I don’t feel like we got an answer for why beau, Taylor and Kristina don’t like Katie? They told us they didn’t but why? Shouldn’t a reality show answer these questions? Is it just because Stassi was on the outs with her?
I listened to Katie and Dayna’s Stassi podcast. And at least two times that said they would tell someone something off air or made a comment about someone being a covert narc and muted the name (likely LVP). But, in my opinion, this is maybe the single most annoying thing a podcaster can do (not tell the audience what they’re talking about/tell a secret on air). A podcaster should make the audience feel like a part of the conversation. Like friends who are all talking. Why didn’t they just cut those parts out? Katie/Dayna if you’re reading this, it’s a really annoying habit of radio people.
On Katie and Dayna’s podcast, Stassi was surprised at the negative comments she’s getting on social media about the show. She said she forgot how bad it is and feels it’s worse now because of the think pieces (like this post). How is this possible that she forgot what it would be like? Stassi has been on reality tv her entire adult life. How is she surprised at all by the audience reaction? I’m surprised that she’s surprised. Didn’t she coach her family about reality tv? And she also said she didn’t want her mom on the show because she knew her mom would get a lot of hate. So she knew her mom would but she didn’t know she herself would?
Of everyone on bravo, who reminds you a little too much of an ex? For me it’s Patrick from VPR. 😨 I dated a Patrick.
In the grand tradition of reality shows, when cast members get a lot of pushback, they hide their lives in the next season, leading to a boring show. I wonder if Stassi will use season 2 to highlight the good parts of her relationship? She’ll get her Stassi fans back but the show won’t be as good. So what does she choose? A good show or a good reputation/relationship with the people in her life?
I know this has been discussed probably a million times already but it seems to have never been resolved. Did Katie and Schwartz even plan to
actually get married season 5? How could they have just not mailed in the marriage certificate? When I got married my officiant mailed it in. Do you think they decided to go ahead with the wedding but put off the actual marriage? How could they go from that bachelor party to marriage?
Thank you Danny Pellegrino for watching this train wreck and doing a podcast of it! I’ve been dying to hear someone’s thoughts on this (other than the cast promoting it). It is so funny and exactly what I needed to put the bow on this hot mess of a show.
So Brittany said on the reunion that Jax is posting about her looks on Reddit. I wonder how many regular people in here are routinely liking Jax’s mean (abusive) posts about Brittany?
When Stassi came back groveling on VPR, Lisa said at the reunion that if it weren’t for the show none of them would have ever heard from Stassi again. I think she was right. Stassi has no one in her life that she can’t control. Everyone is scared of her because they know if they mess up, she’ll cut them completely out of her life. Who would ever want to get close to someone who does that? You would always have to be afraid of pissing her off and losing the relationship. This show needs Katie desperately because she’s the only one who acts normal and really not like an employee. Shes acting like LVP who everyone has to bow down to.
If someone cuts me out of their life for no good reason I will never take them back because I know they will do it again and again. There are certain people in this world who enjoy icing people out or cutting them out as a form of control. Kyle Richards on RHOBH does it also. The second ghosting of Katie proves what I’ve always thought. Katie should have never forgiven Stassi the first time she cut her out of her life. She did it again and when the show is over she’ll do it again.
We have a dog with some chronic health conditions and have always gone to nc state for hospitalizations. But the past two times we’ve gone we’ve had some pretty severe errors occur. And it makes me nervous to continue taking him back. Is there a better vet hospital in the Raleigh area other than nc state? I’m not sure what’s going on at nc state, maybe the students don’t have enough supervision or aren’t properly trained. It stinks because they have all of our records and I don’t want to change but I can’t keep risking my dog’s health every time he is hospitalized there. I worry about complaining because what if that causes them to treat him even worse?
So I’m old. I’ll start with that. But when I watch west and Jesse on summer house, and now the people on next gen, the way they constantly use slang grates on my nerves. Did guys do this when we were young? Are they just unusually stunted/rich kids? They talk like my middle school nephew talks but actually they use more slang. Brooks doesn’t do it. Kyle doesn’t do it. I’m not sure I could date a man who talks like a 16 year old tiktoker.
I was convinced I had bed bugs. Tore the bed and couch apart, washed everything, searched and searched and found nothing. I had little red extremely itchy bites next to each other. Started spreading to different areas and again, still single small little red bites. Looked nothing like poison ivy at first, not oozing or blistery. Went to the doctor, he took one look and said poison ivy. I went outside and scanned the yard identifying every leaf I saw and eventually found the offending devil plant. Yep, poison ivy. So… poison ivy can look like bed bug bites at first.
The final seasons of VPR (starting around season 7) the cast gave us nothing. They were fully hiding their real lives at that point. Jax and Brittany were pretending to be happily engaged. Sandoval and Ariana weren’t talking about all the stuff going on in their relationship. Katie and Schwartz were on the outs but pretending they were fine. Kristen would only mildly talk about carter. Lala was acting like randall was a stand up guy. And stassi and beau were getting the good edit. And they all had new mcmansions and money. So they were all acting like everything was fine. The valley might be “dark” as people say but at least we’re seeing whats really going on with their emotions and relationships. This is what was always great about VPR, they showed it all. And we’re finally seeing after years of frustration what their lives look like as married people having kids. I for one love it. It just feels so much more raw than late season vpr. It feels like early vpr.
If I buy something heavy from marketplace or an estate sale, what are my best options for getting it to my house? I love real wood furniture but everyone I know is at the age where it’s not a good idea to be moving heavy furniture ourselves. I’d prefer the safest option vs the cheapest option.
Every time I see one of Gina’s dance videos I have to quickly scroll past because it annoys me so much. My theory is because they remind me of everyone doing this during Covid. A horrible miserable and scary pandemic so let’s all get together and do a choreographed dance! Or they remind me of the secret lives of Mormon wives girls. Or Melissa Gorga. I’m not entirely sure but something about it drives me up the wall. And it seems to always be annoying people who do this. It’s just so freaking corny! Am I alone?
At first this season seemed really slow but it has picked up and to me is one of the best shows on bravo right now. What you see is not what you get and it’s fascinating watching them play the game. Especially watching the show and after show vs the audience reaction after the episodes are actually airing. The men on the cast plus Nia and Kristen all thought this was going to go a different way. They thought they could make Janet and Brittany and Lala the villains again. You can see that by their talking heads and the after show. But they misjudged the audience reaction. So they’re going to need to completely change their tune at the reunion. And then Jesse is constantly trying to manipulate and spin things (now Brittany is the villain according to him.) but you have the OGs Schwartz and Lala who are going to stick up for Brittany. And Jesse can only hide his evilness but so much. It’s just so interesting to see how they all thought this would play out vs. the reaction as it airs. They think they can manipulate the audience and I hope people continue to see the real villains as they are (the men mainly which was the same with VPR). Men trying to blame the women and hoping the audience goes along with it.
I would LOVE to see Jesse try to go up against Tamra. He’s like everything she’s ever hated in someone all wrapped up in one douchy package. I kind of want them to be on for one season just so that I can see it.
I’m seeing so many posts about how dark the valley is and they need to fire this one or that one. And how everyone is so personally affected by danny’s behavior. Danny is an asshole and a bad drunk. But so what? We’re not married to him. I’ve seen so much worse stuff on bravo over the years than drunk, belligerent danny. Why is everyone so bothered by watching this? It’s not THAT dark. Maybe my threshold is much higher.
Nia repeatedly says that she likes to keep her and Danny’s issues private and deal with them on their own. But the entire premise of a reality show (especially a messy one like the valley) is to see people’s real lives. And real relationship issues. And real personal issues. They can’t be like RHOBH and pretend that we’re tuning in for lifestyle stuff. Why do they think we want to watch them if not for messiness? To watch them raise kids? Half the audience has kids of their own. For their lifestyle? Again many in the audience have just as much money as them. I’m so curious what Danny and Nia think their role on the show is if not to show their real lives.