Faulkner

Totally. Sometimes you have to call it like it is. There are harmful “angry black woman” stereotypes for sure, but Wendy was trying to dodge accountability for her behavior, which turned off viewers and her castmates. Telling considering how much she was throwing around the term “accountable” regarding Monique.

I’m interested in seeing who returns for S6 after this Potomac reunion. Is Monique just going out with all guns blazing, or is she securing her spot, à la Porsha? This group feels like it won’t hold without some changes. Speaking of someone on the bubble: Wendy annoyed me with her hijacking of the term “aggressive” as somehow “colorist” against dark-skinned black women. I liked that Monique pushed back on that. Wendy and Candiace *did* behave aggressively. We all said Wendy came in to too hot. I just hate when people use the current political climate, which is addressing real social problems, so cynically.

From France 🇫🇷

Well that was a mic drop for an ending on the RHOP reunion, Part 1.

From Los Angeles 🇺🇸

Oh wow.

An article on all the gay Christmas movies this season:

I totally agree with this assessment from AV Club about SNL’s bloated cast: https://tv.avclub.com/timothee-chalamet-amiably-pals-around-with-pete-davidso-1845871538

So funny. Juan Pablo looks good and natural. Love Andie’s gray hair. She’s aged very well.

From USA 🇺🇸

From Denpasar, Indonesia 🇮🇩

They actually gave Ego Nwodim a pretty big platform tonight, with her pretty good Dionne Warwick impression. Too bad the actual material wasn’t that great. Auntie Dionne enjoyed it:

LVP has had a rough few years, man.

I posted this in the RIP thread, but his final performance was at last month’s CMA Awards, which was a maskless, in-person event, leading to speculation about when and where he contracted COVID.

So sad. What a pioneer and by many accounts, a gentle, nice man. I saw that he passed from COVID complications. I immediately remembered that he performed and received an award at the in-person CMA Awards a month ago, where people were unmasked in a room, and I can’t but wonder when he contracted the virus. Lots of speculation online about it.

From Spain 🇪🇸