Ketzel

His t-shirt looks like it's from a gardening service company. He also looks a lot younger than Whitney. My guess - hired dog walker. I assume she is saying "Hey goo" [?] to the dog, not the guy. 🙂

Buddy is going to scare her AGAIN?

I think she is trying to say her leg muscles are "cut" (a/k/a "defined.") Why isn't Jessica kindly but firmly pointing out that if you have to hold back flaps of skin and fat to show the line of the muscle, by definition that muscle isn't "cut." Sort of like the time Whitney pulled up her shirt and some of her flab to show poor Glenn and Babs that she had "upper abs." No, Whitney, you were displaying your rib cage, not your abdominal muscles. That this woman thinks she's qualified to be a personal trainer is beyond ridiculous.

At a guess, Chase wasn't really thinking of his reputation when he decided to join his pal Ryan in participating in the show. I think he was probably persuaded to sign on for the fun of it (hey guys! I'm going to be on TV!") and the paycheck and the travel, and the hang-around time with Ryan. And let's face it, Whitney and her show aren't all THAT famous - it's not as if he was taking on a substantial role on Game of Thrones. I'm sure he's not thrilled with how the script is playing out, but I don't think it's going to hurt his image at all with the college girls at his bar, who don't seem like Whitney's fan base in any case.

Heh. But no, I was thinking along the lines of "Whitney Goes All The Way" Frustrated by her long distance engagement, Whitney goes to Wilmington to discuss cohabitation. Will Chase meet her in the middle?

Buddy scares Whitney with his intensity? This I gotta see. Does he threaten to relapse if she doesn't forgive him for being right? Does he finally admit his undying love for her and threaten to punch out Chase? Under what possible set of circumstances could our delicate and sensitive Whitney be scared by her Boo Bear, the man she has described as "the most incredible non-romantic heterosexual male life partner I could have ever asked for?" (Maybe he threatens to get back with Heather? I can see that as totally infuriating her, but scare her?) And "Whitney visits Chase in North Carolina"? As opposed to visiting him in South Dakota? Or maybe back at the yurts in West Virginia? Is it just me or is this a strange way to describe a visit when both people live in the same state? What's wrong with Whitney visits Chase in Wilmington? I'll add one more grump. Did the TLC or production person who used to write the titles for the episodes quit? What happened to the snark?

As if she needs any practice! 🙂

Assuming, of course, that there was a bullet to dodge, I totally agree that a fiance who could impregnate another woman while the bride-to-be is rapturously planning the wedding is not worthy of a lifetime commitment. However, when the man in question is hired to play the role of the lead's fiance on a heavily scripted "reality" show, and he screws up the script by knocking up his actual girlfriend, I think the only one that gets to dodge anything is Chase, provided he has a good agent or lawyer who can negotiate his way out of whatever penalty clause the production company put into the contract. (I'm sure there's some generalized boilerplate language about not disclosing behind-the-scenes info, or not doing things that publicly undermine the story line in which he appears.)

I actually think that was Ashley stirring the pot. Hadn't Ryan just told them all (before Whitney and Chase arrived) that Chase would want a church wedding and would expect Whitney to take his name? And the Greensboro crew all roared with laughter and said Whitney would never do either of those things? I think Ashley wanted to get that issue out in the open to see the reaction (and maybe give a nudge to the process of Whitney and Chase actually communicating with each other.) Because they sure seem remarkably clueless when it comes to the basics of planning a married life. Like where they intend to live. Whether and when they are going to try and start a family. How they are going to manage their finances. What their interaction with each other's family is going to look like. What about the pets - Chase said his dog doesn't get along with cats - is Whitney going to turn the cats over to her mother? Is Chase going to get rid of Piper? (Maybe Sara could take her.) They're in their thirties! You'd think they'd have a more sophisticated understanding of what matrimony is. Aren't they a little old to have their whole focus be on planning the party? More proof, if any more is needed, that this whole engagement was only a story line, and that Chase had about as much interest in marrying Whitney as he did in eating her delicious cooking. Or in having a couple of root canals.

Yes, that's the Greensboro garage - she even says so in her long and chatty introduction to the workout, in case people didn't recognize it. (She tried to make her move away from Charlotte very mysterious and cliff-hanger-like on her instagram, but as far as I can tell, no one guessed she was going anywhere but back to Greensboro, so I guess she gave up on that.) She also introduces her dog, who she officially named Neeshi, but who Whitney now appears only to call "Puppygirl." I'm assuming this revised version of NoBSActive is not limited to 24 minute workouts, because she seems perfectly willing to talk for a good chunk of that length of time, while Jessica stands next to her smiling politely in her direction and fidgeting a little, waiting for her part in leading the workout to begin.

The revised NoBSActive website has posted a sample workout with Whitney and Jessica. LINK

Speaking of both Whitney's need to sniff armpits, and her need for Jessica to replace Ryan in NoBSActive, here's a LINK to an instagram post exactly two years ago from today. She boasts that she persuaded Jessica to make a video with her, even though Jessica "hates being on camera," (guess that's changed) and also that she likes Jessica because she lets Whitney smell her armpits! Two years, and Jessica is still hanging in with WhitWorld!

What, Our Whitney having unrealistic expectations of something? Surely you jest! [sarcastifont off]

And now she's shilling curology skin products on her Instagram account, which has labelled the story "paid advertising." At its height with Ryan, NoBSActive was around 2700 participants (going by the Facebook group number.) It dropped precipitously to under 500 after Whitney announced the one month "hiatus." Since it returned with Jessica in place of Ryan, it has crept up to around 760. I assume she's expecting a big increase after the show starts airing again, but in the meantime, I guess she has to make up the income somehow!

And look at his body language. I'm no expert at interpreting it, but even I can see that the whole rigid head and body plus both arms crossed as he talks to her is not an invitation to get closer.

But do they also insist on publicly sniffing the armpits of their suitors? 🙂

Oh come now! Don't you know there are thousands and thousands of morbidly obese, armpit huffing women who have found The Man Of Their Dreams, so why not hurrrr. And they (sob) don't even (gasp) have (sniffle, sniffle, sob, howl) their own TV shoooooow. (hysterical sobbing). Sorry. Sometimes my empathy for her plight overwhelms me. [Sarcastifont off.]

And they are making heavy weather of it, for sure. She looks as if she's gained a lot of weight.

It started with a link to a new teaser for the show. I suppose it could have gone in Whitney's social media but this is the general media thread, and technically it wasn't her social media so, why not? 🙂

Eh, not so likely. She is so very entrenched in her denial that her weight has any negative consequences, that I half expect her decision to "look different" (assuming she decides to go that way at all) will result in blonde hair, or yet another ugly tattoo, or maybe a visit to a cosmetic dentist to discuss trimming back her long front teeth. If you were thinking along the lines of a change in her eating habits and an increase in her aerobic capacity, I don't think you'll need to take responsibility for the show's longevity. 🙂

LINK from the Ashley Reality Round-Up. Whitney is going to confront Chase! (Scroll down.) What a warrior!!! If I had to describe Chase's affect in the brief appearance shown, I'd say slightly nervous but mostly not much interested.

Why is Whitney throwing a hissy fit because Ryan knew Chase's baby had been born and didn't immediately tell her? In what way was it relevant to her? Why should she feel she's been made "to look stupid" because other people knew before she did? She's not (and never was, but putting that aside for the moment) in Chase's inner circle any more. Her narcissism and sense of entitlement are breathtaking in scope.

Apparently BooBear has moved back to Greensboro, and Ryan is apparently no longer connected to NoBSActive, so I guess she's going back . . . Gosh, I hope for everyone's sake she hasn't decided to move to Wilmington! 😄

Yeah, Whitney better watch out. I hear Lizzo is in talks to take over the lead of My Big Fat Fabulous Life. Or was it Ashley Graham? [turn off sarcastifont.] Don't worry Whitney, any woman "of size" who has an actually fabulous life would know better than to get involved with The Losers' Channel. And would have much better things to do with their time.

Uncle Ryan has posted an insta story, hanging out with Chase and playing with the baby. He also posted this picture, and the Whitney posse is furious at him for "stabbing her in the heart."