The pop diva (with four Grammys and two top-five albums on the Billboard chart) has been in hot water the last few weeks. After several of her background dancers filed a lawsuit against her, alleging sexual assault, religious, and racial harassment, along with fat shaming, it sent most of us into a frenzy.
If you know anything about Lizzo, she claims to be all about positivity. Her last two albums, Cuz I Love You and Special, have songs all tied to self-love, personal growth and development, and embracing every aspect of who you are. So, honestly, the claims against the singer are quite alarming; however, the reality TV tycoon said in a new TikTok that outsiders should be careful about how they respond to the news.
The 52-year-old started her video by talking about the numerous “takedowns” that have taken place on the popular social media app. She mentioned celebrities like Hailey Bieber, Ariana Grande, Ellen, and many others.
“It seems like people get really excited, and there’s a feeding frenzy, and trolls come in almost like ticks coming to the host wanting to get excited; leeches getting excited when someone is getting taken down without knowing the full story,” she said.
“It’s really easy to just believe everything that everyone says. And I’m not saying that what people are saying isn’t true, but it’s really easy for everyone to just jump on and get excited.”
Bethenny certainly has a point. Although the allegations are highly triggering and disturbing to hear, just like everybody else in the United States, Lizzo has a chance to defend herself in court properly.
“There are so many different sides to stories, so it’s just. I feel like, is it possible that we can all, like, sit back and hesitate? Because the pendulum swings,” Bethenny continued.
“Lizzo’s been beloved on this app. In fact, people have said to me like, ‘F*ck off, you know, you’re not like Lizzo.’ So are we capable of giving people the benefit of the doubt? Or do we just instantly react when we see headlines that get picked up?”
TELL US – HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT BETHENNY’S COMMENTS? WERE YOU UPSET TO HEAR THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST LIZZO?
At the end of last week’s episode, the Real Housewives of New York were celebrating a Brynnsgiving in honor of Brynn Whitfield. Brynn was explaining why she doesn’t have any close family to spend the holidays with. The episode ended with Brynn saying that her parents went to prison, and she and her two siblings went into the foster care system.
“My grandma – my mom’s mom – came in, and she adopted us,” Brynn continued. But for a long time, Brynn worried about being taken away from her grandma.
“So at what point did things start looking better?” Sai De Silva asked. “Or did they?”
Brynn shared that as a first-grader, she drank a bottle of Dimetapp (children’s cold medicine), because “I wanted to sleep forever.”
The other women were heartbroken to hear about Brynn’s early years. “[Brynn’s] such a beautiful, vivacious, funny, warm, smart girl,” Jenna Lyons said. “To think of [those memories] living in her head just feels awful.”
“She went through a level of trauma,” Erin Lichy added, “that I don’t think anyone in this room can understand. I get why she doesn’t want to talk about it.”
When she was a senior in high school, Brynn got a call that her dad was in the hospital dying of liver cancer. She ended up having a “lovely relationship” with him and went to see him every weekend until he died. He apologized for abandoning her, “and I forgave him.”
Brynn’s dad passed away on November 12, 2003, right before Thanksgiving, which is why the holiday holds such sad meaning for her. All the ladies were in tears by this point in her story but assured Brynn that she turned out “pretty f*cking great” despite her early hardships.
All those designer gifts aren’t free
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Friendsgiving over, Sai was back at work at her Brooklyn Brownstone. As an Internet influencer, she gets a lot of cool gifts from major designers. “It’s like Christmas!” she said, opening boxes with her assistants. “When you get these gifts, nothing is free.” All of these designers expect Sai to feature their products on her social media, essentially advertising to her 482,000 Instagram followers alone.
But she doesn’t do it by herself. These days she has an accountant, an attorney, a brand manager and an editor helping her. “I have people who pull looks all the time to help me put things together,” Sai shared. “I pay everyone on payroll, [and] I offer health insurance.” Sai is Big Business.
“Brands usually come to me because they are already familiar with my content,” Sai continued. “In exchange, you do ‘deliverables.’ These can be anything from reels to Instagram photos to TikToks to full-on YouTube videos.” And she gets paid big bucks to do all of this.
Erin and Jessel’s coffee date doesn’t go well
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“Jessel [Taank] and I are not in a place where we’re ‘going for coffee,'” Erin said, as she was meeting Jessel for coffee. “So, clearly, she wants to talk to me about something. Maybe Jessel realizes she was annoying AF in the Hamptons, and she’s coming to me to say, ‘Sorry for being such a pain in the ass at your house.'” Yeah, right. Keep dreaming, Erin.
If she came to Erin’s neighborhood to apologize, she wasn’t doing a very good job of it. While admiring Erin’s Tribeca stomping grounds, Jessel inadvertently stuck her foot in it (again) by saying the area is “really up and coming.”
“It’s not,” Erin objected. “It’s there!”
“Is it there?” Jessel questioned. “I mean, I feel like it still needs, like, the restaurant … I feel like there’s still a lot of potential.”
“Potential?” Erin pushed back. “It’s like the most expensive zip code. Not that I’m saying that for me … It’s already there.”
“I’m at a loss for words,” Erin interviewed. “As a real estate person, this is the most ridiculous comment I’ve ever heard in my entire life … What this tells me is that you know absolutely nothing about New York City, and you just got here yesterday.” Not going so well, Jessel.
Finally getting to the point, Jessel said that at Sai’s Friendsgiving, “I just felt like you were not your usual warm self,” Jessel continued. “I wanted to make sure everything was good, you know?”
“To be honest with you,” Erin responded, “I feel like we’re just very different people. Like, I don’t really understand the way you are sometimes. It almost makes me uncomfortable.”
Erin lays it out for Jessel
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Erin elaborated on how she and Jessel are so different. “You’re, like, smiling and happy, but then, like, you’re not. You seem like you’re being positive, but then you’re actually really upset about something.” Cue the footage of all the things Jessel complained about in the Hamptons: she hated the gift Jenna gave her, she was cold, she couldn’t connect to Erin’s WiFi.
“This is what I think,” Erin continued. “You can tell me if I’m wrong. I think you’re used to being maybe treated a certain way. Maybe I wasn’t catering to you, like, the way that you were expecting me to.”
“Okay, so I’m a princess?” Jessel asked. Hey, if the glass slipper fits, sweetheart…
“Maybe a little bit,” Erin admitted. “Is that bad? Are you?”
“A princess that doesn’t work, apparently?” So Jessel’s still upset about Erin misunderstanding that she’d gone back to work after giving birth to her twin boys.
“You told me that you weren’t really working right now,” Erin said, “since you had the twins.”
“I never said that,” Jessel clapped back. “Let me tell you – so we don’t have to repeat this – I launched my own consultancy. I’m starting to take on designers again. I’m working. I truly embrace women that are working.”
A tangled miscommunication
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“Now I don’t embrace women?” Erin said. “Yeah, watch that.” It’s like they’re not even speaking the same language.
“Mazel tov to you for starting your own business,” Erin said. “I didn’t know that you launched it, but don’t ever even try to say that I don’t build women up. Like, that’s not okay.”
“We need to support each other,” Jessel responded. “I just didn’t feel that from you.”
“This is why I have trouble with Jessel,” Erin interviewed. “I don’t know that she’s working again because she never told me, and now I don’t support women, which is incredibly insulting.”
Then Jessel rewound the conversation to revisit Erin calling her a princess. “I’ve never been called a princess before.” And yet, she totally is!
“I’m an immigrant to this country,” Jessel interviewed. “I came here, I had nothing, and I worked my way to the top. So being catered to? No, that’s extremely condescending.” So is acting like a princess.
Jessel agreed when Erin said they’re “not the same.”
“Yeah, definitely not on the same page,” Jessel said. “I don’t have time for fake friends. So, cheers to that.” That went well, don’t you think?
“If I can have an honest conversation with Jessel,” Erin interviewed, “I’ll move on. But it’s very hard for me to have a conversation with someone who just will not see their part in any situation.”
Even though Jessel had “the purest of intentions to connect with Erin,” their conversation “went south really quick.” I just don’t think Erin and Jessel are meant to be friends.
As Jessel left the coffee shop without even a goodbye, Erin muttered to herself, “So f*cking weird. She’s a lunatic.” She’s not far wrong.
Brynn and Sai are “real friend” goals
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In contrast to Erin and Jessel, Sai and Brynn really seem to like each other. They also met for coffee, greeting each other with hugs and kisses. I just sense a real friendship between these two.
“I got a very interesting phone call from Jessel,” Brynn told Sai. Hmm, I wonder what that could be about? Brynn said Jessel told her, “I’m so over the Hamptons.”
“What is there to be over?” Sai asked. “I don’t understand.”
“She’s like, ‘I met up with Erin and I just had to tell her, like, I just wanna move on from all this,'” Brynn continued. “Anyhow, so I called Erin. I was like, ‘If you’re gonna be in the area, just stop by.'”
Shortly afterward, Erin walked through the door. Again with the hugs and kisses.
“Go grab a coffee,” Sai told her. “And then let me know about some tea that’s going on.”
“Jessel and I had two different conversations,” Erin admitted. “It was like arguing with a chatbot. You enter information and out comes word salad. It’s nonsense.”
When Erin told them about Jessel saying that Tribeca’s “up and coming,” they both laughed out loud.
“I think that was when JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy lived there,” Brynn said, may they both rest in peace. Exactly what I was thinking when Jessel said it! I live clear on the other side of the country, and even I know Tribeca’s cool.
You can’t move on without taking accountability
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Brynn told Erin, “I got a phone call this morning. She was like, ‘Everyone won’t stop talking about the Hamptons.'”
Erin relayed her conversation with Jessel, especially the “princess” comment, and that Jessel “welled up with tears.” (By the way, Erin never used the word “princess.” That was Jessel’s word.)
“I love the fact that she calls you a cackling hag,” Brynn laughed. “You call her a princess, and she’s the one who cries.”
“You can’t say anything to Jessel,” Erin summed up. “She’s gonna get offended. Everyone’s walking on eggshells with her.”
Brynn made a good point when she said that Jessel wants to “move on,” but she’s not “taking the steps to move on.”
“I’m also over talking about the Hamptons,” Sai confessed, “and everything she did, she’s never gonna own it. There is no accountability. That’s how she is.”
“You want me to let things go,” Brynn said, “but if you don’t take accountability, then I’ll just let you go.”
“The whole problem is that she doesn’t own anything that she does,” Sai added. “Jessel is sweet, and I don’t think she’s a malicious person, but she can’t take accountability for sh*t she says. Can you just say sorry so we can move on?”
Jessel launches “The Know”
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Jessel was very excited to be launching her new fashion consultancy “The Know.” She explained to us that it was short for “In the know,” like we’re all stupid or something. While the caterers were setting up for the party, Jessel’s husband Pavit was standing around in his sweats with a carrot in his champagne glass.
“That is not normal,” she chastised him. “What are you doing?”
“It’s healthier,” he joked.
“Can you not act like this in front of people, please?” she told him. Is it any wonder they’re not having sex when she talks to him like that? Wow.
Neither Ubah Hassan nor Jenna was able to attend Jessel’s event since they were both working. Except that Jenna wasn’t working. Cameras were at Jenna’s filming her decorating her Christmas tree with a group of friends. I guess that was more enjoyable for Jenna than spending time with Jessel. And there’s Popeye, Jenna’s adorable little dog. I love him!!! Also, Jenna has the same tree topper angel as I do. Does Jenna shop at Target, too?
Jenna explained that her son Beckett was only going to be with her for two weeks in December (she shares custody with his dad), and she didn’t have a lot of time with him to do the tree.
“Unfortunately, Beckett is going to usurp my Jessel visit,” Jenna said. “I can support her in other ways. It’s fine.” I totally agree with Jenna. I would rather spend time with my son, too, than go to a joyless event at Jessel’s.
Sai stirs the pot
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Sai arrived at Jessel’s, saying she was “exhausted” but still wanted to support Jessel’s event. “I heard that you and Erin got into a little thing,” she told Jessel. “I heard you got emotional.”
“No, I wasn’t emotional,” Jessel countered. “It was just awkward.”
“She called you a princess and you cried, didn’t you?” Sai pressed. Ouch. That was a little rough, Sai.
“I took offense to that because I’m like you,” Jessel responded. “I came here with no money, and I f*cking worked my ass off. Maybe I give off a certain vibe.”
“You seem like you do come from money,” Sai told her. “Seems like there’s some old money there. Maybe it’s the English accent.”
“At this point, they’re just making assumptions based off of how I sound and how I look,” Jessel argued. “Isn’t that illegal in America?” Where on earth did she get that idea? Americans judge people every day based on how they look and talk. It may not be right, but there’s no law against it.
“But don’t be offended,” Sai told her. “If somebody looked at me like old money, I’d be like, ‘Yes, dahling!'”
At that moment Ubah walked into Jessel’s. Yay, I love Ubah! She’s so sweet and down to earth. Both Jessel and Sai were thrilled to see her. She said she’d been working, but she was done at 5:30, so she came by.
Then Brynn arrived. Sai said she looked “pampered … like old money.”
“That’s the nicest thing anyone’s ever said to me!” Brynn responded. “I would love to be called a princess. Can I add that to my LinkedIn?”
Brynn goes gaga over the babies
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Just as the ladies were wondering where Erin and Jenna were, a commotion was heard as Jessel’s 18-month-old twin sons came running into the room, barefoot and in their pajamas. There’s nothing cuddlier than a baby fresh from the bath and in his/her pajamas. I can almost smell the baby shampoo. Brynn lost her mind over the cuteness of it all and squealed, “Babies! The boys are here! The boys are here!” They are cute.
Pavit greeted Brynn with a kiss on the cheek. “They really love you.” Because she jumps up and down and has so much energy when she sees them. Babies love big, happy reactions like that. “You got lipstick on your cheek, I got you!” she told one of the twins, who had a big, red imprint of a kiss on his face.
“I do not know how you guys do it,” Brynn told Pavit. They have nannies, Brynn. That’s how they do it.
Erin puts her feelings aside for charity
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When Erin finally walked through the door, Brynn announced, “Look what the cat dragged in!” I’m surprised she came, but then she did say she wanted to support Jessel’s event since she was raising money for CITTA, “a US-based non-profit organization working in India and Nepal to bring health, education and economic development of women to impoverished regions.” (I Googled it).
“Listen, before you even walk into the house,” Jessel told Erin, “my intention with that conversation was to, like, just kind of get over it. I’m sorry if I offended you in any way. That wasn’t my intention at all.”
“I’m trying to make an effort,” Erin told her. “That’s why I came … I wanted you to know that I support you and your new venture.”
“Thank you, that means a lot,” Jessel admitted.
“I’m done,” Erin interviewed. “I don’t hold grudges. Hopefully, we can move on and be, like, normal friends. I’m not forgetting how crazy you are, but we’re good right now.”
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TELL US – DID YOU THINK JESSEL WAS BEING A LITTLE OVERLY SENSITIVE? WERE YOU SURPRISED ERIN CAME TO HER FUNDRAISER AFTER THEIR AWKWARD COFFEE DATE? WOULD YOU BE OFFENDED IF SOMEONE CALLED YOU A PRINCESS?
In the first episode of Real Housewives of New York, there was some controversy about everyone going to a restaurant together to celebrate their new status as Housewives. But apparently, the place where Erin Lichy made the reservation wasn’t chic enough for Sai De Silva and Brynn Whitfield. They chose to eat somewhere else.
It was never quite clear what had happened, though the incident caused ongoing friction among the group. But then Brynn posted a photo on social media of the pair having dinner somewhere else, which hurt Erin’s feelings. The only excuse Brynn offered to Erin was, “It’s not 2005, and I’m not a D-list model.”
There have been multiple conversations and explanations, but now Erin is explaining what actually took place – from her POV, of course. She told the full story to SiriusXM’s Jeff Lewis Live on August 10.
Erin gives the entire story of Restaurant-gate
“I’m gonna tell you what really happened,” she told host Jeff Lewis, “because I’ve never told the full story.”
Though the name of the restaurant was bleeped out of the show, Erin now has permission to name it. “I’m allowed now. I have approval,” she said. “We were being announced at BravoCon and all of us were on a text chain, and I’m … just like, ‘Shouldn’t we celebrate this? This is gonna be really fun.’ It was very last minute.”
“Everybody had like plus one, plus two, whatever,” she continued, “and I was like, ‘Well, I’ll just make a res somewhere easy that we can get to very easily.’ Catch was available, so I made a reservation there … We were walking out, and [Brynn and Sai] were like, ‘We think we’re gonna go home. We’re tired.’ So, I thought they were going home.”
Busted by social media
“Two days later,” she added, “I saw their pictures on social media at Casa Cipriani [all] glamorous and eating whatever … And I’m like, ‘This is sh*tty.’ You know? … I didn’t need them to come with me. I don’t care whether they come with me or not, but, like, just say, “We’re not going to your restaurant.” Also, [Jessel Taank and I] were with our husbands … so they could have been like, ‘We’re having a girls’ night.’ You know? It wasn’t a big deal.”
When co-host Doug Budin asked Erin why the other two didn’t want to go to Catch, she answered, “Because they don’t like Catch. It’s for D-list models.” Sounds like a New York version of Red Lobster. I haven’t eaten there in a hundred years either, even though their cheddar biscuits are to die for.
Former professional wrestler and co-host, Shane Douglas, piped up, “As a D-list model, I love Catch.”
TELL US – DO YOU THINK IT WAS A “SH*TTY” MOVE FOR SAI AND BRYNN TO DITCH THE GROUP AND GO TO ANOTHER RESTAURANT? DO YOU THINK BRYNN OUTED THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA BY ACCIDENT OR DID SHE DO IT TO MAKE ERIN LOOK BAD?
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In 2006, Bravo brought upon us a new era of reality TV thanks to the premiere of the Real Housewives of Orange County. The premise was to show the world how the other half lived behind their closed and gated communities. What started as a fun social experiment caught on like a wildfire. Today, there are 11 different franchises that all owe their start to the OG series. If you are new to the game, below are some of the most essential seasons of RHOC to get you started.
Season 1
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We would be remiss if we didn’t start with Season 1. Looking back on the episodes, it truly depicted how we all lived in the early 2000s, butterfly clips and all. The cast consisted of Kimberly Bryant, Jo De La Rosa, Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough, and Lauri Waring, and showed the everyday life of these hard-working women.
What was presumed to be a fantasy life was actually mixed with divorces, spoiled children, and plastic surgery. The first season is still loved to this day for its throwback moments.
Season 6
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Tamra Judge joined Season 3 of the Real Housewives of Orange County and made quite a name for herself. Fans loved the petite spitfire and her friendship with Vicki. The real estate agent made for good TV, especially because she was in the middle of a nasty divorce. The season finale stands out due to Tamra throwing a drink in Jeana’s face. Jeana had been taking Simon Barney’s side, which infuriated Tamra to no end.
Gretchen Rossi was also an important character during the season, because she, too, had issues with Tamra. During the season, the blonde bombshell called Tamra an “evil bit*h,” which became a popular quote for the series. The two women didn’t see eye to eye, thanks to Gretchen’s slimy boyfriend, Slade Smiley. Tamra felt he was a deadbeat dad for not paying child support, with fans agreeing he wasn’t the best guy in the world.
Season 8
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RHOC Season 8 was a time of love and fighting, of course. Tamra had just gotten engaged to Eddie Judge and was trying to plan a wedding. The couple moved in together and even opened their gym, CUT Fitness, which sadly had to close its doors after the pandemic. The season also concentrated on Tamra’s ongoing feud with Alexis Bellino. At the time, Jim Bellino was suing Tamra for defamation.
Vicki was still trying to defend her relationship with Brooks Ayers while shooting down rumors she had a threesome. The mother of two freaked out on the slopes, screaming at the top of her lungs that she hadn’t. Vicki also had issues with her children, who disapproved of Brooks. At the reunion, Briana even claimed Brooks had told her husband to “hit her.”
Season 14
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Season 14 was important for many reasons. Firstly, it brought back two newbies for their sophomore year, Emily Simpson and Gina Kirschenheiter. Both were having issues with their marriages as Emily struggled with Shane Simpson and his sharp words. While Gina, who had been going through a divorce, revealed she had also had a domestic violence incident with Matt.
Braunwyn Windham-Burke was also introduced and would eventually be the first lesbian housewife. Tamra would eventually end up hooking up with Braunwyn, which Vicki did not approve of. Vicki was now no longer with Brooks, but instead celebrating her engagement to Steve Lodge, who she is no longer with. Even Shannon Beador finally had a win, as she settled her long divorce from David Beador.
Season 15
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This season started off with Shannon sharing she was “excited for 2020,” but no one knew they would have to deal with a worldwide pandemic. It was very interesting to see how each housewife handled the worldwide lockdown, with some following the rules and others trying to push it as fake news.
Even though the housewives had to turn to Zoom, they still had a pretty fun time. This was the season of bad hair extensions, glass breaking, and masks.
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK IS ONE OF THE BEST SEASONS OF THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY?
The 90 Day Fiancé franchise has seen plenty of villains. However, it may surprise viewers to know that many of them were once fan favorites. Cast members from the various spin-offs, including 90 Day Fiancé: Before The 90 Days and 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?, have earned villain status, and have been heavily criticized by fans as a result. These controversial 90 Day Fiancé stars were adored by viewers at first. But they did not take long to turn their supporters against them.
Angela Deem
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When Angela Deem first joined the franchise during Before The 90 Days Season 2, she was funny and likable. Viewers quickly grew fond of her. However, since her franchise debut, Angela has come to be loathed by fans. Some have even demanded that TLC fire her from the network.
Angela navigated her relationship with Michael Ilesanmi, whom she eventually married in Nigeria. At first, Angela seemed to really care about Michael, but she quickly became unreasonable. Angela expected Michael not to go on social media, although she was always allowed on it. Angela hit a new low during her most recent appearance on Happily Ever After? Season 7, when she attacked Michael outside his home after showing up unannounced.
After Michael forgave Angela, she continued to exhibit aggressive behavior toward him and demanded to go through his phone. Many 90 Day Fiancé fans have lost respect for Angela, as they find her behavior to be toxic and inexcusable. Angela also has a history of being rude to other cast members at the Tell Alls, which makes viewers dislike her even more.
Darcey Silva
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When viewers first met Darcey Silva on Before The 90 Days Season 1, they wanted to root for her. Darcey was a single mom who was looking for love, but constantly seemed to find the wrong men. In recent years, however, Darcey has come to be more of an annoyance to fans, especially since the premiere of her spin-off, Darcey & Stacey, with her sister Stacey Silva.
At first, the idea of a show focused on Darcey and Stacey sounded fun, until viewers saw what it was. Darcey used the show to continue documenting her dating life, and for the first few seasons was in a relationship with Georgi Rusev. The two later split, and Darcey went on dates with several other men during Season 4, where she failed to find anything serious. Darcey’s repeated failures with men have begun to annoy viewers, who think she is too love crazy.
Darcey has also bothered fans with her excessive cosmetic surgeries. Many believe that she is spreading a negative message about self image to viewers. While Darcey used to be lighthearted and fun, the Connecticut native is now a completely different person.
Ella Johnson
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Ella Johnson gained support during her time on Before The 90 Days Season 5, but quickly lost it after she made a big mistake. When fans met Ella, she was living on her own in Idaho waiting to meet her online boyfriend Johnny Chao in person. Despite Ella clearly wanting Johnny to come as soon as possible, he was hesitant to travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Viewers sympathized with Ella’s frustrations, and understood why she felt Johnny wasn’t taking their relationship seriously. However, Ella decided to deal with her anger in a way that upset many fans, and even turned them against her. Ella revealed to Johnny that she had cheated on him, with a friend of hers. Johnny was clearly upset, which caused most viewers to side with him on the matter.
During the Before The 90 Days Season 5 Tell All, Ella’s fellow cast members did not hold back on calling her out for her infidelity. It was evident that Ella regretted her decision, although that did not make all viewers forgive her.
Jasmine Pineda
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After starring on Before The 90 Days Season 5, Jasmine Pineda quickly became a fan favorite after viewers watched her chaotic relationship with Gino Palazzolo. While Jasmine certainly had her flaws with her jealousy issues, fans overwhelmingly sided with Jasmine after it was revealed that Gino had sent nude photos of her to his ex.
Gino and Jasmine have now returned for Before The 90 Days Season 6, although some viewers have begun to lose respect for Jasmine since the season has been airing. Jasmine is giving off completely different vibes this season, and now appears to be using Gino for his money. Jasmine refused to sign a prenup, but later had the audacity to ask Gino if he has a will.
To make matters even worse, Jasmine decided to move into the same building as her ex, and have Gino pay her $3,000 per month rent. Jasmine is starting to come off as hypocritical, since she would never be ok with Gino being anywhere near his exes.
TELL US – WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE CONTROVERSIAL 90 DAY FIANCE STARS?
Does Ariana Madix of Vanderpump Rules have the right to throw shade at her ex, Tom Sandoval? Absolutely. In the soul-crushing final episode, Tom finally came clean about his affair with Rachel “Raquel” Leviss. However, Ariana let all her anger out when she decided to lay into him at the Bravo reunion. Who could blame the former bartender, especially since it looked like Tom had little to no remorse for his actions?
Viewers and cast alike were stunned when news broke in March that Tom had been having a months-long affair with Rachel. The entirety of Season 10 showed Ariana going to bat for the former beauty queen and defending her character. How two people could deceive someone they claimed to love was beyond comprehension. However, Ariana is not sulking away into the shadows and is instead getting a few digs in of her own.
The former SUR and Villa Blanca bartender is not sitting at home wallowing. Instead, she’s embracing all that life is going to throw at her, including new business ventures. In a new ad for T-Mobile, Ariana spouts that she is loving her new “freedom” and jokes that she is in her “upgrade era” after sharing that a lot can happen in three years.
Almost confirming that Tom isn’t allowing her to film ads in their shared Valley Village home, Ariana opens up her scene in a new kitchen by telling fans, “My phone has been ringing off the hook lately. I wonder why.” Supporters of Ariana rushed to the comment section with one writing, “Attention companies: I will like anything this woman endorses.” It’s clear that even though Ariana was cheated on, she is happily laughing all the way to the bank.
As if the first ad wasn’t sweet enough, Ariana released an advertisement with Duracell shortly before the last installment of Vanderpump Rules Season 10 premiered. In the commercial, Ariana sat in front of a bowl of Duracell batteries, noting she was “done with anything basic.” In a shady but glorious move, Ariana picked up a bottle of white nail polish on the table and threw it to the side. The move was clearly a nod to Tom’s love for white nails.
The battery ad had another dig in it, as Ariana said, “I buy my own batteries now, and I prefer Duracell.” During the season finale, Tom Sandoval was filmed telling his buddy, Tom Schwartz, about his issues with Ariana, which included him saying, “Like Ariana, when’s the last time you’ve gone to the store and bought paper towels and toilet paper? There’s pens in the drawer there are batteries in the drawer because I do that. You don’t go out of your way to do things for me.” No worries now, Tom…it looks like Ariana may be covered for life.
Ariana Steps Out of the Closet
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During the same commercial, Ariana was filmed stepping out of the kitchen closet, saying to choose who you can “trust.” This dig could be a mention of the time Tom outed Ariana as bi-sexual on national TV to feel cool in front of his friends. The closet also was filled to the brim with toilet paper. In a witty closing statement, Ariana ensured that Tom would get her hints, telling cameras, “Duracell’s guaranteed to last 12 years—that’s much better than 10.”
Tom Will Be Haunted by T-Shirts Forever
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Almost every part of the Vanderpump Reunion was tough to watch, but Tom’s insecure comments radiated across America. While Tom was being asked about his infidelity, he claimed he didn’t sleep with anyone else while hooking up with Rachel. However, Ariana quickly counter-argued, telling the group, “You know who he did sleep with after he and Raquel started sleeping together? Me.”
Tom replied, “Yeah, she kept her T-shirt on. It was really hot.” The statement was horrific and left many fans feeling sorry for Ariana. But the blonde didn’t get mad, she got even. Shortly after the reunion ended, Ariana decided to sell a t-shirt on the Something About Her website that featured a cartoon version of herself. The image pulled apart a grilled cheese with the words “Fu*k Me in This Shirt.” At the time, fans could buy the garment for $34.99.
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