S9.E11. Blurred Tan Lines

[ZettaK]

 

Tom Schwartz (of Vanderpump Rules) visits the house for the first annual Snoozefest party; a revelation leaves Lexi feeling betrayed by Jesse; Kyle gets some concerning medical news.

First aired on 4/23/2025.

Bravo lists this as episode 12 on its tv guide, but it's episode 11.

Edited Thursday at 12:17 AM by ZettaK

[bosawks]

Oh, yay, Schwartz is here….

[ZettaK]

Schwartz is not aging very well. Bravo was airing episodes from the earlier seasons of Vanderpump Rules where he was very thin, and cute, and from season 11 which was filmed in the summer of 2023, and he had a belly in the South Lake Tahoe cast trip. 

Jessie's gaslighting was exposed, and Lexi finally saw the light.

Edited Thursday at 05:33 AM by ZettaK

[dancingdreamer]

Lexi sure has a lot of airtime.  I thought  she was very jealous,  and told him what he could  and couldn't  do or say. I guess I was wrong. 

They sure go all out and make great parties,  this coming  from someone who is not crafty at all.

I knew Carl had a crush on Ciara,  but he's in her friend  zone. 

[bosawks]

I think Carl has a crush on saying he has a crush on Ciara as opposed to an actual crush.

A storyline without committing to a story line, kinda of perfect for where he is right now.

The juxtaposition of Jesse talking to West and Lexi talking to the women makes me think that production isn't in love with Jesse.

[Dirtybubble]

1 hour ago, bosawks said:

I think Carl has a crush on saying he has a crush on Ciara as opposed to an actual crush.

Huh? 😄 I had to read this couple of times to understand what you meant 😄

1 hour ago, bosawks said:

The juxtaposition of Jesse talking to West and Lexi talking to the women makes me think that production isn't in love with Jesse.

They sure are giving him A LOT of airtime though.  Lexi did an interview in US Weekly magazine (I think) and she said that Jesse saw how much screen time  West was given last season over his fling with Ciara and thought he could do that.  The saying there's no such thing as bad press rings true with him.  He knows he'll come out ok eventually and next season him and West will be in the we're single era 🤢

[heatherchandler]

I don’t know about all of this, I think Lexi is pretending she’s not jealous after telling him that she’s jealous.  Amanda was trying to make Jesse look like a loser to Lexi.

[snarts]

41 minutes ago, Dirtybubble said:

They sure are giving him A LOT of airtime though.  Lexi did an interview in US Weekly magazine (I think) and she said that Jesse saw how much screen time  West was given last season over his fling with Ciara and thought he could do that.  The saying there's no such thing as bad press rings true with him.  He knows he'll come out ok eventually and next season him and West will be in the we're single era 🤢

Something about this rings true to me. Both Jesse & West strike me as opportunists. Jesse's immediate attraction to Lexie made sense but his dogged pursuit & quickness to declare exclusivity, along with the near constant gripes about jealousy, scream storyline.

I get where Lexi feels played. Jesse is telling her one thing while telling anyone who will listen a different story. Good on Amanda for calling it out. Watch Ciara lean absolutely nothing from this & allow Jesse to play with her feelings next season...

They should have more special guests. Not a huge Schwartz fan but having him there brought a new dynamic. Carl & Kyle seemed lighter having an age appropriate friend to paly with 🤪

 

[Book Junkie]

This supposed crush Carl now has on Ciara came out of nowhere. I thought he wanted to keep seeing that quirky girl he met through his parents? Now, he's pursuing Ciara? I hope Ciara shoots down, but good. Also, I think it's not good optics at all to pursue another housemate. 

I'm so bored with the Lexi/Jesse relationship drama. They've had waaaay too much drama for two people who've only known each other a month. They're THAT couple--always fighting and bringing others into their relationship.  It's OK to date around a little for a while before being exclusive. 

[dancingdreamer]

6 hours ago, heatherchandler said:

I don’t know about all of this, I think Lexi is pretending she’s not jealous after telling him that she’s jealous.  Amanda was trying to make Jesse look like a loser to Lexi.

Exactly  what I thought. 

[Passing Strange]

I really don't like West. The faces he was making while listening to Jessie made me want to slap him silly. I mean more so than usual. It irritates me no end that if there's a next season, Lexi and Imrul will likely be dropped in favor of West and Jessie. 😠

[Mountainair]

I only half pay attention to this show but my only take away, as someone who bruises very easily, was the amount of bruises on Lexi’s legs when she was laying in bed with Jesse on top of her. For her being a “model” they must have to use a ton of filters to remove the amount of bruises on her legs for photo shoots, etc.. 

[swankie]

22 hours ago, dancingdreamer said:

I knew Carl had a crush on Ciara,  but he's in her friend  zone. 

Not to mention it would be going against "girl code".  Ciara isn't best friends with Lindsay but she is a friend nonetheless.  Can you see Lindsay's head exploding if Ciara was to start dating Carl?  There would be no end to the wrath! 

[ladle1]

It’s sad when Lexi is the more mature one in the relationship. 

[heatherchandler]

Is she?  I don’t think it’s clear what is going on.  The girls don’t think there is any way she would like Jesse, that’s mean.

[Marley]

Jesse is a jerk.

Carl is sober but he's still an asshole in relationships. Even if somehow Ciara said yes & dated him he would do his usual epiphany thing & break up with her. I've been rewatching old seasons & Carl is a dbag who is always saying he's working on himself. The only thing different about him now is that he's sober. Which good for him but get some therapy.

[b2H]

On 4/24/2025 at 12:37 AM, ZettaK said:

Schwartz is not aging very well.

Well, according to sources, he is over 40.  We don't look nearly as good at 40 as we did at 30, as a general rule.....

19 hours ago, heatherchandler said:

Is she?  I don’t think it’s clear what is going on.  The girls don’t think there is any way she would like Jesse, that’s mean.

I have to say Lexi is one messed-up girl.  She's entirely too young to be on this show, let alone involved with Jesse.  She's been sheltered with only working with her sister and mother and I don't believe she's experienced all that much of the world.

All the action we've seen between Jesse and Lexi is her extracting certain promises and getting mad when Jesse does something she doesn't like.  She holds grudges.  Jesse would do well to keep this as a summer fling and, after Labor Day, say, it's been real; it's been fun, but it hasn't been real fun.  He's probably not ready for a relationship yet either.  But she definitely isn't.

[peachmangosteen]

On 4/24/2025 at 1:24 PM, Book Junkie said:

I thought he wanted to keep seeing that quirky girl he met through his parents?

No, he said in the last ep or maybe the one before that that he wasn't feeling it with her.

On 4/24/2025 at 8:46 PM, Mountainair said:

I only half pay attention to this show but my only take away, as someone who bruises very easily, was the amount of bruises on Lexi’s legs when she was laying in bed with Jesse on top of her.

I bruise easily too but fucking hell that was A LOT of bruises. Weird.

I don't care for Lexi but I can easily believe Jesse is acting like he loves her and telling her stuff when they're alone and then pretending like he's not really sure about her because she's crazy when he's with the others. I mean, we've pretty much seen it on the show. I didn't mind him last season but he is just gross to me this season.