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Monday, February 11, 2013
12:00 pm
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Anyway, Carla does admit that she can be more volatile than him, but it’s only because she has good reason to be angry. She had to raise two kids, hold down the house, and be supportive of his ass while he was in prison. She doesn’t even mention, that she made sure he stayed in touch with his kids regularly so that they could have a relationship with their father when he got out of prison. And, let’s not forget that he cheated on her when he wasn’t in prison. Joe doesn’t really have any kind of response to this so he says that he was just trying to prepare her for when the lawyer sends the paperwork.
Carla reminds us that Joe is a cheater and wishes Raquel the best of luck.
I personally don’t think that Carla is upset about divorcing Joe. She had planned to do that anyway. I do think that she is pissed about being ambushed with it on camera, especially since he is trying to spin it as her being emotionally unstable. I do think that Joe needs to tread carefully though. It’s obvious that he wants this show in lieu of having a real job, so he really shouldn’t alienate his one real tie to it. But, I wonder if he is even capable of thinking that far ahead? Or, maybe he thinks that he is such a natural that the show would do well with him on it even without his tie to Carla and the kids?
Big Ang is having to spend more time at the Drunken Monkey during the day lately. So, while she is there taking care of things a couple of out of shape middle aged guys are getting drunk and talking shit to each other. This was so funny you guys. My husband was walking through when this scene was on and he heard me say something about the ridiculousness of these guys being in a bar getting drunk in the middle of the day.
He laughed and said that the two of us had just gotten drunk in the middle of the afternoon the day before. Which was true. The difference is that we stayed our drunk asses at home watching bad movies and posting drunk ramblings on Facebook. You know, because we were raised right.
Anyway, Neil comes to rescue and breaks up the fight. And Ang is appreciative and even a tiny bit forgiving. She says it’s about time that he finally stepped up.
Now that we have already discussed Karen’s poor financial planning, let’s take a look at CousinSuckUp’s. Remember how she was talking about not being able to pay rent and having to move her and her five kids into a shitty 2 bedroom apartment? Well, that has not stopped her from throwing a major birthday party complete with a DJ, a red carpet, a full bar for the adults, and custom made cupcakes and cakes. Am I the only person who thinks this was ridiculously irresponsible and shortsighted? She doesn’t have a job, her meal ticket is in jail, and she was JUST complaining about not being able to afford her house. I get that the show is a source of income for her and I get that the show most likely paid for the party. But, can you see the disconnect this whole scenario presents?
Anyway, Drita and Aleeya arrive and Karen hugs Drita in welcome. It was done with a fake smile, but it’s progress. The kids have fun and the adults breathe a sigh of relief that they no longer have to have an ambulance on speed dial every time they get together.
I have to mention one last thing about this party. The gift. Bitch gave those kids a dog. How are you going to take care of a dog in a tiny apartment overflowing with 5 kids? Plus, it looks like one of those little toy dogs that are known for their medical issues. She even had to tell the girls that yes, it was a real dog. I am just floored.
Let’s take another look at some irresponsible behavior on CousinSuckUp’s part, shall we? She takes her 8 year old daughter with her to visit her jailbird boyfriend’s attorney. This is so inappropriate that even I was shocked that she would do this. I know CousinSuckUp needs everyone to see her as a mother so that she can be more likeable, but she needs to understand likeable mothers generally don’t treat their 8 year old daughters to information about a jailbird boyfriend on national television.
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Someone please explain this to me. How does “investing ” in a music studio equal “I now OWN the studio so my daughter and her little friends can drop in anytime they want to record some shitty song and make the producers and the rest of the staff drop whatever else they were doing to pay attention to my spoiled kid and her friends “??
Feather I was wondering where the investment money was coming from.
Good question Labowner! Maybe from her book sales (Bwwhaha!) I wonder how much she invested total? She never even mentioned that. I thought it was funny as hell when she was giving her daughter a tour of the place, acting like she had decorated it herself!
Well, we know her investment didn’t come from the Spa she opened last season, because she would have definitely plugged it for the publicity. I don’t think she has actually “invested” any money in the studio. I think she worked out a deal to do as much filming there as she possibly could and in exchange for the publicity, they will allow her to film there and record a couple of vanity projects for her daughter and her daughter’s friends.
Oh my are people still silly enough to take any kind of mob money?
You know VH1 paid for that party and it wasn’t really as ridiculous as it could have been. At least I didn’t see the part where every kid goes home from a b-day party with a gift. What is that crap by the way?
Um I am going to have to eat my words about Karen – I guess girl gone and done good. She hooked up with a women and owns a very successful spa in AZ – so good they are moving to a larger space.
“We are looking to expand the spa and our service, because we had overwhelming success since the launch. We are booked solid even though we are by appointment only,”
Let’s hope she is saving for a college education.
Loved Drita’s comment about the moms throwing the cake and the kids eat it.
Oh is Love hearing her biological clock tick. I see her stamping her foot like Marisa Tomei did in MCV.
Plath I was thinking about those folks that had just recovered from Sandy to be hit by the Noreaster this past weekend.
I haven’t read the recap yet but I have so much to say! First – I’m not one to talk because my hind quarters are not small, but CSU’s ass looked HUGE in those white-and-black-spackled pants. Homegirl needs to invest in some Spanx or some bigger pants because baby got 2 backs. Maybe if she would have gotten \engaged\ with a smaller ring she would have had some cash for a little lipo.
I also loved how Karen and CSU decided that Drita lacked in the common sense department as much as they do and thought that Drita would start something with her kids there – I have no doubt those two would, but I don’t think Drita would.
Oh, and what gives with Renee’s rehab place – MTV sends the Teen Mom girls to California, but apparently VH1 will only dole out for Florida. Pity.
@Plath, I think you forgot one thought regarding Joe/Carla. Maybe Joe is thinking that his divorce can drag on over the course of several episodes next season. Also, as long as the kids are in the picture, he will always be around. I do think he is hedging his bets with his out-of-jail rebound chick and will find a way to weasel his way back in Carla’s life once he settles down.
@Derek, I hadn’t thought of that. I wouldn’t be surprised if he did try to stretch out the divorce and then “suddenly” realize that he is still in love with Carla all for story line purposes of course.
Carla didn’t seem too happy when Joe brought up the divorce (hopefully she can get back child support from him) but anyway she mummered something about her being able to move on now. I was like bitch please, what about all the boyfriends you’ve had while he was away?
Loved the look on the blonde women’s face when Renee went off on her in rehab. She opened her mouth to say something, then quickly thought better off it.
OMG when Renee started going crazy in rehab, it was kind of glorious but the craziest thing ever. I didn’t spend too much time on it because I can never really be sure how I feel about the Renee parts when I sit down to write. But, when she was all, “Do you know how I am?” I immediately said, “She’s a man baby!”
Are my ears deceiving me?
No mention of Lefty from CSU?
Bitch must be off her game.
I bet she calls the dog “Lefty After My Grandfather that the Movie Donnie Brasco Was About”.
@sheesh – she did bring up Lefty (again!) When she was walking up to the restaurant to meet with Drita. I don’t know why she thinks because who her grandfather was makes her tough. That would be like me saying I’m a plumber cause my grandfather was!
featherhead totally beat me to it. But, yes she did say her grandfather was Lefty Two Guns as though that is supposed to mean something. Karen’s father was Sammy the Bull, does that make her a mass murdering rat?
I can’t believe I missed it as I usually look around for something to throw everytime she starts in on that tired assed shit.
@Plath, regarding Renee, anyone who will allow their rehab therapy sessions to be filmed doesn’t take it seriously, IMHO. (See the various Dr. Drew shows as proof!)
Thank goodness I wasn’t the only one who was appalled that CSU took her daughter to see her drug dealing boyfriend, oh I’m sorry, fiance’s attorney. She never toted her kids around before, but now all of a sudden she is? WTFever.
@Chicken Lips. I agree…I hitnk Karen & CSU would totally start a fight w/their kids there, but Drita wouldn’t. Now she might kick their asses later for starting in front of her kids, but not while they were there. She seems to genuinely want to be a better person for her kids. (which is just one of the many reasons I love her).
I also think Carla was just hurt by the way Joe brough the divorce up. The way he was saying he wanted to cut ties and tried to make it seem like she was mooning over him. Yeah she has plenty of reasons to get pissed off at him. If he even acknowledged that instead of acting like he was the picture perfect husband and Carla was just crazy, maybe she’d be a little less angry with him. Funny how he was threatening to throw paperwork at her if he needed to. I hope she goes after him for child support too. You know he’ll start saying how mean/wrong she is if she does.
And Karen? Please. You’re trying to bribe your daughter to come live with you, AFTER you went and did exactly what she asked you not to. You confronted her dad about his new girlfriend all bitchily. Of course she doesnt want to go live with you. You left her behind to do for yourself, you don’t respect her or take what she wants into consideration and I’m sure when she saw you telling her father you did your time with her and it was his turn, it didnt make her heart melt.
And Renee…..she’s just cray cray. And I love her for it. lol
@sheesh, I usually yell, “who the fuck cares!” at the TV when CSU pulls that crap.
@Derek, I know. I have always had issues with anyone who would allow something so private to be filmed as a TV story line. But, still how insane was that?
@yeknom, the scene in the attorney’s office made my blood boil. It’s so obvious that she wants soften her image by portraying herself as motherly. She wants so badly to be Drita, but doesn’t get that she is just nowhere near as awesome as Drita. But, subjecting an 8 year old to that kind of bullshit? That just pissed me off.
@Plath. Exaxctly. She’s trying to make herself more likelable but she just made me dislike her more with that BS and I didnt think that was possible. Hell, I didn’t even let my kid in on the court/legal BS I went through w/his bio dad. As far as I’m concerned that is not anything a kid needs to hear. CSU is just a worthless mouth-running waste of air.
CSU is as big of a fuckup as Lefty was.
That is one tough bitch of a dumbass gene .
Only Renee would be in rehab and try to use the fact that she is from a mob family make others in the group fear her. She can be such an ass sometimes, but I like her.
I agree …Joe wanted Carla to freak out with jealousy….that was a big flop. I was glad.
Cousin Suckup may be putting a friendly face forward but I don’t trust she or Karen to not turn on anyone in a heartbeat truce or not….they are both stuck up drama queens who love to be the “boss”.
I still can’t stand Karen.
Anybody else notice Cousin Suck Up’s brass knuckle iphone case? A touch of class!
I agree Plath that this truce between CSU, Karen and Drita has everyhting to do with the enormous and surprising popularity of Drita after the last two seasons. So this season it seems Carla is the one they’ve decided to bully. I can’t wait to see her and Love finally interact.
CSU’s visit was pretty much only to find out if she could wear her engagement ring that she got from being engaged to her boyfriend (now fiance because they’re engaged) when he decided they should be engaged, no? Couldn’t she call the lawyer to find out he has absolutely zero information on her man? SUCH BS!
As for Karen….*sigh*…..She has not a clue about the music business but thinks being part owner of a studio is a genius investment. If it wasn’t for her daughter I’d want this dumbass to fall hard.
@yeknom, You are dead on. I think I may have gone on several rants last season about how ridiculous it was that she was expecting us to care about her. But, I was especially pissed that she brought this guy into their lives after having known him so short a time and then actually took one of her kids to visit him in jail. As much as she wants us to understand how hurt her kids are that this guy is in jail, all I can think is that the hurt is HER FAULT! This guy was a stranger to them a year before he went to jail. Why should they have been subjected this bullshit! I will never like her because of the way she came on the scene. But, I will always hate her for doing that to her kids.
@sheesh, hahaha! “tough bitch of a dumbass gene” is an awesome way to describe her. I may steal that for a later recap.
@Sunshine, Right?! When she did that I was appalled and then a little bit in love with our DragQueen again. It was just SO Renee. The reasonable part of me that knows how stupid and ridiculous it was for her to do that wanted to shake her. But, the part of me that is endlessly entertained by the glorious nature of a drag queen to find Drama in a situation that has already been over saturated with drama was reminded of her first season behavior. Also, Joe is just not as good of an actor as he thinks he is. I suspect he watched the show while in jail and started planning his part. I’ll bet Jennifer G. was a pen pal of his and the two of them hatched a way to get him on the show with the expectation that he would bring drama to Carla’s story line. The only problem is that even editing can’t fix how transparent he and Raquel are. They so obviously want to use Carla for the show. And, you know I don’t trust Karen or CSU. They are too ready to shit stir and start drama to ever be real – although, there have been about 2, maybe 3 moments when Karen was genuine. It was usually when she forgot that she was being filmed, but that’s really all one can hope for with her.
You guys, I think I’m addicted to drag queens and their antics. Should I go to rehab? Is it as bad as say, a Twitter addiction? Seriously, I had a moment of disgust followed by glee when Renee reverted to type in rehab. This can’t be good for me.
@JulieSF, I did notice the phone case, but didn’t mention it because I’m pretty sure that’s her way of trying to hawk something and I refuse to support her in anything. And you are totally right, she could have easily pulled a Karen and had a phone call with the lawyer without submitting her daughter to that. But, then she couldn’t have paraded her kid on camera.With her, I always get the impression that she is trying to throw as many of her kids at us as she can to see which one sticks. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t pick on the kids. I think her kids are really adorable and long suffering. I can’t imagine what kind of crap they had to live through with a mother like her. So, I have nothing against the children. I just hate that she is trying to parade them around to show that she can be a decent person when her behavior so clearly shows that she is not.
@Plath
I love me some drag queens too and I refuse to believe there’s anything wrong with me, soooo…..
You know the kids love their mama and I’m sure CSU loves her kids but I just can’t believe some of the choices she has made, starting off with the brawlin’! And yeah, she’s laying on the concerned and dutiful mother schtick pretty heavy now. I just find her fake. It occured to me as I watched this episode that she’s been pretty clever at making herself a permanent fixture on this show. I don’t know how much input Jennifer had in creating a \villain\ even though I believe CSU can do bitch by her own damn self.
I don’t think that Jennifer brought CSU on to be a villain. Karen and Jennifer were much closer friends than Karen and Renee were. But, when Jennifer saw that Karen wasn’t liked by the audience, she brought in CousinSuckUp so that there was someone on Karen’s side that wasn’t Renee. Truth be told, I don’t think that Jennifer cares all that much for Drita, but she is too smart to ignore Drita’s popularity. So, she is trying to mold CSU into being another Drita while she minimizes Drita on the show in hopes (or at least I truly hope) of having Drita and Big Ang(yay!) making a go of Ang’s show.
While I’m in favor of a Drita and Big Ang spinoff, I refuse to accept CSU as a likable person. She and Karen are just too gross as human beings to pull it off no matter how close they are to Jennifer.
@Plath #22. PREACH!! I’m not saying a thing about her love for her kids or how much they love her, but the choices she made and the hurt those choices brought her kids is just too thoughtless and selfish. I know raising a kid byyourself is hard & I completely understand wanting a partner/companion in life, but you don’t jsut throw your kids into any relationship you have w/out really knowing that person. She claims she didnt know re his drug dealing ways (which I call BS on) so how well could she have really known him to move her kids in with him?
Karen….ugh. You can tell she doesnt want there to be any truce for any reason. She knows the only thing she has going for her is loud always running BS filled mouth.
Renee brought the crazy to rehab. I guess she figures she’s giving up drugs, but that doesnt mean she has to give up the crazy.
I still like how Carla has had enough of the BS and is just speaking her mind. There’s only so much turning the other cheek you can do. I think that fact that she’s a real friend to Drita is what makes CSU & Karen dislike her. No matter how much they tried her to get her to turn on Drita, she stood her ground and didnt join their side because she’s not a flake of a friend.