Couples Therapy Minicap: Like Mother, Like Daughter

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By eyediosmio | Thursday, November 15, 2012 | 10:40 pm | 22 Comments
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Hola Gasmii!

Did you totally LOVE this episode or what?! Now, we all knew Creepy Doug and Child Bride would come back, that was a given. This show cannot sustain itself on the normality of the other cast members (Simon’s clown shoes excluded).  However, the real reason I am so giddy is because I cannot tell you how much I adored watching Courtney’s Mom do her weird-ass crazy twitchy face!  Now we all know where Courtney’s strange patterned speech, weird facial tics, and poor makeup skills come from. 

Courtney is very unique, except for the fact I groomed her to look like me – except younger and prettier.  

This woman is so incredibly damaged and what’s even worse is the damage she actively inflicted on her own daughter by manipulating her like some sex puppet to fulfill her (the mother’s) own failed dreams of stardom.  Her odd fixation on her daughter is epically disturbing as well as her complete failure as a parent . . . it reminds me of someone, I can’t quite put a finger on it . . . Help me out here guys, any ideas?  Nope? 

Anyway, if you guys can think of an obsessed parent who oversexualizes her young daughter and encourages bad behavior for her own selfish gain – you’ll let me know in the comments, right?

So the short version of the show is as follows:

  • FWB and Too Short:  Too Short has a “breakthrough” is really sweet to FWB, and I wonder if Too Short is just really cheap and wanted to marry her on tv to get out of having to pay for a wedding (we’ve all seen the promos). 
  • Courtney and Doug are still gross, creepy and full of shit.  
  • Shayne and Nik:  Nik tries to woo Shayne with horseback riding, Shayne’s fake breasts think this is a horrible idea and she epically whines about it.  As you do.  Shayne is the most horrible person during this segment.  She needs personal one on one therapy to figure out why she is trying so hard to sabotage her marriage.  We’ll dig into this more during the recap.   Poor Nik.

So Gasmii, hang in there and I’ll get the full recap up for you very soon!  In the meantime, let’s discuss in the comments!  Who’s crazier:  Dina or Krista? 

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I'm a part time writer, full time wife and Doberman wrangler in steamy South Florida.  I try to keep my sanity by watching loads of reality tv so I can feel better about myself.  It's a lazy way to maintain my moral compass, but I'm too lazy to drive to church every Sunday. 

22 Comments

  1. 1
    michkabibbles
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 6:30 am

    i thought i read somewhere that courtney has two older sisters, does anyone else remember this? i wonder what’s going on with them/how they turned out.

  2. 2
    MissKris RTVfan
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 6:57 am

    I haven’t seen the episode yet, but based on momager Stodden’s pictures I can say this: I so wish Molly Shannon was still on SNL! She could do Krista perfectly.

  3. 3
    eyediosmio eyediosmio
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 7:34 am

    @RTVfan: Ohmygod You are so RIGHT! She could definitely pull that off!

    I am telling you, this woman is BONKERS, it gets weirder, too. Apparently she’s in love with Doug. It’s so horrifying.

    @mich: I wonder about the other family members, too. Remember they blurred out the soon-t0-be ex husband’s face. I bet he’s totally normal and Mamabear is the disaster and the two older sisters are like accountants or something.

  4. 4
    Escapee
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 8:19 am

    Whoretney’s father initially was pro-Smug and saying Smug was the nicest guy in the world: http://www.okmagazine.com/news/courtney-alexis-stoddens-dad-47-her-hubby-doug-hutchison-51-nicest-man-ever

    Then when public opinion changed (and Krista left her marriage to go to California to manage Whoretney), the dad’s script changed too: http://www.examiner.com/article/courtney-stodden-s-father-disgusted-by-child-bride-s-marriage

  5. 5
    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 10:15 am

    Ok I managed to watch this one…it’s rare for me to be able to do b/c they are SO disturbing. But man do I get it now…Mom is living vicariously through daughter…

    Um Shayne if you don’t want Nik anymore send his sweet ass my way. Thank you.

  6. 6
    eyediosmio eyediosmio
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 11:50 am

    @Escapee: Thanks for the links! The plot thickens. I love how they described their wedding as “lavish.” Ummm, didnt they get married in like Vegas with only her parents in attendance? So weird.

    @Gypsy: Shayne is going to lose a good thing if she’s not careful.

  7. 7
    insanehousewife
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    I read an article that stated Court’s sisters are actually her step-sisters from a previous marriage. Maybe that’s the reason they stay quiet and distance themselves from her. You can’t find anything on them online. Her mom is disturbing. She looks up to Dina and Kris as models to be a “Mom”anger. Umm… okay a woman who basically drove her daughter to drink/abuse drugs/party and another one who got her family famous by releasing a sex tape. NICE!

    @Gypsy & @eyediosmio – I agree… Shayne is going to lose a good thing. She’s definitely damaged. Why not just shutup and enjoy the romantic sentiment, you spoiled brat!

  8. 8
    michkabibbles
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 12:31 pm

    re: shayne: or at least not being so passive aggressive. i know nic’s heart was set on the horse back ride, but if she had just talked to him about really not wanting to go, but still wanting to enjoy the picnic with him and spending time together, i think he would have been receptive; maybe a little hurt, but still receptive.

  9. 9
    Gypsy Gypsy
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    @eyediosmio, no shit and I am lurking in the alleyway of that therapy house!

  10. 10
    Seppie
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 3:52 pm

    Courtney’s two older sisters are half-sisters, from a previous marriage of Krista’s. They are apparently normal and well adjusted. Married with families. Maybe when Krista divorced their dad, they stayed with their father and not Krista! Courtney is the only child of Krista and Alex Stodden.

  11. 11
    AmyOops AmyOops
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 4:48 pm

    @Gypsy: No! He’s mine! I called him first, albeit via screaming at him through my TV to leave her miserable ass :-)

    eyedios…I am going to have to say Dina, if that photo is indeed what it looks like…Dina trying to stick her tongue down her daughter’s throat. Ew.

  12. 12
    aliens.rock
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 5:04 pm

    You see, I disagree with your opinion on Shayne. The whole romantic date/real life escapade was such a bs. The real life for them is actually staying in the same building and doing things together ( cooking, making beds, etc.), pretty much what they were doing in the house. Horseback riding and other bs, ugh…No wonder Shayne was cringing. She experienced all this fake bs on “Bachellorette” I suppose. She just wants her husband to listen to her. They are living real life, and it’s not all strawberries and champagne. I actually felt for her, and I think she was hiding her face to hide her embarrassment . She knows her husband, and she knew that was VH1 scripted bs. She didn’t see her husnband in this fake situation. He was acting, trying to make himself looking like a great husband. He didn’t plan any of the date, just as Too Something doidn’t plan this stupid gondola trip. Can you pick anything more cliche than those two dates? I am also fed up with the therapist lady swearing so much. You can be straight with people without throwing f-bombs at them…

  13. 13
    KJN KJN
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    Are we sure that was Courtney’s real mom and not a drag queen version of her? Cause she seriously looks like a drag queen (no offense to drag queens). Maybe someone should check with RuPaul and see if he’s missing a contestant?

    But, then again she had the same weird squinting, blinking and lip licking thing going on, so she must be her. That weird apple did not fall far from the cray-cray tree…

  14. 14
    darlingclementine
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 9:54 pm

    that was truly amazing how spot on the moms and daughters demeanor is exactly the same. like totally freaky. that must have been alot of work to groom courtney to be like that and to me guarantees that courtney is messed up big time (well in addition to EVERYTHING ELSE) that I know about her haha

    also yeah I think Shayne just went about date thing in the wrong way. I can see both sides but she is the one that was not doing a good job at behaving. She easily could have kindly turned down the horseback riding part of the date then either just gone along with the nik acting part (then laughed about it later with him) or just been happy with the nicely set up date by the producers. There were just so many other ways for her to go about her feelings, but as we have seen in previous eps, it is not like she has much emotional knowledge. Felt bad for nik though!

  15. 15
    sweetpea
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 10:59 pm

    I totally agree with you aliens.rock, well said.
    Those dates were ridiculous and looked like they were both out of the bachelor playbook. So cheesy.
    If the outdoor horseback riding date was something that Nick wanted to do and Shayne didn’t want to do than who is it really for…Nick.
    It did seem like he set it up a little passive aggressively to make her look like a spoiled high maintenance brat and to make himself out to be the poor belittled husband.
    He must have known she wasn’t going to be into it considering the heat and her general fussiness. She could have handled it more generously and maturely, but it seems like that date pointed out the deeper aspects of their marital issues, it was sad to watch. He looks and acts like a little boy sometimes, more like a college boy and I’m not sure how much respect she has for him as a man. That can cause a woman to behave horribly when she has disdain for her spouse..she’s expressed unhappiness with the way he earns his living and I’m not sure I blame her.

    It was horrifying watching CS mother, the story is so off and I’m still not sure what the hell is going on in that triad of mother/Courtney and Doug but it’s definitely not as it appears and it definitely is not all rainbows and innocence.

  16. 16
    AmyOops AmyOops
    Posted November 17, 2012 at 12:17 pm

    Guys, Nik specifically said he’d had a date with Shayne at some other point in their lives that involved horseback riding. He and/or the produces were trying to recreate that date. Who gives a flip which one tried to do that…Nik was excited about having some nature time with the wife he so obviously loves and wants to REconnect with.

    And sorry lol, but no man is going to think boobs that were worked on months and months ago were gonna be an issue. Shayne was making an excuse. I hope they BOTH keep working to “make it work”.

    Wow, I’m feeling contrary today! I’ve also been in therapy, and I must say that it’s actually *comforting* when your therapist talks like a normal human being. She cusses because THEY do. When a therapist is all prim and proper it can make the patient feel uncomfortable or even belittled.

  17. 17
    ecthelion
    Posted November 17, 2012 at 7:31 pm

    I mentioned the fact that Dr. Jen swears so much a couple of weeks ago and IMO it just makes her un-professional to me. You can connect with your patients and speak their language without resorting to the most fowl cuss word there is. I don’t swear at all so when others do it really bothers me, especially someone who is in a position of authority and is supposed to be showing others how to re-train their behaviors and reactions. So, yeah, she turns me off which is sad because I think she knows what she is doing but acting like that discredits it for me.

    Courtney’s mom IS pretty freaky though, huh? And the minute Doug found out that Courtney she was only 16 instead of in her mid 20′s as he claims to have first thought, he should have wished them luck and scrammed. I think he suffers from “little man” syndrome and that is why he was willing to risk all to have someone that normally wouldn’t look twice at him. Also the reason for his incorrect use of language, he wants to appear smart but you don’t use words like profound, proficient, etc, etc, when just having normal conversations. He’s just creepy.

  18. 18
    SurrealGirl
    Posted November 17, 2012 at 7:45 pm

    I was on vacation this week, so I missed this week’s episode. Hopefully I’ll get to see it this week. Does anyone know WHEN this week’s ep will air? Sunday or Thursday?

  19. 19
    thespiral
    Posted November 18, 2012 at 5:45 am

    I don’t feel bad for Nik AT ALL. Sure he seems like a genuine guy on the show, but if you look at his website it becomes clear he has extremely shallow and immature views on women, along with latent emotional issues of his own. So he met a plastic surgery blonde famewhore he found “hot”, and since that’s the only thing he values in women, he married her after 8 hours without bothering to evaluate her skills as a wife or mother. And then it turns out she’s actually a bit of a spoiled brat with zero communication skills? Quel freaking surprise! The only thing he’s suffering from now is his own bad judgment. OOPS!

    Also, I have no words for Courtney’s mom. They seem determined to model themselves after the dysfunction of the Lohans, minus the natural good looks and acting talent that Lindsay once possessed. So basically they’re an unattractive, untalented, twice as gross and obnoxious version of the Lohans? I don’t even know how that’s supposed to be entertaining. I’m SO over them, GTFO off my TV please.

  20. 20
    Holyterror
    Posted November 18, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    Courtney will be Baby Jane Hudson by the time she’s 20 — with Doug in the wheelchair instead of Joan Crawford. “We got rats in the cellar, Doug!”

  21. 21
    AmyOops AmyOops
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 4:59 pm

    @ ecthelion: I hear you, but I should just point out a good therapist would never use curse words in front of you…you don’t curse. And, again, the good ones don’t judge people and try to “retrain” them to fit someone else’s standard of what’s good versus “bad” behavior. They simply listen to and try to help their patients. I curse and I am not a bad person because of it…neither are 9/10ths of Gasmii :-)

    Oh, and I think you are so dead on about the mom and Doug!

  22. 22
    JudgyWudgy
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    I have a mouth like a sailor but I have to say I am turned off by potty-mouthed people in professional positions. That’s not saying that it wouldn’t work for everyone, though – just that it’s all relative.

    Krista’s answers were so deliciously vague. Those women (slash…child?) have dodging touchy subjects and dipping them in rose-scented perfume down to a science.

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