These products are partners of NBCUniversal Checkout. E! has affiliate relationships, so we may get a commission if you purchase something through our links. Items are sold by the retailer, not...Last week was not good for Big Brother fans on The Challenge USA. Big Brother 23 winner and Cookout alliance member Xavier Prather was sent home. Worse, Xavier was selected by his fellow Cookout members, Kyland Young and Alyssa Lopez, to compete in the arena. Xavier and his partner Shan Smith (Survivor), lost the competition and were eliminated from the competition.
This was pretty early in the game to start targeting your own show’s alumni. There is no question that Xavier won Big Brother 23 with a lot of blood on his hands. His pick to enter the arena last week proved enough that Alyssa and Kyland are still bitter toward the fellow Big Brother alumnus. Will another Big Brother alumnus go home this week? Let’s find out.
This week’s main challenge is called Barreled Treasure, and here’s how it works. The pairs will jump off a barge into the water and swim 150 yards to a buoy. They must memorize the code on top of their buoy. Then, they must swim another 75 yards to a cargo ship to search for their code on 100 different barrels. Once they find their code, they will lift the lid on that barrel to find puzzle pieces. They must swim those puzzle pieces back to the barge and repeat the entire process again to collect the second set of puzzle pieces.
Once they return to the barge with both sets of puzzle pieces, they can begin to put their puzzle together. If the pair picks the wrong lid on the cargo ship, they must swim back to the barge to retrieve their code once again. The first couple to complete their puzzle will win.
Even after opening the wrong lid and having to make an extra trip between the ships, Tyson Apostol (Survivor) and Cashay Proudfoot (Love Island) won the challenge. This is Tyson’s third win in just 5 weeks of the competition. His performance is more than impressive so far.
The last couple to finish the challenge included another Big Brother alumnus. Azah Awasum of Big Brother and her partner Cinco Holland from Love Island came in last. They will be facing off against another pair in the arena. The loser will be eliminated.
After much discussion with other players and careful consideration, Tyson and Cashay decided to select Leo Temory (Amazing Race) and Sarah Lucina (Survivor) to face off in the arena. They will compete against Azah and Cinco.
This week’s arena challenge is called A Dark Turn, and here’s how it works. The teams will be tied together. They will race across the field to enter a dark container. They will feel around to find a giant stack of film reels. There are 4 different sizes of reels. They must memorize the order of the stack of film reels and recreate it outside the container. The first team to finish will stay in the game.
After Leo came up with a brilliant way to shorten the time it took to memorize the order of the stacked film reels, he and his partner easily won the challenge. This means another Big Brother alumnus was eliminated from The Challenge USA.
Join us again next week to find out if your favorite alumni stay in the game.
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Monte Taylor is the latest Head of Household in the Big Brother 24 house, which is excellent news for the newly formed Leftovers alliance. They should maintain control in the house this week and eliminate the houseguest of their choosing.
At the block nomination ceremony, Monte nominated Festie Besties Indy Santos and Alyssa Snider to the block this week. However, that is not his intended target. His ultimate plan is to evict Nicole Layog from the Big Brother 24 house. This evening, the Power of Veto competition will dictate whether or not that plan will come to fruition. Will Nicole be the backdoor target this week? Let’s find out now.
Monte and the Leftovers decided to target Indy and Alyssa this week because they are the only Festie Bestie remaining in the Big Brother 24 house that does not have a member of their alliance. He made it clear during his nomination speech that Neither Indy nor Alyssa was his target this week.
If the Leftovers plan to evict Nicole, Taylor Hale will have to return to the block again. She and Nicole are Festie Besties. Monte plans to tell the other side of the Big Brother 24 house that Taylor is the target, not Nicole.
Kyle Capener and Alyssa have a brewing showmance in the works. Kyle swears he will not get wrapped up in a relationship while playing Big Brother, but he can’t see to control himself when it comes to Alyssa.
Monte, Joseph Abdin, and Terrance Higgins as HOH and Festie Besties are automatically on the POV lineup. As block nominees, Indy and Alyssa are too. Monte randomly picked one more set of Festie Besties to compete: Daniel Durston and Kyle.
This POV is called Trippy Watch Party, and here is how it works. Played in pairs as Festie Besties, one bestie will eat a spoonful of Psychadelic Pslop and go on a trip of a lifetime. During their trip, they will remember all the details they can. Once they return, they will have limited time to share this information with their bestie.
The bestie that received the information will have to answer 5 rounds of questions using only the information given to them by their “tripping” bestie. The pair with the most points will both win the golden POV.
After the questions about the trip had ended, Kyle and Daniel had the most points and won the POV competition. This is great news for the Leftovers because Kyle is a member, but their target for eviction, Nicole, is besties with Daniel. They will have to sell him hard on putting up Nicole and Taylor, but hopefully, it will help when he is told Taylor is the target.
Kyle certainly wants to save Alyssa from the block, while Daniel wants to keep the nominations the same to keep Nicole off the block.
In thinking of the best way to protect their alliance, Monte thought of getting rid of Alyssa this week. Here’s why. Michael Bruner and Brittany Hoopes, members of the Leftovers, are the only two houseguests paired with another alliance member. That means that if they go on the block, one of them will definitely go home. They will lose a member of their alliance.
If they get rid of Alyssa and keep Indy this week, and she picked Michael and Brittany’s Festie Bestie to join, they would all have the protection in the game should one of the group end up on the block.
The alliance pitched this scenario to Kyle, and he did not take it very well. They tried to convince him that this was the best way to protect their alliance and all its members. He didn’t seem happy, but he wanted to help his alliance.
On the other side of the veto is Daniel. He also has the power to use the veto. Monte wants to convince him not to use the power of veto. They met in the HOH to discuss with Nicole.
Monte explained that he is less confident about where the votes lie to evict Taylor. Therefore, he would rather keep the nominations the same. Nicole is convinced she has the numbers to stay and wants Taylor gone this week. They want to use the veto and evict Taylor. They don’t know that the Leftovers have the controlling vote in the Big Brother 24 house.
Daniel spoke with his bestie Kyle and explained his conversation with Monte. Kyle loves the fact that Daniel wants to use the POV to save Alyssa and Indy because his showmance will be saved. Not to mention, Daniel will be helping the Leftovers backdoor his ride or die in the Big Brother house. Oh, Daniel!
As expected, Daniel and Kyle chose to use the golden POV and took Alyssa and Indy off the block. In return, Monte nominated Nicole and Taylor to the block in their place. The Leftovers plan to backdoor/blindside Nicole. She is confident that she is staying in the Big Brother house.
Tune back in tomorrow evening, Thursday, August 4, at 9 PM EST for the live eviction.
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Some of this arduous journey was captured on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Yolanda fluctuated between periods of feeling well, and periods of flare up of her condition. This nature of this chronic disease was beyond the logic of some of her cast mates. Most shockingly was Lisa Rinna’s uneducated diagnosis of Munchausen syndrome, basically accusing Yolanda of faking her symptoms and gas-lighting her suffering.
Yolanda left the show to focus on her health, and has enjoyed periods of feeling well again. Sadly, after a nine-month social media hiatus, the mother of three returned to say that she had suffered a relapse.
Page Six reported that Yolanda took a break from Instagram following the death of her mother, Ans van den Herik, to “reevaluate” her life
“After the loss of my mother i really struggled with depression followed by a lyme relapse…. the emotional stress and grief strongly effected my immune system,” Yolanda wrote alongside a photo of the former model in a summer-friendly outfit of white shirt, denim shorts, and a straw hat.
Yolanda wanted to work on the presence of mind as a means of healing. She identified her time on social media as a hindrance to it. She explained, “My phone addiction didn’t help either, it started to take so much time away from being present in my life … I realized that we are slowly starting to lose the art of communication and its creating a deep loneliness within us.”
Yolanda credits the hiatus as a chance to “break the habit of picking up [her] phone 50 times a day,” a change that she described as a “wonderful reset.”
And the benefits to her physical body have been tremendous. “Learning to focus on myself, my health journey and being present in this moment of my life,” Yolanda added. “Time has slowed down and feels a lot calmer, more time to just sit and actually read a book, time to reconnect with people, be creative and most importantly time with my family. I am excited to be back and see what you’ve all been up to.”
It’s great news that Yolanda is in a better place. Earlier in her battle with the chronic illness, the RHOBH alum was so desperate as to contemplate suicide. She detailed her journey in a memoir titled, “Believe Me: My Battle with the Invisibility of Lyme Disease.”
Describing her turmoil at the time, Yolanda wrote, “I’m such a fighter, but I had to surrender. God please just take me away in a wave. I can’t live like this one more day. Please carry my body away. I just want to disappear.”
Yolanda credits her love of children Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid, and Anwar Hadid as what gave her hope. She revealed, “My next thought is a clear image of my three children. It shifts my consciousness immediately and that’s the only thing that keeps me from letting myself drift and drown.”
Yolanda’s two younger children, Bella and Anwar, also have Lyme disease.
TELL US- WHAT ADVICE OR ENCOURAGEMENT DO YOU HAVE FOR YOLANDA?
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It’s been on for twelve seasons, but the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has a reigning original cast member. After the departure of Lisa Vanderpump, the true queen of the series, Kyle Richards is the last one standing.
Season 12 is well under way, and the mother of four seems determined to take on a mentorship role. Meaning Kyle is getting more involved in others’ drama than usual. And she’s policing any criticism of Erika Jayne, for some inexplicable reason.
And wow, is Garcelle Beauvais calling her out on it. Despite Kyle having no response or feeling that she should take a step back, it’s delightful to watch. Kyle has little self-awareness. Us hardened RHOBH viewers expect this from Kyle, but newbie Sheree Zampino has some questions.
The RHOBH cast member shared her opinions on Behind the Velvet Rope With David Yontef during the August 1st episode. Entertainment Tonight reported that Sheree saw Kyle as interfering in Garcelle’s conflict with Erika. Especially when it came to Erika’s drunken tirade against Garcelle’s 14-year-old son Jax, an incident Sheree called, “completely inappropriate.”
“I like Kyle, but sometimes I think Kyle needs to sit down somewhere,” Sheree said. “She’s an OG, she’s been on every season, she’s very connected to the show…but she acts as the moderator.”
Then there was the incident between Diana Jenkins and Sutton Stracke. Kyle came in, mid-conversation, to police what was being said. One can’t take sides without seeing it from the beginning, but Kyle has been throwing Sutton under the bus for awhile now.
Sheree called Kyle out on it. “Why are you even here?” she said. “I didn’t understand. I don’t think they needed that. Sometimes you need somebody to come in and be a moderator—and I mean, she’s got the experience, she’s got the knowledge and the information—but it’s not always necessary. We don’t always need a moderator.”
As for any upcoming RHOBH drama, Sheree managed to side-step one major s–t storm because she was “sleeping soundly” at the time. Could it be the infamous Aspen trip fight that we are anticipating in the latter part of the season?
Sheree didn’t say, but explained, “Garcelle and I had the foresight to take our butts back to the house,” Sheree added. “So I don’t know…I don’t know how that’s gonna play out.”
TELL US- DO YOU THINK KYLE NEEDS TO STOP MODERATING? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF SHEREE AS A CAST MEMBER? WILL SHEREE AND GARCELLE MISS OUT ON THE ASPEN DRAMA?
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The latest occurance happened between Below Deck chef Rachel Hargrove and Southern Charm star Austen Kroll. Page Six reported that the Season 9 chef recently tweeted her unfiltered opinion about the Trop Hop Beers founder, and Below Deck fans know how raw Rachel’s words can be.
“Cheers to the most narsasitic [sic] t–t on @BravoTV,” Rachel tweeted to caption an article about Austen. To supplement her rant, Rachel shared text conversations she had with a representative of Bravo’s public relations team. These messages were quickly deleted, however she made her feelings very clear.
“I don’t sit down, I stand up… I’m tired of the BS… I refuse to participate in @BravoCon2022,” Rachel wrote. “Done with bullies on tv.”
This drama with Bravo comes on the heels of complaints about pay from several Below Deck cast members, including Rachel and Eddie Lucas. It seems her issues are not only with Austen, but with the network as well.
As for her grievances with Austen, Rachel points to a lack of civility on not one, but two occasions. “He was in Tampa and fort lauderdale where I live… we met up… but what was actually good was I met his brewing team,” the chef revealed to Bravo’s PR team.
“We were all haning [hanging] out. He didn’t like the fact that I don’t party and wasn’t doing his whole thing… being an idiot,” Rachel continued.
On another occasion, Austen’s co-star Shep Rose was allegedly involved. Rachel continued, “The guys [guy’s] an idiot… even when him and chep [“Southern Charm” star Shep Rose] through [sic] my bag on the floor at up fronts while waiting to go do dress rehearsal.”
Finally, a very Rachel statement in which she called Austen a “drunk cokehead.”
The response from fans was mixed. Some called Rachel out for the extreme statements that seemingly came from nowhere and pointed out some parallels between Rachel’s reaction to Austen and that of his ex-girlfriend Madison LeCroy.
“Girl… I think Madison is in that same category,” one follower commented.
“I’ve never met her,” Rachel wrote in response. “But I did have the unfortunate experience of being around him.”
Neither Rachel nor Austen has responded to Page Six’s request for further comment. It’s a waiting game to see if this feud continues.
TELL US- WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO RACHEL’S STATEMENTS ABOUT AUSTEN? DO YOU THINK THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE NETWORK AS WELL? DO YOU THINK THE FEUD WILL CONTINUE?
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So let’s just get all things Dave and Natasha out of the way first, shall we? These two simply can’t keep things on a steady keel, can they? One minute she’s all but completely ignoring him in the galley. The next she’s accusing him of being weird and making him even more paranoid in their room. The guilt over cheating on her off-screen ex with the chef is eating the chief stew up inside. So she’s desperate to control the narrative about their relationship and how it’s received by all their new co-workers. Except, sorry Natasha, the narrative is already out of your hands because you’re admitting everything in your confessionals…That’s how reality TV works, darling.
On the last night of the charter, Dave admits via confessional that on their previous boat, Natasha was the one saying she would leave her boyfriend for him. Now, it’s an entirely different story. And, again, it’s all on the chief stew’s terms. Dave can’t even say the words out loud that are stuck in his head. Because cameras are around. After knocking out an incredible-looking Moroccan dinner, the poor chef is left to spiral in their shared bunk. And of course, that’s when Natasha finally approaches him to talk. But only in paranoid whispers. She cares more about “getting caught” than what her demands are doing to Dave. Natasha doesn’t even comfort him when he admits he constantly feels like crying. But she’s more than happy to let him tuck her in.
Meanwhile, there happens to be another flirtation simmering within the crew. One that I’ve actually failed to mention yet, as its been overshadowed by all the other storylines. But sparks are clearly flying between Natalya Scudder and Storm Smith. And they have been for a while now. That is, when the second stew’s not plotting to marry a rich old man and push him down the stairs after convincing him to sign over his yacht. She’s more prone to happily accepting cute, flirty visits from the mustachioed deckhand down in the laundry. He’s already cheekily referring to her as his “wife” on board. There may not be much to report yet, but keep an eye on this pair…
Partway through the second charter, looming bad weather forces Captain Sandy to make an executive decision. The boat has to return to the dock. At least the guests got to go swim in the Crystal Lagoon first? Of course, this type of situation is never ideal for any charter. Because now the interior will be responsible for keeping the demanding, disappointed guests entertained while they’re, you know, two feet from shore. But first, M/Y Home has to reach the marina. And that doesn’t exactly go according to plan.
The first docking went rather smoothly. But the first red flag starts waving when Raygan Tyler decides to take a lunch break… While the rest of the deck crew is getting the boat ready to dock. Ragyan. Sweetie. The boat is literally en route to the marina. It’s not the time to eat! Proper jammy donuts are not the priority. Storm decides to take charge when no one can find the bosun. And honestly, thank goodness someone did. Because once Raygan’s in charge again, disaster strikes.
The bosun brags in her confessional that she’s great at docking. It comes so naturally to her! She’s a captain! Well, apparently one thing Raygan is decidedly not good at is calling distances. Because when she says one of the concrete dolphins is three meters away, it’s actually one meter. And when she says it’s one meter away, oh look! The boat’s going to hit the dolphin. Even Jason Gaskell can see that the bosun’s depth perception is way off. Captain Sandy‘s always made a big deal of the fact that she’s never hit anything in her career. And, well, now she can’t exactly say that. And it’s all Raygan’s fault.
Thankfully, there doesn’t appear to be any damage to the motoryacht. But that’s really beside the point, at least to Captain Sandy. Raygan has been struggling in her role as bosun since the very beginning. And running the boat into a dolphin may have just sealed her fate. But the captain has to wait at least until the charter’s over to do anything about it. To make matters worse, the rest of the docking Raygan claims to be so adept at doesn’t go much better. Lines end up in the water. The deck crew’s timing is all off. And Sandy has to put the pressure on for them to, you know, actually dock the freaking boat. An embarrassing showing to be sure. In Mzi Dempers‘ words, it’s “a bit of a s–tshow.”
By the time the guests are off the boat on a tender ride, Captain Sandy‘s already looking for a new bosun. But the yacht staffer only has bad news: no replacement bosuns are available. The only option is another deckhand. The next day, she calls Storm to the wheelhouse to compliment him on how he handled the docking despite others’ failures. The charter ends on a decent note. And the crew even gets a tip of $19,000. But after the celebratory toast, Sandy calls Raygan to the bridge. And the bosun’s chances of survival don’t seem great. But, of course, before we can find out her fate, the screen cuts to black and we get another “To Be Continued…”
I’m sorry. But was the primary — a 32-year-old real estate heiress — sleeping with that barely legal, Corona-obsessed frat boy? The one who bragged in his preference sheet about flying private helicopters everywhere? I genuinely need to know. I have so many questions.
TELL US — DO YOU THINK RAYGAN IS ABOUT TO GET FIRED? IS SHE EXPECTING IT OR WILL SHE BE BLINDSIDED? IS NATASHA TREATING DAVE UNFAIRLY? DO YOU SHIP NATALYA AND STORM? AND WHAT WAS GOING ON BETWEEN THE PRIMARY AND THE 22-YEAR-OLD?
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Who doesn’t love a crossover?!
Bachelor Nation’s Blake Moynes was recently spotted with Love Is Blind star Natalie Lee in the Caribbean. Fans were surprised to see the pair sharing multiple photos together from the trip. I know I was surprised considering how much love Blake has had for Bachelorette Women. Clare Crawley, Tayshia Adams, and Katie Thurston to be exact. Blake and Katie ended up engaged, but that was very short-lived. Natalie also just went through a broken engagement with Love Is Blind co-star Shayne Jansen.
It all started when Natalie posted a selfie on her Instagram Stories posted up with Blake, the caption read, “the crossover nobody asked for”. The two had a beautiful beach glow and were smiling ear to ear. Natalie hasn’t posted anything since then regarding Blake, but Blake has kept the content flowing.
Blake shared a clip of him and Natalie on a “breakfast date” where they laughed and discussed an inside joke. The inside joke is that Natalie says she would be a “turtle barnacle in another life.” For now, we don’t really know what it means but Blake says Natalie may one day share with us the meaning behind the joke.
If you’re confused as to why turtles are a topic of conservation between the stars, it helps to know that Blake has a career in wildlife conservation. He and Natalie were actually in Nevis staying at the Four Seasons in order to work with the Sea Turtle Conservatory. Blake shared an adorable picture of the two with a hawksbill sea turtle that they were planting a satellite on for research reasons. Blake wrote that the research is “crucial for sea turtles in the hopes to learn & understand and better manage/protect.”
Fans are buzzing about the possible couple, and an inside source revealed to E! News that this trip was the first time Blake and Natalie had met. “He thinks she’s absolutely hilarious and an all-around great person,” the insider shared. “They’re having a blast.” The source says that Blake has been bringing celebrities on his conservation trips in order “to help raise awareness for the different causes that are very dear to his heart.” The source lastly shared, “He has tried to take advantage of the platform he’s been given to make a difference for endangered species and doing whatever he can to help.”
TELL US- DO YOU THINK BLAKE AND NATALIE ARE ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED? IF SO, DO YOU THINK THEY WILL BE TOGETHER SOON? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ALL THE BACHELOR NATION STARS DATING FROM OTHER REALITY TV POOLS?
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Imagine if your most vulnerable years were captured on camera for one of the most popular reality TV shows of the 2000’s. You manage to sidestep any major disasters and you move on to a notable career in the medium, but the debut performance hasn’t aged well.
Such is the reality of Kristin Cavallari. She starred as Lauren Conrad’s nemesis on Laguna Beach, then took over on The Hills when LC left. Kristin’s presence on camera then got her a spinoff with her ex-husband Jay Cutler in 2018, before Very Cavallari was cancelled after three seasons.
So one has to think that Kristin knows the tricks of the trade and exactly how much to present on camera. But that wouldn’t have been the case while filming Laguna Beach, and Kristin has a unique opportunity to revisit those days alongside her co-star and former boyfriend Stephen Colletti.
Back to the Beach With Kristin and Stephen is a podcast that has the two stars rewatch Laguna Beach to offer commentary and feedback on what really went down behind the scenes. Entertainment Tonight reported on what was said during the latest episode.
To her credit, Kristin took time to reflect on the optics of her privileged upbringing. After viewing a particular episode, during which her car broke down and she struggled to buy groceries, Kristin explained, “I will say, so not to get too deep, but in high school, I lived with my dad and my stepmom. My stepmom was 20 years younger than my dad. She was actually closer to my age than she was with my dad. She never cooked. My dad was, I wouldn’t say absent, but he wasn’t involved in my life very much. And it’s very clear to see from this episode and actually the next episode that my dad didn’t teach me some basic things that I probably needed to know. Like how to put oil in my car, which we will get to in the next episode. Or how to order food at the grocery store.”
Kristin went so far as to say she would have been, “cancelled” if Laguna Beach aired in 2022 and gave herself an “F” for the episode. Cancel culture holds public figures accountable for their behavior on social media and in entertainment. Offenses can cost a person their job, reputation, and acceptance in society.
“I’m gonna give myself an F,” she explained. “I said some dumb stuff. I looked like a little brat. I’d say this was not my best episode for sure.”
But Kristin acknowledged that editing played a role in how she was portrayed. It was a rookie mistake, that she “learned very quickly filming season one.”
“I will say I went into season two with a much different mindset because, you know, you only know so much while you’re filming the season, what’s going to happen, how it’s going to be edited,” she added.
Kristin said, “And then when you see it, you’re like, ‘Wow, OK. This is what they do.’ And as we were talking about earlier, you know, if you are trying to have a conversation, cause I remember sometimes going in the bathroom and talking to your friend about whatever.”
Kristin elaborated “Because you think, ‘I’m off camera,’ but they’re listening the entire time and they’re still recording your audio, which then they can put in anywhere. So you learn very quickly, like, ‘Oh, OK, as long as I have a microphone on, I am not safe.'”
So how do Kristin’s comments stack up against today’s cancel culture? It doesn’t seem anything truly offensive was said, however the teen did live a highly privileged lifestyle and seemed unaware of anything outside the Orange County bubble.
Kristin admitted that the “hardest part about watching the show is hearing how I f**king talked.”
Well, there’s no going back but a girl can dream. Kristin concluded with her thoughts on what she would have done differently. “Honestly, it’s more of a general thing. I think throughout the entire show I wish I would just explain myself a little bit more instead of just being so sure,” she said. “And just being like, ‘Oh, you know, whatever, you know, screw her.’ It’s like just put some thought behind it.”
TELL US- DO YOU THINK KRISTIN WOULD HAVE BEEN CANCELLED IF LAGUNA BEACH AIRED IN 2022? WHAT DID YOU THINK OF KRISTIN ON LAGUNA BEACH? HOW WOULD YOUR HIGH SCHOOL ANTICS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IF YOU WERE ON A REALITY TV SHOW?
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For all the Dorinda Medley stans, it’s time to face facts. Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club did’t help her case for a potential comeback at all. I’m not sure if Dorinda has fully leaned into the villain role or what. Suddenly, all the viewers who were begging for her to come back have been pretty quiet.
But Dorinda isn’t the only former Real Housewives of New York star who took major heat after appearing on RHUGT. Jill Zarin was called thirsty but nearly every one of her RHUGT castmates. She defended herself as “hungry” instead of thirsty in a very rehearsed interview. But outing Tamra Judge’s great return to Real Housewives of Orange County before she got to announce it herself? Like Tamra said, “Jill is the thirstiest b—h I have ever met.” I need a gif of that immediately, thanks.
Now Dorinda and Jill are at odds with each other, which is a surprise to, well, no-one. As reported by Page Six, Dorinda unloaded after Jill made some comments about her drinking. On a recent SiriusXM show, Dorinda was asked by a caller what she thought about Jill’s remarks. She responded, “I think she’s very salacious.” And despite telling Jill on RHUGT that they go way back and were there for each other after the deaths of their spouses, Dorinda referred to Jill as an “acquaintance.” An obvious dig.
Dorinda continued, “She hasn’t been on in a long time and I think, you know, this is new for her and this is her moment. Even Brandi [Glanville] said on Watch What Happens Live the other night, she’s thirsty. Tamra said it. She’s thirsty. So go for it. That’s what I say. Go for it.”
During her own appearance on WWHL, Jill insinuated to host Andy Cohen that Dorinda had a drinking problem. Jill said on the show, “Quite honestly, we’ll never really address it until the whole drinking and all that thing has to get resolved. There’s a lot of stuff there, but I’m not a doctor, I’m not a therapist, I’m not even a close enough friend to be able to really get to that with Dorinda, but someone needs to get there with her. I mean, I don’t want anything to happen to her, and I’m worried.”
When Dorinda’s caller went on to ask about Jill’s comments being “hurtful,” Dorinda shrugged it off. “Things are only hurtful in life when you care,” she maintained. The former Housewife then added, “My mother always says something: ‘consider the source.’ So I think people should say whatever they want. Just because you say it doesn’t mean it’s true. And how about this? Who cares?”
TELL US – DO YOU THINK JILL’S COMMENTS WERE WRONG? DOES DORINDA CARE DEEP DOWN? ARE YOU TEAM JILL OR TEAM DORINDA?
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