Monday, November 25, 2019

Below Deck Star Captain Lee Rosbach Thinks Simone Mashile’s Social Life Should Be A “Far Distant Second” To Work

Below Deck Captain Lee Rosbach

Below Deck Captain Lee Rosbach

Simone Mashile lurked in the laundry room for most of the season on Below Deck.  Clearly, her service experience leaves much to be desired and Third Stew Courtney Skippon picked up the slack.  Since expressing a desire to better her skills, Chief Stew Kate Chastain gave Simone more services opportunities.

It’s not clear what inspired Simone to metaphorically leave the laundry room.  Perhaps it was the sexual allure of a certain deckhand named Tanner Sterback.  Maybe Simone is really thinking big picture about her career, though it’s clear that she is not ready to put in the work.

Captain Lee Rosbach commented on Simone’s lack of focus in his blog.  He summed up the issue saying, “Simone, you ask for more service duties, but when given, you fall short.”

During the episode, Kate suggested that Simone needs to take more initiative to serve the guests.  Captain Lee agreed, “you just can’t go out and look and say, Oh, no one needs or wants anything. You check with each individual to make sure that they have what they want.”

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Then there was the incident when the guests overhead the very overdrawn conversation between Tanner and Simone.  It does bring to light that Simone should be spending time shadowing Kate and learning service skills.  Captain Lee wrote, “you don’t have a conversation with the guy you’re crushing on within earshot of the guests, while your boss is doing your job. You are there to learn and work, your social life is a far distant second place to that, if it plays a part at all.”

If Simone doesn’t step up, Kate certainly won’t bother trying to teach her anything and it’ll be back to the laundry room for this Cinderella.  Captain Lee is optimistic that Simone will turn things around.  He concluded, “be careful what you ask for, you wanted service, now act like you can handle it. Not being able to open a bottle of wine isn’t a good start. But I do still have hope for you. Just apply your talents and you will be fine.”

RELATED: Captain Lee Rosbach Says Abbi Murphy Liked Nothing About Below Deck Except For Tip Day; Wishes Her The Best

TELL US- DOES SIMONE REALLY WANT TO LEARN SERVICE SKILLS?  WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE NEEDS TO DO TO IMPROVE?  WILL SHE FOCUS ON THE WORK OR TANNER?

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Sex Education Is Literally a Work of Art for Season 2

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Lisa Vanderpump Hopes Vanderpump Dogs Foundation Will Be Her Legacy

Lisa Vanderpump Says She Hopes That The Vanderpump Dog Foundation Will Be Her Legacy

It is difficult to believe that the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is filming season 10 without Lisa Vanderpump. Her decision to leave the show shocked fans–and probably her co-stars as well. Even though Lisa didn’t interact much with the other ladies for most of season 9, she was still the main storyline. Whether she liked it or not. The Puppy Gate scandal courtesy of Dorit Kemsley’s inability to follow the simple rules of her dog adoption contract was a drama that was unseemly on many levels and changed the dynamics of the show forever.

Kyle Richards, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave and Dorit all probably underestimated Lisa’s potential reactions to assaults on her character. Especially in matters related to her honesty and her love of dogs. Vanderpump Rules star Lisa is committed to the welfare of animals and she recently spoke out on what she would like to be remembered for. And you can probably guess it is not for being a Housewife. Or Kyle’s former BFF.

Not surprisingly, Lisa shared with People that she would want to be known for her work to protect dogs through the Vanderpump Dogs Foundation. She stated, “I hope that will be my legacy.”

“It’s been a slow gradual awareness, but thanks to the vehicle of a reality show, and Bravo so kindly gave us the airtime, it’s been wonderful,” Lisa went on to explain.

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Many reality stars use their newfound fame to promote themselves and their businesses. But how many have used their platform to also support a cause in the way that Lisa has? The Vanderpump Dogs Foundation is committed to spreading awareness of dog mistreatment and encouraging humane treatment of dogs around the world. 100% of the profits at the Vandpump Dog Center go to support the cause. Since the foundation was started in 2016, 1,300 dogs have been rescued via the foundation.

Lisa continues to be committed to animals. She declared, “I’ve worked really hard. I just want to keep drawing attention to [the cause] and to rescue dogs. They are so grateful for a chance at a second life.” Dogs are given a chance at a second life at the Vanderpump Dogs Center in Los Angeles, which offers dogs for adoption.

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We all know that some Housewives can turn a simple “hello” into verbal warfare. But, who could argue with the wonderful work Lisa and her foundation are doing? Think about it–1,300 dogs have found new homes because of Lisa’s commitment to animal welfare. With her equally committed husband, Ken Todd by her side, of course.

After the death of Lisa’s brother last year and her co-star drama, things changed for her. She revealed,  “Everything shifted in my brain. All the things that I was involved with became more important. The foundation is of the utmost importance to me.” Sometimes it takes life-changing events to put everything into clear focus.

RELATED: Dorit Kemsley Slams Vanderpump Dogs As A “Foundation Looking For Attention”

Lisa’s foundation has also made strides in decreasing participation at the barbaric Yulin Festival. They’re also involved in congressional legislation protecting animals.

“To have success, that excited me,” Lisa admitted. “But to have success in a philanthropic way, that excites me even more. I never thought I’d be speaking in Congress. So I really don’t know what’s around the corner.”

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One thing that might be coming up for Lisa is a show centered around the Vanderpump Dogs Center. She teased at BravoCon that such a show could be on the horizon. I, for one, will be watching if the show comes to fruition. If it in any way supports Lisa and her amazing cause, I’m in.

TELL US- WHAT DO YOU THINK DRIVES LISA’S PHILANTHROPIC WORK? DO YOU THINK LISA WILL EVER RETURN TO RHOBH? 

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See How The Crown Gets Those Stunning Royal Costumes

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Real Housewives Of Atlanta Recap: Relation-PITS

Nene Leakes Real Housewives Of Atlanta

Nene Leakes Real Housewives Of Atlanta

Last night’s Real Housewives Of Atlanta featured way, way too much of messy Marlo Hampton. Lady, worry about fixing the fit on your sequined jumpsuit, not about fixing Cynthia Bailey‘s friendship with Nene Leakes! Did I just agree with NeNe on something? Well, Fix it JESUS – save me from myself.

Otherwise, Kenya Moore‘s marriage to Marc Daly is in some major trouble – as if we didn’t know that already. And Porsha Williams decides against rekindling her relationship with Dennis McKinley.

So, NeNe and Cynthia are in NYC for the World Pride parade. About every Housewife from here until eternity are present in Day-Glo colored rainbow aesthetic. In what was probably the most adult moment of her entire life, NeNe passes by Cynthia and Noelle on the float with a cordial, polite, and brief hello. The favor is returned. And all is well. But as Eva Marcille said, when Pride is over that’s where the love ends! Especially because down below, frolicking with the wannabes and common people is Marlo.

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Cynthia Bailey

The next day, Eva and Cynthia go for dinner at Tao. As soon as Eva sits down, she notices that their reserved table is laid for three people. Eva probably only realized this because she wanted more room for the stack of food she was ordering. But, it turns out that is actually Marlo’s place. It was actually Marlo who orchestrated this dinner with Cynthia, but Cynthia neglected to tell Eva until they sat down. Um, didn’t Cynthia ever get the memo about not stressing pregnant women? Rude.

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Eva Marcille

Luckily, food is the way to Eva’s heart (and good-graces), so she was fine with taking her order to go and decamping to the bar once Marlo arrives. In fact, Eva was practically blissful as she slurped duck, sushi, and broccoli – and pretty much everything on the menu – all by her lonesome. I guess when you’re eating for two you’re never truly alone! Although that was incredibly shady of Cynthia. She truly is a shifty friend. That’s pretty much exactly what started her fight with NeNe last year.

Marlo is wearing what can only be described as a football uniform. She immediately starts in on how Eva is fake, and broke. Instead of defending her f-r-i-e-n-d, Cynthia just picks at her food and patiently watches Marlo talk shit. Nice. The purpose of this meeting is, of course, NeNe. Marlo wants Cynthia and NeNe to do a formal sit-down to at least talk, even if they can’t go back to being friends.

Given that days before, NeNe did an interview calling Cynthia “weak and desperate,” Cynthia isn’t feeling too positively about meeting with NeNe. And, furthermore, she’s tired of always being the bigger person. I agree with Cynthia that NeNe shouldn’t get away with her antics with the excuse of “that’s just NeNe!”

Both women have love for each other (just not “like”) so out of respect for an 8-year relationship Marlo believes they owe each other that. Unfortunately, Cynthia and NeNe do not agree. Both are fine with venting to the media, then cordially acknowledging each other in public as if nary a bad word was ever said.

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Marlo Hampton Nene Leakes

The next day, Marlo meets NeNe at The Boathouse for lunch. This restaurant is far too classy for these broads who don’t know how to dress and don’t understand that calamari is just fried octopus. NeNe is also afraid to eat the octopus that she didn’t realize she ordered. However, Marlo has slurped plenty of slimy things in her day and dives right in. Gross.

Marlo proposes her idea that Cynthia and NeNe meet. Marlo attempted to be very calm and adult in listing her reasons why both NeNe and Cynthia are at fault for the demise of their friendship. However, Munty Marlo has a lot to learn about negotiating with children! Clearly. Because Marlo forgot NeNe is a child emotionally. True to form, NeNe flips out at the mere suggestion that she apologize to Cynthia.

Nene Leakes

After yelling at Marlo to stay out of it, NeNe waltzes out of the restaurant and hails a pedicab, which she demands take her to streets. Marlo chases after, trying to untwist her too-small jumpsuit. But, NeNe is long gone. I was seriously wondering if they both stiffed Boathouse with the check.

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Back in Atlanta, Kenya seeks marital advice from Kandi Burruss. The latest drama is that Marc refused to go on an anniversary trip if Kenya brings their nanny. The gist of what is going on here is that Marc does not want to spend time with Kenya, and is using Brooklyn as an excuse to avoid her. Kandi tries to give Kenya tips for how to deal with Marc being the man of the house when his wife earns all the money, without losing her voice in the process. Which is ridiculous. Are people still focusing on “man of the house” nonsense in 2019? Is Kenya really letting Marc tell her when she can change their daughter’s diaper? Apparently, yes.

Kandi Burruss Todd Tucker

Later, Kandi is at an ultrasound with her surrogate when she gets a text from Kenya asking her to come over right away. When Kandi gets to Moore Manor everything appears fine though. Brooklyn is with her nanny in the bedroom while Kenya gets out snacks and jokes about needing a boob reduction.

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Kenya Moore

And then out come the waterworks – well as waterworks as Botox will allow – about how Kenya and Brooklyn ended up going to Turks and Caicos on an anniversary trip without Marc. Their sex life is pretty much invisible. Kenya keeps complaining about Marc choosing “the baby” over her. But the biggest problem is that when they fight it gets really nasty. Marc has a bad temper and does not spare the low blows.

It almost sounds like he’s verbally abusive. Orr as Kandi terms it, “calls Kenya out of her name.” Things are so bad that Kenya is afraid to even get involved in conversations that could potentially escalate into an argument. Kenya refuses to elaborate about how far things have gone for fear of further jeopardizing her marriage. When Kandi tries to comfort her, she runs out of the room sobbing.

Kandi Burruss

Um, so this is why you DO NOT marry someone you’ve known about 15 minutes! Furthermore, I’m confused: Kenya has a nanny with Brooklyn in Atlanta. Marc doesn’t seem to have a problem with the nanny being in their home. Or with him being halfway across the country from the daughter he’s so obsessive about protecting. So why is it a big deal that the nanny travels with them on vacation so they can go out for dinner after their infant is asleep? This just makes ZERO sense. It sounds like Marc is a giant control freak with a hair-trigger temper to match his antiquated belief about women and men’s roles, but then allowing his wife and daughter live hours away from him where there is childcare seems completely contrary to all of that!

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Meanwhile, Porsha is finished with Dennis after he cheated on her while she was pregnant. She goes to her counselor, who it seems like sshe is initially trying to convince Porsha to give Dennis a chance to at least explain what prompted him to cheat. However, Porsha is adamant that she will not be disrespected. Porsha’s primary focus is not fixing her relationship, but getting along with Dennis to raise Pilar. Um, when did Porsha become the responsible one in this group!?

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Porsha Williams

Porsha also realizes it’s time to return to work since she will be providing for her daughter as a single parent. For now, Pilar is living with Porsha and her mom, and visiting Dennis regularly. Porsha brings PJ to work with her for her first day back at DISH Nation and after some confusion with the car, which requires calling an Uber, she gets there all gussied up and everything goes better than fine. Porsha is thrilled to be back and glad to have a renewed purpose.

Afterward, Porsha realizes its time to hire a nanny because she can’t keep bringing PJ to work. The added benefit is that the nanny can be the one who coordinates with Dennis. That way Porsha doesn’t have to do so much face-to-face time with him while she’s still healing and accepting that their romantic relationship is over. OK, seriously, what happened that suddenly Porsha is so mature and responsible? I feel like I’m in the Real Housewives Of Atlanta twilight zone. Gone with the twilight fabulous! Now twirl on back to reality, ladies!

Seriously though I really like this side of Porsha!

TELL US – DO YOU APPRECIATE THIS MATURE SIDE OF PORSHA? DO YOU THINK MARC IS ABUSIVE TO KENYA OR WHAT IS GOING ON? SHOULD NENE AND CYNTHIA SIT DOWN AND TALK?

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90 Day Fiancé Had a Porn Star, Surprise Children Reveals and All Sorts of Communication Problems

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90 Day Fiance Recap: You Don’t Forget Your Past

90 Day Fiance Recap: You Don’t Forget Your Past

The latest episode of 90 Day Fiance has us at an impasse, much like our couples. Between the constant red flags, lack of communication and awkward confessionals, I left this 90 Day Fiance episode feeling like none of these couples should be together, let alone be on the marriage fast-track. We also get to meet a brand new couple, who have about as much chemistry as two people using a translator app to flirt.

Michael introduces Juliana to his ex-wife, Sarah, and while it seems promising, even Max and Cece couldn’t break the tension with their cuteness. Robert and Anny continue to bicker their way through car rides and restaurants. Anny barely makes it through a meeting with Bryson’s grandparents without clawing their faces off. Farmer Mike and Natalie reunite in Ukraine. Aside from the crippling credit card debt Mike is hiding, they are really the only couple I like and am rooting for.  Anna Campisi and Mursel Mistanoglu continue to not communicate their way through life and even their mutual love of nerdiness beekeeping can’t bring them together.At least we didn’t have to sit through all the uncomfortable conversations in front of her kids.

Tania Too Hype and Syngin….oh man, where do I even start? Too Hype really lived up to her name this episode when poor Syngin found out the Shed of Dreams was really a nightmare. Finally, we got to meet our latest disaster couple, Blake and Jasmine, who has definitely come to the U.S. for Blake (snort) and not her sister who just so happens to live 10 minutes away.

Michael, 41 (Greenwich, Connecticut) and Juliana, 23 (Brazil)

90 Day Fiance Recap: You Don’t Forget Your Past

We open with Juliana and Cece bonding over makeup and “hair bunnies”. Watching this makes me realize that Juliana is totally cut out to be the fun, older sister….oops! I mean, step mom to these kids. But with that tiny distinction aside, today is a big day and clearly, that’s what the fun buns are for. Juliana is going to meet Michael’s ex-wife (and mother to our beloved fan favorites, Max and Cece), Sarah. Michael says Sarah can smell bullshit a mile away. As long as Juliana is sincere, she will be fine. No pressure, Jules!

And just like that, out of an Audi pops Sarah, full of confidence and assertiveness, as described by Max. Sarah says she’s excited to see her kids, her dog, and to finally meet Juliana, in that order. They embrace in a big hug and so far, so good. Sarah can understand why some women might feel threatened by the force that is Juliana. But, Sarah doesn’t have the time, energy or the need for it. Dammit, I like Sarah. She’s got the confidence of a woman who doesn’t need to shop online for her next husband.

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Juliana mentions she is starting her diet tomorrow because she feels fat with all this American food. And, the lioness that she is, Sarah smells the weakness and immediately asks Juliana what her goals are. Juliana doesn’t know. Sarah turns to Michael to ask and he admits no one will replace Sarah as a mother and it will be great to have Juliana around as a “resource”. Ermmmm, that’s one way to describe your fiance I guess. Sarah clarifies that as long as Juliana doesn’t parent, everything will be ok. She can either choose to accept this and have Sarah be her ally or…not. Please, Juliana, start working on that friendship bracelet if you know what’s good for you.

Robert, 41 (Winter Park, Florida) and Anny, 30 (Dominican Republic)

90 Day Fiance Recap: You Don’t Forget Your Past

Despite fighting nonstop, Robert is still trying to convince us that he and Anny love each other. Sure, Jan. On today’s agenda, Robert is going to introduce Anny to Bryson’s grandparents. I’m going to need y’all to buckle up for this one. Anny enters the situation with an attitude and she’s sure going to leave with one. I admire her dedication. I truly do.

Enter Stephanie and Ben, the grandparents. They look young and friendly. Anny instantly hates them for no reason. For their part, Stephanie and Ben are skeptical of this relationship because this is the first they are hearing of our girl Anny. Stephanie requests to talk to Anny privately and gets down to business. Stephanie is an adult film actress, which needs to be clarified. So, grandma is a porn star and she’s telling Anny, who is the least friendly and understanding person EVER. True to form, Anny tells us she’s disgusted and clearly doesn’t think she needs anything to do with Stephanie.

I admire Stephanie’s honesty, but wish she would have eased into it a tiny bit more once she realized she was dealing with a honey badger instead of a stepmom to her grandson. But just as I was about to take Stephanie’s side, she hits Anny with all the questions – like, “are you planning on having kids with Robert and are you on birth control?” As you can imagine, this doesn’t sit well with Anny and she ends up storming off.

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The whole grandparent debacle just gave Anny and Robert one more thing to fight about (although I’m sure they would have come up with something else anyway). When they head out to yet another dinner, Anny is ready to rumble before they even sit down. Thankfully, when she tells Robert what happened, he’s on her side.

But, poor Anny thinks she’s on a roll getting her way. Instead of taking her win and having a nice dinner, she thinks she can get Robert to delete all the pictures of his exes off social media. Not gonna happen. Robert, a self-described player, admits that he was quite the party boy back in the day. Which is I guess why he has 5 kids with 4 different women. So, to recap – Robert has lots of kids, lots of exes and grandma is a porn star. Got it? Let’s move on.

Mike, 34 (Sequim, WA) and Natalie, 35 (Kyiv, Ukraine)

90 Day Fiance Recap: You Don’t Forget Your Past

It’s been six months since Mike has seen Natalie. As promised in last week’s episode, it’s time to say goodbye to Beau Jangles and the farm. Mike leaves Beau Jangles in charge with a big hug. Beau says something no one can understand anyway. Such a sweet, happy clown. I’m going to miss him this episode!

We get our first look at Natalie in her homeland and gosh, she is just darling. She considers herself elegant, sophisticated and wants to climb Mt. Everest one day. Not on her list? Living on a farm in the middle of Washington, but ok. Natalie and Mike are clearly in love and have all the engagement-style photos to prove it. So. Many. Engagement. Photos. But let me stop hating as it’s just a testament to their adorable love.

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Natalie is out and about with her friends, who seem less enthused about the relationship. They pepper her with questions about everything from Mike’s weight to his job and how much he makes. Natalie is caught off guard and unhappy, but there is one person she can count on to be excited about Mike – her mom. She adores him and can’t stop gushing about him. Natalie and Mike’s reunion at the airport is super sweet, followed immediately on the cuteness scale by his reunion with Natalie’s mom.

But just when I’m getting all warm and fuzzy about it all, Mike whisks Natalie away to the bedroom and then goes into way too much detail in the confessional about how Natalie is his tigress. I pray her mom doesn’t hear this!

Anna, 38 (Bellevue, Nebraska) and Mursel, 38 (Turkey)

90 Day Fiance Recap: You Don’t Forget Your Past

Anna has had a difficult few weeks with Mursel getting acclimated to America. I don’t know why she thinks this week will be any better. They are still communicating via what is essentially text message. He doesn’t want to admit that her kids exist to his parents. And, worst of all, he doesn’t like American pizza. This relationship is doomed, friends.

So to take some of the stress off, Anna decides that the best thing they can do is…..beekeep. It’s what brought them together, after all. Too bad they can’t use the translator app with their beekeeping suits on. But, either way, we can see very clearly that Anna is insecure about Mursel’s superior beekeeping skills. Even so, she’s getting all hot and bothered watching her man smoke out those bees and scrape that honey. She sneaks a kiss in during their talk with producers and Mursel is nothing short of uncomfortable. He practically tries to smoke her out with bee smoke just to keep her away.

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Once they have officially de-stressed, it’s time to get re-stressed by dragging Mursel to a wedding shower planned by Anna’s friend. On the car ride over, she makes sure to tell him that he needs to try and communicate with her friends and not be on his phone, which is totally attainable considering they can’t even communicate between the two of them.

At the party, things don’t go much better. Mursel struggles to understand everyone and Anna doesn’t really help him out. Anna admits to her friend that she’s frustrated Mursel doesn’t seem to understand her and when she thinks he does, he’s just nodding yes even when he doesn’t.

Every episode I watch, I hate Anna more and more. Now she is giving this man a hard time because he doesn’t understand her, even though she knew full well that he didn’t speak English when she brought him over here. She treats him like a child. And given how she treats her own children, that’s not a compliment.

Tania, 29 (Colchester, Connecticut) and Syngin, 29 (South Africa)

90 Day Fiance Recap: You Don’t Forget Your Past

Tania Too Hype is ready to move past that one day she spent alone with Syngin, arguing about everything she wanted to accomplish in life with or without him. Now, it’s time to hit the ground running. And by “running,” I mean “remodeling.” They are going straight to Connecticut to move into their shed/home.

Too Hype oversold and under-delivered on this one. Syngin was expecting the whole thing to be done, like she told him. But, instead, he walks into a disaster (which is pretty typical for a SHED).  He’s frustrated and rightfully so. He traveled halfway around the world to live with this woman and she couldn’t even clear the boxes off the floor and throw some sheets on the bed. Syngin says it’s time to sleep on the sofa inside the house and start fresh in the morning. For once, Tania isn’t going to get her way on this one.

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The next day, she starts early with the nagging, trying to oversee every little thing that Syngin does, despite being the one that got them into this mess. Syngin tries to stay in good spirits, but his patience is thinning. And he finally snaps at her when she won’t even let him get through using a power tool without interrupting. Even though she promised him this would all be done, she makes the excuse that she couldn’t be expected to do it all considering she did all the paperwork to get him here. I don’t know what one thing has to do with the other. Syngin worries about how controlling Too Hype’s personality is. And then, he gets back to working on the shed before Too Hype notices he’s taking a break.

Blake, 29 (Los Angeles, California) and Jasmine, 27 (Helsinki, Finland)

90 Day Fiance Recap: You Don’t Forget Your Past

Time to meet our newest couple – Blake and Jasmine. Blake lives at home with his mom and admits that in his past relationships, he’s been kind of naive. He was married at 19, divorced by 23, and eventually went on a dating site where he met Jasmine. By the time he fell for her, he found out she was actually living in Finland and not L.A. Never mind that, he hopped a flight to Finland. And by the third trip, he was ready to propose. A lot of people, including his mom, are skeptical about the relationship (are we noticing a pattern with our couples?) and are worried he’s going to get taken advantage of. On top of that, Blake’s mom doesn’t think Jasmine is going to come all the way to L.A. and settle for a broke guy living with his mom. Fair enough.

Blake heads to the airport to pick up Jasmine but on the way, stops to grab Janette, her sister. Apparently, Janette lives just ten minutes from Blake after applying for and being selected for the green card lottery a year ago. Jasmine also applied, but didn’t win and ahhh, we see what’s going on now. The 90 Day Fiance producer eggs Blake on, asking how crazy it is that he just so happened to meet a girl in Finland with a sister living right down the road thanks to the green card lottery. Yes, Blake admits, it’s crazy. Then, he stares off past the camera, knowing full well even he can’t convince us he’s not being used.

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At the airport, Jasmine arrives and is the least excited person to even show up on this program. She greets both Blake and her beloved sister with a “hey.” Then, she wanders outside, where she complains that it’s hot out. Janette leaves and Blake and Jasmine head to a hotel he rented for a few days so they could have some privacy. All that living with your parents can really get in the way of romance, ammirite?

So they get to the hotel and Blake clearly has something on his mind. So does Jasmine – a shower and sleep. As disinterested as she seems, I’m willing to cut her a break since she just got off a very long flight and is likely jet-lagged beyond belief. Blake has no choice but to cut her the same break and play with some kind of wooden baby toy while she showers. Probably just like at mom’s house!

TELL US – DO YOU THINK JULIANA AND SARAH WILL GET ALONG? IS ANNY OVERREACTING? IS JASMINE USING BLAKE TO BE CLOSE TO HER SISTER? SOUND OFF BELOW! 

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Love After Lockup Season 3 Finale Recap

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The supersized Love After Lockup finale has arrived! WHAT A SEASON IT HAS BEEN. Everything is wrapping up, and we will see which couples actually make it. For some reason, Angela took back Tony. She loves his body, but COME ON. Leave the man! Cheryl and Josh are another couple who are together still despite all the drama. Certainly, those two aren’t meant to be together.

The biggest source of drama this season on Love After Lockup has been between Lacey, John, and Shane. She played these men perfectly all season. However, now we find out if she will actually walk down the aisle with Shane. John is very much a factor with the potential paternity looming. On last week’s Love After Lockup episode, Amber came to the realization more than ever that Vince isn’t her future. Will she call it quits, or will she stick it out for Puppy and her mom?

Angela & Tony

Tony Angela Love After Lockup

Angela’s sister is visiting, so Tony better be on his best behavior. Angela gave him her motorcycle, and her sister questions him about his employment status.

She’s nervous Tony might be taking advantage of Angela. It’s definitely looking that way. Tony gets a little defensive, and her sister tells Angela she’s a fool. She’s absolutely convinced that Tony is a liar. I MEAN SAME.

Nothing about Tony has felt authentic from the beginning. Tony trying to say he loves Angela just doesn’t come off genuine at all. This has felt like a con since Day 1.

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Tony calls Angela saying he needs to talk. What could it be now? He is always up to no good, and she needs to have her guard up.

It’s actually not bad at all. He surprises Angela with champagne and flowers by the lake. AWW. That’s actually really sweet because he’s put her through a lot. He proposes, and Angela accepts.

After all they’ve been through, this is such an ill-advised move. As long as she’s happy that’s what matters, I guess. Although all of the sudden things change when he makes a weird comment.

Tony claims he has a hold on Angela, and she’d forgive him for anything. Tony’s been going to therapy to deal with his addictions. Something is fishy about what he’s doing.

He makes a stop at a hotel he used to work at and tells the cameras to stay back. It is obvious he’s in a hotel room with another woman. Angela calls, and he flat out lies to her.

Cheryl & Josh

Cheryl Love After Lockup

Cheryl wants her sister to stay a few more days with her. WHY? You literally snapped on her at the restaurant, so why would she want to stay?

Cheryl freaks out so quickly. Why would anyone want to spend an extended period of time with her? Her sister is worried about how things will go for Cheryl. She doesn’t think Josh is a bad person, but she also doesn’t think he’s the one.

Josh takes his mother out to breakfast and has something important to tell her. His mom hates Cheryl, but she seems to be almost trying to protect her at this breakfast.

She’s questioning whether or not Josh is the right man for her. She doesn’t think he’s the good man she needs. Josh tells his mother that he plans on asking Cheryl to marry him.

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SHE ALMOST CHOKED. She calls him stupid, and now things are awkward. His mother doesn’t think Cheryl has much of a personality. Well, she’s not wrong.

However, maybe Josh is into the psycho screaming kind of woman. His mother tells him upfront that she will not attend the wedding. She doesn’t think it would even get to that point anyway.

Instead of listening to his mother, he’s going through with asking her to marry him. He’d rather deal with her behavior then really fend for himself in life I suppose.

Before he can propose, she starts bashing the venue they’re looking at. After that, he exposes that he was going to propose, but now she’s done with her. WOAH.

Not unlike the other times they’re together, she lost her mind and stormed off. The relationship is OVER. Their fairy tale has finally come to an end. However, shortly after filming they got back together.

Glorietta & Alex

Glorietta Love After Lockup

Glorietta’s mom is NOT into the wedding planning at all. She hates Alex, so she’s probably hoping the wedding won’t happen. She might get her wish because things aren’t going well for the couple.

Alex showing up at Glorietta’s work the way he did was bizarre. Her mother thinks Alex has a secret life, and she is SO right. He’s hanging out with his ex Juliana again behind Glorietta’s back.

They look through their old yearbook, and she admits she has feelings for Alex. She wants to get back with him, but she won’t do it while he’s engaged. He tells her he can’t stop thinking about her. WOW.

This is all going to break Glorietta’s heart. She tells her mom Alex told her he was at his friend’s place, and she wants to prove him wrong. If they show up there and Alex isn’t there, there will be hell to pay.

Glorietta has no idea what she might be potentially walking in to. Her mom is right about Alex, and this a horrible way for her to learn the truth.

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Alex’s friend’s wife calls Alex and they learn he’s up to something. THIS SHOWDOWN IS GOING TO BE SO EPIC. I want to see her mother put Alex through a table.

Glorietta confronting him is one thing, but her mother is going to lose her mind. I weirdly feel bad for his ex right now because she isn’t technically doing anything wrong yet.

They arrive at the bar he’s supposed to be at, and she stays in the car for now. Glorietta walks right up to Alex’s table and asks if he’s on a date. This is going to be a total mess.

They agree to break up, but her mom FLIPS out. She throws multiple drinks and glasses at him. After that, she lunges after him to attack. Security breaks it up, and they leave.

Alex’s ex also dumps him because she was lied to and put in the middle of the drama. Alex tries to say Glorietta is the one who changed in the relationship. Okay, bud.

Glorietta is now back with a different ex. Alex and his ex are finished speaking, and he has been arrested for multiple felonies.

Lacey, John, & Shane

Lacey Love After Lockup

Lacey has the results of the paternity test. OH BOY. However, she wants to wait to open the results until John is there with her. If he is the father of her son, things are going to get complicated with Shane.

The kids seem excited to see John when he shows up, but her dad isn’t as thrilled. John starts spewing expletives at Lacey’s dad, and the confrontation escalates fast.

Lacey pulls John away and smacks him in the face. HERE WE GO WITH THE VIOLENCE AGAIN. She says John has never spoken to her this way before.

It’s possible that John is just acting out of jealousy over her upcoming marriage with Shane. She changes her tone and says she hopes John is NOT the father of her son.

Her love triangle is so toxic. She needs to cut the cord with John and live her life with Shane. Lacey tells the cameras she’s done filming and slams the door. This just got so real.

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I wonder how Shane will react when he hears how John acted. Lacey returns home, and she’s IRATE. Shane does not react well to hearing about how John behaved on the beach.

This is a fight that’s been brewing for weeks and weeks. Someone is going to get hurt thanks to Lacey playing both men.

Lacey is ready to find out the results of the paternity test, so the moment of truth has arrived. If John is the father of her son, this family is going to explode into chaos.

John is NOT the father! Lacey and Shane are elated to hear this news. Honestly, this is the best outcome for everyone involved. Without a doubt, this love triangle has been one of the craziest things on Love After Lockup.

It’s the morning of the wedding. They’re actually doing it. It looks as if Shane is a lot more liked by her father than John was.

Lacey CALLS John with the paternity results. IN HER WEDDING DRESS. MOMENTS AWAY FROM HER WEDDING. What an icon.

However, things might go bad because he wants to show up to the wedding. Are we going to get a showdown on the beach between John and Shane?

John decides not to crash the wedding which was the best outcome for all. They’re officially married!!!

Lizzy & Daniel

Lizzy Love After Lockup

Lizzy is wedding dress shopping!! Her wedding to Daniel is only a month away. The first dress she sees is way out of her price range. Neither of them really have the money to put this wedding together.

Her family wants to know why it has to move so fast, and they have a point. They’re super young, and there is no real reason to fast track this. Daniel finally has a job, so that’s a good first step.

She ends up going with the first dress, after all, so now she has to figure out how to pay for it. Daniel is experiencing a lot of anxiety about the wedding.

He says that’s all Lizzy talks about and it’s becoming very overwhelming. Perhaps he never should have proposed in the first place. He’s going to look at a car, but he doesn’t want Lizzy to know.

He’s choosing a new car over the down payment for their wedding venue. If they’re not on the same page now, this wedding might not happen. Keeping secrets from Lizzy isn’t a good way to start their future.

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He says his sobriety and staying out of prison is a bigger priority. He’s right. That should take his main focus right now. It’s sounding a little bit like he’s trying to get out of the wedding.

Lizzy shows up to pick up Daniel and notices the new car right away. I’m sensing some drama is in Daniel’s future. She’s clearly not happy about this. He doesn’t think they’re on the same page with their life directions.

Lizzy looks heartbroken and asks to call it quits with the relationship. Daniel asks for the ring back, and she says to have his mom ask for it back. THAT IS SO HUMILIATING.

However, it’s his fault for having his mom buy her the ring. Daniel says they are done. This relationship took quite the turn out of nowhere.

While she’s talking to producers, his mother comes marching over for one final confrontation. She demands to have the ring back. She really shouldn’t have to give the ring back. He’s the one that ended it not her. Despite everything, it’s not Lizzy’s problem that she wants to give it back.

She calls Lizzy an alcoholic, and a massive argument erupts. His mother is so happy that it’s finally over. Following the breakup, Lizzy feels like she wasted years of her life waiting for Daniel.

Vince & Amber

Vince Love After Lockup

Amber is continuing to have second thoughts about being a part of the scam against Vince. She never wants to go back to prison, and she wants to be a productive member of society. She should just open up to Vince about the entire thing and hope he takes it well.

Amber meets Vince at the gym and tells him she needs time to think. Vince tries to stay that they don’t need to rush into marriage, but that’s not even the only problem. That’s a minor issue in all of this. The root of the problem comes from her trying to scam him out of all of her money.

They both didn’t expect the relationship to feel so awkward in person. Vince feels like Amber keeps deflecting about something, and he asks her not to give up. I think he genuinely wants to be with her. However, she’s clearly not into him at all.

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She’s saying all of the red flags were there about him. WAIT WHAT? How can she say that when that was her plan all along? Amber says she’ll only tell Vince the truth if he does the same first. She asks him to leave.

I’m glad it’s finally over. It’s been months of awkward moments, and it was so uncomfortable to watch. Thankfully, Amber called things off with Vince.

Amber explains her decision to Puppy, and they decide to move forward without him. Amber is clearly in love with Puppy. That is who she should be with.

TELL US – WILL LACEY AND SHANE LAST? SHOULD ANGELA DUMP TONY? DID YOU ENJOY THIS SEASON OF LOVE AFTER LOCKUP?

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