Hi Gasmii! P-Baby here with the latest episode of America’s Next Top Model. Just to quickly recap what happened last week for those who are fortunate enough to not realize another season has started, Tyra picked some girls, pretended they were going home, then let them stay so Rod Belding could take pictures of them and so she could torture them with a giant flotation device, then sent one girl home, who hopefully realized she dodged a WMD by getting out of this shitshow early.
In P-Baby news, Mr. P-Baby decided we should hire Jon Cryer to do some work around the house and to regale me with stories of Hollywood over mimosas. Poor Jon Cryer. Forever Duckie to most, finally busting through to win a Supporting Actor Emmy only to have Tiger Blood Sheen piss all over everything. At least he has an Emmy, though. The homely kid on that show is fucked. Moving on.
Apparently, last season’s intro required no tweaking so it remains the same. I don’t mean to keep harping on this, but WTF with Sara? I am all about quirky attractiveness and I’ve been known to find some decidedly unattractive people fuckable (Kevin Spacey?) but I do not see it with this girl. Like, not even a little bit.

Speaking of ugly, who’s going to be first in line to see this sure to be Oscar winning epic about love and inner beauty starring two of Hollywood’s A+ listers? Anyone? Hello?

After the first elimination, the models return back to their pent house where Molly babbles about how pumped she is about getting first photo. Molly’s cute enough but shouldn’t count her chickens. Also, she’s adopted. More on this later. Do normal people with no issues ever try out for reality TV shows?

Nicole chats with Alexandria about how her eyebrows are too close to her eyelids and that short of a facelift and waxing those suckers off, she’s probably the next one out. Alexandria tells her not worry, that her flesh colored lips and black on blond roots are sure to turn the judges off before they notice Nicole’s brow line.

Elsewhere, across the penthouse, Dominique and Ondrei chat away with Ondrei revealing that two of her brothers died, like yesterday.


DUDE. How am I supposed to make fun of that, Ondrei? Be more considerate please.
So Ondrei is only 18 and has already seen more death of immediate family members than most have ever. Fuck sleeping bags, eating disorders, alcoholism, adoptions, and trailer parks. Ondrei wins.
Enough of this heavy shit. In a completely unnecessary and horribly boring segment, Tyra brings her nutritionist to the penthouse to teach the models about diet and Cheaties, which are the foods that Tyra can indulge in without feeling disgusting afterwards. First of all, no model in their right mind would hire Tyra’s nutritionist, lest I remind you.

Secondly, how much do these guys hate their lives right now?

Thirdly, Tyra’s fake French accent is #7831 on the Reasons Tyra is an Asshole List. You were born in Inglewood, California. Deal with it.
You know who is dumb? Monique.

It is hard to express why, despite the obvious vacant stare, speaking only in questions, and affinity for the word “like.” She talks like a Kardashian on Whip Its. Also, she instigates…Chickengate.
Jaclyn and Monique are raiding the fridge in search of something to feed their airheads with and discover a bowl of raw chicken marinating in barbecue sauce. I’m not going to disagree that the chicken looks fucking gross and like something Buffalo Bill keeps in his fridge while holding captives in his basement well. I also won’t disagree that it’s super annoying to live with someone (cough, old roommate, cough) who constantly leaves stuff in the fridge for weeks at a time, promising she’ll eat it and then said food eventually growing it’s own feet, hair, and nervous system in order to escape the confines of our fridge.

Monique decides the best course of action is to just remove the bowl from the fridge and leave it on the counter. The fuck? I’m not sure how out of the numerous options, such as 1. Ask who it belongs to, 2. Leave it alone in the fridge or 3. Throw it out, just to name a few, leaving the shit out on the counter became the first choice. Alexandria senses her fowl at risk and storms over to the kitchen to find out why her food is now a salmonella death trap.
Monique says nothing and instead Dalya gets the wrath of Alexandria because Dalya tells her the chicken should go in a freezer bag rather than a cereal bowl.
This is fucking dumb. Bottom line, Alexandria now hates Dalya, Monique is still an idiot, and Alexandria should wear make-up. Always.

Only 15 minutes in and I’m exhausted already. I could use a Cheatie. Only my Cheatie isn’t bullshit like a waffle covered in peanut butter. My Cheatie is this.

Fuck. Tyra Mail. ”Tomorrow you will face your worst critic. Love, Tyra.” The girls arrive at The Colony theater to meet Nigel and an acting coach/goateed theater douche named Eugene. He talks to them about something called an inner critic, which is supposedly the voice inside your head that tells you about not being good enough or skinny enough to do things.

Back to Molly’s adoption. Eugene asks her what she loves more than anything in the world and off Molly goes rambling and crying about how great her parents are and how she didn’t realize how great they were until she meets her birth mother who in my head looks like this.

Eugene tasks the girls to draw their own inner critic on an easel. Their droorings (oh, Nigel) look like refrigerator art from our 4 year old niece. After the drooring is complete, Eugene makes each girl come on stage and face the inner critic, which will played by him, to convince them to go away. Molly is up first and bitch is crying before Eugene even starts talking. What the hell?

Also, Eugene is fucktard that seems to be getting far too much enjoyment out of belittling people he just met 5 seconds ago to their faces.

Jaclyn loses her shit, effectively shattering all the glass in the P-Baby house.

And then Ondrei comes along. With legitimate pain and issues revolving around the early and unfair losses of her brothers. Girlfriend makes me tear up. God damn it, Ondrei. Kind of makes Jaclyn’s bitching about her stupid baby face and helium voice seem a bit…irrelevant.

OK P-Baby, shake it off.
PS. My inner critic is my bestie and tells me, “P-Baby, if you want to eat another piece of chicken, then go right ahead. You’re still fucking awesome and no amount of grease on your fingers will ever change that.” Then we fist bump and go to bed.

Back at the penthouse, Ondrei calls her boyfriend and breaks down, deciding whether or not she should stay in the house and on the show. It seems like she’s definitely going through some stuff and her boyfriend lets her know that he’ll support her no matter what. Family death, true pain, and a supportive boyfriend NOT screaming and wailing WHYYYYY on the phone? This episode blows.
The next day the girls arrive at Smashbox studios and meet Jay for their photo shoot. The concept is that their going to wear jewelry covered in pheromones to attract bees which will inevitably end up all over their face. This poor bastard can offer some advice on how to handle bees.

The photographer is Mike Rosenthal who I guess some would find attractive but it’s not really working for me today. The girls get make up’d in tones that remind me of the late 90′s. Jaclyn is scared because she thinks she’s allergic to bees in that when she gets stung, she gets red welts. Jaclyn, that makes 6 billion of us. Idiot. Jaclyn needs to have a heart to heart with Thomas J if she wants to find out what a real bee allergy is about.

Monique is horrifying me today.

Sara struggles to find a pose that doesn’t enunciate her man face.

Nothing significant on any of the other ladies except Hannah who’s got black shit all over her teeth and starts crying.

The bee stuff all comes to an end and back at the house, Ondrei talks to some of the girls about not feeling ready to be there. Monique, ever the sensitive brain trust of the house, tells the camera Ondrei should just go so she doesn’t take anyone else’s spot. Compassionate as ever. Bitch.
At panel, Tyra makes my eyes bleed by wearing a sheer blouse and visible mom bra. It also looks like Andre’s broom hat is here to stay so at least we’ve got that to look forward to. Let’s name it, shall we? Suggestions? Alek Wek is the guest judge today and she really is just beautiful. I remember reading about her in the mid 90′s in my Seventeen magazine thinking she was awesome because she looked so different from the other supermodels of the 90′s. Wiki says her name means black spotted cow, which is also awesome.

1. Ondrei. Ondrei tells the judges she wasn’t able to give it her all and bows out of the competition gracefully and with class. With that, Tyra informs the group that if Ondrei has the worst photo, there will be no elimination. If it’s not the worst, someone will still be eliminated. What the hell with shows not going with the numbers they are supposed to? Idol just picked 3 wild cards instead of 2 and now ANTM will be down to 11 girls rather than 12 because Ondrei is adorable and no where near the worst model there.
2. Kasia. Kasia gets scolded for too much fashion by the guy literally wearing a make up brush on his head.

3. Mikaela. Snooze.

4. Dominique. Snooze x 2.

5. Brittini. Good picture, snaggle tooth hidden.

6. Jaclyn. Nothing to do with Jaclyn’s critique but the picture they show “us” the audience is not the same as the picture they have showing over the panel. Look, picture 1.

Now the second.

CSI better watch their back, bitches!
7. Dalya. Her eyes are closed. Her picture sucks.

8. Alexandria. She looks like Chloe Sevigny in her picture.

Which is definitely a step up from her usual.

Unless we’re talking Chloe Sevigny circa Big Love in which case it’s a lose lose.
9. Sara. Nigel says she has a unique beauty. He may as well just say she’s got a great personality.

10. Molly. Molly is a mouth breather.

11. Nicole. Tyra wants Nicole to think newborn babies. Newborn babies are gross.

12. Hannah. Crying. Bees.

13. Monique. She looks like Maleficent.

Well, Hannah wins best picture which is stupid because it’s not the best and she cried which is annoying. As for elimination, surprise, surprise, Ondrei’s picture doesn’t suck. Nicole and Dalya find themselves in the bottom 2 with Nicole getting cast off before she could discover her inner fetus. What a snoozefest this week. Hopefully next week will be better, which it absolutely will be because…MAKEOVERS!
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Oh, P-Baby, I’m with you on Sara…and finding the quirky to the downright weird looking attractive. In fact, I’ll see your Kevin Spacey and raise you a Richard Edson. Also known as Vito in “Do the Right Thing” or Garage Attendant in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” I know from ugly pretty….and she’s not ugly pretty.
Stupid fricken incorrect Captcha codes! *(&$%#@!!! I hate you! I hate you!
Inhale, exhale…
I stopped watching this show (just in time too, because I have a huge bee phobia) but I’ll still read the awesome recaps.
Vallegirl, I’ll see your Ferris Garage Attendant and raise you a Harvey Keitel ala The Piano. Yummy.
The Hat De Plume should henceforth be called the TallyWhacker. I think it’s appropriate on so many levels.
Please correct the spelling to refelect the wearer: TalleyWhacker.
@Clair – And yet we all agree…Sara, still not pretty no matter how you define that word.
In that picture of Monique – what the hell is in her nostril? Or is it maybe an unfortunate bee flying by?
They plugged the girls ears and nostrils so the bees wouldn’t lodge themselves inside. They just hadn’t pushed her up far enough to hide it from the camera, yet.
I can’t stand Alexandria, ugh she is so annoying. I hate it when people touch things in my fridge, but Monique commented that it smelled. Chicken should not smell. I marinate it all the time and I have never left it in the fridge so long that it actually smelled gross. That is disgusting. And Alexandria’s personality is so grating, ugh.
I like Molly, Hannah, Brittani, Jaclyn. Dalya is boring. And I don’t really remember anyone else.
Firstly let me answer this for you.
Do normal people with no issues ever try out for reality TV shows?
NO
That would be deemed toooo boring by tyty and you wouldnt qualify.
seriously, what do the producers ask there girls when they are casting?
I can just imagine, tyra is at Mr chows having lunch with Naomi Campbell (buahahaha) and her phone rings.
ty: what do you want? why are you bothering me? im having lunch with my BFF naomi campbell
producer: tyra we might have just found a winner for this season.
ty: speak!
p: her name is ondrei and she has two dead brothers. i think she has a 200% chance of breaking down on the show.
ty: BRILLIANT!.. hmm that is better than homelessness, bullying, being gay, being transgender, sexual assault, OMG cast her i want HER on the show! STAT!… now where is my cheatie.
Last season we had Kayla’s sexual assault, which made me uncomfortable and this season is ondrei.
its not that im not into confronting issues and im cold hearted, FAR from it! but im trying to make fun of people on this show, not feel bad…sigh
That critic exercise was pointless, i fast forwarded through the whole thing, so i dont have any comments on that, just seem pointless. I dont think when they were casting Giselle Bunchen, Miranda Kerr or Irina big boobie sports illustrated girl, they told those girls..who is your biggest critic? and to speak to a douche bag looking guy who is insulting them.
FYI i saw naomi campbell at a behind the scenes photoshoot and that bitch knows how to work it. she just moves like water from shot to shot.
anyway my favourite segment is tyra pretending she is french. what was she thinking lol.
and that cheatie thing is soo wrong with models.
what is cheatie to real models when they are hungry and feel faint? chewing gum, cigarette, cocaine, air, water.
its like this cocaine guy, i dont know him, but ever since he kinda stop taking it, he gained weight. but he was soo skinny when he was on it.
anyway, alexandria is either 1. ggetting the bitch edit or 2. is a real bitch because she has done runways at NY fashion week.
if thats the case, bitch if you have done runway shows at NYFW then why are you here?
anyway not that im knocking NYFW… but lets face it anybody can get in if they had the $$$ and paid the show fee. how do you explain that kira pistanina or whatever her name was… that girl whose dad was a russian billionaire…she SHOWED at NYFW… her clothes look like wat miley cyrus would wear.
and ive seen tons of designers from australia (talentless) who have showed at NYFW, all because they paid alot of $$$ to put a show and there was like NOBODY in their show…not even the public walk-ins.
so alexandria could have been walking on those shows.
anyway im off to eat my cheatie… deep fried dumplings… it has cabbage in it!!!
Claire,
I’ll see your Harvey Keitel and raise you James Woods.
Harvey and James…I give you Scott Glenn. Hunt for Red October. Meow. That or whatshisfutz Bishop from Alien. I really have issues.
And if I ever ran across a hat called a Talleywacker, I would buy it immediately.
I respect all of your alterna-hot guys, but a) Scott Glenn is actually hot, even while drinking the Mezcal and b) I think all of them at 30 were more mainstream handsome than this guy:
http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsE/5142.gif
And come to think of it, his “Stranger Than Paradise” co-star, John Lurie also rocked the downtown hipster Picasso-faced appeal, too…so I WIN!
Personally, my “ugly” guy that I have the hots for is Steve Buscemi. Talented, funny people, no matter their looks, are so attractive to me.
Me too, Georgiababe!!! And I have a friend who works on his show. *swoon*
My inner critic was screaming during this episode. “WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME WATCHING THIS SHIT?????? WHAT KINDA NO LIFE, LOSER ARE YOU ANYWAYS??? GO CLEAN YOUR TOILETS OR WASH THE FLOOR OR AT LEAST PICK UP YOUR DIRTY UNDERWARE THAT HAS BEENN LYING ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR FOR A WEEK!! SO hate that voice!! Good thing liquor subdues it.
I’ll see your Steve Buscemi and raise you a Mick Jagger! YUMMY!
My inner critic has a mute button. I use it liberally.
Have not made it even through the first page and had to comment. I went and saw Beastly this weekend. Don’t judge, it was cold and we had adult drinks. After the first five minutes all I could think was thank god Alex Pettyfer is legal.
WHY DID U PUT THAT CANDYMAN PICTURE IN???????? AHHHH now i cant concentrate n get thru one single sentence =( =( =(
(sidenote: i love the recaps but hate the eps this season so far )
not even Andre’s nonsensical feedback could save this show.
for example when he said to dominique about being shanghai living in shanghai, fabolous shanghai woman living in a shanghai life, just shanghai hmmmm!
you know what, the past 3 cycles have gone down the drain…
since andre came onboard, tyra doesnt pull any stunts anymore.
the whole purpose of this show is for us to mock but when its sooo bland, there is nothing to make fun off!! damm it!
Most of my romantic life has been based on being a hot ugly guy. Uh-huh.
Well, when I first heard the blather about ugly guys, I thought I would win hands down . . . and I stand corrected!!! HA!!! Um, I guess you lost me at Steve B–but I am so glad to hear he has fans, really–there def is someone for everyone!
I’m even at a loss, as I love me some men of girth, and sadly, the bigger of an asshole they seem, the more my heart pitter patters. I aspire to think that it’s really just a physical thing, but if I truly knew I wouldn’t be single at my age. I guess I’ll throw in James Gandolfini, but I think he is super, super hot, even fat as a house . . . and I know I ain’t alone in that . . . which is a relief, I guess. Most of the time I hate myself for loving some, Joan Jett never sang a truer phrase!
Even as a boy, my ideal was Mel, of Mel’s dinner on Alice. Yes, that Mel, Vic Tayback. I guess my taste started young . . . sigh . . .
Catty, I burst out on that one!!! TallyWhacker HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
I dunno, there’s something I really like about Andre’, but he is too outside of the confines of fashion to be so harsh and mean girlish . . . as if he’s all that . . . is it me! Between the smocks and ridonk hats, and now the TallyWhacker . . . my lawd, what is this fashion world. I don’t know if he’s beat up on any of them for not being thin enough . . . but there again . . . look whos’ talkin’
I’ll miss Ondrei, I thought she was adorable and an early favorite in looks only . . . poor thing, but I think she could have stayed longer, I don’t think she was going to win this or anything.
Okay, juddfan, you totally win for thinking Mel’s hot. I may like a man with a Picasso face, but that is truly in a different realm.
I’m obsessed with this ugly hot men conversation. A couple of my others that are certainly questionable and make Mr. P-Baby hang his head in shame are Tim Roth (seriously, I don’t know what the hell my problem is) and David Bowie, but that’s been ongoing since birth.
David Bowie is not ugly hot. He is just plain smokin’ hot.
I don’t know…. his mouth is weird like he will eat your head. David Bowie, I mean. But I agree that he is sexy even if a bit of an uggo.
And about Steve Buschemi, I’ve always thought there was something sexy about him. But then I started watching Boardwalk Empire and wowie zowie! :p I would totally do him. I mean, if I wasn’t completely in love with my husband and stuff. Maybe I should put him on my laminated card. He’d be there with Gabriel Byrne (getting older but still HOT), Keanu Reeves (yeah, yeah, I don’t care, he’s sexy!) and John Malkovich (another ugly/sexy guy).
Hahaha P-Baby! I must admit I used to have a thing for Tim Roth as well. I LOVED David Bowie in labyrinth and another questionably hot guy on my list would have to be Barry Pepper. Mmmm.. Barry Pepper as the sniper “Jackson” in Saving Private Ryan.. yes please
There is nothing questionable about Barry Pepper. Nothing at all.
Well, there is the Scientology.
But since we’re working our way through the Reservoir Dogs, I will admit that I always found Michael Madsen hot, especially as Mr. Blonde…at least until THAT scene. Although, I can admit that other than being a little beefy, Madsen is rather handsome. At least when he’s groomed and dressed like a normal person.
And I’ve loved Steve Buscemi (Valley Stream, represent!) since I stumbled upon “Parting Glances” on HBO back in the late 80s. It’s the big, sad blue eyes that get me every time. But I read a profile on him around the time that Trees Lounge came out that actually made a point of saying that he’s quite handsome in person.
So, anyone willing to step up for Danny Trejo?
William H. Macy. Yum.
AHHAHAHAHAHA Valle, so it’s not my imagination!!! I feel validated at any rate, and I confess, went on an image search after looking up his name for the post-my brain is so on the blink lately!–and I still likey-AHAHAHAHAHAA!!! again!
Loving the input in here. I’m not sure there’s any skinny guys on my list, tho I like some normal sized ones. Bowie wouldn’t do it for me, but at least he’s not gross like a Tommy Lee (I should say gross to me, as we are discussing dif opinions, and shame blasting is not a position I want to start)
It’s not the tattoo’s, he just looks greasy. Tattoo’s get hotter and hotter to me . . . who knew!?
I guess Sasha Baron Cohen might be the skinniest of guys that gave me a bit of a twinge down there.
I’ve not seen Reservoir Dogs, but it’s in my cue at the moment, so perhaps soon, but I thought MM was kind of sexy in Species. I found it funny when Marge said she spends her night pining for a guy like him!
Willem Dafoe could make me drop my pants anytime, anywhere. Even in Wild at Heart, he got my motor running.
And Barry Pepper is flat-out pretty. He’s the reason I own 61* on DVD.
And I had a life-size poster of Madsen as Mr. Blond over my bed for years. He’s adorable, especially in interviews with all of his kids running around.
mmmm barry pepper!
I thought of another one. Joaquin Phoenix circa Inventing the Abbotts/Signs.
I don’t think Joaquin qualifies. He is definitely not ugly.
I’m officially amused by the conversation.
Adrian Brody. I get worked up over that slut.
Tom Petty
Okay, that one is unfortunate, but I always had a crush on the Heartbreakers original drummer, Stan Lynch. Lurch-like resemblance and unfortunate 80s hair and jeans aside.
Adrian Brody circa Liberty Heights for me. And while I’m on the subject of Liberty Heights, I’ve always loved Ben Foster!! I’ve had a thing for him since flash forward but I think he was hottest in 3:10 to Yuma