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I'm not a fan of attacking someone for something they did ten years ago. As a gay man, I would like to give her the benefit of the doubt that she's changed her views in the last ten years. We're told Porsha did so why not Candaice? I also think Bravo will be scared to say anything because Candaice is black. IT would start a whole other conversation. Has Bravo called out/fired someone for homophobic tweets? The Monique stuff is just scummy. Ugh. What is it with some of these women? Lisa Rinna dancing around in underwear (or whatever the hell she's wearing) as an f.u. to Garcelle's comment? I can't loathe the RHOBH coven any more than I do now.

I think the Monique illegitimate baby rumour is most likely more complicated than Candiace lets on. I think she's trying to get some positive press going her way since she sees that viewers are on Monique's side at this point. Do I believe there was a convo? Yes. Do I believe it went the way Candaice is alleging? No. I could see Lina Rinna totally getting behind something like this, and then playing victim when the fans came for her. Let's not forget how she has basically gone after Denise through her kids.

The core of the two seasons (five and six) was fun while I think the core of the following seasons was anger and resentment. There are so many scenes that I want to rewatch from these two seasons. How can someone not like season five just for Ramona and Sonja googling the definition of white trash?

IS Judi Evans even well enough to be interviewed? IS Jensen Buchanan out of prison? I thought she went to prison for repeated DUIs but I could be wrong.

I hope so because Alice Barrett could finally put to bed who exactly made the decision to fire her, and who was in charge that made Frankie's death so violent. No one ever wants to take responsibility for that so it'll be interesting if she talks about it.

I had been thinking a lot about seasons five and six of RHONY and I rewatched some of the episodes. It was so entertaining, and there was not the toxic energy of Bethenny 2.0 and Dorinda. Aviva's takedown of Ramona at tea was fantastic. The Heather/Ramona "fight" felt authentic and real since Heather refused to play by Housewives rules. There was a much lighter tone so that even Aviva's ridiculous antics didn't feel as terrible as the fights that happened in seasons seven and on. I also think these two seasons were the time that Sonja could have been stopped from becoming a caricature of herself. Unfortunately, she gave into it in season 7. RHOP:I think the show is enjoyable, but I have one main problem. It's hard for me to fully get behind the show when there has been no accountability for Michael's actions. I know they need Ashley for the Ashley/Candiace feud, but it's hard for me to get engaged in anything Ashley-related when Michael will still appear on the show. RHOBH: Just disgusting. Every year, it's the same complaint. Get rid of the mean girls, and every year Bravo brings them back.

LEt's hope that they are allowed to be honest about their time on the show. I've given up on many of his interviews because he never lets them discuss anything in depth.

For me, everything wrong with RHONY happened in series 7 and that includes Dorinda. In her first season, Dorinda started the whole attack another HW for airtime when she went after Heather for no reason. IT also set a precedent because the show became Bethenny's POV even though she didn't share much of her life. Bethenny's skinny girl pen got more airtime than Heather and Kristin (Kristin who went from sitting next to Andy at the reunion to being a nonentity the next season). After finding seasons five and six a lot of fun, season 7 was torture for me and I didn't watch season 8 except for a few clips. I don't even think I watched the reunion episodes. If I did, I have no memory of them.

I am in the minority then. I hated season seven. It was just so dark and depressing and it felt like one long ad for Skinny Girl. I preferred seasons five and six as they were fun and dramatic, but there wasn't this dark anger that took over in season seven. I also didn't like how they sidelined Heather (even though she was responsible for the big events) and we never got to find out about her son.

I managed to make it through Conboy's tenure and I even liked the Danny/Michelle/Tony triangle everyone hated. Tom Pelphrey was the last straw for me. I never understood his appeal and the hateful storylines. I don't think I ever watched another episode of GL shortly after he arrived.

Please. I saw Nene's instagram and it was her playing victim yet again. They don't have to treat housewives the same because they're not the same. Nene is whining about fairness, but she's always going around trying to get the other housewives fired. This is the same woman who used the blm hastag to get bookings and then quickly took it down when the outrage was immediate. Nene is also the one who spoke against BLM protestors, but then quickly co-opts the blm movement when she thinks it'll benefit her contract negotiations. She's the same one who throws Kim under the bus when she needs something, but then is friends again with Kim when it benefits her (a possible spinoff or a friend on the RHOA show). Kim is this racist piece of trash until NEne needs to use Kim. LVP was hounded off RHOBH at a time when her brother and mother died within the same year. Nene sure wanted sympathy when Gregg was going through his cancer treatments. Nene didn't face a 1/10 of what LVP did but Nene ran off. Did LVP or even Kenya when they had everyone coming for them? NO. Nene brought Yovanna on. Nene made snakegate what it was, and then she didn't want to answer for it. Nene preaches sisterhood, but she gets into a rape joke controversy, and then she hires a lawyer who smears the reputations of Weinstein's rape victims. Nene is having a difficult time because she is unlikeable and she has burned too many bridges with her attitude. You would think she had learned something from Vicki's fate. LEt's be real. She is just MAD that Kandi makes more money than her. That's what this all boils down to.

Nene is so exhausting. She's so delusional. I know she gets her stans worked up, but I just wish she'd leave.

I wish I had found Passions campy and fun like some did, but I found Reilly's relentless misogyny so disturbing. There was a real anger and mistrust of women in his writing. I always thought JFP's AW was bad, but Passions was on a whole other level.

I wonder if it's because a lot people have never heard of Potomac (the place). I know that sounds superficial, but I do wonder.

MY mother was talking about AW, and she brought up the character of Caroline Stafford. She couldn't remember any storylines she was a part of. She thought she owned an art gallery (the AW homepage confirms this) but that was all she remembered. Did Caroline play any part in storylines? The info on the AW homepage indicates she didn't really have that much to do.

I don't think RHOBH needs to go. I think most of the women do. They are long past their expiration dates, and they are sucking the life out of the show. Erika, Teddi and Rinna have to go for this show to work. I would say Kyle, but I doubt that would ever happen. Garcelle and Sutton bring life to this show, and I was more interested in their scene than anything with the other women.

I feel for Marcy Walker because it must be terrible to be used by someone you thought was a friend (JFP). JFP lures MW to GL and then abandons her. It says a lot that even MW's coworkers felt sorry for her (instead of being jealous by a big name coming to the show).

re: Marcy Walker. It's so rare to see an actor/actress be so honest about BTS stuff. I give her so much credit for openly admitting JFP used her to keep her job as EP. There was no reason to bring Marcy Walker onto GL in terms of storyline. It felt as if JFP were punishing MW for some reason even down to the name of her character. Amelia Marshall had something nice to say about everyone except for Nia Long. She didn't answer anything about Nia Long and kept it moving. I think Crampton could have worked as Mindy but she was saddled with terrible stories: the Joe Lando nonsense was the worst. I felt sorry for Crampton. Who is going to invest in a storyline when you know one person is going to be leaving after a certain time?

Rinna made her daughter backpedal and now is posting the backpedal on her instagram. How pathetic. No one mistakes "Forced" for "encouraged."

I have not been a consistent watcher this season (only try to watch for Sutton, Garcelle and Denise), but have the lawsuits been discussed? I thought they mentioned Dorit's lawsuit, but I can't imagine Kyle and Erika would ever allow their lawsuits to be discussed on air. IS anyone surprised about Lisa Rinna? She has been selling her daughters ever since she got on the show.

Let's not forget season four when Brandi went on twitter to accuse Ken of assaulting Yolanda. In the midseason trailer for that season, Brandi and Yolanda accused LVP of blackmailing Kyle. That scene never made it to the final cut, and we all know Ken did not assault Yolanda. Brandi has a history of lying on the show.

I was not watching GL when Bundy was on so I don't know how she did but I thought McKeon was quite good especially in the storyline where her romance with Tony started to crumble.

In her last blog, Carlton accused MAuricio of the same things (prostitutes) so it's probably true.

The Lucy/Brett/Marian was really a distasteful storyline, but Beaty saved it because he was so good. Did people even watch it for Lucy? I just remember everyone going gaga for Beaty's performance.

The Rappaport takeover was annoying, and it did permanent damage to Nora's character who had to be dumbed down tremendously for the storyline to work. That's JFP for you. She loves dumbing down women and making stories about the men.