On last night’s episode of Vanderpump Rules Kevin Lee said to Katie, ““What happened? You were much thinner than this. You gained a little bit of weight. You have to work on it. Seriously, I’m telling you as a friend. It’s out of control now. I can tell.” This all went down in front of TV cameras that Kevin was desperately trying to get in front of. There is no excuse for this behavior. None.
Today, I recapped WWHL with Katie and Tom Schwartz, and I was appalled at how Tom stepped in to answer for his wife when Andy asked Katie if she had forgiven Kevin Lee for his very insensitive remarks about what he perceived as her “weight gain” at a social event thrown by Katie’s boss. Schwartz piped in with “Yes he did, and he was really sincere and sent a nice bouquet of flowers.” It didn’t seem like Katie was accepting of the gesture and it seemed very rude of Schwartz to jump in and answer for her especially when he ended his interjection with, “He’s a sweet dude” and repeated “He was really sincere!” more than once.
Well, as it turns out, Kevin wasn’t sincere at all and gave an interview today where he claimed that Katie was overreacting called her “very sensitive these days.”
“I found [her reaction] kind of weird,” Lee told Page Six on Tuesday. “It was a funny kind of joke that I made. I had known her for a while. I thought it would be fun to say things like that to her.”
He thought it would be funny to say that she is getting fat and she has to work on it? He even said, “SERIOUSLY, I am telling you this as a friend.” As if it were some sort of intervention.
Clearly, he’s an asshole. He tells the site that he “said it like a friendly comment,” but in the next breath says he feels the entire exchange “got out of hand.”
“I didn’t realize until she really reacted really badly,” he explained. “I feel so bad. It wasn’t bad intentioned at all. It was something like, ‘Oh my god, you look a little different than I expected. I haven’t seen you in a while.’ She got really upset.”
What the motherfuck is wrong with this fool? He looks like what would happen if that human ken and Margaret Cho had a baby and the plastic surgery don’t leaked into Ken’s DNA. Who the fuck is he to insult anyone’s looks?
Lee says he’s seen Maloney, 31, since the incident and made it clear he wasn’t intentionally trying to make her upset, but it’s unclear if she’s forgiven him. Well she clearly HASN’T but her dumbass husband has, so much for defending his wife from that “sweet dude.”
I sort of wish he had made that comment to Kristen or Lala instead. There might have been a different result, and possibly an extended episode to document that result.
Yeah
It sounds like he sent the flowers with a note that said, “Sorry you’re so sensitive.”
On the other hand she gets her revenge because he said it in front of cameras, it was televised, Katie cried which put everyone on her side. Now all of her twitter and Instagram followers are pissed. He gets his time on camera and his reputation as an asshole is spread nationwide.
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True. I’m not particularly a Katie fan, but I’m pissed on her behalf.
I can’t find the page six story.
Crap! I forgot to include the link! I fixed it in the post. Thanks for letting me know.
https://pagesix.com/2018/02/06/vanderpump-party-planner-i-was-joking-about-katies-weight/
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I had the exact same thing happen to me years ago by someone who had not seen me since an ICU visit for an asthma attack and umpteen hundreds of mg of steroid meds injected and taken in order for me to continue breathing while in and upon leaving the hospital. My weight was definitely up and that comment said in front of my husband and others devastated me. All of a sudden I felt like a circus elephant on display for people to look and point at. I am not married to a spineless Tom S., thank God. Mine is a Nam vet, a Marine Nam vet. He did nothing at the time but say something under his breath to the guy, a photographer, who instantly scuttled away, but I later heard he would probably think twice before being so classless and hurtful to another woman. As in the little creep needed the aid of crutches to walk for awhile.
I wouldn’t leave the house for a long time because of what he said and there is no way it did not affect Katie and hurt her and make her even more sensitive whether she shows it in public or not. And, now it’s a big deal because of him saying what he did and talking about it to Page 6. And, he’ll probably ‘apologize’ on ET and whoever else will put a camera on his plastic face to stretch out his 15 minutes.
It’s unforgivable and ignorant the way Tom S reacted. What an idiot. A whiney, ball less idiot who seems more into Lee than his wife. Ugh.
I bet that you are an amazing beautiful woman.
Wow, LA you have no idea how good your comment made me feel 🙂
Am I to understand your big, manly, ex marine husband broke the legs of a spineless little photographer who deigned to upset you by calling you fat?
Wow. What an appropriate reaction to be proud of.
Snarky, Mark and no that’s not what happened.
I mean that’s what you insinuated. Why would he be walking with crutches for a while in a way which correlates to your story?
Did he get hit by a car afterward and that was his karma?
why does it matter to you what happened? I didn’t insinuate anything. It’s what you thought in your little mind and you can’t seem to let it go. You are like one of those yapping, little ankle biter mutts that are always trying to be seen and heard and no one cares.
To be fair you did insinuate your husband had something to do with the mans injuries. Personally I couldn’t give a s***, that’s on your conscience not mine ?
Oooh, that’s a mean comment that hurts my feelings. I too have a big burly boyfriend. Shall I send him over to make sure you’re walking on crutches?
Maybe people wouldn’t come for you if you thought before you spoke for a hot second. Then you wouldn’t have to backtrack from your ridiculous comments, which we all read in black and white.
Condoning extreme violence because someone hurt your feelings. I mean really.
I hear you minnie, my husband is an ex-marine too. He is the a gentlest pussycat at home but very leery out in public (a trade hazard), I have to keep him in check sometimes, but I am glad that pitbull lives within him because i have two little girls to protect. No relying on the dignity of others. I get it.
I really don’t think Katie has put on weight since the past two seasons, so what is Kevin talking about? If he hasn’t seen her in 3 years, well ok it’s possible, but then Katie could very easily have said “wow Kevin you’re getting so old, what happened to you, slow it down.”
Katie looks good, she’s prettier than when the show started. Sure she has put on some weight, but she was underweight when the show started. I guess Kevin would rather she go through life at an unhealthily low weight? And a few girls on that cast have put on weight, so why is he singling Katie out. So weird.
Hysterical! I was searching for an insulting description of Kevin Lee and then read, “if human ken and Margaret Cho had a baby”. Perfect. What an arrogant, over-rated, fool he is. I remember when he was Ana Nicole Smith’s designer, and he was just as irritating then as he is now. There’s no way in hell that remark was meant in any other way than to be inappropriate and hurt her. He thought he was being friendly and that it would be fun? She’s being sensitive these days? I frigging hate it when men talk about women being sensitive. How about you’re an insensitive little prick? Was that fun?
Tom had no business answering for his wife – he was just being a politically correct asshole. The only reason Kevin Lee sent those flowers was because he didn’t want to lose future business, he had no intention of apologizing because he clearly doesn’t think he did anything wrong. Nasty little man.
That wasn’t Kevin Lee. Anna Nicole used Bobby Trendy as her decorator. They are both over the top and flashy. Bobby Trendy always comes to mind for me whenever I see Kevin Shi Shi Shi! Barf.
I have never liked his overrated ass. He’s an idiot.
Kevin Lee’s comment was super rude. However, one can’t deny that Katie has put on some weight. I begin to wonder if it’s stress-related due to her up & down marriage. Schwartz is so damn immature, can’t get his shit together, and not to mention his continuous love for the ladies…as a married man. It can’t be easy married to him, and I just wonder if that’s her way of keeping her shit together or coping. She is gorgeous, but sudden weight changes like that….
Sudden weight changes? Like she ate a cheeseburger? You are part of the problem.
I know! I think she’s a size 6 and actually looks healthy! I can’t say the same for most of the other women on the show.
I’m more inclined to think she is happy being married (aside from the one drunken make-out issue), and so she let up a little on the relentless dieting and denying oneself that so many women in LA feel compelled to practice.
I was interested to hear the story of her scar. I had wondered about it.
She HAS put on a lot of weight, but the point is she is far from fat, looks fit, and is a perfectly voluptuous example of a woman who is FAR slimmer than the US average. I’m pretty sure her husband is perfectly happy too (that is if he’s not gay.
Allegedly.) because contrary to these women’s beliefs, from my experience men prefer a woman to look like a woman. Heterosexual ones at least. IJS.
Anyone calling her fat like she has a problem is an asshole.
How’d she get the scar? I missed it.
She was sitting on a rooftop bar on a skylight playing Monopoly and having some wine and the glass in the skylight broke. She fell 25 feet down! I can’t believe it didn’t kill her!
Totally agree. She has def gained weight! I thought I was the only one who noticed. Lol. Makes me wonder if she lost any modeling jobs b/c of it. I don’t even know who the asian guy is, but he speaks the truth. Sometimes tbe truth hurts! He prob could’ve gone about it another way though.
You think she didn’t realize she’d put on a few pounds? She needed it pointed out to her from some never-was, washed-up loser like Kevin Lee?
Like I said earlier (which I meant to make a new comment but inadvertently made a reply to another comment), has Katie really gained weight the past few seasons? No. She gained a little at one point and leveled off. She is not fat in the slightest and I would bet she has been the same weight the past season or two. I think she was a little underweight before (not body-shaming, she looked like she could possibly be too thin from a clinical standpoint and it was when she came off of a jaw-wiring period of her life). She’s a pretty girl, what more does she have to do.
Who came first, him or the wedding planner in Father of the Bride?
Well, she was always very Hollywood thin like the other girls for several seasons. She looks a little different now. Never said she was fat, or that she looked bad. Honestly she looks better now. But she went from one size to another from one season to the next. She cried on the show and on WWHL about her clothes not fitting, and her trying to be “ok” in her new body. There is a change in her, which was all I commented about. Eating one cheeseburger doesn’t make your entire wardrobe not fit anymore. Yes, a sudden change is when someone’s entire wardrobe completely stops fitting them in the span of 6-8 months.
I think both the toms are gay. They are WAY too effeminate and real men don’t act like his. Furthermore, they aren’t “men”.. they are still “guys”
So gay men aren’t ‘real men’? ?
uh, Gigi, in the 70’s a lot of my neighbors were gay men and most were drop dead gorgeous and masculine as hell. They were most definitely REAL MEN in every sense of the words. They actually were some of the finest people I have ever known and my biggest regret is not keeping in touch when I moved, changed jobs, etc., because they were the best friends I have ever had.
I judge a man by how he acts, how he treats others, etc. It has nothing to do with his sexual preference.
I’ve also known men who acted like the ‘Toms’ and they weren’t gay at all, just different.
As for the ‘Toms’, they are spineless and whiney and just poor excuses for humanity.
Note to self: Real men beat other men up for using words that make someone feel bad, right?
Note to self: slightly offend hot neighbour in hopes he’ll threaten to spank me ?
Note to self: Use GLHs note to self.
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Do it! ?
just can’t let it go can you . You are being a jerk.
You should totally have your husband break Mark’s legs. Email me and I’ll send you his address. No one should offend Minniemeow without paying THE PRICE.
WRONG!!!! REAL men don’t beat up anyone. What a rediculous comment.
Men who are California models and actors (or wannabes) are way more into grooming and looks and style than lots of other guys. It doesn’t mean they’re gay. Style is part of their job. They used to be called metrosexual, don’t know if people still say that.
Concur. In 2018 you literally cannot tell who is gay and who is bloody straight, they all look and act alike.
Makes it bloody hard when you’re looking for a shag.
Meh.
I’m def. not a Katie fan, but this was really hard to watch, I felt for her. As far as Kevin Lee goes, he is the LAST person who should be insulting anyone about anything. Please! Also upsetting Queen Bee Lisa is not a good idea Kevin, there goes all your free press.
Ugh, Poor Katyi insulted by a minimally talented fame ho asshole and married to a wishy washy half-sack kidult. Girl I hope you are stashing yo’ money.
Ugh some of us females like to eat. Like I used to slim but then I had a child in my mid thirties. So now I carry weight differently. It is a part of getting older and and it really sucks how your body changes. It is weird now how you try to shave your legs in shower and it is hard. Why would be to hard, but when you are 36 it is hard as hell.
Does any one else struggle to shave their legs in shower other than me?
LOL! I do, but I need a new hip! Isn’t it awful how much we take for granted until we can’t do it or at least do it the same anymore? And, gaining weight and/or having a tummy makes it difficult to do a lot of things, bad hip or not.
I bought an electric shaver and sort of roll around on the bed now to shave my legs and then there are days I just say oh to hell with it. Also, as one gets older hair seems to be more sparse which is just fine and dandy except on my scalp 🙂
So, you are not alone with the shaving in the shower thing.
Oh honey. Wait til you’re 50….
I’m in my 70’s and ‘it’ is going downhill much faster than in my 50’s. So, hang in there! 🙂
I love when people are all, “oh honey, wait till you’re 50…”
I can barely put my socks on without making awkward sex noises and I’m 30.
Bitch, at this rate I’ll have a stroke putting the groceries away.
put up the cold stuff then rest and do the rest when your blood pressure evens out. DON’T ask me how I know this.
Best conversation ever! I am laughing like crazy (and am 57 and GET IT.)
I’ve read comments about this on various other sites and the reactions are a mixed bag but surprisingly in Kevin’s favor. I think her redemption story line for this season is helping some people care a little that her feelings were hurt but unfortunately for Katie, it appears that her behavior the past couple of seasons has caused the majority and the trolls to just shrug this off and call it karma. I don’t agree with this thinking but I and others on this site appear to be in the minority.
All of the cast has mentioned how when filming first began they were popping Adderall like candy and that’s why they were all so skinny. Maybe Katie decided that wasn’t the smartest road to continue down and stopped, thus the change in her weight. Regardless of the why, the body shaming comments on see on sites is beyond absurd and cruel. People act like she’s this big hulk of a person, but I’m fairly certain she’s nowhere near that. Whether you like the girl or not, it’s embarrassing to see people gloating over her weight gain. All it does is perpetuate the myth that women are worth no more than what they look like. It’s sick.
I agree. She’s probably a size 6 and next to the size 0 girls she looks big.
I wish you didn’t say hulk because now I have a terribly amusing vision of a 10ft Katie drinking tequila and screaming “KATE SMASH!!!” While everyone runs for cover.
Giggling! !!
I heard that Stassi gained weight bc she stopped the adderall but now is starting to take them again. I also heard that Katie had her jaw wired shut from her accident, which caused her to lose weight. Her weight now is closer to her weight before she had her jaw wired shut.
Wasn’t it Bobby Trendy who was Anna Nicole’s designer?
Katy’s body type shows every ounce of extra poundage because she’s short waisted and kinda squarish. She has no waist even when she’s at her skinniest, it’s just a fact of her build. Regardless, Kevin Lee is a presumptuous twat.
Jax has complained about Britanny’s weight gain too, while ignoring his own.
let me guess, Vanderpump defended him?
No, an article quoted Katie on WWHL as saying Lisa confronted Kevin and told him his comment was inappropriate.
First, Katie isn’t fat – not even a little. She films next to super thin Kristen, Scheana, and LaLa. Anyone who is not a size zero would look larger compared to those girls.
Katie and Britney appear healthy, IMO. She looks fit, not at all fat, and it made me really sad that she was so hurt over that comment when she’s really very beautiful. They all are. Some are thinner than the others, but they are all equally as pretty.
The video of her when she was injured from falling down the stairs made me cry. It showed me how human and real she is, and I’m so glad they included it.
Who is Kevin to judge anyone on their looks? I hope to never see him on another show. He’s clearly an insensitive jerk. I didn’t see WWHL, but Tom’s comments are pretty par for the course. He is completely clueless, and I think Katie deserves much better.
Kevin was not joking. He wouldn’t let up and knew the cameras were on them == he clearly just cared about face time.
With all the names these characters call each other, the fact that Kevin Lee pointed out to Katie that she’s packed on some poundage is not big deal. Everyone on the show is there for face time. Kevin got his face time, good for him. Move on.
Outside of LA, WEHO, etc Katie is a perfectly normal, healthy young woman. In the aesthetically obsessed bubble of LA she’s considered fat. It’s a sad fact, but true. So was Jennifer Lawrence prior to the weight loss, along with many, many others before her. If she wants body positivity this is probably one storyline she should steer clear from as the trolls will be out in force once they get a whiff of insecurity. If Kevin ‘cared’ for her health regarding weight or eating habits he should have pulled her to the side once cameras had gone and then said it.
Kevin has always been a a-hole twit and he doesn’t care. He rather had to make some sort of an apology even if wasn’t sincere.
What no one has mentioned is that the camera will add at the very least 20 pounds to the person being filmed. Yes, Katie has put on some weight but she definitely looks and probably feels better. The only thing I don’t understand is why she puts up with her space cadet husband that has no job. A couple of modeling jobs at his age does not count since he is not bringing in a constant pay check
other than the one from the show.
No matter what, the whole conversation should have been left on the cutting floor. Body shaming is never alright under any circumstances.
FFS, Katie. Why not jab back and call out that leeching little famewhore for looking for his next 2 minutes at your expense? Don’t let that frivolous twat call you fat on tv and get away with it. Granted, Katie’s not the sharpest wit, but she can be mean. I am sure she could’ve at least come up with something about the wee size of his dick or a momma retort.
I think she enjoys this rare moment of sympathy, actually.
I was so hoping she would have pulled a Shannon Beador at The Quiet Woman and tossed that tray on him while screaming, “This isn’t even my fucking plate!!”