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
Reality TV Intro for September 6, 2024 Dear Gossips, It’s wall-to-wall parties in New York right now because of fashion week and my favourite pap shots from last night were outside Nylon’s event, hosted by Paris Hilton, because of the presence of the Islanders. Love Island USA was one of the biggest television hits of By Lainey • Sep 06, 2024 09:26 am
Reality TV Another (inevitable?) Bravo breakup After five years of marriage, Brittany Cartwright filed for divorce from Jax Taylor yesterday, citing irreconcilable differences as the cause for the split. She listed the date of separation as January 24, 2024, which makes sense, considering the explosive finale of The Valley culminated with Brittany leaving their marital home By Stephanie • Aug 28, 2024 10:32 am
Reality TV Reality Recap: A traitor, a text, a tease The Bravo kids are headed off to college, and for fans that have essentially watched them grow up, it’s oddly emotional. Porsha Williams is not happy about her photos being leaked. Vicki Gunvalson appeared on a podcast and talked about why Tamra Judge is such a mean girl. And By Stephanie • Aug 23, 2024 03:20 pm
Reality TV Intro for August 20, 2024 Dear Gossips, “Shambolic”, a word I love and see mostly in British media, but you can’t overuse it. You have to be selective about “shambolic”, so as not to dilute its effectiveness. Not every mess is worthy of “shambolic”. And then, well, there’s season six of Love Island By Lainey • Aug 20, 2024 09:35 am
Reality TV Reality Recap: An investigator, an instigator, and a King Did you know that friendship breakup statements are a thing? Two women from Real Housewives of Dubai fueled a lot of chatter online when a statement was made about their ‘amicable’ parting. I didn’t know who Matt Rogers was until this week but I will never forget him after By Stephanie • Aug 16, 2024 02:44 pm
Reality TV The Islanders are FAMOUS In case you missed it, but how could you?!, Love Island USA Season 6 has been one of the surprise hits of the summer. The ratings were huge for Peacock. The social media activity may have been even bigger – and it’s made several of the cast members very, very By Lainey • Aug 15, 2024 12:42 pm
Reality TV What's next for the Housewives? Last night, the much-anticipated Real Housewives of New Jersey post-finale special (as The Hollywood Reporter calls it) aired on Bravo, and it was a massive departure from tradition. Typically, when a season wraps, the audience is in for a long, drawn out, two or three-part run of special episodes where By Stephanie • Aug 12, 2024 03:16 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: A finale, a fight, a betrayal This week, Caroline Brooks went absolutely ape sh-t on some of her castmates, namely Chanel Ayan, who she accused of wearing hand-me-downs, and even provided receipts. Yikes. Rachel Leviss is…still talking. This time, it’s about what it would take for her to return to Vanderpump Rules. And lastly, By Stephanie • Aug 09, 2024 03:05 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Elder abuse, Phaedra, mocktails This was a wild week. We started off with news that Jax Taylor is seeking in-patient treatment for mental health struggles amid his split from Brittany Cartwright. Over the last few months on his podcast, he’s been pretty candid about his experiences. Not entirely sure what this means for By Stephanie • Aug 02, 2024 03:36 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: A misconception, a misstep, a backup plan Despite not being much of a Love Island watcher, this season’s winners really captured my heart. And Apollo Nida, remember him from Real Housewives of Atlanta? Well he’s in legal trouble yet again after being charged with domestic violence. Lastly, Jacqueline Laurita and Teresa Giudice are friends again! By Stephanie • Jul 26, 2024 03:18 pm
Reality TV Intro for July 22, 2024 Dear Gossips, I wrote on Friday at our Substack, The Squawk, about the explosive success of Love Island USA which just wrapped up its sixth season. It’s extraordinary for a show to generate this much heat at this point in its run – even the New York Times published a By Lainey • Jul 22, 2024 09:59 am
Legal issues Reality Recap: Sandoval's fishy, recanted lawsuit, Ariana's sandwich legal trouble This week, the fallout from Bethenny Frankel’s racist ass comments about the population of the Hamptons continued. The Traitors beat out Survivor for an Emmy nomination. And during an appearance on the My Friend, My Soulmate, My Podcast, Vicki Gunvalson and Teresa Giudice find out just how much they By Stephanie • Jul 19, 2024 11:30 am
