[S13.E12: Bitter Pill to Swallow]

Please. Take a seat,  not-quite-a-9.

[S13.E12: Bitter Pill to Swallow]

4 hours ago, MaggieG said:

I'm convinced Kyle actually hates Sutton.

That's been clear ever since Garcelle's birthday party last season when Kyle "jumped ship," took Diana's side going so far as to suggest Sutton was making up a story about her miscarriage, and aggressively grabbed her arm.

Kyle's playing the same game she did the year of the Brandi/Denise debacle. She's the one who arranged for Kim and Brandi to bring it up on camera, in front of Teddi, and then later have Rinna find out, so those two would bear the brunt of the blowback, while Kyle pretended to support Denise in her time of need. Flash forward to now, and Denise holds a massive grudge against Erika, but is completely friendly towards Kyle, who is the main reason Brandi's story was made public. Now here she is again trying to play like the esophagus and eating issues is all a huge misunderstanding and brokering peace between AM (the new Teddi) and Sutton. And casting shade on Crystal for having the audacity to yell the word bitch. I guess instead Crystal should have screamed "You're such a fucking liar Annemarie!" 

[S13.E11: A Celebration of Life]

But how can AM have brought up an eating disorder because Kyle had mentioned it first, when AM said she never even said the words eating disorder?

 

14 hours ago, hoodooznoodooz said:

Dorit can bore people in several languages.

She’s a melatonin pill of the world. 

[S13.E11: A Celebration of Life]

1 hour ago, hoodooznoodooz said:

Guys, according to Kyle, one of the most important reasons Morgan appealed to her was because she was open and honest. 

 

Translation: Morgan consistently tells Kyle that Kathy is a selfish bitch.

 

Not Door-it calling Garcelle a pot stirrer when she’s the one who wound up Denise and Erika at Taco Tuesday on her way out the door.

[S13.E10: Re-Lentless Erika]

Door-it set a high bar for herself when she declared she's a "child of the world." Nothing she's said or done seems to reflect that kind of culture and experience. Quite the opposite.

[Shannon Beador: Magic Crystals and Nine Lemons]

What I hate most about this Alexis ❤️ Johnny J (barf) crap is that instead of the possibility of next season Shannon facing a reckoning with her drinking problem and DUI and perhaps facing her demons head on, instead she'll get painted as a victim and either rally the troops to her cause or face a pile-on where she'll get a sympathy edit and continue to drink to her heart's and car ignition's content because it's all everyone else's fault, just like always.

This Tamra breaking up with the Amigas thing reeks of a ploy to get Cancer Scammer back on the show with a storyline.

[S13.E10: Re-Lentless Erika]

I find it hard to believe Big Kathy would just want the sisters to all get along. They’ve been playing the two against one game for as long as this show’s been on the air, it had to have happened growing up as well.

Door-it made the beginning of the lunch cringe as hell with the silence and “let’s quietly study the menu for several minutes” and then made it cringe as hell at the end by going on the defensive. I’ve hated this woman since her first season when she and her shady husband acted as dutiful Vanderpuppets trying to cast shame on Eileen for not giving LVP a heads up of her mothers passing prior to the reunion.

The previews for the season had repeatedly shown Crystal saying “this group wants me to yell all the time” and then it all ends up on the cutting room floor, briefly hinted at with a quick flashback with little context (turns out it was directed at Garcelle? The hell happened?) She must have really pissed off Kyle and her buddies in production.

The saddest thing about Denise is that she seemed to believe  she pwned Erika at Taco Tuesday. Interesting how everyone had strong opinions about the confrontation (Crystal and Kyle thought Erika reverted back to her true dirty form… Sutton knew Denise was lying about not bragging about Aaron’s dick next to the kiddie table) yet nobody said a word.

Wish Mr. and Mrs. 8 1/2 would stay on vacation the rest of the season.

[S13.E09: A Feisty Fiesta]

Not Door-it trying to flip the script on Crystal painting her out to be a liar spreading gossip (and Garcelle seemingly agreeing with her, like WTF?) and then immediately spreading gossip about Sutton that she'd heard only moments earlier to a group of women she'd met only moments earlier. I was disappointed that Crystal was struggling to get the exact words right that Door-it had said (though I understand her hesitation given that she's not allowed to say things in the group) because it appeared to vindicate Door-it and looked like the gaslighting was doing its job. Thankfully the editors aren't as enamored with Door-it as they are with her estranged bestie and they've showed multiple times that Crystal is being accurate.

But I do love how Door-it thought she was owning that dinner party until Garcelle said the word "privilege" and she realized she done fucked up.

So Kyle admits that Sutton's instinct was correct; she's furious at those of her "friends" who refused to denounce Kathy at last year's reunion, and is getting back at them now. The only ones exempt seem to be Crystal, whom Kyle had been fighting with at the reunion, and Erika who was going after Kathy all along.

Why do I think Erika has been putting red X's in her calendar every day leading up to Easter?

[S13.E08: Esopha-gate]

5 minutes ago, Mar said:

Erika at the store event: My hands are chilly but I have a warm heart.

unfortunately, I was eating a sandwich at that moment and literally started choking on it.

That moment could only have been salvaged with a Denise wink to the camera.

[S13.E08: Esopha-gate]

1 minute ago, TV Diva Queen said:

7 bucks.  

I guess it's not so eXXXpensive to be her after all.

[S13.E07: Dazed and Accused]

“Denise Richards is fucked uuuup.” 😂 Can’t argue with that:

“Oh honey i think your outfit is on backwards.”

”STOP. IT. I know what you’re fucking doing and you aren’t gonna get away with it.”

Da fuq? And then at the Resistance luncheon (and I hope this is finally the start of a real attempt to break the stranglehold that the Fux Force Five Four Three has had on the show for years), she’s able to immediately explain her issue with Erika. Instead she’s just given ammo to the FF3. The talking heads were entertaining though. But it was pretty rich of Sutton to criticize someone else  for talking around an issue instead of being direct.

Did Kyle accidentally reveal that Mo did cheat when she said in her interview Garcelle should have been more sympathetic having gone through a similar situation?

So Erika’s a big game hunter. Who knew that House of Blues was the sought-after elephant of Las Vegas?

Looks like next week thanks to Crystal, Door-it is finally going to be on the receiving end of tattletale gossip. Good.

[S13.E06: Ring Around the Rumor]

Clearly Bravo, not Kyle, made that seating chart. Sitting directly across from Sutton, separating Crystal and Sutton from their +1's,  and originally seating Faye directly across from Camille.

Looks like Crystal was tasked with pot stirring duty at the dinner party, demanding everyone "clear the air" at the table. Glad she called out Kyle for not being the victim in her interactions with Sutton, and also that she called BS on the Fox Force agenda item of the season: casting the narrative that Sutton has an alcohol problem.

[S13.E04: Hellevator]

2 hours ago, Surrealist said:

I was thinking about what Garcelle said about not intervening on Sutton's behalf. She's allowed to have that boundary, but also I don't remember Sutton asking her to step in on her behalf. That's a choice that Garcelle kept making.

I still maintain that Garcelle shouldn't have been discussing Sutton to Erika. Garcelle knows Erika hates Sutton. It's common sense not to talk about the ladies to each other when the other isn't around. 

I agree, Garcelle is not Sutton's apologist and should be allowed to express her own frustration and call out Sutton when she's wrong. That's what real friends do. But a one on one venting session with Sutton's biggest nemesis isn't the wisest choice. Lent doesn't last forever, and I can easily see Erika turning this around on Garcelle as retribution for what happened last season with the "liability" conversation.

Erika's likely going to get a great edit this season, since she's getting her spinoff Vegas series. No way do they want to alienate potential viewers with more "the only person I care about is ME!" outbursts.

Sutton's "name 'em. NAME. THEM" was reminiscent of her lunch with Diana who kept harassing her with "so you say. So you say. So you say." Unfortunately for Sutton, Kyle could in fact name them. But then Kyle loves nothing more than a Sutton freakout so it shouldn't have been surprising that she's keeping score.

What IS it with some of these women grabbing Sutton when she's clearly uncomfortable?

[S13.E03: It's Not About the Pants]

Sutton would be intolerable to be around. Such a high maintenance friend it’d be utterly exhausting. Just like she blew up at not being in on the fake vodka joke, now she’s pissed that the dancers didn’t make a beeline for her. Bullshit that Ms. Sex Twice a Day, Numb Clitoris from All Those Vibrators has a problem with a gay shirtless man sticking his head on a woman’s crotch. Whatever would the ballet board think? And then the high maintenance schtick with both Ari with the pants and Garcelle with the itchy back. Whether she’s really that precious or if it’s playing to the camera, it’s annoying when it’s accompanied by her social hissy fits.

So was Teddi’s vodka comment actually implying that Sutton spikes her Ocean Spray? If so Sutton needs to consider using something else.

As someone who’s consistently disliked Door-it for going on 7 seasons now, I loved Crystal’s dig, even though I’m sure it’s going to spiral into a feud and an issue at the reunion. And way to make Garcelle’s feelings all about you, asshole. These women have a habit of trying to constantly make Garcelle and Crystal apologize for their feelings.

[S13.E02: Unwise Surprise]

At least Door-it should be safe from now on if she carries around the customized bag she got on the plane to Vegas. Can't imagine that getting much resale value (or insurance payout, depending on what you believe).

* I know fuck-all about handbags, but I like to believe that having "Dorit" plastered across the front would kill its value if it had any to begin with.

[S13.E02: Unwise Surprise]

2 hours ago, Straycat80 said:

I really feel for Garcelle that her son wants to live with his Dad. I wonder if it has to do with all the trauma he suffered from last season being on his mom’s reality show. 
 

I truly think it’s that. At 13 he got cursed out by a drunk woman and a few months later came the racist bot attack. I think deep down he blames Garcelle and the show for it.

PK and Dorit are a vow renewal away from making the divorce official. Pretty rich of PK (and Dorit via her facial reaction) to dis Mo and Kyle’s relationship. Too bad that’s the only thing rich about him these days, Berlin or not.

Ugh looks like next week sees the return of face roller era Sutton. Garcelle may have been wrong about which HW needs to get the stick out of her ass in Vegas.

[Watch What Happens Live - RHBH]

I think Teddi's still holding a grudge against Sutton after four years for making fun of her pregnancy. Sutton was being a bitch at that dinner, but still, get over it.

[S13.E01: The Eaglewoman Has Landed]

5 hours ago, Chatty Cake said:

What a little douche Garcelles son was on camera! Awww he didn’t get what he needed from mommy? I doubt his punk ass would have loved life if she was struggling financially but was home all the time. 

But also, Jax had just a few months prior had his social media infiltrated with racist attacks as a result of stans/bots sicced on him by (allegedly) one of Garcelle's rivals on the show, so I'm guessing there might be some lingering bitterness or hurt there too that he had to endure that as a result of one of his mother's jobs. It's not her fault of course, and I'm sure he knows that, but still. And to be fair, she gave her sons an open forum to air anything they were feeling.

Mauricio's had some big facial tics going during that talk with Kyle. Either he was on something (which seems odd since he was just talking business a few minutes prior) or he was attempting to "act" but doing an awful job of it.

[Kitchen Nightmares (US) - General Discussion]

41 minutes ago, Madding crowd said:

Why would Gordon even bother with a restaurant that is closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday and doesn’t serve lunch? I don’t know what is going on with that place but it doesn’t seem they are serious about having a restaurant. I’m convinced they bought the place to have Gordon redesign so they could flip it and have content for the sons social media. I have never seen a pizza place that is closed every weekend.

To be fair, they had Friday and weekend dinner hours too (I was just noticing that they are closed Mondays yet included Monday in their dinner hours). To be less fair, they also don't appear serve lunch on weekends either. Maybe nobody in the family likes to wake up before noon?

 

I'm sure the actual reason is she wanted to make sure they're keeping operations within 40 hours a week to only have to hire a single shift's worth of employees.

[Kitchen Nightmares (US) - General Discussion]

From their website:

Hours:

MONDAYS CLOSED

Dinner: Mon-Thurs 4:30-9pm

Umm, okay then.

That family’s going to fall apart if the 800K followers brother ever surpasses the 2M followers brother.

[Shannon Beador: Magic Crystals and Nine Lemons]

On 10/13/2023 at 1:20 PM, RoseAllDay said:

Their oh-so-funny material will now move away from booze and the audience will be treated to tales about the ladies’ friendship.

Oh like the time Vicki tried to use That Dodd Woman to say something explosive about her friends' husbands in an effort to sabotage their relationships as revenge for Brooks walking out on her after the cancer scam was revealed? Or that time Shannon ghosted Vicki and Tamra because they got fired and she didn't? Oooh, or how about the time Tamra intentionally brought up JohnJansen in front of the cameras and while Shannon started spiraling, Vicki sat at the table shouting "check please!" while mugging for the camera. And then there was the time neither Shannon nor Tamra could be bothered to check in on Vicki in the hospital after being airlifted following the dune buggy flip, while blaming Megan (who had a mutual hate for Vicki at this point) for not going. And surely they wouldn't leave out the multiple times Tamra screamed in Vicki's face "FUUUCK YOOOOOUUU!" and "It's my OPINIOOOOON!"

Such a genuine friendship these women have. Fireball shots, pee stains, and enemas don't lie.

[S15.E03: Bot-it; Wellingtons; Glove Wrap; Dating by Blaine]

So now we’re in the “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” stage with bots? F that.

[S17.E18: Reunion Part II]

Shannon’s not back together with JohnJanssen (apparently that’s his full first name), they’re just friends. With benefits. 🙄 But what a shock that Shannon lied about something. Considering she’d just “apologized” by denying saying the thing she was apologizing for saying. Somehow she can’t remember that conversation yet remembers her intent? Whatever, asshole. Says a lot that Tamra couldn’t defend one thing her BFF said all reunion, and challenged her multiple times.

Gina’s utterly over it, and Heather looks right there with her. I give it 50/50 chance that anyone from the Heather couch returns to RHOC next season. While I’d be perfectly happy never to see Tamra couch again.

[S17.E17: Reunion Part I]

Fuck Shannon. After being read for filth, and Emily trying to explain the situation to her like she’s 5, the drunk asshole still couldn’t muster up any empathy and apologize like a human being. “I already did at the table during the show (when I couldn’t remember and said lightning can strike me if Jen was telling the truth).” No, It’s actually all Gina’s and “shit stirring” Jen’s fault. Fuck her.

Oh. Fuck Tamra too. Just on principle.

[S17.E16: Welcome to the Freak Show]

Was Taylor trying to inspire an updated meme? And it looked like at one point she was sticking her finger in a giant bowl. Sheesh, what a mess.

Tamra was definitely freaking out more and more with each one-on-one conversation she witnessed Heather having. I’d say the jig is up but it would appear Gina and Jen are the only ones to have caught a clue, while Emily’s gunning for that tercera amiga abuela slot.

Was Shannon’s doctor the same guy who “wow”’ed while taking photos of her weight gain a few years back? Dick.

It gets said every time she appears, but it’s freaky how much Gina’s ex Matt’s girlfriend looks like that Dodd woman.

Much better finale party than last year’s “girl band.” Plus it was appropriate seeing the women’s final shots of the season dressed as clowns and wild animals.