When Christa Hendershot got engaged last fall, the typical photo filters were not cutting it when it came time to show off the bling her fiance picked out. Those hands … she did not want to post a ring selfie with those hands. So the 33-year-old from Mount Sinai, N.Y., did what any of us would do and turned to plastic surgery, looking to smooth out her hands and make them “selfie worthy.” She recently shelled out more than $3,000 for “hand rejuvenation.” Hendershot felt her hands were “veiny” and her knuckles “very red,” but after the procedure, she felt happier about the appearance of her digits. The explosion of social media and quest for the perfect selfie have gotten so extreme that filters and photo editing tricks just aren’t getting it done for some. After seeing how she looked in wedding photos, Jen Muir, 33, said she realized she hated the way her nose looked and shies away from selfies. So Muir decided to have a nose job, spending $15,000 for selfies. “I want to change my profile. I feel like my nose hangs,” she said. “I also want to change my bump. I feel like it’s too big.” Her plastic surgeon, Dr. Samuel Rizk of New York City, credited social media for an uptick in business, the biggest trend he has seen in his 16 year career. “I personally would see 2-3 patients a day that have come in from selfies and social media,” he said, adding that Muir was so happy, she started crying. Not exactly Human Barbie here, but … wow. She’s far from the first person to have work done (see celebrity nose jobs gallery below), but are we taking the vanity aspect of photo sharing a tad seriously? 11 Celebrity Nose Jobs You Won’t Believe 1. Alexis Bellino Alexis Bellino, formerly a member of The Real Housewives of Orange County, can’t hide the fact that she had a nose job. Her “sinus surgery” was part of Season 7.
One of the sexiest human beings on the planet is now 34 years old. And we can’t wait to Channing all over our Tatum in celebration! Indeed, the walking advertisement for crunches known as Channing Tatum was welcomed into the world 34 years ago today and, in honor of the birthday boy and this occasion, we’ve collected 34 photos of Tatum for the following gallery. SPOILER ALERT: They are very attractive. So as you count down the days until you see even more of Tatum in the Magic Mike sequel , send in your birthday wishes now and click, click, click away, ladies… 34 Hunkalicious Photos of Channing Tatum Open Slideshow 1. Channing Tatum Naked Channing Tatum got nearly naked for this GQ Magazine spread. He has experience being nearly naked since he was once a stripper. View As List 1. Channing Tatum Naked Channing Tatum got nearly naked for this GQ Magazine spread. He has experience being nearly naked since he was once a stripper. 2. Chan the Man Channing Tatum at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. What a hunk! 3. Channing Tatum in Black and White Channing Tatum. In black and white. What more can we add to this greatness? 4. Channing Tatum OUT Cover (2012) Channing Tatum covers OUT Magazine in 2012, a decade after he first graced its pages. A lot changed in those 10 years … but not his good looks. 5. Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum Photo We think Channing is helping Mila conceal her baby bump. The actress spent much of the night with her back to the camera. 6. Channing Tatum at the Oscars Channing Tatum clean up VERY well. He strikes a handsome pose here at the Academy Awards. 7. Dear John Photo No list of romantic movies is complete without an appearance by Channing Tatum! Amanda Seyfried costarred in Dear John. 8. Magic Mike Men Go ahead and stare, ladies. The men of Magic Mike don’t mind at all. 9. Channing Tatum Shirtless GIF A hot GIF of Channing Tatum shirtless. Ladies you can thank us later. 10. Channing Tatum Takes Off Shirt Channing Tatum takes off his shirt in a GIF file. You can’t argue with that. 11. Channing Tatum Twerking Channing Tatum Twerking like a madman in Magic Mike. Look at that thrusting action. 12. Channing Tatum Vanity Fair Cover Channing Tatum covers this issue of Vanity Fair. Inside, he says he’s concerned about Justin Bieber. 13. Channing Tatum, Wife Channing Tatum and his lovely wife are new parents! The latter gave birth in the spring of 2013. 14. 21 Jump Street Channing Tatum Channing Tatum stars in this still from 21 Jump Street. A sequel is being planned for the Summer of 2014. 15. Channing Tatum Up Close Channing Tatum is very, very, very good looking. Even with his shirt on! 16. Channing Tatum Jamie Foxx White House Down Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx star in this still from White House Down. The film is very similar in plot to Olympus Has Fallen. 17. Fancy Channing Tatum Channing Tatum looks great in this photo, but we know what you’re thinking, ladies: Why is he wearing a shirt? 18. Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan-Tatum are expecting their first child! Congrats! 19. Channing Tatum in a Suit Channing Tatum knows how to wear a suit. He poses here at the premiere of Magic Mike. 20. Channing Tatum People Cover Channing Tatum has won People’s annual honor! He’s considered the Sexiest Man Alive. 21. Channing Tatum Close Up Channing Tatum has been named People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2012. Do you agree with this honor? 22. Channing Tatum Photograph Channing Tatum would be willing to star in Fifty Shades of Grey. Do you want to see him as Christian? 23. Channing Tatum Red Carpet Pic Channing Tatum chills here at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards. You’ll be seeing A LOT of him in Magic Mike. 24. Channing Tatum Shirtless Pic Channing Tatum. Shirtless. You are welcome ladies! 25. Magic Mike Cast Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer and Matthew McConaughey star together on Magic Mike – and pose together here for Entertainment Weekly. 26. Chan Tatum Pic Channing Tatum is the man. Here he is at the Teen Choice Awards. Buff, to the max. 27. Handsome Channing Tatum in a wife beater? Many women are thankful for this Details magazine picture. 28. Channing Tatum Image Channing Tatum looks dazed and confused in this photo from Details magazine. He also looks pretty cute. 29. On a Hog Channing Tatum doesn’t mess around in this Details photo spread. Inside the magazine, he talks about a burnt penis incident. (Seriously.) 30. Tatum In Details Channing Tatum is a fine looking fella. That much is evident in his Details magazine spread. 31. Details Cover Pic Channing Tatum covers this issue of Details. The actor is a name on the rise in Hollywood. 32. Chan Tatum Channing Tatum goes by Chan. Whatever you want to call him, he goes by HOT if you ask us! 33. Channing Tatum Shirtless Channing Tatum is shirtless in the new issue of GQ. Now that is hot stuff, are we right ladies?
Nose jobs in Hollywood are like Starbucks everywhere else. Everywhere you turn, you see one. Or at least that’s how it seems. For some celebrities, nose jobs are no big deal. For others, like Dirty Dancing’ s Jennifer Grey, they’re career enders. (Nobody shoulda put Baby on an O.R. table!) And then there are those for whom nose jobs are gateway surgeries to never being able to recognize the nose-owner’s face and body again. Celebs like Heidi Montag and Joan Rivers are as famous for their plastic surgery love as they are for anything else. But then there are some famous faces whose work is so subtle you might wonder if it’s camera trickery or photoshop! Here are 11 celebrity nose jobs you have to see! 11 Celebrity Nose Jobs You Won’t Believe Open Slideshow 1. Alexis Bellino Alexis Bellino, formerly a member of The Real Housewives of Orange County, can’t hide the fact that she had a nose job. Her “sinus surgery” was part of Season 7. View As List 1. Alexis Bellino Alexis Bellino, formerly a member of The Real Housewives of Orange County, can’t hide the fact that she had a nose job. Her “sinus surgery” was part of Season 7. 2. Michael Jackson Michael Jackson’s nose job is the most dramatic on the list. He might have blamed his skin lightening on a genetic condition, but there’s no denying his nose came from a knife. 3. Ashlee Simpson Ashlee Simpson’s nose job was quite dramatic! It changed the entire look of her face! Wonder how her nose job affected her voice? 4. Jennifer Grey Nobody puts Baby in a movie anymore! Jennifer Grey’s nose change altered her looks so completely that the Dirty Dancing star couldn’t book jobs anymore. 5. Heidi Montag Heidi Montag is another reality star who can’t hide her love of plastic surgery. Montag once underwent 10 procedures in one day, ruining everything people liked about her. 6. Tom Cruise Tom Cruise had a nose job early on in his career. Oddly enough he waited until he was in his 40s for braces. Rumor has it Katie Holmes also had a nose job so maybe that’s what Suri will get for her Sweet Sixteen. 7. Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Aniston had a nose job to shed her father’s schnoz. It happened early enough in her career that her new nose is the only nose we know. 8. Jennifer Lopez There’s a tiny chance that Jennifer Lopez’ nose job is actually the result of makeup contouring. She was beautiful before and she’s still beautiful now. 9. Joan Rivers OF COURSE JOAN RIVERS HAD A NOSE JOB! She probably had a dozen of them. 10. Megan Fox Maybe Megan Fox just grew into her nose? And her boobs? Nah, she probably bought them both. But hey, she learned the dangers of tanning! 11. Tyra Banks Tyra Banks, cover model, TOP model, talk show host, and beautiful woman, got there with the help of a little cosmetic surgery.
While the world is still reeling from Miley Cyrus’ gyrations at the VMAs, the dramatic conclusion to The Real Housewives of Orange County season 8 will hopefully take our minds off Hannah Montana’s Humpty Dancing. Did anyone else ever imagine Miley Cyrus and the OC housewives being mentioned in the same sentence? Yeah, me neither. Anyway. Let’s get to it with our THG +/- recap! Andy’s first question for Heather is about her house and the offer they couldn’t refuse. The model of their new house is built and they hope to break ground by December. Plus 8? Next he brings up Heather’s return to acting and Terry’s many attempts at joking his way through the stress of flying solo. Heather defends their on-camera fighting as part of real life after being together for 16 years. Plus 15 . A viewer makes the comment that Heather should’ve just given Terry his onion rings because he gives her so much. Heather scores points with stay at home moms everywhere when she says she’s actually providing him with a pretty fabulous life, too. Plus 25. Alexis blames the editing of the past four years for the reason Jim has looked like such a gross douche. Not the fact that he might actually be a gross douche. Tamra gets to show off her bling now that she’s a married woman. And their sex life is just great. Plus 17. Shamless plug for Tamra’s O.C. wedding, coming in October. Briana joins the ladies and Vicki says the greatest part of being a grandma is waking up the baby at 1:00 in the morning when she gets home from work. Never wake a sleeping baby, Vicki. Never ever. Minus 4. Ryan is currently in Afghanistan and everyone is counting down the days until he returns. When he retires from the Marines, Vicki says he’s going to sell insurance because he won’t have anything else to do. Then Vicki throws a blow at Lauri saying that she “earns her pay on her back” and “doesn’t work.” Ouch. Minus 2. Briana wasn’t happy with the way Ryan treated Lydia’s mother but defended him because he was apparently taking Vicki’s lead. She won’t talk about her husband who is overseas, but she’ll say she cleaned red wine and mud off the couch at the end of the night. Minus 6 Lydia calls her on that insinuation, rightfully so. Plus 8 . Now that Briana and Troy have moved out, Brooks still isn’t coming over to Vicki’s. They’re together but not together. Briana and Vicki say that the Brooks-can’t-be-here story was misconstrued. He was never not allowed at the house. He just wasn’t allowed at the house when Briana, Troy, or Ryan were there. And they lived there? Briana says that Brooks has proven himself to be a man she cannot trust around her family and believes he’s disrespected her and her mother. Vicki admits that they see each other occasionally but that Brooks has been disrespectful to her but won’t give specifics. Minus 14. The ladies give her grief for making excuses for him. When Briana continues discussing Brooks and says that Brooks discussed the size of Little Brooks, Vicki gets up and walks away. After a commercial break, Brooks joins the ladies. He tells Briana he’s sorry and she asks for specifics. He goes back to 2007 and says he’s sorry she saw an email between himself and Vicki while Vicki was still married to Donn. Wait a minute. Vicki’s still married to Donn. Eh. Technicalities, right? Briana has a bullet list of things she wants Brooks to apologize for, chief among them is a recording of him telling Ryan that Ryan should start hitting her to get her to fall in line. Minus Infinity. He blames it on drunken ramblings and Briana brings up the fact that she was abused as a child while the rest of the ladies attempt to skewer Brooks. Except for Lydia who turns into a crying mess and has to excuse herself. Brooks says the comment to start hitting Briana was taken out of context. Vicki says she’s done with the show and Andy has to call her back to the couch. She insists that Brooks has never hit her and that’s supposed to make everything better. They start to roll the montage of Vicki’s relationship dilemmas and Briana and Brooks are too busy going at one another for us to miss that entertainment. Minus 38. Alexis says that Vicki needs to listen to the tape so she can hear it for herself. Heather asks if Vicki’s reluctant to listen to the tape because then she’ll have to make a choice. Vicki doesn’t answer. Minus 12. Tamra has lots of thoughts on Brooks and Vicki and Briana. She’s threatened bodily harm to Brooks if he hurts Vicki. She feels like Vicki is making excuses for Brooks. This is Weak Vicki. Heather says that maybe this is the time for Vicki to move on from Brooks because she might love him but he might not be the right one for her. Vicki starts to cry as Briana talks about how this is the only source of “ick” in her life. Gretchen says she hates to see Vicki crying because she doesn’t want Vicki not to be with the person that she loves. Awww, Gretch. Tamra says that Briana has seen text messages from Brooks to Vicki calling Vicki fat and ugly and disgusting. Brooks and Vicki don’t believe that those messages exist. Minus 8. Briana tells Andy that all of this is coming from a place of loving her mother. Brooks says he loves her enough to let her go and tells her she should listen to those who’ve known her longer. Gretchen asks her if that’s what she wants and Vicki compares Slade and Brooks and everyone starts to feel grossed out by that comparison. Vicki says the world hated Slade and Gretchen says “well, okay, not the whole world…” Brooks says that the thing he has to do is exit Stage Right because of the turmoil his presence causes in Vicki’s family and friendships. He leaves and Vicki breaks down sobbing. Heather, Alexis, Tamra, and Lydia console her. Briana does not. Minus 40. As the reunion comes to a close, Andy asks for their final thoughts. Lydia says she feels like she’s been punched in the head. Alexis feels bad for a lot of people. Heather had a difficult, yet fun and exciting year and calls that the balance of life. Tamra had her best year yet. Gretchen was hurt by some of the friendships and says she’ll always defend her own honor but she’s happy to be engaged to Slade. Vicki is emotionally drained but remains a hopeless romantic. And that’s a wrap! Bravo, Andy Cohen. Bravo. EPISODE TOTAL: -51 SEASON TOTAL: -298
Welcome back for Part Two of the The Real Housewives of Orange County reunion! After the ladies grilled Gretchen on her maybe-more-than-friends relationship with a mystery dude during her late fiance’ Jeff’s illness–an event that happened SEASONS ago and was mentioned in passing during the 100th episode special–Andy Cohen will finally give the fashion maven a chance to turn the tables on the girls. Will Gretchen get closure from her so-called “friends”? Ehhh, probably not. If there’s one thing the previews tell us, it’s that the ladies better be wearing waterproof mascara. Let’s get started with our THG +/- recap, shall we? Minus 10 for hearing Vicki say “whoop it up” again. And minus 15 for reliving Stripper-gate. Vomit. Minus 45 for hearing about Jim’s Big Jim. OMG. Vomit and brain bleach and more vomit. And mouthwash. Lydia says she’ll be open with her kids about her mom’s pot-smoking ways, thanks in part to the show. Vicki’s never smoked pot and doesn’t think her mom should smoke it either. Um. Okay then. Tamra looks visibly upset when Andy brings up the secrets she revealed this season. She says that opening up about her past wasn’t what she planned to talk about at the Women’s Expo, but she did and she’s glad she did. None of Tamra’s friends or family knew any of her story. She breaks down when she talks about Ryan and his struggles with mental health. Gretchen asks if Tamra feels lighter after revealing this part of herself and Tamra says yes. Gretchen encourages her to keep talking. Plus 15. This is one big therapy sesh for Tamra. Alexis says that she could tell Tamra was sincere when she made her apology. Alexis forgives her. And probably forgets, too. A caller says she doesn’t believe Tamra’s changed at all and is just trying to soften her image. Tamra says that isn’t true. More questions about the 100th episode. The one thing the women regret from the retrospective is seeing their hair. Especially Vicki. And her hair was pretty bad, so yeah. I’ll give her that. Talk turns to Gretchen again and the fact that Jo called her out on her relationship with Slade. Jo says Gretchen broke the “Girl Code.” Gretchen says she did no such thing. Gretchen gave back the Rolls Royce Slade got for her birthday. Plus 10. Everyone had a beef with Gretchen this season. Everyone. It wasn’t a good season for her. They jump directly into Tamra inviting Alexis to go dress shopping with her. When Gretchen says that Tamra didn’t really want Alexis at the dress shopping day, Alexis wants to know if she was really invited or not. Tamra says yes. She was really invited and wanted there. Tamra just couldn’t tell Gretchen that. Minus 9. There’s a lot of unintelligible shrieking about who’s a liar and who isn’t a liar and who’s difficult and who isn’t and I need an aspirin. After her stunt with wearing her engagement ring from Jeff to Tamra’s dress shopping day, Gretchen apparently has a problem with being happy for other people. And now it’s time to talk about the now-canceled Malibu Country . Plus 15. Heather insists that the producers wanted a guest star to play the role of a housewife and called Gretchen who had availability issues. Then they wrote a role and called Heather specifically for that role and canned their offer to Gretchen because having two housewives from the same franchise on the show would’ve looked silly. Okay. Makes sense. Heather’s story now is that she was most upset with Gretchen for ruining Tamra’s dress shopping day with her story about Malibu Country. Which doesn’t make sense. Because that’s not at all why Heather was upset. Gretchen brings a voicemail from her agent to check her availability for Malibu Country and all the other ladies chime in that they received similar calls. Tamra gets upset that Gretchen just stood in the corner while they were dress shopping and didn’t seem at all interested in being there. Gee, Tamra. Do you think Alexis being there had anything to do with it? Minus 9 . Heather admits to being purposefully condescending to Gretchen in her text message about who called whom. Minus 10. She’s certainly not painted herself in the best light this season. She and Gretchen split hairs over whether a call to Gretchen’s agent is the same thing as a call from casting and Gretchen calls Heather “Miss Superior.” Andy asks Gretchen if she considers any of these women her friends after this season. Gretchen says “yeah, I do.” She considers Lydia and Heather friends, despite any drama this season. Plus 15. She wishes she could be friends with Tamra and doesn’t hate Alexis but doesn’t know how to get things back to where they were. She has nothing at all to say about Vicki. Alexis says that the only reason Gretchen wanted to be friends with Tamra was because Gretchen was scared of Tamra. Tamra thinks she could get her friendship back with Gretchen but she’s never going to trust her. Tamra calls Gretchen out on saying “I’m sorry you feel that way” instead of just “I’m sorry” and Gretchen says she’s heard it from two people now so she’ll take a look at it. Plus 10. The focus turns to Alexis and her claim that the women bullied her. Alexis says that the word “bully” doesn’t really matter so much as the fact that the women were just mean to her. She’s tired of hearing about it as much as everyone else is. She’s past it. Plus 12. Heather blames Alexis for the events at the CUT Fitness party because Alexis talked over Heather. But Heather never does that, does she? Nope. Not Heather. No way. Minus 2. Alexis calls Gretchen a liar and Gretchen calls Alexis fake on camera. Gretchen gets accused of being fake on camera but says the cameras actually show a lot of things about her that aren’t so flattering. Vicki says that Gretchen is fake on camera and says she doesn’t think Gretchen’s proposal to Slade would’ve happened if she hadn’t been able to do it on camera. Tamra says it’s been discussed and there’s been talk about the timing of their engagement. Lydia and Heather both question the timing and Lydia says Gretchen proposed to Slade because she didn’t have a story this season. Heather calls her out on not inviting their friends to the engagement party. Gretchen says the girls just can’t let her be happy and Heather calls the proposal “hollow.” While watching the playback, Gretchen starts to cry. Tamra goes over to comfort her ( Plus 10 ) while Alexis and Vicki shake their heads in disbelief. Vicki says she didn’t mean to make Gretchen cry. She doesn’t want Gretchen to hurt. Gretchen says that the thing that hurt most about the engagement party was that Alexis, the one person who never had anything negative to say about her relationship with Slade, wasn’t there. EPISODE TOTAL: -13 SEASON TOTAL: -247
Another week, another episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County! Just what Monday night needs, right? “The Time Is Now” for Gretchen and Slade as the buxom blonde will propose to her beau (finally)! And Vicki will make a surprising announcement about Brooks. But not before she can receive a new nickname, of course. Let’s get rolling with our THG +/- recap! Vicki’s having Lydia and Alexis over to show them the new un-Donn’ed house. Vicki’s thinking of having a party to show everyone the new house. But she’s going to have a Winter Wonderland party outside. To show off the inside of the house. Okay. Lydia says she feels like she likes Slade and then he talks and she doesn’t like him anymore. Plus 3 . Slade’s pulling his old tricks again and talking about Vicki on his radio show. Her new nickname is “Tupperware Face.” Immediately upon hearing it, Alexis tells Vicki to turn the radio show off. Smart, Alexis! Plus 2. Vicki plans to invite Slade to her party anyway just so she can call him out on his latest antics. At Casa Dubrow, Terry calls a family meeting. They need to tell the kids that they’re building a new house. Nicky isn’t a fan at first, but then Terry tells him they can build a bigger movie theater and he’s on board. Plus 10. At the radio station, Slade’s co-host plays the “perfect” song for him. She pushes play and Gretchen’s song begins to play. At first he doesn’t know what’s going on but by the time the song hits the bridge, he’s crying, his cohost is crying, and it’s a little dusty in my living room. Plus 50 . While Slade’s being song-bombed in his studio, Gretchen’s busy setting up an engagement party for him. The party looks way more like it’s for Gretchen than for Slade, but hey, everybody loves a party. Plus 5. Gretchen pulled out all the stops for this engagement. She sent a tux and a limo to his office, scheduled a helicopter ride, planned the party. Oh, and the song. She didn’t invite any of the ladies to the party. Vicki hates Gretchen and Slade, she’s been on the outs with Alexis for a year, she and Tamra are in a rough patch, and now Heather’s talking smack about her acting gigs. Poor Gretch. At least she’ll get the guy. She sits down with her mom and has a heart to heart about her past relationships. They’ve all ended in tragedy so she’s a little scared of the next step with Slade. Mom gives her stamp of approval on Slade. Plus 4. As the helicopter lands, Slade catches site of Gretchen and Gretchen catches sight of Slade. They’re both crying. She makes an amazing speech, the smartest, most eloquent thing Gretchen has ever said in maybe her whole life. It’s so incredibly sweet. Plus 50. Before giving an answer, Slade gets down on one knee, apparently not realizing that the proposal already happened and he wasn’t the one to issue it. Whatever. He says yes. Plus 20. Tamra and Eddie are ready to sell memberships to CUT Fitness even though the gym isn’t open yet. Alexis, who was kicked out of the studio once upon a time, is the first to show up and be welcomed into it. Plus 12. Back at the hotel, Gretchen and Slade enter the party and are greeted by their family and closest friends. Slade’s mom welcomes Gretchen to the family. So does Slade’s son Gavin, who sounds exactly like his father. Plus 8. Gretchen gives another little speech and welcomes her friends from high school and college and now and then welcomes their family. Vicki’s setting up for her Winter Wonderland party but tells her decorators and crew to scale it back. She wanted a Mediterranean Winter Wonderland. She’s shouting about the “bitches” who are arriving in an hour. Minus 12. She wants no drama at her party. Good luck. Ryan’s back in town so he gets his honey-do list: fix the fridge, fix the water heater, take out the trash. He declines. Tamra and Eddie arrive first and Tamra’s excited to meet Baby Troy. Baby Troy’s excited to make a poop in his diaper. As a housewarming present, Tamra brought Vicki a BFF frame with a picture of the two of them in it. A not terribly flattering photo, but a photo. Plus 3. There is much SQUEEing as the rest of the group arrives. Tamra’s surprised to see Jim arrive with Alexis. Never seeing Jim ever would be great, so I feel you, Tamra. Lydia believes people should whisper the word “magical.” Minus 4. Hey, Lydia. Stop eating your mom’s brownies. While the ladies are sitting around, Vicki announces that Brooks is back and Tamra’s visibly unhappy. Briana doesn’t know yet and Tamra previews the giant problem Vicki’s going to have when Briana finds out. Tamra changes the subject and announces that she and Eddie have a wedding date set. Then talk turns to Gretchen just as Gretchen and Slade walk in the door. Next week’s finale is going to be…a lot of Vicki screaming like Vicki screams. Can’t wait! EPISODE TOTAL: +151 SEASON TOTAL: -158
The ladies hit the slopes tonight on The Real Housewives of Orange County . Things heat up between Gretchen and Heather as more than just snowballs are thrown between them. Was this all part of Vicki’s evil plan? We’ll find out now in our THG +/- recap! Lydia has a makeup artist come over to help her, uh, get dressed for the day. Minus 12. She’s taking all the girls to Canada to celebrate her Canadian-ness. Alexis brings her a Swarovski-covered Bible to take to Canada to protect her against the drama from the other ladies. Oh–charity event. That’s why the makeup artist is there. Tamra and Heather are shopping again and maybe Tamra didn’t pick the right dress . Tamra doesn’t like the cold. But she’s going to Canada anyway. Heather can only stay in Whistler for a short time because she has to get back to the Malibu Country set, but if she can go and support Lydia, she’s happy to do it. And maybe test Terry’s yes-man resolve in the process, right? Plus 4. Tamra and Heather discuss Lauri’s loose lips and how she told Gretchen that Vicki had a threesome. Which Gretchen proceeded to tell both Tamra and Heather on separate occasions. Minus 9 . Tamra thinks she should tell Vicki what’s being said, but Heather thinks it’s none of their business and they should just keep quiet. Yes, please listen to Heather. Gretchen is getting ready to start packing for their trip to Whistler. “Cold” for Orange County is about 60 degrees, and Gretchen seems to have a fur for every single degree. How will she ever decide which to take? Minus 9 . Alexis is packing and in addition to her ridiculous fur hat, she has a ring on her ski glove so the women won’t make fun of her ring anymore. Plus 12 Gretchen found a 1980s-esque ski suit that makes her look like a buttoned up Charlie’s Angel. Plus 10 for loving life. Vicki’s bringing the fun bus to Whistler just like she did to Mexico. And backless shirts. For below 0 temperatures. Minus 3. Lauri’s ready for the trip to Whistler. She grew up in the snow and scoffs at the other women wearing their Christian Louboutins. Heather’s going to be in Whistler for 6 hours. And then she’s headed to the set of her new show. Oh, Heather. Lydia’s excited that she planned this trip because this way she knows there won’t be any giant penises or strippers. But Vicki brought a fun bus, so there’s no telling what’s in her bag. In the bus on the ride to Whistler, Heather tells the girls that she’s not staying very long. She calls Gretchen out on the Malibu Country thing and then Alexis says they called her publicist, too. It’s Fox Five: Redux. Minus 10 Heather’s not buying that either of them got a phone call and to be honest, isn’t making herself look great. Finally, the girls are at their resort. They head to their rooms to freshen up before going to Lydia’s room to meet her uncle. She wants to protect him from the girls. Which is smart. Plus 4 . While Vicki and Lauri laugh together, Tamra fumes about what she knows. Seethes, even. Should she tell Vicki or should she not tell Vicki? That is her question. Minus 13. Gretchen asks Uncle Greg if he knows a lot about Canada. The women start laughing. Because that’s a dumb question. Dumb and hilarious. Poor Gretch. It came from a good place, right? The girls start introducing Uncle Greg and Vicki and it’s incredibly awkward. This will likely drive Vicki to drink more and make an ass of herself. We hope. Whew. Uncle Greg has a girlfriend. And with that information the room falls into an awkward silence that Heather breaks by announcing her departure. It’s time to ski! The girls meet their ski instructor and get fitted for boots and skis and Lydia’s “not a nerd.” She doesn’t ski. She snowboards. Ugh. Pretentious. Minus 9. Vicki tells Gretchen that she looks like a Q-tip and then makes fun of Gretchen’s outfit. Lighten up, Vicki. Minus 2. In the ski lift to the top of the mountain, Lydia says she’s so proud of everyone for getting along. Which means everyone’s about to get along no longer. In the other ski lift, Lauri asks Gretchen if she’s talked to Vicki yet. Gretchen drops the threesome tidbit in front of Alexis and then Lauri begins to recant her story. She never said threesome. Just that Vicki was with another woman and a man. Basically, this is Lauri’s way of putting this all on Gretchen. Minus 39. This should be fun. Before it can all fall to pieces at the top of the hill, they have to take selfies in the ski lift. Of course. Neither Alexis nor Tamra believe Vicki capable of having had a threesome. Gretchen believes it’s possible because Gretchen wants to believe it’s possible. Lydia says that no one skis anymore and wants to know what generation the other women were born in. Well, Lydia, at least three of them probably weren’t born in yours, so there’s that. Vicki and Tamra head to a bigger hill to ski together and after having some fun, Tamra tells Vicki what she’s heard from Lauri and Gretchen. Vicki’s ready to throw down with Lauri. Plus 4. Vicki asks Gretchen about the things Lauri said and eventually admits to being unfaithful to Donn. Plus 5 for honesty. She, however, refuses to admit that there’s even the slightest possibility that Gretchen never cheated on Jeff, despite Gretchen’s continued insistence that she didn’t cheat. Then Vicki throws Tamra under the bus, too. Where’s Lydia to mediate this conversation into a peaceful kumbaya? Oh, right. Snowboarding. Plus 8. Alexis skis over and wonders why the women can’t just take care of their conversations in private. Vicki says she has no desire to talk to someone who starts rumors but if she wanted to, she could let the skeletons out of Lauri’s closet. While Vicki starts to shout at Lauri and Lauri calmly defends herself, Lydia goes snowboarding right on by. Where’s Lydia’s mother with her peace-bringing ways? Vicki uninvites Lauri to dinner even though this is Lydia’s trip. Alexis, Lydia, and Tamra make snow angels (and boobs) to cope. Plus 2. Vicki leaves and Lauri and Gretchen are left standing. Lauri asserts that she never said that Vicki was having an actual threesome. Gretchen says that’s what it felt like Lauri was implying. Point to Gretchen here because that’s definitely what it seemed like Lauri was implying until just now when she’s being called on her tale-toting ways. Tamra thinks Gretchen and Lauri should both leave. Lydia blames Gretchen for starting drama on the trip. Really, Lydia? This group of women on a trip. What did you expect? EPISODE TOTAL: -57 SEASON TOTAL: -247
When the women of The Real Housewives of Orange County party, they party . Or at least Vicki does. And she drags Tamra and Lydia along on her whoop-it-up spree. Gretchen doesn’t like it. Things are heating up with the women south of the border! Let’s recap it now with our THG +/- review! Vicki, Tamra, and Lydia finally arrive at Andale’s. Now maybe Vicki will shut up about whooping it up at Andale’s. Maybe. (Probably not.) Gretchen and Heather are in the back of the limo waiting for the end of the bathroom trip of eternity. Gretchen starts telling Heather the tales Laurie told her about Vicki and Heather doesn’t want to hear it. Plus 2 . They get out of the limo and into a cab to go back to the resort. Tamra hails her own cab by dancing on top of one and declaring that there’s no better woman to party with than Vicki Gunvalson. In the limo, Lydia and Tamra tell Vicki they’re blaming her for ditching Heather and Gretchen. Then there’s talk of bunions. Minus 8 . The three of them go in to Heather’s room to apologize but Heather’s not having it. Neither is Gretchen. Tamra can’t stop laughing which just makes Gretchen and Heather more angry. She asks Tamra how Tamra could just run off like that and Tamra points at Vicki. Buzz kill. Minus 20. But they kind of deserved it for ditching the girls. Back in Tamra’s room, Vicki laughs that her “plan” worked! And then she pees Tamra’s bed. Minus 50. May clearer heads–and cleaner sheets–prevail the next day. The ladies meet in the lobby and plan to go see the town. Gretchen thanks Vicki for showing up at their rendezvous and Vicki keeps walking right out the door and straight to the limo. Minus 12 . Heather and Lydia decide to skip the penis straws in their mimosas. Lydia asks if they’re all good about last night. Heather says she’s not happy and was embarrassed and everything felt really sad. But she’s trying to move on in the spirit of having a good weekend. Plus 10 . After watching a baby bull fight a matador, the women have regrouped themselves in the limo. Lydia, Vicki, and Tamra on one end and Heather and Gretchen on another. The trio recounts their fun from the following night and Heather chimes in that they didn’t get that fun, so that’s a bummer for them. There’s cat fighting in the limo and Lydia calls Gretchen “negative.” With the desire for everything to be so positive all the time are we sure Lydia doesn’t take hits of her mom’s bong when Grandma’s not looking? Gretchen starts to cry and Tamra tries to console her. Then Vicki gets angry. Minus 6. Once they’re back at the resort, Vicki and Lydia head down to sit by the pool. Tamra and Heather join them and Gretchen follows shortly after bearing gifts. Plus 10 . Vicki mocks the fact that there are Gretchen Christine products in their goodie bags. When tension rises between Gretchen and Vicki, Tamra tries to break it by telling them all about Vicki peeing her bed. “I leaked. I’m gonna own it,” says Vicki. And then she says that we’ve all done it at least once in our lives. Ummmm…moving on. Tamra asks Gretchen to go take a walk with her and Vicki starts in on how Gretchen is the reason she and Tamra aren’t close friends anymore. Every word out of Vicki’s mouth drips with disdain for Gretchen. She’s condescending and rude and Gretchen does an excellent job of keeping her cool. Plus 5 to Gretchen for that. Minus 20 to Vicki for being a raging lunatic. Tamra tells Gretchen about Vicki’s “my plan worked” comment and then the camera flashes back to Vicki and Lydia talking. Vicki thinks that Gretchen should look to her as a mentor. HAHAHAHHAHAHA. Minus 10 . Back on the beach, Gretchen asks Tamra why she pushes people away when they get close to her. Tamra starts to cry and tells Gretchen about her newfound revelation that feelings are okay. Tamra gravitates to people like Tamra because they don’t “get deep.” They don’t make her confront herself. Team Gretchen. Back in OC, Alexis and Jim go to dinner. She’s not jealous of the other women who are whooping it up in Mexico, but she’s totally jealous. Minus 4 Lydia called her and doesn’t know what to do about the strippers who are coming to play later. Jim shuts down conversation about the women and asks to be left out of it. So Alexis says she wants to have another baby. Jim says they can talk about it again in 5 years. She counters with 6 months. Then she says the dumbest thing she’s said all season: “You may be faster, but I will outrun you. You know what that means?” No, Alexis, just like Jim, NONE OF US know what that means. Minus 10. And Minus 10 more for making us think about you and Jim doing the dirty. Gretchen has decked out their resort suite for Tamra’s night. She’s also vowed to have fun with Vicki for Tamra’s sake. After a quick cocktail, Tamra opens a present and then dinner is served. Strangest revelation of the night is that Lydia shops at Victoria’s Secret. Heather shops at…I’m not sure where she shops. But she bought Tamra a diamond-studded whip. And a pregnancy test. And hand sanitizer. And latex gloves. Plus 12. And Vicki buys her the largest dildo ever. Once dinner winds down a bit, Lydia excuses herself to go and call Doug. She doesn’t want to see the strippers Gretchen has hired to tantalize Tamra. Except they don’t tantalize so much as nearly violate her. It’s not exactly clear if Gretchen hired strippers or prostitutes. But hey, fun was had by all, I guess. Plus 5. Just for funsies, here’s Heather’s face while the Magic Mikes were doing their, uh, Tamra, Gretchen, and Vicki. Safety first! Lydia joins the girls for breakfast the next morning and Tamra doesn’t quite understand why she could dance on a bar but not stay for the strippers. Me either, Tamra. Oh well. Until next time… EPISODE TOTAL: -106 SEASON TOTAL: -32
The Real Housewives of Orange County returned last week with a baby and a whimper . Tonight, Vicki’s “work” is a hot topic for discussion and there’s enough Jim and Alexis to make us all want to take a scalding hot shower to burn the ick off our skin. Plus, Heather will try to broker a peace agreement between Vicki and Tamra. You know, just another day in Orange County. At Casa Dubrow, the ladies have gathered for a clambake. Gretchen breaks the ice with Vicki first by asking about her new grandson Troy and Briana. Plus 5 Gretchen! Atta girl. Tamra’s not really interested in having a conversation with Vicki, but is certainly interested in talking about Vicki’s recent plastic surgery. Not like she’s never had any work done. Pot and kettle and such. Minus 7. Terry. Love the man. “Asking a woman if she’s had plastic surgery is like asking your wife if she’s gained weight. You just don’t do it.” Plus 20 . Vicki believes that Heather has brought she and Tamra together because she wants them to be friends again. Vicki apparently didn’t see the pool and landscaping Heather and Terry had done when they were summering in the Hamptons which is the real reason they’re having a clambake in Orange County. Tamra and Eddie don’t have a date set for their wedding. They’ve been engaged eight months already. Tamra says they’re trying to get their business off the ground first, but the real reason they don’t have a date set is because Eddie won’t give her one. Minus 12 . Best line of the night goes to Heather, when telling Tamra how to eat lobster: “Chew, chew, chew from the outside, and it’ll come in your mouth.” Hmmm, Heather. Something tells me if you’re using your teeth, you’re doing it wrong? Plus 75 for hilarity. The look on her face when she realized what she’d said was priceless. Vicki throws out an “I really love onion rings with this type of food” and Heather immediately accuses Terry of planting the comment. Gretchen and Vicki have a moment where Gretchen asks Vicki about Brooks and Vicki launches into the story of how it was just so hard that no one liked him. Gretchen’s reply? “Now you know how I felt two years ago.” Well played, Gretchen. Plus 8 . Tamra doesn’t like that Gretchen and Vicki seem chummy and Vicki mocks the friendship bracelet Tamra gave Gretchen last year. Vicki brings up the infamous “Evil Eye” and accuses Tamra of staring her down again. And so it begins, right? It seems that Vicki and Tamra are going to have an adult conversation about what was actually the cause of their falling out: Tamra’s friendship with Gretchen. Tamra walks away from the table and Vicki vows not to follow. Heather, Hostess with the Mostest, goes after her. Vicki and Gretchen keep talking at the table and Vicki says Tamra’s “mean when she gets mad.” Heather, meanwhile, is counseling Tamra not to be a hothead. If Heather’s acting career doesn’t pan out….oh, wait. Plus 10 for good advice. Terry keeps bringing up the onion rings. Heather keeps wanting to stab him with a fork. Minus 9. Jim and Alexis are on a date. They’re going to take ballroom dancing lessons. It would be sweet if he weren’t such a disgusting man. Alexis says that last year they lost a lot of money on a home and no one knew about it. As a result, Jim felt like a failure and she was too busy with her dress lines and career as a “news anchor” to fix his emotional issues. She says they’re closer now than they were last year and then tells him he’s getting lucky. The whole thing was kind of sweet but then it’s Jim. He’s so…Jim. The party has moved to the rec room at Casa Dubrow. There’s coffee and dessert and, of course, more wine and “champs.” Tamra gets notice that her permits for her fitness studio have been approved. She’s the owner of a gym and Eddie’s boss. Plus 10 . Heather’s trying to push Tamra and Vicki to talk things out. Tamra says they never talk about things. They just put band-aids on their problems and leave them alone, but no more. If they’re going to be friends, they have to talk things out. Plus 5 . So they lock themselves into a wine cellar to chat. Which is exactly the place two semi-drunk women need to go to have an emotional conversation. Gretchen thinks Vicki will try to make the conversation all about her, but Tamra doesn’t let her. Tamra points out that Vicki’s not good at reading people when they say what she wants to hear. Vicki admits that she remembers when they were both still married and how good things seemed then and says that she misses that. It’s apologies all around, with a healthy dose of “but I don’t think I can trust her.” So, sort of apologies? Gretchen seems to be undoing the good that Tamra and Vicki have just done because she doesn’t like Vicki and is worried that if Vicki and Tamra become friends again, Gretchen will be left out in the cold. Minus 15 , Gretch. Insecurity’s not becoming. Jim and Alexis have started a new business. An indoor trampoline park, Sky Zone. Of all the businesses they’ve been in, at least this one seems fun. Plus 8 . Alexis is, like, the spokesperson for Sky Zone, which, I mean, she guesses, means she talks about, like, Sky Zone. Minus 8 for the ditz. Alexis says that Jim has always been supportive of what she’s done, except I seem to recall him being incredibly UNsupportive last year. Minus 4 for selective memory. Slade’s a radio host and Gretchen’s proud of her man for being gainfully employed. Plus 5. He goes on the radio to bring up Miss Piggy-gate and compares Vicki to Mickey Roarke now that she’s had her surgery. He just cannot leave her alone. Minus 12 . Now that Slade is making the dolla dolla bills and paying off his debts, Gretchen’s hearing wedding bells. Or that’s her ovaries. Vicki’s in the middle of a full-home renovation now that Donn has moved out and Briana has moved in. Briana’s frustrated with the remodel not realizing that at least in part it’s because she and baby Troy and daddy have moved in. Minus 10 Briana says she’s cutting her mom some slack, however, now that she knows how hard it is to be a mom. Plus 8 . Weird Jim alert: He tries on Alexis’ flip flops. Just to test the cushiony factor. Minus 8 . Eddie and Tamra are trying to decorate. She’s making canvases of all of her childrens’ handprints and Eddie suggests they also do the dog’s paw prints. It’s kind of sweet. Plus 8 . And then it gets not so sweet. Eddie brings up the conversation with Vicki. Tamra says that in her heart she feels like Vicki is her family and Eddie gives her a serious side-eye. He doesn’t trust Vicki. He “highly recommends” that Tamra doesn’t let Vicki back in. Just like Gretchen told her. His final on-camera words to her about the whole situation are “be careful.” EPISODE TOTAL: +77 SEASON TOTAL: +114
Alexis Bellino shared “big news” via Twitter Monday. She cut her hair! OMFG! The Real Housewives of Orange County star removed her extensions and cut her hair short. “I wanted to do this cut for over a year!” the 35-year-old wrote. “After last season nothing scares me! Thoughts?” Vote on her best look below: Of course, it wouldn’t be The Real Housewives of Orange County – and Alexis specifically – without drama. Gretchen Rossi had a few “thoughts” on the change. Rossi, 33, cut her hair short last month and claims Bellino copied her. “Funny when people copy a lot of things you do!” she tweeted. “Weird or compliment?” “I was trying to be different and have a different look than long hair, but I guess that went out the door! LOL! Funny! I didn’t call the press! I just did it!” BURN.
