Now back to you, Jon Stewart. The former Daily Show host made a surprise return to the late night comedy series on April 4, where he used the force from Star Wars to communicate with...Sexuality is a spectrum, and Meghan King isn’t afraid to explore it. The Real Housewives of Orange County alum has been dating, and she recently opened up about her mission to “explore” her sexuality. Page Six covered all the juicy details about her recent date with a woman. Marrying Cuffe Owens is so 2022. 2023 is all about exploration.
“I opened up my dating app to women. We meet and I’ve never done this before and I have thought about [women],” Meghan explained in a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight. “Sometimes when I look at porn, I look at lesbian porn, but I never thought that my desires were to be with a woman.” She continued, “I’m like, ‘What if there is something there? What if I am a lesbian? What if I’m bi?'”
This isn’t the first time Meghan has publicly questioned her sexuality. At the beginning of 2023, the mother of three kicked off the year with a blog post detailing her plans to “celebrate platonic and non-traditional partnerships.” Good for her for following through on her New Year’s Resolution.
Meghan wrote at the time, “I will explore my sexuality if I want to. And I will honor platonic and non-traditional relationships in ways Western society has done the disservice of making us believe are unimportant.”
In her pursuit to explore her sexuality, the RHOC alum revealed that she had an “incredible” three-day date with a woman in New York City. We love that she’s getting out there and testing the waters, but who has that kind of free time?
Meghan spilled all the tea about the date, saying, “The first night, the woman and I hook up at the Yale Club. So, we’re hooking up, we’re hooking up in bed, I’m like, ‘This is fun or whatever.'”
Obviously, it must have been “fun or whatever” since the rendezvous lasted a whole three days. But, at some point over those three steamy days, Meghan realized that being with a woman wasn’t checking all of her boxes. She confessed that she had never been with a woman outside of a threesome and didn’t “identify as bi.”
Meghan recalled, “So I told this woman, ‘I like you and hanging out with you, and you’re beautiful and fun and sexy, but the thing is, I really like c—k and I can’t be in a monogamous relationship with a woman.'”
That’s certainly one way to bring a three-day date to an end! Perhaps they could find a nice guy to make a throuple? We all know there are plenty of single Bravolebrities who would be down! Either way, whatever happens next as Meghan explores her sexuality, we’re rooting for her.
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Some unfortunate news for a family that has already faced multiple challenges. Since 2003 Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell has been having major issues with her mother, Mama June Shannon.
When Anna was 8 years old, she was molested by her mother’s boyfriend at the time. In 2014, Anna confessed Mark McDaniel “would try and touch me and all that stuff.” Unfortunately, June cared more about her man than she did her daughter(s). Allow this to be a reminder not to do drugs, kids.
Anna moved from her mother’s home to live with her grandmom after the disgusting boyfriend assaulted her. After some time apart, in 2012 she went back to live with June before the premiere of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.
Anna and June decided to put the past troubles behind them. “Me and Mama realized we needed to put this behind us and get our relationship back on track and that’s what we did and that’s what we have been doing,” Anna explained.
Now at age 28, when Anna should be enjoying her life and healing from her childhood, she began suffering from intense stomach pains. In January, she received a startling diagnosis. According to People, Anna discovered she has stage 4 adrenal carcinoma. The disease was found in multiple organs including her lung, liver, and kidneys.
Last month Anna began her first round of chemo and a source told TMZ the family is “very hopeful” she’ll face the challenge head-on and beat the cancer. Physicians are currently waiting for Anna’s response to the medication before creating a treatment plan.
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Anna is a mom of two and went Instagram official with her current boyfriend in 2019. She recently returned to social media after taking a long-term break. Last week, prior to Anna’s health condition being revealed, she posted a selfie. It was captioned, “Your girl is back sorry for the photo dump that’s going to happen hahah I love y’all and I hope y’all hope y’all are having a good week #imback #2023 #tiktok.”
Anna received multiple declarations of support and well-wishes from her followers. We wish her well and hope for a speedy recovery.
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He’s been claimed. Kory Keefer has turned multiple heads in the Winter House during his time on Season 2. We know the gym owner gravitates toward blondes. Also, he doesn’t want to be pushed to label anything. So it must be love now that Kory and Summer House star Sam Feher made it official.
It seems the atmosphere at Summer House and Winter House is rife for hookups. Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard found love and are now engaged. Their wedding may be filmed for a Bravo special. Paige DeSorbo and Southern Charm star Craig Conover are connected to the show. Fellow Southerner Austen Kroll pursued Ciara Miller during his stint on Winter House. Then totally dismissed her in the Hamptons. But that’s a separate drama.
But now we have a new Bravolebrity couple. Page Six confirmed the news in a recent interview. Sam told the publication, “Kory’s my boyfriend! That is so weird. I haven’t had a boyfriend in so long!” The two met on a recent Summer House episode. That was filmed over the summer of 2022. Yet Kory and Sam only, “made it official a little while ago.”
“It’ll be really fun to watch our love story play out a little bit,” Sam added. “I don’t want to get emotional, but it’s very special to find someone who means so much to you and then get to relive that experience all the time.”
Without sharing the exact timing, Sam confirmed her romance was a “thing” in November 2022. At that time, Kory, and his best friend Craig, appeared on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen.
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“This is a crazy insider moment and funny to look back on, [but] when Craig and Kory did Watch What Happens Live for Winter House, Kory and I were dating, but I hadn’t even been announced as cast yet on Summer House, so I’m sitting in the audience all quiet like no one knows who I am,” Sam said.
Sam joined the Bravolebrity ranks by getting close to Craig and Paige. The two couples partied in Paige’s NYC apartment after the taping until 3 a.m.
“We are just all so easy. We get along so well,” Sam said of double-dating with Paige and Craig. “It’s nice that the boys have their own relationship, and then Paige and I have our own relationship separately from our relationships with them. It’s just really fun for the four of us to be around each other. We’re all kind of obsessed with each other, so it’s … a good time,” she added.
Sounds healthy. The two couples also share the challenges of long-distance relationships. Both ladies are based in NYC. Craig lives in Charleston, SC, while Kory lives in Charlotte, NC. But neither couple are ready to move in together full time.
“He always says like, ‘I want to live in New York so badly,’” the Instagram influencer said. “We’re not quite there yet, but he’s like, ‘It’s not a question of whether I’m moving to New York — it’s when.’” Sam added that her man is a “city boy at heart.” Despite Kory’s enthusiasm for outdoor activities on Winter House, she insisted he “feels like the city boy in a country world.”
“I think there’s a time when he’ll be living up here, but until then, I’m more than happy to get out of the city every once in a while to visit him,” Sam explained their setup. “It’s a nice break, honestly.” Sam and Kory just met on the current episode of Summer House. At the time of filming, the influencer called Kory, “the first hot guy” that came into her orbit in “months.”
The chemistry between the two was immediately apparent. Much to Ciara’s dismay.
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We independently selected these deals and products because we love them, and we think you might like them at these prices. E! has affiliate relationships, so we may get a commission if you...The current season of Real Housewives of New Jersey is only getting better as we inch closer to viewing Teresa Giudice’s wedding day. Season 13 has been about the same old fights as always. Tre and Joe Gorga can’t get along. Jennifer Aydin is forever getting on somebody’s nerves. And Melissa Gorga is still embarrassing herself by doing the most to attempt to “beat out” her sister-in-law. Jersey is reliable, that is why we find comfort in it.
The latest episode of RHONJ picked up after a rocky weekend at the shore. Tre and Luis Ruelas left on bad terms with the Gorgas. Luis even sobbed his eyes out on the way out. (No word yet if he went home and put on Nonno’s pajamas for comfort). Danielle Cabral also was still reeling from being run off by the RHONJ Mean Girls squad and was ready to retaliate. Here are five main takeaways from the latest RHONJ episode, “Coffee Talk.”
After spending weeks of fighting, Dolores Catania and Jennifer Aydin finally became friends again. These two were going at it since the RHONJ Season 12 reunion. They sat down for a lunch during the latest episode to say their “I’m sorry’s” and kiss and make up. Jennifer admitted that her anger causes her to make statements she sometimes regrets, which is the understatement of the year. Dolo was happy to be able to be there for Jennifer amidst her ongoing marriage problems with Bill Aydin. She knows better than anyone what it takes to put a man in his place. Right, Frank Catania?
In the spirit of making peace, Dolores and Jennifer hosted a group event during this episode. Many of their co-stars were surprised, especially MelGo and Margaret Josephs, to see these two frenemies back on each other’s good side. Marge was blunt during a confessional and said that she thought Dolores just didn’t want to fight anymore so she called a truce. “But does she really like her? I mean, does anybody really like her?” Marge said. While I understand Jennifer is no walk in the park all the time, I do really like watching her on TV. The same can’t always be said for you, Pigtails. Regardless, I’m happy to see the underrated duo of Jennifer and Dolores back together to fight Tre’s battles all the way to the altar.
While the ladies gathered at Dolores and Jennifer’s event hosted at Paul Connell’s insanely nice condo, the new duo revealed some shocking news. Apparently, right as the two were making up, Tre called her two friends with a vision. She claimed that while she was meditating and pictured Dolo and Jennifer walking down the aisle with her on her big day. Jennifer couldn’t help her messy self but blurt out, “So we’re bridesmaids” with glee. Obviously, Melissa’s reaction was the first thing everyone wanted to see.
MelGo was visibly angered by the bridesmaids news. She immediately pointed out that Dolores wasn’t even invited to the engagement party because of her feud with Dina Manzo. In this episode, we learned a bit about Tre and Dina’s falling out. It apparently had to do with a business dealing between Luis and Dina’s husband. MelGo believed that it was “convenient” that Tre had a vision while meditating to replace Dina with Dolores as a bridesmaid. Right after their friendship-ending feud. Dolores couldn’t care less — she’s just happy she beat Dina in the competition of Tre’s friendship. “I’m not talking about Dina. Ever,” Dolores said during a confessional. She’s more excited to invite the ladies on a group trip to Ireland to celebrate Tre’s wedding with the most unconventional bachelorette party of all time. And boy, I can’t wait to watch it.
Some major plot points dominated the latest RHONJ episode, but some of the throwaway scenes further reinforce the idea that the show is all about family. Newbie Rachel Fuda spent most of her screen time, when she wasn’t fighting with Danielle, talking about her family. She expressed her desire to adopt her stepson and explained some of the complicated dynamics with his biological mother. It was probably a messy thing for her to bring to the public platform of reality TV, but it is definitely family-oriented.
Dolores also brought it back to the family by giving Paulie the lowdown on her current issues with Frank. It’s obvious from this episode that Dolo and Paul are the real deal serious with their romance. Paul believes that Frank needs to grow up and move on, even though he has his own close relationship with his ex-wife. It wasn’t a conversation that raised any red flags, but it is interesting to see the complications that can come with modern-day blended families, especially with strong Italian-American roots like so many of our RHONJ girls.
Speaking of family, Danielle didn’t want anyone talking about hers. Period. She was upset that she let the ladies run her out of Rachel’s shore party with their prying questions about her fight with her brother. She’s ready to go into Dolo and Jennifer’s event guns a-blazin’ to really let her new friends know she doesn’t back down.
At Danielle’s “vindication day,” she got some food in her stomach before going in on everyone, especially Rachel. She told the ladies that it hurt for them to not just listen and accept her side of the story about her brother without them asking questions. The entire situation triggered her from the bullying she experienced while growing up. Finally, MelGo told her dogs to back down and leave Danielle alone like Jennifer Aydin was trying to say from the get-go. Danielle’s retaliation doesn’t end with a resolution, but rather calling her new friends “guilty insecure b–ches.” I don’t know about you, but I’m loving the new Queen Bee of RHONJ in her debut season.
I was waiting for the grand finale to talk about the details of the wacky event hosted by Dolores and Jennifer. Jennifer gathered the ladies at Paul’s house because she didn’t want Marge at her own, to get their coffee cups read by a Turkish psychic. The ladies drank a cup of coffee and the remanents in the mug were supposed to be able to tell their future. However, it’s clear from the beginning that it was a setup.
The psychic started out easy by telling Dolores she sees an engagement in her future. Then, her phony nature revealed itself with Marge. The psychic claimed to see the letter “L” and a knife in the back, seemingly referring to her friend Laura that was talking smack about her. It gets worse when she uses the word “endorsements” while reading Jennifer Aydin’s cup, a word Marge recently threw around during an argument with Mrs. Aydin.
Jackie Goldschneider and co. can’t help but burst out laughing at the absurdity of the situation. “I know I’m cynical, but come on people,” Jackie joked during the confessional. Marge asked point-blank if Jennifer told the psychic any tea before she arrived, which they both denied. However, we didn’t need confirmation to know a hoax when we see one. It’s times like these that I don’t mind the wacky spiritual healing journeys on Real Housewives if they end in comic relief.
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Jennifer Aniston officially has Jennifer Coolidge's stamp of approval. After the Friends alum recently revealed her desire to join The White Lotus' upcoming third season as the sister to...Selling Sunset might be down a cast member for Season 7. Production began for the show’s next installment, but apparently, not everyone has been asked to return. According to Page Six, Heather Rae Young has been sitting by the phone waiting to get the call to film for the show, but the phone isn’t ringing.
Heather opened up about her possible dismissal from the show during an E! News interview with her husband, Tarek El Moussa. The two welcomed a son in January, and Heather admitted she’s now ready to return to work. However, it’s not as simple as her just showing up at the Oppenheim Group office and clocking in.
“I’ve been off maternity leave and I’ve been excited to get back to work and so far I have not been called back,” Heather explained. Filming for season 7 has begun, so the fact that she has yet to get a call is probably not a good sign. You’ve heard of quiet quitting. This sounds like quiet firing.
Although it sounds like Heather won’t be a part of Selling Sunset Season 7, she confirmed that she would be featured in Season 6. Filming has already wrapped, but Netflix hasn’t confirmed a premiere date. Heather teased, “I don’t think they’ve announced the air date, but soon you guys will find out.”
When Season 6 does hit Netflix, we expect to see a bit of a shakeup at the Oppenheim Group. Of course, Christine Quinn left the brokerage at the end of Season 5 in a controversial departure from the series. She later teased that she would be a part of Season 6 in some capacity before officially leaving the show for good. Longtime cast member Maya Vander also left the series to focus on her real estate business in Florida.
In light of some old faces leaving Selling Sunset, Netflix announced two new cast members joining the fun. Nicole Young and Bre Tiesi have signed on to join the cast for Season 6 and Season 7. They’re both longtime realtors at the Oppenheim Group, and it sounds like they’ve just been waiting in the wings, anticipating the call to join the cast.
Heather might have been dropped from Selling Sunset to clear space for the newbies. But that doesn’t mean she’s off television for good. She and her husband are starring in their own reality show, The Flipping El Moussas, on HGTV. Arguably, that sounds like a better gig than Selling Sunset. At least on HGTV, there’s much less drama, and Heather won’t have to compete for screen time with five other blondes.
TELL US – DO YOU THINK HEATHER WAS FIRED FROM SELLING SUNSET? WILL YOU MISS SEEING HER ON THE SHOW? HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING HEATHER AND TAREK’S NEW SHOW ON HGTV?
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It’s safe to say that virtually every Vanderpump Rules fan is firmly on Team Ariana Madix after the #Scandoval of it all. Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’s sneaky affair has made Season 10 even more chaotic than any of us, even Lisa Vanderpump, could have ever imagined. Thankfully, we’re watching the chaos all go down in real time on TV. The episodes just further prove that Sandoval and Rachel are so evil that they deserve each other. And somehow, Ariana is becoming even cooler than she was when she was born.
Ariana is obviously in a state of healing since the Pump Rules scandal exploded. She made it through filming the reunion, which we know was nothing close to peaceful. I have total faith that the universe is going to bless Ariana accordingly for having to deal with the disaster that is Tom Sandoval. But the reality TV addict in me can’t help but be over-the-moon excited for the dramatic VPR reunion. I mean, there’s been tea spilled left and right since #Scandoval broke. Half of it coming from Raquel’s own mouth. The reunion was even more heated — like, there were lawyers involved. You best believe I’m going to treat the reunion episodes like my own personal Super Bowl.
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According to Page Six, Ariana’s VPR reunion revenge dress has been revealed. She held nothing back in her reunion fashion statement. She was by far the best dressed of the group. Ariana sported a body-hugging red dress that showed off her body-ody-ody in all of the right places. The red dress has cut-outs to show off her killer abs and her bob was sharp enough to say “whatever doesn’t kill me better run.” Literally, I couldn’t have dreamt of a better dress for her to wear while facing Rachel and Sandoval to duke it all out. Let them eat up every inch of this look.
Ariana and Andy Cohen teased ahead of time that her Vanderpump Rules reunion dress would make all of our jaws drop. Andy wouldn’t give any sneak peeks, but told us that it was the ultimate “revenge dress.” Ariana teased her boss that her ex-boyfriend’s eyes were “gonna bleed” after getting a look at her. And I can’t disagree. It’s not even worth it to make jokes at Sandoval’s expense. He’s the one that has to live with hurting such a knockout like Ariana for the rest of his life.
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Love Is Blind is doing it live! For the first time in history, Netflix will stream a live reunion special when the Love Is Blind season four cast reunites April 16 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. The...Even though Kaity Biggar is wearing the “one ring to rule them all” following Bachelor Zach Shallcross’s proposal, she still believes that she and runner-up Gabi Elnicki will remain friends. Really? Would you be comfortable being friends with your future husband’s ex-girlfriend, the one with whom he had sex while he was also dating you? And why does that Friends song “I’ll be there for you . . .” keep playing in my head?
“We’ve already had trips together,” Kaity said. “We’ve been to Florida. A lot of the girls came to Austin for the premiere and, me, Gabi, Ariel [Frenkel], Jess [Girod], and Mercedes [Northup] [are going to] Miami at the end of April.”
“We’re all very tight,” Kaity told Us Weekly’s Here for the Right Reasons podcast. Us Weekly has the story.
Despite repeatedly (and cruelly) saying his heart was torn between the two women, it was pretty obvious to fans — and especially to Gabi — that Zach had already made his choice long before the Final Rose Ceremony. Following the previous week’s rose ceremony, the Vermont native noticed that Zach seemed to only make eye contact with Kaity. Even though he’d been intimate with Gabi that week — or maybe because of it — he couldn’t look her in the eye.
Then when Gabi arrived for the Final Rose Ceremony in Thailand, she stepped into a mud puddle as she exited the car. Her nerves were showing, as she got a little cranky with production. “When it actually matters,” she scolded, “when Kaity arrives, don’t do that to her.”
“Gabi has a heart of gold,” Kaity said. “She actually told me [about the mud puddle comment] after we finished filming. She’s like, ‘Oh my God, Kaity, I don’t know if they’re gonna air this, but this is what I did.’ And we were just howling about it.”
“We both [had] each other’s back throughout the whole season,” the travel nurse continued. “We confided in each other. I even told Zach, I was like, ‘She’s an incredible woman. You have a tough decision to make.’ Honestly [I got] such amazing friendships out of the season. I’m so grateful.”
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Sadly, we all watched as Zach broke Gabi’s heart and proposed to Kaity. Right after America watched the breakup on national TV, the two former lovers sat down with host Jesse Palmer. Gabi confronted her ex about telling Kaity — and “the whole nation” — that they had sex during their overnight date.
“In that moment,” Zach told Us, “I told her . . . ‘this can be [our] secret.’ And the guilt ate at me. That’s not [the man] I want to be — to hold secrets and not give the full truth.”
“Obviously,” Zach continued, “it caused a lot of pain though, and I don’t take away from that. I hope Gabi knows that like, the intentions were as pure as they could be, and I did not wanna hurt her.”
Meanwhile, Kaity admitted it was tough watching the episode, but knows her fiancé was just doing his best when he made the notorious “no sex” rule. “I wasn’t in his shoes,” Kaity told Us. “I think he has such an amazing heart and he just didn’t wanna muddy the waters, but obviously…it did.”
“Going in [to] Fantasy Suite week,” she continued, “I just wanted to use that time–that intimate time–to just get to know each other more on a more emotional level [without the cameras]. I was just looking forward to that.” The registered nurse also said she had been looking forward to their kayaking date, but sadly, that went “sour pretty quick.”
“But, in Bachelor world,” she admitted, “things don’t always go as planned, so I don’t think I really went in with a whole lot of expectations. I was just hoping it would go smoothly. We hit a hurdle for sure. But in the end, we came out stronger.”
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ZACH AND KAITY AS A COUPLE? DO YOU THINK THEY’LL LAST? DO YOU THINK KAITY AND GABI CAN REMAIN FRIENDS?
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Garcelle Beauvais' son Oliver Saunders has finally entered the Scandoval chat. The Vanderpump à Paris server, who made out with Raquel Leviss on Vanderpump Rules earlier this season during a night...
Katy Perry always wears her emotions on her sleeve. In a sneak peek at the April 3 episode of ABC's American Idol, 15-year-old Kaylin Hedges and 17-year-old Tyson Venegas perform a version of...
Kelly Clarkson Through the Years "But I was so happy because a lot of people would cancel if I couldn't be there, a lot of times that would happen," she added. "It was so cool of her because she...Two of Bachelor Nation’s most controversial players are joining forces against a third. Zach Shallcross recently sat down with former Bachelorette star Kaitlyn Bristowe and shared his reactions to Nick Viall’s show commentary.
Although she was initially critical of Zach’s choice as the Bachelor, Kaitlyn seems to have changed her opinion and invited Zach and his new fiancée Kaity Biggar to join her on her Off the Vine podcast. Us Weekly has the details.
“Thank you for reaching out,” Zach said on the March 30, 2023 episode. “It means a lot you know, when you’re someone very prominent [in the franchise]. There’s so many negative comments.”
“Oh, my God,” Kaitlyn agreed, “Nick was so hard on you.”
Zach claimed the Season 21 Bachelor had told him prior to filming, “‘Hey, man, I got your back, like I’ll support you.'” But soon afterward, the tech exec started seeing critical comments from Nick in the press.
Zach admitted he was hurt. “I’ve never met him. And I [thought], ‘It’s kind of an a-hole move.’ Maybe he didn’t mean to — maybe something he said got taken out of context . . . but from what I could see, it looked a little harsh.” No, I’m pretty sure he meant it, Zach.
“It was harsh,” Kaitlyn concurred. “And I was like, ‘Oh, that’s not very nice.’ Because once you’re in, like, you guys are family now.” But a pretty dysfunctional family, am I right?
As we all know, Bachelor Nation first met Nick when he competed on Seasons 10 and 11 of The Bachelorette. He finished as the runner-up for both Andi Dorfman and Kaitlyn, and reportedly slept with both of them. Next, he rehabilitated his “bad boy” image by being a good listener in Season 3 of Bachelor in Paradise. Nick so successfully won America’s hearts, he got the job as the Season 21 Bachelor.
These days the University of Wisconsin grad recaps all things Bachelor Nation on his Viall Files podcast, where he posted some not-so-flattering comments about Zach during his journey.
“That’s 2 weeks in [a] row now Zach was a total dick to one of the [women],” Nick tweeted on February 27, 2023, when the Bachelor sent Jess Girod home for obsessing over the one-on-one dates. “It’s literally all about the one on one,” Nick continued. “Zach knows that. He made Jess feel like she messed up for expressing a valid concern. #thebachelor.”
The following week, Nick was back at it, tweeting his reactions to Zach’s interactions with the women. “Every time Zach hears any of the woman express an insecurity, instead of showing an ounce of empathy, his face just drowns in disappointment . Zach is now fully in ‘I’m the Bachelor, and it’s your job to prove to me you’re worthy’ mode.”
After surviving his journey on The Bachelor and coming out successfully betrothed to Kaity, Zach expressed his “empathy for all [the] previous leads.” See, Nick? Zach has empathy. He says so.
“There hasn’t been one season where everyone has made the right decision or done everything the right way,” the Cal Polytechnic grad added. “There’s literally no right way. And people are very critical.” What about Sean Lowe, Zach? He didn’t tell multiple women he was in love with them, he didn’t sleep with anyone and he married the woman he chose at the end. Seems like he was pretty close to perfect, don’t you think, Zach?
Admitting that he sees Rachel Recchia in a different light now that he’s been in her shoes, Zach continued, “Sometimes you just make the decision that sounds right at the moment, and then you . . . look back and [realize] ‘I should have done things different.’”
Zach then offered up possibly the best (worst?) example of a Bachelor who totally f ***ed things up, Clayton Echard. Also known as the man whose own father said he’d “screwed the pooch.”
“Clayton, for example, you know, he’s someone that reached out to support me and encouraged me during the negativity,” Zach explained. “He made a mistake in a very tough boiling point moment, and you can’t completely fault someone or make huge character claims about a single decision. So I have the utmost respect for everyone that have been put in those positions, obviously, if there’s good intent.”
“Unless you’re an a-hole,” he added. “I have a couple on my mind.”
Quick to agree, Kaitlyn laughed, “There’s a few of those! . . . [I know a couple of those] too.”
TELL US – DID YOU THINK NICK’S COMMENTS ABOUT ZACH WERE “HARSH” OR TRUTHFUL? WHO DO YOU THINK WAS WORSE AS A BACHELOR: ZACH OR CLAYTON?
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Every city in the Real Housewives franchise has its own quirks and has generated its fair share of OMG moments. But I would venture a guess and say that since Real Housewives of Atlanta debuted in 2008, few have created as many legendary scenes. If you haven’t watched from the beginning, I humbly request you clear an entire weekend to binge the entire thing. RHOA offers the most quotable, sarcastic, and hilarious material. It also has some pretty dramatic disputes. If you’re lucky enough, sometimes all of this goes down in one scene before a commercial break.
All of the Real Housewives are wonderful, but few compare to our beloved RHOA. Let’s take a look back at how this particular show became a huge fan favorite and Bravo’s ace in the hole. Here are some iconic and memorable moments from our Atlanta ladies.
This one stung because fans were invested in Kandi Burruss’ friendship with Phaedra Parks. We last saw Phae Phae on Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, but she hasn’t been on RHOA since she left in Season 9. Phaedra went full traitor and was complicit in a rumor that alleged Kandi wanted to “rape” Porsha Williams in her “sex dungeon.”
To say Kandi was blown away by Phaedra’s betrayal would be a gross understatement. She was incensed by the accusations because she believed they could harm both her reputation and her personal brand. Porsha revealed who was leading the gossip pack during an incredibly heated reunion. “THE LIES, THE LIES, THE LIES” is burned in our memory banks forever. Phaedra never provided a motive for flapping her lips and crawled away into the night. Kandi said if Phaedra ever returned to RHOA, she would be out. Bravo must feel Phaedra paid her dues because she appeared on RHUGT and just nabbed a slot on Married To Medicine.
On RHOA, fights can be both vitriolic and humorous. It might sound like a fun combo in theory, but it’s a problem. When Marlo Hampton and Shereé got into a fight on a Season 4 trip to South Africa, it became quite evident. Shereé had a dinner party and left Marlo’s name off the list. It caused a huge commotion that resulted in some terrific verbal and nonverbal attacks. Although the actual battle of words took about 5 minutes to happen, its impact lasted for years.
Marlo criticized Shereé for spending time with “drug dealers” and having money issues. Shereé basically called Marlo a hooker and mocked her for “messing with an 80-year-old man.” Hands were tossed and hair was flicked. Marlo wound up saying some pretty offensive words and hopefully learned a lesson that day. Due to their friendship and apparent fondness for self-deprecation, Shereé and Marlo mimicked the famous altercation during Season 14.
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I’m pretty sure I could just write BOLO and everyone reading could come up with their own segment to this article. Some might even include carefully hand-drawn pictures. RHOA has given us many men over the years. Sure we love Miss Lawrence. Dwight Eubanks and his dancing with Phaedra at her baby shower will live on forever. And Gregg Leakes was obviously the king over a very tumultuous group of people. Then there was BOLO. Michael Bolo Bolwaire was not a “friend” of the cast. Nor was he a relative. BOLO is a dancer, of sorts, and he has… special talents.
People weren’t talking about BOLO’s interesting Chanel interpretation wardrobe pieces. They were mostly talking about his massive personal situation and what he might have done with it during a naughty soireé. For a reality television show with multiple cameras, something happened only certain people know about. Drew Sidora, Porsha, Tanya Sam, LaToya Ali, and Shamea Morton were dancing the night away and Kenya Moore twirled herself to bed. The rumor mill was buzzing and we never heard from Tanya again.
I know this is a heavy part of RHOA canon, but I still can’t believe it happened. I literally watched it with my own eyeballs and heard it with my own ears and still can’t comprehend it wasn’t staged. Along with natural shade and the ability to be the moment, Porsha also has a ditzy side that we love. I mean, this is literally the same person who once declared there were 265 days in a year. Look, we can either laugh or blame the school systems. But few Porsha moments stick out like the Underground Railroad. As the granddaughter of civil rights pioneer Hosea Williams, who collaborated with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., her snafu wasn’t very cute.
When the cast visited Savannah, Georgia’s First Black Baptist Church the ladies learned it was a stop on the underground railroad. Porsha proceeded to open her mouth and say, “There has to be an opening for the railroad at some point.” Our sweet summer child thought there was a subterranean choo-choo train running people back and forth. Porsha added,” ‘Cause somebody’s driving the train. It’s not electric like what we have now.”
Porsha’s co-stars were… astounded. The tour guide was… laughing in disbelief. When it was explained to Porsha there was no real train down there she responded, “Just a railroad?” Some people weren’t able to reconcile Porsha’s mistake and laugh it off like a joke. In a confessional interview, Kenya said, ”It’s almost hurtful to me to watch her be so dumb.” Thankfully Porsha has redeemed herself in recent years.
This is easily one of my most-watched moments on RHOA. I will go ahead and confess most of the moments I consider most watchable involve Shereé. I just can’t quit someone who granted the world a blessing with, “Who’s gonna check me, Boo?” But Shereé gave us that and so much more. The wigs worn by Kim Zolciak have drawn a lot of attention, especially in her first few seasons. NeNe even used to call Kim “wig” as an insult. At one point her dismissive “bye wig” became what I regularly say to my cat when he huffs out of a room. As a result, one of the most famous RHOA moments is when Kim’s wig is yanked in a Season 2 episode.
Kim met NeNe and SheBySheBroke at a restaurant. They wanted to confront Kim about some rumors she was allegedly spreading about them. Everything started out just dandy and Kim even brought a bike helmet as comic relief. She probably should have put that thing on her head after all because the dinner went from just dandy to “Oh snap.” Voices rose and other people at the eatery were staring at Shereé and Kim verbally going to town. Kim told Shereé to “go f**k yourself” and made a run for the door. NeNe’s obvious embarrassment made it even funnier as she ran after them when they took to the sidewalk. The yelling on the sidewalk jumped to Shereé pulling on Kim’s Party City wig. In her interview, Shereé denied trying to yank the hair off Kim’s head. She only wanted to shift it, you guys! Shereé later said she just wanted Kim’s attention after she walked away from her. That’s certainly one way to get it.
TELL US- WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE RHOA CHAOTIC MOMENT? WHAT WOULD YOU ADD TO THE LIST? WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MOMENT NO ONE TALKS ABOUT?
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Welcome back to another round of What I’m Watching This Week. Or as I like to call it, a guide to staying horizontal and disassociated from your own personal reality. If you can tear yourself away from TikTok long enough, you might just enjoy what Bravo, Netflix, and Peacock are giving us lately.
Yowza this show never misses. So far, eight episodes of Love is Blind Season 4 have been released. Things are taking place in Seattle, with couples coming from all over the Pacific Northwest. As a local to the area, I can confirm those dark wooden apartments are actually the best (Nick Lachey) money can buy around here. I can also confirm these nerds are a high-end display of what this city’s dating scene actually has to offer. At least watch this series for the scenery and Zack Goytowski’s singing.
Watch on Netflix now. New episodes released Friday.
If you’re already into Love is Blind, then you’re going to love Married at First Sight. Season 16 is airing on Lifetime right now. But you could also binge all of Seasons 10, 11, and 12 on Netflix now. Personally, I haven’t been keeping up with this one, but I’ll be catching up this week. I am gripped by the blind marriage/love shows right now. Except, instead of a boy band frontman leading this series, there are actual doctors and psychological experts guiding the contestants of MAFS through the process.
Watch on Lifetime Wednesday at 8 ET. Or stream seasons 10, 11, or 12 on Netflix Now.
Okay onto the real blind romance of the year. Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard. What in the babe has gotten into these two? Are you buying this love story? Am I a total monster for thinking it’s completely fake, even if the two lovers themselves don’t notice yet? Where is this new “fairy tale” romance going to leave Danielle Olivera and Kyle Cooke at the end of the day? Will Rad-House even have a reason to come back next year?
Watch on Bravo Monday at 8 PM ET.
Obviously, I’m watching Vanderpump Rules this week. The crew is finally in Mexico for Scheana Shay’s wedding to Brock Davies. All eyes will be on Raquel Leviss, though. Much to Katie Maloney and Lala Kent’s chagrin. Last week Ariana Madix said she was excited to spend some quality time at the resort with the man she once swiped from Kristen Doute. Don’t miss this one! It’s sure to be a roaring dumpster fire.
Watch on Bravo Wednesday at 9 PM ET
Thank ya baby Jesus for this franchise. I cannot get enough of watching Heather Gay be thrown under the bus for her loyalty to Jen Shah by the Housewives guild. I’m also loving the Candiace Dillard Bassett vs. Gizelle Bryant and Porsha Williams arc. And please don’t forget Marysol Patton and her sudden yet deeply concerning stomach ulcer. We have a lot to check up on.
Stream on Peacock now. New episodes released Thursday.
TELL US – WHAT OTHER REALITY SHOWS ARE YOU WATCHING THIS WEEK? DO YOU PREFER LOVE IS BLIND OR MARRIED AT FIRST SIGHT?
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