Well I guess this was sort of uneventful you could say, as the Part One’s frequently are. This will be a three-parter, as I’m sure you all assumed.
LVP is present to serve no other purpose except to defend these douchey fucking guys and shit talk the girls. What the hell is wrong with her. I admit I shit talk the girls too but I sure as HELL don’t constantly make excuses for these loser dudes that act like four year-olds. I try to see both sides. I get on BlaBla just because she’s BlaBla, Katie because she’s a scowling miserable bitch that never smiles, and Ariana because she’s phony, lazy and cheap.
Imagine your guy being Tom Sandoval, not exactly a catch, let’s be real, and threatening suicide when he approaches you about possibly parting ways simply because you’re too lazy to get off of your big ass and get another place to live, that you would have to pay for and maintain yourself. I think that’s exactly what her train of thought was, and why she went to such an extreme reaction to not let him break up with her.
Wardrobe comments–
Don’t hate me, but I’m not hating Sandoval’s green suit and weird jewelry for some reason. I think it’s because he was wearing women’s shit all season and this actually might not be.
Lisa’s blazer is ugly. I’m sick of the blazers.
BlaBla’s dress is beautiful and she looks stunning. Love the hair. That girl is gorgeous. Dumb as a rock and her personalty blows, but she’s gorgeous. Imagine if she were ugly.
Ariana’s doing another ‘revenge dress’ type of situation, not realizing Sandoval doesn’t really give a shit.
Katie did much better. Did she get a stylist or did someone just let her know, which I thought was common knowledge, that when you’re bigger, something big and loose makes your look even larger than your already are. This dress is snug and I really like the neckline. She maybe needed some shapewear under it though. But I approve.
James is doing pink pastel and I feel like I have to approve it, just because it’s pink.
Scheana’s dress is so fucking blah and I think her reunion dresses usually are. It blends in with her skin tone and from what I can see of the fabric, it looks cheap. She and Brock look like a McDonalds sign sitting together.
Block Head Brock gets a chair for entire reunion and Ally didn’t, I see. Is that because James and Ally aren’t married or it’s part of the Bravo sausage fest thing, or what??
Sandoval gets so pouty when there’s a joke at his expense. Which is a lot. Suck it up.
When this airs the Sandwich shop will be open they say. Well not to be a petty betty (as I call the trolls on the chat pages that have to dissect and pick up apart my posts and argue just to argue) part 1 aired on the 14th and it’s not opening until the 22nd.
It’s hilarious how Scheana and BlaBla bought these big bougee houses in the Valley. Wonder why they made that location choice? I guess if VPR doesn’t return they’ll be moving to that dumb show. I read BlaBla is already ‘in talks’.
I guess when this was filmed they didn’t yet know Bravo wasn’t picking up cameras during their usual time of early summer. I’ve been having The Valley on as background noise when I’m working on recaps after VPR is over, but haven’t officially gotten into it. What’s my main takeaway?
How horrible Jax is to Brittany, how much she drinks and how much weight she’s gained.
Filming is halted, delayed, whatever you want to say, due to Ariana filming Love Island but also the finale seemed kind of like, final. Final final. it’s also been noticed that Ariana has removed all VPR verbiage from her IG profile.
Just putting that out there, so there’s speculation that she has told them she’s no longer interested if the series continues. Or maybe she knows something we don’t know, or maybe she’s just pissed off and pouting about something Andy or LVP said. Who knows.
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Okay my intro and rambling are over. Here we go. The first topic is, not surprising, Ariana and Sandoval and this living situation, that you know my feelings about.
Okay well this is stupid. Ariana filed a petition to force the house to be sold instead of doing the buy out, and they can’t talk about it? That’s BS. If both parties are okay talking about it, then they can. And if both parties are sitting right here and part of a Reality TV show, then they should be agreeing to discuss it.
Gee, wonder who doesn’t want it discussed. Also this is all public record info, so there would be no reason they’re not allowed to publicly talk about it unless one of these two don’t want to. The only other party involved is the bank and what do they care??
Fuck. I’m exhausted. Andy should know this shit. Or LVP. One of the actual grown-ups in the room.
Honestly if Sandoval is struggling to afford it now, not that Ariana was contributing, interest rates are much higher now, I think he’s being as stubborn as she is when she insisted on living there, by trying to hold onto it.
Take the equity, and buy something smaller and start over. Does he really want that huge house? Does he really want to be roommates with Schwartz and go on a loan together? That’s so weird.
And Ariana is cracking me up. She’s now lipping off on podcasts, after shows, social media etc etc, she doesn’t say it here because she knows bullshit will be called, that ‘This is what I was trying to say all along’ (that he couldn’t afford the buy out) No she certainly was not.
She never said he can’t afford it. I doubt she had any fucking clue rates were a lot higher than they were in 2019. These people don’t know shit about shit.
She’s kind of known for changing the narrative and assuming no one will call her out. Just like now she wanted to have kids and be June Cleaver in her ‘dream house.’ She never gave off that vibe at all.
Back to the buy-out, she was saying things like ‘Why should HE get it? Why Should I have to be the one to move, HE shouldn’t get to stay here…’
Not, ‘he won’t be able to afford it once it gets refied to get my name off of it.’ She didn’t say that until he brought that up. Then she was like “I knew it.”
If she ‘knew’ that to be true, why did she ignore his email about the buy-out for an entire two months? If she “KNEW” he was going to have egg on his face and not be able to afford it anyway, why wouldn’t she want that to be known asap so he looks stupid, and to get it on the market since she wanted it sold so bad.
These would be questions I would have for Ariana. Also why can’t you fucking change your cat’s litter box or throw your nasty garbage and half-eaten food away when you have a dog?
Lisa asks if she’s STILL living there with this man that traumatized her and she refuses to speak to. She answers that she had been living in New York due to ‘Chicago’ filming, however I bet if that were not the case she would still be living with him, for free while he paid the mortgage and all of the bills and she hoarded all her money away.
Does Andy even listen? To that he responds “so the two of you are not both currently living thre?” Dude she’s only living in NY because of Chicago. As soon as it wraps she’ll be going back to LA and right back to her quarters down the hall from Sandoval. Even with all of her Chicago cash she’s still too cheap and too stubborn to get a fucking apartment.
And there’s no way her attorney is advising her to stay there as people are pulling out of their assholes. Why does the attorney give a shit where she lives? You don’t lose your rights to a home you own when you move out if it? I swear one person started that narrative and everyone is jumping on it. If that were the case when you were sick of paying for your house, you just move out of it and it all goes away.
The Toms get asked about their discussion to live in and own the home together and they both defend it as if it’s normal.
They mention buying an investment property together, which doesn’t really apply to keeping this house. Sandoval mentions that his dad has roommates when Lisa tells them it’s weird, they’re not in their 20’s.
If they were smart (IF) they would rent it out as an Air BNB, and if they absolutely have to purchase something together, buy something smaller. Can you imagine the excitement of the VPR fans staying there? In THE house??
Rachel annoys me with the whole podcast thing she started when she went away to a mental facility for a fucking year to ‘heal’ from all of the trauma and abuse of Scandoval, then as soon as she leaves it, what does she do? Why start a podcast reliving all of it and talking non-stop about it. What in the actual fuck sense does that even begin to make?
I guess I had egg on my face because I swearing up and down she was pregnant and that’s why she went ‘away.’ I thought she would return once the baby was born. It made sense didn’t it? AND there wer these photos online of a girl at an airport in Florida very pregnant that looked exactly like her, wearing a hair clip she’s worn on the show.
I was a little hesitant though because of how large this woman looked, and didn’t make sense for the time of the photos being shortly after the reunion where she certainly didn’t look like she had gained weight.
Oh well, write it down. First time I was wrong about anything ever.
You can already see the tension between BlaBla and Ariana because I assume you know she and Katie are estranged from BLBla at this time, since BlaBla has been mouthing off on every avenue possible, her hatred and disdain for Ariana, which does have a lot to do with jealousy.
See I told you this ‘softer’ shit was a bunch of fucking BS. The real BlaBla has already emerged.
She goes into this whole thing about how brave it was for Raquel to attend the reunion last year, and even though it was hard for Ariana too, Ariana had everyone backing her up and Raquel had no one.
Sandoval says what I said, which maybe I shouldn’t be bragging about, but the ‘moving on’ form all of it but discussing it relentlessly, the whole fucking affair in intricate detail from start to finish, which is not really showing Sandoval in a positive light.
That’s what HE’S pissed off about. I just think it’s hypocritical and contradictory.
This ‘grooming’ word has been thrown around a lot in reference to Sandoval and Raquel. And because I know you were going to ask, here is what I have to say about that:
I don’t believe the ‘grooming’ was taking place while they were fucking each other behind Ariana’s back. I think Raquel was a more than willing participant in that and didn’t really require any ‘grooming.’ If that’s even the right term, which I don’t think it is. Keep in mind Sandoval is not that smart and grooming is very manipulative.
I believe the so-called grooming or influencing, is a better word, began after it was discovered. We even saw it in plain sight at the reunion, when he was attempting to coax her to not divulge certain details and to lie about the timeline. He was trying to talk to her with mics off and Production wouldn’t let him.
I think Raquel has to accept the 50% responsibility in the affair, and not blame Sandoval, as he points out.
Okay I’m getting tired. I will be breaking this into two parts I can already see, since I gave some updates in the beginning and went on a couple rants.
He disputes the ‘grooming’ description, as do I, because he says it indicates Raquel was underage and he’s a pedo.
BlaBla is very extra emphatic and tells him, “no it doesn’t.”
“Yes it does.”
“No it doesn’t.” Jesus Christ they’re like listening to Beevis and Butthead arguing.
So just to clarify, because I did think it had a more broad meaning, to be honest, but Sandoval is right. The actual definition of ‘grooming’ is an adult using psychological abuse to gain the trust of a minor and prepare for sexual abuse.
So grooming wouldn’t apply. I feel like she’s being so adamant and extra about it because she thinks that it applied to her situation with Randall.
I hope she doesn’t really believe that. I’m sure it didn’t take any amount of persuasion or trickery to get this girl in the bedroom the second he opened up his wallet. Even if ‘grooming did apply, there would be no need for it. She’s BlaBla – a gold digging ho.
You know why she does make for great reality TV? Because she’s hilarious, and not in a comedic way, She’s hilarious because she’s an idiot and has no idea. She’s comparable to Teresa on Jersey. She’s like so oblivious of how stupid she is, and how shallow contradictory she sounds almost every time she opens her mouth.
She then proceeds with the BLABLA version of the definition, which I told ya would describe her and Randall, I TOLD YOU, that the person just has to be younger and in a lower position of power and impressionable.
In my research about the behavior, I saw it can be spun to mean a relationship between two consenting adults, but the victim is one in a very vulnerable position and/or has physical or mental disabilities.
Bla Bla vulnerable?? Gimme a damned break.
Sorry BlaBla. You weren’t ‘groomed.’ There was no need for Randall to expend that kind of energy. All the dude had to do was buy you shit. You were lied to and cheated on. It’s that simple. No fancy words needed.
The one commonality with the scenarios it applies to, is the end result is sexual abuse. She’s saying Randall sexually abused her, and Sandoval sexually abused Raquel?
I know ‘groomed’ sounds so much more dramatic like ‘triggered’ or ‘weaponize’ and of course ‘gaslighting’ but we need to stop phasing out simple words that have been being used for centuries when they are accurate.
So according to BlaBla she’s ‘vulnerable’ and either has physical or mental disabilities (well actually, that’s entirely possible) and was being sexually abused by Randall.
Randall lied and cheated, and Sandoval heavily encouraged Raquel to lie about details and timeline of their affair. Can we call it even and call it a day with these two?
“I was very impressionable when she took all of her clothes off and jumped in my fucking pool.”
Yes Sandoval what’s a guy to do? You couldn’t say “what the fuck are you doing? This isn’t happening.”
One might say that HE was the one that was being groomed. One of the criteria if it’s between two consenting adults is that there’s a mental disability, and being dumb is kind of a mental disability. I think it’s safe to say Raquel is smarter than Sandoval, if we’re talking book smarts.
I would love to be done with this. You would probably love for me to be done with this.
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I don’t get this law suit of Raquel’s with Sandoval and Ariana over that naked video that she sent Sandoval that he saved on his phone, and is how Ariana ultimately learned of their affair. I think dudes just leave shit in their phone purposely that they want you to see. Anyway how any of that can be Ariana’s fault I don’t know Because she looked at her boyfriend’s phone that was in her possession and saw it?? ‘Revenge Porn?’ what even is that? Is that new? Do I have to look that up too??
At any rate, they can’t discuss it. They can’t even say what they’re being accused of, as it relates to this video? That’s crap. They’re just trying to be cryptic about it purposely to make it more enticing. There’s probably all kind of crap online about it, but ohhhh they can’t discuss it. I’m not looking it up. I don’t even care.
Raquel should ask for her money back form that dang mental facility in Arizona, I know that much.
Sandoval admits to “not being the smartest dude” He keeps saying what I’m saying!
Now we get into into these suicidal claims that Sandoval and Ariana had both been making.
I feel like that kind of went to Sandoval’s head. Anyway he shouldn’t have said that in front of cameras. I feel like he thought he needed to in order to defend the fact that he did try to break it off with her, when asked why he would have an affair instead of ending their relationship. But I get that, it should have been kept private. Let’s just assume she meant it even though I don’t think so. You can see it put him in a tough spot. That’s not an excuse for what he did. I’m just saying.
Starting an affair with her bestie shows a complete lack of concern for her, if in fact he did believe this. So there’s that.
But you know, guys think with their weenies. I mean really, things dudes will do when they have a promise of getting laid.
They continue to bicker about suicide, and there’s a lot of ‘he said she said’ and Ariana seems to have BlaBla and Scheana speaking on her behalf for some fucking reason that I don’t really get. She’s a big girl. I’m pretty sure she can speak for herself.
She can no longer play this devastated and traumatized card anymore. I agree she was the victim in all of this. But ‘was’ is the operative word. She has a boyfriend as of 10 days later, became a millionaire from it. It’s time for this whole series to come to an end or take time off and maybe come back revamped with new 25 year- olds. James and Ally can stay, since they’re younger, but everyone else, your time is up.
And I don’t know if I even want to watch these people on the Valley having he same discussions and arguments. Well I know I don’t.
BlaBla tells Sandoval that he needs to “stop fixating himself on things that are different with everyone else when it doesn’t apply to him.”
Wait WHAT did she say?? She did just admit she tends to project. BlaBla is the poster child for fixation on comparing her situation to others. Hello? Her break-up with Randall and Ariana’s with Sandoval??
This chick is the biggest hypocrite across ALL OF BRAVO FRANCHISES AND SHOWS. BIGGEST. With the least self-awareness.
What the hell was he even doing talking to the New York Times anyway? It’s a fucking rag.
Of course they twisted his words and tried to make him sound as dumb as possible, which wasn’t that difficult, but they couldn’t even consider the families of the murder victims by printing his stupid remark comparing his affair with the George Floyd and Nicole Simpson/Ron Goldman murders. (rest in HELL OJ!!)
He explains he was making this comparison to say this scandal is as big and sensational as news stories such as those (he probably shouldn’t have used three murders as examples was his mistake) and he didn’t get why it was so popular. He claims he meant it in a way that he wanted people to stop talking about it (but then why are you doing an interview with some NYT idiot?)
So you KIND of see what he’s saying but you know, he was doing an interview keeping it in people’s heads. Also I don’t know how many people that read The New York Times watch Vanderpump Rules.
He complains it got taken so severely out of context since all of the Reality TV/Gossip sites etc grabbed that one statement, but if you were to read the article you would see it’s not what was intended.
But you know stupid New York Times, you have to subscribe to the shit just to read an article online, and no one is doing that. Even if you didn’t have to subscribe no one would read the article. Andy is the only one that read it on the whole stage and he called it a bad article altogether.
“For the sake of the fucking show can you stop talking to people??”
Guess whose pie hole that comes out of? The one that talks about the show and everyone on it negatively on a fucking podcast daily!! Or weekly. I don’t even know. I don’t listen to those things.
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BlaBla is having another girl. I’m assuming she chose that with her sperm donor thing? Isn’t that part of the package, no pun intended usually, that you can pick the boy or girl sperm?? I don’t know maybe not. Maybe you only do that if you have retreived eggs fertilized and they can see it in the little dish. So weird.
BlaBla gets the floor talking about her custody battle with Randall. I can’t even fathom what they’re arguing about. Surely he’s not trying to get this child full-time? I can’t even fathom he would care about seeing her anymore than the standard every other weekend or whatever the hell. She even says he’s never around, so … ??
BlaBla and Amber, Randall’s ex-wife have become besties through all of this since they both have kids to that scumbag.
Scheana discusses this ridiculousness about being worried about Brock and BlaBla hooking up as it’s part of her ‘postpartum OCD’ that seems made up to me but whatever. Such an awkward thing to say in front of your husband and friend. And you know dang well Brock is absolutely picturing and fantasizing about that shit every time she says it, and every time she doesn’t say it.
Brock can sit there and spew out his stuttering stammering excuses, that I guess in his mind, make sense, about being in fucking Australia (I’m assuming he went to visit his parents?) and not being absolutely insistent on seeing his kids.
What’s this excuse that he’s respecting his ex’s wishes?? Are this woman’s wishes really for her children to never know their dad? That doesn’t sound like a little future resentment there now does it?? If that were me, as a mom and I know it’s a lot different, it just is, in that scenario of living on another whole ass continent, and I was closeby and hadn’t seen my kids in 4 -5 years, I would not be leaving until I saw my children. Period. Beg, Plead, do whatever. Make a fucking fool out of yourself.
He always seems to be nervous (I think he is embarrassed due to what all got him to this point) when he’s forced to have to explain it and he stutters and stammers and tries to make excuses and it’s just so sad. It’s up the kids if they see him or not? He claims the ex is okay with it but the kids haven’t said they want to work on a relationship. I mean, has she asked them? And I don’t know how old they are exactly, but ‘work on a relationship’ isn’t something a child would say. I do feel like the mom is discouraging it.
BlaBla shut up. Maybe Scheana is on to something and they are screwing around. I’ve never heard her speak so nicely to anyone, ever. She tells him he’s handling it really really well.
No, he’s not. I feel like he’s not asking questions nor acting like he really cares. That’s how I see it. Is he asking to even speak to them on the phone?
Scheana chimes in that he feels guilty not being there for his older kids. Well he certainly should.
Just the fact that he was able to leave his kids, and come to the U.S. and start doing his thing here, and kind of forgot he had kids, and wasn’t paying any child support is kind of gross.
He can be the world’s greatest Dad to Summer, and he can cry all he wants, I’m not giving this dude a pass because he’s producing some tears and making excuses.
The rest of the panel here seems to be more understanding and forgiving than me.
TO BE CONTINUED…
