Once again it has been a very busy news day at TamaraTattles.com and I am thus a good half an hour behind on getting started with this recap of Cynthia Bailey and Claudia Jordan’s adventures on the Eros. I understand that the weather was less than ideal for the trip, but I’m sure they still had fun.
I’m amazed at the horrible edit Eddie is getting this time. I really don’t believe anything happened in the laundry room. I think it is all storyline and Eddie and Rocky for whatever reason agreed to it.
Ben is tasked with cleaning out the refrigerator left by Leon. Meanwhile, Dave from season one is back. He is the cute gay guy who got engaged during his season. Emile doesn’t think they really need another deckhand. Kate starts right off telling Ben that he has cut has asparagus too large. Eddie is being a prick to Rocky.
Cynthia and Claudia are co-primaries. Cynthia is bringing her mom and Noelle and Cladia is bringing her friend Auta .
Cynthia’s birthday is the next day and Ben is already talking about the quick turn around on a red velvet case. It’s very cold and windy on the day of the cruise. Team Pretty is immediately told that they can’t leave the dock for 24hours due to high winds. It’s a good thing that Bravolebrities are not required to actually pay for their cruises (though they will certainly make it appear that way) and are called upon when they don’t have enough bookings or a cruise is cancelled. In this case, the paying customer probably balked at paying so much with a crappy weather forcast. Fortunately, the RHOA are less than three hours away by plane.
Cynthia is so cute and very politely asks if it would be okay if she had a birthday cake since it’s her birthday and she stresses that she doesn’t mean to be a diva, but a cake would be great. The whole group has a great attitude, actually.
After a few drinks the ladies are demanding the South African one, serves them in jeans and a tank top. Emile love it of course and says in his talking head, “just call me the African Prince” in the most scripted line of the season. I assure you Emile doesn’t watch RHOA. Emile enjoys feeding them all strawberries. Since bringing on the spa people and having Emile stroke their egos, Kate says they are the easiest guests ever. Cynthia and Claudia have always known how to appreciate a free Bravo trip.
Ben is making sushi, and in the mean time Kate takes them a giant charcuterie board, for snacking. Perhaps the oversized portions represent her love for their low maintenance vibe. Ben points out in his talking head the cheese and sushi don’t go well together and the portion size is utterly ridiculous. The guests want a tour below deck, and some chocolate pop tarts. The ladies are shocked how tight the bunks are. Again, the entire crew says this is the easiest charter ever. Team pretty is very laid back.
Cynthia says they over ate and are wanting a lowkey night and would like to postpone the cake and party until tomorrow. Ben is made at Kate for overstuffing them with the charcuterie. Kate takes his criticism well, nothing at all like when Leon would point out her issues.
Rocky hears Eddie trash talking her to Dave. Poor Rocky. Dave says she sounds like someone he’d like to hang out with. Later Dave is sweet to Rocky and they joke about Ben hating her for cutting the tops off his muffins incorrectly. Dave says Ben yelled at him once for stirring incorrectly and he didn’t even know that was a possible thing.
YAY! The weather has calmed down enough for the boat to leave the dock. They begin day drinking at 10 am as one should on a cruise. In St. Lucia, they have a lot of bananas. I would have a homemade banana daiquiri every morning for breakfast before hitting the beach. Cynthia and Auta , Claudia and Cynthia’s mom did some deep sea fishing. Noelle got to grab on to the back of her African Prince on a jetski,. That photo above was taken by Claudia as they were fishing. I love that Auta is living in a life jacket. I think Cynthia is too. Do neither of them swim?
Later the ladies head to a new island to do some touristy shopping via a super fast tender ride. Emile is required to accompany them shopping. This seems to be where he would like to draw the line. The girls keep showing him their loot and calling him “South Africa.”
After all that shopping the ladies are starving and ask for dinner to be moved up earlier. This puts Ben in overdrive.
I could tell Captain Lee was enamored with Claudia. After the ladies get all dressed up for dinner they head up to the bridge and Claudia takes lots of photos and then takes some with the captain. He says he gets all kinds of requests from the guests and some are better than others and holds up a photo of him with Claudia. See? Even Captain Lee is #TeamPretty. Too bad he missed out on Kenya who was unavailable on such short notice.
At dinner service Ken and Kate bicker about service.
At the:40 mark Connie pretends to be a cat and drinks milk out of a bowl because one of the ladies said they wish there was a cat on board. Then Cynthia laughs and says “okay now I want a dog!” I think that was from when they were stuck at the dock.
Back at dinner, they have stone crab claws and corn on the cob and clams bongolese, potato salad and macaroni and cheese and ribs. Ben is highly irritated with Kate. The crew comes out with cake and sings horribly off key.
By the time service is over, Ben’s kitchen is immaculate. I don’t understand how to do that. When I cook, every dish in the house is dirty.
Eddie has decided he loves his girlfriend again. I’m not buying it and neither should she.
Noelle is the sweetest most appreciate and polite kid bar none of any Bravo show. She is just like Cynthia on RHOA trips. Very polite. Very grateful. Not a single ounce of entitlement. AW, Noelle cries at then and thanks her mother for the best time ever. Aw. I love Noelle. This was the best charter ever. Bravo tipped out 15K.
The captain lets them all have shore leave for dinner despite a short 24 hr flip. On shore Dave asks Eddie about his girlfriend. He says it’s hard to be apart and she worries about him finding someone better. Eddie tells Dave she knows she has nothing to worry about because he would never, every hook up with anyone on a boat, ever. Rocky hears the whole thing.
I think the reason Eddie and his GF were fighting is that he told her his storyline is to hook up with Rocky. And even though he explained that it wasn’t real, she was still pissed that her boyfriend would be appearing to have sex with another woman on TV repeatedly while lying to her.
Ben takes Rocky aside to apologize for attacking her for the way she helped him with his muffin tops. Ben tells her that he actually feels bad for what happened to Leon. Kate is shooting darts with her eyes in their direction from a few yards away. My glimmer of hope that Rocky and Ben might stain a pillow this season is starting to shine a bit brighter!
Later when they all eat dinner together they talk about how they are a large dysfunctional family and a guy says that Rocky is Emile’s crazy girlfriend he brought to family dinner. I think it must have been Eddie based on how hurt Rocky was. Rocky leaves the table and goes to sit with randoms at the bar. Then Connie starts trash talking Rocky to Ben. Connie’s issue is that Rocky is “attention grabbing.” This is the same Connie that wants to be naked as a jay bird in every talking head and stayed up all night with Rocky while Rocky put a whipped cream bikini on Connie. There is a lot of revisionist history happening her. Amy goes to the bar to sit with Rocky.
Back on the boat, Rocky considers going swimming and asks Eddie what he thinks. He says he wouldn’t. Rocky pops back with well you wouldn’t do anything would you. He says no he wouldn’t. Rocky is getting irritated by Eddie’s sudden mean streak toward her.
Next week: Rocky tells everyone about their sexcapades. Ben tell Kate she needs to give Rocky a fucking break and tells Kate she is a mean bitch to Rocky. Eddie extends his assholery to include Emile since he is being kind to Rocky. Connie jumps on Eddie’s side and tells Emile he is little bitch and he calls her a whore. And Rocky’s crazy goes up several more notches under all the pressure and ridicule. Emile wants to defend Rocky’s honor (such that it is) to Eddie. This looks FANTASITIC!
I think it is so weird that Bravo didn’t want Claudia on #RHOA for season 8, yet she is on Below Deck and she also made an appearance on Married to Medicine as well.
I agree with you TT, Noelle seems to be very sweet! Loved this episode.
This episode was a delight. I wish all the housewives would take a page from Team Pretty.
Well behaved teen and no drunk and stupid ladies.
Wasn’t really into this season for some reason but I got sucked in by the marathon today. So happy to have Ben back, that other chef irked me. Now that I think about it he might be why I didn’t take to this season earlier.
On another note TT like the new ads, I actually use a lot of the products. I was surprised to see a Wawa ad, I didn’t realize they had them down your way. Wawa is as necessary as oxygen up here!
Hey Beets! Where you at? I am south of Philly about 2 minutes from the Delaware line! I worked for Wawa Corporate years ago and you’re right, they ARE as necessary as oxygen LOL! You can’t drive a mile without seeing at least one Wawa.
I couldn’t help but think what a different tone this grouo would have taken if Nene, Porsha, and Phaedra we on the yacht. They would of been rude to the staff and ordered up the impossible just because they want to act like diva bitches.
I was saying the same thing to my husband while watching the episode. P P and Nene would have been a totally different show. I am still debating watching RHOA this season. 🙁 🙁
I’m curious… I haven’t watched RHOA in several years. But from the few things I’ve read by you guys, Team Pretty is Claudia, Cynthia, and Kenya? Did I miss anyone?
Then what do you guys call the other group? Nene, Porsha, and Phaedra? Team Ugly? Seriously. I don’t know this. Also, which team is Kandi on?
I totally agree that Eddie and Rocky didn’t really “hook up”. He never actually says that and Rocky only says they have a “relationship”. But if they did, he’s being a total tool. It’s awful. And why would Emile call Connie a whore??
Because she called him a bitch for calling a spade a spade (and because she’s jealous of Rocky for getting more attention for diving off the boat in her undies than she got for diving off naked). When has any female managed to get less attention for being naked than poor Connie has managed to get? I don’t get it either Connie. Maybe if you did it with a bit more pizzazz, you know, like Rocky does it.
Cynthia has done a great parenting job. Goes to show if you set a good example for your child they have twice as much of a chance to not turn out to be a stain. She was surely given a privileged upbringing yet still appreciated everything she was given.
I so dislike men that shower you with attention then as soon as he gets the goodies not only drops the girl but is mean to her. Not a good look for Eddie whether the hook up was real or fake. He is messing with a ticking time bombs emotions. Nothing good can come of it.
Rocky knew that Eddie had a girlfriend and she never said no to what ever they did. Eddie changed on her when she jumped off he boat and swam to another boat, then had to be brought back like a child having a tantrum. Then she sat in her cabin crying and pouting for seven hours while Amy and Kate did all the work for the party and cleaning a bottle of honey that Leon dumped in Kate’s bunk. What did Rocky expect a proposal? She knew what he wanted he told her in the texts. She was stupid to fall for it and he was stupid for doing it. Emile is a lovable idiot that is just like Rocky, they swing to whomever gives them attention. Rocky sucks at her job and Amy and Kate have to work around the clock for Rocky who just goes from reality show to reality show and succeeds at nothing. That’s why they just make her do laundry. She thinks she is there to party. Rocky wants to be outside, Rocky wants to cook. She can’t do any of that. Coco nibs are not the same thing as Oreos, who would put coco nibs on a salad anyway. Eddie saved that dinner which was another reason he was sick of her and her awesome culinary skills. They are both adults and she is crazier then she seems if she thought that the “romance” was going to be anymore than a quick hook up.
If you read Captain Lee’s twitter he really gives you the real insight on what happens on the boat without the productions influence.
Wat did Captain Lee say on twitter???? I have twitter but I just dont understand how it works.
Rocky has been a pain in the butt all season but that is no excuse for Eddie to suddenly be such an asshole to her. He needs to step up, be a man, tell her he made a mistake and they are done doing whatever the hell it is that they were doing. He is acting like a child by ignoring her and being rude to her.
On another note, this was a lovely charter. I don’t follow RHOA so I was pleasantly surprised by how nice, polite and appreciative all the guests were. The teenager (Noelle?) was a doll.
I think little dolphin girl is doing exactly what she was hired to do, sing show tunes and add a bit of crazy without being a total jerk in the process. If Eddie and Rocky did hook up (and that’s a big if), then she clearly thought he had broke up with his girlfriend. She’s a flirt, but it all seems pretty surface and she has made it clear that she isn’t interested in being involved with someone if they have a girlfriend. Even little boy Emile managed to figure that out eventually. As young and immature as he is in certain ways, at other times he shows more decency and maturity than all the oldies put together.
In answer to Karen A, he carries on with his usual delusional, self serving tripe, totally ignoring Kate’s reprehensible behavior and blaming anyone and everyone but her for the nasty aroma she stirs up. I find the whole situation quite creepy. Maybe he’s going senile. I prefer to think that to the alternative. Kate cooties, ewwwww!
I really don’t get why the Captain does not see the big picture with Kate. She is starting with Ben, already pissing him off. Leon was just doing his job and she was always right there, pushing the right buttons. I don’t think Ben will put up with it tho.
What a cute episode…finally no ratchedness, well maybe there was just a touch of messyness on the part of the crew but the Ladies had a good time, good vibes from all of them…it was funny and cute when Cynthia kept yelling to her daughter to ,”Hold on!, Hold on!, You got to hold on!”, when Emile took her out on the jet ski…Captain Lee can be so sexy and charming when he wants to, ummmmmmm.
Ummmmmmmmm Captain Lee
I think the daughter was waiting for Emile to actually sit down before she held on. If you noticed he was leaning over adjusting something on the jet ski. She didn’t have much to hold onto at that point. Once he sat down she held on.
She was a total sweetheart for the whole charter. Cynthia must be a good mom because she’s raised a great daughter. Noelle is sweet, polite and so pretty. It made me tear up watching her say good bye and thanking the crew for the best vacation.
Amazing how low key Amy is this season.
Rocky’s mostly crazy is fun with a thin shell.
Thin hopes of saving her yachtie career by fading into the wood work and hoping nobody notices she was involved in this shameful misrepresentation of the yachting industry? I keep thinking of poor Amy grasping at straws, trying to convince herself that she, Rocky and BRF were having a fun slumber party and then the camera cutting to Kate, all prune faced, insulting Rocky and the party was over before it began.
Pleaseeeee tell me that when Connie was crawling around as a cat, that her tail was NOT the hair piece that was left behind.
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I’m sorry to say that it was. I think Connie is the only one who will touch it as this point since she’s the one who put it in her underwear. Amy announcing that the hair piece was on her vagina was hysterical.
Having said that, I completely understand why the other women don’t want to touch it or put it on their hair.
Emile comes across as a kind young man. Eddie seems to lead from the behind that Connie blows smoke up. If stupid is as stupid does that leaves someone on deck looking pretty smart.
Yes, he does.
It may just be me but I actually liked Leon. I don’t think he became a dick and not caring until he heard what Kate was saying about him. Then all bets were off. Also, why does Rocky never look at the camera but always stares up words when they do her interviews? For some reason it bugs the hell out of me.
Upwards (darn spell check)
Glad I got to read the recap here because Amazon still hasn’t posted this episode. Lots of mad folks who have bought whole seasons of Bravo shows lately with huge delays in episodes. Unsure whether this is due to Bravo or Amazon. Shows used to be ready the following morning and now are taking three days (RHOC, Below Deck)
Is this my sign to give up my one vice (Bravo shows)? Nah, not yet. Except after watching the horrible RHOC reunion…maybe that one.
Totally agree that Eddie didn’t really do the deed with Rocky. His line in talking head from last week was so out of character, “…but, she had a nice ass.” Stupid storyline.
Love that Ben is back and already letting Kate have it…and empathizing with Leon and Rocky to boot. Now, could Amy please come back to her senses re: Kate?