After the episode of her engagement aired, Kristen Doute and Luke Broderick have officially welcomed adorable little baby girl, Kaia, and she’s already gracing magazine covers. Despite a pretty lackluster Real Housewives of Atlanta season finale (save for the scene between Brit and Shamea), Kelli Ferrell is making headlines after being sued for allegedly owing a five-figure credit card debt. And Janet Caperna has reportedly left the U.S. and privatized her social media after receiving death threats from fans who have had it with her behaviour on the show.
Charlie continues his descent on Next Gen: NYC
On Next Gen: NYC, Ariana finally confronts Ava about the shade she threw at the end of the last episode toward Ariana’s career as an aspiring fashion designer. But Ava doesn’t double down, she just reframes her initial diss.
“Babe I did not mean to come for your fashion brand,” she told Ariana and Gia.
But shortly after that, she added in that she just meant that typically it’s obvious when someone is in fashion – in other words, Ariana can’t dress. And Gia doesn’t miss a beat in defending her friend and fellow Housewives kid, and calls Ava out on her remark immediately.
Throughout the episode, the whole season so far, actually, production has been force feeding us Charlie’s depressing storyline, which I have been likening to Jax Taylor’s in that he’s the oldest person in the group, isn’t really established (besides his trust fund; Jax would’ve caused a lot more damage than he did if he also had one), and he’s got a pretty deep father wound that he is clearly trying to mask with drugs and alcohol.
But this week, we get one of the clearest looks into his descent in how the simple delay in the return of his speaker became the inspiration behind some of the cruellest treatment of his friends yet. Now I’m the first person to admit that I hardly lend things out over concerns of ending up in this exact situation. But his response to this situation was concerning, to say the least.
Essentially, Georgia had borrowed a speaker from him for an event, and three days after the event, he asked for it back. But Georgia was in the weeds trying to plan a party for Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’s Meredith Marks and couldn’t get it back to him. Despite holding onto the speaker for longer than she was supposed to, Georgia has proven to have great business acumen. She’s really made a name for herself in the event planning business – and despite being hit with what most would consider an eleventh-hour emergency (the venue she booked for an event the next day had an eviction notice on the front door), she was able to get it resolved. In four hours.
But perhaps knowing how busy she was is exactly what pissed Charlie off, considering he does nothing all day except skateboard, smoke weed and listen to music…from his speaker. And at night, he parties. Hard.
At one point in the episode, Charlie tosses out the idea of going to The Box, one of the hottest clubs in New York, and getting a table and a few bottles. The group starts crunching numbers to see how much they’d all have to contribute and at one point, the group agrees that $1200 for four people was ‘nothing’. But in a later conversation with Riley’s mom, it’s revealed that the bill was in excess of $14,000. For one night.
But interestingly, that’s mostly because of Charlie. Riley describes a similar issue to what kicked off their last spat, which is Charlie bringing a bunch of girls around, leaving his core group in the margins of the booth with nowhere to sit. This got the group talking about different experiences they’ve had with Charlie owing them money. In fact, his outstanding bill to Danny was revealed to be $4,000.
But at the end of the episode, when Charlie pays a visit to Georgia who is at a patio with her business partner, it becomes a disturbing scene. Upon flaunting her new LLC credit card, Charlie is triggered by Georgia saying he doesn’t do anything – and of course, the speaker.
“You’re a stupid, delusional bitch, Georgia…you would not be on the show if it wasn’t for me,” he said, before saying that if she were a man, he’d slap her in the face. This guy is a trainwreck.
Nick Viall hosts Secret Lives of Mormon Wives reunion
Over on the long-awaited Secret Lives of Mormon Wives reunion, a lot was discussed. But before we get into any of that, we’re going to give Nick Viall his flowers because he ate the f-ck out of the hosting job he did.
Having watched reunions for a variety of reality shows (not just Real Housewives, though it’s a fair assumption), I have to say that his experience podcasting truly translated very well in this setting. He asked not only the right questions, but the right follow-ups. And that’s where a lot of hosts fail, they let the stars of any given show off too easily.
Throughout the reunion, it was very evident that so much of the dialogue was inspired by his own curiosity as a viewer. What made him a golden host was that he wasn’t just there to moderate – and I think that’s what Andy Cohen, despite being the seasoned veteran that he is, is lacking.
Over the course of the nearly two-hour special, the cast reflected on the behaviour of Demi, who has officially taken over the role of the villain, and conveniently missed the reunion over a ‘pre-planned trip to Disney’, meaning she was off the hook for having to answer to those receipts that Jen provided. There was also some discussion about Jen’s mental health issues, Whitney’s return to #MomTok, and of course, the super weird love triangle between Demi, Jessie and Vanderpump Rules’ Marciano.
The group has obviously had their fair share of experience with interviews, because though there were moments of transparency, I feel like a lot of it was a big promotional show for the third season, which Jessi constantly deferred to as the reason she couldn’t reveal too much about the status of her relationship.
Whitney Leavitt’s husband Conner made a deeply emotional revelation that he says led to his porn addiction and the creation of a dating profile – but some audience members are expressing confusion as to how the two are linked. Either way, it was an incredibly brave admission for him to make and it looks like there’s a lot in store for season three.
Real Housewives of Miami cast blow up Julia’s baby shower
In Miami, there’s a lot going on with the women on Real Housewives of Miami. They’re still reeling after last week’s explosive episode where Julia threw a glass of water on Guerdy. Naturally, Julia’s trying to rebrand her attack as a “spill” but if everyone saw what I saw, it was indeed a launch of a glass. I’m glad to see that Julia apologized to Guerdy, even if it was through text. It’s a start.
Then, we finally got to meet the newest housewife, Stephanie Shojaee, who is rich rich. I mean, who flies from Miami to Orlando in a private jet and snacks on caviar just to pick up a dog? She’s got an emotional support Birkin, FFS. That is rich people behaviour – and besides the ethical dilemma of the environmental impact of private jet rides, I’m kinda here for it.
An interesting aspect of her storyline is that she’s open about choosing money over motherhood. She’s in an age gap relationship but refuses to attribute her wealth to marrying rich, and instead, having a burning desire to be ‘filthy rich’.
What I love about her so far is that she’s saying it with her chest. So many women express a level of guilt for wanting to pursue a certain path and for foregoing motherhood, but this woman is embracing the decisions she’s made, while revealing that at times, she has thought about wanting to freeze her eggs. But the feeling has always been short-lived.
At Julia’s baby shower, tensions boil over when Lisa has one too many and reflects on the recent death of her father, which leads to her leaving in tears, despite Adriana’s desperate plea for things to be calm and civilized. What a silly woman. She should’ve known better than to ever make such a request of one of the most confrontational casts in the franchise.
