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These days, Kyle Richards is the major reality TV star in her family, but long before her debut on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Kyle’s niece Paris Hilton was the queen of reality TV. Kyle used to name drop her famous nieces Paris and Nicky Hilton during her early seasons, but now she is a major name herself as one of the most likable Housewives.
Kyle took her daughters Sophia and Alexia Umansky to New York City to celebrate Paris Hilton’s birthday and I wish the family bonding was filmed for Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, or better yet, a separate reality show that I’ve been dreaming with a focus on Kyle and her famous family. Yes, I know that Kyle already has a scripted show in the works that is “loosely based” on her childhood, but a reality show with her sisters Kathy Hilton, Kim Richards, and all their children is a show that I would love to watch. Unfortunately, no one is picking up what I’m laying down, but the famous family did document some fun times together this past week for Paris’ birthday.
Kyle, Sophia, Alexia, and Paris all shared photos from the family time in New York City. Check out the photos from the reality show I desperately want to happen-I mean, the photos from Kyle, Alexia, and Sophia in New York City for Paris’ birthday- in the gallery below.
Tonight is an all new episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. The ladies are still in New York for Fashion Week and all hell breaks loose after Lisa Vanderpump catches wind of what’s been said about her.
Join us in the comments at 9/8 C to live-snark the show!
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TELL US- DO YOU WANT TO SEE PARIS & NICKY HILTON HANGING WITH KYLE ON RHOBH? DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF KYLE’S DAUGHTER’S ON THE SHOW?
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I have been waiting for this moment forever. Well, it actually hasn’t been too long. Truthfully, I have only been waiting for this moment for about a month: Summer House cast member Carl Radke finally showed up to the clubhouse to discuss those rumors that he hooked up with Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Marie. This has been discussed on many episodes of Watch What Happens Live and during podcast interviews by Stephen McGee, Kristen Doute, and Stassi Schroeder. Obviously Scheana (and her mom) denied the claims, but Carl showed up to share his version of events. Spoiler alert: it is very different than Scheana’s.
Joining Carl and Andy Cohen in the clubhouse was Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent. She discussed her newfound friendships with Katie Maloney, Kristen, and Stassi. She even commented on the speculation about James Kennedy and Logan Noh being more than just friends, and all of the other hot topics this season.
Andy not-so-subtly said, “Carl and Scheana have been a hot topic in the clubhouse lately. Did you know that?” Carl admitted, “I heard actually.” Andy pushed, “So this is true? You and Scheana hooked up.” Without hesitation, Carl confessed, “Scheana and I hooked up. Yes.” And at that very moment, I’m sure Carl’s phone was blowing up with messages from Scheana.
As angry as that admission (most likely) made Scheana, Andy was eating it up. He even referred to it as “very exciting,” and I could not agree more. Carl hypothesized, “I think what she was upset about was that other people were talking about it on our behalf which is frustrating because Kristen was not there, Stassi was not there, and Stephen was not there either.” Well yeah, duh. It disrupts her attempt to steer the narrative about her perfect relationship/non-relationship with Super Man, I mean Rob Valletta.
Andy asked what we all wanted to know: “How many times did it happen?” After a long hesitation and an audible “uhhhhh,” Carl confessed, “two times.” Andy was living for this and said, “Two times? Wow. Will it happen again?” Carl teased, “You’ve got to watch this episode coming up next week.” Andy was taken aback and said, “Oh wow.” Carl admitted, “I’m just kidding.” I figured Andy, of all people, would know what’s coming up on a Bravo show, but maybe he’s behind on Summer House?
Andy was up-to-date enough to share, “Tonight on Summer House, you revealed that you have three balls.” Carl clarified, “I don’t have three stand-alone balls. It’s a common condition for some men when they’re eighteen and hitting puberty. I developed a little side growth.” Ummmmm. Carl added, “No girl has ever noticed. I just open up about it.” But, why?
Then Andy polled the viewers to ask, “Do you think James and Lala are actually meant to be together?”95% of viewers answered “no” to that question and Lala was nothing short of ecstatic. She got up, gave the voters a standing ovation, and declared, “That’s right.”
Andy pointed out, “You both refer to [yourselves] in the third person, which is interesting.” Thankfully Lala admitted, “I’ve tried to stop.” It was hard to tell if Andy was lying or not, but he told her, “I like it.” Really? If he really liked it that much, wouldn’t he have said “Andy likes it”?
Thanks to Andy’s encouragement, Carl continued to spill some tea. Andy said, “Stephen said that you said that the best head you’ve gotten was from a guy. What can you tell me about this?”
Carl provided a very lengthy explanation: “I can tell you this, Andy. I am a straight man. I am very confident in my sexuality. Stephen is actually one of my first gay friends. I told him something. Yeah, I didn’t really know how to communicate it to him, but I made more of a joke than I should have. I told him very private information about something that happened to me when I was 22. It took me ten years to come to grips with that and share it with someone. I shared with one of my gay friends, somehow that permeated to other people finding out, and here I am having a conversation. Honestly, I feel like he betrayed my trust. You guys have to tune in next week. It’s gonna unfold, but I’m a straight guy. I’m confident in myself. Unfortunately, crazy shit happens.”
A viewer asked Carl, “Did you really think that you and Lauren [Wirkus] weren’t in an exclusive relationship?” Carl kept it real and admitted, “Listen, guys are dumb. Throw rocks at them.” Then he backtracked and claimed, “We never had that conversation.” Alright, Carl. Even if that is the case, it is very obvious that Lauren was under a different impression and he just lead her on.
A caller asked Lala, “What’s your friendship status with Faith [Stowers]? Was she mad when you played the recording of Jax [Taylor] for Brittany [Cartwright]?” Lala channeled her inner Mariah Carey when she replied with, “Who’s Faith?”
Then, Lala shared her perspective on James and Logan’s relationship. She said, “I have never seen anything that would lead me to believe that they hook up. I think they have a great friendship. I think that Logan is very much down for the cause as far as James goes. You know what, whatever happens between them behind closed doors is their business. It doesn’t affect my life.”
A fan called in and said, “I wonder what James adds to [Lala’s] life that she puts up with all his nonsense?” Lala admitted, “You know what, my love, that is a great question. I just recently realized: nothing. And that’s what it is.” So are they still friends? That is abundantly unclear. Or are they beefing? Again.
One thing that is very clear is that Lala is actually on very good terms with Stassi, Kristen, and Katie these days. She shared, “Honestly, at the beginning I felt that maybe there was a motive behind it and then I think they saw that I’m not so bad. We have a genuine friendship now. I have nothing bad to say about those girls. Katie was born in Utah. I’m sorry, we don’t breed bad people in Utah, do we mama?” She directed that last part at her adorable mother who was sitting in the audience- wearing a shirt with Lala’s face plastered all over it.
Lala’s mom wasn’t the only one on hand for support. Lala’s man Randall Emmett was in the clubhouse (but away from the cameras) as well. Before the episode ended, Andy shared, “And by the way, he’s here with you tonight, which is really nice.”
TELL US- DO YOU BELIEVE THAT CARL HOOKED UP WITH SCHEANA?
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This week on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Shamea Morton stirred the shit when she shadily asked Eva Marcille if her boyfriend was okay with her dating women, as the rumor mill alleged. Obviously Eva isn’t too happy with Shamea getting messy so soon after they met. Shamea thinks Eva needs to toughen up if she wants to be part of this reality show.
Eva shared on the After Show, “Let’s be clear, she [Shamea] doesn’t know me from Adam. So she claims this is her way of getting to know me. This is way too personal to try to just get to know someone.”
She explains the situation a bit: “I’ve never dated women, I’ve never dated Missy. I’ve never dated these people, they’re my friends. They are friends I’ve had in the business for a very long time.”
Eva thinks Shamea is projecting some of her own bullshit, like the rumors of Shamea being in a relationship with Kandi Burruss. She flat out calls Shamea thirsty for attention. “Whatever they did to you, that’s what they to do, what does that have to do with me? So to get to know me you are asking me about my man’s comfort with my sexuality? I’m so confused. No, you’re being thirsty.”
She then slams, “I know this might be new for Shamea, this thing called fame she knows nothing about, the life of an entertainer. So maybe she doesn’t understand how disrespectful that is.”
Shamea explains her side and swears she thought Eva’s relationship with a woman was not a secret. “I thought it was open. I didn’t think it was a sore spot. I thought she had taken the girl to an awards ceremony at some point. I didn’t even know I was touching on some old untapped waters or something.”
Shamea gives some advice to Eva: “If you want to be in this group, you gotta toughen up. I had to. Hell, I was accused of sleeping with Kandi and Todd. and look at me – I’m still hanging out.” She ended with, “Just that one little comment was the end of the beginning of the friendship. I was like ‘that was quick.'”
TELL US – IS SHAMEA BEING SHADY FOR SCREEN TIME? DO YOU BELIEVE THAT EVA WAS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH MISSY ELLIOT?
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It’s probably time for Margaret Josephs to stop being as delusional and in denial as Teresa pretending her financial problems are no big deal, because the Real Housewives Of New Jersey star was hit with an almost $200,000 tax lien from the IRS.
Hands raised of those surprised that another Real Housewife is in serious debt but ignoring it?
I’m actually shocked it took this long for the news to leak because way back in October of 2016 (while filming RHONJ) the IRS placed a lien against Margaret for $197,066.98.
According to a new report, Margaret owes $189,342.89 in back taxes from 2012, and another $7,724.09 from 2014. This giant debt falls on top of Margaret’s houses being in foreclosure, and an outstanding lawsuit Margaret is dealing with for copyright infringement related to designs for her Macbeth Collection. Margaret was remiss in paying the original judgement and was taken back to court with the company seeking another $9.4 million.
Margaret claims both the lawsuit and the foreclosure are a misunderstanding which she and her husband Joe are handling, but with the tax lien added to this mess it appears that Margaret is as much of a delusional disaster as Teresa Giudice and Danielle Staub (who tried to pretend she moved because of harassment instead of foreclosure)! Good thing Marge will be back next season to shine some light on all these situations…
Radar Online did some sleuthing and discovered that as of Feb 14 2018, Margaret still owes the IRS and is accruing interest and penalties every day she is in arrears. Eeks.
At this point I’m thinking that whomever is in charge of correctional institutions in NJ needs to build a RHONJ wing – complete with financial education classes! Or maybe the ladies of the garden state need a special intervention from Suze Orman (working with Tabatha to take over) – imagine what a great television spinoff that would be!
Danielle Hopes Caroline & Jacqueline Return To RHONJ So She Can Show Them How Much She’s Changed
TELL US – ARE YOU SURPRISED TO LEARN ABOUT MARGARET’S TAX LIEN?
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Real Housewives Of New York is currently filming in the wake of Luann‘s arrest and rehab stay, so naturally their epic cast trip was postponed, and they were reduced to cruising on a subpar yacht and all getting seasick (and sick of each other) along with other, way more dangerous matters! Captain Lee did not come to the rescue obviously!
The cast (sans Luann apparently) is vacationing in Cartagena, Columbia which seems to me like an odd choice for luxury, and indeed it was when they took a day trip on a boat that CAUGHT FIRE and literally began to sink! I’m guessing that in the midst of fearing for their lives there was no time for turtle time, but talk about an amazing metaphor for Real Housewives excursions (and Real Housewives relationships… ).
The ladies sensed problems from the beginning when they realized the boat was an old thing who’d never had a facelift. “Once they were ushered on board, the boat couldn’t even move. The anchor got stuck, so the crew had to saw the anchor off before they could sail anywhere,” reveals an insider. As if that wasn’t bad enough the boat’s seats weren’t properly secured, so those along with other things, “started flying about.”
“When they got out to sea, the engine caught fire. It was a huge blaze and the crew was fighting to put it out. They didn’t have a fire extinguisher nor did they speak English,” the insider continued. Once the fire was out, in the process of returning to land, the boat then started taking on water, “and there were only two or three life jackets for everyone on board.” This included the producers and film crew. So, um Bravo DOESN’T conduct safety checks?!
“They all thought they were going to die and they were hysterical,” Page Six reports. “Bethenny [Frankel], Ramona [Singer] and Dorinda [Medley] were soaked and screaming hysterically, Carole [Radziwill] and Tinsley [Mortimer] were literally throwing up from seasickness. They were far out to sea and they thought they were going down like the Titanic.” Talk about a Ramonacoaster!
The ladies were finally rescued by another passing boat. For Bethenny, this is actually her second disaster at sea, so maybe she needs to stay on land!
Shockingly, a Bravo rep confirms the incident did indeed take place. “The Real Housewives of New York City’ cast was recently on a boat in South America and encountered turbulent water,” their statement reveals. “Thankfully, everyone is fine and was able to continue their vacation as planned. The safety of our cast and crew is paramount and, to that end, we are doing a full investigation.” They’ve also offered the ladies counseling to deal with the trauma.
Well, so much for lifestyles of the rich and bravo-famous, but, as always, at least the RHONY trip will be epic!
TELL US – ARE YOU AS OMG ABOUT THIS AS I AM?!
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The last week of Celebrity Big Brother is underway, and we still have eight celebrities living in the Big Brother house. After one of the most targeted celebrities in the house won the last Head of Household (HOH) competition, we should see some chaos as the houseguests scramble to save their games. HOH Omarosa nominated Ross Mathews and Brandi Glanville to the block for eviction with Ross being Omarosa’s primary target. Can Ross save his game and will his power alliance remain intact after Omarosa’s reign in the Big Brother house? Let’s find out.
Omarosa’s top priority while acting as HOH is to break up any pairs and alliances in the Big Brother house. She has not been at all shy about telling the houseguests exactly what her plan entails while HOH. By planting seeds of doubt, Omarosa hopes that the alliances will start to question one another, therefore falling apart.
Brandi did a lot of Omarosa’s work for her when she went against the house majority and placed a rogue vote to evict Mark McGrath instead of Shannon Elizabeth. This sent some shock waves through the house majority and power alliance she has with Ross, Ariadna Gutiérrez, and Marissa Jaret Winokur. Brandi’s last minute sympathy vote has her alliance unsure if they can trust Brandi any longer in the Big Brother house.
The house is aware of the deal James Maslow made with Omarosa at the HOH competition, but they are questioning whether or not Mark has made a deal with Omarosa also. Mark had expressed concern about Omarosa nominating him to the block for eviction. When Mark was not nominated for eviction, many of the houseguests began to speculate he made a last minute deal to save his game.
James began to question his deal with Omarosa as to whether or not evicting Ross was best for his Big Brother game. He and Mark decided that evicting Brandi is better for their game. To ensure Brandi’s eviction, they needed one more vote and approached Marissa with a final four deal that would include Ross.
The twist was revealed by Julie Chen for the Power or Veto (POV) competition. The viewers voted for the VIP POV which grants the winner of the veto the ability to use the veto twice if they so chose to do so. Needless to say, the celebrities were a bit taken back with the twist and were desperately trying to figure out the impact this twist would have on the Big Brother game.
The POV, called Invitation Only, required that the houseguests raced against one another to put together a puzzle in the fastest time. The first houseguest to bring all of their puzzle pieces down the red carpet to their puzzle board and correctly complete their puzzle wins the VIP veto. In addition to Ross, Brandi and Omarosa competing in the veto, Marissa, Metta World Peace, and Mark were also randomly chosen to compete.
Ross barely beat out Omarosa to win the VIP veto by just a second or two. Not only can Ross pull himself off the block and save his Big Brother game, but he can also save Brandi’s game. If he pulled both himself and Brandi off the block, Omarosa would then have to nominate two new houseguests to the block for eviction.
As assumed, Ross used the POV to pull himself off the block. Omarosa nominated Metta in his place for eviction because Metta wanted to leave the game to be home with his family. Surprisingly, Ross opted not to use the ability to save Brandi from the block. Therefore, the houseguests will vote for either Metta or Brandi for eviction from the Big Brother house.
The live vote for eviction was unanimous to evict Metta with a vote of 5 to 0. During his exit interview and through the tears of joy, Metta revealed that the mental aspect of the game took it’s toll on him. He also shared with Julie that he is rooting for Ross to win the title of Celebrity Big Brother.
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Oh man, all season on Vanderpump Rules I have really been loving James Kennedy … Until last night, that is! Down goes the Jack Daniels, and James’ decency follows suit. He wasted being a horrible ATROCIOUS drunken buffoon to Lala Kent and Raquel Leviss when he should have reserved that treatment for Scheana Marie. If only so Rob Valetta could rush in to be knight in shining armor and fix it. I hear he’s good at those sorts of things!
Scheana Marie invited a select group ‘non-assholes’ to Rob’s cabin in Big Bear. After the Toca Madera cheating non-scandal, she’s desperate to prove that some of her non-friends are capable of behaving like decent human beings. Except slim pickings. She can’t invite the Three-Headed SheBeasts who are too busy bedazzling scooters while fake crying apologies after their birthday party breakdowns (plus they started the rumor), so Scheana was forced to choose Jax Taylor and James?! Scheana is a cesspool of failed logic and I really believe all the therapists on this show are being wasted on Jax. Absolutely he is in need, but um… spread the ‘py, because there’s a six car pileup of people needing psychiatric attention.
After screaming at Katie Maloney and Kristen Doute, then fleeing her birthday party in a Patrick-induced drunken breakdown, Stassi Schroeder has been crying into her ranch dressing (and probably mixing it with vodka). Along with her checkbook, she comes in peace to decorate motorized scooters and beg forgiveness. Envision this scenario fast-forwarded 40 years with this same dysfunctional group riding bedazzled Rascals to terrorize the poor people of Boca. Luckily, I’m sure by then Lala will be living in the old Vanderpump Mansion with her third rich hubby.
Stassi grovels into her glue stick, because without Patrick what else does she have left in her life? Please believe if he had run off into the sunset with her, she’d never have come crawling back to Vanderpump Rules or Krazstie! After she hands over $1400 to repay Katie and Kristen, they of course forgive her, because without Stassi they are a wheel without its axis. But it is funny that post-Patrick, Stassi is stripped of all her power like lint-covered tape. I mean in theory it’s still sticky, but nah. Patrick’s dismantling of Stassi’s facade made everyone realize she’s a paper tiger. Or maybe it’s that Katie and Kristen have grown-up a bit? Again, nah.
With SUR under construction following the fire, Lisa Vanderpump has her all-star team of Scheana (snort), Ariana Madix, and Tom 1 working at Villa Blanca. Jax is apparently salty that he’s still in time-out, so even the prospect of a little vacation with Super Rob won’t revive his feelings of inadequacy. But doesn’t Jax feel blessed and exalted?!
Rob’s family owns a cabin in Big Bear, but naturally because Scheana envisions herself the self-titled Mrs. Rob, it’s her cabin too. Scheana is obsessed with impressing people using an image that, not for one iota, anyone buys into! Like if I buy a giant blown-up photo of Scheana and Shay at their wedding poster of a Rembrandt, I know damn well it’s a cheap copy – Scheana doesn’t realize everyone is equally well-aware that she’s a cheap copy of happiness and success. While Ariana and Tom look on in bemused horror, Scheana actually Freudian slips and refers to Rob’s cabin as “ours,” while waxing poetically to Lisa about the ELEVEN years they’ve spent going there together. What Scheana neglects to mention is that she went as SHAY’s wife!
Lisa is not impressed by Scheana’s determined amnesia, but she’s even less impressed when Jax texts to complain that as a 38-year-old man with a “bad back,” who is in a serious relationship, he will NOT be reduced to sleeping in a twin bed whilst Ariana and Tom have non-sex in the only other queen bed. Ungrateful much?
Jax is not coping well with his reduced station in life – he’s finally ousted from Lisa’s affections, in the doghouse with Brittany Cartwright (no sandwiches!), and his reiki teacher hasn’t succumbed to his charms. Yet. I diagnose that Jax feels insecure next to Rob. Rob, who has a boat and magic hands which can hang a TV in 7 minutes or less (a useful skill in the apocalypse), when all Jax has is T&A, and cheap beers on the couch.
To Jax happiness is convincing himself that women somewhere are still willing to fall for his lines, offer their services (and sandwiches!), and be his ‘cheat,’ but stacked up next to a ‘real man’ – one who can, um, what was it? Move Scheana’s suitcase from the floor to the bed, poor Jax is noticing his shortcomings! For some reason I just keep hearing Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise replay in my head as it relates to Jax. Among such poignant lyrics: “I take a look at my life and realize there’s none left. ‘Cause I’ve been brassing and laughing so long that even my mamma thinks that my mind is gone…” And going the way of Coolio, Jax seems preoccupied that he will finally fade into the obscurity he belongs in! I’m just shocked Rob’s not capable of ‘fixing’ Jax too – being like a ‘real man’ mentor!? Don’t think Scheana hasn’t suggested it to Brittany!
Did I mention that Scheana also invited James to Big Bear? As if that will make the right impression on Super Rob!
While Scheana is cuddling her delusions, and showing off her summer body while rambling to her girlfriends about the Power of Rob, Katie gives him some competition in the fix-it department! Is an HGTV show in their future?!
As always Katie, Stassi (and the oblivious Tom 2) are in a strange co-dependent Sister Wives relationship, where Katie is the ‘hubs’ to both Tom and Stassi. Or maybe sometimes Stassi is the ‘hubs’? Basically the one who wears ‘the metaphorical pants.’ Since Patrick has abandoned Stassi to nervous breakdowns (again), it is Katie who must screw together the wobbling bench in her apartment. Alas, no amount of twisting the allen wrench can set Stassi straight, so she turns to the supernatural where delusion is nurtured and encouraged. They visited some blonde woman’s apartment to sit on of the floor of her spare bedroom on top of a floral sheet to have their futures told by a pack of tarot cards the woman bought on sale at Anthropologie. I’m venturing to guess the floral floor covering came from the same sale rack?
This tarot woman, who can safely make her predictions as a person who has definitely not watched Stassi’s disaster relationship on TV, and ‘draws’ The Fool card, featuring Stassi swinging a pinot Grigio bottle while wearing a broken crown, and places it next to a card with Patrick’s face on a serpent’s body which is named The Douche. This reveals that despite endlessly trying, Stassi will never make things work with Patrick. But she will get prego sometime in 2019 so her condition of ‘dating assholes’ may have a cure! Or maybe Jax’s assholism will be cured and they’ll reunite to make babies? (I’m gagging myself here)
Meanwhile in Big Bear, James starts hitting the bottle the moment he gets out of the car and um, doesn’t stop until 6 in the morn. It was almost as tragic as Scheana constantly bragging about how amazing Rob is while her friends sat, eyes glazed over, wishing they weren’t contractually trapped in a cramped lake house with her. During a game of ‘I Never’ Rob was asked if he’d ever be a swinger. He wouldn’t because he doesn’t want his dick to fall off (he can’t reattach it and fix it with his super magic skills?). Like a soulless blow-up doll Scheana is, she recited how much she loves Rob’s dick too. Oh, really – I couldn’t tell. While Scheana is just SO pathetic, even worse is Raquel.
Raquel makes Kristen’s crazy outbursts seem positively sane, because Raquel has one mode: JamesBot. Once again she silently accepts being the Tom 2 (aka third wheel) to James’s drunkenly mauling others. It’s Logan Dejavu, except even stranger given James and Lala’s complicated past.
During dinner and all throughout the night, as James gets increasingly trashed and belligerent, he’s also increasingly inappropriate towards Lala and touching her constantly. Lala doesn’t seem to mind until James starts making little digs at her and telling to “shut-up.” Lala and James just have such a weird, untenable relationship. They’re like siblings, but flirty friends, and it’s just uncomfortable. Raquel tries, timidly, to explain to James that he’s upsetting her, but Raquel’s standards are so low she accepts being called a “skinny hot bitch” by Lala the ultimate compliment.
The bottom line is that James + booze x insecurity = James Kanteddy. Eventually Lala has enough and decides James needs a ‘Come To Jesus, Madonna, and Lala’ talk about the status of their relationship. She lays it out for him that they’re both in other relationships, the past is the past, and he has to stop making comments about her man, and “coming for” her. Her words were impotent (zing!). Instead of apologizing and agreeing that he’s out of line, drunk James basically confesses that he’s still in love with Lala and he can’t respect her relationship because he thinks she deserves better than a guy who used her as a sidepiece while allowing her to be harassed for being a mistress. That could be a sweet sentiment if it weren’t for the fact that James mostly seems jealous because he isn’t rich enough to be Lala’s man. Keep spinning those C-U-Next Tuesday tracks…
Do I think Lala is weirdly defensive about her “man”? Yes. Do I think a part of Lala loves being adored by James and relishes in his attention, no matter how toxic? Yes. Do I think James is out of line and needs to probably stop double-fisting shots and beers (and also Raquel and other people)? Yes.
While James and Lala are “talking,” Scheana whines that the noise is keeping Super Rob awake. He needs his rest because he’s driving the [tiny] boat all day tomorrow – the boat which HE FIXED WITH HIS OWN BARE HANDS! Jax is also frustrated – he confides to Tom 1 that he’s feeling leftist that Tom and Tom are moving along with the bar investment, while he’ll probably be bartending at SUR forever. All the reiki is putting Jax Jason in touch with his emotions for the first time, and he is eager to show how he’s creating distance between himself and James, instead of engaging. But no one is impressed by Jax is finally doing what he should’ve been doing all along. Not even Brittany, who was exhausted from trying to mediate between James and Lala, and just wanted to go to sleep.
Who wants to bet that after Brittany passed out Jax called Kelsey, his reiki therapist, for an emergency Skype ‘session’?
Rob Sought Advice From Lala’s Man About Appearing On Vanderpump Rules!
TELL US – IS JAMES OUT OF LINE WITH LALA? IS STASSI TRULY SORRY? CAN JAX ACTUALLY CHANGE?
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