Reality shows are like seven elevens: there is one everywhere you turn. For some reality stars reality TV does more harm than good. Here are 9 reality stars that need to throw in the towel.
Remember when Kenya tried to expose Phaedra as a fraud ? She might have been on to something… Ex-Friend Of Phaedra Parks Says She Is Involved With Illegal Activities A woman claiming to be a former friend of the attorney is accusing her of being a criminal and even accuses the reality star of having an affair with her husband back in the day before the fame. Now we can’t verify that any of these accusations contain any truth because this lady has been flapping her gums for a minute. Via UrbanBelle : On how she met Phaedra, Jessica says: “Phaedra was my son’s godmother. My affiliation started with her back in 2000. I met her through my ex-husband at a huge carwash on Peachtree street. [Her southern belle act] is really cute, but it’s a lie. I started calling her ‘faker’ years ago. You know, just finding out that she was sleeping with my husband, all of the criminal activity that she was involved in, everything that she had me involved in and everything that she would allow herself to do. Now I do believe people can change. I’ve changed; however, she’s still a grimey person. She’s still conniving and sneaky.” Jessica also says that Phaedra has an alleged criminal past: “She has her hands in things that people wouldn’t believe that she’s a part of. To keep it real, I’m sure he [Apollo] is cleaner than her. This woman does mortgage fraud, prostitution, all types of things. He didn’t ever involve himself with anything like that…” “I’m sure a lot of people will come out of the woodworks once my book comes out and I’m sure Fulton County would like to know some things as well.” “When I met her she was on top of her gold J30 Infiniti, beat up, with makeup all in the car, dirty, in a short dress, clapping her a** in front of Too Short and my husband and several other people at a car wash at 3 o’clock in the morning.” She even accused Phaedra of having an affair with her husband: “I divorced him [my ex-husband]. He’s incarcerated. He’s supposed to get out of jail next year. She still takes his calls and has promised him all kinds of things when he gets out. She’s really grimey. She will be your best friend and then turn around be with your man and take everything from you. That’s who she is. She wants to hurt you. She’s very evil and vindictive.” And if that wasn’t enough, Jessica also spoke on Phaedra’s marriage to Apollo : “She has a key to the door he wants in right now. I’m sure she has a lot of stuff on him and he has a lot of stuff on her. It’s not love there. You can see that it’s fake. It’s something there that I’m sure will come out eventually.” Hit the flip to peep the entire interview.
Jenna Bush Hager is a first-time mother! Former President George W. Bush shared the exciting news today in a statement, telling the world: “Laura and I are thrilled to announce the birth of our grandchild, Margaret Laura ‘Mila’ Hager. Mila, daughter of Jenna and Henry Hager, is named for her grandmothers. She was born last night, April 13, at 8:43 p.m. in New York City. We met our beautiful granddaughter today. Jenna and Mila are healthy. And our family is elated.” Jenna – who works as a Today show correspondent – announced the news of her pregnancy on-air with Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie in December. So, hey, finally some good news for that program as well! We send our very best to the new mother, father and their expanded family.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta Reunion Part 2 started out low down and dirty but ended on a surprising high note. Relive the egos, shadiness, and shocking reconciliations in THG’s +/- recap! So why did NeNe Leakes seem so rational this season? She says that in the past she hated having to watch her own craziness on camera week in and week out so now she tries to stay neutral. Plus 30 . She may not always pull it off but I applaud the initiative. NeNe claims that last season the other ladies were spreading lies and gossip about her that hurt her relationship with Gregg… ilke Phaedra Parks pulling Marlo into the mix. Supposedly Phaedra urged Marlo to come on the show in the hopes of stirring up trouble with the whole Charles Grant rumor. Minus 18 if it’s true, that’s just low. Phaedra swears she hadn’t heard the rumors about Marlo, NeNe , and Charles Grant until after Marlo joined the show. NeNe calls bullsh*t! I have to agree. All of it sparks a ridiculous exchange between Kenya Moore and Phaedra who probably couldn’t produce on fully functional brain if they put both of theirs together. Kenya yells out, “Phaedra’s the queen of low down and dirty.” To which Phaedra replies, “Honey, you don’t know me from Adam’s house cat. You’re just an obsessed fan.” Minus 15 . Can someone please make them stop? Apparently not before Phaedra claims that Kenya can’t even get an interview in the media if she doesn’t promise to talk about Phaedra. Wow! Someone’s got an ego bigger than all of Georgia. As NeNe said earlier in the season, Phaedra does a lot of things shady and undercover, even going to family to dig up dirt. According to NeNe, back in season one Phaedra contacted her half sisters to dish on NeNe. Minus 22 . Obviously NeNe’s still ticked. But really she should just ignore Ms. Phaedra. NeNe’s living her dream. Why get bogged down in this old drama? Plus 28 to Andy Cohen when he asks Phaedra if one of the risks of having a donkey booty is butt dialing. Then the wig makes her grand entrance…only sans wig. Kim Zolciak returns to set the record straight and wearing her natural hair. Andy’s so shocked he has to touch it. Plus 11 . Kim’s hair looks great. It makes me wonder why she chooses to wear wigs. As Kim takes the stage Kandi and Phaedra look like they could spit. Suddenly we’re back to arguing over Kim’s long list of serial excuses. Minus 17 . That was boring the first time around. Yeah, Kim took it too far but she was recently married, had a new baby, another on the way, two growing girls, and lost her home. That’s a lot on anyone’s plate, even someone with a full time assistant and a nanny…or two. In the end, let’s face it. Kim didn’t want to be here anymore. She got the man and the family she wanted and ditched these crazy ladies from Atlanta. I can’t really blame her. Kandi’s the toughest on her but that’s usually the way it works. There’s nothing nastier than a former friend. Minus 10. But they both agree that neither of them are great at communicating and they left a lot of loose ends when it came to business. Any chance they’ll work things out and somehow drop this lawsuit? And enough about baby names already. Kim has an actual baby and she named him Kash. Since Kandi isn’t even pregnant, I think it’s time to let it go. The biggest surprise of the night was Kim and NeNe. They were downright civil. Plus 13. Although they both admit to being in two different places in their lives, Kim says NeNe knows her better than anyone. That they were friends before this show started back when they were just living their lives. They might make one another mad as hell but there will always be an underlying respect. Damn. They even hugged. I really didn’t see that coming. Plus 21. I’m feeling all warm and fuzzy. I’m sure next week’s Reunion Part 3 will take care of that. EPISODE TOTAL: +8! SEASON TOTAL: -324!
MTV has canceled Buckwild , its controversial new reality show about a group of young, hard-partying West Virginians going … well, Buckwild . The final straw was the accidental death of cast member Shain Gandee , which producer J.P. Williams says is as baffling as it is hypocritical. “This is the network that has shows about teen pregnancy,” Williams told The Hollywood Reporter , referring to hit shows 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom . “They’ll stick by a show that allows you to abandon a child, but a kid dies by accident – doing what he does for a living – and they cancel the show?!” “There’s something that smells of s–t here on every level.” He makes a valid point that could also be summed up in two words: Jenelle Evans . The show was mired in bad PR long before Gandee died, however. Just 21 years old, Gandee was found dead April 1 in his Ford Bronco along with his uncle David Gandee, 28, and pal Donald Robert Myers, 27. The trio suffered carbon monoxide poisoning and died after the vehicle became stuck in mud during a “mudding” (or off-road driving) excursion. Williams, who manages most of Buckwild’s cast and produces the show, says MTV told him as of Friday that it intended to NOT cancel the series. However, by Tuesday, the network had clearly changed course. “There was no explanation,” says Williams, who intends to continue shooting the series, in hopes of airing it elsewhere, and maybe even finance a film. “My job is to protect these kids,” he said, ” this will get ugly .”
Kobe Bryant did not attend college. But if he did? And if he had been at Rutgers University during the violent reign of Mike Rice ? The Los Angeles Lakers superstar knows exactly how he would have reacted. “I woulda smacked the hell out of him,” Kobe tells Jim Rome in an interview that airs on Showtime tonight. “No question about it.” Mike Rice Flips Out as Rutgers Players Rice was fired by Rutgers last week after the above video surfaced in which he hurls basketballs at his players and refers to them by homophobic slurs. The Rutgers Athletic Director then resigned because he failed to fire Rice in December upon first viewing the video. What a pair of morons.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta are all coming back for another record-setting season on Bravo, according to a new report, including NeNe Leakes. “All the ladies have already signed their contracts for the next season,” a source said. “NeNe is definitely going to be back because she’s the star.” “Even though she has other jobs, RHOA wouldn’t be the same without her!” Phaedra Parks, Kenya Moore, Cynthia Bailey, Kandi Burruss and Porsha Stewart have all signed contracts for Season 6 as well, according to insiders: “The show has huge ratings, and Bravo knows that so they wanted to make sure everyone would come back for another crazy, high drama season.” “The production team knows how valuable they all are.” This crop of women knows how to bring on the fireworks and things aren’t going to change, as we saw in The Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion . “These ladies could find things to fight about in the dark with no lights on and even if they were all asleep! They know what viewers want,” a source adds. Well put.
Phaedra’s new project is among Bravo’s recent reveal of 17 new unscripted series. Here’s how the network described the upcoming show: “When the rich and…
The Real Housewives of Atlanta went “Donktabulous” this week, whatever the heck that means. We run down the battling booty videos in our THG’s +/- recap! Kenya, Kenya, Kenya. The girl can’t keep it together when her ex is around. The man’s so boring I can’t even remember his name but she freaks out if they’re at the same party. Minus 12. The moment Kandi warns her that Walter is in the house Kenya goes twirling out of control spouting off about him being a stalker and how she didn’t bring her security. Seriously girl, grab a drink and calm down. No one enjoyed the show more than Phaedra and Apollo. Those two knew Walter was coming but kept it to themselves just to watch the fun. Minus 10. Finally Kenya twirled herself right out of the party and thankfully no luxury vehicles were injured in the process. Plus 15. No one needs that much drama. Later Cynthia tries to tell Kenya she’s being dramatic and unnecessary. No kidding. Plus 9 for not setting Kenya up with somebody just yet. Miss USA needs to get over this train wreck before heading smack dab into a new one. Porsha decides to get some professional help. Plus 20. Not that all of the housewives couldn’t use some help. It seems like Porsha’s trying to figure out who she is in the scheme of things. Minus 16 for when she tells her shrink she doesn’t want to put any expectations on Kordell when it comes to having kids. Aren’t they suppose to be in this together? Maybe she and Kordell need a little Bedroom Kandi to lighten things up but somehow he just doesn’t seem the type. That’s a shame because Kandi’s empire continues to grow. Plus 25 . Did you see all of those Bedroom Kandi consultants. That’s a whole lot of sex toys being sold. Phaedra and Kenya are finally producing those workout videos and I’ll give Kenya her due. Plus 30. Her video looked like the real deal. Phine Bodies by Phaedra on the other hand was not so fine. Yes, it had the phenomenal Beverly Hills mansion with a view but it also had Phaedra jumping around and panting between takes. Phaedra says, “I grew this thing. I didn’t buy it.” I have no doubt she grew that booty but was it through exercise or lots of rich Southern food? Minus 22. We’ll all have to wait and see what the finished products look like in the end…both the video and the booty. And the big romantic surprise of the night was Gregg proposing…again, to NeNe. They laughed. They cried but in the end I wasn’t sure what NeNe Leakes answer would be. Plus 50 . She said yes. Congratulations to the happy couple and good luck on the second time around. Now on to the finale… EPISODE TOTAL: +89! SEASON TOTAL: -259!