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This season, we will witness five new relationships and the continuation of one well known train wreck. 90 Day Fiancé Before The 90 Days is back with a vengeance! They definitely took the naïve, crazy and scammers and mixed them all together into one big ball of confusion that we have come to know and love. Just from watching the trailer, I have seen everything I need to see to confirm that I will be tuning in every Sunday to see this shit show unfold. Join me every week watching these poor unfortunate souls beg fight for love.
These couples will embark on a mission to meet their overseas soul mates in person for the very first time. Neither friends nor family can stop them from seeing if their dreams of true love can become reality. I doubt things will pan out exactly the way they plan, but who am I to stop them from trying to entertain us all? Let’s get straight into the recap!
Ed is a divorced father of one who hasn’t been in a relationship in 28 years after cheating on his ex-wife. Things suddenly changed when he met his long-distance girlfriend, Rosemarie, on social media. The pair connected through Facebook and quickly fell in love, despite the 30-year age gap. He has already spent over $5,000 in gifts and shipping to his international love.
Ed is ready to go to the Philippines and propose to Rose. Although they frequently video chat with one another, he has been hiding a secret due to insecurities. He has yet to reveal his true height of 4’11”, which is a little shorter than Rose standing at 5’2″. All I can do is shake my head right now. This storyline has reality gold written all over it. Something tells me things aren’t going to be as romantic, when they finally meet. What does a woman want from a man thirty years her senior in America? Hmmmm…. let me guess.
Ed’s mother is concerned that his new love is only using her son for money. When he reveals his plan to propose, his mom advises him to return the ring. Currently, his daughter isn’t speaking to him after learning about his relationship with a woman six years younger than her. It’s obvious Ed is desperate for love and just wants to be happy. I don’t think it will be a fairy tale ending with Rosemarie though.
Rosemarie is a single mother to a son she already has calling Ed “daddy.” Sigh! Even Ed thinks it a little too soon for a child to refer to him that way, but accepts them both as a package. When he attempts to ask Rose about some of his concerns, the call ends abruptly. Due to his lack of trust, he wants Rose to take an STD test when he visits. At least, he isn’t completely oblivious; there is clearly something off with this picture.
Avery is a single mother of two, who is passionate about health, fitness and marijuana. Before she met Ash, she was a dark place trying to get over past hurt from previous relationships. Ash reached out to her via Instagram nine months ago and they have been talking ever since. Avery is planning a trip to finally meet her long distance love in person.
She has some serious concerns about her new man’s career. Ash is a relationship coach who only works closely with single women to help them find love. Sounds like a great cover story for some BS! Avery isn’t comfortable with the amount of hours he spends with these women day and night. Their trust issues have already led to several breakups in the short time they’ve been together.
Avery meets with friends and shares her plans to meet her boo in Australia. Her friends are concerned when they learn Ash can’t get a visa due to a bankruptcy. There was also a situation where his social media had a single status and all of Avery’s pictures were deleted, in the past. Although she chose to believe him, she is still unsure whether he is hiding something. Am I the only one who sees all the red flags waving in the wind?
Geoffrey is a divorced father of four who has had a few failed marriages already. He met his Russian girlfriend Varya, through an international dating site. The two had instant chemistry and quickly fell in love. He loves the fact that she is an independent career woman with similar goals to him. His family is worried he might be rushing things with Varya in order to fill the void that was left after Geoffrey lost his son. Shortly after he and his second wife divorced, his 1-year-old son passed away. Geoffrey thinks it may have made him more openhearted, but trusts the connection they have made.
Geoffrey meets with his friend, who happens to be Russian like his online girlfriend, Varya. Even she calls his actions stupid and warns he may be getting used by Varya. Geoffrey better listen to his friend, she is making some great points. She worries that a woman who lives in the city will be miserable living in the rural country very quickly. She also questions whether the fact she already knows how to speak such great English is a clue about her true goals.
Lisa is a divorced mother who works in hospice care to help make ends meet for her family. She connected with Usman, a Nigerian entertainer who is twenty years younger on social media. I think I am having déjà vu. This woman could easily be Angela Deem’s cousin. Insert side eye emoji here. Usman, aka “SojaBoy,” has many female fans who frequently message him on social media. Lisa regularly confronts Usman and the women who leave questionable comments on his Instagram page. This has obviously put a strain on their long distance relationship.
Lisa meets with a friend to detail her plans to marry Usman while in Nigeria. She details her “secret plan” to ensure they have a great sex. She intends not to use condoms while there since he supposedly has always had safe sex. WTF! Is this woman crazy or stupid? When her friend expresses concern, she continues to reference a song he wrote for her that states her name in the lyrics. Ummm… I’m sure none of his fans believe she is woman he is talking about in that song. Whew, the delusion is real!
After Yolanda’s husband of 30 years passed away, she decided to change her life. She lost over 150 pounds and started living a healthier lifestyle. After sharing her weight loss journey and transformation online, Williams reached out to her on Instagram and the two have been together for seven months.
Yolanda loves her man, but the two have NEVER actually video-chatted, their only communication is phone and text. Every time they have tried to video chat, he claims his camera is broken. Yolanda’s daughter is worried that her mom is going to meet a man that is probably catfishing her. Williams may not be the only one with a secret. Yolanda still hasn’t revealed her true age to Williams. Yolanda is about to take a trip to England to meet Williams in person. Her daughter will be in tow to make sure that her mom is safe. Who in this day and age can’t find a way to video chat with someone?
Ummm…. is it just me or did Williams not sound British when Yolanda spoke to him on the phone? I felt really bad listening to her gush about a man who I’m afraid probably isn’t real. She is excited just because he says he is going to pick her up from the airport. SMH!
Yolanda prepares to tell her children about her relationship with Williams. She is worried they won’t understand after never seeing her with another man outside of their father. Of course, they are shocked their mother is speaking to someone on the internet that she has never seen. Yolanda, you may want to listen to your kids!
Anyone technologically savvy would have access to some type of device to be able to video chat at some point in seven months. She breaks down in tears trying to explain why she is so invested in her relationship. After seeing her cry, the kids decide to support their mother’s decision. There is something very endearing about Yolanda. I would hate to see her taken advantage of in this process. But I fear it may be inevitable.
TELL US- WHO DO YOU THINK HAS A SHOT AT A REAL RELATIONSHIP? WHICH COUPLES ARE HEADED FOR HEARTBREAK? WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THE SEASON PREMIERE?
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Let’s face it. Season 6 of Southern Charm was not the greatest. There seemed to be a spark missing from the series. It is almost as if some of the charm of the show disappeared. Thomas Ravenel departed after Season 5 in a cloud of ugly legal issues. Kathryn Dennis was more private, possibly due to her legal wrangling with Thomas over custody of their children. Shep Rose appeared to have turned into that angry old man who lives on the corner.
Rumors about whether or not the show would return started cropping up in the fall, as Southern Charm has traditionally filmed during that time of year. Austen Kroll confirmed last November that the show had not yet started filming. In the same month, Craig Conover hinted Southern Charm would be returning, but offered little in the way of details. Now, there is some dish to share about the future of our charmers.
According to an article from Us Weekly, Southern Charm has finally started filming Season 7. Danni Baird posted a photo from a car with cameras set up via her Instagram Story on Thursday, February 20. She captioned the picture, “7th time’s a charm #SouthernCharm.”
Isn’t that great news? When Southern Charm is good, it is one of the best reality shows on television. Maybe the long hiatus has been spent in retooling the show. At least that is what I am hoping. Personally, I would much rather wait for a good show instead of something mediocre–or worse.
In another tease, Naomie Olindo and Chelsea Meissner were seen together on Wednesday, February 19th. Naomie shared a photo with Chelsea via Instagram, captioned, “Just a couple of socially anxious girls living in a really crowded world.” The two are pictured together at an outdoor event.
Kathryn posted an Instagram Story with Austen’s sometime girlfriend Madison Lecroy on Thursday night. You know when social media starts ramping up, it is a likely sign that filming has commenced.
So far, there is no official word on casting for Season 7. It is probably a safe bet that most of the usual suspects will be returning as the Southern Charm cast is made up of genuine friendships, unlike some reality shows. According to the Us Weekly article, neither villainess Ashley Jacobs or her ex Thomas are likely to return.
There will certainly be a lot to catch up on with the cast. Craig has had recent business success with his pillow line. Shep has–well–continued to make an occasional fool of himself on social media. Sadly, Naomie lost her father in January, so that will likely be a part of the upcoming season.
Something that will be interesting about the upcoming show will be that filming starting in February means that we will likely be treated to a beautiful Charleston springtime as the season progresses. Count me in!
TELL US- ARE YOU EXCITED FOR SEASON 7 OF SOUTHERN CHARM? WHAT CAST MEMBER ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO CATCHING UP WITH?
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Star of Vanderpump Rules and avoider of all things dramatic, Jax Taylor, had a moment. Viewers are currently enjoying Jax and Brittany Cartwright’s journey to their first divorce marital bliss. On the last episode, the main topic of conversation was the controversial social media posts Brittany and Jax’s chosen wedding officiant had written. Lisa Vanderpump was horrified and made it her duty to “inform” the happy couple their pastor was not exactly accepting of a homosexual lifestyle. And what would Pump Rules be without every other cast member talking about it as well?
While most disagree with the pastor’s negative statements towards the gay community, Brittany and Jax took a lot of heat for not replacing him sooner. Tom Sandoval was particularly vocal, as he has long been a supporter of LGBTQ rights. Recently, the general manager of Tom Tom and Sandoval’s buddy Max Boyens found himself in the hot seat for sketchy sentiments as well. Yet Tom’s reaction to Max’s past indiscretions were written off as “youthful mistakes”. Jax took to Twitter to share his frustrations, and he did not hold back.
Poor Brittany. She just wants to wear all of the bridal dresses and dance with princesses. Not so fast, there is another matrimonial hurdle to jump! We can’t have an alleged homophobic pastor, but a general manager who wanted to punch Asians is totally fine!
Jax was still feeling some type of way after the episode aired, and let everyone know about it on Twitter. When a follower questioned Tom’s calm vibes after his friend Max’s racist tweets were revealed, Jax was on board. “But like how is Sandoval not outraged at Max? This is extremely hypocritical”. Jax replied, “Explain this to me please…” Let’s be honest, if Sandoval is going to be called out for being a hypocrite, wouldn’t Lisa have to be called out too? Then a follower said Sandoval should not have been involved in the wedding and Jax agreed. “Thank you and I agree with you. I made a huge mistake. #liveandlearn #youdontseeeverything”.
In response to a now-deleted post, Jax appeared to defend himself. “Not believing in something and being hateful are two different things. I don’t believe in a lot of things but I am not hateful towards people about it.” After several viewers stated Tom’s choice to address the drama during a party was for camera time, Jax concurred. “Hey let’s wait till we have a party for poor Peter [Madrigal] who just wants to have a good time, and the cameras are up to bring this up… you had all day to talk to me about this. Purely ruined the party so you could get attention in my opinion.” Because Jax has NEVER been guilty of ruining things for attention.
When one person appealed to Jax’s sensitive side and questioned if he could understand why some could be offended by the pastor’s comments, he stated, “In my opinion you can believe in whatever you want, as long as you don’t hurt anyone. It’s a free country or so I thought. I will never dislike someone because they were raised a certain way, I may not agree with them, but will not hate them.”
In typical Jax fashion, he threatened to block anyone who disagreed questioned him further on the topic. “It’s over and done with we had my good friend Lance [Bass] marry us it was amazing, end of story. If you tweet me anything more on this you will be blocked. Period.” Um, does Jax expect everyone to agree with him? Welcome to Hollywood, Dog.
One of Jax’s fans wrote, “This gay dude loves you Jax and not sorry about it!” Jax proceeded to say, “I love all my gays!!! Y’all make the world a much better place.” Are people still saying “my gays’?
Some of Sandoval’s fans woke up because Jax started getting called out on the fact that Tom has stood by his side over the years. Jax shared, “Tom does things for tv so he looks good. Period. You all live in a fantasy world.” He followed that with, “Keep in mind, you all see a very very very small percentage of what we film, we film over 5 hours, you saw 5 mins. Not one person has enough information to judge anyone.”
Jax went in on Sandoval’s character. “A good friend/business partner? He constantly belittles Tom Schwartz and puts him down regarding his home, his marriage, how he handles business, but yeah he’s a good friend? Are we watching the same show? #pumprules” This from the guy that had sex with Tom’s girlfriend. In Tom’s apartment, on Tom’s couch. Now literally everyone on the show is sipping from the hypocrite cup.
Someone tweeted, “Ever since they gave Tom a .0000005 % ownership of that bar he been acting brand new he fake af” Jax had a reply for that one too. “It’s an absolute joke. He [Tom] doesn’t own shit, Lisa and Ken [Todd] make the decisions.”
So was Lisa’s “informative phone call” what made Jax and Brit cancel the pastor? Not according to Jax. He said, “@LisaVanderpump has zero to do with any decisions I have made. I make my own decisions, I think I have earned that over 8 years.” A person mentioned that despite the original pastor’s views, Jax and Brittany should do what is right for them. Jax said, “We did. It’s our wedding it’s our choice. Period. i don’t give a fuck what anyone thinks. We did what was right for Brittany and I. What Tom did was wrong, again, just like Stassi’s [Schroeder] party, he had no tact. That’s the last I’ll say about this.” Spoiler alert, I doubt this will be the last he’ll say about this.
We have seen drunken antics, tears, and fights – and we haven’t even gotten to the actual mashed potato wedding yet! Stay tuned.
TELL US- WAS SANDOVAL OUT OF LINE? WAS JAX RIGHT TO REPLACE THE PASTOR? IS JAX BEING TOO DRAMATIC?
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One of the most shocking moments on this season of Real Housewives of New Jersey was the altercation between Margaret Josephs and Danielle Staub in a clothing boutique. Teresa Giudice and Danielle approached the other New Jersey Housewives to tell them to stop talking about Danielle. Words were hurled back and forth, and Margaret poured water over Danielle’s head.
That didn’t cool off Danielle’s temper. She dumped the contents of Margaret’s purse into a lit candle. And just before leaving, Danielle grabbed Margaret’s ponytail and gave it a vicious tug. Of course, when Danielle left, Teresa went with her, but later returned.
The incident was scary, and Margaret took to Twitter to share her thoughts. “Part 3: a full 12 minutes after the fact from behind. My neck was snapped back, easily could have been broken. I could not defend myself. I could have been paralyzed. Everyone was crying including production. It was horrific. I wanted to forget move on. To this day devastated,” Margaret wrote.
RHONJ viewers finally saw the tense sit-down between Melissa Gorga and Danielle. When Melissa told Danielle that none of the ladies wanted her around anymore, Danielle dropped a bomb. Danielle said that Teresa told her to pull Margaret’s ponytail. There is even footage of Danielle telling Teresa that the owner told Danielle to pull Margaret’s hair. Teresa is seen and heard repeatedly telling Danielle, “Do it. Do it.” Thank goodness for hot mic moments! I am shook.
Bravo’s Andy Cohen was also shocked, and it just so happens that his guest on Watch What Happens Live was the tequila monster herself, Jennifer Aydin. In a clip from the show, Andy began with the poll question. He asked viewers, “On a scale of 1 to 10, how shocked are you by this revelation?” Jennifer confirmed that she did not see the video and hot mic moment until she watched the episode. And Jennifer’s response about the bombshell? (Warning-there is some rough grammar ahead.)
“I…I felt bad for Teresa, honestly,” Jennifer said. Andy asked, “You felt bad for Teresa?”
Jennifer replied, “I did. I did…because I know why she said what she said. And I know why she did it. And she thought… you know, we spoke about it at reunion, so I don’t really want to give anything away…but ummm…”
This is nuts! How could Jennifer possibly feel bad for Teresa? Teresa is lucky to have Jennifer as her loyal soldier now that Danielle is quitting RHONJ.
Jennifer continued trying to defend Teresa. “She didn’t even think it was going to be that brutal…which at the end of the day, I guess you could think how could someone pull someone’s hair not be brutal? She [Danielle] really did drag her across the room, and nobody was expecting that,” Jennifer explained. “We even saw, by the time we turned around, Margaret was halfway across the room… and it was brutal.”
Not only was Andy surprised by Jennifer’s comments, but the poll results were also unexpected. “You guys were shocked…. not a 10, but a 7.” So what does that say about Teresa?
TELL US- WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT TERESA INSTIGATED THE HAIR PULL? WHY IS JENNIFER DEFENDING TERESA?
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Captain Sandy Yawn, star of Below Deck Mediterranean, is taking care of business. She is a leader in a career mostly dominated by men. Cancer tried, but Sandy beat it. And she overcame a life-threatening motorcycle accident. Throughout the many personal challenges Sandy has faced in her life, she has pushed through with a staunch positive attitude and forayed that into becoming one of Bravo’s most-discussed celebrities.
Even if Captain Sandy isn’t your cup of tea, with her penchant for giving hugs and exasperation of Chief Stews who take too many meltdowns smoking breaks, there is one thing that cannot be denied. Sandy is a badass. Recently, Sandy experienced another harrowing medical incident. Now she is using her platform to raise awareness and share some advice we could all probably stand to hear. Listen to your body, y’all.
Sandy is no stranger to crisis. No, I’m not talking about the walking, talking crisis that is Hannah Ferrier. I mean real-life crisis situations. This is a woman who faces adversity head-on, from being surrounded by gunboats while adrift in the Red Sea to her partner’s recent cancer diagnosis, Sandy doesn’t quit.
After experiencing some questionable symptoms during a SoulCycle workout, Sandy can tack another bullet onto her already impressive resume. Heart attack survivor. According to People, Sandy was doing her thing at a SoulCycle class. She began feeling some subtle signs and decided to take action. “I remember thinking I was going to clip off the bike so I don’t fall, I didn’t want to disrupt the class, and I certainly wasn’t going to call 911 in the middle of Beverly Hills,” Sandy explained.
She didn’t want to disrupt the class, you guys. Meanwhile, I would be writhing on the floor and crying for my mommy. Not Sandy though.
Remaining as calm as possible, she… called an Uber. “So I decided to call an Uber, and then I called my sister — and I survived.” I guess level heads do prevail after all. Thankfully Sandy recognized the signs and symptoms and acted accordingly. Remembering what she’d heard from physicians regarding the warning signs that could indicate a heart attack for women, Sandy said she felt “odd”.
“I could not swallow. I was watching my heart rate on my watch and it didn’t go down, and I started to feel lightheaded. I didn’t have any numbness, then when I got off my bike and walked outside, I started to feel the tingle in my left arm, exactly how described,” Sandy shared.
Sandy had previously undiagnosed high blood pressure and it led to spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), a tear in the heart’s blood vessels. “My health is great and it was great. That’s misleading to think that you have to be unhealthy to have a heart attack, that is not it. My veins are clean. I didn’t know I had high blood pressure, so as a result, I had what’s called SCAD, which they don’t have a lot of information on … I didn’t have blockage, it was a tear.”
Sandy also mentioned her prescription for Adderall might have had something to do with the incident. “I have a hard time focusing — until I’m docking a boat, that’s when I can laser-focus because it’s so intense — and …”
Sandy revealed, “I had a prescription of Adderall. I started taking the prescription as prescribed, and I believe it was a combination of the Adderall, topped with the high blood pressure and on SoulCycle.” She has since stopped taking Adderall as a result.
After four days in the hospital, Sandy was released. Now she’s using her experience in partnership with the American Heart Association to raise awareness for heart health. So glad this story has a happy ending and Sandy was able to turn her scary episode into a teaching moment for others. Best wishes in her health and continued efforts moving forward.
TELL US- ARE YOU SURPRISED SANDY HAD A HEART ATTACK? DO YOU KNOW WHAT SIGNS TO LOOK FOR? WILL SANDY’S EXPERIENCE HELP OTHERS?
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