Irritable

I was uncomfortable watching it dawn on poor dumb Evan that hmmm...maybe he IS a weak scumbag after all. You can hear the hamster wheel slowly turning in his head as he listens to the other guys talk, and realizes hey wait a minute, is it possible that I might not be the great guy I think I am? Could it be that I make false emotional promises to women because I like to keep them around until (and after) I see another one I want to bang? Did I waste several child-bearing years of Kaci’s life by stringing her along without any intention of marrying her and now it’s all about to blow up in a major way? I’m starting to think maybe I’m a jerk...I should go do some push ups and try to shake off this yucky feeling of impending consequences. I hope Kady gets dumped hard by everyone including the creepy guy who came to her room while Johnny was in there. It’s nice to see Shari relaxed and happy - makes me better understand why Javen loves her so much. I think they are going to make it for the long haul, and have the workd’s most beautiful babies.

I know, it’s so sad. From what they say on the show she’s still getting A’s but she now claims to no longer like school and doesn’t think she wants college anymore. I think Kim breeds fear of independence into these girls because she’s so selfish that she doesn’t want them to leave her. i had a neighbor who did that to her daughters - she insisted on homeschooling them because the outside world was so dangerous and scary, she refused to drive, she made them afraid of the outdoors even by telling them that a cawing crow will take their souls and to run into the house if they heard one. Yes, she was crazy, and then she stopped teaching them but no one knew, spent all of her time on the internet and eventually ran off with some man she met online, never to see her daughters again. They are now well into their twenties, only one drives and managed to get her GED at 19. The oldest is crippled by anxiety and depression, they both still live at home with their dad, no signs they will ever leave. Healthy birds leave the nest, and it’s becoming clear that Kim does not have healthy birds, and it’s absokutely her fault. I’m not usually one of those BLAME THE PARENTS!!! people, but in this case yes, I am. Kroy is the only sane influence on those kids but even he gets overruled by Kim now. As usual, the best word that comes to mind to describe anything Kim does is “disgusting”, but raising your children to be afraid to live their own lives and get higher education is inexcusable. Right now she’s feigning shock and anger that Ariana is talking about skipping college, but it’s a bullshit act. Inside she’s probably delighted.

I am not convinced that Morgan is really into Evan as someone she wants a relationship with off the show. She claims that this is not normally how she is and that it freaks her out that Evan has a girlfriend, but she knew what show she signed up for - all the guys have girlfriends and it’s her job to try to tempt one of them into cheating. If she decides this is all too much in the end, or whatever reason she gives for dumping Evan, then it kind of serves him right. He sure “fell in love” with her fast! I’m sure it has nothing to do with her fantastic body, he’s in love with her soul. I wish I had some of whatever keeps Kaci’s ego so healthy. When she said the guys she cut liked her A LOT I was surprised, because I thought it seemed so obvious they were just trying to stay on the island and sucking up to the sad case seemed like the best bet. Glad John saw his girlfriend with Johnny. I don’t think the “surface” couple has a chance, she already seems to consider them over. I have a feeling Javen and Shari will stay together, especially if she makes him a video saying what she said at the bonfire.

Those were two amazingly boring episodes. A show about a large family full of people who do nothing for a living, and children who will apparently grow up to do nothing for a living. If Ariana already doesn’t want to go to college, what hope do the younger ones have? Kim will encourage them all to live with her forever in a compound, but eventually the compound will be trailers on some dusty acreage under paper lines, because the money will stop rolling in no matter how much she insists everything is fine and Kroc has tons of options that she “cab’t talk about”. Kroy is clearly feeling ashamed of his lack of job, and I think it’s only a matter of time before he becomes resentful, bitter and able to finally see exactly where he went wrong in his life that was once so promising.

I don’t know why people think Nene’s being a jerk. She could have told Gregg to call an Uber to take him to surgery, or drive himself, or walk, but she dropped him off herself, even though she’s going through stuff and things! And she apparently made a brief appearance in his hospital room afterward! So strong, so brave. Pray for Nene, y’all, Gregg having cancer has prevented him from meeting her at the local bar sometimes, and that’s the kind of marital challenge people don’t talk about. She’s living in a nightmare with a husband who is grumpy while battling cancer and it’s so bad she almost didn’t enjoy her trip to Japan at all. I teared up during the proposal. So happy for Porsha. I’ve had a soft spot for her ever since she dragged Kenya by her hair. I don’t advocate violence, but i forgave Porsha for that because it was so funny, and I’ve enjoyed her ever since. I’ve reached the point where I FF past everything with Kandi and Todd. Zero interest in their lives.

I need this show to be on more than once a week, this season is already a thousand times better than the last one. Sorry to see Chase go, but he was waaaay too sane and dignified to go far with this group anyway. So happy to see Ashley go!!! Now I just need to watch Hunter, Josh, Amanda, Zach and Bananas leave in shame, and the rest of the show will be perfect for me. Josh in the top 3 for that challenge??!??? I smell bullshit. All the top teams made me suspicious, really, but as long as Ashley gone is the result, I’ll allow it. The only good thing about Josh being back is that he is paired with someone as horrible as he is, and it’s just a matter of time until they are at each other’s throats. Jenna apologizing to Zach after he flipped the whole situation into her being at fault? Oh hell no, I do not want to see that shit, it infuriates me. I don’t know why she is so determined to be with him. She’s ignored so many red flags with him, and she’s old enough now to treat herself better. I think I like all the rookies? That’s weird and refreshing, but I don’t expect it to last.

As much as it’s going to hurt Kaci, it’s better to find out now that Evan can be so quickly and easily convinced that another woman is everything he’s been looking for. Kaci has a really great personality, there is probably a nice Mormon guy out there who will want to treat her well and have a family with her. Evan is nowhere near ready for marriage. I don’t see John and his girlfriend making it through this. She doesn’t love him, no matter what she says. It’s so obvious. Ill be surprised if Shari and Javen make it...he’s realizing that it’s nice to spend time with someone who isn’t so high strung, serious and controlling. Shari still has him scared at this point but it’s starting to wear off.

After the shit show of last season I had set my expectations low, but this looks pretty exciting. SO GLAD there is no redemption house. I only despise a handful of these people - Ashley and Josh being the worst of them. i look forward to seeing how Turbo does. I think Chase from Bachelorette is way too nice and normal to find a niche with this bunch of Type A lunatics. The swimming pool room is where I would be most of the time. Based on the Mad Max imagery, does that mean they are in Australia? Is there desert like that down under?

I was very invested in the story about Evan’s dad when it first came out. He was missing for a looooong time before his remains were finally found out in the desert. Several of the true crime shows have covered his story, and I can’t help but wonder if that’s a big reason why he and Kaci made it on to this show. They are both kind of two-faces, kind of attractive from this or that angle, but YIKES from other angles or in different lighting. i think the hubbub and attention Evanngot that night may blow up his ego and make him feel like he’s been missing out in hordes of women fighting over him all these years. It’s my opinion that these women are “into” him mostly because they were cast on a TV show to try to seduce one of four men. If they saw him out somewhere during regular life, would they be so interested? Javen has PTSD. It was pretty mean to show her the clip of him saying he crossed a line, with no context. Now she thinks he really did something when he was just trying to adjust to the reality that a woman touched his arm and she was going to find out about it. She’s cray. And won’t even look the guy she chose for a date in the face - just stares straight ahead as if looking at him will turn her to stone. I think they both need therapy more than Twmptation Island. I hope “not manly enough” chooses a new companion who is “not such a bitch”. I can’t imagine talking so badly about the man I love, much less telling him to his face he just doesn’t measure up to my standards. I wish this was on twice a week.

I think Tom’s comment about his disappointing life is just part of his schtick. He delivers straightfaced sarcasm and shenanigans, and his one ball comments are meant to be funny, not self pity. I don’t find any of it funny, but I just remember he was always about the straightfaced “comedy”. My husbabd reminded me that some of his humor back in his heyday pissed me off, like when he played giant pranks on his ever patient and long suffering parents, or when he set up decorative reindeer in yards to look like they were having sex. Not because I’m a prude but because they are for Christmas and little kids don’t need to be introduced to reindeer sex during that magical time. I mean, a lot of his stuff is just dumb. But every now and then he would say or do something that had me rolling with laughter, and if Drew Barrymore married him (for 5 minutes, but still), I feel like he has to be ok.

Tamar trying so desperately to show us what a big personality she has is wearing me out. Loud, hyper-demonstrative and obnoxious is not an acceptable substitute for witty, funny or interesting. Scaramucci reminds me so much of Bailey from Party of Five who hasn’t aged well because he apparently went back to drinking. I think one reason LoLo is having trouble in her romantic life might be her wicked hair-trigger temper. I remember she was the same way on the MTV Challenge ... she seems cool at first, but it doesn’t take long before something sets her off disproportionately. Im loving Ricky so far. And I hope Tom isn’t voted out this week, I have a soft spot for him that I can’t really explain. Kandi has beef with someone every season on Real Housewives of Atlanta, it doesn’t shock me that she has one with Tamar too. At some point you would think she would wonder if she is the common denominator in all these tiffs, but she always believes she’s free of responsibility no matter what they are about. Laughing while Tamar told her why she was upset was rude, and while Tamar was way over the top in her reaction, AS USUAL, I didn’t think she was wrong to be insulted by that.

She was upset because she “apologized like a whore’. Whore apologies are not legit or acceptable if you are 9 minutes late.

It breaks my heart that this season is almost over, especially considering how long the wait is for next season. Below Deck Med is not as good and doesn’t completely fill the void. i cannot believe that heinous bitch primary has a husband. Someone actually married THAT??????? Anyone who throws a real punch at me when I’m trying to nicely wake their drunk mean ass up to go to bed is not going to slide by with that nonsense. She is a nightmare person who should go on all vacations alone. i love that Kate and Laura are getting along so well! But it sticks in my craw just a little bit that Lauren’s change in attitude is because she somehow believes that she “won” the CHECK YOURSELF confrontation. I guess I’ll just have to be satisfied that she probably was embarrassed once she watched the show and realized no one else thought she came out the winner there. Seeing them laughing so hard together after running from the screaming primary, in the same spot where their big argument took place, was the ultimate before-and-after transformation. Laura has told Adrian before that she doesn’t like his crude comments, and he laughed it off, so this time she had to be more forceful about it and he still doesn’t completely understand why it’s a problem. He thinks he’s so cute and charming that it’s ok to say these things, but Ashton, who he dogs out for flirting with women, doesn’t make any of them feel grossed out and uncomfortable like he does. Here’s a hint Adrian: You are saying creepy sexual shut and no women have slept with you on this charter. Is your strategy working? No, it is not. i thought Tyler was a total dick to Rhylee, and I’m glad that the answer to “can’t we just go back to banging?” is apparently no. i agree with Captain Lee that the tip from the departing charter guests was light, especially after they were such a load of work. I’m happy for Josiah that they were kind to him and turned a bad memory into a new, better outlook.

I think NeNe certainly has the right to be upset with Gregg if he’s being mean to her. I take care of my 79 year old father who treated me like shit my whole life and then needed me to be his caregiver because no one else would take the job. He’s mean as hell to me every day, and sugar sweet to everyone else. I do EVERYTHING for him, and he talks to me like I’m his enemy. So I get it, and I empathize. But I think the better course is to find someone she trusts to talk about these problems with, not take it to the TV show and social media. I bitch sometimes about how badly I’m treated and how much I do not want to be the caregiver anymore. I bitch about how hateful my dad is and how sickening it is to watch him be nice to strangers. I bitch about these things to my husband and my best friends because I can do that privately without putting the situation in a spotlight. Not everything should be broadcast. NeNe could have done that, but instead she has chosen to use the media to let everyone know how she is the suffering victim.

I am sick to death of these women being late for things. It’s ridiculous behavior for grown adults, and so inconsiderate to keep people waiting for them at scheduled events. I look forward to seeing Nene get left behind next week as she slowly strolls out, fanning herself like she’s just fabulously late and not rude as hell late. I’m also tired of hearing any HW in any franchise say they deserve this or that luxury thing just for being them. No one is more deserving of a trip to Japan than Eva for being a mom and planning her wedding? I disagree. It’s a shame about her grandfather, but I still don’t like her. Speaking of people I don’t like, it rubbed me wrong that Marlo was pissed because none of the women asked her what they could offer her since her luggage was lost. Ask for what you need, or go to the hotel gift shop and buy it. That’s what we did when we were in Las Vegas for 2 days while our luggage was in Atlanta, because we accept that we are responsible for taking care of ourselves even while we are inconvenienced. Kandi may be hungry, but that’s no excuse to get snotty about the cuisine in that nice restaurant. More than likely fried rice was an option if she wanted filling comfort food. Being a caregiver to a close family member does take a heavy toll, I can empathize with Nene feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, hurt and exhausted. But I don’t think it’s cool to badmouth the person with cancer on national television. She needs to dig deep for some inner strength and keep her bitching about Greg’s moods off camera. She said herself he’s upset because he’s got cancer, and I can’t think of a better excuse to be grouchy. She gets to fly off to Japan for vacation while Greg stays home and continues to have cancer, he can’t escape that for even a week. The caregiver has to suck it up when the patient has bad days, but that’s not really in NeNe’s nature. Damn. Apparently this episode got on my nerves because all I’ve done is complain about these complainey women. Another fantastic trip to an amazing place wasted on people who don’t know how to act right when they travel.

I keep forgetting he was even in New Edition, and they were big in their moment, but to me, legendary is someone who is so successful that their career spans decades at the same level of fame and prosperity, and whose songs are considered classics that will get radio play all over for a lifetime or more. There are a lot of artists/bands/groups who enjoyed great success in the ‘90s but are not considered legends today. Even in different genres, bands like Toad the Wet Sprocket and Lifehouse were HUGE, and now they play nightclubs, amusement parks and fairs. There’s no shame in it, they had their time in the big spotlight and now they are only playing to small audiences of true fans. No reason why she and No Brows shouldn’t be happy enough to understand they are formerly successful artists, and not at the top of today’s Hot List of Ones to Watch. I think they expected this show to give them the kind of exposure that will refresh and propel their careers anew once viewers are reminded of their existence, but maybe they should talk to Kim Fields about that. Or Erika Jayne, who is known internationally within her target demographic but is still funding a lot of her expenses as an artist with her husband’s money. Kenya Moore thought she was going to star in her own sitcom, but nope. Melissa Gorga thought she was going to be a hit singer, as did Kim Zolciak. Heather Dubrow thought her acting would take off. How many RH daughters have decided to become models but found out they weren’t going to be models? Granted, some of these people have no talent, and I know Shamari and husband (I truly can never remember his name) do, but it takes more than talent and arrogance to be a true legend. The Real Housewives does not shoot has-beens and never-weres back up into the sky like fresh fireworks. The only people under the impression that they will be the exceptions are the ones who never had a legendary status to begin with. Shamari and No Brows would be a lot easier to watch if they didn’t take themselves so seriously. Things like, “My 1 year old King Royalty Toddlers DESERVE their own thousand dollar cakes!” and all the other crap like that she spouts, comes from an ego that outsizes reality. I was hoping she would only be like this at the beginning, but clearly she really does hold herself and her family in the highest possible regard, all of them VIP status, including the magical anointed babies that came from her Very Important Womb. Just act like normal people, because that’s all you are. And don’t bring those sweet boys up believing they are to be treated like National Treasures simply because they exist and breathe in the rarified air of the home of their legendary parents. I did think Shamari sounded better singing than Kandi, but I wouldn’t want to tell her that because she’s so damn cocky. I missed either one or two of the last seasons of RHoA, because I didn’t want to see even one minute of that fucking Kim Zolciak monster when she came back - another arrogant, self-proclaimed superstar. Somewhere in the episodes I missed it must have been explained why Marlo goes on all the trips and is at all the events, but she’s not one of the Housewives. I’m not complaining, she’s interesting enough to watch, but for a Friend of Housewives, she’s around a LOT. NeNe did her Fire Marshall Bill chattering teeth laugh a few too many times. She won the host competition because she chewed up all the scenery before Porsha had a chance to take a bite. I do agree that NeNe got an extra point for putting on actual clothes instead of showing up in her pajamas and slippers. No way could I have taken one sip of that flat soda-apple juice concoction Porsha made. My god, that was disgusting.

Shamari throws around words like “huge success” and “legend” much too liberally. Michael Jackson is a legend. Marvin Gaye is a legend. James Brown is a legend. One of the guys from Bel Biv DeVoe is just one of the guys from Bel Biv DeVoe. Big fans of BBD might have known before this show that her man was the one with no eyebrows, but he’s certainly never been a household name. Just like she was in a group that had a couple of hits in their genre...that qualifies her as mildly successful but generally unknown, decades ago. Her group never made it to mainstream or crossover status, so even though there were similarities to TLC, the levels of relative success are worlds apart, and she needs to stop trying to convince people that she and her browless man are so famous, and the next Beyoncé and Jay Z. It’s embarassing.

Dang, less than a thousand?!?!? Oh, how it warms the cockles of my heart to know that he’s still locked up for this, and that it must be killing his ego that now potentially millions of people know he’s not rich. I hadn’t known that Elizabeth was the one with the real money. This is fantastic news! No wonder he was living in the pool house - and he was lucky to get that. He might have to go stay with fellow sexual assaulter TRav after this. Oh, to be a fly on the wall when they are in a room together, talking about how unfair it is that the good ole boy justice system is failing them.

I can’t get enough of seeing TRav and JD getting arrested. Couldn’t happen to nicer guys! I wonder if this has anything to do with owing the location of his bar all of the back rent. I could see him writing them a bad check to pause the lawsuit, and then cackling about his genius move with TRav, a glass of his stupid bourbon in one hand and a cigar in the other. Hope no one posts bail, that overstuffed boar could use some time without the finer things in life that he clearly can no longer afford.

When Matt said “rememberable” instead of remarkable, I just know his mother died inside a little.

I have so many questions about the bleeding hole in Danielle’s tongue ... more time should have been spent explaining that weirdness. If only it had been enough to shut her up. I get weary of all the “you always side with family” and “you have to spend lots of your time with your parents or you are a terrible person” stuff on this franchise. Joe and Teresa’s father has never come across like a great guy to me, and if Joe doesn’t want to spend more time with him that’s his prerogative. Sometimes parents are assholes, and I don’t think anyone should be obligated to spend their own free time with people they don’t want to. Joe prefers to focus on his own family, which seems pretty darn happy, and I can’t help but wonder if he’s trying to have a better relationship with his own kids. I worked hard to make my adult life VERY different from my early life which included distancing myself from toxic parents, so if that’s what Joe is doing, he has my support and empathy. Teresa gets more hideous by the episode. She looks like she’s going to crack and break apart any minute to finally reveal the amphibious demon underneath.

I nearly just gave up and turned this off when Debra said to her mother, “He never actually did anything to me except lie”. Um, does stealing $80-90,000 in cash not count????

Teresa looks like some kind of hairy bottom-dwelling fish now, especially when her mouth hangs open, which is pretty much all the time. Danielle’s daughter has always been so lovely, with her beautifully delicate features and mature, elegant demeanor. She sure didn’t get any of that from her gross mother. The only part of this episode I enjoyed was Jackie’s family dinner. Her kids aren’t awful, her parents’ dynamic is unusual and interesting to me, her relationship with her brother is sweet, and I’m very curious to hear her reason for being estranged from her sister for 15 years.

It was disturbing to me that on WWHL Andy Cohen kept bringing up Ashton’s stripping in the past, over and over, and even had a game designed to make him take his clothes off right there. Ashton was a good sport about it, but he very obviously did not want to take his pants off, and it was awkward with his shoes, socks and mic pack that had to be dealt with. Andy didn’t even ask about Ashton’s ankle, or if any permanent damage was done, how long the healing took ... nothing like that. Just always brought the dialog back to stripping. I felt so bad for Ashton, and I don’t understand why it’s allowed that Andy can regularly do this to men on his show as if it’s somehow okay because he is gay. He’s using his position of power to pressure men into showing him their bare bodies. Is that not part of what the #metoo movement is about? Doesn’t he always pretend to be very serious and supportive about the #metoo movement? Doesn’t he want equality for the LGBTQ community? That means the rules should apply to him, too. He’s disgusting. Now that we have finally seen the full overboard story, I am absolutely SALIVATING to see how Kate responds to Laura next week after saying she’s been cleaning up after Kate and Josiah this whole time. Oh girl, did you see the look on Kate’s face? Get ready for both well-deserved barrels. I can’t wait!!!!

This show is proof that the amount of CT we get on the Challenge is just the right amount of CT.