Famously Single Recap: Meet The Egos!

OK, so tonight we got a look at E!’s new show, Famously Single, which throws eight famous(ish) celebs who are, wait for it…..single! They get guidance and counseling by Dr. Darcy Sterling, who talks about celebrity dating like it’s a plight that needs more attention and resources drawn to it. I kept waiting for a “Save the Celebrity Dating World” 800 number to flash on the bottom on the screen so I could donate one dollar a day to help save these regal creatures.

The celebrities arrive to their new loft to meet Dr. Darcy, who does intake with a clip board and I’m guessing a simple check mark when each person arrives. Brandi Glanville, former cast member of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is first to arrive. She is a self-admitted relationship sabotager because she is a psycho doesn’t trust men. Jessica White, a supermodel, has an issue with commitment and can’t stay with a partner for longer than two years. Singer and former Making the Band cast member, Aubrey O’Day, doesn’t know how to pick a good man. Somaya Reece, known from her time on Love & Hip Hop, thinks it’s hard to date in general when you’re a celebrity because of time constraints. Jersey Shore alum, Pauly D, is looking for one girl to “share the stuff with” and she hasn’t come along yet. Josh Murray “won” The Bachelorette and is really picky. Retired NFL player, Willis McGahee, likes to cheat in relationships. Finally, UK television personality, model and one-time Lindsay Lohan flame, Calum Best, arrives and would like to shed his playboy image (that he is assuming we would even be aware of).

The first way for Dr. Darcy to get to know the cast is to have them sit at a banquet style table and speed date with one another. Brandi already knows Calum from her modeling days and because he banged all of her friends. Calum can’t remember yesterday so the conversation stalls. Jessica tells Josh that French girls only do group dates and Josh feigns interest while everyone wonders what that has to do with anything. Is she French? Aubrey gets rotated to Willis and he reveals that he has eight kids with seven different mothers. Given her track record with picking men, you would think she would be intrigued but it doesn’t sound like it.

Once finished, they all go back to their rooms and get ready for a big night out while Dr. Darcy starts with her one on one assessments of each celebrity. Pauly D is first and admits that he hasn’t been in a real relationship since high school and doesn’t think he’s ever been in love. Pauly wants to be clear, though– he doesn’t have a problem finding a girl, he just can’t find the right one who doesn’t want him for his fame. Dr. Darcy puffs him up by telling him how ripe, ready and special he is and Pauly is relieved because he feels like she “gets him”. Not sure what is so hard to get but whatever, I guess some mysteries are better left unsolved.  

As the cast settles in with food and drinks, Brandi jumps right into busting balls and annoying the other women. Somaya thinks Brandi is basic and Aubrey admits that she met her last month and it was the most painful forty-five minutes of her life. It doesn’t take long for Willis to try and drunkenly hit on Jessica, who is not even close to interested.

Everyone heads out to a club, which is obviously the best place to go when you’re on a dating show about fixing your love life and ten drinks in with people you just met a few hours ago. Somaya busts out her best fur from the Video Vixen Collection and Pauly D has worn his best cammo. Willis is busy trying to get a woman into the bathroom to fool around with and Aubrey spies a man that makes interesting conversation with the group. They get to know each other by talking about how many times he’s been in love (three or four) but Aubrey quickly bails, reasoning that guys only approach her based on the fact that they know her, or because she’s hot. Josh encounters the same issue when chatting with a pretty blonde, who he thinks knows too much about him and he walks off as well.

A perfectly normal mechanical engineer in a pink shirt is talking to Brandi but Pauly D, fashion plate that he is, ruins the moment by obnoxiously making fun of his shoes. Brandi, who leaves no dick unturned, doesn’t appreciate all this and Somaya gets in on the action by telling the poor kid to get the eff away from their VIP table. But only after saying “no disrespect”, which in her mind, makes it perfectly acceptable. Brandi feels bad that her new cast mates went off on the guy and confronts Somaya outside, who defends her actions by describing herself as VERY REAL. Somaya starts to get loud and even takes off that awful coat, like she is going to do something. Brandi is no stranger to drama and looks like she is actually starting to enjoy this, asks if she should take her earrings off. Hands are flying and luckily, Josh is there to make sure the hair extensions don’t go flying too.

They all head aback to the loft and Brandi attempts to squash it with Somaya, who instructs her not to walk into her bedroom. Well, OK, Queen of Sheba! Brandi stays extra calm, cool and collected while Somaya yells and makes a big show of arguing. Brandi has saved her most calculated dig for last by saying she knows Somaya thinks she’s famous but she doesn’t even know who she is. I would imagine that’s the highest level of insult to a D list celebrity who thinks she has way more notoriety than she does.  

The next day, the group meets with Dr. Darcy and Brandi, dressed up as a depression era newsboy, tells Dr. Darcy what happened with Somaya. Dr. Darcy (who is giving me some serious Katie Maloney from Vanderpump Rules vibes) is trying hard to turn the drunken night out at the club into a learning lesson and everyone whines about how hard it is to meet people who are interested in them for the right reasons. We go around in a circle and everyone shares what their last relationship issue is, with nothing really ground breaking or exciting to report. Dr. Darcy joins into feeding the delusion of the show and declares, “This is the hardest work in the world.” If this is the hardest work in the world, then sign me the hell up.

It’s surprise time! Dr. Darcy informs them that they were already part of a social experiment and last night, they met their new dating coaches, who are here now but we don’t get to see until next episode. What a cliffhanger, huh?

Author: Karen A.

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Big Brother 2016 Schedule: Longest Season Ever!

In addition to the Big Brother 18 cast reveal on Tuesday, CBS also announced that the 2016 season would be the longest ever! That’s right, fans will have more time than ever to stalk their favorite Houseguests on the Big Brother Live Feeds, write scathing comments about them on Twitter, and come up with a dozen wild conspiracy theories about how CBS is rigging the whole competition. Awesome!

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Big Brother 18 will run for a whopping 99 days this summer, which will be the record number of days for any season of the show so far. If the show keeps creeping in extra days every year, by 2020 we’ll probably just be watching Big Brother all year, right? Okay, let’s not go that far. We might be rabid fans over here, but that’s more backstabbing, bitching, and ugly crying drama than anyone can handle.

The new Big Brother 2016 schedule kicks off on Wednesday, June 22nd from 8PM to 10PM ET/PT. Yep, that’s a two hour premiere day, so get that popcorn ready, because CBS says the “season’s new twists will be announced” during the Wednesday and Thursday night premiere shows. Probably involving those four or more returning veterans all the rumors are flying around about.

After the two night premiere, the Big Brother 18 schedule will fall into it’s regular pattern of airing on Sundays at 8PM ET/PT, Wednesdays at 8PM ET/PT, and Thursdays 9PM ET/PT. With the Houseguests being caged up for 99 days this year, that means the Big Brother 18 finale should air sometime around September 22nd. Although we are not mathematicians, so don’t quote us on that. CBS has not yet announced the ‘official’ end date for the season.

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Daily Update: Day 8 - Wednesday 15th June 10pm Highlights Recap - Big Brother 17 [bb 2016]

Daily Update: Day 8

Shown: Tonight, Wednesday 15th June 10pm on Channel 5

On tonight’s show: Its Chelsea’s first night in The Other house and Jayne’s struggling with his arrival

On tonight’s Big Brother’s Bit On The Side with Rylan Clark-Neal at 11.05pm on Channel 5, guests include Frankie Cocozza, Luisa Zissman, James Jordan Ann Easter and Luke Kempner

Key highlights and quotes from tonight’s show:

• The haunted shopping task continues

• Whilst the housemates are still in bed, The Others sneak into the house to cause mayhem

• In the bedroom, Marco reiterates to Lateysha that he was given a hall pass

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Below Deck Mediterranean Recap: Who’s Got Game

I’ve been waiting patiently for Chef Ben Robinson to lose his facade of cool, and it looks like this is the week he most decidedly will. On last night’s Below Deck Mediterranean, Chief Stew Hannah Ferrier can’t differentiate between and entree and an appetizer (both of which are the same in her European view, as the terms are interchangeable), and Ben decides to stop keeping his enemies close, opting to tattle on Hannah’s poor job performance to Captain Mark Howard instead. Captain Mark, and Captain Mark’s eyebrows, are not pleased. 

We pick up from last week in the galley, where Hannah is trying to cover her arse by claiming to be confused about the 2-course menu she and Ben had plainly agreed on earlier. The guests are starving, so there will be emergency kebabs! But Ben is not pleased about the botched service that makes him look unprepared. “Stop using that word!” Ben demands when Hannah refers to one of the courses as an entree. Sure, they may be in Europe. But the guests are American, the crew is largely American, and the show we’re all being subjected to is obviously American. Hannah thinks Ben should give her a “goddamn menu!” if he wants his dishes clearly communicated. “Don’t mess with me!” he warns when Hannah goes off about #MenuGate. “I’m shakin’ in my f*kin boots, mate,” she snarks back. 

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The fact that Hannah knew there was an issue with dinner, but didn’t tell Ben (when he asked her) earlier is really what bothers Ben. Which makes total sense. When it comes to Hannah, she seems more concerned with hiding her mistakes than learning from them. Ben is fighting mad about Hannah’s incompetence (as he sees it), and decides to throw on his formal uniform, complete with epaulets – which Hannah cannot believe – and take Captain Mark aside to throw her squarely under the bus. 

Ben tells the dinner tale, noting that Hannah agreed on AND set the table for two courses, then denied such knowledge afterward. He drones on and on about the confusion Hannah claims to have had, which ultimately resulted in Ben punting at the finish line to please the guests. Captain Mark face reads thusly:

 

He is not sure why Ben is crabbing to him about menus and courses and the meaning of the word entree. Is the boat sinking? No? Then take off that monkey suit and get the F outta here, Chef! I must confess, I’m totally #TeamBen when it comes to who’s right in this situation, but taking the issue to the Captain – monkey suit and all – seems like a punk move. Hannah agrees, but is slightly terrified of this move’s repercussions nevertheless, confessing to Julia D’Albert Pusey that she might get kicked off the yacht for this. 

The next day, the Ionian Princess docks to prepare for the guests departing. Hannah and Ben stand next to each other like middle schoolers at a winter formal who’ve been forced by their parents to attend. The primary loved the charter though, complimenting Ben and Hannah separately for their efforts. The tip is handed over for the TEAM, which the Chief Stew and Chef need to remember they’re on. 

Tip meeting! Captain Mark admits it was “painful” to listen to Ben’s whining about the fallout from last night’s dinner miscommunication, and reveals that the tip’s not as high as usual this time: 13,500 Euros. So, are we to believe these two things are linked? Seems convenient. I say it’s because Danny Zureikat wasn’t able to put his smooth moves on the guests this time! He’s the tip machine in his own mind, after all! #DannyUnchained

The crew gets a day at the beach for their efforts, and Hannah gets to not be fired. Bobby Giancola also gets some more time to mack on his crush-cutie, Julia. So all is well! 

At the beach, Hannah smears suntan lotion on Bobby, but he’s only got eyes for Julia. As he lays beside Julia on lounge chairs, he finally straight up confesses to having a huge crush on her. She abruptly walks away to avoid going deeper, then calls her boyfriend Matt to save face. But will it be enough to stop the Bobby Train?

In another awkward conversation nearby, an already drunk Bryan Kattenburg is trying to win the trophy for Most Hideous D-Bag In The Galaxy, this time by “schooling” Ben about American History…according to Trump’s twitter feed. Between Bryan spouting off about Paul Revere and D-Day (which I think HE thinks are linked somehow), Ben is probably wishing he’s stayed on #TeamEurope with Hannah at this point. Jen Riservato looks on at Bryan’s asinine antics with her typical sneer contemplating whether she can slip some Visene into his beer while he’s not looking. 

It’s time for Ben’s standard apology. He says he’s sorry to Hannah about the dinner fiasco and takes as much blame for it as her. She complains that she felt attacked though, which ruffles Ben’e feathers. They go through another round of when to use and not use the word entree, which is NEVER according to Ben. Hannah doesn’t want Ben to run to the Captain every time there’s an issue, which he blames on being exhausted and annoyed. Ultimately, they agree to move on, hugging it out in the end. Hannah says Ben is the adorable puppy who chews on Louboutins, but is still lovable. True.

Back on board, the Bobby/Julia antics continue as Bobby follows Julia into her bunk to show her his…man-gina. This is a feat which Bobby accomplishes by stuffing his man parts between his legs, then dropping trow. This passes for flirting in Bobby’s world. Jen, Danny, and Julia are all in attendance for the spectacle, with Jen noting that a man-gina is probably the closest she’ll ever get to seeing a penis. But possibly more horrifying for her?

  

Busting a gut, Julia laughs off Bobby’s ultra-goofiness, but remains wary about his pursuit of her. All of her flirting back is now coming to haunt her. Danny is just glad he’s not the most inappropriate person in the room for once!

Up on the sun deck, the crew gathers for more drinking. Tiffany Copeland may have escaped sitting on Bryan’s thumb <dry heave> but she can’t escape him being a tool AT ALL TIMES on this boat. She, and everyone else, especially do not like drunk Bryan. 

Taking Bobby aside for a little chat, Julia tries to tell him that she’s not interested in his advances. Period. He calls her out on flirting with him too, to which Julia takes umbrage. Fine! If Bobby thinks goosing him, letting him lay on top of her, and giggling with him in the laundry are flirting, then that’s not Julia’s fault! Harrumph. Protestations of flirting aside, Julia tries to plea to Bobby’s sympathies by crying that she just doesn’t want to mess things up with her boyfriend. Bobby agrees to lay off the flirting, but admits he still likes her. And he’s jealous as hell of that faceless boyfriend back home. (Maybe don’t put your man-gina on blast next time you want to keep a girl interested, Bobby? Just a friendly tip!)

Outside, Bryan and Danny are congratulating themselves on “saving” the interior and deck crews at all times. Because, like Charlie Sheen, they are #Winning and #Delusional. Bryan tries to give Danny some advice: do not take’s Ben’s side against Hannah, or anyone. Danny’s on thin ice, so he needs to skate lightly. Danny doesn’t want to hear any of this, of course, because everything Danny has to say is of the utmost importance. And he shall say it, goddamnit! He shall write verses of it on napkins and read it under the Grecian stars! Bryan shouts at Danny that he needs to be a “soldier!” But Danny is more of a mascot. While Bryan, according to Jen, is a misogynist pig and a sh*tty boss. Yup. 

The next morning, Julia confesses to Hannah that she had “the talk” with Bobby last night. Meanwhile, Bobby is doing the same with Bryan. They’re both resigned to leaving each other alone from here on out, but we’ll see how long that lasts. Captain Mark also briefs Bryan, Hannah, and Ben on their next charter guests, who are basically a bunch of single dudes looking for a fun time. (Beyond that, I lost the details because a storm of epic proportions is raging outside my window right now and my DirecTV is cutting out! Noooooooo!)

The guests arrive, looking like Bachelor In Paradise contestants who were stranded on that island for 30 extra years. Tiffany is disappointed. And Hannah’s got a migraine. So it may be Julia who has to break these guys in! But hold on – no need for Julia to entertain these men while Danny is on board. He promises the guests to find them some girls and practically get fired doing so. Danny also thinks he’s a lot like Julia – fun and flirty, but always misunderstood. Bobby’s like, um: No. You are creepy, not flirty. 

As the guests dig in to their first meal, they tell Captain Mark they’d like Bryan, Danny, and Bobby to accompany them on their first outing on land. They promise the crew will not have alcohol. Lots of luck with that, random single dudes! Bryan is bitterly diappointed he can’t brah-out when Captain Mark tells him that only Danny and Bobby will be going, Bryan is the bosun, so he needs to man the deck while the deck hands entertain the guests. Bryan is happy to hear his sidekicks will, at least, be forced to stay sober while on land. 

As the ship of fools hits shore, Danny immediately starts recruiting the babes. Bobby lets the Danny Show roll on, despite his mounting annoyance. The guests pile on, accusing Bobby of being no help in the ladies department here. While Danny is passing out booze (that he didn’t pay for) and dancing like a wind-up toy to attract attention, Bobby is just standing around shirtless trying to will himself invisible.

Next week, it looks like Danny’s in the hot seat again when he inserts himself into the rising tension between Hannah and Ben. Short of his mouth being duct-taped shut, will Danny ever be able to stay out of other peoples’ drama? 

TELL US: SHOULD BEN HAVE RATTED OUT HANNAH TO THE CAPTAIN? IS JULIA BEING A HYPOCRITE ABOUT BOBBY FLIRTING? WILL DANNY BE THE SOURCE OF HIS OWN UNDOING?

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Dorinda Medley Is Offended By Bethenny Frankel & Carole Radziwill’s Critiques Of Her Home

I have no idea why anyone would ever come for Dorinda Medley after attending on her events. She really is the hostess with the mostest. It really killed me to see the ladies ruin her holiday party throughout multiple episodes of  Real Housewives of New York . Dorinda did what she could to have a fun party and look after her guests. I mean come on, she made lasagna, invited Santa Claus, and got the girls customized wine glasses as gifts. She could not have done a better job!

That’s why I’m vicariously offended by the fact that both Bethenny Frankel and Carole Radziwill decided to make fun of Dorinda’s home and use the house itself as a justification for their behavior there. Not to mention that it literally makes no sense to accuse someone’s home of instigating an argument. Well, Dorinda didn’t take too kindly to the remarks and she let her anger in a pretty public forum.

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To say that Dorinda was offended by Bethenny and Carole talking about the Berkshires house would be a major understatement. Dorinda took to her Bravo blog to air out her feelings.

Dorinda wrote, “I had a bit of a problem, to say the least, with what Carole said about the house, and what Bethenny suggested was the problem that weekend.” And once again I have to say that a location cannot be blamed someone’s poor behavior. It makes no sense at all. I’ve heard of people deflecting blame on other people, but it’s super weird for someone to cite a house for the issues within her social circle.

Dorinda continued, “The way they both acted had nothing to do with my home. They could have been anywhere and acted the same way. ” Exactly! These women were going to get into no matter where the show was filming that weekend. It’s beyond ridiculous to say anything otherwise.

Dorinda was not having it with her house being used an excuse for Bethenny unleashing her wrath on Luann de Lesseps: “To be honest, I don’t think they had any intention of treating my house with respect. And don’t believe the excuse that my house brings out something negative in Bethenny.”

I can’t even believe that this is an issue that has been belabored as much as it has, but Dorinda felt the need to state, “Whatever happened during those two visits was because of what was said and the actions of a few, not because of a home’s vibe or energy. ” Well, obviously.

Nevertheless, I can understand why Dorinda would be upset by Carole bringing up her late husband: “As for Carole’s unfounded accusation that my house is filled with the Ghost of Richard…wow, I was shocked she said that. If nothing else, it is so so so hurtful. I have a beautiful picture of us on our wedding day in his office which sits proudly on his old writing desk. The rest of his belongings are in an attic that no one has ever gone into. I am saving some things that I have chosen to save for personal reasons that I have no desire or need to justify.” Carole is a widow herself so it’s pretty shocking that she wasn’t more sensitive with her words when it came to this topic. It really made no sense for her to say this and it clearly hurt Dorinda a lot. 

Honestly I feel a little bit dumb writing a defensive piece about the intentions of someone’s home, but I can see why Dorinda would be peeved (to a certain extent). I just think it was an absurd thing for Bethenny and Carole to bring up in the first place. It really did not make much sense. Dorinda concluded her blog with this zinger: “Whatever they feel about the ‘juju’ that brings out those inner demons has nothing to do with someone’s home. It’s all about the demons they simply can’t control.” These women have been on this show for a while. I figured they would have been able to come up with more creative excuse for their behavior at this point, but I guess not.

TELL US- WHAT DO YOU THINK OF CAROLE AND BETHENNY USING DORINDA’S HOUSE AN EXCUSE FOR THE CONFLICTS IN THE BERKSHIRES?

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Heather Dubrow Says Producers Weren’t Accurate During “Real Housewives Of Orange County Uncensored!”

Heather Dubrow isn’t too thrilled with some of the ‘revelations’ shared by producers on last night’s behind the scenes episode of Real Housewives Of Orange County season 8 – namely that she tried to get Alexis Bellino fired. 

Season 8 was Heather’s second season on the show and one comment production made was that Heather was basically forced into it by her husband Terry Dubrow, and was eager and anxious to get Alexis replaced with one of her friends. On her podcast Heather Dubrow’s World, she insists none of that is true.

“Some of the producers have some revisionist history going on!” scoffs Heather. Heather insists she never conspired to have Alexis replaced by a friend or chased them down with a casting suggestion after Alexis fled the CUT Fitness party. “That never happened,” Heather swears. “I had no one!”

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In fact, Heather already had a friend cast that season who bailed last minute – it’s a familiar last name, though! The original plan was for Alexis to be ‘replaced’ by Jim Edmonds‘ ex-wife!

“The person that had the contract as the new wife was Allison Edmonds,” Heather explains. “Allison turned down the contract. Obviously she and Jimmy were not going through a good time and they ultimately ended up getting divorced, and it wasn’t right for her.”

“But we were already filming when she [Allison] said no – and then they brought Alexis back. Our understanding is that’s why they brought Alexis back – that’s what we all knew,” confirms Heather. 

Heather also says Lydia McLaughlin wasn’t hired as “Alexis‘ friend,” because Heather also knew her, and had filmed a scene with Lydia prior to the CUT Fitness party. “We all knew that they knew each other,” Heather clarifies. “And no one was up in arms about that. I remember a lot of people were up in arms that Alexis was coming back.” Heather also confirms that Tamra knew Alexis would be attending the CUT Fitness dinner because it was an “all-cast” event.  

Sharing the real story of how she was actually cast –  Heather verifies, that yes, Terry did sign the contract for her! 

Heather’s Journey To Housewives actually began when she auditioned for one of the very early seasons after producers approached reality veteran Terry. At that time Heather had three kids, and was desperate to do anything to get back on TV, but had never seen RHOC. “I did the audition and they strung me along – it was the year they hired Alexis! – to the end, and then, when I heard back, they said I was ‘too New York'”

Initially Terry was relieved Heather wasn’t cast because he decided RHOC was too trashy – and Heather was pissed Terry even had her audition! “But then the Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills comes out, and of course Adrienne and Paul Nassif are on the show and we knew them for many, many years, so I started watching it. And then I knew the format.” 

By season 7, Heather was ready to jump on board the reality train and was in LA pitching a show about opening a restaurant with some friends. One of the production companies they met with was Evolution, who produces RHOC as well. Afterwards a producer called Terry to see if Heather would be interested in being a Housewife. She was not. Despite Terry badgering, she refused until he signed the contract. “That’s 100% true,” Heather confirms. “He wanted it so bad – I was so reluctant.” 

The fight between Terry and Heather in season 8 was actually the result of Terry constantly pushing Heather’s buttons to create drama. “I was so horrified to be on the show, and he was sooo mean about it and he kept pushing my buttons!” she complains. “He fights dirtier than I do! I never cross the line. He says things for shock value.” 

Heather was also irritated by the comment by the producer who said Heather runs the marriage, which she denies by pointing out that they live in OC because of Terry, are on TV because of Terry, and building their house because of Terry…  “I love every second of it, but he enjoys playing the role of the down-trodden husband with the pushy wife,” she laughs. “People who really knew us are like ‘puh-leaze’ That’s why I get so irritated on camera when I’m thrust into this role.” 

Also Heather had to revisit the Malibu Country debacle that happened in season 8, and was mercifully skipped in the behind the scenes. According to Heather it’s apparently Andy Cohen‘s favorite feud from season 8. 

Heather clarifies once and for all that Gretchen and Alexis were offered an opportunity to do a walk-on role ‘as Real Housewives’ (aka playing themselves, not acting), because the producers of Malibu Country didn’t know Heather was actually on RHOC when they “wrote” her a role. “Gretchen didn’t know this happened… ” tried to prove what a great friend she was to Tamra by turning down the role to attend to her wedding dress shopping. 

So there you go some behind-the-scenes, behind-the-scenes!

TELL US – DO YOU THINK HEATHER TRIED TO GET ALEXIS FIRED AND REPLACED WITH HER FRIEND, OR WAS PRODUCTION LYING?

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Victim Vignettes: All Described as Kind, Loving, Full of Joy

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Bedtime Tea – June 14th

 

Celebrities get dumber by the day – Dlisted

Amber Heard tries to un-messy things – Celebitchy

Can you smell the PR stunt 10 miles away? – Starcasm

Someone let Lindsay hang out with jewelry? – IDLYITW

Will a new girlfriend save him from a breakdown? – Celeb Dirty Laundry

The women of Earth are relieved – Dlisted

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Mike Shouhed’s Supposed Mistress Blasts Him & Jessica Parido In An Explosive Statement

This current Shahs of Sunset season is explosive. And I am weirdly invested in the demise of Mike Shouhed and Jessica Parido’s marriage. I just want to know everything that went down in this “he said, she said” battle. The infidelity accusations have been popping off. I have no idea who to believe about anything and I just want to figure out how I feel.

And if I’m this anxious about the marriage of complete strangers, I cannot imagine how these two feel. Well, shit is about to even crazier because Mike’s supposed mistress Emerald Wilson-Bey (who wrote the book My Nights with the Shah) has already come out swinging against both Mike and Jessica in a very damning statement.

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Emerald released the following statement: “First of all Jessica Parido is not being honest, she knew about me before they got married. She even must’ve been surprised that he was all of a sudden ready to get married, Pronto !! In the order documented in my book !! After not wanting to get married at all !! So she kind of set herself up for what has played out in her marriage. But nonetheless, Mike is still not the victim that he has been portraying himself out to be. He was so dishonest to us both. And his inability to come clean on any of it is repulsive!!”

While I was reading the statement, I was trying so hard not to correct the grammar in my head. Once I was able to get past that I cannot help wondering what Mike and Jessica are thinking.  I want to know how much Jessica knew about her clearly shady ex husband, especially considering one of her co-stars previously accused her of knowing all along and marrying him anyway. And ugh, I still can’t decide whose side I am in this bitter breakup. But as of now, I guess no one?

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Brandi Glanville Talks About Her Connection With Calum Best & Smoking With Snoop Dogg

Famously Single hasn’t even premiered yet (a few hours to go) and I can already tell that there’s a ton of chemistry between Brandi Glanville and Calum Best based on Brandi’s latest Watch What Happens Live appearance– where it was blatantly obvious that there was something going on with the two of them.

And now both of them are doing press for the show, so of course Brandi was hinting at a possible hookup relationship with Calum. Personally, I’m just hoping that this dude is the one since Brandi previously said that she would only go back to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills if she had a partner– but, I’ve digressed. My point is that Brandi has had a lot to say about Calum these days.

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In an interview with Female First, Brandi answered a lot of questions about her possible new boyfriend. And apparently she wasn’t feeling him at first because she said, “Calum is very handsome and charming, but right off the bat he seemed the opposite of my type. I’ve never been attracted to a blonde guy and I’ve never really been into tattoos, Josh [Murray] was more my type looks-wise, I figured I’d end up with a crush on him.”

But now the two are super connected since Brandi said, “we could literally have conversations with just our eyes.” I don’t even know what to make of that one. Brandi also explained that she was very comfortable getting to know him on camera and even managed to sneak in a shameless plug for her career as an author: “I’ve been on reality TV now for about six years and I honestly forget the cameras are there most of the time. I put every detail of my life, the good the bad and the ugly, in both my New York Times bestselling books, Drinking and Tweeting and Drinking and Dating, following up with a third very soon here.” I wonder what this one will be about, but I’m going to assume that it will have the word “drinking” in its title.

I was under the impression that there was a casual relationship going on between the two of them, but Brandi said, “Calum and I had some CRAZY, CRAZY, CRAZY moments, but we became closer through them,” so maybe there is more to it than people suspect.

That very well could be true because when asked about her upcoming plans, the last sentence Brandi said in that interview was “Oh, and Calum’s coming to visit…”So she is either really good at promoting this show or the two are in a long distance relationship.

The true status of Brandi and Calum’s interaction is still a little vague, but Brandi made it a point to clear up one dating rumor: “That I was dating Snoop Dogg. I’m a super fan of his and have met him a couple times. I joked once that we were BFFs because I smoked with him on Kocktails with Khloe, but no idea where that came from.” That is something that should have been filmed for the show. Maybe Kocktails With Khloe would still be on TV.

Famously Single premieres tonight on E! at 10/9c.

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Game of Thrones' Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Sounds Off on Jaime and Brienne: "There Is More Between Them"

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Real Housewives Of Orange County Season 8 Secrets Revealed Recap – Gretchen Rossi Is Fake!

Last night Real Housewives Of Orange County took us behind the scenes of season 8 – you know the last season we were subjected to Gretchen Rossi and Alexis Bellino!

So here’s a run-down of the behind-the-scenes reveals: 

1. The producers lie to everyone. Case in point: Alexis Bellino. Alexis insists she quit; Heather Dubrow and Tamra Judge insist she was fired. At the CUT Fitness party, the opening party for season 8, after Alexis flees following the onslaught from the ladies, she is overheard telling the producers, “This is why I didn’t want to come back!” The producers admitted they worked behind the scenes to convince Alexis to return – including that Vicki Gunvalson would befriend her, and by hiring Lydia McLaughlin. 

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2. TamRetchen was never real. Just in case there were two or three people left who actually believed Tamra and Gretchen were sincerely friends – last night confirmed it was all an onscreen partnership of convenience. Producers admitted these faux-friendships are a normal occurrence every season, and the other women are always desperate to expose the fakers. In season 8, Tamra and Gretchen used each other, but then Tamra was all too willing to throw  Gretchen overboard once their ‘friendship’ served her its purpose. Gretchen didn’t catch on fast enough.

Basically Tamra decided Vicki was a more valuable ally. Oh, and Vicki became friends with Alexis to piss Gretchen off. CUT-A-Bitch Fitness, anyone?

3. “The Alexis Conspiracy” was legit! For years it’s been rumored that Tamra, Gretchen, and Heather were conspiring to get Alexis fired. Heather wanted one her friends on the show, and was furious that Lydia was cast instead. Lydia admitted she knew in advance no one liked Alexis and was nervous about being introduced as her ‘friend’. 

Gretchen was mad at Alexis for allegedly stealing personal appearance gigs from her in between seasons. 

At the CUTthroat Fitness party, Alexis brought Tamra flowers believing they were “wiping the slate clean.” Meanwhile Tamra and Gretchen hd been plotting to confront Alexis and expose her ‘fakeness’ and lies. Unfortunately during the party, Gretchen backed-off and let Tamra’s mouth do all the dirty work. According to production that was the beginning of the end of Tamwretchen because Tamra realized Gretchen had used her and was never planning to participate in ‘ganging up on Alexis’ and get her hands dirty (other than clapping!) As Alexis was fleeing, Gretchen was clapping thinking “they” had succeeded in ridding the show of Alexis, and Heather even chased down one of the producers and begged them to replace Alexis with one of her friends. Nice, ladies – nice. 

related – SEASON 8 RECAP: CATCH UP ON ALL THAT SEASON’S DRAMA!

4. Tamra is a bad friend. Remember when Vicki peed on Tamra’s bed – after ditching Heather and Gretchen – and hijacking Tamra to ‘whoop it up’ at Andales during the Bachelorette trip to Puerto Vallarta. Yeah, well, as suspected that was all pre-planned by Vicki. But Vicki peeing on the bed – camera and crew never would have noticed if Tamra didn’t point it out and demand they film the pee spot. Even the camera operator wondered, “Who would want Tamra as a friend?”

5. All crazy leads to Vicki. Holy HELL was Vicki’s plastic surgery scary was in the beginning – it looked like her face had melted off!  Almost as scary: Vicki’s temper – and the way she dominates production with an iron handbag and makes her own rules! (“Kevin Lee is a monkey f–ker!”) Despite her demanding, raging outbursts I still got the feeling production liked Vicki – more than they like Tamra, at least! 

6. The Dubrow’s glossy surface is a million-dollar facade. Heather almost quit RHOC over Terry. She never wanted to be on Real Housewives, but Terry FORGED HER SIGNATURE on the contract. Obviously Heather was more obsessed with her acting career, and wouldn’t let her guard down – which bothered Terry who wanted her to participate desperately and was pushing her to get into the mix more. “The Big D” (Divorce) fight from season 8 happened when Heather threatened to quit the show because it was detrimental to their marriage, and Terry threatened to quit Heather in retaliation!

One producer gossiped that Heather controls every aspect of Terry’s life so he was seeking revenge and a little control by forcing her to be uncomfortable on TV. So essentially two things 1) Production has no love lost for Heather; 2) Terry and Heather are a hot-ass mess and need a built in therapist installed in their mega-mansion (and it seems like Terry dupes Fancy Pants McGenius into tons of stuff). 

7. Lauri Peterson is conniving! In Season 8 Lauri exposed Vicki and her low-down dirty sex life. (Vicki was still lying about dating Brooks at this point.) Lauri clearly conspired with Gretchen in a last-ditch effort for Gretchen to gain some relevance and cast support, and for Lauri to return to the show – even Tamra was in on bringing Lauri back initially! Sadly it all back-fired! 

Gretchen pretended to be innocent after Lauri’s salacious allegations against Vicki, but no one believed her. That became the final nail in the Gretchen Christine Bootay coffin and all the women turned on her for being fake and manipulative! Even Andy admitted Vicki’s ‘Multiple partners threesome’ was innocent and she actually was in bed with her sister and her husband – fully clothed. But what about that Greek guy with no teeth? Is Lauri really a scheming, mastermind, manipulative genius like producers intimated (all signs seem to point to yes!)?

8. Everyone was tried of the Gretchen and Slade Show. Gretchen is a FAKE! FAKE! FAKE Liar Face and Slade dragged her down.

Once Slade took over ‘managing’ Gretchen’s career, she turned into the plastic blow-up doll everyone wanted to pop and deflate. (I.E. Gretchen’s Bentley). 

While the other women had raw and emotional ‘put it all out there’ storylines, Gretchen was living in a Barbie World where everything was plastic, but nothing was fantastic, and the other women started resenting that she was hiding behind them while giving nothing real; Slave was calculating every move. 

Gretchen’s ‘surprise’ proposal was the icing on the cardboard cake. Tamra claims she counseled Gretchen about having ‘nothing’ going on in her life and needing to do something – like get engaged! – for a storyline. Gretchen insists their love is real and she would never do anything just to make money.  

Off-camera Gretchen and Slade even said they couldn’t get married for financial reasons. 

Gretchen chose not to invite the other women. Production said she didn’t want them questioning her motives and sincerity. (Gretchen claimed producers told her not to invite the ladies) So how real was the proposal? As Andy mentioned, “It’s been three years and they’re still not married yet – maybe if someone offered to put their wedding on TV… ” 

I majorly got the feeling that most of the women, and production, would have liked Gretchen a lot more if it weren’t for Slave’s interference and constant presence. As Heather said they never made a move without each other, and Slade was always there… scheming. One producer believed Gretchen was traumatized because she was so raw and honest in her first season while Jeff was battling cancer, but Tamra accused her of cheating and using Jeff for money, and Gretchen was put through such judgement she was afraid of opening up her ‘real’ life again. Even Heather agreed Gretchen could be great on TV, if she would have let her guard down and stopped being so fake and staged.

By the Winter Wonderland Finale party no one had any need to salvage a relationship with Gretchen and everyone was icing her out. The reunion was worse. 

The bottom line: Production and the women were tired of Gretchen not being honest about her reality, or owning up to what was happening in her real life in order to keep it off camera. Unsurprising, Gretchen is still upset. We finally saw her cry real tears for once – sadly it was about the demise of her reality TV career!

9. Heather threatened to sue Bravo! Heather, with latex gloves and an industrial sized Lysol can, cried “Sexual Harassment!” and vowed to take legal action if one of those horny hornito Mexican strippers at Tamra’s bachelorette party touched her! 

10. Alexis is glad it’s over. Alexis is glad she returned for season 8, and glad she left after. It was a mutual decision between the show, Alexis, and the ladies that her storyline had come full-circle. Unlike Gretchen, Alexis has moved on with no hard feelings. 

11. I like Lydia, but I’m glad she bailed. Lydia, that sweet sparkly little snowflake, is too nice and normal for this show. I’m happy she realized it and didn’t allow the allure of Bravo to corrupt her. Although I do think the show needs someone who is a legitimate voice of reason. 

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LeeAnne Locken Continues To Hate Cary Deuber Because She Doesn’t Want To Be Her Friend

I am so over LeeAnne Locken using her life story as some sort of valid justification for hating on Cary Deuber. Clearly she just hates the woman because she refused to comply with LeeAnne’s made up social rules for the “charity world” that she incessantly clamors on about.

This is so obviously a case of a scorned child acting out because someone does not want to be her friend. Cary did not actually do anything to incite this nonsense. And now LeeAnne finds an excuse to bring up rumors about Cary’s marriage whenever she possibly can and somehow thinks it’s okay.

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I have no idea how LeeAnne continues to come up with reasons to excuse her behavior, but she is just an unstoppable force when it comes to defending herself. And of course, LeeAnne went in on Cary in her Bravo blog.

And once again LeeAnne started talking about some bullshit rumors about Cary’s marriage with no regard for her husband or children: “First of all, I did not START the rumor about Cary and her marriage. That rumor has been going around Dallas for the LAST 10 YEARS. It’s been going around since before Mark [Deuber] got divorced and before Cary annulled her second marriage.” You may not have started it, but you CONSTANTLY brought it into conversations when it was never relevant and YOU put it on a nationally televised reality show with no concern for her family members who are watching the show.

LeeAnne then decided to talk about the always popular buzzword “bully” and create a defense for herself: “Cary is constantly calling me a bully, but let me point something out, Cary: I stand up for myself. Standing up for oneself is not being a bully. A bully attacks someone for no reason. A bully attacks someone because they want to create harm. I NEVER want to create harm. I have never started a single fight this season, except for when I yelled at Marie [Reyes] which, by the way, took awhile for me to forgive myself for.” LOL. This is the furthest thing from true. She instigated so much shit the entire season. In fact, she instigated every single issues that happened. We must not be watching the same TV show.

Then LeeAnne did the opposite of convincing the viewers that she is a victim in all confrontations when she wrote, “So you know what? I’m not a bully. Stop calling me a bully. You’re right, Cary. Next time, I will come to you every time there’s a problem. So my suggestion is for you to get REAL PEACE in yoga because every time I have a problem or question that involves you, I’m going to bring it straight to your doorstep.” Right, LeeAnne. You are not at all an instigator….. This woman is a walking contradiction and as much as I really can’t stand her, I just have to admit that she makes amazing television and without her this show would be boring as hell.

LeeAnne is just one of those people who cannot take responsibility for her own off-putting behavior. She treated everyone like they were auditioning to be her sidekick and none of the ladies wanted to take on that role… Well, except for Tiffany Hendra who I imagine LeeAnne has some serious dirt on. Either that or Tiffany is just the most loyal friend in the world.

LeeAnne tried to explain why everyone dislikes her and I can’t even handle it since none of it adds up at all: “Cary doesn’t like me because I’m real, honest and blunt and that irritates Cary beyond her capacity to stand it. This is why Cary calls me fake and has started this mob mentality with Stephanie [Hollman] and Brandi [Redmond]. I feel sorry for Stephanie and Brandi, because they’re never going to be able to open their eyes and see who Cary really is. Maybe in the future, Cary will give me a chance to really sit down and get to know her. I’m certainly going to take the opportunity.”

I don’t understand LeeAnne. It is so blatantly obvious that LeeAnne is desperate to be friends with Cary. And at the same time, it’s absurd because LeeAnne is nothing but horrible to Cary. I was hoping that she would watch the first season and learn from her behavior and correct it, but based on this season full of blog entries and social media posts, that seems to be the opposite of what is happening here.

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