Scorpiosunshine
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I don't have a problem with Joe moving on with his life. It's not anymore unfair to his sister for her to take care of Mom than vs Joe, because Joe has just as much right to a life as anyone. That being said, he didn't handle it very diplomatically. Unless it was a reenactment, I think he could have dumped his mom much gentler. He might as well have said "welp! Gotta go!" lol!
It was way too fast, and I also got the impression that she might peace out after filming. After reading her Facebook, things made more sense-- they're two similar moths drawn to a flame.
As for Joe being childlike, I think Sarah isn't much different. Reading through the Facebook comments, she's quick to aggressively stake her claim to Joe ( back off! He's MY boyfriend!!!) almost anytime a female of any type (young, cute, grandmother, married, etc) so much as compliments him. When one happily-married grandmother nicely called Sarah out, Sarah said that while she may have misunderstood in that case , she gets sick of women complimenting Joe, or as she worded it, (paraphrasing) throwing themselves at him, hitting on him, trying to get with him. It was all very childish and beyond middle school-ish.
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I think Sylvia is wonderful. Maybe her soft touch is just what tough-bird Karissa needed.
Count me in on thinking that there was unaired conversation about being familiar with Sylvia's episode. Although I'm doubtful that Sylvia thinks of herself as a well-known-- or any kind of --TV star, she is sort of a legend in "Intervention"-land.
Karissa's pill drama:
Some drug combinations are known to be much more dangerous than others; benzos and opiates are one of those combos. A lot of docs try to avoid prescribing them together these days, but if they do, it's important to not abuse them, and to take the two just as prescribed. (ex: Most likely the dosing between your opiate and your benzo would be staggered.)
Our local methadone clinics prefer that you wean off benzos if you're taking them, because combining methadone with benzos is just so dangerous (especially combined with addict behavior); the same is true for Suboxone (which our methadone clinics also dispense and which she was taking).
Karissa kept lying and saying that the pills came out of her bottle, telling her Mom that she was NOT taking Klonopin (she was), so I am guessing the doc didn't know. Overdoing the benzos on their own can cause blackouts and definitely have negative effects, but it's surprisingly hard to kill yourself on them. I'm not saying it can't be done, just that a person can take a whole lot of benzos, even with a low tolerance. But ... Combine them with opiates, especially certain ones, and that's a game-changer.
I sure hope Karissa stays clean, because she's one I can easily see dying sooner rather than later.
On another note, it was nice to see Donna. She was visibly proud of Jessica, who looked great and seemed to be doing well. Good for her. :-)
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Delurking for a few comments:
Re: Sam's dress - I've never worn neoprene, but my impression is that is would be very uncomfortable. Does that fabric breathe at all? If not, it's not something anyone would really want to wear at an outdoor event in warm weather. I agree with everyone who has mentioned butt's on pastic chairs. And Sam can go anytime, his looks have become markedly sub-par now that no one is helping him or giving him advice.
I've worn neoprene many times in wetsuits, gloves, and booties. No, it doesn't breathe. That's the point. It's an insulating layer, you pick how insulating an item is when you choose the thickness of the neoprene. It's essentially like plastic sponge with very fine bubbles/holes in it. If you wear a neoprene item that's a bit too thick, you'll sweat your arse off and that sweat will stay right there against your skin, or roll down to your lowest point.
Here's the interesting thing - - I thought the same thing, then I saw a neoprene summer dress that I fell in love with. I bought it and wore it in the Caribbean, and though I was nervous about it, turns out it was comfy, I didn't sweat, it didn't stick to me, and it kept its lovely shape.
I've since bought several more and just love them. I live in GA, so heat and humidity are no strangers. Now, I don't know if it's the way the neoprene is worked over, the way it's shaped, or what, but it just works. My neoprene dresses are all fit and flare, no body-con... Maybe that makes a difference.
Also, I love Dom! I think she's talented, confident, kind, and beautiful; I'm rooting for her. I didn't see her season, so this is my first exposure to her, and for the most part, her work has impressed me. I can see her growing and getting better and better. I think she'll go far.
I've hated everything Sam has done, maybe with one exception that I can't even think of right now.
I like Emily as a person. Though her designs don't always appeal to me, I see her talent and wish her success.
Ken is a trip, and I think he's very talented, too.
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A Muppet, yes!
Some people aren't very photogenic and tend look way better in real life than photos. IMO, Joanna isn't very life-o-genic. Of course, her pictures were photoshopped to hell and back.
I'm on the same page as far as not OKing Ana's deceptions, but being way more "on her side". IF I had to hang out with one of them, it wouldn't be Joanna.
I loved the recap, btw!
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Joanna is gross. I have no tolerance for her shit. Ugh. I need to calm down.
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Louis' entitlement rant/whine in the restaurant with Dan's father was something to behold. I don't know how much of that was addict behavior vs spoiled brattiness, but watching him throw a tantrum with no sense of shame or self-awareness was... something.
It takes a lot of gall to sit there and expectantly chow down on your free steak dinner, nastily accuse your benefactor of avoiding the topic of financing your free ride, then get angry and blow up because he nicely declines.
Blaming him because you now have to.. not pay your own way, but.. borrow from someone else, namely your own parent...WOW.... that's chutzpah! Louis wins the "got big balls" award, lol.
On the other hand, Dan's father had a lot of nerve with that hair-don't he had going on. Yikes!
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Gianluca seemed like a truly caring person. I hope he is successful. I have a feeling he will make a great interventionist/counselor/addiction specialist. I can't pinpoint it, but I saw something in him, heard something in the way he spoke. I guess I just got a sense of a good heart.
Caitlyn definitely needs to grow up and learn how to take care of herself. She might have a good shot at it if her family sticks to their bottom lines, AND as long as she finishes school and works rather than let someone else take care of her.
I got a super spoiled vibe from her, but she didn't seem to be a nasty person, other than her laughing spell... at which moment I strongly, viscerally disliked her.
I'll give her the benefit of the doubt and chalk it up to addict behavior, but I don't know. It was hard to read her, and at times she had this mildly snotty air and look about her, even after she was clean. I do hope she's successful.
Shallow moment : Physically, they were a beautiful couple.
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This is Kristina's second series; the first was called "Addicted" and was pretty much exactly like this. It last aired in 2012, I think, so I was surprised to see this...( I'll call it a) reboot.
When I first started watching Addicted, I didn't care for her much. Part of it was because I didn't know how to take her, but also I love Intervention so much and was so used to how they loved people like crazy.
Since it's been a while since I've seen her AND since Intervention is back, I'm having a bit of deja vu. That being said, I really did come to appreciate and like Kristina, and I'm glad to see her back. Her style is different because she practices a different method of intervention, but she does truly care, and she really did help a lot of people in Addicted, and in her practice.
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At first I was put off by the kids having to do so much, including things no kid should have to do for their mother. In the end, though, I just couldn't dislike Milla.
She knew she had to change and she did. That's what we want someone to do when they're screwing up. Yes, there may be consequences, but those consequences can't get better until the behavior changes. It's a good start, and it gives the family a fighting chance to live normally. As much love as I saw there, I think that they may be OK, assuming Milla keeps moving forward.
The kids were always loving on and smiling with the parents, they were all always saying "I love you", and all of them were genuinely affectionate and caring as a family. It made me smile thinking that those kids feel loved and have so much love to give, despite their bad start in life, and despite being caregivers to a deathly obese mom. That says a lot about Milla and her husband.
I'm not saying they get a free pass or that it's OK, but maybe she was too ashamed to look outside of the household for help.
No, kids shouldn't have to clean Mom's squanch, even when they don't mind (but still don't particularly want to do it). And though they had every right to be resentful, they weren't. That tells me a great deal, and it shows that Milla and her husband did something right.
Again, the kids deserve better, but at least the dysfunction is changing now rather then when it may be too late. I'm just glad the last memory those kids have of mom isn't one of performing her personal hygiene.
Yes, there were gatherings in Mom's room, but I saw an awful lot of interactions and togetherness, quite different from Dreadful Penny and her ways.
As far as who is paying for it : I don't know their situation prior to the disabilities, but I imagine that at least at one time they had resources other than state money. Maybe they saved, maybe not, but I'm sure they paid in along the way.
They had a nice comfy home, tidy yet modest. Their cars weren't luxury and their furniture was also modest. If some of my tax dollars go to subsidize a family who adopts and loves 4 children who may not otherwise have had a chance, well... good. I can live with that.
My tax dollars subsidize a lot of things I don't use, I get very few tax credits, and I pay in a lot yet overall use few resources. I don't mind someone else picking up my leftovers in that department.
I guess it all sort of evens out,though it's never going to be exact when it comes to things like that. That's what I'll tell myself, simply because I don't mind.
I'm happy to see 4 foster children loved and cared for by truly loving and humanly imperfect people.
That being said, I don't live in Texas, so I mean my hypothetical tax dollars, LOL! I'm sure we have our own Millas in my state, too! :-)
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Oh my.
I'm glad I decided to watch this after all, because now Courtney Stoddard makes sense to me. Her mother is disgusting! She pimped out her daughter, hit on her daughter's husband, constantly makes reference to Doug having asked her out first, then uses a therapy session as an advertisement for her management company. Gross. She seems like an awful person, probably the worst of the bunch, IMO. I get the impression there isn't a line she wouldn't cross for even the slightest amount of fame.
I agree with the poster who said Courtney is much more likable (something like that). She's still young enough where I have no issue with laying her issues right at the feet of Mommy Dearest. Thankfully, Courtney is young enough to turn it around. I have hopes she'll be OK, but dooming herself to live in some Z-list celebrity world, being straddled with an icky husband (unless it's the real deal, but that's a whole other convo, lol) and being used as a meal-ticket is probably not the best way to get there.
Natalie's mom was quite passive-aggressive in her video, saying that when people find out Natalie is her daughter they tell her Natalie is ugly and has a long chin. Yeah right. I don't believe that. People mentioning BGC, fighting, etc is believable, but the rest seemed like a personal attack. Again... Gross.
While the other duos may have been eye-rolling over Kim and her daughter never having missed an important moment, I actually believed them. I can honestly say my mother and I have never missed an important moment or had a time when one should have been there but wasn't. It's not saying the relationship is perfect, but it could be true. Maybe they could have phrased the question differently to make it a bit more encompassing /inclusive, because surely there are issues; that particular thing just may not be one of them.
I felt awful for Shar and her daughter. It's easy to forget that there are real people, children, real emotions behind things we read in tabloids. Shar and her daughter will most likely be fine. They seem pretty normal to me, especially when compared to the rest of the group.
Josie Conseco: Xanax use can cause major mood swings and anger, especially when abused, BUT, even without abuse, it can cause paradoxical anger and mania . It is a scary thing to witness, and I wonder if it contributes to her anger issues.
I know everyone is different, but for the most part benzos eventually stop working as well at the same dose, or at the very least one gets used to their dose. . Idk how long she's been prescribed the stuff, but being impaired enough on it to get a DUI is a bad sign. I won't make any assumptions, but I will say that she should be very careful.
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I was shocked that Al cleaned up and got Frankie back; good for them both! Frankie seemed happy and is where he needs to be (assuming a safe environment, of course).
Paul's condition and death saddened me, too. :(
On a lighter note, add me to the "Pleased To See Jill" Club. She's one of the more benign hoarders. (It's amazing what desensitization can do, lol.)
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I'm watching but am running behind. I'll try to catch up today so I can comment.
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I'm pretty sure her bikini bottoms were digitally altered for TV. Probably because the ones she actually wore exposed too much of her butt.
That is exactly what I thought!
At first glance her bottom looked so weird; I was thinking , "is that even real? What the heck is so off about her butt?"... then figured out the bikini bottom had probably been digitally altered.
It certainly did no favors for her otherwise nice bootay.
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Swimming with pigs? This is giving me Flajnik flashbacks, too! There was also an underwater hot dog in that one. Wow!
Hahaha
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I thought it was pretty telling that as JJ gained weight and ate crap and his wife was "eating her salads" , she felt like they "lead separate lives " and "don't have anything to talk about". Really?!
I get that the weight gain would impact emotions etc, but if diet/food and fitness is ALL you have in common as a couple and you have NOTHING to talk about because your husband is scarfing cheeseburgers for a TV show, consider the possibility that you and /or your marriage may be a bit shallow. Perhaps it was an emotion-driven overstatement, but I had already gotten a shallow vibe from the way JJ stated that they made a "killer team", so mehhh.
It's one thing to be a fit, driven, health-conscious couple, and another to be a couple based solely on fitness and health.
I almost didn't watch this show, and actually deleted the recordings, then went back and grabbed a few episodes OnDemand. I was torn on my feelings and knew something was off about the show --and the whole premise --but I couldn't put my finger on it until I read the review here and some of the comments. You all put words to the icky feeling I was getting but couldn't quite verbalize.
It's too bad, because I am sure the weight-loss participants have worked hard to get fit, and I bet it feels good to have that recognized. I just wish it was happening for them in a better format. I'll focus on them and recognize their hard work as my positive take away .
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For all the excitement and surprise on his face, the previews of Christina's groom standing at the altar may as well have been previews of him reading the back of a cereal box.
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John is also listed as an actor and model.
I get reality TV isn't real, and I am not a naive person, but :
Are people so desperate to fame-whore that they would actually get married just to pad their acting resume? (I know--yes, yes they are. Geez! )
Even if I were an actress, I couldn't go that far. If the marriages aren't at all legit and it's strictly acting being presented as "reality", well, OK. I can understand that to a degree. But if that is the case, then eff you, TLC! I want these people to at least have real consequences for said fame-whoring, lol.
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When it came to the cops though she was hilariously bad at manipulating them. I mean, saying she is extremely religious and prophetic and she has a great personal track record of being intuitive so they should just take her word for it that the other guy was the killer? I bet her marks were pretty vulnerable and unhappy so she didn't have to do much to trick them, because she really was an idiot.
I know this is an older post, but I just saw the new Dateline on ID "Devil in Disguise" episode, which is my first exposure to this case.
WOW, what a dumb criminal! Everything she did that she thought pointed to someone else instead pointed directly back to her. It would have been hilariously, laughably bad if it weren't so sad for Frank and his loved ones.
What an evil witch!
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Ugh, Gareth - - what an absolute ass. I'm so happy Zsalynn got away from him and his negativity.
Basement Lady (Olivia? I feel terrible about calling her Basement Lady) not only looked fantastic, but also much younger!
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I'm also going to agree that Sam was so grating with all the face-pulling and hamming-it- up. I get that she was nervous, but my goodness. CALM down. She's going to be a handful, and I saw coming a mile away... BEFORE the wedding kookery. Crazy-eyes (and sugar gliders ffs), indeed.
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Yes! She has that same bright-eyed, beaming effervescence that Cameron Diaz had in “My Best Friend's Wedding/There's Something About Mary” et al. ; I see real chemistry between them, especially in the previews. I hope it's real, and I hope her tears are over something not involving heartbreak.Vanessa reminds me of Cameron Diaz, anybody else see it?
Tres is well pleased.
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Farrah has zero credibility. I am pissed that she is jumping in on these very serious allegations simply because she wants to boost her bogus "sex tape with boyfriend" story. She is sickening! Is there any low to which she will not stoop?
Even in her accusations, she sticks to the story that she met James Deen through a friend and she and James dated for a few weeks, then decided to make a private tape. GOD, she makes my blood boil.
There is something very seriously wrong with her. I believe Farrah is either mentally ill, or very very stupid.**
**I do not equate mental illness with stupidity**
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I'm also glad the nose lady was happy with the results , and I did think it looked pretty good. Really though, I think Dr. Nassif could have knocked it out of the park if she'd been willing.
If it were me, I'd have gone all the way. Why not? What's an extra 6 weeks when you've had twenty-four years of serious emotional trauma and physical discomfort? A little bit of hiding out or wearing some extra bandages? Meh, easy. For me it would be a no(se)-brainer.
It's not like she''d have the elephant trunk forever. I'd be thinking long-term, but, some people want the $5 now instead of the $10 next week. I suppose she had her reasons, and she does seem pretty happy with the results. It actually turned out better than I thought it would.
Blondie--ugh. I agree with what other posters have already said; she needs work on her brain, not her boobs.
Most of the women in family are small(er)-chested, but I somehow hit the genetic boob-lottery, lol. (Mom and Sis hit the "perfect ass" lottery, while mine is nice-but-average, so I guess fair is fair, haha) I love my bewbs. They're just right, and I've always been super happy and confident about my breasts. But ...IF that weren't the case, IF I wanted breast augmentation (or if I ever needed it ), no WAY would I want the bolt-on look. I get that some like that look, but I think it look silly. There is nothing sexy about it at all -- my opinion, of course. Tits on a stick, indeed...
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I was disgusted that the domestic violence warning didn't come up after Amanda started abusing Mike. By waiting, they passively condoned her violence and made it look like Mike was the only one who carried any fault.
It's not OK that she threatened him, antagonized him, got in his face, thumped his head over and over, and hit him with a solo cup. If that had been Mike saying and doing those things to her, it would have played out much differently. It's not right.
Yes, Mike could have walked away when he was on the bed, BUT, he shouldn't have to, AND she kept following him anyway, ignoring his requests, aggressively invading his personal space, etc. Like someone mentioned upthread, this wasn't a typical situation where he really could just leave or walk away.
I lived in domestic violence hell for years, so I'm the last one to defend an abusive person. Amanda was out of control, and some may disagree, but I see what Mike did as a form of self-defense (albeit a poor form of self-defense).
I am much more disgusted with Amanda, the producers, and the rest of the cast for not coming to Mike's aid when Amanda was repeatedly accosting him.
As others said, it makes me feel gross all the way around.
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S04.E18: Where Are They Now? Joe
in My 600-lb Life
Same here-- I agree on everything you said.
I'll even add that it would be a total turn-off to me if a man acted that way when other men looked at or complimented me. My ex always took it as a compliment, would say that he totally understood it, why wouldn't others find me attractive, and that those men were seeing only a fraction of what he saw both inside and out (awww, lol) . It was the same for me with women being attracted to him. Jealousy won't make a person faithful.
Besides, I agree that Sarah was tilting at windmills.