A Bit of a Catch Up

It’s been over a week since I last posted. That’s a long time!  I have no excuse, all I can say is I will work hard to make sure it never happens again… Hopefully that gets me off the hook for awhile right?

Ok so, I went against all my moral beliefs and decided to watch a few episodes of Dance Moms. I get why people see this show as addicting, I can dig it. What I don’t understand is how Lifetime can condone this type of behavior. This is legal child abuse at its finest or worst if you ask me. But you know what’s the craziest part of all this, I don’t blame Abby. I’m not even angry with her. I blame the moms. The fact they can live with themselves after putting their children through this kind of mistreatment is just appalling. Every week it’s an argument of how Maddie gets special treatment, but they still continue to bring their kids back week after week. No grown woman should be that fame hungry to purposely put their child in that kind of situation. I don’t even know what to say about this show anymore, or really want to say anything else, so let’s just move on. 

Well, I’m super dee duper late so I’m just going to do a review of the past two weeks on Real Housewives of New Jersey. What else is new, but I was right…again. Teresa went running back to the arms of her family after her friends betrayed her, or in the eyes of the rest of America, told her the truth. She says she wants to mend those broken relationships but anyone with half a brain knows she just doesn’t have anyone else to turn to since she doesn’t have Jacqueline and Caroline to depend on. It is kind of sad that it took this to make her realize she needs her family, but at least she got there. It’s like when someone has a drinking problem and they almost die drunk driving, so they decide that maybe they do need help. That’s the situation here. Teresa realized she should probably get back in good terms with her family, since it’s her family and everything. Last week Melissa hosted a party for the premiere of her new single on Ryan Seacrest radio show, which is a pretty big deal. At the party, Teresa and Jacqueline’s friendship finally ended. It’s situations like this that make me dislike reality TV. It’s heartbreaking to see a friendship end like that, and every time that episode airs, they have to relive that. I know this is what they signed up for but still, I do have a heart and this just might have broken it. Key word: just might. I only feed into this stuff a little bit nowadays. Even I, a devoted reality TV fan and lover, is beginning to see it’s ugliness. 

Last night I caught up on Real Housewives of New York and every episode proves me more and more right about Ramona, and the real reason she doesn’t care for Heather. She is intimidated, yeah I said it. She hates the idea that another woman on the show is successful and has a happy family. In her mind, that was her corner on the show and now, she’s got competition. Even on last night’s episode, when Carole announced her show was being picked up, Ramona feels the need to share that her wine will be sold in Target. Coincidence? I think not. They were together the whole day, why did she pick that time to share. Another thing that still strange about Ramona and Heather’s relationship is  that they are so alike, they should be best friends. I think Heather is the nicer version, but the similarities are there in plain sight. But I respect their feelings, I kinda get it. It’s that whole opposites attract, alike repel theory. Personally I say Go Heather for not inviting her, that took real guts to stand her ground like that. And to say Ramona deserves to be left home is an understatement; Ramona needs a wake up call. Do I think this will be it? Nope. You can’t be mean and expect everyone to still want you around. Doesn’t quite work like that. 

So I’ve really gotten into that new show on VH1 Hollywood Exes. You probably thought I was gonna say Love and Hip Hop ATL, didn’t you? Yeah, guess again. This show is about 5 women who were in high profile relationships and are now ex-wives to superstars. There is Andrea Kelly, who is R. Kelly’s ex wife, Jessica, who was married to Jose Consecos (I have a feeling I spelled that wrong), Sheree, who was married to Will Smith, Nicole Murphy, who was married to Eddie Murphy, and Mayte, who was married to Prince. All have children from these famous relationships except Mayte. Andrea is the biggest surprise, I must admit because I didn’t even know R. Kelly was married, let alone for like 10 years and had 3 kids. I understand the theory behind keeping their relationship out of the media but it takes a strong woman to live that kind of life. To constantly have to prove that you’re not just a groupie, you’re actually someone’s wife, I don’t think I could do it. Not too much bitter ex syndrome on this show, everyone seems like they’re trying to move forward with their life and do bigger and better things. Sheree is remarried to a former NFL player/ Pastor, Nicole Murphy is engaged to Michael Strahan, and Jessica is twice divorced, which has opened the door for her relationship with Jose to kind of rekindle, finger crossed it doesn’t. Mayte is single and no longer speaks to Prince, which is pretty sad. I couldn’t imagine marrying someone and then if it doesn’t work out you don’t even keep in contact. She hired a matchmaker, who was more of a criticizer if you ask me. She had all these strange ideas and thoughts about Mayte’s home, most of which were outrageous. Mayte is doing the right thing, she’s going to give her one chance to set her up and see how it goes, which is a great idea. She just really seems like she needs some happiness in her life. One thing I can say about Andrea, she is always crying. Maybe because I usually lack emotion, I'm just a little annoyed by it. It doesn’t consume the show so I can still watch. 

That’s it for now. Seriously it took me like a week to get this done, I just kept getting stuck. I just don’t be knowing what to say no more. But I got past it and I'm back in my groove, I think. 

Well until next time, au revoir me amores.