I know this is an unpopular opinion, and that’ s probably an understatement, but hear me out!
I think Sandoval has a valid point to refer to James’ hypocrisy in feeling betrayed that he hooked up with Raquel, his EX-girlfriend of two years!
I don’t know why more of the group are not saying this to James. Especially his girlfriend. Doesn’t it make her feel uncomfortable, as if he still has a thing for her>
Not to mention he makes it all about him! So many people were actually hurt and betrayed by Sandoval.
Raquel was used and taken advantage of, (she’s not innocent, I know) their business endeavor already struggling, was affected, which affects Schwartz, Ariana’s partner of ten years was lying to her face and effing someone else. That’s just skeevy – some women think that’s hot I guess, or just don’t care – weird.
I think at the very very extreme bottom on this list, is the fact that Raquel is James’ ex-girlfriend of two years, that Sandoval was banging.
Come ON. I’m right. Admit it. I know it’s hard to defend Sandoval. I don’t like it either, but in this one instance, okay two, also having the right to have a party in his own house, he’s right about James’ whining about being ‘betrayed’ is completely absurd.
But having said all of that, Schwartz is right about him needing to just suck it up, and say, “yeah, I know, sorry.” But the James thing, he’s right about.
James leaves Tom’s and heads to the Emo thing, which I still don’t get, and I don’t care enough to try to find out.
Okay, we know Ariana, it’s YOUR house too. “You went to MY house” she corrects James when he said he just left “you-know-whose house.”
I’m finding myself being extra bitchy about Ariana, and I didn’t really expect to, going into this season. I am worried it makes me look like I’m a Sandoval fan. I think that’s how this tends to work on the Bravo shows when there are two opposing ‘characters’. If you say that you don’t agree with one, people think that means you’re supporting the other party. It’s possible to hate everyone!! I do!
Her pointing the house being ‘hers’ just bugs me because yeah, her name’s on the paperwork, the deed, she owns it. It’s a fact. But, what has she really done to contribute?? Nothing. She didn’t even contribute to simple household responsibilities.
Let’s face it, she’s boring AF, and has little to no motivation, and not really a likable personality. The only reason she remained on the show is because she was Sandoval’s girlfriend. So her Bravo cash, her only income, is because of Sandoval. The only reason, says the word on the street, that she decided to pursue the sandwich shop, is that she was getting cut before the Raquel scandal broke.
I really don’t see her passionate about making creative sandwiches. I don’t. So while I feel bad for her, for the way Sandoval was cheating right under her nose, with her good friend, and I don’t support that, she’s kind of had somewhat of a free ride for several years, doing nothing while Sandoval (sort of) worked.
This Emo show looks to me kind of geared to 20-somethings, but I’m not judging.
Scheana is feeling jealous and slighted that James got ‘reached out to’ by Sandoval, and she didn’t.
Really??? She’s dying to get a call from Tom Sandoval? I think not. She kind of reminds me of James, in the sense of her desperation to make this situation relevant to her, and her life. And it’s not.
She manages to admit that her talking shit on him on her dumb podcast is what could be causing the continued icing out. It feels icky to me that the others on the show are benefiting and profiting from those two having this skeevy seedy affair. You would think that Ariana would be annoyed by this too. But I think her mindset is that, as long as they’re trash-talking Tom, she doesn’t care that they’re exploiting her life and relationship.
Everyone is listening intently on James’ recap of their convo. As if it’s riveting.
I disagree with Ariana that no one around him is “giving him honest feedback.” Schwartz actually is, in my opinion. In his Schwartz way. He’s not this belligerent, aggressive dude that’s going to get all up in his face, and yell and go nuts, but he is letting him know he’s wrong.
Schwartz actually tries to be a stand-up guy, but he should not have allowed Sandoval to railroad him into being involved in, and lying for him about Raquel.
The flashback to the ongoing lame birthday party back at Tom AND ARIANA’S house, he does look like kind of a pathetic schmuck making his rounds to everyone whining about James, and his nerve to come in with attitude.
I really don’t get this. Scheana, Ariana and Katie are taking the stage and dancing with everyone cheering at them as if they have talent?? This doesn’t really seem like a Katie thing. And why are they dressed like Men in Black?
Do we really need to revive ‘Good as Gold?’ No, we don’t.
Apparently Scheana is really good at screaming. Singing, not so much
Schwartz dips out (such a hip term I’m using, are you impressed?) of Tom’s AND ARIANA’S house, to hang with Scheana and the girls at Emu. Emo. Whatever. I guess it’s just the name of the theater?
Scheana never wanted to be a pop star, she wanted to be like ‘a Gwen Stafani or Fergie with her boys behind her?’ Yes we know she likes boys.
But What???
You know, I don’t mind Scheana that much, relatively speaking, but girlfriend does NOT make any sense. Gwen Stefani and Fergie ARE pop stars. And her screaming into this mic is hardly anything exceptional.
But she’s having fun, and I guess that’s all that’s important. Schwartz arrives too late, and misses the ‘performance.’ He doesn’t realize how lucky he is.
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Tom shares with Billie Lee, what’s going on with him and Raquel, who was staying in a therapy facility during this time. He was disappointed she didn’t reach out to wish him a Happy Birthday.
I’ve been hearing bits and pieces of her podcast, where she is opening up about what was going on behind the scenes during this period. Apparently she just cut off communication with him completely, with really no explanation to him.
He expressed to her that he wanted her to leave the facility to be with him. She said she knew in that moment, that he didn’t care about her at all, and could not move forward with him for the sake of her mental health and healing.
Can you imagine? Him ordering her to leave, even though being there was helping her. I’m sure he knew the therapists were not on his side, and encouraging her not to communicate with him. At least I would hope that’s what they were saying.
What a selfish entitled little prick. He didn’t love her. He didn’t care about her.
She said the clips she’s hearing of him talking about her on the show and on various podcasts, and just the sound of his voice makes her nauseous. I can relate to that. There is someone I know that just thinking about him makes me want to puke. And I never ever ever want to see his beady little mean eyes, and his cranky grumpy ugly old face, and his stupid whiny, inconsiderate, squawky disgusting voice EVER EVER EVER EVER AGAIN. And I never will.
If you guys think Sandoval is bad, multiply that by like a trillion.
You can tell in his yap, when he claims he loves her and misses her, he’s full of shit. Just the way he says it. “Obviously, I love her.” He loves no one. He has been faithful to no one, and never ever will be.
And this green tweed blazer looks like he got it a Goodwill, in the womens’ department. He looks stupid. He looks like fucking Gumby.
Billie Lee feeds his fucking ego, and convinces him that he’s perfect, and it’s everyone else. I feel bad for this chick. He has her fooled too.
She sounds like an idiot. It’s always been about him, and who can supply him with what he needs in that moment. He’s in ‘love’ with whomever is meeting that need, and telling him what he wants o hear. Soon he’s going to be ‘in love’ with her, I predict. We know they’ve already hooked up.
My. God. This is like my ex too. He tells all of these fucking lies to everyone, and plays the victim, and he has all of these enablers that have no clue what he’s actually like, or just don’t care, reassuring him that he’s right.
My ex even tried to break up a 25 year marriage of friends of mine. That’s how evil he is. He deserves the ugly skank he’s stuck with now. She’s literally the equivalent of him.
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Katie drops in on Ariana, who’s just lying around. Remember Tom couldn’t have a party because if it went late, she wouldn’t be able to get up the next morning, and do what she needs to do!!
These traveling IV chicks seem to be the Bravo thing now, to remedy a hangover. I just would not want random people coming to my house, sticking needles in me, and hooking me up to an IV that I really have no clue what is in it, or if the equipment is even sanitary, or if these chicks know what they’re doing. You don’t wanna piss them off. That’s kind of worse than pissing off your server.
No thanks. Just gimme a Bloody Mary that I will take through my mouth. Keep the bag full of random shit out of my bloodstream, thank you.
Does anyone even care that Scheana and Katie are ‘really committed’ to being friends again? I didn’t think so.
The whole season is going to be about the Toms, and who is friends with them, and wants them around, and who doesn’t.
Scheana is trying to maintain friendships with both of them, because she’s Scheana, and that’s how she rolls. She’s one of the OG’s, and not being anyone’s girlfriend of the main cast. Unlike Katie, Ariana, Raquel and now Ally. She can talk to whomever she wants to.
Grumpy, groany, uninteresting unlikable lazy Ariana and Katie would never have been on the show this long, had they not been in relationships with the Toms. Period. Dot.
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I was hearing rumblings of the Pump building owners calling BS on Lisa whining about the rent being increased, and that’s why she had to close it.
It is sad to see it all torn up. I was there once in my first trip to LA.
Sandoval drops in on her, and he knows what to say. Pity party for Sandy. Wah wah. Victim victim victim.
It’s hard to pull at Lisa’s ‘heartstrings’ but he manages to, by insisting that he was considering offing himself. Lie, in my opinion, so now he has her feeling extra sorry for him, because she lost her brother to suicide.
This dude will stop at nothing. Now he’s exploiting her brother’s suicide.
Narcs rarely commit suicide. They love themselves too much.
You know, we all laughed at BlaBla when she called him ‘dangerous’ at the reunion, because well, no one takes her seriously, and she was acting like a nut job, but I agree with her. He is, because he’s a compulsive liar, and he’s good at it, and he’s a user and manipulator. He manages to convince people that he’s sincere and really cares about them.
Lisa echos what most of us think, that it’s ludicrous that neither one of the will leave that house. I do get that Sandoval being the cheater, should be the one to leave, but Ariana is not capable of the upkeep nor paying for it. Like girl, let him buy you out. Get off the loan, and get yourself something else. It’s ugly anyway. It looks like a fucking farmhouse, but they decorated it contemporary on the inside. Stupid.
But she does need this, as much as I hate to say it, for a story line, and she is desperate to remain tied to him since he is a big part of her ‘character’ on the show. So here we are. Two more months of them ignoring each other in the same house and having petty fights about it, through an assistant.
The fact that she refuses to speak to him, is childish. I can get it, in the beginning, but grow up. You own a whole huge ass house together that needs addressed. Some basic communication is necessary. Even if it’s via text or email.
I’m honestly getting to where I can’t stand the sound of his voice either. He’s ‘trying to figure this out, it’s a lot for him.‘
It’s a lot for HIM. He bitches about Scheana (so sick of the bickering about these fucking podcasts, I really am) stirring the pot over the possibility of him and Billie Lee having a thing when he was with Ariana years ago. I have already said I think it’s true. It’s not hard. He all but admitted it at the reunion. And she’s trans, and he’s bi, and well they had a flirty moment on camera that seemed sus, when she was part of the cast several years ago.
Scheana wants to mend their friendship so badly, but she’s constantly gossiping about him publicly.
This whole whine fest to Lisa is insufferable.
So I gotta get into this, as much as I don’t want to. Raquel was seeing Nema from Shahs of Sunset, I did hear that, forgot about it until now. But apparently he shared some info about their little romps or whatever, that are a little embarrassing for Raquel, but she really should have expected that.
Scheana had him on her podcast, and was broadcasting this too. Like the girl is obsessed with Tom and Raquel, it seems like.
And ya know, in Scheana’s single days, she was a little embarrassing too. She also begged guys to get with her. I’m just saying.
I also think Sandoval totally DID tell Raquel that he and Ariana were in this open relationship. It’s so on brand. Remember when he wanted to hook up with Ariana when he was still with Kristen, he had reassured her that they had broken up.
This rant to Lisa just goes on entirely too long. He sounds like an idiot and is clearly lying and embellishing.
Speaking of going on too long, so did my recap. I went on some rants, so I’ll have to break the recap up into two parts.
TO BE CONTINUED…
