I'm sorry, is this too mean? 🫣

I feel like it might be a touch too mean.

As a veteran publicist/crisis management publicist with twenty years under my belt, I can undoubtedly recognize another publicist’s handiwork in the blink of an eye.

This 1000% comes from Brittany's new PR team -- whomever she's using for PR now absolutely fed Kristen these lines ("trusted paid professional?" Is she kidding? 😂).

The problem is that Kristen:

1. isn't a good actress
2. clearly has difficulty with memorization

THE ENTIRE TIME SHE’S SPEAKING, she either looks up and to the left trying to recall her talking points or, she may appear like she's looking Andy in the eye, but that's a trick we use when a client has difficulty with memorization -- we'll tell them to look at the eyebrows, or the space between the eyes to make it appear that they're making eye contact.
However, they're untrained, so they always end up flustered and frazzled, and fluctuate between looking up and to the left AND the eyebrow area, because theyre desperately trying to recall the memorized/overly rehearsed talking points (you could tell there was more Kristen was supposed to say, but she forgot what it was).

Her delivery sounds so unnatural and nervous, BECAUSE there's clearly an agenda there (plus, she desperately wants to get it right).
This ends up betraying her, which you can hear in her cadence, tone, pacing, inflection, prosody, all of it.

It all sounds so scripted and tightly managed, that it ends up fooling no one.

I'm just kidding about the whole fight me part, lol... but I DO wholeheartedly think that 13 was the best season ever (all star seasons not included).

Season 13 was an absolute powerhouse of pure talent, and a rollercoaster of drama right from the start.

The tension peaked very early on with Sandhya and the bullying allegations (with some referring to her as a "professional victim").

I know Sandhya came here from a completely different culture than ours, so she deserved some grace when it came to social cues.

While she seemed like a genuinely lovely person... she may have bitten off a bit more than she could chew, as she seemed far too sensitive for this particular show (while also being blissfully unaware of what an intense, frenzied, and hyper-competitive environment PR is).

That's all I'll mention that isn't competition related.

The workroom was a constant pressure cooker environment, and this was a season where everyone kept everyone else on their toes... and on edge.

There was the infamous "Char elimination" scandal, where Tim had to use his Tim Gunn Save to bring her back after the judges made a wildly unpopular call.

There was the ongoing "mean girl", passive aggressive friction surrounding Korina, who totally spiraled after losing a high stakes face off to Char, and ended up exiting the show absolutely radiating in bitter, sore loser energy (she was fun to hate).

I loved the American Girl Doll challenge, as my daughter was about the age when she was first discovering American Girl Dolls, and I remember her begging me to buy her one after we watched this episode together.

She ended up getting two of them, as her grandmother's got together and each bought her one (she's twenty years old now, and she still has those dolls up on her shelf in her room, lol (I don't think she'll ever get rid of them though, as both grandma's have passed away now, and they remind her of them).

Saving the best for last -- my two hearts, Sean and Kini. 🥰

That iconic "rainway" challenge?
I mean, what can we say?
Sean and Kini basically rewrote fashion history there.

Sean ultimately snatched the win at fashion week with his gorgeous fringe collection, leaving Kini's unmatched tailoring and sewing speed, a well as Amanda's bohemian vibe in second and third (big love to Char, too!).

Even though I was team Kini all the way, I honestly wasn't upset at all that Sean took the crown (I WAS upset that Amanda took 2nd place over Kini, though).

All in all, I don’t think I’ve ever walked away from a season feeling as inspired, satisfied and content with how it all turned out, as Season 13.

It was truly a masterpiece of triumphant fashion -- wish I could've added more than twenty photos.

Which only makes the most recent seasons so depressing and disheartening... and I’m afraid we’ll never get a lightning in a bottle season like this one, ever again. 🥺

Paulie Calafiore (The Challenge, BB18, and older brother to BB22 Winner Cody Calafiore) CALLED OUT Lori K on Twitter today, calling her a "lying and manipulative piece of shịt" and a "disgusting RAT".

Paulie promises us a storytime today that will break down everything that happened between them. Ruh-roh!

FYI, Paulie is known for being SUPER messy, petty, and shady, so this should be juicy (the third pic 😂).

Paulie Calafiore (The Challenge, BB18, and older brother to BB22 Winner Cody Calafiore) CALLED OUT Lori K on Twitter today, calling her a "lying and manipulative piece of shịt" and a "disgusting RAT".

Paulie promises us a storytime today that will break down everything that happened between them. Ruh-roh!

FYI, Paulie is known for being SUPER messy, petty, and shady, so this should be juicy (the third pic 😂).

FYI, this is a screen grab from this week's show (minute 36:50).

I thought she said the frown wasn't permanent, or it had already been fixed? Her mouth looks like one of those sad clowns now.

I didn't take it while she was in the middle of speaking or anything.
This was her RESTING FACE.
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--Apologies for pulling the image directly from my TV.

Besides being just a horrible, unlikable bully, I've seen many people saying that Wes shouldn't have even been given the opportunity to play, because he made tens of millions of dollars playing in the NFL.

However... if you look at his playing stats, he spent almost 1/4 of his entire career SUSPENDED (and players don't get paid while they're suspended).

Spanning his whole career, he only had:

• ten receptions... in total.
• ninety total yards
• one td

Pittsburgh Steelers

After signing as an undrafted free agent for the Steelers on July 25, 2011, Saunders made the 53-man roster as the team's third string tight-end on September 6.

He caught his first regular season pass for two yards in a 23–20 win against the Indianapolis Colts on September 25.

He scored his first and only touchdown in a two-yard pass reception in a 13–9 Sunday night win against the Kansas City Chiefs on November 27.

He was suspended for the first 4 games of the 2012 season for taking Adderall.

He was released by the Pittsburgh Steelers on October 12, 2012.

Saunders was suspended the first 8 games of the 2013 season “for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances”.

Indianapolis Colts

Saunders was signed by the Colts on October 17, 2012.
He was then cut on July 25, 2013, following a suspension.
Saunders was re-signed by the Colts on October 29, 2013, after he served his 8-game suspension.

He was waived by the Colts on August 30, 2014.

He re-signed with the team on November 18, 2014, but was waived again on December 2, 2014.

It's called Son of Sara -- and, she has the same mullet haircut in the movie (which probably explains why they gave it to her in the show).

Son of Sara trailer

• sorry about the incorrect flair, but nothing really matched.

Sorry, I love me some Coraline! 😂

Prior to this week's show, I had been convinced that BOYD was the person in Victor's drawing (above).

That's mainly because Mr. Fishnloves chooses to wear that god-awful butterscotch colored corduroy shirt, and blue jeans, every dang day.

A case could also be made that the drawing is of Boyd stuck in the chimney (yes, ok, I realize that the figure in the drawing is laying horizontally, and Boyd was trapped standing straight-up vertical (fine, you win, I am probably just grasping at straws with this one. Happy now?).

So, I guess I'm back to the hideous summer squash colored shirt and jeans theory (but he really DOES wear that fit daily).

For those reasons that reason, I've always been confident the drawing was of Boyd.

That is... until the past few episodes.

Maybe it's actually Jade?

Just look at Jade's outfit last night.

He's wearing a yellow shirt, and blue jeans, too (ok, you're right, that could be just a coincidence).

But what about this... in the last minute of Jade's mushroom trip, the monsters locked him in a coffin type of hole *(*full disclosure: I don't know exactly what they put him in, cause I had to look away at that point (that was like a fever dream or greatest fears type stuff).

Couldn't that scene be what we're seeing in Victor's drawing?

Another point, is that Jade has been there literally forever (from the beginning, right?)

My final (and arguably most compelling) piece of evidence is this:

Just look at that hair!

I mean, come on!

You can't tell me the hair in that drawing doesn't just scream "Jade!".

Now, I know what you're gonna say, I really do... and once again, you're likely right. We really shouldn't be killing ourselves trying to figure something like this out, because this show will make sure that it turns out to be neither of them (it's really is annoying how you're always right. AACK! 🫪*)*.

I now open the floor for exploration, please discuss amongst yourselves (and thank you for entertaining my dual personalities).