Oh Joy of all Joys! It’s a Vanderpump Rules Reunion Recap! All the bickering is just too much to transcribe so hopefully there will be some dull moments for me to ignore. Like, whenever Lisa Vanderpump speaks. Kidding. Not kidding.
The first big bombshell is that Kristen is single again. Andy kind of muffed that whole reveal because it seems that even the cast didn’t know. But for now, we are moving on to other topics.
James and Jax Were Enemies Again This Season
Andy points out that Jax and James were in a good place this season right up until the rap he did about Jax and Faith. That was this season? That seems like decades ago. James tries to apologize again to Brittany and Jax but of course the Witches of Weho all pile on him right away. Why does everyone have to pounce on James? Why can’t they each just deal with their own issues with him rather than have this mob mentality?
James says he is only still on good terms with Sandoval, Ariana and Scheana. Also, he always has love for Schwartz. Katie makes a bitch face about that. Or maybe it’s just her face. Andy and LVP both try to make Jax see what a hypocrite he is for not forgiving James. In the past seven seasons, Jax has been forgiven way more times for much worse behavior. Finally, the voice of reason.
The Witches of Weho say that James has never been a part of the friend group. I already want to shut the TV off. Sandoval points out Lala hasn’t been in the group that long and suddenly she can do no wrong. Lala talks down to James like a dog. I want to punch her in the face. Everyone screams at James. Then LVP asks James why he is angry? They are one big angry mob coming for him!
Scheana Is Still Hanging And Banging With Adam
I’m fast forwarding through this crap. Oh wait, Andy supports Scheana’s slutty ways and LVP says to him, “Well of course you do!” I die. That was the best thing that has ever happened on a reunion. Also, LVP admits she watches Vanderpump Rules.
Randall Doesn’t Want To Film Vanderpump Rules
Everyone seems butt hurt that Randall doesn’t film. I don’t understand why production seems to think if people date someone from the show they have to be on camera. This is just a ludicrous way of thinking. Andy is butt hurt that Randall did Flipping Out and Keeping Up With The Kardashians but won’t do Vanderpump Rules. Lala thinks that Randall is above the show. Unlike the idiots Scheana brings on the show that are thirst traps.
The Tom Tom Con
LVP can’t even articulate what role she expected the Toms to play at Tom Tom. The Toms feel like Lisa Vanderpump didn’t let them participate in anything. Even she eventually agrees that she did exclude them. This entire venture is just a con. Ariana says that Lisa Vanderpump likes to make the Toms look foolish on camera. Yes, that is Lisa Vanderpump’s MO on both reality shows. Jax points out that the Toms have seen no return on their investment. Andy points out that he has invested in restaurants before and it takes a long time for them to become profitable.
I have a few issues with that. First of all, this restaurant has six or more full months of weekly advertising via the show. It’s a tourist trap. Everyone who visits LA emails me to say they are going to all of Lisa Vanderpump’s restaurants while they are there. So while it is early to see profits, it’s not that improbable.
The bit problem is that LVP treats the Toms like the help. They are not silent investors like Andy Cohen. LVP wants them there all the time drawing a crowd. So if they are expected to work there, they should receive payment. If they are investors then they can just sit on a beach somewhere and hope she actually shares her ROI with them. Lisa Vanderpump says she will give them 10% of the profits at the end of the year. Then she snidely offers to give them their investment money back. All Sandoval was asking for was to have his questions answered.
Raquel Leviss Arrives For Slaughter
For some reason I didn’t think we would get to Raquel on the first episode, so I had to go resize the dress photos. I need at least two photos of this number. They have Raquel walk out on camera. The good news is she has a job at SUR. The bad news is the Witches of Weho all have their stank faces on ten. Jax immediately calls James out for his relationship with Logan. Click that link to read about how James broke his nose when they broke up. But that happened over a year ago!
Andy goes in hard on Raquel as well. He says that Hope gave her specifics about sleeping with James. Raquel said that her “facts” were not true because she was never in the house where she and James stayed for Cochella. Again, everyone loves Brittany who stays with Jax despite cheating on her multiple times. She’s just the best thing every. But another dumb girl doing the exact same thing is a horrible person. Why? This relationship is literally Jax and Brittany 2.0. And Jax and Brittany are the ones coming for Raquel the hardest! She’s a younger version of you Brittany! Thank you Andy Cohen for pointing out the similarities! I feel like I am in the Twilight Zone over here.
Just Because You Have A Vagina Doesn’t Mean I’m Going To Support You!
Then Katie says it “ate at her inside” when she heard the stories of James cheating and she doesn’t know how Raquel deals with it. What’s it to you, bitch? You don’t like her. You don’t like James. You are not friends why on earth do you care? Furthermore Katie, you need to stop with the eating analogies for obvious reasons. Katie might be worse than Scheana. I’m not sure I’m going to survive this Vanderpump Rules Reunion Recap.
Lala says that she doesn’t support Raquel because she never stood up for her when James was being mean to her. OMG this is giving me a headache. Lala asks if they would like for her to publicly humiliate Jame at times where she disagrees with his actions. The answer from all the witches was a resounding yes. Lala says that she finds it hard to issue a sincere apology to Raquel because she doesn’t care about her. Raquel suggests that Lala learning basic manners might be in order. I love how Sandoval is sticking up for Raquel a bit. Lala is just a terrible human. And she does use her father’s death to excuse her bad behavior.
Hillbillies And Shit People
We wrap this Vanderpump Rules Reunion Recap with everyone’s emotional stories about the loss of family members. James sent a mean tweet saying that Jax and Lala need to make peace with their fathers passing away. This leads to James talking about how Jax tweeted under an account he made in Raquel’s name about how James sleeps with men and she is leaving him. Ariana backs James saying that the phone number for the account was attached to Jax’s phone.
Jax gets up to try to fight James and Andy has to intervene. Jax says nasty things about Raquel, who is no longer on stage. James comes for Brittany saying she looks like a disco ball. James says Jax is going to fit right in her family of hillbillies. Brittany calls James shit person. Krazy Kristen applauds.
Even Tom Sandoval is appalled at Jax and Brittany right now. Jax wants to start stuff up and then cries to Andy Cohen when James calls them hillbillies. This is insane. Everyone is mad at Tom Sandoval for daring to have an objective opinion. Brittany is losing her damn mind. Andy finally just screams for everyone to shut the fuck up.
Annnnnd SCENE! I think we have two more Vanderpump Rules Reunion Recaps to endure. I need to buy alcohol for that.
Raquel does sound like she’s missing half her brain when she speaks — the way she goes up at the end of every sentence — but it was funny when she pointed out that she’s the only one with a college degree. She handled herself well with the angry mob. And her puppy party looked fun. The rest of them were horrible, minus Tom and Ariana, and Schwartz who was quiet. Schwartz is probably afraid to speak. Lala is despicable.
How’s this for hilarious… Scheana also had a college degree.
Oh yeah she gets props for the way she handled herself even though I missed half of it what with the Weho Witches & Hillbillies going on and on while she was trying to talk.
Two words… closed captioning. It’s your friend for any Bravo show when people talk over each other (in other words, every show on the network). The people working that system seem to have exceptional ears and catch most of the overlapping dialogue.
Schwartz also has a bachelors from FSU.
Ok, but that’s not a real college. That’s like calling ASU a university.
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they need to bring in Caroline Bedol. She needs a job and has no experience. she would fit in nicely.
#HiCaroline
2 things. They may seem related, but the opinions are actually unrelated to each other, i.e., the conclusions were made independently of the other.
1 I grew up in Sonoma Co. where Raquel did. It’s a small place. Numerous conversations. People who know the family, her friend group. The stupidity is real. The pageant she did is a joke- no competition, whatsoever- like 5 total competitors- it’s never been a thing here. More of a joke actually. She IS for real dumber than a rock. No redeeming social value. So, the reactions of the cast are for a reason.
2 James is vapid. They all pick on him obviously, because he is a punk kid trying to be a big shot. And then there is the bona fide alcoholism that adds to his issues. Sorry, but if you step back and look at the situation, he should be ousted. He was, raised by that mother. Remember her? I should feel sorry for him, and have compassion, but he’s so void of humility, that I side with the weho coven. Sorry. Not totally.
And yet, Raquel is the only one that comported herself with any kind of maturity on this reunion. Go get that Masters degree and live your life, and enjoy your employment at Sur next season while doing so. I will admit that the manners/intelligence/maturity bar is set extremely low when you are sitting in the same room with this cast, one of whom set up a fake Twitter account to slander you. If we fed most of these women to barnyard animals, the livestock would starve.
No way she can be a pediatric Occupational Therapist, it sounds altruistic but it is also a HARD job!
I was damn near screaming at my tv. Holy shot I used to love Lala, she just thinks her shit doesn’t stink and she is above all Of them. She should just keep giving bjs for the pjs. I feel like Stassi has grown so much and when she pointed out that what Lala said was rude I was super proud of her. Jax and Brittany are fucking insane, he is a liar, cheat, thief and addict…. allegedly, and they act like he is morally superior to James? What the actual fuck are they smoking? Katie some how seems to think she is perfect and Kristen’s mission to destroy James seems a little weird. I wonder if it has to do with that very fine line between love and hate. And for Jax and the hillbilly to demand absolute loyalty from Sandoval… oh my. Like I seriously was shaking and I have never done that about any of these fucking shows.
Agree with all that you said.
I totally agree! This was a shitshow
Raquel has more education than anyone on the stage. I think she sounds really stupid because she has that dumb California girl speech pattern. She also has more manners than anyone on that stage. She is syrupy sweet and naive. It’s all a bit annoying.
If we are ranking these jackass from most to least “redeeming social value” she outranks pretty much everyone on the show.
Hey I am syrupy sweet & annoying too ! xo Marc Love this recap. LVP will most definitely hire Raquel & make the weho coven combust with rage. LVP a sniper from the side.
Not sure what “California girl speech pattern” means. I know no one here in California swho talks or has inflections like she does. Sometimes people say there is a “valley girl” talk, which can be attributed to some that live her but she doesn’t have this either. She just speaks like a ditz. You can be educated and ditzy.
I think people may be talking about rising intonation? It is where your voice goes up at the end of each sentence? Once you hear it you can’t unhear it? It can drive you crazy? Many people on these shows use it?
Lol RubyLuby! & don’t forget the fry in the back of the throat as statements are voiced like questions. Vocal fry makes my ears bleed & makes folks sound like they do not have the confidence to say what they actually mean. They fry out something they think folks want to hear & keep rest in their throat.
Oh god, vocal fry! I thought it was gone for good. But it’s making a comeback in TV ads, bigtime. It’s all over the place now. “Jesse has GameFly” makes my ears bleed every time I hear it.
The Kardashians are a prime example of the evolution of the Valley Girl way of speaking. The nasal (often whiny) tone — think Scheana. Then we have the rising intonation — where the voice goes up at the end of each sentence — between a statement and a question. That’s Raquel. Stassi has one of the other affectations — adding an “uh” to the end of words — “huge-uh.” Misusing words, limited vocabulary and repetition, and hyperbolic use of words are more widespread, but are hallmarks of Valley Girl. Awesome, when it’s not. Literally, when it’s LITERALLY NOT. (e.g. I literally died!) Ask a VG for the definition of surreal next time you hear it. I just relistened to 1982s “Valley Girl,” by Moon and Frank Zappa. It was SURREAL. LITERALLY, the only thing different are some of the buzzwords.
RealE, I’m more accustomed to Brittany’s dialect. So all the folks in California talk funny to me. 🙂 I also don’t think that Raquel has vocal fry, nor does she talk like a valley girl. You may be right. Perhaps she is just a bit ditzy. She’s also a bit naive. She’s also one of those unicorns that are kind. But I don’t think she is dumb. She’s just a smart little Bambi in a pack of wolves.
I’m hoping that the cute not so dumb after all little Bambi destroys the pack of rabid hyenas. Sorry, I love wolves too much to associate them with that group. Raquel has looks, manners, poise, and youth; the hyenas would sell their souls just to have such positive traits brush against their skeazy selves.
I think that Raquel just really wants to be on TV so she will put up with anything from any of them to get into that circle. You can tell she’s a genuinely nice and caring person but I think she puts on extra for the sake of “fitting in” or at least trying to.
I don’t know if Raquel is bright or not, but, I am pretty sure that Raquel stated she has social anxiety and that it manifested in her intonation, stumbling etc.. Pretty ironic that Lala claims social anxiety when all she really wants is attention. A Masters in Occupational Therapy is no joke. Extremely competitive process to get into a school. Good for her – if that is what she is really doing.
kkbella I had no idea Raquel was Miss Sonoma County. I am a Santa Rosa native, and my aunt was Miss Sonoma County in 1960. How times have changed! My aunt was smart, articulate, worldly, and had a talent for business at a young age when she entered the contest. She became a real estate agent, then became a broker, and she traveled all over the world. She went in to semi retirement in her 40’s, moved to Hawaii, built a gorgeous house on the beach, and bought a helicopter business. Somehow I don’t see Raquel heading down a similar path!
I forgot to add that my aunt only did it for the prize money so she could travel. If it were just for a crown she would not have considered it.
Well, your aunt must just be a fabulous human. Do you realize how dumb you sound?
I sound dumb? Wow! What’s up your ass cunt?
Well that escalated quickly…
What’s an ass cunt? It that something your super special aunt taught you about? I don’t think any pageant queens are taught to degrade those who follow in their footsteps. She would be ashamed of you.
I’m over this season. It was far too long. Jax and Brit think it’s all about them now and Lala needs a dose of reality. I wonder what miss sobriety was smoking backstage in the preview. Personally, I’m ready for Shahs to come back so I can find it went Reza and MJ fell out.
Totally surprised to find out that the Tom’s are not even collecting a salary (WTF). You make Tom quit being a bartender at SUR but you want him to be at Tom Tom as basically a host for free?! Sorry not sorry but Lala acted like a dismissive twat. Then you have James who was acting like a little snarky prick. Lastly, not cool calling Brittany a hillbilly. I wish she had a better come back.
Oh forgot to mention Raquel. She must be”book smart” but lacks common sense. I had a coworker who graduated from Stanford but lacked common sense and social skills.
Is hillbilly a slur? I’m not convinced most of theses fools have any social skills, so I think Raquel will be fine.
From James it was meant as a derogatory comment.
I think both parties have been awful to each other. I don’t agree name calling is right but I think their both acting immature and I don’t see Brittany coming out clean after this reunion.
hehehe. I love James he has a way of getting underneath their skin almost casually. And it doesn’t hurt that he frequently looks like an insane berserker dispensing angry little pellets of vitriol in spitfire fashion. You get an insult, and you get an insult, and fuck you too Lala you get one too. lol.
If Brit had another brain cell, she could have said “better a hillbilly than White Trash like you!”
She has to work no her comebacks if she is gonna be on this show! She was struggling!
Well, James is right quite a bit during this reunion. But I wish he would have used “redneck” instead of “hillbilly”. Hillbilly is used by people who aren’t from Kentucky and it is kinda laughed at where people use that word. Redneck is way more accurate to describe many of my fellow people.
Also LaLa is slowly morphing into a Kardashian.
Joan Rivers
I live where Brittany is from. Her family is redneck.
I grew up in the same town as Brittany’s mother, and knew some of her family. The redneck assessment is 100% correct.
Brittany is totally a hillbilly. Not a redneck. A hillbilly lives near the Appalachians. A redneck is more of a farmer type. And yes, I know Mamaw lives on a farm. Still a hillbilly.
Exactly, Tamara! 100 percent right… There is a geological difference between redneck and hillbilly.
*geographical UGHHH!!!
LOL I’m pretty sure James wasn’t shooting for accuracy there at all. James plays Jax’s emotional insecurities like a virtuoso.
Still definitely meant as an insult from James “. Hillbilly….Go make a peach cobbler” ? that was pretty quick on his feet!
Jax went on live and said we just have to wait, until we see all 3 parts that it’s just getting juicy. (Alcohol a must like TT says!) He apologized to Raquel and Scheana. Brit also got on JAX when he started on James and that didn’t make air. They filmed for 13 hours, so we missed a lot, as usual.
I was surprised Stassi chimed in when Lala was insulting everyone (but directing it at Scheana) That “her man” has something to protect! I’d say she blew that!! Aka: Fofty
This was the perfect review. I cannot stand the hypocrisy. I hope they get rid of all of them and move on to a new group. They are now too old for the messy train wreck storylines that made me like VPR in the first place. I don’t like any of them enough to continue watching these boring repetitive stories.
There’s something to be said for that line of thought when one considers the best part of the season so far was Reunion Show Number 1, and also congrats to them for finally rating 3 reunion shows. I’ll bet it was the Brittany outbursts that sold that deal.
They all can’t stand Raquel because she didn’t jump and leave James when confronted with the cheating allegations. They wanted her to stoop to their level tonight and scream and cuss and she didn’t. She was quite composed for someone who was being treated the way she was, in top of having James acting like a maniac as well.
Yes, this is why I love Raquel. She is playing the long game to get in those opening credits and it’s working, and it’s driving Stassi, Katie, Lala and Kristen batshit. She also has a modicum of self-control and poise, and she gives us moments of absolute gold such as blithely admitting that she doesn’t know who Charles Manson is and saying, “We’re happy together raising Graham.” She is what this show needs. Raquel 4EVA.
YES Permerler YES!!
I actually cannot stand hardly any of them this season, LVP especially included, except for Stassi, oddly, and I’ve never liked her any season. Yes, she’s had her mental meltdowns this season with being so freaking insecure with Beau, but honestly, I totally get where that is coming from – the last two BF’s she’s had have treated her horribly. And, no, I haven’t forgotten how snotty and bitchy she could be back at the beginning for several seasons, but at least with the right man this time, she seems to be maturing leaps and bounds over the rest of the coven. This season just seemed unbearably long and drawn out and I am not even sure I’ll watch Parts 2 and 3 of this reunion – just sick of their childish bickering 24/7. I hope Brittany gets some help because I think she’s developed quite the drinking problem, which may be a consequence of what she went through with Jax cheating with Faith and left feeling as insecure and Stassi has been. I am just completely irresponsibly speculating and perhaps giving her entirely too much credit here because she’s honestly not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, but I think somewhere deep inside she knows Jax will never change and he will cheat on her again. I give that marriage less than a 1% chance of surviving Jax’s attention span and faithlessness – sorry, not sorry, but once a cheater, always a cheater, and he has a VERY LONG history of cheating and cheating and cheating. Sure, he may still be grieving his Dad’s passing, but I have zero confidence his new “maturity and responsibility” will last a hot minute after the “I do’s” are said. As far as LaLa goes – I wish she would go – permanently. She has been a miserable person and she can take James and Raquel with her – I’ve never liked James, not even a little bit. I know, I should feel bad for him being raised by that she-wolf, but I just do not. There’s just something about him I have never liked. I have nothing against Raquel really other than I would assume if James ever left, she would puppy-dog on with him.
She deserves better than that conceited jerk too. She may not be bright either, but she seems a bit sweet and very naive. Oh, and can those 3 also take LVP with them when they leave? I know, I know, it’s The Queen’s show and she’s not leaving this one, like she’s bailed on RHBH, but a girl can dream.
I can’t get behind Stassi because of the ignorant and dumb comments she has made in her Podcast. She takes pride in being “basic” which to be equals stagnant. She isn’t “growing” she just became more aware of how to edit herself. She is likable this season because her boyfriend is on screen and not being a creep.
Well ‘one’ of the things about James is that he guns for girls, must dudes don’t do that. And you know one would think that Kristin punching him in the jaw would have taught him a lesson, but apparently not. Maybe the Weho Hillbilly can hook him up with a horseshoe to the head and see if that works. Just kidding…mostly.
I just rewatched to see if I missed something, nope, I didn’t. To have Brittany screaming that toms his best man is insane. Then in the previews Jax tells Sandoval that he doesn’t have to be in the wedding. The absolute lack of self awareness of this group is stunning. I literally cannot believe how insane and nasty they are being. Jax will never ever change and Brittany kind of deserves whatever she ends up with, a disease or a broken heart it’s all on her.
Your brave i barely made it through the first time
I know right?! I mean come on Brittany he got caught stealing sunglasses, he cheats, he has volatile temper, and he keeps saying he’s going to be looking out for number one in that relationship, himself. He’s sort of telling her exactly what he’s gonna do, and she’s still there doting on the dude. Seriously if he’s saying that shiz to her family members you know he’s going to do exactly what he says.
LVP makes me want to reach through the tv and choke her. She’s such a bitch. She does talk down to the Toms and that condescending manner she spoke to them tonight was BS…asked them if they wanted their machine that sat there for 3 months in the bar why weren’t they there when the bar was being set up? …because you bitch you wouldn’t let them near the bar. It showed during filming how she did not include them, would not let them come to the bar like she was going to surprise them. She has no intention of treating them like partners. They are there to draw tourists and fans and that’s it.
I gotta say I do feel sorry in particular for Tom Sandoval he went into it with a serious disposition intent on doing it well, and right from the get-go LVP sabotages him by denying both of them the opportunity to learn how to stand up a restaurant with a bar. I’m glad he mentioned the cocktails and the amount of time and money they spent working on them, and how that effort got them beneath slim notice. LVP has a lot to answer for there. She better hope they don’t eventually get a lawyer because what she promised them is not what they got out of it.
Yes, that is precisely LVP’s M.O.! This is so much like her commenting to Kyle “I wish you would have come to the TomTom opening” and Kyle responding “I wasn’t invited!! It was a private {some UK magazine} party!” and Lisa said “Yes, but you never came by the months we were building it out.” Kyle said ‘I asked to and you told me not to!!”
So now she says “You should have come in and said something” while we’ve seen footage of her keeping them away “because they ask too many questions and slow things down.”
That Hope story with James seems ridiculous. I doubt that she would appeal to him. She’s kind of gross. I like that Raquel doesn’t care what others think or say and stays composed. Is that all Bravo can offer is yelling and fighting? I am fast losing interest in Bravo shows.
I suspect the more thirsty actors saw the fame that comes with the ratchet behavior and they more or less ratchet up their own. Plus the friends of have to act out to obtain a coveted first runner seat which doesn’t help. Look at New Jersey that show may as well be called by her name because it’s all about the table throwing felon. Atlanta the hair dragger reins supreme there.
I have to be honest….I didn’t even watch this episode. I used to LOVE VPR but just feel it’s the same ol’ shit every season – thirtysomething year olds acting like childish and idiotic early twentysomething years olds. It’s all so played out. I couldn’t stand Stassi but it seems like her and Sandoval are the only ones who have kind of matured (okay, well maybe not Sandoval but at least he has his own opinions and doesn’t feel obligated to conform to his “friends’” points of view). At this point it’s not even fun watching them party and almost seems pathetic (remember the “puke and rally” chant?). Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not sitting here on my high horse thinking I’m better cause everybody deserves to have dun and a good time but unlike the kids on VPR the rest of us continue on with our “adulting”.
Really. I mean how old is Jax now anyway 50 something? James calling him and old man had me cracking up.
He’s 39. But still, it’s odd when Andy says “The kids from Vanderpump Rules”. A few are in their 20’s. Raquel, James, and Lala are in their 20’s. The rest are in their 30’s. Raquel and James (as of the reunion) didn’t even work at LVP restaurants so if Raquel hadn’t been hired, it would have been more difficult to fit them into the show.
Lol I know Sunshine, I was just poking fun. He’s way too old to be acting like a twenty-something. The way he comes down on James seems kind of out there to me. It’s like he views James as his rival for LVP Alpha Male Supreme, and since none of the other guys on this show scream alpha I suppose he is.
I wondered about Raquel’s depth of knowledge, but after she explained the way she is approaching James when discussing his behavior, I think she will be an excellent teacher for special needs kids. I think she has the right temperament for dealing with children.
Raquel is very young and naive but a master’s in OT is no joke. James and Raquel are just a younger, more successful version of Jax and Brittany. Poor Raquel does not have the quick verbal acumen that James has to engage these twats, but James owned them. All of these hags have either cheated with or have been cheated on so who are they to tell Raquel what to do? Schwartz is terrified of Tequila Katie. He will eventually grow to resent her. Jax is the leopard who will never change his spots and the KY muffin will always stand by her man until her liver gives out. Lala will lose him like she got him. Kristen, a drunken, stumbling Praying Mantis gets less attractive as they age. Particularly one who has nothing else going on in their lives except for an unreasonable and indefatigable rage against an ex that consumes it. Sandoval and Ariana, who knows? But they do appear to genuinely like each other so there is that. Stassi will probably run Beau off. Scheana will eventually fade off into oblivion as the aging server turned cougar, chasing after fuck bois. LVP will keep denigrating them all the way to the bank. Time to revamp the cast.
Pretty good breakdown. Sandoval and Ariana that’s a strange coupling there. Not really sure what to make of it. Her issues with her body, and his desire to have kids seem like that relationship isn’t going last, but one can hope I guess.
Do you remember the Tracy Ulman show she played a role by the name of Ruby Romaine who was, if memory serves, a chain smoking former porno makeup artists that would regale the audience with her interesting life stories. That is what I sort of see Sheana turning into only with no really interesting stories.
OMG YES!!!!!!! Definitely Ruby Romaine!
Hilarious!
I cannot believe I liked Stassi more than Lala this season. The WeHo witches are simply bullies. I think Jax and Britt are jealous that James and Raquel are younger and more successful.
I have to agree she did a good job of turning herself around, and I suspect most of that is a direct result of her boyfriend’s ameliorating presence in her life.
I share some of your views of this reunion, but I think I found much more of it delightful viewing. It’s like a characture of a show.
Like when a crew member said as most of the cast sat ready to start filming “We’ve almost got a full house on set, we’re just waiting on Sandoval’s HAIR”
Or the WTF moment when James says to Lala “I see poop coming out of your mouth. You’re shitting on the table. Stop shitting on the table.”
I laughed so much. Give me this over the stupid puppygate of Beverly Hills any day.
Yes! This is how I watched the show. James was killing it.
Let me get this right, while I in no means agree with how James acts, you are really going to tell me that Brittany and Katie are going after James and Raquel when Jax cheated on Brittany(with one person we know of, but I’m sure there was a lot more and will be a lot more) and Bubba has loose lips when he drinks – alot. Brittany honey, Raquel is you, except without the southern accent. I’m starting to wonder if Brittany is the one dumber than bricks. Yes Raquel isn’t the brightest bulb in the bunch, but when I was listening to her talk, you can feel the anxiety coming off of her. It’s the way her voice trembles when these bully’s go after her. And that is what they all are! I mean they are all in their 30’s, some in their 40’s and they are still bullying. As for Lala, they all accept her because they all want to ride Fofty’s friend Randall’s coattails. Lala would be cast aside and ridiculed if she was dating Wilbur the accountant. I give Sandoval and Ariana credit, they know the deal and they weren’t afraid to say it. Let’s not get started with Vanderpump, I’m sure we’ll be hearingsome gossip about Schwart, Sandoval or Arianna from Radar Online now that they went up against the Queen B.
Yes! What you said about Brittany and Lala is so true. I actually think Brittany is a lot dumber than most give her credit for, 2 kids in 8 years later this show will be over and what will she have? Jax the old Jax. Lala is so gross I never got her appeal the moment the cast started finding out exactly who her John I mean boyfriend was they started realizing all the perks that came with being LaLa’s friend.
I’m kind of ashamed of the time I like Lala. I wish Lady C was still around to chastise me for that.
Was Lala ever a “yacht girl”?
I don’t think so, she did do some modeling for clothes I saw on amazon. I just wonder what Randall’s friends and family think of his little cock sucking jet rider.
This was by far the ugliest reunion I’v ever seen, and Lisa was beyond shady.
Last night did it for me. I’ll never watch another Vanderpump Rules again. LVP had to walk off the stage and shed a tear. REALLY !!!!!! Enough of that with she, Jax and Lala. I’ve lost both of my parents and just lost my sister in law all which I lived in same town, saw weekly and loved and I can handle my grief. To begin with Katie looks like she gained 50 lbs. Like a hog purched in a chair. There is no hope for this marriage as I’m sure Schwartz will eventually leave the poof. I can understand why his sex drive is low. Just look at her. I felt sorry for James and Raquel being ganged up on. I wish James had just zipped it. He would have come off a lot better. If I were the Toms I would just man up
and go to Lisa and say “salary” or give us back our investment and walk off. She basically just USED THEM and they are young and vunerable and thought she was trying to help them out. NOT!!!!!!!!! LVP is snide, shady and actually a good con artist. They’ll not profit and need to move on. Lessor learned guys.
Jax and not changed and Brit needs to go back to Kentucky and meet a good guy. She is not Cali.
As for Stassi, Kristen and Sheena they are getting old, worn out and seriously not interesting. However I do think Kristen is still in love with James. She will not let him be. She is like a hawk circling around over him.
Lala is trash…it is impossible for her to clean up. Her marriage is doomed b4 it begins IF it begins.
Yeah with Kristen that fine line of love and hate is sooo visible. She is obsessed with him and the joy she gets from all this is really sick.
I wouldnt sign up for a situation like Tom Tom’s. It seems like they invested in their own slave labor. Anyone thats expecting you to be putting in all those hours for nothing, is probably a con artist. I think Kirsten must have some type of feeling for James too. It does seem like that if youre truely over someone, you cant even muster up all that hatred and vindictiveness like that anymore. Thats a funny thing abour human nature. Its either that or she felt James stood in the way of someone she did love. The only other time I felt like Kirsten does about going after James to get even, and hadnt loved the guy, it was because they sabatooged something for me, played God in my life. So it was tied to someone else. This may have more to do with Sandoval.
“Then Katie says it “ate at her inside” when she heard the stories of James cheating and she doesn’t know how Raquel deals with it.” Katie, how quickly you forgot that your husband likes to kiss girls when he is drunk. How did you deal with that?! Katie needs to leave Raquel alone and deal with her side boob.
I think Tom Sandoval should represent Raquel as a model for his company. They would make more money than working at SUR. Raquel is beautiful.
I am glad Tom stood his ground on his opinions. It is tough when everyone is screaming at you and threatening to kick you out of the wedding. I love Tom even more because he isn’t falling for their conditional friendship crap. You can be the best man if you talk bad about James.
I have to admit I had a hard time watching this episode. They are so dismissive to Racquel and frankly its not a good look for any of them. I do like Brittany but she has rose colored glasses too and she is becoming aggressive like the rest of them. Lala is unbelievably arrogant and has literally no class nor manners. I have also lost my dad and I have never used that excuse to treat people like garbage. She will find out that how she got “Daddy” is how she will lose him. She makes herself look like such a fool defending her nasty behavior. Jax really needs to slow his roll too talk about a hypocrite! I can see why James doesn’t like taking criticism from especially him!
I always wonder how Randall and his friends see Lala, and is he ever ashamed of her blatant gold digging remarks. Hasn’t anyone taken him aside and told him she is trash?
I believe Fofty alluded to that on twitter.
I was hoping that Randall would go broke after paying Fofty back the rest of the million dollars. Lala is such a condescending bitch now, and it’s all based on the fact that her “man” has money. I can just imagine how fast she would clear out of his house if the money dried up. His next step might have been to return all of his leased cars to the dealer and put her Gucci slides on ebay!
I wish James would have thrown up the beer cheese when Jax was talking about him being a DJ. Jax is a looser! He can’t even wipe his own butt!
I’m going to need a vat of wine to watch the remaining two episodes.
Why is the fake twitter account not a bigger mention? It’s disgusting what he does.
I think that Katie was referring to her own experience with cheating when she said it eats her up inside. Tom whispered to her “everybody is different” or something to that affect.
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Yes, I agree. I thought Katie was referring to her own experience.
I took that comment that way as well. Tom is right, everyone deals with a cheating situation in their own way.
That said, there are a lot of pots calling out kettles in this group, a lot!
I don’t understand the concept of Lala. I thought the mark of a good Hoe was that no-one knows you’re a Hoe? Do these powerful men not crave discretion?
I’d be mortified if my Hoe was all over telly talking about sucking me off for a PJ ride. You gonna kiss our kids goodnight with that mouth?
ITA Mark she is quite the vulgar, common little trollop. I can’t think of any parent that would not be mortified by her shenanigans on and off television. If that were my daughter, but then my daughter wouldn’t act like a tantrum throwing toddler.
Since I cannot stand most of these people after this season, I am going to talk about how they looked. What was up with Katie’s boobs? They looked terrible! Kristen looked amazing but she sucks. Lala also looked way better than she did during the season. But she also sucks. Sandoval and Jax looked great. Brittany is odd because sometime she looks good and sometimes she looks frumpy. Stassi looked amazing! So did Raquel. That dress was a bit…..much but her makeup was so good. Stupid Ariana Grande hair, not so much.
They need to get rid of Kristen. She brings nothing to the show. The contrived “take down” of James is bizarre and obsessive.
Wow, it’s like you are in my brain! Everything you wrote I ditto, thanks for saving me the typing ?
If this were the real world, and the Toms weren’t being paid to appear on a tv show, they could not just be investors, and not work, with unknown timelines of when their profits would be paid from the investment. Two former models don’t just invest in a bar and then live their lives with no payout in sight.
I understand that investors/partners don’t normally collect salaries. They get a percentage of the profits. But if the Toms are expected to be there schmoozing people, they should be paid.
Sandoval could work as a bartender at TomTom and still get tips like he did bartending at Sur . Not sure how one would compensate Schwartz.
I thought they had a lawyer look at their contracts. The contracts should have specified when they could collect profits.
Ariana saisaid on podcast that the contract they sign said it was not a legal binding contract on the bottom. She said she always talks to an attorney even for Instagram ads and that’s why she is concerned. They don’t know if they are acually partners as Lisa told them basically its based on a handshake. I would say the podcast but pretty sure I would be breaking rules on here.
My housemate got me watching these trash bags again Tom & Ariana being the exceptions. Yes, Raquel comes off as an airhead but the way everyone goes in on her is disgusting.
I wonder what how much better reunions would be if they STOPPED TALKING OVER EACH OTHER!!! Hmmmm.
Glad I missed the shit show. Thanks for the re-cap Tamara….you are a brave and intrepid woman to be willing to report from this war zone. I’m beggining to think that Bravo needs to retire several shows and this is one of them. Thank God Southern Charm will be on soon.
I think it’s time for a Tom & Ariana spin-off. They are the only 2 I like anymore. Oh, and Stassi & Beau. Boy how times have changed!
I totally get how Raquel comes off as naive and dumb and stutters when she is talking to this group. I’ve been in that position before and it’s really hard to form a sentence when several people are all screaming at you and you are just trying to get a word in edgewise. Then, they shut up for about 4 seconds and you have to formulate your point and get it out there in a hurry before more screaming starts again. I don’t think I’ve seen Raquel with this group when they are not completely ignoring her or trying to drown her out with shouting.
The WeHos are a pack of hyenas out for blood and they don’t care about reason or logic or who’s right or wrong. It’s just a mob out to destroy.
Lala is thirsty for fame and fortune but has nothing to offer the world. When she burns through Ran The Man, her future will only hold older and older men with “money” who only want what’s left of her looks.
I’m a bit confused about Brittany’s family having concerns about Jax being number 1 because I thought those southern bible religions emphasized the man being the head of the family at all times, so that should line up with their beliefs. Who knows?
In one-on-one conversations, Raquel suffers from the same delay in thought that Carol Radziwell has. Carol is smart, but is not quick. Raquel may be smart too for all we know. She is definitely not quick. She needs time to digest what she’s heard and formulate a response.
When Lala apologized to her, Raquel just stared and blinked for several seconds. Saying “Thank you” wasn’t an automatic response, which caused such a delay that Lala got impatient and said “you’re welcome.” Lala was two steps ahead of Raquel.
Even in her conversations with James, she is quiet most of the time. That’s very unusual for the woman in the couple to say so many fewer words than the man. Normally women are more verbose than their partners.
LVP is dressed like the Guest Ringmaster for the Bad Apple Circus.
Okay, just wow. I put off watching the reunion until this AM. What an amazing assortment of horrible people on those couches.
Please someone put Lala in her place. She is trash. She does act like a high class call girl and has no room to call anyone out and needs to stop talking about supporting women. Her saying she had the right to act out because of her grief was insulting to all of us that have grieved. She always acts badly and 100% used her grief to give her a pass. She is an insult to all women. Lisa, fire her! Brittany is getting to big for her britches. She is losing her sweet demeanor and needs to be put her place. She is boring at this point. Jax calling out James makes himself look pathetic. Who is Jax to say anything. People who are trying to be a better person act like a better person. He is jealous of James as is Katie. Katie we are so over you crying about being called fat. You have been such a bully and still are. STOP IT. You are fat and boring and self righteous now. We don’t want to listen to preach about your great relationship. You are going to hit the skids and I hope you are attacked the way you have attacked others. We are happy Raquel will be at working at Sur. We want to see more of James. Kristen needs to leave the show. Time for new blood. Staci is still relevant as well as the Toms but everyone else needs to go.
Whoa that was ugly. Even though I’ve often found James annoying, the shrieking harpys tearing at his and Raquel’s flesh totally made me root for them.
Has James really done anything worse than Jax has done?
Wtf happened to Brittany…. I thought she lost her mind when she forgave Jax but i have lost all respect for her after the way she acted on the first part of the reunion.
Really a sunglass hut commercial??? um isnt that the store he was shoplifting from??