Reality TV Reality Recap: Ariana, access, and the end of an era The explosive season finale of Vanderpump Rules aired this week and for me, there were a few main takeaways. The first is that the reunion left Ariana completely vindicated about the choices she made all season long. The second is that Ariana exercising boundaries to the extent she did this By Stephanie • May 31, 2024 02:49 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Accountability, loyalty, apologies After much delay, Katie Maloney and Ariana Madix’s sandwich shop, Something About Her, is finally open. And the reviews are…mixed, to put it mildly. Apparently the line up on opening day was hours long and they ran out of sandwiches, leaving tons of hangry customers who had been By Stephanie • May 24, 2024 03:40 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Returns, repercussions, reunions Sandwiches, anyone? Katie and Ariana’s shop is finally set to open this Wednesday and friends, including Kristen Doute, have been stopping by to show their support. And Kyle Richards confirmed her return to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. This season should pack a punch considering it will explore her By Stephanie • May 17, 2024 03:02 pm
Drama Reality family drama is real life Former Love Is Blind contestant Clay Gravesande is catching a lot of heat on social media from fans and family after his new relationship with YouTuber and OnlyFans model, Celina Powell, became Instagram official earlier this week when Celina posted this reel on Monday. Fans of the show wasted no By Stephanie • May 16, 2024 01:29 pm
Reality TV Is this the end of Vanderpump Rules? Last night’s Vanderpump Rules season finale is being described by fans and news outlets as “ominous” – and not without good reason. The end of the episode played out in a way that could have easily been the series finale. Between the “breaking” of the fourth wall by Lala, the By Stephanie • May 08, 2024 11:35 am
Reality TV Reality Recap: New boos, break up moves, baby blues Kyle Richards made a big move (and Mauricio literally made a big move, like, out of their house and into a new condo where Matt Damon also lives, NBD) when she removed Mauricio’s last name out of her Instagram profile. And Candiace Bassett from Real Housewives of Potomac showed By Stephanie • May 03, 2024 03:37 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Side chicks, advice, fights It appears that most of the drama in the world of reality TV happened off screen this week. Bethenny Frankel surprisingly deleted the last few episodes of her podcast, Just B Divorced, which I did a recap of here. Sonja Morgan put her beloved New York townhouse on the market, By Stephanie • Apr 26, 2024 04:02 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Abstinence diagnoses and sperm donors We are just weeks away from the season premiere of Real Housewives of New Jersey. The trailers are looking insane. With all the family drama between Teresa and Melissa, it’s going to be a sh-t show. Also, ex-RHONJ castmate Siggy Flicker’s stepson got arrested in connection By Stephanie • Apr 19, 2024 03:14 pm
Break Ups Bethenny's businessy romantic advice Bethenny Frankel is reflecting on her decade-long, tumultuous divorce from ex-husband Jason Hoppy. On the latest episode of her podcast, Just B Divorced, she name drops other celebrities who appear to have been through awful divorces, but insists that hers is “the worst divorce in history, short of By Stephanie • Apr 15, 2024 12:05 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Jax, new relationships, colourism This week in reality TV, I was expecting a lot more from the Summer House franchise. I’m waiting as patiently as I possibly can for Carl to call off his engagement to Lindsay, but it’s just not happening fast enough for me. I was thrilled to see some By Stephanie • Apr 12, 2024 03:32 pm
Legal issues Bravo Lawsuit #13684 Former Vanderpump Rules castmate Faith Stowers has filed a lawsuit against NBCUniversal for racial harassment. While some of the allegations outlined in the lawsuit have been well-documented and discussed previously by both her and other castmates, there are some details that are new to many. Faith alleges that on By Stephanie • Apr 08, 2024 12:09 pm
Reality TV Reality Recap: Secret racists, flower boys, Scandoval This week in reality TV started off with a bang. The Real Housewives of Potomac kicked us off on Sunday with a pretty heated reunion – but I’m really sitting tight to see what tea Gordon has to spill. Anyhow, I find out Jeremiah isn’t his…whew! Anyway, let’ By Stephanie • Apr 05, 2024 03:43 pm
Reality TV The Bravo to OnlyFans pipeline Former Real Housewives of New York star Leah McSweeney recently revealed that she earned more money in one week doing her current gig on OnlyFans than she earned in the entire two seasons she appeared on the hit show on Bravo, despite earning $3,000 per episode in her first By Stephanie • Apr 01, 2024 10:51 am
Reality TV Reality Recap: Katie Maloney Made Out With Max Boyens Welcome back to Reality Recap! It was a weird week in reality TV, but an exciting one nonetheless. With the premiere of Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard, we finally get to see some Black people living it up in Massachusetts (without Simon, what a gift). And while nothing during the By Stephanie • Mar 28, 2024 01:58 pm
Reality TV Ariana Madix’s post-split success Over the weekend, it was reported that Ariana Madix snagged a stunning $1.6-million home in Los Angeles, ending the year-long feud over who would remain in the home she shared with Tom Sandoval. The whole sharing the house storyline has been huge this season on Vanderpump Rules. By Stephanie • Mar 25, 2024 03:34 pm
Reality TV The Real Housewives anthropology test Last night’s Real Housewives of Potomac season finale featured more drama in a single episode than I think we saw this entire season. The hour started off with a bang when last week’s off-camera confrontation between Deborah and Candiace continued, but if you thought the episode was By Stephanie • Mar 25, 2024 01:30 pm
