Reality TV Vanderpump Redux Yesterday, Bravo announced that after 11 seasons with a legacy cast, Vanderpump Rules would feature an entirely new cast for season 12, save for Lisa Vanderpump, her husband Ken Todd, and of course, Peter Madrigal, who, throughout the years, has always maintained his post at SUR. And while we have By Stephanie • Nov 27, 2024 11:22 am
Reality TV Tomx2 setback Vanderpump Rules stars Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval broke the news to PEOPLE yesterday that they’ve made ‘one of the hardest decisions’ and will be shuttering the doors to their L.A. restaurant, Schwartz & Sandy’s, just two years after opening. “Deciding to close was one of the By Stephanie • Nov 26, 2024 11:15 am
Reality TV Reality Recap: Anger, hope, grief The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills are back on our screens and Bozoma will be the one to watch. Bronwyn Newport’s husband Todd is redeeming himself after the last two episodes of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. It looks like Shahs of Sunset could be returning. Jax Taylor By Stephanie • Nov 22, 2024 03:37 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Apology, Anger, Losers My head was spinning this week with all the updates out of the reality TV world. Is Mercury in retrograde? The good news is that Candiace and Chris had their son, Jett, and I can tell from the back of his head, which, in true Candiace fashion is all she By Stephanie • Nov 15, 2024 03:38 pm
Cheating Loins Is this Teddi Mellencamp's ultimate Housewife move? New details are emerging about what may have prompted the divorce filing by former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp from her now-estranged husband, Edwin Arroyave, and it is not looking good for Teddi. Multiple news outlets are reporting that since May, Teddi’s been having a months-long By Stephanie • Nov 14, 2024 11:50 am
Reality TV Reality Recap: Privilege, Discussions, London This week, we witnessed one of the best (read: chaotic) group meals over in Potomac. Teddi Mellencamp filed for divorce from Edwin Arroyave, her (hot, but in a creepy vampire kinda way) estranged husband. Monica Garcia was ordered to run Heather Gay’s Beauty Lab some serious coin after bailing By Stephanie • Nov 08, 2024 02:55 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Gambling, drama, charm The reunion trailer for Real Housewives of Orange County is out and after an explosive finale, Shannon isn’t quite sure she’ll return. We also learned that John Barlow can’t parallel park to save his life. Variety reported that Ariana Madix has landed a guest starring role on By Stephanie • Nov 01, 2024 03:22 pm
Equality Issues Reality Recap: Brynn’s double standards This week, something big happened on Real Housewives of New York. And for a franchise that has been so plagued by allegations of racism that an internal investigation was launched, which I touched on here, and an entire OG cast was dismissed, the last two episodes have brought a certain By Stephanie • Oct 25, 2024 02:31 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Invitations, Confrontation, Apologies The dating pool in Orange County must be tiny because TMZ announced this week that former Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Elizabeth Lyn Vargas is now coupled up with none other than Jim Bellino. Bring her back on the show, now. Former Real Housewives of New Jersey star By Stephanie • Oct 18, 2024 03:17 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Receipts, honesty, Potomac This week, Jax revealed that Tom Sandoval checks in ‘more than anybody’ on Jax after his split with Brittany, which isn’t a shocker at all. But what did come as a shock was Page Six reporting that Brittany started hooking up with Julian Sensely, a friend of Jax’s, By Stephanie • Oct 11, 2024 03:13 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Shrooms, business, friends Olivia Flowers finally found her Prince Charming and got engaged in New York City. I hope that Austen Kroll is feeling especially salty about losing one of the best things that ever happened to him (besides our girl Ciara, of course). Jax is setting the record straight on him and By Stephanie • Oct 04, 2024 03:09 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Dinner disaster, steps backwards, a wedding This week, it was ruled in court that Erika Jayne’s hotly-contested $750,000 earrings were purchased with “comingled client funds”, ouch. People are asking questions about former Real Housewives of New York star Heather Thomson after photos of her and disgraced Diddy resurfaced. Tamra took accountability, kinda. She expressed By Stephanie • Sep 27, 2024 03:22 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Premiere, Balance, Party Lisa Barlow may be beefing with Whitney Rose, but she sure has made a friend in Molly Sims, who she shared the stage with at Watch What Happens Live, accepting a gracious gift from Molly in hopes it might prevent her from losing another $60,000 ring. Tamra Judge is By Stephanie • Sep 20, 2024 03:18 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Chanel, Sunset, Shannon It was so strange seeing John Janssen in the audience on Watch What Happens Live last night, and even more strange to see him participating in the show, stuttering to answer how Shannon Beador disparaged him. He made all these claims that she turned his life into a public spectacle, By Stephanie • Sep 13, 2024 12:51 pm
Reality TV The Mormon wives delivered (on good TV) Over the weekend, I cleared my schedule to make time for the return of Selling Sunset. It had been months since I got to indulge in watching a bunch of rich, catty realtors that don’t believe in sneakers or trackpants fight with each other while getting to indulge in By Stephanie • Sep 09, 2024 03:24 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Daughters, tapes, betrayals I’ve always theorized that the fall season brings some of the most iconic, talked-about moments on reality TV. I attribute this to the fact that we’re all spending more time inside, kiki-ing on social media, but after this week, it’s clear that something about the weather cooling By Stephanie • Sep 06, 2024 01:00 pm