Why Southern Charm Needs Kathryn Dennis Back

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Southern Charm fans first met the 21-year-old Kathryn Dennis during Season 1 when she first met Thomas Ravenel. Kathryn was fiery, beautiful, and a free spirit, but her flame soon faded. The two had a tumultuous relationship that included a lot of fighting and questions about how controlling the former treasurer of South Carolina was over the young redhead. But by 2015, the couple had a daughter and son. 

Throughout her time on the show, Kathryn became known as an explosive personality due to her ongoing battles with Thomas and the rest of the cast. She never balked when it came to standing up for herself, which most fans admired. Fans enjoyed following Kathryn’s story and always hoped for the best outcome for her, so when she announced her departure from the series, viewers worried the show wouldn’t be the same, and it seems that their worries may have been justified.

Kathryn Needs a Redemption Season

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Without a doubt, Kathryn and her antics carried the show for multiple seasons. Recently, Kathryn found herself in the news on October 20th for an alleged hit-and-run. The news got fans thinking that Kathryn could really use a redemption season to get back on the right track.

The last Southern Charm fans really heard was that she was still fighting for visitation and custody while Thomas moved their children to Aiken, SC. It would be nice to see Kathryn winning at life instead of constantly struggling. 

It also didn’t help that Kathryn’s last season showed her being criticized for her family heritage and out-of-touch mindset. Craig Conover hinted that Kathryn actually filmed a few scenes for Season 9, which gave hope that Kathryn could come back in a full-capacity role.

While at BravoCon, the Sewing Down South owner revealed that “Shep and I actually filmed with her this year. I don’t think it was supposed to happen, but we did it, and I think they did it as a favor to us because we love her so much.” Sadly, he doesn’t think fans will see the footage. 

The Show Has Taken a Nose Dive

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What made the show great was the truly bizarre ecosystem of Charleston, where having a family member who was prominent on the wrong side of the Civil War conferred higher status. Watching these Southern ladies and gentlemen who were born with silver spoons in their mouths was interesting, but now the last two seasons have been a bit boring. Some personalities like Leva Bonaparte and Venita Aspen add nothing to the series, and while they are lovely women, fans don’t want to see well-behaved people on a reality TV show. 

You can’t deny that with the exit of Cameran Eubanks, Naomi Olindo, Chelsea Meissner, and the JD scandal, the series has taken a significant hit over the last few seasons. Fans were given lines by Kathryn that were iconic, including “Stop yelling, you sound like a f*cking dolphin!” and “Good thing Thomas’ new girlfriend is a hospice nurse, that will come in handy.”

The shade from Kathryn was relentless, and the series needs it back. 

The Charmer Guys Want Kathryn Back

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During BravoCon 2023, all the Charleston men voiced the same feelings about how much they “love” the mother of two. Craig championed Kathryn, saying, “The point of me telling you that is we would love for her to come back. I think the door is always open. I know a lot of people here have recently; we’ve been in contact with her.” Austen Kroll also speaks to Kathryn often and hopes the network invites her back. 

Shep Rose also stood up for his former flame, noting, “We’ve all come a long way, and we’ve seen the bumps, the bruises, and all that stuff. And unfortunately, you know, Kathryn stumbles sometimes. We do love her ’cause there’s a person right inside her that we know is a good person.”

Kathryn is Southern Charm in every sense of the title, and the network would be foolish not to at least think of asking the star back. If anything, Kathryn’s return would give us a break from Austen’s jaunts with his friend’s exes. 

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Jackie Goldschneider’s Friendship With Teresa Giudice Is Shocking, Here’s Why

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Jackie Goldschneider joined the Real Housewives of New Jersey in Season 9. And this newbie wasn’t afraid to confront Teresa Giudice. Usually, most new cast members try to avoid having Teresa flip a table in their direction.

Fans have heard that during RHONJ Season 14, friendships and alliances have shifted. And the most shocking news is that Teresa and Jackie have forged a friendship. I certainly didn’t have that on my Jersey bingo card.

Jackie and Teresa’s Turbulent History

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From the jump, Teresa and Jackie butted heads. According to Life & Style, Teresa blamed Melissa Gorga for allowing her husband,  Joe Gorga, to become angry. Jackie sided with Melissa, stating that a woman wasn’t responsible for controlling her husband.

Jackie asked Teresa, “Do you really feel like your husband would be in jail right now if you could control what he did?” As expected, Teresa didn’t take kindly to Jackie mentioning her husband, Joe Giudice, and his situation “at camp.”

During Season 11, Teresa spread a rumor that Evan Goldschneider, Jackie’s husband, was cheating on her at the gym. Jackie confronted Teresa and used an analogy. She compared the cheating gossip to hearing that Teresa’s teenage daughter, Gia Giudice, was using drugs in the bathroom.

First off, it was a terrible analogy. And secondly, analogies are never understood on this show. It never works.

Anyway, this feud fractured their relationship. And later that season, during another squabble with Teresa, Jackie mentioned that Teresa went to jail. Which no one ever says to Teresa.

Jackie Always Supported Melissa Gorga

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Teresa was always at odds with her sister-in-law, Melissa, and her brother, Joe. Margaret Josephs and Jackie always had Melissa’s back.

When Melissa and Joe decided not to attend Teresa’s royal wedding to Luis Ruelas, Jackie supported their decision. “I completely understand and support them not having attended the wedding,” Jackie told Page Six. “It was the right decision for them, for sure.”

Of course, Jackie’s friendship with and support for Melissa rubbed Teresa the wrong way.

Melissa Was Shady to Jackie

However, Melissa allegedly shaded Jackie in a video that quickly made the social media rounds. “Jackie wants to be invited to every single party,” Melissa reportedly said. Is that a crime?

Jackie responded to the video drama on Watch What Happens Live. “Well, I do want to be invited to everything. But I have yet to speak to her about it, so we’ll see how that goes,” Jackie remarked.

Jackie and Margaret Josephs Were Besties, Until Now

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Talk about shifting alliances. People reported that Margaret discussed a change in her friendship with Jackie during BravoCon 2023. “She informed me that we were not as close as we used to be. I think I took offense to that and things went a little south,” Margaret stated. “She has a nice case of amnesia.”

Melissa also weighed in on Jackie’s change of heart. “It’s confusing for me,” Melissa stated. Same, Melissa. “I don’t know how authentic she’s being about her new decisions in life.”

We still don’t know exactly what caused the rift between Margaret and Jackie. Jackie said it was “very surprising” where she stands with Margaret. “Sometimes friendships … they evolve,” Jackie said. “They come to an end.” That sounds final.

Now Jackie Is Team Teresa

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Jackie has moved from Margaret and Melissa and jumped over to Team Teresa. I feel like I’m writing about a Twilight Zone version of RHONJ.

But this is no fake friendship for the sake of the show. Jackie characterized her relationship with the OG as “new, growing, and mutually respectful…unexpected.” This duo certainly was unexpected.

“It was really organic,” Jackie explained. “It was like we were just talking at a party and then we were talking more, and then we started calling each other and then we hung out and started hugging. We like each other,” the writer added. “Yeah, it really grew organically.”

During Season 13 and the upcoming season, Jackie is a friend of the housewives. But, if she is buddies with Teresa, that could always change. Could a full-time spot be in Jackie’s future? After all, it is Teresa’s show.

Meanwhile, some fans were calling for Teresa’s firing. And others hoped that Melissa would be axed. Season 14 will be a transformational one for RHONJ. And Jackie and Teresa’s shocking new friendship will be a large part of that drama.

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Alexis Bellino Says Shannon Beador’s Ex John Janssen Is a ‘New Friend’ in a ‘Similar Place’

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Alexis Bellino might not currently be on Real Housewives of Orange County, but right now she’s giving Shannon Beador one hell of a storyline. This is good because, right now, most of Shan’s Season 18 content will revolve around her healing journey after being arrested for drunk driving.

Now it appears Shannon can add something to the list. RHOC alum Alexis is currently making googly eyes at Shannon’s ex John Janssen. And we already know Shannon isn’t fond of Alexis because her former husband enjoyed dragging her all over the courtroom for defamation.

It might be time for Lex to make an appearance because she’s doing the work. After a photo with John at The Quiet Woman started making waves, Alexis decided to go full tsunami. Page Six has the details.

Blame it on the happenstance

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John is out on the Newport Beach streets trying to sully Slade Smiley’s Real Housewives hook-up reputation. After dousing Shannon with his toxicity, he may or may not have his eyes on the Bellino prize. Alexis is not doing a damn thing to shut it down.

“John Janssen and I are two people who met by happenstance,” Alexis explained. “We are discovering that we’re in similar places in our lives. As divorced parents both emerging from recent heartbreak because of relationships ending.” Oooooo, good one! It’s true, both are single. Alexis recently cut Andy Bohn loose after a 3-year relationship.

That said, Alexis is playing coy and clearly playing the game. She added rumors that she and John are banging would be “very inaccurate.” Right now the label seems to be “new acquaintances” and Alexis is looking “forward to hanging out with my new friend.” Hearing this will make Shannon “lose her mind.”

Don’t forget, Alexis and Shannon don’t know each other. They’ve been on RHOC at separate times. Obviously, Shannon is well aware of who Alexis is after being sued by Jim Bellino. In fact, before Shannon was arrested for her DUI, she and Lex had been in the same restaurant where patrons overheard Shan “bitching” about her.

“Other than one incident in which I witnessed her shouting obscenities at me from across a restaurant, immediately prior to her very unfortunate arrest, Shannon Beador and I have never worked together or interacted,” Alexis noted. Has Alexis learned the fine art of subtle shade since taking a hiatus from the show?

A source shared, “Shannon is absolutely devastated that John would spend time with Alexis. Knowing how much pain and hundreds of thousands of dollars the lawsuit her ex-husband filed caused her.” Shan also thinks John was using her to be “in the spotlight” but unfortunately for John, the spotlight basically showed he is “a total POS.”

Maybe we’ll see another alum come back next season.

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Scheana Shay Reveals Where She Currently Stands With Stassi Schroeder

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Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay hadn’t seen much of her former co-star Stassi Schroeder since Stassi was fired in 2020. And then there was the whole mess of Scheana and her now-husband Brock Davies being uninvited from Stassi’s Italian wedding. But lately, they’ve been running into each other at mutual friends’ events and bonding over mommy issues.

On the November 3 episode of Scheananigans with Scheana Shay, Scheana shared that she’s spent time recently with Stassi. They’ve seen each other while spending time with Scheana’s VPR co-stars Lala Kent and Katie Maloney. They’ve exchanged their views on motherhood and dealing with “mommy-shamers” on social media.

Even though the former SUR co-workers missed each other’s weddings, they both have two-year-old-girls. “We’ve seen each other a few times,” said Scheana, “and had really great conversations around motherhood,”

Scheana wants their girls to spend more time together

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Scheana would like her daughter Summer to spend more time with Stassi’s daughter Hartford. The two girls enjoyed being together at Lala’s Five Years Sober celebration in October 2023.

“We should get the girls together more,” Scheana told Stassi. After all, the VPR ladies made a pact in 2020 that they would all get pregnant at the same time and be mommies together. The plan was that their children would all grow up friends when Scheana, Stassi, Lala and Brittany Cartwright conceived babies around the same time.

Scheana thinks she’s “a very good one-kid parent”

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On the October 27 episode of her podcast, the Good as Gold singer talked about Lala’s recent sobriety celebration at Chili’s. As she was eating her meal, Summer, Hartford and Lala’s daughter Ocean all took notice of her mac and cheese.

“Hartford was like, ‘Oh, mac and cheese?’” laughed Scheana. “So Hartford comes and pushes Ocean out of the way and crawls on top of me. And Stassi goes, ‘No, no, that’s Summer’s mommy.’”

But Scheana assured her, “‘No, it’s fine.’ And so I’m, like, feeding Summer. I’ve got Hartford right here. Ocean’s right here. And they are all shoveling down the mac and cheese,” said Shay.

But while she enjoyed her time with Hartford and Ocean, she’s content to be the mom of an only child. “It was so cute for [about] five minutes,” she admitted. “But then I was like, ‘I know that am a very good one-kid parent.'”

Vanderpump Rules returns for Season 11 to Bravo in January 2024.

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Reasons Why Meri Brown Might Not Be Trustworthy

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Meri Brown has been hanging on by the skin of her teeth for some time. It has become painfully obvious that Kody Brown hasn’t been in love with her for a while now, yet Meri keeps holding out hope that they will reconcile. When the Brown family first premiered on Sister Wives, Meri tried her best to come across as the perfect wife, but fans quickly could see behind her facade and realize she isn’t exactly the greatest person to be around. There are several reasons why viewers think Meri Brown might not be trustworthy,

Pyramid Scheme Business

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It would be extremely hard to trust somebody who made a living earning their keep by pushing a pyramid scheme. Meri currently works for LuLaRoe. However, the clothing company now receives a lot of criticism after the release of the LuLaRich docuseries. The docuseries cast LuLaRoe in a negative light and showed off its bad internal practices. LuLaRoe had to shell out $4.8 million in a pyramid scheme lawsuit, a strong indicator of shady business. 

Just like the Browns’ lifestyle, LuLaRoe has been called cult-like, and the company was often blasted for falsely pushing a girl-boss lifestyle. As fans saw in a recent episode, Meri is still very much involved with the company and has since moved her operations to Utah. If a woman can actively push this negative agenda, it only goes to prove that Meri is like a used car salesman. 

Meri Cheated On Kody

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We don’t exactly blame Meri for stepping out on her marriage. She was married to a selfish ogre, after all. But the fact is, she did break a special covenant. Meri felt so far removed from her plural family that she chose to find attention elsewhere in the virtual arms of what turned out to be a catfish.

Meri shared sexy pictures of herself in a bathtub with a banana and even had flirty phone conversations. She let the affair go on for months and only revealed the truth to the family when she was blackmailed. Not exactly Mother Teresa over here. 

Meri’s Sketchy Social Media Posts

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For over a year, Meri has been sharing some questionable social media posts that have shown her trying to control the narrative. A few posts have shown her holding a book, claiming there was “more to the story.”

However, no new information has surfaced. Meri isn’t the heroine of her own story like she tries to portray but rather a puppet to Kody. 

Meri and Robyn May Not Be Close After All

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For multiple seasons, Meri and Robyn Brown have presented a united front that might be a facade once again. In a Sister Wives confessional, Meri recently explained that neither Robyn nor Kody had invited her over for Easter Sunday. This seems to contradict what the two women portrayed in the series. Robyn has spent hours crying over the fact that she wants Meri around, yet she didn’t invite her to a holy celebration. Something doesn’t add up. 

Robyn is the queen of puppeteering, and it would make sense why Meri would try to buddy up with the mother of five; Meri thought that this would bring her closer to Kody. However, this plan backfired since the father of 18 wants nothing to do with his first wife and is actively trying to push her away. 

Meri Couldn’t Make a Friendship Work With Janelle or Christine

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Living 25 years of your life with other women who are wives to your husband can’t be easy. But it seems like Meri often enjoyed playing the victim and keeping to herself instead of trying to make friends with her Sister Wives stars. Both Janelle Brown and Christine Brown seem like easy ladies to get along with. Now, I am not naive enough to believe that these women were perfectly nice all the time. I mean, they did share the same husband; there was bound to be an incident or two. 

It says a lot that both Janelle and Christine have stated that they want nothing to do with Meri since leaving the polygamist family. Fans have heard interesting tales of Meri yelling at the children and handing out severe punishments when they were younger, and it feels like there are still unresolved issues. Meri just doesn’t come across as someone I would want to tell my secrets to because there is a major possibility she would weaponize my own words against me.

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DWTS Pro Rylee Arnold Trolled After Season 32 Debut

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As Dancing with the Stars’ newest professional dancer, Rylee Arnold should be very proud of her first season on the show. Even though she’s just 18, she coached her partner Harry Jowsey two-thirds of the way through the competition, getting enough votes along the way to keep them dancing. But their dancing days came to an end on Taylor Swift night, as the pair was finally eliminated.

Over the past couple of weeks, Rylee received some really hateful comments on social media. Former DWTS pro Lindsay Arnold’s younger sister was trolled for her choreography. At one point, Rylee was accused of copying a section of Lindsay’s choreography from Season 28. Some online posters even called for her termination from the show.

In addition, Harry just wasn’t showing the improvement he should have after so many weeks. Guest judge Billy Porter said he danced with all the grace of a “tree trunk.” Some blamed Harry’s lack of improvement on Rylee’s lack of teaching and choreography skills. But many of the comments posted on her social media were just unnecessarily mean and hurtful, especially considering this is her first season.

Critical comments on social media

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As the season progressed, more people started to criticize Rylee and Harry. Beginning with a few negative comments on Reddit, the conversation quickly accelerated into a feeding frenzy of bashing on TikTok and Instagram.

After Whitney Houston night on November 14, Rylee shared an Instagram post encouraging viewers to vote for her and Harry. The comments section quickly turned toxic.

“Can they eliminate pros for good?” asked one person.

“You don’t deserve to be there and you know it,” a third person chimed in.

“Why is Rylee a pro? She’s not that good compared to the other pros,” someone else wrote.

At least all the comments weren’t hateful. One person kindly wrote, “Use these haters as fuel & motivation!!! It breaks my heart how people really have nothing better to do than to tear down others.”

Rylee Arnold trolled: Harry asks haters to back off

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Finally, Harry shared a TikTok video that he and Rylee were having a rough time. “I just want to say, today has been extremely difficult,” he said. “Poor Rylee is really upset, I’m really upset.”

“If you don’t have anything nice to say, please don’t say it,” he continued. “This is Rylee’s first season. I’ve never danced before. We’re learning, we’re figuring it out, that’s the point of this show. It’s to have someone who’s never danced before, put ’em on the world stage, and tell them to try and figure it out.”

Sadly, people think they can say whatever they want to on social media since they’re anonymous. They forget (or don’t care) that the people they’re attacking have feelings.

Rylee is only 18 years old, and this is probably her first full-time job. But she is not an amateur. She has been dancing “since she could walk” and was a junior pro on Dancing with the Stars: Juniors in 2018 when she was only 13. Admittedly, Harry is a terrible dancer. But Rylee did her best to teach him. Lighten up, people. Give the girl a chance.

Dancing with the Stars continues Tuesdays on ABC.

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