John Fuda didn’t make much of an impression during the latest season of Real Housewives of New Jersey. But boy did he make waves at the reunion by taking on Luis Ruelas. The reunion was a three part mud-slinging event. But John brought receipts on Luis’ alleged investigation of the cast. It’s just a shame the viewers never got to see them.
With the increased popularity comes the flip side of the coin. Haters started to look for dirt on John. And something came up from his past that peaked interest. Though it turns out that a lack of transparency led to a misguided smear campaign. The facts completely debunk the rumors.
Critical information was eliminated from the social media post
But John got a chance to reply after an appearance on the BravoBros Podcast. His response to the allegations that he had a prior felony conviction went viral on social media with a TikTok video of his response.
The following text was included in the video description, “Fuda is NOT a felon. The report conveniently left out that the charges were dismissed and the incident occurred when he was a minor.”
“I’m a felon. I’m a felon. Watch it,” John joked with his host.
The host asked, “Seeing all this come out and then other Bravo accounts have come out and said that they found evidence on the matter. We’d love to hear from you. Can you clear this up for us please?”
“I’m not a convicted felon. At all. So what they posted, They actually they left out the bottom of it. So there’s actually two more lines in the same exact report that says it was dismissed. So you know, like any other juvenile kid, I got in trouble when I was a juvenile. I got myself into a couple things, going through an adolescent stage. Got myself involved in a couple things, fights, and this and that,” John responded.
The obvious deletion of critical evidence is clear manipulation of the information. The overall public response was accepting of John’s explanation. And it seems he has cleared his him.
John concluded, “Someone took it, posted it, and left out the part where it says ‘dismissed’ to paint a picture of me. I’m not a convicted felon at all.”
TELL US – WHAT WAS YOUR IMMEDIATE REACTION TO THE HEADLINE? DID YOU BELIEVE JOHN HAD A FELONY CONVICTION? WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO HIS EXPLANATION?
The Kardashians have finally made it to Kim Kardashian’s big Dolce & Gabbana fashion show. The big moment in Milano was no easy mission to accomplish. Kim’s efforts may have caused a small immigration crisis (AKA Kim’s stylist forgetting her passport) and resulted in the demise of her relationship with Kourtney Kardashian. But hey, at least she proved to the world that Kim K. really is that girl.
Kourtney kept up with her pattern in the latest episode of The Kardashians of hating on Kim, only caring about making out with Travis Barker, and expressing the least amount of enthusiasm possible for a human being with such an exciting life. Thankfully, the Hulu producers didn’t make us suffer through any Kendall Jenner scenes in this episode as a reward for suffering through Kourt’s extended tantrum. Here are five of the main takeaways from the latest episode of The Kardashians titled “You Think I Need Your Permission?”
Kim’s it-girl moment
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It was finally the day for Kim’s fashion show in Milan, and the star of the family was ready for her moment. Kim not only looked amazing but was radiating from the high-energy atmosphere backstage of the show. The Dolce & Gabbana heads gifted Kim with an over-the-top diamond cross necklace, which she claims was one of the first pieces of jewelry she ever bought herself. “This is like the nicest piece of jewelry I own because I lost it all,” she said, referencing the robbery. The Paris robbery totally changed Kim’s approach to life and business. She learned she was fine with losing all of her jewelry to save her life, but it meant more to regain a special piece to commemorate such an iconic moment.
Kim slayed the fashion show, as Khloe Kardashian expected. “How is this real life?” Khloe asked in support of her sister’s major accomplishment. “Kimberly has come so, so far in her confidence in fashion.” Hear that, Kourtney? That’s what a SUPPORTIVE SISTER ACTS LIKE. Anyway, Kim’s tribe of four children also were slaying in their D&G fits to support their mom at the show.
Sidenote: Kim’s kids are all so adorable and have so much genuine love for their mom. Even though they’re little, they can tell that the show was a big moment for her. I keep commenting on Kimmy’s mommy skills, but I’m in awe at how close of a relationship she seems to have with her kids while maintaining her A-List life. It was heartwarming to see Kim accomplish a “bucket list moment” with a supportive family by her side.
North West is the future of the Kardashians
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Speaking of Kim’s kids, North West was the star of the episode. She was Kim’s right-hand in Milan, participating in girls’ night gossip and nearly showing up her mother with her fashion show look. North overheard her mom’s friends talking about how Khloe was flirting with a hotel guest whose room was next to hers. Northie, a certified genius in my book, had the great idea to prank Khloe by putting a note on her door from the “admirer.” This show absolutely needs to keep up the trend of more scenes of North, less of Kendall, if the producers really want us to stay engaged with this family after two decades on TV.
The note instructed Khlo$ to knock twice if she wanted to go on a date with the man. North wrote it in what was clearly a child’s handwriting, but Khloe apparently fell for it. She apparently confronted the guy about the note, who was offended that Khloe would ever think he would have such terrible penmanship. “This note is from my f*cking nine-year-old niece,” Khloe admitted. “I’m mortified that I’m this much of a f*cking loser that I’m going to accept any child’s handwritten letter to me and take it as an admirer.” I’m screaming. This was authentically funny — Kim is a great momager in the making.
Kourtney’s chosen family
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Instead of living it up in Milan, Kourtney stayed in Calabasas to do what she always does — hook up with Travis and complain. She joined her husband to celebrate the opening of a restaurant he invested in in Calabasas. If you want to know more about the food, Kourt described it as “just a vibe” with matcha margaritas. She needs to take the word “vibe” out of her vocabulary because it literally gives us nothing to work with. Kourt also proclaimed she was happy to finally have a “good restaurant” in Calabasas. Girl, don’t shade an entire wealthy town full of five-star restaurants just because they aren’t being funded by Blink-182.
Kourt and Travis’ children were at the restaurant opening. Reign Disick, instead of celebrating his stepdad’s moment, made Travis arm wrestle him at the table while directing the camera crew to film it. He also proclaimed that his teacher is a “liar” for claiming he was eating Crayons and paper at school. This child, unlike North, probably needs a break from the cameras after this display, but who knows? I’m definitely not his mama to tell him what to do. Anyway, someone pointed out that no one from Kourtney’s side of the family except her kids was at the opening. “That is my family,” Kourtney quipped back. It’s giving Teresa Giudice’s chosen family, and we all know how going down that path tends to turn out.
Finally, a Jenner-less episode
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I feel a trend coming on that every episode of The Kardashians, I’m going to find some way to complain about Kendall. This time, though, I’m actually praising the show for not making us suffer through any scenes involving her. The episode focused on what we cared about — Kim and Kourtney’s fight, Khloe’s single journey, and North West’s pranks. Keep that horse girl away from the cameras unless her scenes count as commercial breaks. I did miss King Kylie Jenner’s quirkiness a bit, but she definitely doesn’t give as much as her older three sisters for the show.
At the fashion show, Khloe literally met the hot actor that Kim tried to set her up with and they hit it off. Before they even made it to the after-party, a flirty photo was breaking the internet and Khlo$ was living for it. Kylie and Kendall spend so much time trying to hide or create this image of their romantic relationship for the public. Khlo$, however, always keeps it real. She joked about how every time a date asks her a personal question, she has a wild answer. For example, if someone asked about her dad, she’d respond with, “Which one? One’s dead and one turned into a girl.” Another was if someone asked about her reason for divorcing Lamar Odom. “Oh, I found him in a brothel,” she quipped. Kendall and Kylie, unfortunately, can never reach this level of raw.
Kim channels her inner Real Housewives villain
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Kourtney spent the entire episode complaining to everyone about Kim’s show, yet refusing to have a conversation with her about it. She felt like Kim took the mood board Kourt sent to her family for the wedding and turned it into a show. Kourt didn’t blame the D&G fashion heads — just her family. “It’s also a brand,” Kourtney explained. “I can’t really expect as much from them as I would my sister. Or I’m sure my mom did the deal.” I understand Kourt not wanting to ruin Kim’s moment during the show, but even days after when everyone is back in California, they don’t speak.
Kim, in general, felt like Kourtney was a hater. At the end of the episode, Khloe came over to strategize how the pair could have a conversation. “She feels like her wedding moment was taken away from her and she just feels like there’s no loyalty in this family,” Khloe explained to Kim. Kim felt like she didn’t have to ask for permission, and boy did she get activated.
Khloe suggested that before Kim sits down with Kourt that she get her anger out. She also, smartly, suggested that Kris not be there, since she loves taking sides. Kim started to vent about how Kourtney actually wore looks to her wedding that Kim had worn while filming the show years prior, so who was really copying who? She also joked that Kourtney had no friends besides Travis, which had me gooped and gagged. “I’ll be like, “B*tch, you think I need your permission?” Kim said. Khlo$ hit it right on the money — this showdown is going to be anything but zen.
The Kardashians continues Thursdays on Hulu.
TELL US – WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE LATEST EPISODE OF THE KARDASHIANS? DO YOU THINK KIM SUCCEEDED IN HER DOLCE & GABBANA FASHION SHOW?
Reality Tea News Editor Daniel Falconer sat down with Eboni K. Williams for an exclusive interview, to talk about everything she has going on. With her popular podcast Holding Court – distributed by Interval Presents – coming up to its third anniversary, and other Bravo stars making headlines for all the wrong reasons, there was a lot to discuss. Not to mention her time on Real Housewives of New York! Plus, her advice for a certain Bravo couple currently going through an ugly divorce.
Eboni on her “unique opportunity” to do something new
Daniel Falconer:Holding Court is in the legal area, and when people think about legal podcasts, they think of murder and true crime, but this is something very different and in a new space. Can you tell me a little bit about why you decided to go in that direction with the podcast?
Eboni K. Williams: I’m laughing because you’re exactly right, and when I first started pitching this to various outlets and distributing partners they were like, ‘What?’
The reason I picked to go in this space is I’m just opposed to oversaturating any market. Essentially, if it exists in a form that’s doing well, I’m really not interested. I’m only interested in creating content and telling stories and having conversations, that are either currently not in existence at all, or their current forms are mediocre and I feel I can do better.
If you ever see me doing anything in my career – if it’s writing a book; if it’s doing a podcast; if it’s joining a TV show or reality show – it’s because I believe I have a unique opportunity to do something that’s not currently being done – or it’s certainly not being done well.
The challenges of being a young Black woman in law
Daniel Falconer: You have the education and history to back all of that up. Can you tell me a little bit about some of the challenges you faced as a young Black woman going into law?
Eboni K. Williams: So, in 2023 right now, Black women, we occupy less than 5% of the entire legal profession. That’s pretty dismal because as Black people, we’re 4% of that entire profession, we’re 13-14% of the US population. We’re disproportionately underrepresented in the space. We all hear “representation matters,” we all heard, or at least I heard, “you’ve gotta see it to be it.”
I read this incredible piece in the New York Times recently … It’s this really beautiful piece about this whole generation of grown-ass Asian women named Connie because of Connie Chung, and because in that era, they had never seen an Asian woman, period, hardly on TV, and you certainly hadn’t seen one with this sharp, incredible brilliance and wit and authority, in the way that Connie Chung showed up for Asian women, and women period, in the ’70s, ’80s, and early ’90s.
That is something that I hope to represent to young Black women and girls who are even thinking about law school today. Don’t worry, you don’t have to go name your baby Eboni! But I think it’s really important to be a model for something that we don’t see enough of. Grace be to God, luckily I don’t do this work alone. Now we have Ketanji Brown Jackson sitting on the US Supreme Court – first Black woman in American history – that matters, that’s important to this.
Would that have made a difference to me when I was matriculating in law school almost 20 years ago? Yeah, it matters. Those are the decisions you’re reading. You’re reading around about [Antonin] Scalia, and Justice [Anthony] Kennedy, and [Clarence] Thomas, and all this stuff, and to see even the name, Ketanji Brown Jackson, even the name Eboni K. Williams – these are very Afrocentric, Black-sounding names. There was a time when even that was so otherized and demonized in the law, it was so discredited.
I had a brilliant first year law school professor called Shaniqua Gray and she taught Torts, and I ended up making one of the only two As in her class and going on to be her teaching assistant the next year. When she wrote my letter of recommendation for a job I applied to, she signed it S. Gray. I asked, “Why did you sign it that way?” and she said, “I don’t want anyone to think I am less astute, less credible, or less of an attorney because my name is Shaniqua and they don’t understand how that fits into a space that is so white and so male.”
So a lot of the work that I do, in insisting [I am called] Eboni K. Williams, that K is for Ki-uhnna and you better frickin’ say it, is because I am very adamant in expanding perceptions of who Black girls and who Black women are in this thing called ‘the law.’
Crime is the “original reality TV”
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Daniel Falconer: Law and crime are a genre that a lot of people are obsessed with, why do you think that is? Is it just human nature?
Eboni K. Williams: Absolutely. It’s the same reason that I watch Forensic Files every single night before bed, and I still do. Either that or Golden Girls! Crime is the original reality TV. Even thinking back to The People’s Court, which wasn’t necessarily crime but still in this courtroom space, [and] To Kill A Mockingbird.
You know why? It’s great storytelling. We’ve got somebody to root for, you’ve got an antihero, you’ve got conflict normally at the highest level – tends to be murder – then you’ve got some kind of resolution known as the trial or disposition of what went down. So you’ve got a full storytelling in this capacity and it’s extremely compelling and it’s very high stakes, and it’s very relatable to anybody from all walks of life.
The legal system is stacked against Black people
Daniel Falconer: Your words in the podcast are, “the legal system is stacked against Black people.” That’s a provable fact, so why do you think so many people have a problem with admitting that this is the reality?
Eboni K. Williams: Because if you admit the reality of that provable fact, it implies some level of complicit nature if you’re not doing anything actively to change it, right? I know that this is where it starts to get uncomfortable for some. If you acknowledge the truth of things that you don’t even agree with, things like homophobia, transphobia, sexism, racism, you name it, and you’re not out here actively being an anti-racist … if you’re not actively working on behalf of saving the lives of immigrants, then the subtext is that you are complicit.
So what becomes easier than doing the work of dismantling these rigged systems that benefit some and are detrimental to others, even deadly to others – [you] turn away. Don’t see it, don’t see something, don’t say something, and go on about your business. Under that model of wilful delusion, society gets to function as it’s functioned in a way that is still comfortable enough for many.
Daniel Falconer: I think that then evolves as well – once they turn away, they can then flip it into, “I’m the victim.“
Eboni K. Williams: I was reading something in the New York Times and it was around a construct that even I had not heard of yet, and it’s called “Guilt vs Guiltiness.” Many of us have read essays around white guilt, or hetero guilt, and we understand that, but the guilt versus the guiltiness.
The guilt is legitimate and can be a really powerful tool in dismantling systemic oppression. Sometimes guilt, the acknowledgment of, “Oh wow, I am a heterosexual woman who doesn’t have legislation coming down on my right to adopt children,” as the queer community does. I could feel guilty about that, and that guilt could inspire me to do something about it.
Or, I can feel guiltiness, and the guiltiness works like this: “Oh my God, that’s horrible that that’s happening, I feel guiltiness around it,” which doesn’t inspire action, it inspires me to be preoccupied by how that inequity makes me look. So now the guiltiness is not around fixing this problem, the guiltiness is around making sure that I’m alleviated of perceived wrongdoing individually. So now a system problem, a problem that really hurts or harms other, I’ve made it about me through my guiltiness.
“I don’t make the podcast for the Ramonas”
Daniel Falconer: These conversations come up in the podcast, so do you think it will be quite a confronting listen for the Ramona Singers of the world, shall we say, to listen to this podcast?
Eboni K. Williams: Well Ramona will be particularly confronted by our highest-performing episode to-date, which was Sometimes You Gotta Take A MF To HR, so thank you Ramona and Carlos King for that 50,000 plus new listenership. At times Dan, there’s gonna be content on our show that does that. But the best thing to me about our show is that we go in the deep end of the pool, because I’m an intellectual heavyweight and so is my brilliant co-host Dustin Ross. But we’re also hella fun, Dustin’s a comedic genius. There’s a lot of entertainment value that comes along with this show, which is the way I produced it and designed it with intention.
Nobody wants to go to law school unless you’re an idiot like those of us that went and we’re all still paying back Sallie Mae for it. I’m joking, I love the law and I loved law school. This podcast is not to duplicate [a] lecture hall in civil procedure 101. This podcast is to take basic legalese, basic legal dynamics from celebrity justice stuff, so like Kevin Costner’s estranged wife refusing to leave his house, even though he’s got a quote, “ironclad prenup,” what the hell is an ironclad prenup? I’ve never seen a prenup that I couldn’t beat!
Or it can be the social justice stuff. It can be the man here in New York City who was just indicted for the killing of Jordan Neely, the mentally-challenged Black man who was killed on a New York City subway through a chokehold, so we expand the gamut. Is that uncomfortable for the quote, Ramonas of the world? Maybe, but on the right day, I even saw Ramona Singer, God is my witness, be curious about her role in potentially advancing some of these issues.
And frankly Dan, I don’t make the podcast for the Ramonas, I don’t make the podcast for those that are hostile to this work. I make this podcast for those who are already brought in as co-conspirators of liberating all of us collectively as intersected people, or those that are on the fence. If you’re on the fence, this could be the podcast that brings you over the fence, and for that I’m extremely proud.
Daniel Falconer: As you say, you balance it with the entertainment, the chemistry’s great, I especially enjoyed White Mess, I’m glad you got the title through! You made a comment about Rihanna’s form of Black protest by not releasing new music. I found that really interesting, could you delve into that a little for me?
Eboni K. Williams: Yes! So one of my greatest heroes is the late and incredibly great James Baldwin, and Baldwin is a writer of writers. He wrote a lot of essays. One of them, he goes deep. He talks about this also in my favorite Baldwin book, The Fire Next Time, so if you are not familiar with James Baldwin and you wanna know a good place to start – which a lot of people have asked me since my tenure on RHONY, I feature Baldwin during my Harlem night infamous dinner with the ladies, what a doozy…
Anyways, Baldwin says this. Baldwin says there’s something innately anti-Black and very oppressive around an American society that has always told Black people that one of the very few and limited things that you can do to stand between yourself and death is to entertain. Whether that be athletics – “shut up and dribble” – whether that be old school minstrel shows … Hattie McDaniel being allowed to be such a brilliant actress that she’s the first Black woman to get an Oscar for Gone With The Wind, but not humanized enough to even come into the auditorium and sit with her co-stars. She was regulated to the back of the room, had to accept her Oscar, and then be escorted away out of the ballroom.
When you start with that premise, Baldwin’s argument that it is the entertaining and the ability to make white Americans laugh and have these entertained experiences in which your mere survival is based … Rihanna essentially saying “f*ck that, I’m gonna be a billionairess titan of industry,” is quite the protest.
Eboni on seeing Kim and Kroy’s divorce coming from “a mile away”
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Eboni K. Williams: First of all, let’s be clear, I’m not even demonizing Kim in this … I believe that people are completely disingenuous when they pretend as if financial positioning and social structure and status are not innately essential elements of assessing marriage, period. We know it has been since the beginning of time, that’s why dowries were a thing, and that positioning is still true today.
I remember when Kim – because I used to be an avid Housewives watcher – I remember when Kim and Kroy met … she’s coming off of Big Poppa and that ended horribly, and she’s got these girls. Here’s this guy who was a little younger, who was still playing professional football at the time, whose got some level of money but more so status. I used to represent professional athletes, so I really understand the psychology of women who are uber-attracted to professional athletes, there’s a lot going on there. It’s a reason why they date those guys and not the financial CEOs necessarily. There is a kind of razzle dazzle ritziness that comes along with the social status of these celebrities, these athletes.
So, Kroy made sense until he didn’t. that’s why I saw it a mile away. I know the NFL stands for “Not For Long.” Kroy had a surprisingly long career in the NFL, ‘cause most careers end in three years. But again, it made sense when they were on the Don’t Be Tardy spinoff, it made sense when he was still able to earn in the league and beyond, it made sense when there was still a cultural kind of relevance and this and that.
When all that quiets and the money’s not coming in, because he’s out of the league, there’s just a grieving really that has to go on when professional athletes are no longer in the limelight like that. Now Kim is the culturally relevant one all by herself, even though when you picked him you guys were co-captains in that society. Yeah, I saw it coming a mile away because it no longer made sense. She didn’t sign up to have to carry the financial and the cultural shininess of it by herself and that’s essentially where she landed.
Advice for Kim moving forward
Daniel Falconer: What would your advice be to her now then? Would you say do this in private, or make that money and get back on Bravo?
Eboni K. Williams: Let’s be frank, I’m a businesswoman Dan. So my advice is, somebody should move out, even though as I say in the podcast, possession is nine tenths of the law, so I understand why neither one of them want to move out of the house, because they both want a legal claim to the house. But if at least even half of the allegations we’re hearing are true, somebody could get seriously hurt, somebody’s gotta get the hell out of there. We don’t want a War of the Roses situation on our hands. So my first piece of advice, somebody move out. Kim if it’s gotta be you, move out, worry about the house later, we can get you a new one.
Second piece of advice, absolutely go back on reality TV. Kim Zolciak, one of her objective skillsets is being compelling on reality TV. At this point that is a verifiable, certified, monetary skillset. So Kim, figure out what the platform is, figure out what the hook is, and absolutely get back on reality TV, but don’t center it around this divorce, center it around Kim’s comeback. Make herself a hero in this new story, and don’t worry about the money left behind. I learned this from very, very rich people that I associate with.
I had a guy I dated who was a billionaire and he was going through a divorce when I first met him and we were just friends. Dr. Dre was going through a divorce at the same time, and Dr. Dre and his ex just figured that out five years later. My ex paid his ex-wife off, gave her half, and kept it moving, and he’s already made another billion since.
So, it’s kind of like perspective. If you made a billion once you can make it again, most of the time, if you made it off a skill. Kim, don’t worry about whatever sh*t went down with you and Kroy. Make your money again and move forward with your girls.
Eboni still keeps in touch with Sonja, and would consider Ultimate Girls Trip
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Daniel Falconer: RHONY was a small part of your life, but an interesting and memorable one! I think what may have surprised viewers was that Sonja Morgan was the most emotionally intelligent in receiving what you had to say. Do you still chat to Sonja?
Eboni K. Williams: Absolutely! I was just exchanging messages with her daughter Quincy Morgan today who just graduated. Sonja texts me, we text each other.
I guess if you don’t know, you don’t know, but I will tell you this: it wasn’t even close in terms of how far and beyond Sonja is intellectually and emotionally as well, in terms of not just these issues, that’s just her anyways.
If you get Sonja, especially if she’s sober for lack of a better term, and she’s really focused, I’ve had some of the best relationship conversations with Sonja, some of the best parenting conversations, the best cultural in terms of art and music. Sonja’s really the sh*t honestly. She can cut up, and sometimes that’s a little performative because she thinks of herself as either Lucy or Ethel and that’s fine, but Sonja’s really dope.
Daniel Falconer: If Peacock came knocking, would you do an Ultimate Girls Trip with some of the girls? Maybe from other franchises!
Eboni K. Williams: That would have to be the clause! Exactly. I could consider it. I’d consider it if it’s other franchises and something fresh, and new. You never say never in this business.
Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams is distributed by Interval Presents, Warner Music Group’s in-house podcast network. Each week, Eboni and Dustin Ross break down what’s on the docket in American justice and what’s not. With teachable moments, and a healthy dose of hilarity, it’s an essential listen. New episodes every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcasts.
TELL US – WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE EBONI GO ON AN ULTIMATE GIRLS TRIP? ARE YOU HAPPY TO HEAR HER FRIENDSHIP WITH SONJA IS STILL GOING STRONG? HAVE YOU LISTENED TO THE HOLDING COURT PODCAST?
We once laughed at Larsa Pippen and her former husband, Scottie Pippen for going through the world’s longest divorce. The pair announced their separation at the end of 2016, and it wouldn’t be finalized until 2022. But now it looks like it’s Larsa who’s laughing — laughing all the way to the bank.
Despite the divorce being finalized, it appears property disputes still come up. It’s unclear whether the Real Housewives of Miami star needs the money. But perhaps she just wants a bit of revenge. She once said her marriage was traumatizing. But at the same time, she said dating was hard because she compared men to Scottie.
That’s often how tumultuous relationships go, unfortunately. A great deal of pain, but with a huge dose of co-dependence. All in all, we don’t know all the details of their relationship. But what we do know is that Larsa’s gunning for more claims in the divorce.
Larsa gets some NBA cash
Leave it to Radar Online to obtain the exclusive court documents. According to said documents, both parties have informed the court that, from here on out, Larsa will be listed as an “alternate payee” on the Chicago Bulls 401k Savings Plan Trust.
As it turns out, Scottie’s retirement plan with the Bulls was found to be community property of the marital estate. As the filing stipulates, Larsa will receive 50% of all the plan’s balances, starting from the valuation date closest to the date of marital separation, November 3, 2016.
Considering Scottie played during the Bulls’ heyday in the 90s, Larsa might be looking at a very hefty check. Scottie played from 1987 to 1998. Between 1991 and 1998, the Bulls won six NBA championships. Scottie Pippen is a Hall of Famer and is hugely responsible for the worldwide popularity of the NBA.
Real Housewives of Miami is expected to return to Bravo later this year.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK LARSA DESERVES A CUT OF SCOTTIE’S PLAN? IS IT SCOTTIE’S FAULT FOR MAKING THE PLAN COMMUNITY PROPERTY?
Nema asked Raquel if she would be interested. According to him, she responded, “I would hook up with Ariana though, I wouldn’t hook up with Tom.” Now Nema is sharing his impressions of Ariana after working with her.
Remembering Ariana’s good vibes
Nema was a guest on Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay’s podcast, Scheananigans. He shared how he recently directed Ariana for a battery commercial.
“It’s a really cool thing when directing crosses over into the Bravo world. And I’m out of the Bravo world now, but we had a client… [they] had a campaign with Ariana and when they found out I knew Ariana, we were part of the same group of friends, it was just, like, ‘Oh yeah, we want her to feel comfortable. We should do that,’” Nema explained. “And it was a real worlds crossing… Ariana was amazing, by the way.” He directed the commercial in Ariana’s home.
Although the former Bravo star wasn’t very close to Ariana, he praised her positivity and kindness. “One thing that always stuck out to me about her was she was always nice to me. Ariana, from Day 1, every time I met her… she would always come out of her way and be like, ‘How are you doing? How are things? How are you enjoying the process?’” Nema recalled. “And I was always taken aback by how nice of a human being this person was.”
Since Shahs of Sunset wrapped, Nema has been living his best life in New York City and directing films and commercials.
TELL US – WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT RAQUEL’S ALLEGED COMMENT ABOUT HOOKING UP WITH ARIANA, BUT NOT TOM? DO YOU MISS SHAHS OF SUNSET?
I’m feeling a sense of nostalgia as I write this article. It’s been a long time since we’ve had a trip down memory lane. Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Dorit Kemsley must also feel sentimental because she’s revisiting her second home.
Back in 2019 Dorit and PK Kemsley were in a world of financial difficulties. PK owed a ton of money to the Bellagio and Dorit was being sued by her partner at Beverly Beach. You’d think after escaping financial ruin AND two home invasions, one might learn a lesson. Nope, we’re back in a legal situation with Dorit because home is where the heart is. And for Dorit, home is court. Radar has the scoop.
Nurses don’t play
Out of all the people you could choose not to pay, why would it be the one who takes care of your FACE? Dorit is being yanked into court by a private nurse who alleged Dorit didn’t pay her after a procedure.
Legal docs show that earlier in 2023, nurse Natalie Vanderstay claimed Dorit skipped out on financial compensation after she had her face manipulated again. Seriously, not paying a private nurse is pretty reckless. No one wants that kind of rep in the aftercare community. Natalie requested $8,600 in fees for her troubles.
She said, “I am a private duty nurse and I provided medical services for [Dorit]. [Dorit] had plastic surgery and hired my services for day and overnight care; to monitor and assess her pain, administration of medications and treatments (as directed per her physician’s orders). As well, as address all her medical needs and concerns.”
Dorit ditched the invoice
Natalie added, “I submitted an invoice to [Dorit] after my services were completed and [Dorit] has refused to pay me.” The nurse took care of Dorit and her face from November 16 – November 20, 2022. Natalie calculated money owed “by the hours I worked at my hourly rate of $100. I worked 86 hours at $100 an hour, which totals $8,600.”
There was a hearing in April 2023 and Natalie attended, but Dorit must have been staring in the mirror too long and missed the session. Despite ditching the date, Dorit was served with some fancy legal papers. Had Dorit been present, she would have learned she is to pay Natalie $8,675 in total. But that’s not all, folks. Natalie wants Dorit and her face to physically come to court with her financial records. Because Natalie wants her money and she’s done playing around with rich people who don’t pay.
Hopefully, it doesn’t take Natalie as long as it did the Bellagio to get that money.
TELL US – ARE YOU SURPRISED DORIT DIDN’T PAY HER NURSE? DO YOU THINK DORIT WILL DENY THESE CLAIMS? DID DORIT LEARN NOTHING OF HER PAST LEGAL ISSUES?
May we never forget the headache that Khloé Kardashian had to live through with Tristan Thompson. Say what you will about the stars of The Kardashians, but to be enveloped in a situation of infidelity shouldn’t happen to anyone.
Yes, Tristan’s commitment to Khloé wasn’t quite as deep as he perhaps expressed. That said, he still wants to make it work with his former partner. Khloé has no interest in rekindling any flames and more power to her. She ought to stand her ground.
But that’s not to say it was bad times all around. Khloé and Tristan welcomed two babies to the world, the second via surrogate. The act of naming Tatum, their second child, was a bit of a process. It took some time to decide on and reveal his name. Well, now it looks like that decision may be slightly reversed.
Is Tatum Kardashian no more?
According to legal documents obtained by Radar Online, Khloé has filed to change Tatum’s last name from Kardashian to Thompson. If everything goes through the proper channels, Tatum would drop Kardashian from his name entirely, and just be Tatum Thompson.
Khloé’s reasons behind filing for the change are unclear. When reached out for comment, Khloé’s representatives didn’t respond. That leaves us only with the ability to speculate. On paper, it doesn’t make much sense seeing as how Khloé’s said she wants nothing to do with Tristan outside of their co-parenting relationship.
One plausible explanation is that Khloé is trying to shield Tatum from everything that comes with the name Kardashian. Thompson is a much more generic last name. It could be that she wants her son to assimilate more smoothly into the world around him. But ultimately, we just don’t know for sure.
New episodes of The Kardashians stream Thursdays on Hulu.
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Colin had said, “My heart’s telling me, live in the moment and enjoy what you and Daisy have, but my brain’s telling me, just stay out of it. It’s got trouble written all over it.” And he was still upset that Gary had lied to him.
“The last thing I want,” Daisy admitted to Colin, “is anyone to be hurt or friendships to be affected.”
“You don’t often hear Daisy say sorry or admit that she’s done something wrong,” Colin interviewed. “So I know Daisy cares about me because she feels remorse. It’s just a hard pill to swallow. I have true feelings involved.”
To Daisy, Colin said, “I’ll be fine.” And they parted with a hug and a smile.
Alex and Mads admire fish on the night shift
BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT — Season:4 — Pictured: Alex Propson — (Photo by: Fred Jagueneau/Bravo)
Deckhand Alex Propson was on the night shift again. Rather than doing his job, he was hanging out with Junior Stew Madison “Mads” Herrera, looking at fish in the water next to the boat.
“See these big fish?” he told Mads. “They’re trying to eat this school of fish. See all the little ones swimming?”
“Wow!” she said. “You have a whole aquarium show.”
Alex admitted he was “nerd[ing] out on this stuff.”
“Don’t get me wrong,” he told production, “I love working, but I would rather hang out with Mads. I consider this work-life balance.”
“I might get in there with a snorkel,” he told Mads. “Anchor’s not going anywhere.” Um, I wouldn’t recommend it, Alex. Didn’t Captain Lee throw a guest off his boat for going swimming at night? It’s not safe.
At the end of his shift, Alex declared everything “done” and headed off to bed. When Captain Glenn Shephard got up, he made a quick inspection of the boat and decided everything was, in fact, not done.
“Can you do the scuppers forward on the flybridge, right in front of the wheel?” Glenn asked the other deckhand Chase Lemacks. “Should’ve been done last night. I don’t know why it wasn’t.” Because Alex spent more time looking at fish with Mads than doing his job, that’s why.
Getting dressed for the day, Gary commented, “I’ve never lost a friendship over a woman before. If [Colin’s] willing to throw our friendship away over this, then clearly I don’t mean that much to him.”
Meanwhile, Chase made a quick survey of the deck area and declared it, “Filthy.”
“Gary,” Chase called when the First Mate appeared on deck. “Come and take a look at something. Look under this table. That’s how the whole boat looked.”
“It wouldn’t bother me,” Chase added. “It’s just that Glenn comes to me, and he’s like, ‘The scuppers should be done by now.'”
Even though Alex said the guests didn’t go to bed until 2:30, he still should have had time to do the necessary cleaning after they went below. “It wouldn’t take longer than an hour and a half to give a thorough rinse to this boat,” Gary said.
“If I only had a few hours to clean,” Chase interviewed, “I’d focus on the obvious sh*t, like picking up crumbs of food off of the floor. I’m a little pissed off, because at this point in the season, Alex should know better. Gary should have told him what to prioritize by now.” I see another conversation with the First Mate in Alex’s future.
Daisy went into the engine room to say good morning to Colin. “Thanks for checking on me [last night],” he told her. “It’s a big thing. We’re moving in the right direction.” At least he was smiling again, as he gave her a big hug.
As Daisy was serving their last breakfast to the guests, one of the men asked, “Can we just charter for one more day?”
“I would love for you guys to stay,” Daisy lied, ’cause you know she was looking forward to their night out. “It is [Junior Stew Lucy Edmunds’] university graduation, so we’re going to have a party for her tonight.”
Even though she passed her courses and was officially graduating, Lucy was a bit sad not to walk with her friends at the ceremony. “I might not be at my graduation, but that’s the life of yachting. I know I signed up for the job at the end of the day, so I can’t be upset.”
“I’m ready for tonight,” Lucy added. “I just want to have some shots and get drunk.” She’d better remember to put that safety shield up to keep her from falling out of her top bunk again!
“It’s your graduation!” Gary sang to Lucy, as he passed her in the hallway.
BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT — Pictured: (l-r) Daisy Kelliher, Gary King, Ileisha Dell, Chase Lemacks, Lucy Edmunds, Colin Macrae, Madison Herrera, Alex Propson — (Photo by: Fred Jagueneau/Bravo)
After docking the boat once more, everyone gathered to say goodbye to the guests. Overall, this was a nice charter with pleasant guests.
“It was amazing,” the primary guest told them. “And from the bottom of my heart, I just want to thank each and every one of you. [Chef Ileisha Dell], with you taking the time to make the Johnny cakes, it brought me back to my beloved Grandma Flo, who I know is in Heaven, just smiling down. Thank you, everyone!”
“And as a small token of our appreciation,” she added, handing a fat envelope to Captain Glenn. “Best yachting crew ever!”
Chase and Alex butt heads over the cleaning
BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT — Pictured: Alex Propson — (Photo by: Fred Jagueneau/Bravo)
As the crew returned to work, Alex joked with Gary, “Tell me how great I am!”
But Gary had bad news for Alex. “Chase was not happy this morning,” Gary told him.
“Were you upset with the boat this morning?” Alex asked Chase when he joined them on deck.
“It wasn’t the best,” Chase responded.
In a production interview, Chase complained, “F*ck me, man. I didn’t expect Gary to run to Alex and be like, ‘Hey, Chase said you suck.’ I mean, come on.” Chase, buddy, it’s Gary. This is exactly what he does. What did you expect?
“What part looked bad?” Alex asked.
“Food all over the sundeck floor,” he said. “[But] like I told Gary, you had like three hours max [since the guests stayed up late and got up early]. I said it’s not like I could be really upset with you.”
“Suck it up, buttercup,” Gary added.
Again, in an interview, Chase said, “It’s pissing me off that Gary’s making me look like a tattle-tailing bitch.” But isn’t that pretty much what you did, Chase? Just suck it up and tell him the captain called you out.
“It’s not like me being mad,” Chase explained. “It’s just prioritization of, like, where they’re gonna get up and sit [for breakfast] is spotless, you know what I mean? … just like advice.”
“Advice taken,” Alex grudgingly conceded. But he was still feeling resentful that Chase had ratted him out.
“I shouldn’t have to hear from Gary the way that Chase feels,” Alex complained in an interview. “Any time that I feel there’s a conflict, I tend to just talk to the person about it, and I would expect Chase and our head of department to do the same. But I think I’m just dealing with a lot of small dick energy.” Okay, then. Alex would rather blame his co-workers’ penis size than the fact that he was fish-watching with Mads instead of working. Good call, Alex.
Show me the money
BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT — Pictured: (l-r) Gary King, Alex Propson — (Photo by: Fred Jagueneau/Bravo)
“What a fun charter group that was,” Captain Glenn said when he gathered the crew for the tip meeting. “I thought the service was really good, so I just want to say kudos for that. Ileisha, that Caribbean dinner, they were raving about it. Well done.”
After encouraging everyone to keep their “foot [on the] pedal,” Glenn announced the tip was $20,000 US, breaking down to $1,957 euros each.
Later in the galley, Chase was waiting for Ileisha to finish up so she could go sit in the “cold tub” with him. Chase has a little crush on Cheffie.
“Chase is a sweetheart,” Ileisha interviewed. “He’s good-looking, he’s tall, he’s got a good body, but my boyfriend has all of those things as well. It’s always tough to do long distance, but, no, I’m pretty loyal.” Quickly correctly herself, she added, “‘Pretty?’ I mean, I am loyal.”
Daisy checked in with Gary. “How are you and Colin?”
“I don’t know,” Gary admitted. It seemed that Colin had been avoiding Gary since he found out that he and Daisy had slept together.
“I was thinking of having a chat with you both,” Daisy suggested.
“Oh really?” Gary asked in surprise. “No. We don’t need to do that. No, no, no, no. I think it’ll blow over.”
Since Lucy was feeling sad because she was missing her graduation ceremony, Daisy and the crew set up a party for her, and even had her family on Facetime to join in the celebration. They had a congratulatory sign, balloons and even a cap and gown for the junior stew.
“This is the nicest thing anyone’s ever done for me,” Lucy said. “I have my family there, my 91-year-old granddad and my gran. This is going to be so special to me, my whole life.”
“All right, I’m gonna get pissed [drunk],” she told her family. “Love you!” Time to head out for dinner.
Daisy tries to force a truce
BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT — Pictured: Colin Macrae — (Photo by: Fred Jagueneau/Bravo)
When the cabs arrived, Daisy announced, “Me, Colin and Gary in one cab. Everybody else in another.” Guess she’s going ahead with that chat after all.
When they were secluded inside the cab, boys in the back, Daisy in front, she said, “I thought it might be nice to spend some time together, and I just think we’ve kind of lost a bit of focus as we’re in this together and just want to remind us that we’re…”
“We’re a team,” Gary finished, even though he and Colin were avoiding making eye contact. “How do you feel, Colin?”
“This is a massive stitch-up,” Colin answered.
“I wanted time with my f*cking boys in the f*cking car,” Daisy told them, “and this was my time to do it.”
“I don’t think the crew night out is the right time,” Colin sang.
“I’m done,” Gary said.
In an interview, he added, “This van ride is awkward! Honestly, I don’t like having conflict with anyone, I’m not good with confrontation.”
Gary and Colin finally talk one-on-one
BELOW DECK SAILING YACHT — Season:4 — Pictured: Gary King — (Photo by: Fred Jagueneau/Bravo)
Finally, at dinner, Gary told Colin, “Let’s go for a cigarette, you and I. Colin, you and I need to chat.”
“Oh, here we go,” Colin muttered.
“Okay, Colin, I’m gonna be honest with you,” Gary began. “I’m sorry I lied to you … but it was a catch-22 for me.”
“You’re a pussy,” Colin snapped back. “You should have f*cking just said the truth.”
But he’d made a promise to Daisy to keep it a secret, he reminded Colin.
“You should have said to Daisy,” Colin continued, “Hey, seeing that you and Colin are now hooking up…”
“Hindsight is a beautiful thing,” Gary went on. “I do realize that, and I’m sorry I lied to you in your face.”
“I would never have done that to you,” Colin said. “And that’s why I got hurt by our friendship.”
“I understand that,” Gary admitted. “Do I feel like a puss for lying to you? Yes. Is there anything happening between us? No. That’s the bottom line.”
“He hasn’t really respected mine and Daisy’s relationship,” Colin interviewed, “and it’s unfortunate. But I have to take everything he says with a pinch of salt. And I don’t know what to believe.”
“Listen, I’ve been a dick for the majority of my life,” Gary told Colin. “If I can keep one person’s promise, then let me show them that I can keep a promise. And then I lied to another friend about it … It was a lose-lose situation for me.”
Seeing that Colin and Gary were finally talking to each other, Daisy was relieved. “I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders,” she told production. “I am so relieved Gary and Colin are speaking to each other and … just move forward.”
When they returned to the Parsifal III, Gary and Lucy decided to take off their clothes and jump into the water next to the boat. “Sorry, Mum and Dad,” Lucy told production.
Now that things had been talked out, Colin and Daisy were back in his bunk, making out. Yay! I’m glad they’re still together. I’m stanning this relationship so hard.
Gary pissed off Mads by calling her “pathetic” when she ignored him because she was talking to her family on the phone.
Alex was once again incoherently inebriated. You want to sleep with that, Mads? He can’t even hold his head up, let alone try to have sex with someone. Ugh. So not attractive.
Chase was frustrated because try as he might, Ileisha has him firmly in the friend zone. Dude, she has a boyfriend and she isn’t going to cheat on him with you. You’re not that special. Give it a rest.
At 3:00 am, Daisy woke out of a sound sleep and thought Colin was Gary. “Gary, stop. Why are you in my bed?” she asked him. “It’s f*cked up.”
This did not go over well with Colin. “I’ve never, ever been mistaken for someone else in bed,” he complained. Oh, my God!”
“I’m not gonna lie,” Daisy told Colin. “I kept seeing Gary’s face.” Uh oh. That’s not good. Is she drunk? Is she still asleep?
“It’s a blow to the ego,” Colin interviewed. “I mean, maybe she’s actually thinking about him when we’re fooling around. I don’t know.”
“Bye,” Colin told the chief stew. And with that, Daisy returned to her own bunk in the girls’ cabin.
The next morning, Chase informed Gary that he called Mads “pathetic” the night before. Gary had absolutely no memory of having done that. He admitted to Mads that he didn’t remember anything about it and apologized to her, but she refused to accept his apology.
In the laundry room, Gary asked Daisy, “Did you and Colin hook up last night?” Dude, is that really any of your business? Why would you even ask that?
“We kissed,” Daisy admitted.
“Just a kiss?” Gary confirmed. “Just wondering.” Don’t wonder, Gary. If you want to be friends with Colin, just stay out of their business.
Running into Colin in the crew mess, Daisy told him, “When you have time, can I show you stuff in the guest area, please?”
“I’m not talking to you anymore,” Colin told her.
“Why are you not talking to me?” Daisy asked, shocked. Apparently, she didn’t remember mistaking him for Gary the night before. So she was either drunk or talking in her sleep. Oh, the drama!
Finally, Colin admitted, “I’m pissed off at you.”
“Why? What did I do?” Daisy asked.
“What you said last night in bed,” he told her.
“Oh, yeah,” Daisy remembered. “I thought you were Gary because the two of you were in my head. You’re both f*cking with my head.”
“This is unbelievable that you’re giving me this attitude, after saying something like that in bed with me,” Colin said, as Daisy tried to playfully wrestle with him. “Are you crazy?”
“I’m not thinking about [Gary],” Daisy explained. “I was like, where the f*ck am I? I didn’t know where I was.”
“You’re blaming literally everyone and everything else for what comes out of your mouth,” Colin accused her. “You need to take accountability.” That’s a little harsh, Colin. She was sound asleep and woke up confused about where she was and with whom.
“I want to talk to you about something actually,” Chase told Alex, while they were working on deck. “I want you to know that there’s been two days where, like, I gave feedback about, like, the night thing. The first time it happened, I asked Gary, ‘Can I just talk to Alex on my own?’ … And Gary was like, no, I want to have that conversation.”
Chase was concerned that Gary was making it look like he was trying to be a tattletale and get Alex in trouble. “Going forward,” Chase said, “I’m going to try to include him as little as possible.”
“It might be better if we cut out the middleman,” Alex said.
Alex interviewed, “We don’t need Gary. The only reason there’s tension between me and Chase is because Gary is mucking up the communication chain.” From now on, they would just talk directly to each other and leave Gary out of the loop.
“Colin, I’m sorry,” Daisy told the chief engineer.
“You’ve got to figure some stuff out,” he told her.
“I don’t,” she insisted. “It was all Gary f*cking this.”
“Don’t blame Gary,” Colin told her. “What I want is for you to figure out what you want.”
“I want you,” she told him. “I thought I made that very clear.”
“If you want someone,” Colin continued, “you’re not thinking about other people.”
Daisy explained that she was not thinking about Gary, but thinking about her two friends and the mess she was involved in. “If you want me and I want you,” she told Colin, “that’s the end of it.” And he agreed.
While waiting for the new charter guests to arrive, Glenn gave his crew a quick pep talk about pushing through the rest of the season. “So we’re coming into the home stretch,” he told them. “So let’s stay positive.”
The new guests arrived and everyone was greeted with the customary glass of champagne. When Daisy presented a tray of oysters with gin, jalapeño and lime to the only male guest, he told her, “Oh, my God. I thought I loved you. And now I’m just, like, marrying you.” Cute.
As the guests were settling in with their drinks and marveling at the scenery, the anchor was dropped and the engines turned off. But shortly afterward, Gary noticed that the anchor seemed to be dragging, and they were drifting perilously close to another boat nearby.
As the deck crew readied fenders and the guests wondered if they were going to start their vacation with a crash, the dreaded words appeared on the TV screen:
“TO BE CONTINUED … “
TELL US – DO YOU THINK DAISY AND COLIN WILL WORK OUT THEIR ISSUES? OR DO YOU THINK THEY’LL BREAK UP AND DAISY WILL END UP WITH GARY?
It must be a tough situation for anyone to be the child of a reality star, and that goes for Brielle Biermann too. As the daughter of Kim Zolciak, it’s likely Brielle ended up with certain notions about beauty.
Yes, shows like Real Housewives of Atlanta have an effect on how their stars see the world. It’s not too much of a wonder that Brielle didn’t want Kim back on RHOA. With all the bullying received on and off the show? Please.
And unfortunately, that bullying translates over to Brielle too. She and Kim have been criticized for their plastic surgery and other work they’ve done. While Brielle has expressed regret in the past, it’s, unfortunately, the unfair beauty standards we impose that push her, Kim, and other celebrities to such options.
On her Instagram, Brielle posted a side-by-side with her from a few years ago and her more recently. In her caption, she wrote: “All I’m gonna say is if you start to get lip filler… Go to someone who will tell you no … At that time in my life (on the left) I had too many chefs in the kitchen…
“I went to too many injectors, none of which would tell me no! I would be injected, get used to the new size of my lips, and then think I needed more … I still love some filler but listen to someone who went through it… Do not get overfilled!” Too many cooks will spoil the broth as they say.
Many commenters had a holier-than-thou attitude, writing remarks to the effect of ‘We told you so.’ Others were more sympathetic, reminding everyone that businesses don’t usually turn away paying customers. Others said it was good to learn from experience. Hopefully, Brielle feels good about herself.
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK OF BRIELLE’S POST? SHOULD SHE HAVE KNOWN BETTER IN THE PAST? OR DO YOU SYMPATHIZE WITH HER?
Padma Lakshmi will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the greatest reality TV hosts, perhaps of all time. The Top Chef host has certainly left a mark on the genre, and the industry as a whole. When it comes to cooking shows, she’s a true professional.
That’s why it was so tragic to hear just a couple of weeks ago that Padma would be leaving the show after 17 years and 19 seasons. That meant her appearance on the Season 20 finale would be her last, at least as a main judge.
The good news is, she won’t be leaving empty-handed. On top of the informal recognition Padma’s received, she’s also won formal awards for her time on the show. With everything under her belt, it’ll be great to see her move on to other projects. But how is she feeling about all of it?
Padma’s current thoughts on Top Chef
In an exclusive interview with People, Padma got to share some of her thoughts. “The last challenging thing I did was say goodbye to Top Chef,” she said. “We all grew up on that show,” referencing Top Chef’s cast and crew.
Although, there’s a sweet double-meaning there, as many of us grew up on Top Chef just as well. And with that idea of maturation, Padma further expressed she has “such deep feelings about” her departure from the show. She further stated that “it’s too hard to go into it all.”
To conclude her thoughts, she simply said, “It’s very bittersweet.” Indeed it is. Sweet because we know she’ll do so many more amazing things now, such as the continuation of her Hulu show, Taste the Nation. But bitter because she’s leaving big shoes to fill. Here’s hoping Top Chef can retain all its glory.
TELL US – WHO DO YOU THINK COULD REPLACE PADMA? ARE YOU EXCITED TO SEE HER FUTURE PROJECTS?
