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  1. 55 minutes ago, Baltimore Betty said:

    Remember seasons ago when the chief stew Heather was able to bring a past coworker on to fill a stew spot and Fraser freaked out because he was so insecure about his position, Heather was really nice about talking to him and cleared things up, why can't Fraser have that level of communication with Barbie because I feel like if he fires her he is shooting himself in the foot because she is really good at her job.

    Fraser might be feeling like he is not doing a good job and needs to blame someone for his lack of skill, Barbie is good at her job and he is jealous, maybe?

     

    This, 100%!!!! 

    Fraser seems to be insecure in his position as Chief Stew, and I don't think he's happy that Barbie (or anyone) could possibly have aspirations to that title.

    Especially because Barbie seems very strong in a lot of the same things that Fraser is strong in (service, getting along with guests, etc.)  She's also strong at tending bar and tablescapes and theme decor.  I've yet to see Fraser do either tablescapes and/or decor.  Barbie is also a strong personality and looks good all the time, so in the "Bravosphere", she may be a stronger contender for future Chief Stew opportunities on the Below Deck franchise.  All of this, I'm sure, is going on in Fraser's head.

    He's being horrible to her, imo.  I hope that Captain Kerry puts him in his place, and won't let Fraser fire Barbie.  If she leaves on her own, I think that would be a bad move for her, too.  

    I'm reminded on Kate and Jen (I think it was Season 4 or 5) - Jen was horrible, and there was a lot of back and forth between her and Kate.  Kate worked through it and finally figured out a way to work with her.  There was also that girl, Laura (replacement for crazy Caroline), who made the comment to Kate about "checking herself" - now, THAT was insubordination and disrespect.  Barbie has not really displayed that, imo.  Kate also figured out a way to work that situation out.

    Fraser doesn't have that managerial quality yet - if ever.  He's too personally sensitive.

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  2. 2 hours ago, Jaundiced Eye said:

    A "$1,000 bottle of water" -- GTFO, weirdo.

    And, as mentioned previously, Ariana needs to stop being such a slob. How hard is it to throw away your food garbage? Is she a hoarder or something? CLEAN YOUR ROOM! And acting proud because you cleaned the litter box a week ago?  🤮 

    Also, Ariana, the self-proclaimed genius, needs to learn that "extrapolation" is not a synonym for "extraction."

    I agree - I was like "WTF????"  And here, I thought I splurge when I buy a six pack of Fiji Water!!  🤣  I do agree, though, that different waters do have different tastes.  For example, I can tell the difference between Dasani and Fiji water.

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  3. I think it is time for the Vanderpump Rules saga to have some kind of happy or unhappy ending.  The show is quite boring this season, and there is nothing that can or will outdo the ridiculous drama of last season's Scandoval.  Actually, last season, before the whole affair storyline, the show was boring then, too.

    So, while I'm watching and trying to stay awake, I start focusing on background things - like trying to figure out the layout of Scheana and Brock's townhouse, that seems super tiny, checking out the weird decor in Schwartz's apartment, the absolute "Wayfair-ness" of James and Ally's house, etc.  

    However, what struck me hard this week is the absolute messiness of Sandoval and Ariana's house.  I get they are in the middle of a very contentious parting of the ways and dividing households, but those two are both kind of slovenly.  Both their bedrooms are a hot mess, with clothes strewn all over every surface and piled in corners on the floor.  Closets are cluttered and hodgepodge.  Bathrooms have hair product, makeup and other health and beauty aides taking up all possible counter/sink vanity space.  Sandoval's duvet cover had buttons missing and the duvet looked like it was shredded and the filling falling out.  It doesn't look like Ariana ever makes her bed, either.  

    Downstairs, the same pile of boxes has been in the same place every time any scene is filmed there, since the first episode.  Even though they have "Ann", who Sandoval claims is part assistant/part housekeeper, the kitchen looks sloppy and dirty.

    These two are not college kids living in an off-campus rental, away from home for the first time in their lives.  They are supposed "mature" adults [who act like children] who should have some sense of cleanliness and organization by this time in their lives.

    Just adds to the "messiness" of their lives, in my opinion.

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  4. 18 hours ago, hoodooznoodooz said:

    Jason and Janet seem nice and normal. Janet reminds me of Annaleigh Ashford.

    Zack’s hair is the worst.

    We are supposed to recognize Daniel Booko from iCarly and Hannah Montana. I never would’ve guessed that he was so short.
     

    Jesse seems to hate everyone and to hate being on this show.

    At first, I thought he was wearing a toupee, but I'm not so sure now.  Either way, Zack's hair looks like it was painted on.  It looks like a bad Vegas Elvis impersonator's hair style/wig.

    13 hours ago, bosawks said:

    I have to drive by a sewage treatment plant on my way home from work and I suspect that it still smells better than Jax.

    Jax, since Season 1 on Vanderpump Rules, always looks super sweaty and greasy, and, like you say, smelly.  

     

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  5. 7 hours ago, politichick said:

    I couldn't believe my ears when she said she sold her house for such a fucking stupid reason. Why couldn't the boyfriend move there?

    Also, on a superficial note, she looks like crap. Even though I was never a Kristen fan with her over-the-top antics, I did think she was quite attractive. Now she just looks sloppy and desperately needs a haircut.

    Jax was ridiculous with his obsession over her pending motherhood.

    None of these Valley people are very interesting. God help me for watching.

    I wonder if Kristen had to sell her home to avoid foreclosure?

    The house Kristen owned is in an expensive area - I can't imagine she's making a whole bunch of money from her not-so-famous t-shirt company and random podcasts.

    And, I agree - I hate to be superficial, too, but time has not been good to Kristen.  She looks tired, run-down and very out of shape.  I get that we all change as we age, and, at 40 years old, she, at least,  doesn't appear to have a face full of botox and fillers, but she just looks like she's been wrung tight and hung out to dry, as my grandmother used to say.  Plus, the super long, very dark hair (extensions, maybe?) looks silly and harsh at the same time.

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  6. 4 minutes ago, ButterQueen said:

    Kyle cannot answer a question honestly to save her soul.  I’m sick of her.

    I didn’t mind Kathy being there and thought it funny she was blaming Kyle, “being on the hamster wheel” for the failing marriage.  I’ve always wondered how Mo could stand Kyle.  She was so horrible to LVP when Lisa was dealing with very tragic situations….yet Kyle needs support.  Gag me!

    Andy is so over Dorit, as am I.  I hope 8.5 is one and done. 

    I really like Crystal, Garcelle and Sutton.
     


     

     

     

    I agree.  I usually don't mind Kyle - there have been a few times over the course of previous seasons where I thought she was way out of line and not a good person, but overall, until this season, she didn't annoy me as much as some of the other ladies.

    This season, and especially during the reunion, she totally lost me, with all her non-answer answers to the hard questions that she would have been hounding other people about "being honest" about and calling them out for not answering.  She dodged, she hemmed and hawed, she danced around and was evasive.  Kyle did not give one straight answer about her relationship with Morgan Wade - she completely answered the question she wanted to hear, instead of the question asked.  Even when pushed, she left things hanging with her hesitant answers.

    As far as Kathy - again, I have to go back to their upbringing.  I believe their Mom, Big Kathy, drilled into her daughters' heads that they must have a man and they must do whatever it takes to keep a man.  And, if something goes wrong in a relationship, it is never the man's fault, it is their fault.  I think that Kathy saying she supports Kyle and wants Kyle to be happy is a bunch of bullshit.  I think there is A LOT of "gaslighting" that goes on among all the Richards sisters, and I think that Kim and Kyle both fear Kathy almost as much as they feared their mother.

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  7. 2 hours ago, AEJ79 said:

    All I got from this episode is that Jo is a hair stylist and has terrible hair. 

    Now we know why Schwartz always looks so messy and his hair looks unkempt  all the time - Jo is styling it.

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  8. 25 minutes ago, choclatechip45 said:

    Jo is the female version of Schwartz, I am not sure that is a good thing. 

    I really could not stand Lala or Scheana.

    Also who takes dance classes in case they are asked for DWTS?

     

    LaLa is jealous that her breakup and cheating "scandal" didn't draw the same attention as Ariana's.  After all, in LaLa's world, she, too, is a woman scorned, even though she was with Randall for years when he was still married (and, I don't care what Lala says, she knew it and didn't care as long as he kept her in Range Rovers, designer clothes and private jet rides).  LaLa thinks she's showing a more vulnerable side but she's still the same volatile, selfish bitch she always has been.  LaLa really wants all the press attention and business opportunities that Ariana has gotten, regardless of the fact that Ariana may have some more experience and training as far as acting and dancing goes.  I don't think the LaLa has any experience except being a high-end escort.

    Scheana is seething with jealousy, too.  She is desperate to move above VR, despite the fact that. much like LaLa, she's talentless, unless she would be in a movie scene that requires crying on demand or throwing out a petulant pouty look (she's very good at both of those things).  Scheana may have heard that DWTS was looking at options from VR, so she just assumed it would be her, since she is an original cast member and has appeared on the show from the start.  I think that was the reason for her to take the dance lessons.  And, as much as Scheana claims to love Ariana, claims she is a "ride or die" friend to Ariana and that she is not out for herself,  I just simple cannot believe any of those statements.  Scheana would tap dance over Ariana's dead body to get on DWTS, if she had to.  And if the producers told her that she would be eliminated from most filmed scenes of VR if she won't make peace with Sandoval, she would jump from "ride or die friend of Ariana" to claiming loyalty to her original show friend Sandoval.

     

     

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  9. 44 minutes ago, JenE4 said:

    Alli doesn’t like Jo because she moved in with Schwartz like a minute after he and Katie got divorced. Um…kind of like you and James 6 weeks after he and Raquel ended their engagement. But, holy smokes, what is wrong with Jo?’?! All of these faces and gestures and loud-ass comments, she seems like she’d fit in with that group of redneck/blue-collar comics that were big in the 90s. Total Larry the Cable Guy vibes, with a little Jim Carey/Mike myers mugging thrown in.

    MVP once again to Anne, the poor assistant in the Sandoval-Maddix household who, upon hearing that Sandvoval was going to emote piped up, in private, right? How many rants on both sides has this woman had to endure? Set those boundaries, Anne!

    I agree - Jo is goofy and "out there" - but, I'm kind of liking her as Schwartz's buddy/friend with sometime benefits/whatever.

    She compliments Schwartz's goofiness.  She was the perfect audience for his conversation about space aliens and all that.  

    Schwartz and Craig Conover from Southern Charm should get together to discuss all their weird theories.  Then, they could design a line of tin foil hats and wear them on their respective shows.  🤣

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  10. 55 minutes ago, bosawks said:

    I actually think Katie hates them all, including herself.

    I agree.  I have never seen someone who always has such a miserable, disagreeable look on her face and is actually miserable and disagreeable all the fucking time.  

    Katie completely sucks all the fun out of room when she enters it, every time.

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  11. 1 hour ago, Izzy85 said:

    Well I was all settled in like Bob said to hear all the verses and then was severely disappointed 😥 

    Christina Ebersole really does have an amazing singing voice - I was hoping to hear more, too!  

    1 hour ago, Yeah No said:

    Oh yeah, if you ask the funeral home they'll give you a little bit of Dad in a pouch like that for a keepsake urn.  I did it with my parents.  I have mini keepsake urns for each of them that look just like the big ones only smaller.  The big urns sit on my fireplace.  I'm not like Abishola, they don't make me uncomfortable at all.  In fact, just the opposite - they bring me comfort.

    I thought the scene with Abishola cleaning and speaking to Max's urn was adorable.  She played it so well - it's nice to see a soft and lighthearted side to Abishola every so often - she really has a beautiful smile.

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  12. 1 hour ago, Keywestclubkid said:

    But then its all over Mo's show buying beverlyhills on netflix like out in the open openly talking about it .. again it just shows how full of shit Kyle is

     

    1 hour ago, Cosmocrush said:

    I did not know this, never having watched Mo's show.  Is it filmed at the same time as RHOBH?

     

    1 hour ago, Keywestclubkid said:

    I believe so cause the new season is just starting and they are using this to promote it .. Mo is upfront talking about it on camera 

    Makes me think that Mauricio didn't want it played out for the entire RHOBH season as a storyline.  Rather, he wanted it to be part of Buying Beverly (his show), so he could put his own spin on it, rather than being portrayed as the villain or bad guy on RHOBH, as would probably have happened.

    I don't know - I've never watched his show, but I do think there were some mutual agreements made between Mauricio and Kyle prior to filming both shows regarding how to spin/play/portray all of this in their "reality TV" lives.

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  13. 5 minutes ago, Keywestclubkid said:

    Sutton is LOADED and I think that kinda pisses Kyle off too .. 

    I don't know how much it pisses Kyle off, because I think she and Mau are also pretty wealthy now, but I know it sure as hell pisses Dorit off to no end, because she and PK are nowhere near wealthy - just putting up a good front.

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  14. I wish these women would all realize that they are arguing with each other over the same exact fucking thing they are each saying!!!! 

    "You implied this" 

    "You intimated that"

    "I was joking when I said that"

    "I didn't mean that seriously"

    "Can't you take a joke"

    "I'm entitled to my opinion"

    "I'm entitled to defend myself"

    They are each all saying the SAME EXACT thing, but yet, they argue over it when someone else says it, too.

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  15. Just had a rewatch of this episode, prior to watching Part 2 - one thing I noticed now that I missed last week - Dorit's total condescension and envy when Crystal clapped back that she has a company that is valued at $100 million dollars.

    Dorit was so green with jealousy, I'm surprised that her culturally appropriated outfit didn't immediately turn from red to green.

    Dorit was seething over the fact that Crystal has a profitable business that she doesn't EVER promote on the show, unlike ALL of Dorit's failed businesses.

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  16. 1 hour ago, 65mickey said:

    Showing my age here. I couldn't stop thinking about that nursery rhyme from way back in the day:  "There was a little girl who had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead and when she was good she was very good and when she was bad she was horrid." 

    I thought of the same exact nursery rhyme, especially because it really fits with Dorit, too!!  

    I thought she looked absolutely ridiculous!  

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  17. 1 hour ago, Straycat80 said:

    This cutting to Marcus for commentary is a first isn’t it? Marcus is getting slammed on his Instagram for that dish comment. Good! Moron! 

    It's ridiculous that Marcus seems to be doing a "play by play" commentary like this is a sporting event.  He's obnoxious.  I hope he and Larsa buy a home somewhere other than Miami and she (and he) are gone for good.

    They're both rude.

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  18. 2 hours ago, Keywestclubkid said:

    You're a punisher lol....ooop

    Kyle, Kathy and Kim are all "punishers" - they learned that from their mother.  

    Dorit should apologize to LVP for siccing Kyle on her about Puppygate.  LVP is still being punished by Kyle (for what, exactly, is hard to determine).  Although Kyle can't seem to get LVP out of her head, after hearing Kyle snarkily commenting  about LVP again tonight.

    1 hour ago, Stats Queen said:

    Dorit,

     I know a lot of people with college degrees who are uneducated outside of what they went to school for.

    Common sense and street smarts are so often lacking in those who have book smarts.  

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  19. 1 hour ago, JohnnyU said:

    The new girl in the sparkly green dress seems to be jumping on the Dorit is a racist bandwagon.

    I think that what Garcelle said about Dorit living in her own little bubble to be completely accurate.

    Dorit obviously travels in a very select social group - one that may be diverse, but one that is also very elitist, financially.  So, I would imagine that her social circle is just as superficial as she is, and they are not having deep conversations about social injustices and words/actions that may be objectionable to non-Caucasian people during social gatherings.  Dorit is not intentionally ignorant of these things, it's just that she chooses not to know.  

    I can understand that, in a way.  Speaking very honestly, as a white person of a certain age, I do try to make a conscious effort to be sensitive and knowledgeable about these things, but it is hard to keep up.

    Not that I'm defending Dorit, but I can kind of see where she is coming from, and at least seems to give the appearance of learning from her faux-pas.

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  20. 1 hour ago, Pi237 said:

    Oh no. AM just said anesthesiologist and anesthetists do the same job, but for less money. Shots fired! 

     

    1 hour ago, Straycat80 said:

    That’s so wrong! An Anesthesiologist is a doctor. An Anesthetist is a CRNA who works under the direction of the doctor. 

    I seriously don't understand this.  I know a lot of nurses and a lot of doctors, and trust them both implicitly, but, in some cases, I actually listen more to my RN friends and their observations than I do some of the doctors I know.  And, many of my nurse friends say that some doctors really don't pay attention or get to the root of the patient's problem without consulting the nurses or sometimes, the nurses pointing things out to the doctors.

    BUT - I recently had a minor surgery done at a day-patient surgical center, and I had BOTH an anesthesiologist (Dr.) and nurse anesthetist as part of the surgical team.  Both visited with me before and after my procedure, and were in the OR.  

    I think that Annemarie really likes to obfuscate the truth.  Even Kyle said that she thought Annemarie was a doctor.

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  21. On 2/22/2024 at 8:09 PM, Baltimore Betty said:

    I liked what she said about having no control over cancer or the treatments so this was the one thing she had control of, she still looked stunning with a shaved head. 

    Russell is a keeper.

    1,000%!!!!  What a fantastic person he is - and so supportive of his wife.

    I think a lot of the reason why he is so well liked is because he is genuine and down to earth.  He's a firefighter and seems proud of his profession.  He's not some bullshit investor, entrepreneur or whatever.  He doesn't make a lot of money and doesn't seem to care whether he does or not.  And, he's not a camera whore like some husbands from other franchises. 

    So happy for Guerdy!!!  (Because she is cancer-free, but also because she is married to an amazing guy!)

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