RealityGal

LMAO. Yeah, who would imagine a workout that doesn't require a drop of sweat wouldn't be the key to a total transformative weight loss!?

I think thats one of the things that bothers me about Phaedra. I understand not letting the world know your business, but your on a reality TV show! And even then, its just so oogy to try to cover up a bad marriage with over the top "sip n see" parties, and photo shoots at your house. It reminds me of those people who are always doing PDA's but behind closed doors can't stand to touch each other. I agree with you about the apologies, maybe she can invite us all to a Dwight party. On Love and Hip Hop Atlanta Kirk had to throw an apology party, and I feel like that could work...and it would be quite an affair if Dwight is in on it.....

Which personally, I could have done without ever knowing. I saw no need to mention it at judges table. They all thought he did great, why bring it up and then attempt to show us his crotch. Gross.

I don't think Stahma has ever thought that Christie was the right girl for Alak. And Stahma wants what is best for her son, she will also want control of her grandchild. The only potential allure of Christie was her access to the mines, which as BungalowSummer pointed out, is not really an issue anymore since Rafe no longer owns the mines. The more Alak and Christie fight...the more it becomes apparent that their relationship will not work....the more expendable Christie will become. Christie is not willing to do anything for Alak, she has her point which she will not cross, she also has a meddling father. This makes her a liability. DJ chick has no meddling parents, and I don't know if she still has her day job as a hooker or if she is fully into this radio thing. If she is fully into the radio thing, and she seems willing to do whatever she might be a better replacement for Alak's affections, especially as Christie becomes more prone to fighting. I'm not sure if the job is as important to Stahma as is the ability to control the situation or the person that Alak is with. Christie has a lot of factors that make her a liability. First, she has all these human feelings, emotions and questions. That makes her harder to control. Second, she isn't a Stahma, who will smile in your face and then poison your tea, she wants to yell, and carry on. Third, Alak is starting to get exasperated with her. Fourth, as the mother of her child, she would have some rights to it, which would mess with what I believe will be Stahma's and Datak's plan to raise the child Castian. The more Alak gets exasperated with her, the more she rebels, the more of a liability she will become because as the child's mother she can take the child away. I don't think Stahma will want any part of that, especially as Christie becomes more vocal and lets her displeasure be known, and as she becomes more estranged from Alak. But if Christie is dead, than ostensibly it is Alak who cares for the child and by extension Stahma. No more need to worry about Christie running off with the child because she feels unhappy or constrained. Thats the thing about Stahma, is she has always been able to show a good face and then scheme behind the scenes. I don't think Christy possesses any of that, nor do I think Stahma finds any great respect for it. Especially if Christie's brash ways start messing with Stahma's plans to raise that child as she sees fit. Hell, she poisoned three women for a potential threat to her business, you think she wouldn't hesitate to kill someone who is going to mess with her grandchild? Especially as Alak loses interest in her?

Everyone seems to care about America's opinion. Maybe America is a dude? Maybe America is a dude who has an awfully close relationship with another dude...like Canada. As for Jocasta, she needs to get it together or just self evict. I refuse to talk shit about her alliance, because it feels like I'll be struck with a bolt of lightening, locusts or a plague or something. LMAO @ "talking about putting something up their butts..."

I would just like to see the show be a little more natural, everything felt just over the top. I truly don't feel like these women are friends, so I don't know how it would be more natural. I would love to see one of Elena and Terras "little Gaga or little Britney shows" I never want to hear another song/video from Terra in my entire life. And for the love of everything, if they do another trip, please stay somewhere a little swankier than the Golden Nugget, maybe the Howard Johnson's or even the Orleans, but seriously, put these women up at the Palms or something.

I find it amusing that her own parents put up with it. My 4 year old nephew will pretty much try anything. And I agree with you, its something that the parents should start to deal with before the kids hit a certain age, because I'm sure your sisters friend didn't want to have to go home, eat, and come back, or to not even get invited to stuff because you're too much of a pain to deal with. Yeah, Luca was in a catch-22, although, like I said, if my parents were there, I don't care how much I hated the vegetables, I would have been forced to choke it down. I actually used to gag when my mom made brussel sprouts, I still had to eat quite a few of them before I was considered "done" with dinner. I don't entirely think its cute when kids decide they can't eat stuff. I mean look at that family that only had meat and potatoes....those kids are gonna be the size of a house if thats all they are going to eat in life! Not to mention they aren't going to get the nutrients they need from fruits and vegetables. I wonder if more kids aren't getting things like scurvy or vitamin deficiencies because they are allowed to eat overprocessed foods and not healthy foods.

Well, in other important Phaedra Parks news...guess who is the newest spokeswoman for Xenadrine!?!?? http://www.xenadrine.com/phaedra-parks/index.php

If a woman told me my man was good looking I would be thrilled. I don't date men that look like trolls. But I also date men that I can trust, so its not really an issue of who finds them attractive and how often they say it, makes no difference to me. And some women have a different sense of humor than I do, we had a friend in our old group who used to say the most outlandish shit you ever heard in your life. But we knew it was his personality, so no one took offense. If he had normally been prim and proper and then started acting outlandish I might have been offended, but if its just who someone is, its hard for me personally to take offense. So for someone like Kenya, who twerks everything, who talks about being offered dick on her way to the mailbox and all of that makes a joke about a threesome, its hard to take it personally because thats who she is. And from what I remember of Anguilla it was Apollo who was putting his hands all over Kenya, throwing her around in the pool and what not. Furthermore, if I'm in a business arrangement with two people, and I want to get it done, I don't think its crazy to text either of those people. Nothing in what you said suggests to me that she started texting Apollo to have sex with him, it sounds like she was texting him to handle business. I know I surely would not believe the man who is busy putting 8k into strippers g-strings but not into my childs college fund. Thats not the guy I'm going to bat for. And I would be shocked if this was the first "situation" Apollo has been in with other women, I'll eat my hat if this is the first time that he has tried to cheat on Phaedra. In fact, I would buy a hat to eat, and then eat the hat if this is the first time infidelity has come up with Apollo. So no, I would not automatically believe Apollo. I don't think that a ring on the finger automatically changes anyone, and I have friends who have dated cheaters, married cheaters and then seem somehow shocked when he keeps on cheating. Of course Kenya kept those text messages from Apollo, it sounds like his were flirty with her, and she was playing him. I'm not going to say that Kenya using Apollo as a pawn was right, but that doesn't make her a whore, it makes Apollo a moron for letting himself get played. Yes, Kenya doesn't owe Phaedra anything, so why in the world would she lie? And I think Phaedra does owe her an apology because I think Phaedra knew good and well that Kenya never offered Apollo sex, and instead of dropping it, she went all over Atlanta knowingly (IMO) lying about Kenya. This is why Phaedra was so adamant that Kenya never talk to Apollo without her around, because she knew the minute Kenya got Apollo alone he would admit the truth. And he did...right on camera. So Phaedra couldn't go around crying about how Apollo was a victim and Kenya was a whore. Never, in a million years, would Phaedra have let Apollo tell the truth, so the only way the truth would come to light is if Kenya got Apollo alone. There was no other reason for Phaedra to be so upset with Kenya talking to Apollo in Mexico. They weren't going to have sex with 5 guys watching and a camera crew filming, so that couldn't be the reason for Phaedra getting so upset. But Phaedra would definitely be upset if she didn't want Apollo telling the world the truth...which is that Kenya never offered him sex, but that they both had "physicality" or some such nonsense.

I think your point is well taken, and the biggest reason I think otherwise is Mexico. Why was Phaedra so upset that the two of them were talking? I mean, I would totally understand if the two of them were in a private corner, but they were in a crowded cigar bar, with 5 guys watching their every move from a distance, and a camera crew filming them. IMO, it should be clear that they weren't going to have sex, or plan sex with a camera crew around and the rest of the cast watching. Even if Apollo is that stupid, Kenya isn't. So if they aren't having sex, or planning sex, why get so upset that they are talking? I think Phaedra was upset because she knew she had been going around Atlanta telling everyone that Kenya offered Apollo sex, and she knew it wasn't entirely true. She also knew that Kenya is probably not the sort to just let that slide, and that Apollo is a dummy, and a drunk dummy at that. Phaedra isn't stupid, she is sneaky, but she isn't stupid. IMO, she was upset because she knew that Apollo was probably sitting right there, like a dummy spilling the beans. I think its why Phaedra was super concerned that Kenya not talk to Apollo without her present, because she knows he is a dummy, and that he is more likely to be honest, especially when she isn't around to control the situation. But I do think your point is valid, as I think Apollo has likely slept with any woman who wears a g-string, glitter lotion and lucite platforms that will give him the time of day (hey, strippers have standards too!). I'm also very interested to see how Phaedra will deal with the divorce and Apollo going away, I hope she doesn't try to put on with the faux southern belle thing. The only time I've ever liked Phaedra is when she is just being real, no one has a perfect life and so there is no need to put on.

Every once in a while, in full schtick Lenny gets a pretty bad case of the crazy eyes IMO. I wouldn't be able to handle watching Sarah in a commercial, let alone a TV show, but I'm not the FN target demographic. For me, she only works for snark.

This episode.... 1. Erica's clothing line - I wish the women from these reality shows would stop all doing the exact same business. Has any reality show star really ever launched a successful clothing line? I mean there was Jessica Simpson, and Nicole Richie. But those girls had something else going for them before the clothing line ever launched. But has someone who has only had a reality show ever had a successful clothing line? How often does anyone hear about Mob Candy? How often do you even hear about Sheree's jewelry line? Tammy is doing the exact same thing? And a collection of hoochie dresses in lycra? Isn't forever 21 already on that? 2. Mimi - I wish she would stop using her dead father to try to wiggle out of having to talk about her sex tape. So typical Mimi, her dad is dead so no one should judge her for a sex tape she made months before her dad was sick. I can appreciate that in the middle of her mourning she has remembered her fake lashes and full makeup. 3. Ariane - I'm going to need for her to go back to New York or wherever she came from. Her inquisition of Stevie was lame...mostly because I think Stevie is right. I'm not sure about his child support situation, but I don't think that Mimi making a porno had anything to do with her needing to take care of Eva. I think she is grasping at straws and trying to justify her decision to make a porno by using her daughter. Ariane overall is just lame to me. I guess this is her attempt to try to get back on the show, but she is almost as annoying as Mimi, but unwilling to go to the extra mile and make a sex tape to stay relevant. 4. Karlie - listen, the song actually sounds good. I say break up with Joc but try to keep it classy so you can work on your song with him, because you don't have another 10 years to wait for some good music. 5. Althea - is Benzino actually rich? I would just sign the pre-nup because then at least you'll get some money. If he ends up being worth nothing than you'll get half of nothing.

She must have been some friend, because I couldn't envision my parents putting up with any of that. But wait until she becomes an adult, trust me, it becomes much less cute. A woman I worked with would eat like 4 things, cheeseburgers, hamburgers, french fries and chicken nuggets. I thought it was ridiculous. If we went to a nice restaurant she would have to order from the kids menu. Or she would have to have an in depth discussion with the wait staff about how they couldn't make it "fancy" (don't try putting carmalized onions on that burger! no fancy truffle oil on those fries! don't even think of tempura frying those chicken nuggets!)

I'm actually with you, but I despise cauliflower as a vegetable. I haven't had it in many many years (probably around the age when I was allowed to decide for myself what I wanted to eat). But I had heard from a lot of people who were dieting that they would use it as a substitute for mashed potatoes and I was like "wow, that sounds really interesting and a great way to cut calories!" And because I'm all about being able to eat as much food as possible for as few calories as possible I was dying to try it. And the same now for Luca's cauliflower risotto. I haven't been to any restaurants where I can try it, and I'm afraid if I do it I'll mess it up.

Her only hail mary - and I don't know if she has any left at this point if she has been put up after POV. But her only hail mary was to appeal to the fact that these guys, more than anything care about how they appeal to America and the public at large, so she should have used that to campaign to backdoor Caleb. This is their biggest thing. And it should be, they are on national TV. There are 16 houseguests and 15 of them are going to lose. So I don't know that everyone goes into it for the money per se. but someone like Frankie especially is going to be looking for what the public thinks of him. Especially after the uproar over season 15, and how much those houseguests were hated. These are people that see BB as catapulting them into the public eye. And they all care about what the public thinks. Its why they always go into the diary room and talk "to America," its why Derrick gets into the camera and talks to America about how hard a misison is going to be, and how excited he is to be on Team America. They all see it as America giving them their thumbs up. So their public image is super important to them. If I were Amber, I would have made it a point to tell them all that no one in America is going to like seeing a woman basically being stalked on camera by a creeper, and America really isn't going to like it when there are 5 men that could have saved her, but instead chose to sacrifice her to her stalker. Especially when one of them is a police officer who should know that stalking is serious, that kissing a sleeping girl, or stating that she "owes him something" simply because he chose to do things for her isn't healthy. I don't think any one of those guys gives two shits about Amber, but I think they all are vain and narcissistic enough to care about their public image. And sure, you could sell getting rid of Amber as some mercy eviction, but I think you could argue that the public image of the men will still be ruined because most people will wonder why Amber had to suffer eviction just because she was unlucky enough to be the fixation of some stalker? Its like a woman filing a sexual harassment suit and then she gets fired because its simply her fault for being pretty and tempting. Anyways, it was a hail mary play, but I think its all Amber had left. Don't appeal to these guys as your caring friends, don't appeal to them as good people, appeal to them on what they really care about, their public image and what America will think about them once they get out of the house. To that end, I guess she would have had to cause a big stink about how Caleb is creeping her out, because, if she had, it would have certainly gotten on TV, and if Frankie/Derrick/Cody know something is going to make it onto TV, and not just to live feed viewers they would be much more likely to step in so that America will think that they are good guys willing to save this girl from a creepy McCreepster

Christie will be allowed to get away with all sorts of shenanigans until the grandchild is born (I think it will be a grandson) and then she had better watch out. The DJ girl seems to be into Alak, and seems much more pliable than Christie who has all these "morals" and "questions" I don't think Stahma would have any problem arranging an "accident" for Christie after the child is born, and I don't think Datak is a great fan of hers either. And as her relationship with Alak deteriorates she will have even less protection in that household.

I do think Phaedra owes her an apology. She was going all over Atlanta spreading what I highly suspect she knew were lies about Kenya offering to sleep with Apollo. I don't think Kenya has ever told a straight up lie about Phaedra. I think Phaedra knew that Kenya never offered Apollo sex, and was never going to have sex with Apollo and that it was probably Apollo who had more interest in Kenya. Phaedra constantly called Kenya a "whore" and insisted that she offered Apollo sex, I think she knew that was a lie. Then she would insist that Kenya not talk to Apollo so that she could continue to go around spreading the lie, and that Kenya would have no way to get the truth out. Thats dirty. Not only do you insist on calling the girl a whore based on something that you probably know she didn't do, but then you try to set up rules so that she can't even get the truth out. She was supposed to deal with a scarlet letter because you chose the wrong man? IMO there is a difference between throwing shade and reading people, versus just straight up lying.

Or get online! Everytime I want to cook something, I just put the words "quick and easy" in front of the item I want to make and bam! I get 10 recipes, most of which are rated. I get most irritated with her constant bitchface if anyone else is given praise or if she is critiqued. Like "how dare anyone else do well" She also looks like she is on uppers half the time. I'm don't even know what she meant? Scrutinizing? I agree with others who say that Loreal seems to have a basic knowledge of butchery, which she has sold to friends, family and the general public as a deep, in-depth knowledge. But I wouldn't even hate her for it, there is enough on the internet for her to have come up with fresh tips every week. I've actually been dying to try cauliflower in that way. I know that people have said its good mashed as a substitute for mashed potatoes, and Luca's treatment of it sounded interesting, because it didn't quite sound like raw cauliflower, especially if it was going to taste like risotto. anyways, i would have been interested to try it, and you can bet a million dollars my parents would have had me under threat to at least try a bite of it. I get that kids don't like everything, but at the age of the older one I knew how to stuff down a bite of something to be polite.

I wouldn't go that far, but I don't think she wants a relationship with a man on camera. I believe 85% of Kenya's antics are strictly for show. If thats not really who she is, how could she really have a relationship being a person she isn't? While I certainly don't think she is dating an African prince, I could see her quietly and discreetly dating someone when they aren't airing the show.

I feel like Julie wanted to be on the show. I'm not sure why she wasn't cast, but she is always around, and I remember her specifically suggesting that the girls all "get together" during the summer, or when Caprice comes back or something like that. I wonder if the Sandwiches didn't want their daughter in law cast on the show, but were okay with her being a "friend"

I know I've found some odd stuff on Yelp....the photographer I used, and my local pet stores, but I've never looked for a home service, contractor type thing. That actually would be a good thing to branch out into for Yelp at least

With Zach and Cody...in the storage room...saying that whatever Zach said at the Nomination Ceremony wasn't a big deal....even though her friend is in tears over it

I agree with you about Alexander. He had a sense of drama in his clothing that I enjoyed, sometimes his application of drama to his clothing resulted in an utter fail, but sometimes it resulted in beautiful clothing. I hope they do have more two and three day challenges. I have no idea why they do one day challenges. I want to see beautiful clothes walking down the runway, the runway show is my clothing porn. One day challenges don't produce the most beautiful clothes. And you can still have drama in a two or three day challenge.

OMG! The dangers of groupthink! Its like the emperors new clothes, I can't believe anyone is working out in drop crotch pants...where they do that at? I love Santino, but 99% of that is based on RuPauls Drag Race. I also loved Michael, loved Dom (but didn't watch the reunion, so maybe I would have hated her), loved Dimitry, and loved Sandro (I'm all about that crazy little Russian!) ETA: ahh, that video reminds me of the halcyon days when Banana Republic, or PiperLime, or BlueFly sponsored the accessory wall. We are very close to having a Claires accessory wall....I feel it coming.

I have to find a way to use that in a conversation. I'm not sure how, but its too genius not to try. LMAO @ "Dahmer realness" I'm gonna have to try to incorporate that into my daily life too!