Monday, May 6, 2024

Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard Season 2, Episode 7 Recap: F*ck Your Flamingo

Summer House: Martha's Vineyard Season 2, Episode 7 recap
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Welcome back to the island, my fellow Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard lovers, for Season 2, Episode 7. Last week’s episode saw the arrival of Bria and Amir’s romantic partners, the return of last year’s most hated, Phil Brooks and Mariah Torres, and Summer’s explosive blow-up on Bria and Noelle. This week’s showing, titled Flamingo On The Bluffs, features a much-needed conversation between some of the girls, more misunderstandings between lovers, and a fight that gets nasty. Here’s everything that went down in SHMV Season 2, Episode 7. 

Summer and Noelle will never be the same… 

Summer has caused most of the drama in the Martha’s Vineyard shared house this season. First, she exposed her secret sexual relationship with Alex to the rest of the table by saying that he’s “been inside me.” Then, she got into it with her bestie, Jordan. And the last episode showed her blowing up on Bria after taking her comments the wrong way. “This is why your man doesn’t f*ck with you, you dumb bitch,” Summer told her. 

Episode 7 picked up where we left off. As Noelle was attempting to settle Summer down, Summer shoved her, telling her to get off of her. Being the good friend that she is, Noelle followed her and tried to get to the bottom of the issue. After talking for a little while, Noelle revealed she was going through a lot and that things were reaching a boiling point. 

The next day, Summer discussed her behavior in the “Truth Booth,” saying she felt “regretful” for how she treated the people she loved. She continued, saying the stress has caused her to not deal with the pressing issues.  

Later in the episode, Summer and Noelle finally spoke, and it was an emotional conversation. Although Summer admitted to being in the wrong and said that Bria’s comments caused her to lash out, her actions had nothing to do with Noelle. 

Noelle told Summer that when she drinks, she comes off as a “spicy, mean drunk,” which concerns her. She said that Summer pushing her and making rude comments made her feel “discarded,” but she’s willing to forgive her and move forward. However, Noelle noted things would “never be the same.” 

Bria and Nick aren’t seeing eye-to-eye… 

Summer House: Martha's Vineyard Season 2, Episode 7
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This week’s episode finally centered around Nick and his event. If you know anything about the 37-year-old, you know he’s very Type-A and likes everything to be in order.

For his night, he wanted to give his roommates chores to complete to get the house ready for the evening. Nick planned to talk to his co-stars during a scheduled house meeting, but Bria wasn’t feeling that at all. She told Nick she didn’t need to sit around for a meeting to find out what he wanted her to do. “Just tell me what you need to me to do so that I can do that one job,” she said. 

Nick, clearly thrown off guard, assigned Bria bathroom duty, asking her to clean the mirrors with Windex, ensure fresh hand towels were available, and stock the bathrooms with toilet paper. 

Upstairs, Bria and Shanice complained to each other about Nick’s requests. After consulting with each other, they decided that if Nick wanted tidy bathrooms, he should’ve hired a maid. Whew. Okay, Bria. Maybe Preston was right — you’re kind of giving brat-like behavior. 

Natalie and Amir bump heads over a misunderstanding… 

Now that Natalie is in the house, we’re seeing more of her relationship with Amir. The first few episodes of the season have shown a little bit—specifically, them fighting over petty misunderstandings. And this episode was no different. Except this time, they’re fighting over Natalie’s insecurities about Jordan. 

Since so many people were in their house, Amir mistook another woman for Jordan. When she walked past, he said, “Is that Jordan?” with a hint of curiosity in his voice. From Natalie’s perspective, she took it as him drooling over another woman. For the record — he wasn’t. But, again, Natalie is insecure about and around Jordan, which isn’t Amir or Jordan’s issue to work through. 

Like we’ve seen many times before, Amir asked what was wrong, and Natalie said, “Nothing,” leaving Amir to try to read her mind. Eventually, she said his comment, “Is that Jordan?” rubbed her the wrong way. Girl, get f*cking real, or get out of this house, please. 

Amir was also confused, asking why his comment bothered her. “I was just taken back because it looked like her,” he said. “These girls have like six different wigs.” When does Natalie leave the house again? We miss the old Amir. 

Nick opens up about the challenges he’s going through… 

In case you didn’t know, Nick is an avid runner. He’s competed in marathons across the world, including Tokyo and New York City. 

During his event, he gave a toast and told his guests that he had run a race on the Vineyard earlier in the day and finished in fifth place. As he continued sharing, he became emotional, telling everybody that his placement was significant to him because his fraternity brother, who was number five on their line, had passed away earlier that year.

He shared more about Greek life on HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) campuses, explaining that the culture and relationships they build with their counterparts are so rich it’s something that can’t be duplicated.

Nick fought back tears in his confessional, telling producers that his friend, Biv, had “so much more to give to the world.” 

“And I miss him,” he said. 

Bria loses her cool on Simon in front of her roommates… 

As the party continued, drinks began flowing, and you know what that means … DRAMA. In case you forgot, Bria’s boyfriend, Simon, is in town. If you saw Season 1, you already know Simon LOVES to party. 

During this party, he wanted to have fun in an inflatable flamingo costume. As soon as Bria saw him in it, she lost her cool. “You’re being trash as f*ck,” she told him. “It’s being disrespectful.” 

She continued asking him to put the costume away, and Simon wasn’t interested in listening. “I’m going to break up with you if you don’t f*cking cut the sh*t,” she said. 

Later, Bria grabbed Simon’s flamingo by the neck with such force that it startled Shanice, Alex, and Preston. “I swear to f*cking God, I’m not playing with your dumbass,” Bria said. “Why do you swear to f*cking God?” Simon asked. “Stop that sh*t.” 

“I kindly asked you,” Bria said before Simon cut her off, saying, “I kindly asked you to don’t give a sh*t.” 

Bria went off on poor Simon upstairs. “You’re bugging,” she said. “I’m just having a good time,” he replied. 

In her confessional, Bria told producers that because Nick dedicated the night to his line brother who passed, she wanted to ensure nothing took away from the moment. “I feel like it’s the tipping point of bigger issues that we’re dealing with. Listening and respecting my friends and my feelings and how he puts himself first,” Bria said. 

The episode ended with Bria telling Simon their relationship was over. “Pack your sh*t up and go,” she said. 

TO BE CONTINUED. 

Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard continues on Sundays at 9/8c. 

TELL US – WHAT DID YOU THINK OF SUMMER HOUSE: MARTHA’S VINEYARD SEASON 2, EPISODE 7? DO YOU THINK SUMMER AND NOELLE WILL GET BACK ON TRACK? HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT NATALIE’S ISSUES WITH AMIR AND JORDAN? WILL SIMON AND BRIA LAST? 

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Sunday, May 5, 2024

Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 14 Premiere Recap: The Surprise Party From Hell

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Welcome back, my little Garden State gawkers. It’s time for the Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 14, Episode 1 recap. In this premiere episode, called “Birthday Bombshell,” the ladies are all back, bringing with them their never-resolved feuds. As for these ladies’ currently hard-set alliances, only time will tell if a defector exists within RHONJ Season 14.

The ladies are back

Things start rather kindly, as we first see Melissa, urging Antonia to start packing for college. She’s leaving their facelifted Franklin Lakes estate in three weeks, so they’re stressing. The cameras cut over to Margaret’s house next, where she’s simply fluffing her bedspread with Marlene, her hilarious housekeeper. Danielle and Nate then take over from their living room, where they’re shooting a toy money gun at their daughter.

I call next. But also, moving forward, please note that Jennifer = Jennifer Aydin, and Jen = Jen Fessler. If that’s annoying, picture me as Teresa, saying “Kiss my titties.” 

Speaking of drama, after roughly 0.067 minutes of peace, it starts arriving over at Rachel’s house, where she’s setting up for a family get-together. Once her guests arrive, Rachel explains that she’s working with Jeff to throw his wife Jen a surprise birthday party. Jeff wants to invite all of the ladies because Jen doesn’t like to leave anyone out. Jennifer didn’t respond to Rachel’s invite though, but Teresa did, and she’s all in.

Don’t get too excited though. Rachel’s still not over the investigator drama from Season 13.

Over at the Guidice castle, Teresa’s daughter Gabriella is also packing for college. Several beats later, Luis brings up the topic of Jen’s upcoming surprise party. “Follow my lead,” Teresa tells him, noting that however she behaves in front of her brother and his wife, then that’s how Luis should behave as well. Luis agrees, saying “Perfect, yeah,” but back at the Gorgas, they’ve decided to approach this party with zero f*cks given attitudes.

As for Jen herself, Margaret dropped in for a quick chat, where Jen explained that Teresa had called her on her birthday. In response, Margaret said Tre’s “dead to me.”

Here we go.

When meatballs kill

Thankfully, Dolores still has love for Teresa, so she and Paulie join Tre and Luis for a date night. Naturally, Jen’s upcoming party gets brought up. Teresa reveals that Luis is trying to make amends with the cast, so he texts John to try and have a sit-down before the party. In response, John texted back, saying that they could just talk at the event.

They ordered. But Italian food makes Paulie deathly ill, so he opts for a steak.

As for Teresa’s thoughts about seeing her costars again, she’s not too stressed. She is triggered though on one aspect, divulging that a few of her costars had made a pact to bring her down at the reunion. Paulie nodded in agreement, noting that he’d also overheard some chatter on this little pact as well.

Double-sided dildos and drugs, oh my

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Finally making an appearance, Jennifer’s back from her trip to Italy, so she and Teresa decide to venture over to Jen’s party together. In the car, Jennifer brings up a blind item about John. This blind detailed John’s love for double-sided dildos. It also rehashed his past narcotics-related arrest.

The camera then cuts to John, like only a well-oiled Bravo machine can. He’s laughing about these claims with the other men. In turn, they raise their glasses, cheersing to dildos.

Sames.

And finally, the Paterson-adjacent party goes down

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Finally. Jen’s long-awaited, much-discussed surprise party is here. Every single cast member is now in the same room. Insert the chaos in 3, 2, …

Once Jennifer and Teresa arrive, they immediately head over to the men, saying ‘sup to all but Joe. After this, they venture on over to the ladies. Margaret hugs Jennifer, but then she walks all the way away, not wanting to be near Teresa.

On a positive note, she walked over to Jackie with Melissa. They congratulated Jackie on her memoir, The Weight of Beautiful. In the same nod to peace, Jen arrives, and she’s thrilled.

Then, everything goes to hell. Paulie tells John that he should’ve taken Luis up on his chat request, but John disagrees. He goes in on Paulie, telling him that he’s on the wrong side. Naturally, Joe chimes in, and things spiral downwards.

Over in ring 2, Teresa’s taking on Rachel, saying “Your husband went for my husband, trying to ruin his reputation.” Rachel agreed that the husbands should talk, but as Teresa explains “Gentlemen, they meet privately,” Rachel asks “What do you know about gentlemen?” After a long, wide-eyed pause, Teresa claps back that her husband’s a gentleman. Rachel disagrees.

Deciding to leave the party, Teresa says hi to John super sweetly. “Hi, double-sided dildo,” she says. Holding out her arms towards John, Rachel also jokes “Here comes the biggest drug dealer in Bergen County.” Teresa and John then fight, and zero winners were found.

Minus Jen. She takes the mic, stating “I’m having the best time. Regardless of the bloodshed.”

Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 14 continues every Sunday on Bravo at 8/7c.

TELL US – WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE RHONJ SEASON 14 PREMIERE? WHO’S IN THE WRONG? CAN THIS CAST MOVE FORWARD?

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International Real Housewives Stars Who Give the Best Drama

Gina Liano
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Next time you feel like a quick vacation, there isn’t a need to book a flight. Just pop on one of the international Real Housewives franchises. Some of these woman are giving their American counterparts a run for their money. It seems like every country is capable of having its own Bravo series because drama is everywhere. Clearly, these women do not need advice and can handle themselves. 

Gina Liano – The Real Housewives of Melbourne

Gina Liano is a well-known barrister in Melbourne, Australia, but at times, you wouldn’t know it because she just loved to insert herself into the drama. She was known for her crispy tan, big hair, and layers of makeup. But Gina never entered a fight with her co-stars that she couldn’t win. Gina was perhaps best known for her roasts of the other women, including Lydia Schiavello, when she noted, “She’s basically got a prostitute’s mentality.” Gina would say the most amazing thing but then deny it as if her life depended on it. The Season 1 reunion showed her doubling down as she stated, “I didn’t say that. I don’t use that word. I don’t talk like that.”

Kate Adams – The Real Housewives of Sydney

So I really liked Kate Adams when she appeared on the Real Housewives of Sydney reboot. She was young, blonde, and a proud vet. She had everything going for her. However, she was just a bit dramatic at times. Kate knew what she was talking about most of the time, so when the other women tried to one-up her, they wouldn’t get away with it. 

Kate couldn’t figure out a way to get along with Victoria Montano. Victoria wore fur while on Kate’s planned nature retreat, which included a tour of an animal sanctuary. While in the Sprinter van, where all major drama occurs, Kate berated her friend and told her to remove the garment. Victoria obliged but never heard the end of it. After the interaction, I feel Victoria was genuine in her apology and trying to make it right, but Kate just wanted to keep on this merry-go-round for her bombshell “moments.” It was a lot, especially for a well-known professional. 

Mary Zilba – The Real Housewives of Vancouver

Out of the entire cast of the Real Housewives of Vancouver, Mary Zilba was the sweetest. However, a lot of drama surrounded her because she was picked on by some of the other women. Many viewers at the time thought Mary was a victim of bullying, but others wondered if she just enjoyed living in the drama. Mary often put herself in situations where the women could easily pick on her, especially Jody Claman. It didn’t help Mary’s likeability that she whined 24/7 and used to try to promote her questionable song, “Hero.” 

 Iyabo Ojo – The Real Housewives of Lagos

The Real Housewives of Lagos had everything. Between the high fashion and major fights, it was hard to pick just one of the cast members, but Iyabo Ojo was a pretty dynamic one. Season 2 ended with the ladies trying to restrain Iyabo as she tried to get her hands on Laura Ikeji. Iyabo had been doing shady things all season, like convincing the other women to switch pools to isolate one of the ladies. If you haven’t watched the series, take a look. Along with the constant bickering you also will get to see how the other half live in Nigeria. 

Dawn Ward – The Real Housewives of Cheshire

I loved Dawn Ward on the Real Housewives of Cheshire. She was an OG who was the wife of a famed footballer (that’s how they say it in England) who didn’t take anyone’s crap. Dawn seemed to be the glue of the group and had a close friendship with Leanne Brown. The two were as thick as thieves, but somewhere along the way, they lost their sister-like connection. 

The fights between these two got so bad after their demise that during a reunion, security had to step in and hold them back from one another after Dawn called Leanne “phony.” The great thing about Dawn was she always had strong opinions of how the other women should be living their lives. But what the mother of four didn’t understand was that her advice wasn’t welcomed or warranted. 

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Everything To Know about Sister Wives Alum Meri Brown’s Passion Project

Meri Brown
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For the last ten years, Meri Brown has allowed cameras into her life via Sister Wives, but she hasn’t always been given a warm reception. Meri often came off as cold and a bit selfish when compared to the other three wives. As the first wife of Kody Brown, she presumed she would be held on some Mormon pedestal. But that is not how her life turned out. Instead, she was treated as the evil stepmother and discarded by the polygamous patriarch shortly after she divorced him for him to adopt Robyn Brown’s children. Meri was left in the shadows for multiple seasons to live off love crumbs. But now she is making her comeback in an unusual way. 

Meri’s passion project

Honestly, Meri has been talking a lot of sh*t for what feels like years. The mother of one has teased followers on her social media multiple times regarding a possible Sister Wives tell-all book, a spa getaway that she couldn’t sell tickets to, and her Lu La Roe business. But it seems Meri has finally nailed down a project she has aptly named Worthy Up. Meri made her big announcement in grand fashion sharing a teaser post, writing that “Worthy Up has been in the works for a while, and it’s so fun to see it finally come to fruition!”

The Sister Wives star went on to share, “I’ve spent the better part of the past decade taking a good look at myself and figuring out who I am, what I want, and where I’m going. I had to Worthy Up. This community is a place where I will share my personal experiences of growth and hope to support you in your journey, too.” Meri’s new company is focused on being a community based on “transformation and self-discovery” and “a safe space for individuals to grow, connect, and inspire one another.” Hopefully, Meri will at least try to weed out the catfish before accepting just anyone. 

Meri is a guru

Meri often uses the phrase “Worth Up” in many of her posts. Sister Wives fans always assumed it was her mantra for having to digest how she allowed herself to be treated all these years by Kody. It wasn’t until she launched the company that the reality star attributed the saying to an action. In one Instagram post about her breakup, Meri wrote, “If you don’t want to make waves, keep on being mediocre. Do the thing that everyone else is doing. Seek everyone else’s opinion and validation. Do what everyone else thinks you should do.”

Alongside a selfie, Meri wrote in December 2022. “Or … Do your thing. Do your thing in your own time and on your own terms. Let them judge you, let them talk about you. Let them create their own ‘stories’ about you.” The statement felt ironic because for so long, Meri didn’t do her own thing and tried to win Kody back. She would play the role of a third wheel as she tried to win back Kody’s affection. 

Fans are skeptical 

Before Meri’s new homepage was updated, it showed how Worthy Up would work. There is a limited lifetime membership that starts at $99 and includes access to two videos a month, access to one Q&A a month, and a first chance at upgraded items like add-ons and a coffee mug. The price seems to go up to $149 after the introductory price is finished. In the About Me blurb, Meri seems to think she is a guru. The TLC star wrote that the program will immerse participants in “Meri’s insights and wisdom as she becomes your mentor on the journey to discovering your inner strength.”  

But fans, myself included, were not exactly buying what she was trying to sell. I am curious about her qualifications, to be exact. One fan wrote via her Instagram post, “Bless it. She should’ve written a book. This is so scammy.” While another wrote, “This feels very Mormon coded ?” I personally thought Meri was about to soft launch a mean dis track to Kody, complete with a music video. But I was sorely disappointed. 

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