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Now, we can see where Raquel learned how to be a “Professional Victim”. Anyone notice how the dog is being blamed by Raquel and her famewhore mom? They are both minimizing their responsibility for Graham’s well being and care. They are also painting themselves as people who went above and beyond. Adopto-mom is saying Raquel put Graham into behavior classes after she and James broke up. Bullshit – if this was true Raquel would have mentioned it on the show anytime during season 10. Other castmates would have talked about it – including Scheana, Ariana as they were very pro Raquel. She would have mentioned it to James when she allowed him to see Graham at the park. All of Season 10 – she was living at Scheana’s – you don’t think Graham wouldn’t have attacked Summer Moon? – toddlers aren’t very gentle with pets – they tug and pull. Scheana has mentioned that they watched him when he interacted with Summer Moon because his behavior was different after Raquel took sole custody. When Scandoval broke at the beginning of March, Graham went with Raquel back to her parents. March 23rd they taped the reunion and March 29th Raquel went and taped the last 5 minute confession full of lies. According to Adopto-mom, Raquel went into a MH facility right after the taping and that Raquel asked them to care for the dog. Sorry? They weren’t caring for the dog, the whole month of March? According to Adopto-mom the doctors she saw for her wound told her to euthanize the dog. Not a vet – but 2 doctors she used for her wound made a diagnosis without ever seeing the dog. According to Adopto-mom, they surrendered Graham to California Doodle Rescue so that he could be rehabilitated and re-homed. Again, BULLSHIT – their website clearly states the following: “we CANNOT accept doodles with a history of extreme anxiety, aggression, or biting” Why California – you live in Tucson Arizona? According to Adopto-mom, Graham bit 2 people at California Doodle Rescue, and was adopted by someone who returned Graham 3 days later after Graham bit his new owner. Again, BULLSHIT – any reputable rescue would not put up a dog to be adopted if he was presenting aggressive behavior. According to Adopto-mom, California Doodle Rescue contacted Lisa Vanderpump for financial assistance to hire a different trainer. Again, BULLSHIT – why would a rescue ask for financial assistance – don’t they have their own trainers? How did they get LVP’s contact info?

Graham was with both James and Raquel for 3 years. Graham acted out when Raquel took sole custody. She's a shitty dog mom. IIRC, when Graham was in Raquel's sole care - Graham got cut - it was on his neck - and she didn't even know how it happened (so she claims. Both Raquel and her family knew James wanted Graham. They truly are petty assholes.

She keeps pulling past story lines for herself. She really doesn't have an original thought like Ariana said. This is the classic move Dorit did with Lucy Lucy Apple Juicy. Hahahaha! She used Graham as a prop for her Instagram and for the show. I wouldn't mind a scene of John from Vanderdogs yelling at her.

IIRC, Raquel made a whole big stink (story line) to adopt Graham from LVP Vanderpump Dogs. On camera, I think she said she wanted to to work there too, and lasted about a day. The dog must have been chipped at Vanderdogs. Did the shelter find the chip and contact Lisa's dog foundation, and then did LVP turn around and tell James?

This is what I heard from various interviews. When James and Raquel were together, James took care of the dog's well being. Raquel used the dog as a prop and story line for the show. If you recall in Season 10, she wouldn't let James see the dog anymore - she basically wanted James to beg to see him on camera. She didn't know how t care for the dog on her own. Ariana and Scheana talked about Graham's behavioral problems when Raquel took over as the sole owner. Graham began biting with no provocation and became aggressive. When Raquel lived at Scheana's, Scheana and Brock tried to take care of Graham but they had to watch him around their pets and their daughter. From what I recall, Raquel was even worse - she's a total pig - entitled, and didn't help around the house, didn't clean, buy groceries, nothing

I hope she keeps playing hardball, that will guarantee not seeing her on Season 11. Bravo does not negotiate. At least there were people that wanted Jill Zarin back, and look what happened to her and RHONY. They double JZ'd her by not negotiating with her for RHNY Legacy. She just did a podcast with Bethenny and said her issue with Bravo in regards to pay was yes she wanted more money. They were offering Kelly B more than what they were offering her to be a cast member of the Legacy version.

Possible new cast member is Madison Riley. She is related to Dani who I believe is the SUR worker Lala moved in with. Madison is Dani's sister. I believe Lala, Dani, and Madison all know each other from Utah Her Instagram name is immadisonriley

Looks Like they're filming at Lake Tahoe for Season 11

FYI boardies: On 7/19/23 at 3:00 PM Eastern Time. The new Give Them Lala Podcast will be uploaded onto YouTube. In this podcast Lala interviews Howie Mandel. From what I heard of a past interview, Howie interviewed Sandyballs right after Scandoval. He went very easy on Tom because I think his daughter is somehow maybe related by marriage/or her boyfriends family to one of the Most Extras bandmates. I never listened to Howie's interview with Sandyballs, but I heard Howie knew nothing about the person he was interviewing. It was his daughter that is a big fan of VPR.

Blast from the past - Dayna Scheana interviews Dayna - and they discuss their own mental health struggles as well as discussing things that were gong on behind the scenes when Dayna was on VPR

The last Writer's strike, California took a $2 Billion hit to their economy. With the SAG-Aftra joining, I would say the loss could be $10 Billion. The studios will feel a direct hit now. Any movies or series that are set to premiere within the next month will suffer in terms of revenue. They won't make as much money, because viewers of Talk Shows won't be seeing actors promoting those works. All production has stopped, even in other countries where the actors are SAG members. There is a ripple effect that increases exponentially - that the State might actually step in so that California's economy doesn't collapse. All of the studios in California - it isn't only the actors losing money. Think of the camera crew, the sound people, the makeup/hair workers, costume designers, food caterers, security who protect the studio grounds - they are out of work too. Think of all of the restaurants around the studios - their bread and butter are the people who work at the studios. There are restaurants that just barely survived COVID, this could sink them. The crazy thing is - the screenwriters demands are not over the top. What they're asking for is so little compared to what has been lost in revenue so far.

Listen to the podcast Hoody. So far Kristen has only covered about 5 episodes of Season 1. She just had Peter on the last one - and some interesting info was revealed about Frank. She acknowledges what assholes they were to Scheana.

In a round about way we who watch Bravo will be affected. WWHL - I wonder if guests may cancel - they are usually on to promote a movie/cable series and they fly in per the contractual obligation to the studios as part of their "press junket" tour. Andy would still want them on - but they won't be able t talk about that project or even any past project - because that would be promoting works. This also applies to the daytime talk shows - their celebrity guests can not appear to promote any series or movie coming out. It's good and bad - good for reality tv in the sense they'll be on more talk shows. Better ratings because there is nothing else to watch. Bad for us if dialogue becomes stilted because the cast is so nervous about mentioning things they've done. Good for us no more new movie tie in commercials with Bravolebrities I do hope the addition of SAG striking evens the playing field so the studios have to negotiate with the screen writers to bring their strike to an end. The writers deserve better conditions, pay, security.

The podcast is called Sex, Love, and what else matters. Very dishy, Kristen explained that the first 2 seasons, the talking head shots were filming during the filming of the show. Season 3-10, were filmed during and post production because the number of episodes doubled. Also, the cast were never shown any footage, it was all from their own memory.

The whole I aspire to work with children is the most basic and common answer a beauty contestant gives to the host during the "interview" portion of the competition.

The Multi Quote and Quote buttons are not functioning. I've signed out and signed back in - same issue. Wonky things have been happening since the ad banner started appearing at the bottom of the screen On the general rules page - suggestion is to clear cache - how do I clear my cache on this site? Thank you

A separate group - UNITE HERE local 11 - a labor union representing 30,000 hospitality workers in southern California and Arizona are also striking. They are joining forces with SAG-Aftra. This has affected VPR filming. They were going to film at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. This was to hold an event at the hotel promoting "Something About Her" The people who work at the Fairmont are part of UNITE HERE. This is good for LVP. I'm sure LVP will offer one of her venues to film at.

If what's her name appears on Season 11, we're going to be aggravated and annoyed for sure. Take comfort in the following. Whatever game plan or reasoning the famewhore family/PR team has come up with in terms of explaining the mental health stint or how what's her name has changed, or how she should "act/behave" on season 11. Remember - what's her name has to execute this on film. Mom/sis/dad can not be off camera holding up cue cards. She will fail and flub.

The SAG-Aftra Strike throws a bit of a wrench in filming the new season. The strike began 7/14/23. Ariana, Lisa, Scheana and Lala are SAG members. There are very specific things they can and can not do. The good thing is they can still film any reality tv show. What they can not do is promote any work they've done that has already filmed. For example, Ariana can talk about her upcoming gigs on Dancing With The Stars and Love Island, but she can't talk about/promote the movie she filmed in Canada. I'm not sure where the Good As Gold Uber or the BIC or Duracel commercials fall. They are filmed, and are Scheana, Lala, and Ariana working as "actors". They can all do podcasts and talk shows, but can not promote the works that fall under the SAG-Aftra rules. I'm sure Bravo Production as well as each cast members agents are scrambling to figure out what can and can not be said on film. I'm also sure all of Bravo production is scrambling because of the upcoming Bravo Con. Garcelle from RHBH can not talk about her new series.

Season 5 Episode 8 This is the second appearance of Raquel James and Raquel go eat at a café. James: Raquel and I have so much in common. Silence for 5 seconds. Um…we like to eat food. Raquel: I’m competing for Miss Malibu in a few months. It’s coming up fast. So, I have to start training and practicing walking. I mean it’s so hard to walk in 6 inch heels in a bathing suit on stage in front of so many people. Seriously? She’s already been competing for 8 years at this point. OMG…anything outside of pageants, she just repeats what the other person says and tries to look like she understands. Katie is so horrible and angry, she snaps at LVP for no reason.

There are 3 tiers which have a base amount. From lowest to highest, they are guest, recurring, and main. If a cast member remains in a tier level for more than a year, they do get raises. No matter what tier you start off at, your first season pay will suck. The Toms, Scheana, and Katie have been “main” cast members from the start – their salaries are pretty level to each other. Ariana was a guest season 1 – you saw her in the background at LVP’s house. Ariana was recurring season 2 – you saw her a little bit more with Scheana visiting her at Villa Blanca. Ariana became a main character seasons 3 – 10. Her salary was a little bit less than the originals. With Season 11, her salary has surpassed the others as Bravo knows that the fans want to see her for the new season. Lala was recurring seasons 4 and 5. She became a main character season 6-10. Her salary is less than the other mains and Ariana. She is probably level to James. James was a guest season 2, and recurring seasons 4 and 5. Seasons 6-10, he was a main character. His salary and Lala’s are level. Raquel was a guest on season 5, and a recurring on seasons 6-8. She became a main season 9-10. Her salary is probably half of James’. There has been talk that Raquel is holding out in signing for more money. I believe this is true with her famewhore family cheerleaders in the background telling her how great she is. Raquel is totally living in her own ego. From my POV, she should have asked for more money because this is her last season. When Bravo didn’t budge on the money, she should have just signed. The longer she waits, the door will start closing and will slam any second. Bravo is filming the other cast members. With what they’ve filmed so far, the season 11 story arc has been determined. This again means they don’t need Raquel – she isn’t needed to move the story along. Out of all cast members past and present, it took Raquel the longest to reach ‘Main” status. This is because she is boring AS FUCK. She is like beige paint or wallpaper, nobody really notices or cares. Her main status was contingent upon another man, not on her own. She became a main because of her engagement to James, and remained a main because they were basing season 10 on the story arc of her and Schwartz’s possible hookup and how this affected Katie and the rest of the cast. If she stays on Season 11, she has to do the apology tour. It is not in Raquel’s wheelhouse to start conversations. She will make awkward attempts that will come across as disingenuous. I hope that if she does approach Katie, or Scheana, or Lala, or Ariana – they each do what she normally does: blink, say nothing, and then walk away. This would fulfill any contractual obligation to interact with Raquel. They literally don’t have to say a thing, and can just roll their eyes – this is interacting without words.

I just finished episode 7 of season 5, it is painful watching the Mean Girl Gang. Scheana really doesn't belong with that group. I think Stassi and Kristen drink excessively. I'm thinking when it was the original 3 couples, the girls would drink and bitch about their horrible boyfriends. Now that Katie is back in the group, it's back to drinking and bitching. They validate each others negative thoughts when they are drinking. All of Katie's insecurities and frustrations about Tom come out like vomit, when she drinks. This season is building towards Katie's wedding. I'm now convinced that Sandoval was already having an affair with Raquel when James proposed. Why would Sandoval spend 15K for a friend's engagement, when he didn't spend any chunk of money on his best friend, Schwartz's wedding? So far I've only seen Raquel once. James was telling her how perfect she is and when they slant faces to share a kiss - Raquels Bob Hope nose gets smushed

When LVP first talked about her businesses, i was on RHBH. She touted Villa Blanca as the place you bring your wife, and SUR as the place you bring your mistress. What married man who has a mistress would want to go to SUR after that announcement? I do think before VPR, the clientele was 40's and up. When VPR became popular, it turned into a touristy venue and they were targeting a younger crowd and cashing in on the show. I doubt they ever had a DJ, before VPR. It would make sense for a DJ to come in after 9:00 PM to create a more club like atmosphere and to turn it into a place to drink. Alcohol is where the bulk of the profit comes from. For it to be classier, they should have a piano player - but they couldn't figure out where to put the gaudy potted plants. I am laughing picturing a family of four having dinner, and then DJ Muppet Baby starts rapping, cursing, and loud techno music starts pumping through the speakers.

Possible dialogue Scheana: You douche, dick, scum bucket, himbo, asshole. You look ridiculous, worst hairstyle and manicure ever. Sandoval: Duh, like, um, like, I can't believe how mean you are to criticize my fashion. Seriously?