mamadrama

This franchise has a history of filming it to make it look like they live/work in one place when they're really not. Aseulu's job isn't to hand out yogurt samples, Annie and David lived in a real apartment in Louisville, and Deavan didn't "rent" a home for them in South Korea-it was an Air BnB and was always meant to be temporary.

If Kalani and the kids go to Samoa, here's what I expect will happen: Production will reserve several rooms in a resort. Meanwhile, Kalani & Co. will take some suitcases to the 'Samoan house". While filming, they'll pretend to be living there. When the cameras stop rolling they'll be back at the resort. If there's even a tiny chance that Family Aseulu's antics are real then I'd never step foot onto that island without Father Kalani. I consider myself independent and I don't "need" a man, but in this situation it would only be to Kalani's benefit that she have Lo (a Samoan man) on her side. I took @zenme to mean that they should work on their relationship, not that Kalani should move to Samoa.

Aseulu's sister's house for sale in Samoa. So much for living there for free... * $159,000 USD

Yeah, I saw that but I'm not totally taking Aseulu's word for anything. While I think they all play shit up I still believe that key points to their personalities ring true. There's always a little bit of truth to what we see, even if it's just exaggerated. I have a good friend on the show. He's not on this season but he's done HEA, Pillow Talk, Goody Call, and Love Games. The show often sets up the situations, but a lot of times what unfolds is legit. ie., show's idea for Chuck to keep throwing family get togethers, and the girls pretend to argue, but Charlie truly is a coke fiend and a loose cannon and often loses his shit.

Nobody EVER points out to Lesina that she has 8 other kids she could coerce money from. If the Family Aseulu shit is real then as Kalani I'd first bar them from my house and then from my show. Then I'd tell TLC to shove their Tell All bonus if they drag them on. In the future, if Aseulu wants to see them then he has to go there. That said, because the amount was so specific I still think that first fight in Seattle (''I want my thousand dollars!") was about their show appearance fee. I think Aseulu and Kalani told them they'd get paid $1,000 for being on the show, and when they got there Lesina demanded it, not understanding that it wouldn't come until filming ended. And then it just spiraled from there. Don't get me wrong, I still think they're trash. Speaking of... The only thing interesting to me about the Potthast family is how all of them seem to have goiters.

I honestly can't tell if Family Aseulu is acting or not. If they're not than I'd venture to say that Tammy has some actual problems. Her behavior is not normal. Funniest moment of the night was when Mother Aseulu declared that she was "selfless."

The only personal "training" Twit will do is when she rides the Eurorail, stalking and searching for her new love after he gets to know her better and goes AWOL.

As someone raised poor and currently going through a hard patch, I can confirm that: I SAY: "I couldn't afford X" I MEAN: "I technically have the money, or could find it, but it would mean robbing Peter to pay Paul or doing without an actual necessity to get something that we really just WANT." I agree that poverty was her shtick, but I didn't eat turkey for Thanksgiving until I was an adult because we couldn't afford one. We gave our names to the local charities almost every year, but there was a ton of need in my county and limited supplies. If we ate meat it was either pork, fish, venison, or rabbit-the latter 3 because my dad was a hunter/fisherman and although he didn't live with us he'd bring it over. Even now a turkey is often out of our range. I went shopping yesterday. A 13lb turkey was $19 at our Save a Lot (our county's only grocery store). Meanwhile, a pack of 16 drumsticks was $2.47. Sure, if we really wanted one then we could move money around and forgo some of the staples on our list. But it's a turkey. It's not a priority. For $19 I could get a few pounds of potatoes and enough pork and chicken to get us through 2 weeks. Per the SHOW I think her claim was exaggerated. IRL, though, it does happen. My family of 4 has a monthly grocery budget of $240. There's not a lot of wiggle room. Anne can go at any time now. Alexander, too. I'm rooting for Michael.

Personally, I'll take the Grand Canyon between Kalani's breasts over Angela's back and side fat any day. Then again, even as a straight (cis?) gal I do love me some boobs-unless Angela is flashing me and telling obscenities. I don't think Ron has cancer. I think it's something that's not good, yet very treatable. If old boy had cancer and was really going through radiation or chemo then he'd use the hell out of that leverage. Keeping it vague keeps it just mysterious enough that he can get sympathy without admitting to anyone that it's not life threatening.

So she's been talking to this dude for 5 months and nobody knew of him OR that Buddy had (more or less) gone AWOL? These are not her friends. These are co-workers who show up during filming.

Yep, that'd be the one.

The Instagram image of her in France wearing nothing but leggings and a sports bra? Jesus God, Whitney, like we don't have enough problems with what the rest of the world thinks of us... I think some of these reality stars have backed themselves into a corner. When your image and livelihood is based upon something physical then it's hard to change that. I see lots of chronic illness influencers who do this. My VEDS is incurable and will eventually kill me, but in the meantime there ARE some surgeries and treatments that can give me a better quality of life. I've had them. Some influencers refuse to get them, though, because they're afraid that they'll no longer be "special." I see this in my support groups. Whitney's brand is being fat and fabulous-losing weight is her admitting that she is NOT fabulous. She has to stay fat and keep faking the Instagram shit or else she'll have to admit to others and herself that her life kinda sucks.

I'd totally watch that shit.

Now THAT'S an episode I could watch!

Unfortunately it's not enough to cover the back folds.

There should be, but there are ways around that. There are some unscrupulous people out there. He could also sell them for their gold. I've sold my jewelry at small shops for years. Some ask for IDs and ask me to fill out paperwork, others just give me the cash. It depends on where he went.

He wouldn't need to find a young woman, just a desperate one.

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Natalie's crazy but she looks pretty tonight.

I was... Thanks, @Gobi! 😉

I haven't been able to eat cereal or ice cream all weekend.

I'm convinced that Mike is paying Natalie off for something or that they have some sort of financial arrangement that she's not meant to be talking about. They're both insufferable but there's an undercurrent of something else.

Forget Brandon, wtf is wrong with JULIA? Have some standards, girlfriend.

Why does Tiff have 3 cleavages?

Me too.