Before we get to this week’s Shahs of Sunset recap, there are a few things happening in real time to catch you up on. Let’s start with Golnesa. Today she held a baby shower for the baby she is expecting in April. Golnesa announced that the baby is a boy, and his name will be Elijah. She named him after her adolescent crush, Elijah Wood (though she calls him Elijah Wood). She also says that it worked out that it is a Jewish name since her sperm donor is Jewish.
Also this week, Tommy Feight Tweeted that Golnesa posted terrible tweets during MJ’s very difficult labor. MJ went through 2 rounds of IVF. She had polyp surgery. MJ was placed on bedrest three separate times. She had a cerclage, choleostasis and placenta accretta at 46 years old. Mercedeh was in a coma at the time Golnesa was tweeting horrible things.
Tonight, a short time after the horrible tweets, Golnesa got IVF and became pregnant. Sadly, Golnesa nearly lost her life after her first successful IVF transfer last spring led to an ectopic pregnancy that required emergency surgery and the removal of both Fallopian tubes. She lost the first pregnancy that we see on the show tonight. Let’s get on with the Shahs recap!
Are We Really Ready For Another Vegas Trip?
As Reza packs for his trip to Las Vegas to meet with someone about his haircare line, Adam suggests converting the garage into a closet. Reza makes it clear how dumb that idea is. But my question is if they custom built this house why don’t they have enough closet space for the two of them?
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We still are supposed to believe that Reza invested $500K in this endeavor. Reza is in debt up to his eyebrows and does not have $500,000 to invest. This is even dumber than the fake check Craig Conover wrote to JD once on Southern Charm. It’s a favorite move for Bravo. Golnesa bails on the trip to Vegas. So only Sara and Destiney are coming with Reza and Adam.
Reza Reminisces About Trying To Drown MJ In Vegas
Reza tells us he is sad MJ is not there in Vegas because they have gone together so often. Yes, and every time he either treated her like shit, or outright tried to kill her. Production even shows a brief clip of Reza trying to drown her in the bathtub during season one when she was highly inebriated.
YAY! We finally get an episode with Mercedeh and Tommy and baby Shams! The other fools were filming and plotting against MJ for weeks while she was recovering from numerous serious health issues. What great friends they are. Mama Vida arrives and is already asking about Shams learning Farsi and becoming a lawyer in a Persian law firm.
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YAY! We finally get an episode with Mercedeh and Tommy and baby Shams! The other fools were filming and plotting against MJ for weeks while she was recovering from numerous serious health issues. What great friends they are. Mama Vida arrives and is already asking about Shams learning Farsi and becoming a lawyer in a Persian law firm.
Does Adam Put The Ho in WeHo?
The next scene with Tommy and MJ has a furious Tommy talking about how Reza didn’t come to the hospital when she was in a coma or when she was in ICU. I don’t think he has ever even met the baby. MJ says that Reza text to Tommy was basically, “Prayers for a speedy recovery.” However, production shows us it was more than that. He did as Tommy to let him know if he needed anything. There was however no desire on Reza’s part to go see his best friend in ICU.
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Tommy is heated and talking about Adam’s alleged sexual promiscuity. Production flashes us back to the season finale of last season where discussion about Reza and Adam having an open marriage was detailed. Mike also talked about Adam sharing sexual conversations with him. MJ also tells us that Adam is known for his sexually deviant sense of humor.
Making Poor Decisions
Mike goes to Nema’s house to have chat. It should be noted that Tommy says that Mike, Nema and Sherv were the only ones who were not talking all kinds of crap about MJ. These two have a dog masseuse coming over to work on their dogs. Nema’s dog has a back issue and Mike’s dogs are just … French. Mike wastes no time in going in on Nema over the women he “dates” claiming he is leading them on. First of all, Mike Shouhed had no leg to stand on when it comes to how to treat women.
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Secondly, Mike of all people knows that Nema’s dating storylines are fake. Mike really tries to sell that he is a changed man with Paulina. Nema wonders what on earth someone with two kids would be doing with Mike Shouhed. He comes out and says that Mike is not ready to be a stepdad. So he takes is dogs and leaves. Later, Mike tells Paulina what Nema said about Mike being around her kids. Then Mike does a talking head saying that Nema needs therapy. BWAHAHAHAH Nema is the most stable person on the show. That’s why some of you say he is boring. We were also subjected to another Nema dating scene. Nema talks about himself nonstop for ages. She bails.
Who Is Sara Supposed To Be Pretending To Know?
Poor Sara is stuck filming with Destiney on the trip to Vegas. Golnesa’s egg implantation procedure is making Sara’s life miserable. I love that Sara is not Team Destiney. Oh, in other real time news, Shahs is moving to Friday after tonight. Which is great for me. I wondered if the show was in trouble but it has good ratings and has already been picked up for next season. That’s good for me, but the problem is, Bravo thinks that Destiney and Reza are great. It seems any hope for the return of Asa is out the window. Destiney is so annoying.
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At least Sara doesn’t have to share a hotel room with Destiney. They both got really nice ones. Destiney seems to think very highly of herself now that she has an A storyline this season (for which she should thank Mercedeh). Didn’t she used to be overly insecure? I am liking Sara already for wondering why Destiney wanted to tell her a story about the time she was mistaken for a Vegas hooker. Apparently, she called her brother and asked him to show up.
Sara’s brother, Sam actually lives in Vegas. So she didn’t call him to come to Vegas. In a confessional, she talks about how she worries about Sam’s decision making. Did I mention Sara used to hook up with R Kelly? Sam’s only job is to be a “professional gambler.” The waiter says asparagus is in season. It seems Destiney is in heat and Sam has noticed. After dinner they all head to play Top Golf. Sara shares that Sam sleeps with everyone she knows. She asks him not to fuck her. It is totally happening.
Golnesa’s Last Puff?
Golnesa she has barely gone two hours without smoking weed since it was legalized. She is getting her last puffs in right before she head out for her egg implantation. She is already worried about no smoking for 40 weeks. You can join our debate over that issue here in comments. It’s been going on for days. Just so you know people are VERY opinionated in these comments. Anyway, Golnesa got her IVF embryo transfer. The good news is that GG’s parents seem very happy about the baby coming. So, they can raise it. The bad news is, they are the ones who raised GG.
And with that, we are half way through the season.
Little Shams is so freaking adorable! MJ also seems calmer (tired) but Tommy not so much ? He might need to turn down the volume just a bit around the baby? Vida showed incredible restraint, I don’t think she criticized MJ once.
Mike is a disaster but I’m not sure why Nematode (I’m leaving the autocorrect in solidarity with one of the commenters from last week) feels he needs to give relationship advice to Mike in the first place. Good thing he’s hot so I can tune out the conversation and admire how his blue shirt is bringing out his blue eyes ?
Now that GG isn’t going To Vegas I have to look at Sara the Avatar and Destiney. Great. I could only take Destiney’s “sexy” face for a quick second before I hit fast forward. Gross.
Is Reza’s shampoo company footing the bill for the Presidential Suite and all the fancy foods? I don’t know about anywhere else but around here Sally Beauty is a very poor relation to the Sephora’s and Ulta’s. It looked about the size of the one near me that is always empty.
Sara the Avatar! You nailed it….I couldn’t put my finger on what I thought was strange about her look!
Reza is copying Kenya Moore’s blueprint for her haircare line right down to Sally’s. Sally’s is a national chain so that makes it a big deal, but it is for a … um… different clientele than Sephora and Ulta. Sally’s Beauty Supply used to be for hair stylists and in the olden days you could not shop there without showing some sore of permit to do hair at least for some products.
The rooms at the hotel were comped by Waldorf Astoria for advertising. It is one of the first times it has worked for me because I didn’t even know there was a Waldorf Astoria in Vegas. That said, I have no business in Vegas or anywhere that encourages staying up all night and drinking endless free drinks that are offered every five minutes. I’m way too old for that now and this old liver can’t handle the load anymore. 🙂
We finally see a maternal side to Veeda. It took baby Shams to bring it out of her. Reza is a friend to no one. He couldn’t make the. Mj in a coma storyline about him so he didn’t want to be bothered.
Your first few paragraphs reminds us of how fucking dangerous being pregnant is. Glad they both made it through.
When you’re 46, overweight and overall unhealthy, yes, it’s dangerous. Has MJ become a saint since being pregnant and delivering a baby? All of her garbage is now forgiven?
Not a saint. Some of us just like her and she is usually the one getting ganged up on. Often, in the human species, women in particular feel this thing called compassion for other women who had a near death experience while giving birth. In addition, having a baby often mellows people and centers their priorities. And again, women often have compassion for victims of upsetting, shouty phonecalls from their aggressive male “best friend” when the are fresh out of a coma and likely had not even been able to hold her child yet.
Also, please expand on her lack of health. I’ll pass on this information to her that she clearly is unaware of. I’m sure she will appreciate your diagnosis.
Well said. MJ is the only reason I watch. Used to like GG but, not now. MJ has often been on the wrong end of Reza’s bullying bullshite! He did her dirty when Asa came on, and he decided to hitch his wagon to her.
Some of us do like MJ. You saw how her mother treated her, no wonder she drank. Plus, she likes the taste of food. Stop body shaming her. Would you body shame her if she was anorexic?
What is the difference between her drinking alcohol and GG smoking weed every hour of the day? Does that mean one baby will be better than the other? In my opinion, no, they both are wrong for their choice of self medicating. But I do believe you need to understand the seriousness of MJ’s medical conditions and show sympathy and empathy. We too show GG the same sympathy when she had her medical issues during her pregnancies. You don’t have to agree with their lifestyle, but as a human, have empathy that her bff didn’t even visit her when she was in coma. He visited her father when he was sick, but not MJ? Going to party in Vegas was more important that your bff dying?
I really only watch for MJ at this point. I love seeing baby Shams and the family, but also sad Reza’s storyline has to ruin their shots.
I really can’t believe Reza would do this (eh, maybe I can), he and MJ have been friends for over 30 years. Adam seems off this season. Maybe it’s me realizing he’s got weird texting fetishes, or that he’s checked out if the marriage (glad they don’t have kids).
GG never missing an opportunity to kick a rival when they’re down, also has no sympathy. For this, I am extremely worried about her baby, along with her erratic and violent behavior.
Mike, well, glad to see him in a promising relationship- but really hope he takes his dad’s advise about the construction – that his brother’s money, not just his he’d be pissing away.
I always thought there was something a little off about Adam, I can’t explain it.
Mike doesn’t have any money invested in the construction. His “investment” is his project manager skills (of which he has none) and for that he will be pulling a salary paid for by his brothers. Scary, scary thought.
I see why his parents are on him about this, it will drive the family apart if he doesn’t pull it off. Sad to think about.
first: After a few episodes which spared us the most mysogenistic opening credits lyrics of all time, I see that crap introduction is back unchanged. next, i used to really like this show Especially the seasons with shervin. Now it’s just Destiney voyvoyvoying with no real story line. The show now reminds me of 16 and pregnant morphing into teen mom. Once the lead characters are making all of their income off of the show and not from things like being a real estate agent or living off of your parents largesse, It loses its appeal. As an example, I liked when Gigi’s sister appeared. now gg’s attempt at parenthood is just a distorted reflection of real life parenting. i can’t believe this dreck has now been resigned fir another season!
I hadn’t noticed the coming and going of the Misogynists National Anthem. I have been saying FOR YEARS that Asa has a great song called Terangeles that is ABSOLUTELY PERFECT for this show.
Why, Does.No.One. Listen. To. Me?
“Why does no one listen to me?” you ask.
Because you MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE!
Sure, you put it out there about spending months in bed in reindeer pants and other “crazy” stuff. But, seriously, you would have made an excellent high school or middle school counselor. You GET IT.
I spent DECADES believing I was genetically insane. Mom was “insane.” Granmere had a “nervous breakdown” and spent a year at a sanitarium in 1937, so OF COURSE I was insane. Only, Mom had (then undiagnosed) postpartum depression and Granmere had tuberculosis and the stigma was worse than a nervous breakdown. SHE WAS THE MOST SANE and STRONGEST woman I’ve ever known.
The best thing I’ve learned from Bravo and other “reality” shows is that I may be poor, fat, and struggling with depression, BUT I am a kind, caring, smart, SANE person who made bad choices. These Reality people are either CRAZY or bad actors.
Tamara… E. Jean was “let go” from Elle. There is a void for an advice columnist with a wicked sense of humor… just sayin’…
LOL. I have a problem with authority. I enjoy being my own boss and even I think I am a bitch to work for sometimes. 🙂
I did teach middle school and High school both were one year in and out. I left high school during my second year after a girl pulled a knife on another girl (the knife wielder was the school nurse’s daughter) daughter. It was kind of hysterical because all the guys hit the floor and the girls all screamed. I hit the button and asked for security, the principal and the nurse. It was a while before someone wandered out to my trailer. My mother (RIP) didn’t want we there in the first place and was apoplectic that I went back for a second year. My principal blamed me for having more behavior issues than other teachers despite the fact that I was a reading teacher and my classes were full of students who were functionally illiterate juniors and seniors who had been passed on all their lives for behavior problems because they didn’t want to risk having them for another year. The principal didn’t do a thing to any of the behavior problems. Not even a phone call home. So I finally bailed and the principal did the happy dance when I left.
Second grade and college freshmen are the only two populations I would ever do again.
Today was Dr. Seuss day and I used to get in trouble for having my whole day Dr Seuss themed lessons. IN SECOND GRADE. Apparently, the other kids (who I actually invited but their teachers refused) didn’t get the activities and it wasn’t fair to other students. I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!
Anyway, I stood out in the rain waiting for the old grandma who walks three random very young kids home every day to give them their own Dr. Suess books from my library. Sadly, the kids had run home to get out of the rain leaving grandma with her umbrella and her frustrations there to meet the crazy lady that gives her gift cards (from someone who sent them to Lawn kid, please DON’T send more I have a wealth of them to spread around, the Dr. Suess books when all she wanted to do was get out of the rain. I hear you saying you could have just waited for the rain to stop another day. BUT THE RAIN IS NEVER EVER GOING TO STOP AND IT IS DR. SUESS DAY!!!! The best school day of the year! Or maybe just for my students… 🙁
Oh and a few of my favorite mid schoolers had parole/probation officers for really horrific crimes.
Also, I am perfectly sane during Lentil season thank you very much. I mean you know other than screaming at Grandmas to wait in the rain to get books and well…nevermind. BUT I AM SANE-ISH dammit!
“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There no one alive that is you-er than you!” — Dr. Suess ?
Happy Dr. Seuss Day everyone! ?
Or 1 fish 2 fish, blue fish, orange fish… but I thought the above was more uplifting lol! So bummed about Pete.
My point, exactly. You GET IT. The Suess books for graduation presents proves it!
I could read all day, every day anything both you and TT write, just sayin’
Happy Dr. Seuss day everyone!
Sorry I didn’t see yours until after I submitted mine. And I totally agree with you about their writings. Happy Dr. Seuss Day, Kipper! ?
Thank you?
Destiney voyvoyvoying is HILARIOUS! I can’t stand her thirsty ass.
Not many people on this show have any redeeming qualities. At this point I watch for Baby Shams, Tommy & Nema. I don’t care for the rest of the cast and their back stabbing ways.
I miss Asa, Shervin, Asifa and Bobby. I’d also rather watch Lilly navigate marriage/motherhood than Reza and Adam’s unequal relationship.
I thought I was crazy! When I heard that stupid intro start I was questioning my sanity. Thank you for making me feel better ?
irony is not lost on anyone that Tommy is the only guy on this show who, in the words of the bravo mysogynistic anthem that opens the show, “digs a lot of chicks.” Nuttin wrong with being out or on the down low but can we PLEASE get a different song?
Wait, what?! GG is Muslim, yet she is naming her child a Jewish name because she used Jewish sperm? Was she unable to locate good Muslim sperm? And she is naming him after her high school crush? Does anyone else see that she stopped her maturity level in high school? This is crazy to me! I really hope someone gifted her a baby knife during the baby shower. This baby will be laying right next her to knife in the sofa, while she is puffing the magic dragon. I want a show just on GG raising a child.
I love the photo of MJ and Shams. He is so precious. Has Reza met Shams in real time? I can do without Destiny. In trying to get an A story line, she threw MJ under the bus when MJ needed her friends support the most.
To my knowledge only Sherv came to the hospital. He has probably met Shams. Mike is good with MJ but doesn’t seem the type to go see the baby. Ditto Nema. Reza, GG etc have not had any contact with MJ and the baby that I know of though of course MJ and Tommy will be in scenes with all of them in future episodes.
Oh, no. I somehow —don’t ask where — got the idea that they would barely overlap with the others. I guess if any violence or dangerous situations had occurred that it would have been in a blind or exclusive before now.
Do you think there will be a reunion of this season since it was filmed so long ago?
Yes of course, it will film in early to mid April and Golnesa will be ready to pop! Perhaps she can HAVE the baby at the reunion. We haven’t done that yet!
My plan to not watch the worst Bravo shows is holding. I will watch this episode to see MJ, Tommy, and Baby Shams. Even Veda.
The part that made me laugh most in the recap is that Reza forgot to make a 2-story Toya closet in his “custom” home. (If Heavenly builds her 3-story closet, Reza will need a TOWER closet to top it.)
AND the reference to the fake check Craig Conover handed to JD. Bwahahaha, I hadn’t thought of that in a long time. Bravo should just use those giant checks like on Ellen and it would be more accurate. (Except Ellen’s are representations of real checks, Bravo’s giant checks would be the realest they would be.)
I just realized that Sherv isn’t on the show anymore!! I thought they showed him at the party. Damn, I liked him :(. As for Sara omg she does look like an avatar (BeetsWhy). That scene with GG and her mom driving reminded me of my mother’s driving. I always forget to take a xanax or smoke before I get in the car with her.
What happened to female empowerment? There is no love between our three original leading ladies, MJ, Asa, AZ and GG – and it is crazy. Reza has betrayed all you and instead of banding together through your extremely tough pregnancies, the back StAbbing continues.
Get together with all your baby boys; you have all been in each other’s shoes. First with filming Shahs and now with motherhood. Please find your way back and achieve some redemption!!!
Who is AZ?
I have no idea this is why we have commenting rules.
I remember there was a scene early in Reza and Adams relationship that intimated they both were into this and it came out of Reza’s very own pie hole. So Adam being a freak-ho is no shock. Not to mention that “presenting” like an animal in heat way that he was laying on the tennis court.
Anyway,Is MJ a saint? No, she is a human who faced death, that alone will change people, I’m giving her the benefit of the doubt and compassion as she’s been through hell this past year, and her close friend was more worried that his property was being sublet.
I just added a Dr Suess post! So go add yours! BTW It’s Red Fish, Blue Fish, One Fish, Two Fish. That was the theme of my room one year.
My blue fish orange fish was a failed attempt at political humor in light of Super Tuesday. Just so you know that I actually do know what the correct words are… my CRS isn’t that bad, yet! Lol
Ah! That is actually quite clever! I am sleep deprived and doing my taxes and just slow on the uptake in general these days. 🙂 #purplefish who is temporarily a #bluefish
Yes and I’m headed out for retail therapy before I have a nervous breakdown waiting to see if the purple fish wins here tonight. I might not come home if he does… just keep driving until I reach the ocean! (Might as well aim for Cuba) I voted early for Pete so I guess I wasted my first vote ?
I don’t even watch Bravo anymore. Been boycotting it since Jan 1. But I still read the posts and comments. I am shocked at all the truly mean comments. I’m no sensitive snowflake, and come here for snark. But I’m noticing a lot of comments that cross the line of snark to just plain mean. It’s like watching the misogyny channel nonstop has voided people’s ability to exercise compassion. Maybe it’s also a byproduct of the division we live in today. Whatever the case, for all the super bitchy comments, lighten up, Francis! As Dr. Seuss said, “A person is a person, no matter how small.” (Or large in this particular thread) A near death experience usually does change a person’s perspective, as does motherhood. And going after fat moms who used to drink a lot? Well clearly y’all are clueless of the people who read here. Just saying. Disappointing. Sometimes it is not what you say but how you say it. It’s not even that serious. FFS it’s a shitty tv show!
Mmmkay. Well I stand by my opinion. Maybe it doesn’t negate it, but it shouldn’t define her either. People can evolve. I have a soft spot for her because of her mother’s treatment of her and what she went through. I don’t think she gives a shit what either of us think. I wish you the best of luck in your ivory tower. I just think we’d all be better off not being so extreme in our judgement of others. Especially those we don’t actually know. I mean really, What benefit is there in putting all that negativity out there or onto another? It just seems overly nasty to me. We have enough of that shit IRL on the daily with the current divisive climate. And FWIW, I wasn’t singling you out. But, Whatevs.
We have a lot sally’s here (New England Yankee here- I know, I know..) and I think I may have mentioned i stopped in one recently, and although I did see Reza’s line, IIRC there were only about three products, and they were tucked almost out of sight. When I say three products, I don’t mean just three different types. There was literally a single bottle of each, and they looked rather dusty.
Maybe it’s also the Yankee in me, but I would’ve expected nothing less than my husband taking a bat to something after Reza’s treatment of MJ after what they had just experienced. I can’t imagine the emotional trauma of coping with the joy of having their first child, followed immediately by the fear of nearly losing your wife after childbirth, compounded with the realization MJ will never be able to carry another biological child…meanwhile,her narcissistic “friend” of 30 years is blasting her private medical information all over social media, when they hadn’t even had a chance to cope with it themselves. Reza should count his lucky stars that some potted plants received the brunt of that anger, and not his face, as far as I’m concerned.
Also, Destiney can go. I’m sick of watching her cry. Was I the only one wondering if she got a nose job after seeing her confessionals last week, though?
” I’m sorry MJ suffered so much during her pregnancy and delivery, but ” I stopped reading after the but because it was then I knew you are a giant, gapping, cunt.
I have deleted a commenter in her entirety today. That means all of her comments are gone from this site. If you responded those comments will have also disappeared. Sorry. It was for the greater good. I ignored her for a bit, because I didn’t want my minor friendship with MJ to cloud my attempt to allow negative comments, but she was just awful and I know MJ reads here. When I completely wipe someone from the site, she hated everyone, all female. There were two people she defended, LVP and Andy Cohen.
I feel I made the right decision.
Thank you. It was ridiculous!
I shudder to think of GG as a mom, when she couldn’t even keep it together for an hour without smoking week. She clearly has anger/violence issues. I have sympathy for her, but she should NOT be having a child on her own.
Reza’s event at Sally seemed kind of pathetic to me.
This show and Vanderpump Rules seem like they have run their course.