RabbiBeth

By the way, as others have stated, Paramus is nothing special in terms of residential areas. I am surprised Jennifer lives in Paramus. It's really a town known for its enormous stretches of crowded shopping malls and for its huge sprawling cemeteries. There are many more beautiful and wealthy towns in Northern NJ than Paramus.

So many weird things this season! I never heard of a woman going by the name "senior," ie "Marge Sr." Is this a thing? Her interactions with son in law were cute, though. Polly the hostess wins. How she hosted that dreadful, horrible Jennifer and did not lose her cool is beyond me. Give her a medal immediately. She was lovely and gracious despite Jennifer's disgraceful behavior. I was surprised the other women didn't interject against Jennifer's rude comments sooner in the trip. Teresa, Teresa, Teresa. You are irredeemable. You are a horrible human being. Shut the f up about your father and your brother, already. Leave Melissa out of it. Leave the rest of the group out of it. PS Your hair, plastic surgery and makeup all look ridiculous and homely this season. Nona is a grumpy asshole. He needs to think about someone other than himself. I wouldn't want to visit him often either!!! Dolores was a good sport about the trailer. She's improved this year. I like Jackie so far. She seems polite, honest, kind and spunky. So far, so good.

Just watched the episode. The grandfather is so annoying. He's so void of joy. What a complainer. He makes it all about himself and doesn't seem concerned or interested in anyone else. I can't get over how much plastic surgery most of these women have. They look ridiculous!!!!

Tree looks horrendous and Joe Gorga behaves like a Neanderthal!

HOLY HELL. Teresa looks HORRIBLE!!!!!! What did she do to herself! Yikes.

OH good - thanks, I didn't realize the crab was already dead. I am glad they didn't cause it suffering or death.

YES. I was very bothered that the crab lots its little life as a result of their joking antics. That crab shouldn't have been killed over their silliness.

Holy hell. NEUTER YOUR PETS, TWIT! GAWD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just started watching the episode. I think this show is now called "My Big Fat (un)Fabulous Friend Buddy."

Thanks! I stand corrected. I never met a Buddy in real life!!!

Yes to all of this! I wish Buddy well but I really am not interested in seeing him on my screen (or trying to decipher his inarticulate, garbled words). Furthermore - and this is totally shallow - but just hearing/reading his name, "BUDDY" is starting to send me over the edge. It sounds like the name of a pet or a toddler, not a grown man. Is that a real name out there? I have never met someone named Buddy. For some reason the name irks me. LOL

Oh man. That video. LOL. Look at the faces and body language of the "audience" LMAO.

I am a few days behind but watched the episode tonight on DVR. It was everything you all said and more. The drama, the histrionics, the carrying on during that race. I was beside myself. All she had to do is WALK A FEW MILES. What a drama queen! Get over yourself, Twit. And don't get me started on the chub rub situation. I felt sorry for Glenn. He is trying to do good and Whitney can't see that. He looked so sad during and after the race. Babs and the barnacles are major enablers as many of you stated already. Lastly, I had to share - I ran two 5ks on the treadmill today and thought of Twit and all of you guys here! I worked out before work and ran on the treadmill for 30 minutes, got the first 5K. Lifted some weights, went to work. After work I splurged on a second similar workout - ran another 5K. Each was 30 minutes. I considered taking it a little slower for the second workout but I literally thought of Twit and said, oh heck no, I'm keeping my pace! I'm obviously not an elite runner - I'm a middle aged, every so slightly overweight mom. I have no natural athletic ability. But with persistence and consistency, I have become a daily runner (well, almost daily). It was so maddening to see Twit have trouble merely walking a few miles. Truly, I shudder. Our bodies are literally made for walking and even jogging or running- it's what we humans have been doing since the beginning of our species! It's so sad that someone who has all of the privilege, support, access and opportunity in the world has squandered her wellness and cannot WALK a few miles without having a near death experience!

I'm watching the panel part two video now - thanks for posting. OMG. SHE IS DELUSIONAL. It's unreal. Still maintaining the her problem is she "doesn't eat enough." How did the panel not call her out or bust out laughing?

I agree. I think Babs wears a size 12-14 or so, maybe 16.

I watched that video. She is DELUSIONAL! Wowza. She is concerned she doesn't eat enough. That's her big struggle - to figure out how to eat more. She feels she "doesn't deserve to eat" on some level, so she doesn't eat enough. She hasn't had breakfast once in her entire life by her own free will. She didn't have a job because losing weight WAS her full time job. As an adult. WTF. WTF was the point of having her on this "panel" anyway?

Why oh why does she have to strip in public all the time? Clothing is helpful, Whitney! I also dislike those short shorts in the screen shots above. Not her best look.

Oh man. The back roll clips....it's hard to believe that is the same person in the two videos. Wow.

True! I forgot!! : )

Watching Whitney climb those stairs was pitiful. At that age, and surely someone whose life work is a “dance career,” she should be able to jaunt up and down stairs quickly, not lumber up one baby half step at a time. My sister is probably 80-100 lbs overweight. She takes stairs like that too. I think it’s sad. Not in and of itself sad, but sad because it showcasss how handicapped that extra weight has made her. Also - regarding a 5K. Honestly, that is NOT a lofty goal. Even an out of shape person should be able to walk a 5K in well under an hour. Glenn is bribing Twit to basically do a 3.1 mile walk (or run but...um, no). It’s sad that a measly 5k is the leverage.

I agree with others - Glen was inappropriate, rude and hurtful with the grandchildren comments. Also bribing your thirty-plus year old daughter to exercise with a trip to Hawaii is sad and weird. Whitney seriously needs to put on clothes. HOW IS IT OKAY TO WALK AROUND IN A SPORTS BRA AND STRETCHY PANTS? IN PUBLIC?! AND ON TV? It's bothersome. Put on a SHIRT!!!!! I hear the No Body Shame clothing line is having a going out of business sale - pick up a t shirt there, perhaps?! Felt badly for the kitty and was surprised Babs rejected it. That seemed out of character for her. I'm an animal lover - I have four cats (and yes, a husband and children) and I am into having pets. I don't eat meat because I think of the animals and how they are ill-treated...I just want peace and kindness for animals.....including kitties on TLC shows. Buddy hasn't paid his rent in many months. So does he really live there as a tenant or not? If the whole "buddy lives here" thing is a sham, no wonder he didn't pay rent. And yes, I noticed that Whitney waited for Buddy's ex girlfriend to show up before meandering (slowly and awkwardly) upstairs to see his living space. Niiiiiiiice and sensitive, Whitney. The pregnant woman stuff - I was wondering where the baby dad is, too. WTF with Whitney taking the classes with pregnant mom - where's the dad? Oh yea, the whole thing is super fake and TLC is desperate...hence Whitney crying, making it about her and ultimately diapering a couple cats as practice.

Word on Siggy and the "I'm Israeli" business. First of all, don't insult Israel and associate with it. Secondly, the Israelis I know - including extended family - would be mortified to associate with Siggy. They would just eye roll, then laugh and then shrug off her craziness

As a Jew, I'm super embarrassed that Siggy is the token Jew on this cast. I wish she would represent the Tribe a little better! Every barrel has a bottom and I fear that Siggy is it....

THANK YOU! : )

HI everyone! I haven't finished reading all of the great comments here but I wanted to chime in. So much to comment on! First of all, I feel badly for Nada. Her level of super morbid obesity is stunning (as if Twit's wasn't enough). Watching her on the "hike" (I don't consider that type of little trail a HIKE!) was pathetic. I felt terrible for her. She is seriously on death's door. To not be able to walk 0.8 miles on what looked to be a simple walk that almost anyone else could do, even a 105 year old, that was sad. She seems sweet and relatively bright - I hope she gets her health back somehow. Next - Twit and the bed sharing. WTF. You guys are not BFFS in elementary school - you are grown women. Give your guest some privacy, please! Buddy/Heather - boring - don't care Pregnant friend (what's her name?) - whatevs, not really caring much about that, either. Still can't tell who is Tal and who is Todd. When Whitney's mom admitted sheepishly that "Whitney needs to lose a little weight" and when her dad was trying to think of ideas to get Twit back into fitness, I thought it was sad. Thereis some real pain on the part of Twit's parents - seeing Twit so obese, unpartnered, stymied in developmental growth...OY. While they coddled and contributed to Twit's failure to launch, no doubt, I still somehow feel sad for her parents who must find so much of this painful. And as a rabbi and representative of the Jewish People, thank goodness she is no longer seeking conversion. As another poster here once wrote (which I loved and got a LOL over), the Jewish People have suffered enough through the millennia!