mohamed is harassing her on social media. It’s the battle of the crazies, people! THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!!!! (Who will be left standing at the end of this horror show is anyone’s guess, but I put my money on Mohamed.)
Because Russ hasn’t been tortured quite enough yet, he decides to accompany Paola to a meeting with the photographer who took Pao’s topless photos and will likely do her new “sexy” photo shoot. The photographer, Alan, brings along another couple, Michelle and Jimmy, who Paola calls her idols because they’re making a similar relationship work in this industry. (Like, the kind of relationship where no one works?) Michelle is a successful fitness model from Venezuela, and Jimmy apparently manages her career. So, these people essentially embody Paola’s #RelationshipGoals.
When Russ explains his hesitancy about Paola flashing her boobs on camera, Paola argues that it’s just a job! Plus, Jimmy’s okay with his wife getting nearly naked in photos, so what’s the big deal? Russ is like, um…this dude is from Europe. I’m from Oklahoma! But Jimmy thinks it’s about trusting your wife, and Russ doesn’t seem to trust his. (Nor should he.)
Five hours later in the van on their quest into the DR countryside, Pedro and Chantel’s families are probably ready to eat any part of the chicken. Except, upon arrival to Pedro’s grandmother’s house, Chantel’s family refuses to even exit the vehicle! Maybe it’s the cauldron being stirred outside in pitch blackness, or perhaps it’s the sound of cackling wafting up through the palm fronds. Whatever it is, Karen wants no part of it. She’s gonna keep her judgmental rear end inside the air conditioned vehicle, thank you very much.
Inside the van, Chantel’s family express their shock at how poor Pedro’s grandmother’s house appears, and how differently Pedro’s mom and sister are living now that Pedro is funding their lifestyle. They think he’s using their daughter, plain and simple, and when he’s done with her, he’ll save up enough money to come back to live the high life with his family. Whether this is actually true doesn’t matter; their perception is fixed solidly in their minds. And Chantel isn’t doing a whole lot to dissuade their theories. She doesn’t like the situation either.
When Pedro comes to coax Chantel’s family out of the van, they ridiculously refuse to get out. Wow. Humiliated, Pedro tells his family that his American bride and her kin are hiding out in their vehicle. Then Chantel finally emerges to argue with him about money – because this is the appropriate time and place! She thinks Pedro prioritizes his mom and sister above his wife. But Pedro fights back, saying point blank, “You lie,” reminding Chantel that she’s got a new car. And he has a responsibility, in his culture, to take care of his mother for life. “I’m sorry! I cannot! I cannot!” Chantel huffs, getting up to leave. Well, I guess she’ll just have to go climb back in that van and rethink her life.
As a stray dog stares down Chantel’s van-trapped family, Chantel and Pedro take their fight outside. She’s on her mom’s side now, even thinking that Lydia might have set Pedro up to lure her into marriage in order to get a green card, thereby pulling their entire family out of poverty. Um, that’s a stretch. But Chantel and Karen are convinced that Pedro is being used, as are they. So, they take their van back to the city, leaving Pedro behind to explain his in-laws’ dreadful behavior to his family.
“It seems like we’re finding out a lot of stuff now that we should have found out way before,” says Chantel’s freaked out dad on the ride home. Um, didn’t Chantel know where Pedro was from? Or anything about his culture, not to mention his immediate family? Chicken feet notwithstanding, there are just some cultural questions – and answers – that you’d think a couple would discuss before marriage. Even her dad questions how much sugar-coating Chantel did in her explanations of Pedro’s roots. That stray dog could probably communicate more information to Chantel’s family than she can.
Bottom line: These two lovebirds are way too young and immature to know which end is up in their own families, let alone each other’s. Pedro thinks he’s being pressured from both ends. Chantel’s family thinks they’re being conned. Only Lydia sums this garbage dump of a situation up with clarity (and a frightening dose of her very selfish reality): “We’re Dominicans,” she snipes, “Don’t f–k with us.”
So, let’s get that second wedding started! Should be smooth sailing ahead.
TELL US: IS PEDRO’S FAMILY USING HIM? IS PEDRO MORE LOYAL TO HIS MOM THAN CHANTEL? WAS CHANTEL’S FAMILY OUT OF LINE OR JUSTIFIED IN THEIR ACTIONS ON THIS TRIP? WILL MOHAMED GET HIS DIVORCE FROM DANIELLE? WILL JORGE AND ANFISA SPLIT FOR GOOD?
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