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Regina King Revisits Watchmen and Her Dream-Come-True Role of Sister Night

If you asked Regina King, the 14-year-old star of 227, what she wanted to accomplish in her career, she probably wouldn't have said be a three-time Emmy winner, a Golden Globe winner and an...


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Tiger King Star Carole Baskin Has Gained Control Of Joe Exotic’s Zoo

 

Remember when Tiger King: Joe Exotic brought some light into this dark time? It feels like centuries ago. The world we were exposed to in this Netflix docuseries was all kinds of messy. At the center is Joe Exotic , aka Joseph Maldonado-Passage, a Tiger breeder/fake country singer who loved Liberace’s wardrobe as much as he hated Carole Baskin. Baskin is the founder of Big Cat Rescue near Tampa, Florida (these stories are meant for Florida, no?), and may or may not have fed her first husband to the tigers. Regardless, Carol and Joe were nemeses for years. So much so that Joe hired the world’s most untrustworthy hitman to kill Carol for a paltry $3,000. (Remember Episode 7 when the hit man in the bathtub said *uck it, took the money and went to a strip club?!).

Anyway, other insane characters are involved in this wild story of twists and turns. In Episode 2 we met Bhagavan “Doc” Antle and his creepy harem of brainwashed women. Then we met disgusting Jeff Lowe, who very likely incentivized Joe to hire a hit man to kill Carole. All of which was perhaps an elaborate scheme so Jeff could gain control of Joe’s Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park. In sum, Joe Exotic was found guilty of this murder-for-hire plot, charged for violating the Endangered Species Act, and for falsifying wildlife records. He will be sitting in prison for the next 22 years, unless our President grants him that pardon. Today, news has been shared that offers yet another twist in this already twisted tale.

According to People, Carole has gained control of Joe’s former zoo. Jeff has 120 day to vacate the property. Yes, the woman both men wanted dead, is finally getting what she’s always wanted – their animals and property. Back in February 2016, Big Cat Rescue sued Joe’s mom, Shirley Schreibvogel. Carole argued that the transfer of Joe’s Oklahoma zoo to his mother was fraudulent.

According to People’s sources the complaint filed showed that, “Schreibvogel later admitted under oath that the zoo land was transferred to her by Joe [Exotic] to remove it from the reach of creditors, including BCR, should BCR win its Florida lawsuit.” Welp. There you have it the land is Carole’s.

 

RELATED: Tiger King Star Joe Exotic Is Seeking A Pardon From President Donald Trump

 

Depsite what you might think of Carole, this could potentially be a good move. The zoo has been “operating on fumes,” according to Director Eric Goode. “No one is going now and there’s no source of income, and that’s been going on for a long time…It’s not something that has just happened because of what’s happening the world today,” he shared. Think of the animals and how they must be living.

Jeff has “120 days to vacate the premises – including all of his animals currently residing there,” People reports.  Lowe, Big Cat Rescue, and Joe’s Public Defender have not yet commented on the matter. It’s safe to say Carole’s happy. Joe on the other hand is now at Dallas-Fort Worth medical center, “after he was exposed to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19),” People reports with the help of Fox 25. The moral of the story is, you can’t beat a woman like a Carole. Just look at what her husband does for her.

 

RELATED: Tiger King Star Carole Baskin Explains Why She Refuses To Take Polygraph Test In Relation To Husband’s Disappearance

 

TELL US-WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CAROL’S WIN? WHAT IS JOE EXOTIC THINKING? WILL JEFF LOWE CONTEST THIS IN COURT?

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Elyse Slaine Former Nanny Claimed Elyse Refused To Give Her Medical Leave & Skimped On Pay; Elyse Sued Her Ex’s Kids After He Died

Elyse Slaine may not be doing much on Real Housewives Of New York, but it’s a shame because there are so many skeletons in her closet. Dorinda Medley hinted at them on last week’s’ episode, and since I am oh-so-nosy it prompted me to do some digging.

After all, Bravo doesn’t hire the saintly types. Even if Elyse hasn’t officially been hired, you know Bravo wouldn’t give her the time of day if there wasn’t something nefarious to dig into!

Let’s just say the Elyse in the history books of Page Six (once called one of Wall Street’s “most fascinating first wives,”) is far more interesting than the Elyse who is lecturing Leah McSweeney on propriety and alcohol consumption (although to be fairness Tiki Torches McStabby probably does need a good talking-to).

Way back when, Elyse was married to hedge fund manager David Slaine. David worked for Galleon Group. The company disbanded after David pleaded guilty in 2009 to conspiracy and securities fraud. He avoided jail time by turning informant against his boss. Elyse must have gotten some divorce settlement because she spoke out in his defense. You can read about Elyse’s history here (it’s actually an interesting article).

In fact, Elyse happens to live an extraordinarily scandal-plagued life. In 2014 Page Six reported that protests formed outside her Park Avenue apartment building after she abruptly fired her housekeeper/nanny, Marichu De Sesto, for requesting time off for medical reasons. Elyse was also accused of shorting her wages, including overtime.

 

RELATED – Ramona Singer Says Elyse Slaine Brings Nothing To Real Housewives Of New York & She Doesn’t Fit In

 

“She just doesn’t care — she has no heart at all,” Marichu said of Elyse. Marichu spent 15 years working for. According to Marichu, Elyse told her to pack her bags and leave by the time Elyse returned from a jaunt in the Hamptons. Elyse apparently didn’t care that Marichu may have no other place to go.

Instead of capitulating Marichu contacted Damayan, a migrant worker’s group to help her collect her wages. At the time Elyse’s attorney asserted that Marichu actually quit “after being told that she could not take off a weekend that she had previously agreed to work.”

They argue Marichu actually took her own jaunt off to the Poconos for that weekend. Then, they tried to claim she was fired. The case eventually found itself in NY Labor Court.

Elyse even accused Marichu of antisemitism for using anti-zionists activists to harass and intimidate her. Elyse is Jewish.

 

RELATED – Elyse Slaine Claps Back With Screenshots After Ramona Singer Says She Brings Nothing To Real Housewives Of New York

 

It’s unclear how this eventually resolved itself. Or I am too lazy to go further down the rabbit hole? Elyse moved on to bigger and more upper-crust court matters. This time battling her ex-boyfriend’s children, over what appears to be that very same Park Avenue apartment!

Post-divorce, Elyse, a former financial journalist turned day trader, moved on to Donald Drapkin, the then chairman of Casablanca Capital. Together they purchased a $4.2 million dollar duplex. When they split, Elyse remained in the duplex.

 

RELATED – Elyse Slaine Says She Introduced Bethenny Frankel & Jill Zarin; Says She “Drifted Apart” From Bethenny

 

In 2017 Donald died in a skiing accident. Elyse sued his children to preemptively bar them from trying to seize the apartment! It’s not even clear if they had the intention to… Elyse said Donald intended the apartment for her as a gift. She claimed his sons, who were managing his estate, were trying to prevent this. Two months later, a judge dismissed the case, and she remained in the apartment. She might even still live there today.

Finally, Elyse found happiness with a new man. In 2018 Elyse married Dr. Reinhold Gebert, another money guy but this one has an Ivy League background in science.

Well, I certainly wish Elyse would open up more. She needs to stop being so standoffish and judgmental. Especially given her own history!

 

RELATED – Elyse Slaine Shades Barbara Kavovit; Explains Why She Isn’t Full-Time On Real Housewives Of New York & Says She’s Donating 100% Of Salary To Animal Rescue

 

TELL US – WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MORE OF ELYSE ON REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK?

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Kathryn Dennis Addresses Monkey Emoji Controversy Again; Admits She Was Wrong

By now you have heard about the hot water Southern Charm star Kathryn Dennis put herself in. Kathryn shared a tense message exchange with an African American woman, defending her support of the President. While that is not a racist act in itself, screenshots of the conversation have been made public. At best, Kathryn is severely lacking in tact.

In an attempt to make a point during the correspondence, Kathryn used a monkey emoji. Naturally, this was extremely offensive to the recipient and because the context of the conversation centered around race. The monkey emoji was not seen as a gesture of amusement, but a definitive act of discrimination. Kathryn has apologized for the incident and promised to make a public statement of remorse, which has yet to occur. Now Kathryn is addressing her mistake on social media again, and offers another apology.

Fans supported Kathryn’s return from the Thomas Ravenel abyss of destruction. We applauded Kathryn’s achievements in ridding herself from the binds of substance abuse, becoming a responsible mother, and getting away from negative influences. Kathryn was one of the rare entities that “made a comeback” and it was great television.

Now Kathryn has completely might have destroyed that work. She probably destroyed her fan base or hope of support in the future.

She took to Twitter to reflect on her massive “mistake”. Kathryn wrote, “Honestly I never realized the monkey emoji was racist. Obviously I was wrong. I’m sorry. The conversation I had was distorted and completely taken out of context and now I’m being called all these things that I am not.”

 

RELATED: Southern Charm Star Kathryn Dennis Says “I Cannot Stand My Character Being Annihilated” In Response Of Monkey Emoji Controversy

 

Is it possible Kathryn did not know the monkey emoji is racist? Maybe, if she lived in the woods with no human contact and only scraps of possum to live on. But honey, to say you live in the South and don’t know the monkey emoji is racist is bullshit in it’s highest form. We see you.

Kathryn then shares her appreciation of those who have taken the time to enlighten her on basic standards of communication. Kathryn said, “I really appreciate people who correct me and teach me because without them I might have been repeating mistakes for a long time.” Golly, those internet receipts can be tricky.

 

RELATED: Ashley Jacobs Slams Southern Charm Cast For Enabling Kathryn Dennis

 

Kathryn continued, “Honestly I use that emoji all the time because it looks silly and awkward the way the way it is sitting. [The person] I was messaging is anonymous I did not know who…boy/girl black/white.” Oops, the published screenshots of the conversation prove there is little doubt Kathryn was aware her recipient was a person of color.

Let’s be clear, the monkey emoji in itself is not racist. Kathryn admits to and it has been confirmed she has used the monkey emoji with regularity in the past. The problem is the context of the conversation Kathryn was having, which revolved around race and race relations.

 

RELATED: Landon Clements Shades Kathryn Dennis For Southern Charm Cast Mates Abandoning The Series: “One Bad Apple Can Spoil The Whole Bunch”

 

The Twitter posts received feedback applauding Kathryn’s backpedaling effort to cultivate new avenues of thought, but for the most part people weren’t buying it. She posted, “I hear you, I see you and I’m sorry.” Is this a sincere effort towards improvement? Her bank account probably hopes so. Kathryn has lost a successful relationship with high-end department store Gwynn’s, as a result of her “mistake”.

Kathryn closed out her trip around the regret tree with, “For the fans that I have offended, I’m sorry. For the fans that have supported me, thank you.” Is this the big public statement? Is this the aftermath of profound soul searching? Southern Charm has recently lost three cast members, allegedly due to Kathryn being unable to refrain from sharing rumors. It makes you wonder if Bravo hasn’t had enough of her antics because we have.

 

RELATED: Accused Mistress Denies Affair With Cameran Eubanks’ Husband Jason Wimberly; Says Kathryn Dennis Started The Rumor

 

While Kathryn has not attacked someone physically, she is getting a fast diploma on how words or actions can be more harmful. This is an opportunity for Kathryn to use her platform as one of change and acceptance. She needs to move forward with the knowledge that what might be “funny” to her can be hateful to others. She could use the new tools she has gained to educate her children so the excuse pattern of “not knowing” will stop. Or maybe Kathryn is just telling people what they want to hear in a frantic attempt to save what’s left of her job.

 

RELATED: Charleston Department Store Ends Affiliation With Kathryn Dennis After Racially Insensitive Remarks; Cameran Eubanks Unfollows Kathryn

 

TELL US- DO YOU THINK KATHRYN IS GENUINELY SORRY? DO YOU BELIEVE HER EXCUSE? SHOULD KATHRYN BE FIRED FROM SOUTHERN CHARM?

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From Cops to Big Brother to Live PD, reality TV is a big part of the problem

Reality TV shows, from Cops—which is still on the air, and about to premiere its 33rd season—to Live PD, need to change to stop contributing to systemic racism. Will they?

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Hannah Ferrier Says This Is Her Last Season Of Below Deck Mediterranean; Rumor Has It She Got Fired & Didn’t Quit

Below Deck Mediterranean has hit the ground running with the season 5 premiere airing this week.  Chief stewardess Hannah Ferrier wasted no time in being annoyed this season. It started almost immediately when she greeted her first surprise co-crew member and bosun, Malia White. It’s like she already can’t be bothered by coworkers of season’s past. In case you missed it, there are some teasers of tension between these two from Captain Sandy Yawn.

Hannah’s attitude only gets worse when Hannah meets new stewardess Lara Flumiani. We all saw in the season trailer that Lara would fill the role of stewardess who challenges Hannah’s management style this year. That became even more clear when we watched this year’s version of tablescape drama emerge. Before the yacht even leaves the dock for it’s first voyage you can tell Hannah is already over this charter season. 

Recently, Hannah told Entertainment Tonight “I think I’m probably done.” What else is new? Hannah continued saying, “I learned when I first started yachting in my very early 20s, you know, I would see these women who were in their late 30s, 40s, sitting at a bar, getting wasted with 20-year-olds living in a tiny cabin, and I was like, I don’t want [that]. I want this to be a good, fun, enriching experience that allows me to travel a lot, but I don’t want to get to the stage where I’m locked into yachting and there’s nothing else in my life except that.”

Interestingly, Hannah finished her thought by saying, “It’s a bit different if you’re captain, but as a chief stew? They just don’t seem like very happy people to me.” When is the last season we saw Hannah happy though? If this is the metric she’s using to decide when to move on, why is she still here? Well, she actually addressed that!

 

RELATED: Captain Sandy Yawn Teases Drama Between Hannah Ferrier & Malia White On Below Deck Mediterranean This Season

 

Hannah added to her comments, “I think that with yachting, you really have to be done-done with it before you can properly walk away, otherwise you’re constantly questioning yourself about, did I do the right thing? Should I have done one more season? Could I have done this?… I think probably a part of me knew that before going into this season.”

Last year we watched Captain Sandy literally ask Hannah to do her job. In response, Hannah said she “doesn’t have motivation.” I can’t say I disagree. This year, Hannah is apparently flipping that attitude saying, “I definitely went into this season going like, I’m here to, like, give the guests the best experience they could have.” But that may be where it ends. Hannah added, “Is this something that I wanna do even for the next two or three years? Probably not.”

 

RELATED: Captain Sandy Yawn Shares Why She Almost Quit Below Deck Mediterranean Over Hannah Ferrier

 

While Hannah says she is done with the show, rumor has it she didn’t actually quit the show. Page Six she actually got fired reported that.

If she leaves, this will be the second chief stew lost this year after Kate Chastain’s exit from her franchise as well. I don’t know if my cold dead heart can take it!

 

RELATED: Below Deck Star Kate Chastain Shares Why She’s Not Friends With Hannah Ferrier Anymore

 

TELL US – DO YOU THINK THIS WILL BE HANNAH’S LAST SEASON? IS IT TIME FOR A CHANGE? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE STEW CREW SO FAR?

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Vanderpump Rules Reunion Part 1 Recap: Awful Awards

Ugh – I am losing my patience for “Jax Taylor‘s show.” Jax needs to get off his high – very, very <snort, snort> high horse, and take Lisa Vanderpump‘s advice to “SHUT UP.” Lala Kent needs to come down with him. I do not need to see this jump off, with a face so inflated with fillers she looks like a balloon, tell anyone how to live. So are the days of Vanderpump Rules when the most awful people sanctimoniously judge others.

So much chaos in a zoom reunion. Even more so than in a regular old ‘on the stage’ reunion. The best though t’was Lisa chastising Andy Cohen for essentially showing up in his sweats. At the very least he could put on a low-cut satin blouse!

Jax and Tom Sandoval are rocking some serious facial hair. Is it like some sort of sign that they’re going to fight? Like they will start by throwing chairs at their computer screens, then throw the actual computers, then mutually run out their neighboring homes, race across the street and start brawling in the front lawn until they’re ticketed for breaking quarantine?

Tom 2 will stand there, yanking on the hem of his muumuu in distress, whining that they should just have a Coors Light and work it out. Seriously though — one them is definitely going to have to move. I vote Tom and Ariana Madix. Why did they move to the Valley anyway?

 

RELATED – Vanderpump Rules Season Finale Recap: A Last Goodbye?

So exciting times – we learn that Max Boyens is far more dastardly than we thought. If only this had made the show… Andy grills Max about sleeping with Scheana Marie for an AppleWatch, then moving onto Dayna Kathan for a storyline, and finally really licking the bottom of the barrel with Scheana’s doppleganger. HOWEVER scandala – while filming was happening. While Dayna was obsessed with Max and dating him. MAX SECRETLY SLEPT WITH KRISTEN DOUTE.

Oh, the glory of it all! Stassi Schroeder‘s mouth dropped. James Kennedy exploded with glee and vindication. Dayna was furious. Kristen and Max argue that they were both single at the time so it was just a casual hook-up. Twice.

Stass is livid because here is Kristen, once again, doing something shady but not fessing up to it. Scheana is her friend but she’s sleeping with her ex and hiding it. Even worse Kristen pretended to be friends with Dayna, listened to Dayna obsess about how much she liked Max and was hurt by him, yet never, ever said a word. James feels so exalted at Kristen’s lack of personal growth that he screams at her. Kristen really brings out the worst in James. Furthermore, Stassi wants to know when Kristen was ever really single? Has that ever mattered to Kristen? “Single” is like a situational obstacle to Kristen.

 

RELATED – Vanderpump Rules Star Stassi Schroeder Is Tired Hearing She’s A “Mean Girl” Because She Doesn’t Want To Be Friends With Kristen Doute

 

Of course the big trouble of this reunion is Jax. I really wish he would just GO AWAY. And take Lala and Brittany Cartwright with him in some sort of sister wives of satan situation. Brittany’s hair looks like she stuck her finger in an electric socket, then coated her head in Crisco. Or perhaps she really did dip her head in a deep fry to drown out the sound of Jax talking? It is fried and frozen and all kinds of horrid. Then she has on this garnish unflattering lipstick. I feel like Brittany is cracking … She just looks dreadful. All the fresh has run right out of her. Jax, meanwhile, looks much the same: smug, taught, and completely unaware of his own stupidity. The sideburns are a perfect illustration of this.

Jax and Brittany still believe they have a leg to stand on regarding the ‘pasture; they pretended not to know was a homophobe. Frankly, I’m disgusted people on this cast are still defending their actions here. Jax even blamed Brittany – throwing her right under the bus that it was “her pastor.” Great husband! Lies – all of it. They knew, thought they’d get away with it, and are pissed that Tom 1 wouldn’t keep up the facade. Jax blames Ariana for Tom refusing to stay in line.

 

RELATED – Vanderpump Rules Star Jax Taylor Says Tom Sandoval Didn’t Let Ariana Madix’s Brother Work At Tom Tom Because He “Doesn’t Have The Right Look”; Claims Tom Sandoval Mistreats Tom Schwartz

I did love that Charli Burrnett shoved a plastic nail right through Jax’s bullshit and called him out for what he is: past his prime and pathetic. Sure, it’s age-shaming, but he’s shamed every other person for every other type of way and deserves it. He refuses to sincerely apologize for mocking Ariana’s sexuality, then dismisses his comments justified because he just doesn’t like her and was trying to be mean. Yeah, dickwad, that’s exactly what makes it so WRONG.

The worst is that Lala defended him, and does so here. She offers no legitimate reason for why she didn’t speak up. Later Lala, champions of the marginalized and maligned gold digger, complains that she’s participated in the ostracizing of Tom and Ariana because Ariana didn’t treat her tenderly while she was grieving. Oh, you mean when Lala was calling Raquel Leviss a stupid c**t bitch and trying to bash her head in at SUR? That Lala thinks she deserves grace and good friendship? NO. Why Ariana bothered apologizing was beyond me. Lala doesn’t deserve anyone’s tenderness and care. Especially since a couple weeks ago she was on social media bashing Tom and Ariana as bad friends an defending how Jax was treating them.

Hilariously, now that Lala is engaged she swiftly stopped loving on Mandall‘s dick. So I guess no more BJ for PJ lectures about feminism? My how I’ll miss those words of enlightenment…

 

RELATED – Vanderpump Rules Star Lala Kent Says She & Randall Emmett Have Almost Broken Up A Dozen Times In Quarantine

 

Jax truly does believe Vanderpump Rules is his show, and is in for a rude awakening when Lisa revenge fires him. Which you know is coming. Charli hints at this when she calls him out for saying nasty stuff about her twitter, then pretending he doesn’t know who she is. Shockingly it is Scheana who comes to Charli’s defense and all the newbies’ defense by reminding Jax that all of them are on the same show and putting forth the same effort.

 

RELATED – Scheana Marie Explains Why She Still “Works” At SUR & Why She Enjoys New Cast Members On Vanderpump Rules

Sometimes Scheana is smarter than she looks. She knows what side her bread is buttered on, and if she wants to stay on Vanderpump Rules payroll she has to play by the rules. Not Jax’s egotistical batshit crazy rules, but Lisa and Andy’s. And it is abundantly clear that a sea change is taking place at SUR. After this season’s editing Scheana deserves some redemption. Also I personally love Charli.

So back to Tom and Jax. Everyone seems to believe Tom 1 was in the wrong for questioning the pastor on camera. Tom insists he was trying to protect Jax, since he knew it was going to come out on the show and he wanted to give Jax a chance to defend himself. Tom 2 thinks Jax felt attacked. Um, he deserved it. Jax was homophobic and mysoginist this season, then acted like Tom was a hypocrite for not firing Max over his racist tweets from 10 years ago.

It finally takes Lisa snapping at Jax to shut up and reminding him that Tom 1 has a 5% ownership in stake in TomTom and does not have the authority to outright fire staff. Mic drop. Lisa wants Max here, feels he is contrite, and is continuing to employ him. Max did seem contrite, although how ironic that on a day dubbed “Black Out Tuesday,” when we are experiencing mass protests over the disgusting killing of unarmed black Americans at the hands of police, Bravo is choosing to air a discussion about racism in the most thoughtless, uninformed, and unexamined way. What else can be expected from this network though?

The problem is that Jax has exhausted all his brownie points with Tom. And Tom has aaaaalooooot of Brownie Points in his oven. Also, since his house has no furniture there is plenty of room for brownie mixes! Sure, Tom makes mistakes – he was totally out of line freaking out on Stassi over the Tom Tom book party. Obviously his ire stemmed from bravo choosing to highlight Stassi’s book but not his – even though he won’t admit it.

 

RELATED – Ariana Madix Shares Why She’s Frustrated Her Book Wasn’t Featured On Vanderpump Rules

 

His excuse was negligible and silly, but Stassi seems over it. Plus Jax has raged texted 10:1 over Tom’s lone freak-out. Therein lies the problem – Jax is graded on a curve in this group. The standards for him are so much lower, while Tom 1 has always been on stilts. Finally, it seems, he and Ariana are tired of it. They can do no right, whereas Jax – a man who has for over 20 years literally done no right by nobody – can do no wrong according to the sick twisted metrics of his friend group, who behave like the victims of emotional abuse.

Jax doesn’t like Ariana because she doesn’t put up with his shit, and furthermore she encourages Tom to draw boundaries and call him out. Ariana is the opposite of pathetic Brittany’s whose life stoped at getting married; groom unimportant. Ariana and Tom put into stark contrast just how hollow the tenants of Jax and Brittany’s existence are: phony pastures, overly sprayed hair, and nonstop visits to a gym being their parables of function. The only reason people keep them around is because focusing on Jax and Brittany’s awfulness, leaves less time for Bravo to focus on the awfulness of the remaining cast members. Hence why it was never found out that Kristen and Max had sex. Way better drama than Jax’s castle in the cow field wedding.

Brittany cries and whines that dealing with her homophobic pasture was the hardest time in her life. Really? Tom questioning her on top of it was too much. SERIOUSLY? The cameras panned to Charli, Danica Dow, and Dayna at that moment, all of them looking at Brittany like she’s literally the dumbest person alive. I’ll give Brittany the benefit of the doubt: knowing that you are throwing your dignity, self-respect, and life away for a televised wedding to Jax Taylor is probably pretty tough to swallow. Tougher than beer cheese on a stale cracker, but Brittany chose this. She made her bed, as they say.

 

RELATED – Vanderpump Rules Star Scheana Marie Says Tom Sandoval’s Feud With Jax Taylor “Hurts Her Soul”; Says Tom Was Just Looking Out For Jax

Tom who has taketh and taketh and taketh until his taker has cracked, explodes that Jax has never had a better friend than him. Meanwhile Jax has done more fucked up stuff to Tom than anyone in his entire life. Then things get interesting: as Tom is frothing with the rage runneth over, he reveals that Jax uninvited him to the wedding hoping Tom would surprise him by showing up. Jax was self-producing. That way he could turn Tom away, or stage some big scene at the wedding. Tom also reveals that Jax expected his mom to show up, despite all the crap he’s said about her.

Lala whines that parents are off limits, while Jax shrieks that Tom is an awful person. Really? Takes one to know one… I want to hear more about this. Obviously I believe Tom’s account. He is an earnest person who has proven his friendship and loyalty to almost everyone.

Jax is the awful person. I agree with Charli – it’s time for him to get off Lisa’s show and make his own way in the world.

TELL US – IS JAX OUT OF LINE OR IS TOM? ARE YOU SHOCKED MAX AND KRISTEN HOOKED UP?

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The Vanderpump Rules Reunion Starts Tonight

The Vanderpump Rules Season 8 reunion kicks off tonight. Andy Cohen meets with the many Vanderpump Rules cast members via video chat to dish on the most interesting moments of the season and to drop some truth bombs about some tea none of us knew about.

Of course, we will see Jax Taylor and Tom Sandoval’s feud play out, for the 100th time. And, most likely, they’ll be “best friends” again next season. However, I’m sure they’re gonna revisit the “pre-bachelor party” drama and the dueling pool parties.

We will also be subjected to more chatter about Max Boyens and Dayna Kathan’s non-relationship. Again. Ugh. This better not be a storyline on the show next season. Max also drops a major bomb about someone else he hooked up with from the cast, which leaves pretty much everyone shocked.

Tom Sandoval and Stassi Schroeder address their spat over her book signing event that took place at TomTom. Will Tom actually apologize? Probably not.

 

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Charli Burnett and Scheana Marie accuse Jax of “bullying” the new SUR employees, which is weird because Jax seemingly only “works” there for TV. Is he even there long enough to hate on the new waitresses? And has Charli ever had a conversation with Jax in her entire life? This accusation seems so random.

 

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TELL US- WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MAX’S SURPRISE HOOKUP REVELATION? ARE YOU TEAM JAX TAYLOR OR TEAM TOM SANDOVAL? DO YOU THINK JAX IS A BULLY?

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Below Deck Mediterranean Season 5 Premiere Recap: Stew Situations

Well Below Deck Mediterranean is back, but literally nothing changed. Hannah Ferrier is still obnoxious and a terrible chief stew, Captain Sandy Yawn is overbearing and phony. OK – changed my mind. One thing has changed: Malia White is here again but this time she is a bosun who has no time for the boys. Malia actually didn’t annoy me this episode. So that has also changed.

The crew is setting sail in Mallorca Spain aboard The Wellington, the biggest yacht they’ve ever had, which means we have a 4-person deck crew, two of whom are rejects from Jersey Shore.

Captain Sandy is on my last nerve before Hannah has even stepped onto the boat. She is practically choking on her own words when she claims to truly believe Hannah is a hard worker who wants to do a good job, which is why she hired her back. See, no, this is BS that absolutely no one believes. I hate when reality television so infringes upon actual credible reality – why can’t Sandy just say Bravo made me hire Hannah.

Likewise Hannah pretends she wants to redeem herself and that she’ll work in yachting until she has babies. Hannah is back because Bravo paid her a lot of money. She admits to Malia that she’s dating a guy back in Australia, and that it’s serious. She looks about as happy to be on The Wellington as she would swimming in a pool of beef Wellington using a Croc as a floatee. Also, not to be a jerk, but Hannah is looking old and wizened.

 

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Hannah clearly had no idea Malia was on the crew. After their fractious relationship in season 3, they have avoided each other and Hannah is shocked when Malia rounds the corner and they nearly bump into each other. But better the devil you know…  So Hannah decides to bunk with Malia and put the stews in together. With 3 male deckhands the chef, Kiko Lorran, gets stuck with one of them.

Thus far I am adoring Kiko. He’s so cheerful and sweet-natured. Unlike other chefs (ahem, Adam!). However right away it’s hinted that there will be culinary issues. The main one being that Captain Sandy is all over him, and constantly nitpicking the food. She’s like my mother at Thanksgiving – hovering over me while I make the gravy.

 

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Kiko seems to be self-taught. Which will be a problemo because Bravo will make it one. He’s from Brazil and has spent most of his career working on private yachts, aka for real rich people who don’t gripe about every little thing. Hannah instantly decides that she can lord over him, and therefore she likes him.

Sandy’s big thing this season is high-class shi-shi-shi. She is Lisa Vanderpump of the high seas and expects exquisite table settings with white glove service. Unfortunately the only thing The Wellington has to offer in the way of decor is plastic seashells, and … Hannah. Plus a very VERY surly Italian second stew named Lara Flumani. Initially Lara seems great – she has 6 years of stewardessing experience and has worked on a lot of boats. Unfortuently the minute she sits down to review her CV with Hannah and Hannah learns that Lara has previously been a chief stew, Hannah chafes.  Hannah is the only one who doesn’t like her. The guys on the deck crew really like her.

 

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Ugh – let’s break down these clowns, shall we. First there is The Situation, err… Pete Hunziker. Pete is into weight lifting and might as well have walked on board wrapped in an American Flag. He’s tacky, abrasive, and is wearing neon reflective sunglasses favored by middle aged dads trying to look pro-style at little league games. Pete is actually a dad, and he’s also a douche. Despite Malia being his boss, he keeps referring to as “sweetheart” and undermining her. Can we quit it with the mysoginist shit on Below Deck already, Bravo? We have beaten that inflatable rubber horse to death. This guy is gross and he’s also slobbering all over Lara. Although Lara definitely does not seem to mind.

The other deckhands are Alex Radcliffe, another American, who also happens to know Jessica More, the other stew, from their previous boat. These two are friends and seem genuinely happy to see each other. I wonder if was a coincidence or an intentionally casting? Rounding out the crew is sexy male model Rob Westergaard. I have actually seen this guy in Vogue, so he is legit. He also seems very down-to-earth and calm.

 

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Right away Jessica turns her Jessica Rabbit gaze in Rob’s direction and purrs that she could see them getting berry, berry close. Jessica has quite the resume. Although only 2 years in yachting most of her service experience comes from working at Hooters. She was also a real estate agent, a life guard, an assistant librarian, an ice cream impresario who spent 16 months living in an igloo in Iceland perfecting the perfect scoop of chocolate sorbet. Then there was that time she was a roller skating car hop who transitioned that into a stint in the circus as one of the hype clowns. Oh, she was also a belly button model and a professional post-it note tester. Basically Jessica has done everything except make a margarita. Her lack of service training doesning bother Hannah because Jessica has a good attitude – unlike Lara. Therefore Hannah immediately mentally promotes Jessica to second stew and stuffs Lara in the cabins wiping drains.

Didn’t Hannah previously hate a stew or two because they didn’t have service experience? Now she’s all about equality and rounding out her crew by making sure everyone gets their fair turn doing laundry. Now I agree that Lara is a stank-faced handful, and it’s clear that she thinks Hannah is lazy and incompetent from the get-go, but Hannah does less than nothing to try and establish a working relationship. The first argument is a miscommunication over the beer delivery. Lara thought Hannah was asking if she saw it (she didn’t); Hannah thought she was asking Lara if she knew where it was. Of course the problem is that the beer is misplaced and is later located somewhere else entirely by one of the deckhands.

Later Hannah and Lara bicker in the stew meeting over who is responsible for table decor. Lara doesn’t appreciate how uptight Hannah is and Hannah finds Lara’s sarcasm (or is it?) disrespectful. I get it – plastic fish tank accessories make everyone cranky.

 

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There is less than 24 hours before the crew steps on board and the first charter guests arrive. Sandy warns everyone that their job is not to impress the guests, but impress her. Otherwise people are getting fired. Um, yeah right. Sandy is not firing anyone. Instead she’s going to glad-hand and passive aggressive cozy up to them without ever actually providing any leadership. The first charter guests a brother and sister duo who work together and their friends. The brother owns a lot of nightclubs which apparently entitles him to be an expert on haute cuisine (also yeah right).

The first bit of drama occurs when they’re taking off. Sandy can’t see out the window, Alex throws the wrong line, The Bitchuation leaves his post early and Sandy complains. Malia is mostly calm and for all my complaints about her ego, she’s competent to a fault. She even measures her reaction in how to deal with Pawsy Pete. Malia encourages the crew to treat her like one of the guys, so by that inferred reasoning Pete talks down to all his friends and calls them sweetheart?

There is the predictable struggle to get all the toys out even though no one wants to use 3/4 of them. I swear Sandy gets personal validation from the size of her toy box. She just needs to see it all landed out there, splayed over the water possessively, or something.

 

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Meanwhile inside Jessica is struggling to make a spicy margarita. Despite the obviously gaping holes in her know-how, Hannah still decides to keep Jessica on dinner service and move Lara into cabins so things are “fair.” Lara sees right through Hannah’s BS, and does not handle this news well. She feels she has earned her exemption from cabins by working her way to 2nd stew. Meanwhile, who is Jessica in this world?

Lara is giving me Italian mobster’s daughter vibes, and I’m curious how this is going to play out. The previews show that Hannah and Jessica are also arguing, so… is Lara going to get Jessica going against Hannah? I am ready for this drama.

Unfortunately for sweet Kiko lunch is a bit of a mess. He is late with plating, leaving the guests sitting at the table starving and cranky. He opens with a traditional Brazilian meal that even Putin’s godson, who owned the previous boat Kiko worked on, loved. However the guests complain that a fish stew was mushy. Well they only complained when Captain Sandy came around and pressured them to find fault. Then she marched right down into the galley to report back to Kiko and test his fish. Sandy apparently thinks she’s hosting Top Chef now. Anyways, Kiko passed with flying colors, but it is no way to build your chef’s confidence by constantly going into the galley to tell him the guests are unhappy. Why doesn’t Sandy stick to steering the boat, and let Hannah attend to service?

 

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Before dinner service begins Hannah and Lara bicker over the schedule. Lara is extremely unhappy about being sent down to do cabins, and she knows that despite Hannah saying she wants an equitable work force where people switch roles, this is some sort of punishment. Instead of trying to work things out with Hannah, Lara is snarky back.

Dinner doesn’t go much better than lunch. Kiko served fillet mignon that looked lovely, but the primary complained that the steak was dry. It certainly was not, but Captain Sandy immediately whisked it back to the kitchen and had Kiko make another one. The guests do realize they don’t get dinner comped if they complain, right? Also if they want a second steak they can just, you know, ask for one.

This steak, as vetted by Captain Sandy, was perfect. I will say Kiko has a tremendous attitude. He is barely batting an eye at Sandy playing maitre-d, and she really needs to get off his jock. She claims this is some sort of PTSD from last season, but honestly she needs to be focusing more on Hannah who is already losing control of her team in the most juvenile way possible.

After finishing turndowns Lara decides to take her dinner break and while she’s finishing up, Hannah radios. The radio is on the wrong channel so Lara doesn’t hear Hannah direct her to come and clear the table and prep for breakfast. Hannah is forced to come down to the galley in a moment that is eerily reminiscent of June, June Hannah — except not. While June was hapless and ditsy, Lara is calculating and passive-aggressive, but also sly.

 

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Lara doesn’t even acknowledge Hannah when she walks into the crew mess. She just receives the task, then walks away to start doing it. Hannah is furious. She follows Lara up to the table, and demands that Lara respond when spoken to her by her superior. Lara argues that she’s doing what was asked so no words are necessary. Not good enough for Hannah (and really, it is totally insubordinate). Lara also informs Hannah that if she is going to come at her, she will come right back. I think this woman missed her calling as a New Jersey Housewife. Also I think Hannah has finally met her match with this one, because Lara barely bats and eye while Hannah is ruffled as a peacock in heat.

So there we have it, half way through the first charter and Hannah is engaging in arguments with her stews on deck.

TELL US – IS LARA OBNOXIOUS OR IS HANNAH SHOWING POOR LEADERSHIP? ARE YOU HAPPY TO SEE MALIA BACK? IS SANDY BEING TOO HARD ON KIKO?

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