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Dani Pellegrino
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Tumi is known for timeless style, elevated performance, and pieces built to last. So explore the Mediterranean escape collection@tumi.com or in store. Hello everyone and welcome to Everything Iconic with me, Dani Pellegrino. Today we're going to be talking about Summer House and I'm feeling very energized by all the new people in the cast. It's out with the old and in with the new. I'm liking the new people. I'm liking that Ben and Bailey are getting in the mix a little bit more. KJ's got a relationship with Dara, who's I guess coming back next week. And so the new people are really bringing it for me and I'm feeling it and I think that's what's going to be the future of Summer House. Obviously we're going to get rid of some of the OGs. They're going to go to their spin off and then I'd imagine Summer House is going to continue on with people like KJ and maybe Jesse and West. Although there's all these rumors, which actually let me back up a minute because I want to let everyone know that I'm recording this before I head to New York to do Watch what Happens Live. So I'm gonna be on Watch what Happens Live. Probably it will have already happened by the time you're listening to this because I'm gonna be on after the Summerhouse episode with Kyle Cook. Kyle D.J. cook. I'm gonna be on there. So I'm very nervous and excited. But you guys probably will have already seen that episode or that episode will have been taped because this podcast will come out right as the episode is airing. Does that make sense? But I'm recording it beforehand. I don't know. I feel like I'm trying to explain the plot of Inception at this point, but the truth is I'm very excited to do Watch what Happens Live. I always love to have a great time there. And then I'll tell you guys about how it went next week on the podcast when I'm back. But I want to let everyone know. So this is Pre Watch what Happens Live Pre. I'm recording this Pre Watch what Happens Live. And I'M so grateful they invited me back and I can't wait. But anyway, that's not the point. The point is, as of this recording, there are all these rumors about west and Amanda and perhaps those two have a dalliance. So I'm excited to watch what happens live to get to the bottom of this. But I don't know if I believe it or not. I don't know. At first I definitely did not believe it. There's like, places like Dumois and some of these, like, gossipy sites have been reporting that Amanda and West have been covertly sort of hooking up or dating or something like that. And I was like, absolutely not. That feels so fake. I don't believe it for a second. Although on the podcast, I think earlier in the season, as we've been recapping Summer House, there was a couple moments where I said, oh, let's keep an eye on those two. Remember on the beach when Kyle was yelling at Amanda, west went up to her and was like comforting her and I was like, oh, that's like a duo that maybe we should keep our eyes on. But I didn't think it was like that romantical. And so when these rumors came out, I was like, absolutely not. That's completely false. That's made up. I don't buy it. And then I started to see all these pictures of the two of them together and I'm like, am I, am I, am I being bamboozled now? Like, am I being tricked into thinking it's real? Is it all a publicity stunt or is it an actual thing that's happening? I don't know. But we gotta get to the bottom of it. And maybe by the time this airs, we'll have already been debunked or something. But what would happen? What would happen? Does that mean west would go over to the spin off show? How would Kyle react if he found out west was. And then where does Sierra fall into all this? Because here we are watching the show and I'm thinking, oh, west and Sierra might be a, a thing again. And then in real time, I'm finding out on social media, maybe it's west and Sierra. So what's the truth? I don't know. Let's talk about this week's episode. So we open with Jesse in bed with Sierra at 7:15pm July 25. And let's see, Sierra or Jesse says, I guess I'm glad we're having this conversation. So many jokes I could make right now about our conversation, but I won't. I'M just glad we talked, you know? And then Jesse, because last week on the show, remember, he confessed his love to Sierra, and Sierra's like, what the fuck? And then after Sierra basically says, I'm not interested and stop treating me like a piece of meat. That's when Jesse opens this episode. Just saying, like, I'm glad we had this conversation. And then they fist bump. They fist bump. Eventually, they hug. But Jesse's first instinct was to fist bump. And it's like, Jesse, I had it with. I've had it with that man. And to me, I just. I don't know how much longer I could watch Jesse. He's just not for me. And God bless if he is for anyone. I don't know who he's for exactly. You know, like when they. I don't know if there was, like, a brand summit about Jesse, I'm not sure who exactly would be there or what they would be talking about because I don't understand who the. The audience is for that man. I guess he's tall. It's like that what he offers the people is that he's tall. I don't know. It's like Jesse, but he fist bumps Cira after that whole, how do you confess your love? And then fist bump. Eventually, like I mentioned, they do hug and they say they love each other. And Sierra's like, I love you, Jesse. And it's cute, I guess. And then immediately Jesse goes over to Wes room, and he tells Wes that he feels bad that Sierra's upset, and he feels like he misread the situation and is disappointed himself. And it's like, no shit. And Wes was being really nice to Jesse. And this is the thing that is kind of a disconnect for me because I'm like, obviously Wes still has feelings for Sierra, and we're seeing that play out on the show. But then when it comes to Jesse, he's also very upset that Jesse wanted to make out with Sierra when he was like, do you mind if I make out with Sierra? And Wes is like, oh, I don't know, dude. Like, whatever. And it's like, I want Wes to stick up and say, actually, I do mind, and I'm pissed at you. Why are you going after even? It's just you're supposed to be his best friend. So, like, why are you even entertaining the idea of a romantic dalliance with Sierra when it's like, you're Wes friend? It's completely inappropriate to me. And I want west to stick up for himself. And he's not doing that. And I'm like, west, speak up. You seeing something? Say something. But anyway, he, like, sort of consoles Jesse. When Jesse walks in the room and he's like, oh, man. I'm like, come on, Wes, say something. Meanwhile, there's some chefs prepping Amanda's birthday dinner. And they're all getting super dressed up. And I'm thinking, like, oh, they're having, like, a nice. A nice fancy dinner, but then ultimately, they just have, like, chicken fingers and Caesar salad. And it looked fantastic to me. And they were eating on sort of like, kid plates or something. I love this. I'm tired of the theme parties, but I like a themed dinner, and this was, to me, like, my ideal theme dinner for if I was having my own birthday dinner. It's like Caesar salad with some chicken nuggets, and they had, like, nice martinis. They were dressed up. I think there was Mac and cheese on the table. It was like kid food, finger food. And that's the kind of food I like. Like, give me a chicken finger, a chicken tender all day long, and I'm happy as a clam. Some Mac and cheese. That's all I want. I'm not interested in all the fancy. I don't need some, like, five star thing. Although that's great too, sometimes. But for the most part, I feel like those fancy dinners, it's like, I'm not interested in it. I just want some chicken tenders. I just. Just need some breaded chicken fingers, and that's all I want. And a Caesar salad with. I mean, if they had Diet Coke, that'd be the perfect meal. Perfect meal. But they had chefs doing it, and I'm thinking, like, I don't think you need it. Just throw some Tyson nuggs in the air fryer and you're good to go. Like, I don't know that they need to spend the money. I guess they have a TV show budget, so maybe that's why they did it. But otherwise, I was just thinking, like, oh, you throw salad in a bowl, some Caesar dressing and a crouton, and then throw some Tysons in the air fryer. Or those. What are those? Bear. Are those bare? Naked? Those are the nuggets. I like the bare B A R E. That's that. Yeah. Are those what they call. They taste like Chick Fil A. But you don't have to feel bad about eating them. And honestly, I think now they're better than Chick Fil a. Last time I had the chick Fil A, it wasn't even good. It's Shit. Now. Anyway, moving on, the chef's preparing it. Bailey's excited that Dara's with KJ now because Bailey's got the crush on Ben, and so she comes in ready to flirt. And I was hoping. I do think that Bailey, like, she's got this crush on Ben and obviously blows up in her face. But early in the episode, before it blew up in her face, I was thinking like, girl, you need to love yourself, girl, because she's just so over the moon, over the top, infatuated with this Ben fella. And I liked Ben when I first saw him, and now, as time goes on, I'm like, okay, I've had enough of this man. But she's, like, so into him, and she's like, I'm gonna flirt with him now that. Because she at first, last week thought that Dara was going to be with Ben because she thought Dara was flirting with Ben. But then Dara's with KJ now, which seems great. I'm into these two. But Bailey now is, like, ready to flirt. She's, like, hopping on. Ben's ready to go with him, and Ben's not even interested. I haven't seen him interested, not one time. And I feel bad for Bailey because here she goes, throwing all her eggs in that basket, and he's not even interested. So then they all go to dinner. Everyone's dressed fancy. Kyle's wearing his wedding outfit. Change. And then even before the dinner starts, Amanda takes, like, a solo photo with Ben. And I just want to point this out because I feel like Bailey, ultimately, at the end of the episode, she. She has this awkward moment with Ben, and she's saying, well, like, you and Amanda flirt all the time. Like, I was just. Whatever. And I just want to point out that even before the dinner, Amanda. I would see that photo doing a solo photo with Ben. That seems flirty to me. Like, why would you. I don't. I don't trust, like, the. I don't trust it. I don't trust it. I think Bailey was right that Amanda and Ben do flirt more so than Ben flirts with the other women in the house. And so I don't think it's, like, so crazy that Bailey pointed that out at the dinner, but we'll get there. Also, at the table, there were crayons, which I love. It was, like, Caesar salad, chicken fingers, crayons. She's turning 34, but I love this child plates. I like it. You know, my son, we started feeding him solids and real foods and all the baby Plates. I love them because they suction to the high chair. Like, we all need those. Not only that, but they have, like different spots for. They have, like different containers on the baby plates. So you could put like one, like your side dish in one little pocket. You could put the main meat in the other pocket. It's got like three. I like. And then they section of the things, they can't go anywhere. And there's silicone. I like them. I think we should all start doing that. But they start talking at dinner about Carl's Bar. Because you remember last week on the show, Ben went over to Carl's Soft bar, and Carl's pissed that Kyle didn't invest in the soft bar. But Kyle's saying he had to invest 500k to pay the payroll in Lover Boy. And I don't quite understand how Loverboy is not successful because it's been on this TV show for 100 years. We've had to watch all these people drink it, like. And look, I've never had the Lover Boy. But it must taste like piss water, because how have you had such free advertising and you're not making it successful? I would imagine so many Bravo people have tried it. Like, we've tried everything. I had Melissa Gorgo sprinkle cake. I've had Ramona's Pinot Grigio. I've had Kathy Wakely's cannolis. Like, Bravo. People will pretty much bite the bulletin and order anything that these Bravo liberties try to sell us, right? Like we've had in the past Skinny Girl ham at one point. Now, the Skinny Girl ham didn't last. Then the Skinny Girl deli meat for some reason did not stay on the store shelves for very long. But the point is, we've all tried all these Bravo products, and Loverboy has been consistently on this show. It's the only thing they've been drinking when they're having the theme parties. And it's a young audience of people that watch this show. So it's like, aren't people trying Loverboy? Like, how is it not successful? And Kyle's Gonna put the 500K to cover the payroll, but then he says he can't pay Carl 15K. And it's like, this is why you should not get into business with friends. Because look at this. Then it's like a tit for tat thing. Carl's like, oh, Well, I invested 15k in the lover Boy piss water. And now Kyle's like, well, I don't have the money to invest in Carl's non Elk bar situation that's gotta open up in the Brooklyn area. I said Brooklyn area. I don't know. But. So this is why you shouldn't get in business with friends. And so I think it's actually, like, standard. I think you should just maybe just not invest in it. Even if you believe in the business, I feel like you should just invest your money. There's plenty of other things to believe in. I don't know if it's safe to. When you're friends first, unless you're like, sort of acquaintances. Like, I understand that. But like, when you're close friends, this is what happens. Because now you're both holding a grudge about how much you're invested in your flat businesses with your friends. Anyway, they go around the table and they say nice things about Amanda and West. Now I'm looking through every interaction between west and Amanda with the fine tooth comb. I got my monocle on, I'm Angela Lansbury up in their ass. And I'm just thinking, what did Wes say about Amanda? And he said, since I've known you, I've seen you accomplish so many things, I just want to watch you do shit. And this is interesting to me because Kyle, remember on the show, has said, like, she's unmotivated, she's lazy, she doesn't do shit. And now here west comes in like Prince on a horse and says, I'm so proud of all the things I've watched you accomplish. And Amanda's probably thinking in her head, like, why is this fella able to say that? But my husband's on Candid Camera saying at the beach and every chance he gets about how lazy my ass is and how I'm not doing anything. I'm smoking weed every night. And so she's probably thinking, like, how come Wes can see that I do all this stuff, but my own husband, the dj, can't even see it with his eyes. And so that's interesting to me. And then Ben. This is when everything kind of blows up because Ben talks about Amanda's eyes and her smile, and Bailey just blurts out, I knew he was going to talk about how he wants to fuck Amanda. Or she says something like, that I want to. How she wants to sleep with Amanda, which is completely nuts. And I loved it. And this is what's going to get Bailey in next season. And so I just want to applaud her, even though it was unhinged to say that at the table. A, I think you were right. And B, it secured your second season Contract. And Levy needs to take notes or Levi Levy, whatever the fuck her name is the girl edited out. Which, by the way, I do. I'm sure I've said this on the podcast before. I think, like, one of my biggest fears is, number one, being voted out of a reality competition series. First, so that'd be number one biggest fear. And second would be to film a whole season of a reality TV show and then to get edited out of it. And it always happens when the people aren't bringing anything. And so what's fascinating is over on the real houses, Beverly Hills, there's this gal. I don't even. Is her name Natalie or something? They have this new woman who's on the cast trip. They all went to Italy, but this woman hasn't been given a confessional. She's not saying anything. She came in really late in the season. I think her name is Natalie. Yeah, she's on a cast trip, not giving a confessional. Barely given any two words to say in this show. And it's like, that's such a nightmare. And the same thing is sort of happening with Levi. Levi, I think, is she getting confessionals in somewhere else? But she's basically being edited out of this show. And I feel bad about that because I'm like thinking, oh, my God, imagine filming this whole season. You think you're going to be a main cast member on a TV show and you go tell people, your friends, whoever. I'm going to be on this show. The first time I remember it happening was on the real houses in New York and there was a woman who was like a party planner and she was like, sort of there, but then they. They didn't give her a confessional and she was like, supposed to be a main cast member. And then they just sort of edit them out. And it's just. It takes a lot of work to edit out a main cast member on these shows. And yet they do it time and time again. And it's like, is that happening with Levi? That's why Levi needs to. She needs to look alive, wake up and do something crazy like Bailey's doing at the dinner table. Because just start shouting out that people want to sleep with each other at the. At this point because you need to get some camera time, Levi. You do. But Bailey shouts out, yeah, Ben wants to fuck Amanda or whatever. And then Mia was making me laugh because she's like, what the hell? Like, she was thinking, I like me. I do like me. I'm liking all the new people. Except for I feel Bad for Levi. But it is very awkward. Very awkward. And I do side with Bailey on this. I think Bailey is right in that Ben and Amanda have been flirting. So then at the dinner table, Kyle gives Amanda some Cartier. I have a lot to say about this Cartier. First of all, we love Cartier. And at first I thought, oh, great, he gave her something. But then the card said something to last forever, but we have 30 days to swap it out. So that was what the card said. And then the editors show us a whole montage of Kyle being not good at giving gifts. And in his confessional, he's like, I really struggled. I gave gifts. And it's like, we'll figure it out. And then it's revealed later in the episode that Amanda had told Kyle to get this specific watch that she got from Cartier. And she's like, I can't believe he went to the store and got it. And it's like, oh, my God, the bar is so fucking low. Because not only did he just simply go to the store and get the thing that Amanda said, she probably texted him a screenshot or whatever of, like, get me this watch. But then he didn't even have, like, the confidence in his card to say to know that it was like he just got the exact thing she told him to get. And then in the card says, well, we can return it after 30 days. It's like, come on, why is the bar so low? And not only that, it's like, we saw in that montage all the times that Kyle's been bad at giving a gift. And it was like, everybody tried to tell him, including the editors and production of the show, because they're putting together a montage of it. They're trying to tell Kyle, like, hey, step your ass up and be better at giving gifts to your wife. And yet all he does is go get the thing that she told him. It was like, not even. He couldn't even add anything else to the gift. It was like, he got the Cartier watch. And granted, yes, that's an expensive watch. Like, God bless. But there was still zero thought put behind it. And even less thought put behind the card because he said you could return it in 30 days. So he didn't even think to himself, like, oh, I don't have to write that, because she told me to get this exact watch, but couldn't even, like, added a balloon to the fucking thing or something. Or a nice something. Something else that she would like. Like, I just feel like I don't. I don't think it's a good excuse. Like, you can say I'm not great at giving gifts, but for your loved ones, you still have to figure it out. Like, you. You still have to get them a gift. And I just feel like the bar is so low that it's like for all this time, he forgets to get her gifts, and then now he finally, like, steps up and it's just a gift that she told him to get. I was like, come on. I was so pissed. He just went to the store and Amanda calls the mom and she's like, kyle did good. He got me this thing I told him to get. And it's like, okay, well, he's still going out and DJing, sleeping at college campuses till the wee hours of the morning, and you're getting DMs about him hooking up with other people. But God bless that he went to the store and got you the thing that you said. Hey, go get me this. Come on. The bar. I get so mad. The bar. Why is the bar so low? 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Dani Pellegrino
And we're back. Okay, so after dinner, Ben is mad at Bailey and I'm glad they're both in the mix. But Bailey gets nervous by Ben and she when he comes in the room, he like, is ready to confront her. And Ben is worried that everyone thinks he's flirting with Amanda. But he's like, oh, it's a friend zone. And it's like, well, actually, we've all watched it and it's not only us that think this. It's like, obviously producers do too, because they were able to put together so many different moments so far this season of Ben flirting with Amanda. So it's not like, so Bailey, get behind me. I need to defend your ass because I think that Bailey was right in that Ben and Amanda are flirting with each other. And. And I don't think it was. Yeah, maybe it was an inappropriate time to say it, but honestly, like, we're on a TV show and you guys were eating Chicken nuggets. Like, I don't think it was. Should be so such a special, sacred place that they couldn't have Bailey mention it. And Bailey even said later, I forget when she said this, but she's like, if one of the guys did that at the dinner table, everyone would have just laughed it off. And Bailey's absolutely fucking right. Because if Jesse were to say that, like, oh, Amanda. And Ben just wants to fuck Amanda. So that's why, you know, everybody would be like, you know, he would have done the Heather and Terry Dubrow laugh right in his. His Eeyore face, and that would have been the end of it. But instead, they're all crucifying Bailey for saying something that all the guys would have been able to get away with. And I don't like that. And Ben's like, what's going. Ben walks into Bailey's room. What's going on? And it was funny because Bailey said, you mean in life? And then I love Bailey. She's very awkward, but I love her. But Bailey's like, look, you guys talked about skinny dipping on your first date. And she's like, you guys joke about it. And they even showed a montage of Ben and Amanda flirting. So the editors think that too. Then Ben leaves the room, and Bailey goes and cries in the restroom. And I felt bad for Bailey. I felt bad. Meanwhile, Mia was outside the door listening, and she told everyone. And so Mia's a star. Mia sister. And Mia and Sierra, they were talking about Ben's just going in the room and how he's got anger issues, and they were, like, sort of turned on by it. And I kind of get that. I love that the cardboard cutouts are everywhere. I don't know that they're really. It's like a weird sort of Where's Waldo to just see, like, where's Amanda's. Where's her cutout? Where's Lindsay's cut out at? Like, sometimes they'll be talking, like, how did. How did Carl's cutout get over there? You know, like, behind. Behind the DJ booth. Like, how is this happening? They did all have a dance party. And I like that. I want to dance with my baby. I like when they do the dance party in the DJ room with all the cardboard cutouts. I know there's something I find comforting about that. But let's see. Levi and Bailey say. They did say in the room, like, because Levi went and comforted Bailey. And they say if Jesse said the comment, they would have all laughed. And she's right. And Bailey said she's also triggered because she had the relationship with this guy who was like an asshole to her. And she doesn't like when these men talk to her like that. And so I'm siding with Bailey. But then all the women do go into the room and comfort Bailey and the women all go out for the night. I thought they were all gonna stay, and I was, like, very scared about it. I was very scared that all the gals were gonna be like, we're not going out. But luckily they were like, we're leaving you, Bailey. See ya. Levi did stay with Bailey, and unfortunately, I kind of think that was the wrong move. I think Levi needs to start establishing relationships outside of this now. You do need to have an ally and you do need to have a strong friendship in the group. So I think Levi and Bailey have been trying to be that for each other, but Bailey is at least integrating herself more with the other people, and Levi needs to do that. I'm sorry to say. I'm sorry. Say she should have left her friend. I do. Normally would not say that, but I do. But they all go out. There's some cell phone footage of them out at night, and then 3am they come home. And I don't know how many times I could say, but why are we going to places where they can't film? And if they can't film anywhere else, then we need to start sending them to a new summer house. 3am they come home. Though Sierra and West are flirting. Sierra, this was funny to me. So west, like, sort of sits on Sierra and Sierra says that that's west tell tale that he's flirting and it's like, like that's his. That's his tell. As like, if Wes sits on you, then it means that he's flirting with you. And like, what a strange tell. Because it wasn't like, it didn't seem like a very sexual way. It was just like Wes sort of sitting his. His big ass in those large thighs. And look, would we all want Wes to sit on our face? Sure. But I'm kidding, I'm kidding. But like, he wasn't even sitting sexually. It was just sort of like, I don't know, just sort of sitting on her. And then Cyr's like, oh, that's. That's how I know west is flirting. I was like, what? What is insane thing they make buffalo chicken dip. Which. Who doesn't love a buffalo chicken dip? I'm sorry. I love a buffalo chicken dip. I do. My husband makes a good buffalo chicken Dip. And he only does it, like on maybe like, on like super bowl or something. He'll make it, like a special occasion, and I'll eat the shit out of that. I'm like, very Midwest when it comes to, like, an appetizer like that, like a buffalo chicken dip or, you know, those cocktail meatballs that it's like grape jelly. Do you guys know what I'm talking about? Cocktail meatballs. It's very Midwest thing. But you throw a bunch of meatballs in a crock pot and you put like, grape jelly and chili sauce together and you just let it simmer in there. It sounds disgusting. But let me tell you something. I'll eat a whole crock pot full of those cocktail meatballs in one sitting. I will. And same with the buffalo chicken dip. Like, you put that in front of me and I'm good to go. I don't care if there's a game on or not. I will sit in front of the TV till the day is long eating that buffalo chicken dip and happy as a clam. I like football. When it comes to. If that means I'm getting some buffalo chicken dip, then point me in the direction of the football game because that's all I need in life. But then meanwhile, Kyle and West, they're drunk and they're talking about how west and Sierra are flirting. And this is so many layers, because now in real time, we're seeing like, well, west is maybe flirting with Amanda, who's Kyle's ex wife. Like, there's. And here we are watching the TV show, and west is talking to Kyle about his crush on Sierra. So, like, what's going on? There's layers here. But I was also very distracted because Kyle, Kyle, you guys, guess what? He had his shoes on the bed. I'm sorry, I can't even focus on. They're talking about West's crush on Sierra or whatever. Kyle's got the shoes on the bed. I don't care how drunk you are. I'm seeing too many shoes on the bed. Too many dirty hooves on these beds. I saw it a couple weeks ago. West or Jesse had the shoes on the bed, his dirty hooves on the bed. And they're going out to these clubs. And I know they're not in New York City, but you're still going out. And these people are coming from New York. So I know those shoes have been out in the New York City streets. And so then you're telling me you're coming to this house and you got the shoes on the bed. I Couldn't. I wouldn't be able to sleep if I knew that the shoes were on the bed after going out for the night or wearing them in the city, if I was Amanda or anyone. And the girls aren't above either, because I've seen the gals with their hooves on the bed with the shoes on, and I don't think that's appropriate. And if I was going in one of those beds, I'd say, absolutely not. And they all need to learn. They need to learn even. By the way, I said on Southern Charm. I think it was on Southern Charm. On one of the episodes, I think in the. I don't know, one of the episodes I saw, one of the gals was put in the suitcase on the couch to unload it. And I thought, what the fuck are you doing? What the fuck are you doing? The suitcase rolls all through the airport and everything. You cannot just put it up on a couch or a bed or something. Like, you leave it by the door and put a towel down, take all your clothes out of it, and then you. 409. That's suitcase sass. And clean it up before you put it away. Like, you don't not put it on a bed or on a. It's like, how were these people raised like these things. Didn't Phoebe Robinson have a book called don't go on my bed in your outside clothes or something like that? She's a fantastic writer, so check it out if you haven't. But it was something like that. I forget the actual name, but she named a book after it, and she was right. And she should say it because you shouldn't just be going with your outside clothes on the bed. And here we are in shoes on the bed. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. Anyway, they talk about west and Sierra flirting, which. Great. West says, it's like a sunset crush. So it's. It's not like a. A breakfast crush or a afternoon crush. It's like a sunset. Like they have a crush on each other. Like, after they're drinking all night. Meanwhile, Sierra, you know, Sierra and Amanda, they're genuine friends. And I think more. I know I just said Levi should have went out with the others and left her friend Bailey in the house alone. But I do think it's important on reality tv. Like, you do need to have one bestie and you need to make a genuine. And I'm not just talking about, like a show bestie. It needs. You need to develop a genuine bestie in the. In the cast so that you have that ally. Because it is important for the audience, too. Like, the audience needs to know that these people are actually friends, even though they are just probably cast on these TV shows together. And they were. When the shows end, they're not going to be friends. But Sierra and Amanda seem like they're genuine friends on and off the show, and I think that's important. Meanwhile, Kyle and Amanda, they start. They're in that large closet or bathroom or whatever. Kyle. This is at after 3am Kyle's like, I feel so connected to my wife. And she's like, thank you for the watch. And he's like, oh, this feels like when we first met or something. And he's saying how great their connection is here. And I'm like, yeah, because you're wasted at 3am like, what? That's not a real fucking connection. Like, when you're drunk at 3am and you're saying, like, this is how it's supposed to be. I'm so glad we have this connection. It's like, you don't even. Are you even gonna remember what you're saying right now? Like, that's not the connection that you're supposed to have with your wife, where you can Only connect at 3am after drinking and after you give her a expensive watch. That's nuts. Meanwhile, west and Sierra in the kitchen with that buffalo chicken dip. And Wes says, I don't know how to talk to you. He says something about before and after filming. I don't know how I'm supposed to talk to you. And I'm just thinking, like, where's the buffalo chicken dip? Like, I need to see the recipe. It looked to me like that buffalo chicken dip was made by those chefs that were there that made the chicken fingers and the Mac and cheese, and they left it there for, like, their nighttime drinking. And that's nice. That's nice of those chefs. You know, my family was here recently. I think I might have told this story on the. On the show, but I want to do something special because I had a lot of family here. And so I was, like, looking into hiring a chef or whatever. And then a friend told me to hire the hibachi, where they come to your house and they do the hibachi. And so I did that, and it was really fun. But the chef, you know, personal chef for the night is expensive. But I always see it on these. On these reality shows. And that was in my head. I thought, like, oh, these reality shows always hire a chef for the night for a fancy dinner. And I thought that's what I was gonna do, but then ultimately I heard the bocce. But I'm curious how much those. I think they're expensive. The chef for the night. But it's nice that the chefs left the buffalo chicken dip for them to make anyway. I know that's very. Neither here nor there, but Sierra and West, they have a serious conversation. All I was thinking about was the buffalo chicken dip. I love when new people sometimes listen to the podcast and I think they think that I'm going to be giving, like, opinions on west and Sierra sometimes. And then I just talk about buffalo chicken dip for 25 minutes. Minutes. And I think. And it's so funny to me because then I'll get messages like, I tried to listen to your show and you just talked about buffalo chicken dip for 25 minutes. Get to the point. And it's like, well, that's what this show is, you know, like. But it does always make me laugh because I think they think that I'm gonna be, you know, giving like some. Some hard and fast opinion on things that are happening on the show. And it's like, I just wanna talk about buffalo chicken dip. Like, that's what I'm most. That's where I'm at in my life. Anyway, welcome to all the new listeners. I don't know if anyone new is listening, but welcome. I love you. And just buckle up, buttercup. So next we cut to Saturday morning. They're all waking up. West wakes up Jesse with a kiss and he calls him a sweet boy. I like that. I like that. Bailey's pissed now, though. She went to bed upset about how Ben talked her, and now she's waking up mad as hell. She's mad as hell. And so she's ready to give Ben the business. She. I don't think she even slept at all that night because I saw a lot of the footage. She was awake when they all came in at 3am she was wide awake. Like fucking Katy Perry in 2010 or whenever that song came out, she was wide the fuck awake. And then in the morning time, she also seemed wide awake. And it seemed like she was just in her head stewing all night. And we've all been there, by the way. I mean, how many. When you can't sleep and you're just like sitting there and you're just. You're working yourself up in your head or. I'm sure we all do that thing where it's like you replay conversations that you had and you're like, I should have said this or I should have said that I had a meeting recently, and I think I had too much Diet Coke at the meeting. But then at nighttime, all I was thinking about was like, oh, I think I sounded crazy at the meeting. Did I sound crazy? And I'm like, replaying the conversations in my head that I had at this meeting. I was like, wait, did I sound crazy? Because I had an extra Diet Coke on top of all the caffeine I had already normally had for that day. And I was just replaying all the conversations from the lunch in my head. I'm like, did I sound nuts? Like, I hope I didn't sound nuts. And then I was up all night because I was just thinking about the conversation and, like, stewing in my head, like, why did I say that? What, Did I say that wrong or what? You know? And so I think that's what Bailey was doing. She was just replaying everything in her head. And then she was getting worked up and mad about it. She's like, I don't want guys I'm not dating speaking to me like that. And so then what else happened? Oh, so it's morning time, and Jesse goes outside and he knows. Notices that they left a bunch of steak out. He's like, oh, we left the steak out. That was a mistake. What a mistake it was to leave the steak out. At least we got mashed potatoes. And Jesse, he was like. Thought he was doing, like, stand up comedy at this point when he saw the steak. The steak is out. And that was a mistake. And I just know. I know he's gonna terrorize us with some song on social media about, like, steak being a mistake or something like that. Like, he was doing the wordplay. And I'm like, jesse, enough. Enough is enough. Enough is enough, Jesse. I can't handle it. I'm already on the brim of freaking out. I can't handle Jesse anymore. I just can't. Everything he says and does on this show just pisses me off. And I don't even know why. I don't have much of a reason other than just every time he speaks, I think, shut the up. And that's mean. And I. Maybe that's a. That's a me issue. Maybe I need to get over that. But every. Every single time I see him on candid camera and he speaks anything or even. Sometimes even when he doesn't speak, he's just sort of lurking around there like that. That butler from the Adams family. Who's that? Who am I talking? Who am I thinking of? Lurch, do you Guys know I'm talking about Lurch in the Addams Family. You know, he just sort of, like, lurks around that castle and then opens the doors, and he doesn't even speak much sometimes. It's like, even when Jesse's lurking around that summer house and, like, just opening the door for someone or something, I'm like, get the fuck out of. I don't know why he's, like, pissing me off. That's a me issue. That's a me issue. Meanwhile, then they all go to the winery vineyard, and Bailey is really awkward. She, like, won't sit near Ben. They have disposable cameras and, like, a digital camera. Somebody had a digital camera. Everyone's doing the analog. Everyone's doing. Everyone's going back to basics. Like Christina Aguilera and her album Back to Basics. Like, they all want. The people are getting the DVDs and the VHS's again. And I've talked about this on podcasts a long time ago, but today's show just did a segment on it, and I was thinking, guess what? I've been talking about it on everything iconic for a while now. But they're all. Everyone's going back. Because I see it on the TikTok. People are going back to buying VHS players and buying TVs with the VHS players attached. And they're just. People want to own the physical media. And I get that. I get that. I just bought a Gloria Estefan CD. That's right. In the year of our Lord 2026, I bought a Gloria Estefan CD from 96 or something. I don't remember what it was. The Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me album. Do you know what I'm talking about? It's one of my mom's favorite albums. And always in the car. Shoot. My mom loved Gloria Estefan, as did I. And she always would play this album. And so I went and I bought the CD because my truck still plays CDs. That's right. That's right. I still have a truck from 2005 that plays CDs. So sometimes I buy the CDs from Amazon, and I was like, I need to get that Gloria Estefan. It's the one with Turn the Beat around on. And this song she does called Everlasting Love. Everlasting Love puts me in such a good mood. It really does. If you haven't listened to Gloria Estefan's Everlasting Love, it's a cover. The whole album's like covers. But it is phenomenal. It's phenomenal. But what was I talking about? Oh, analog. So I like buying CDs and I know people buy vinyls now. It's like vinyl sales are through the roof and now CDs are coming back and the youths look at. Even on Summer House, they're wanting disposable cameras. And I. Even for Christmas, I got one of those. It's called Camp. It's like a video camera. It's called Camps. Camp Snap or something like that. It's a video camera and I love it because I could do videos of the. Of my son. And I feel like it's better because you're not. You don't get lost in your phone. Like, you're just taking the video and then you're either putting it down or you're continuing to take video. But then you're not like, going to check Instagram or something. Like, you can just take the pictures and then you can look at them later. It's also more fun because on your phone, I feel like you just go look at stuff instantly. And there was something really fun. Even with the disposable cameras, I was thinking, there's something was so fun about sending it in. And then you get the footage back later. Like, you go and pick up the pictures and it's like, you don't know what, you don't remember the photos that you took. That's fun. Remember doing that back in the day? You'd go, we used to send them off to this place called Giant Eagle. It was a grocery store, but you could take your photos in there and then you'd go pick them up and you're like, oh, I don't fucking remember taking that photo. How fun. Or that photo didn't turn out. Or ah, I loved it. I loved it. Let's take one more quick break here, and then we're gonna come back and we got more to discuss. We left the steak out. That was a mistake. Okay. I have to tell you about something that genuinely blew my mind. Gold Belly. Now, Gold Belly is one of those websites that feels like a secret cheat code for food lovers. Gold Belly makes fantastic gifts. I love using Gold Belly for gifts. They ship the most iconic foods from legendary restaurants all across the country straight to your door. Which means you can basically order famous dishes from places you normally have to travel for. I recently went down a Gold Belly rabbit hole for myself. 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We're back. You should go and love yourself, girl. All right, so the winery, they have the disposable cameras. And Kyle's taking a picture of Sierra with a digital camera, which is different, but Kyle says they called them Ansel Adams in high school. And Sierra's like, who's the fuck is that? You know, And I forgot to. To be honest, I would love to call out Sierra, be like, how do you not know that is. But I was also like, who the fuck is that? I was like, did he say Amy Adams? Because then I can give you a whole thesis on how important she is to the culture. But I couldn't remember Ansel Adams. And Kyle says that people all would call him that because he would take good photos or something. I don't know. But Amy Adams, you guys, her work will live on forever. And we'll remember her long after Antlin. Drop dead Gorgeous. Come on. Julia and Julia, I gotta say, Julia and Julia, I love that movie. This is Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. Meryl plays Julia Child, and then Amy plays the gal who wrote a blog about Julia Child. And I feel like Amy's storyline in that gets a lot of bad rap. It was a Nora Ephron film. We love Nora. And people don't like the Amy Adams scenes of that movie, but I do. I do. And I just want to come out loud and proud and say it. And it is sort of disgusting to me. I actually auditioned for that movie where Amy Adams played a woman who, like, turns into a dog and did not get the role. And I don't think a lot of people saw that movie. And I didn't either. But I do want. Although people. I think people did it get good reviews. I don't know. I couldn't see it because I was like, I auditioned for, and they didn't give me the role. And so now I hold a grudge against it. But she had to, like, act like a dog in it. And I just remember thinking, like, you don't know. We need stuff for Amy Adams to do. We do. We just do. We need other things. Although people liked it, and I think it was a commentary on. I don't know. So what do I know? I'm still not gonna see it. Okay, so then Amanda says. Oh, she says to the table, she says that now she got the watch out of Kyle so she can leave his ass. It's out with the old, in with the new. She was right. She got that watch. Now get outta. Get out of that marriage. Throw the ring. Go to the. Throw the ring at the pawn shop. Get your cash and run, baby girl. Run, Amanda, run. Get out of there, baby girl. Go to that pawn. She need to go right to the pawn shop. Pawn that ring. Would you guys keep. Would you give the ring back if you got divorced? Do people give it back if they get divorced or just if you end the engagement? I would go right to the pawn shop. I think if you give me something, then I'm keeping it. But I wouldn't want to. I wouldn't want to, like, look at something and always think of that other person that I got out of the relationship with. So I would go right to Pawn Stars, and I'd say, how much you giving me for this. This thing for this wedding band? And then you take the money and you rent and you invest it in something else. A nice bag or a pair of shoes or something. Whatever you like. I personally would hop on ebay and probably buy some old 90s vintage toys. I've been really eyeing up. Did I tell you up for Christmas? You know, this is. I'm sorry if you're a new listener, but I need to discuss this for upwards of 45 minutes. So for the holiday season, remember I told you I want to start doing the. The houses? Like, I want to do the villages, right? Like, I really want to start doing villages, but I know that I'm gonna, like, get too addicted to doing the villages, and I'm gonna want to buy too many villages. So anyway, recently, though, I'm like, okay, this year, 2026. This is the year I embrace the Christmas holiday village. So I'm gonna be doing it this year. Mark my words. I'm doing it. I'm committing to it. And so I've been on ebay lately at night after the baby goes to bed, and I'm like, okay, how am I gonna start my Christmas village collection? And I decided I really want to do this. Like, 1990s Looney Tunes I saw on eBay, they have, like, 1996 or 8 or whatever. They started Coming out with these Looney Tune Villages. And then this one company that's known for doing the really fancy Christmas Villages. They also do, like, a special set every year, and they have, like, a Sesame street one that they did in the 90s or whatever. And I'm like, oh, I need to pull the trigger and buy the Sesame street one first and then go into the Looney Tunes. And I thought, like, it'll be like a whole pop culture y village of, like, 90s Nostalgia Village. So I thought that's gonna be my entry point into Christmas Villages. So I don't want to just start with, like, present day Christmas Villages. I want to just do all, like, 90s, but, like, classy 90s, like the looney Tunes and the Sesame street one. They're, like, made. They're classy, they're. They're not like, plasticky. They're like nice Christmas Villages, but they're just from the 90s and they're starring, like, Sylvester and Tweety. Do you know I'm saying. So I've been on ebay, but I've been hesitant to pull the trigger on these because they're very expensive. And so every night I go on there and I'm like, oh, should I buy one of them for this year? And ultimately I haven't yet, but I've been eyeing them and I think maybe, like, come June, mid year, I think that's when I'm going to pull the trigger. Because I figured that's when they'll be cheapest on online anyway. What am I talking about? I'm sorry to just make you all listen to my journey with Christmas Villages. And I know it's. I know it's March and you guys don't want to hear about my Christmas Village journey, but that's where I'm at. I'm waiting till June. I'm waiting till June. What were we even talking about? How did I get to Christmas Villages? I don't know, but I'm buying them. Oh. Because leaving, leaving. So I'd go to the pawn shop, get the money and spend it on my Christmas Villages that I've been eyeing. And by the way, for the Christmas Villages, I just want to also point out, like, I'm not gonna do it. I've decided we have this, like, one window that's got a ledge and that's where I'm gonna put it. So it's not a whole lot of space because it's not like we have a huge house or anything, but. But it's an. It's a good enough space that I think it'll be just the perfect area to start my Christmas villages and then my hope. And also kind of like, I think it'll push me to want to get a bigger home. Do you know what I'm saying? Because it's like, once I start the Christmas Villages, it's eventually I'm going to run out of room in that small window. Window area for the window display. And so I'm going to need a bigger area to do my Christmas villages. And so I figure then that'll be, like, the push I need to get a bigger home. The push I need to make more money and get a bigger house is going to be like my Christmas village collection because I'm not going to have enough room in window sill. Does that make sense? So it's like, that's. That's gonna be the reason that I work extra hard. So if you see me working hard on a lot of projects coming up, just know that it's like, in an effort to buy a bigger home to get more space for a Christmas village that's filled with Tasmanian Devil and Bugs Bunny and in Bert Nurney in a Christmas village form. So make sense. Okay, back to Summer House. Welcome, new listeners to this show. Everything iconic. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for what I just put you through, and you can just. If you don't like this podcast, just please turn it off. Don't send me messages. Don't send me angry messages about how you're pissed about my Christmas Village monologue. Moving on. Sierra and Ben. Sierra and Ben talk. Sierra says she likes him as a friend, and they're. They're having a cute friendship. He talks about his ex, so he said his ex loved him, and he fro. She. His ex said she loved him, and he froze and he fucked it up. He said it went too fast. And then he told her he was going to be doing this show. He basically said, like, I'm going away for the summer and I don't want to commit to you. And she's like, well, I'm not going to wait all summer. And I thought, like, don't be a dummy, Ben. Like, you like this woman, but, like, you were just putting her on pause because you were going on Summer House, and it's like, you're giving up this. I don't know anything about this woman. But he says he had feelings for her. And basically what he's telling us is, like, he told her, I'm doing a TV show, so, like, fuck off. For the summer, but if you want to wait around for me, that'd be great. And she said no. And so I'm proud of her. She loves herself. Whoever that this woman is. She. She does love herself. Because she said, well, fuck off. I'm not waiting around for you all summer. And I hope she found another man because I don't care for this Ben fella anymore. And I hope she's watching the summer house and she's thinking, oh, I'm glad I dodged that bullet when it comes to Ben, do you know what I'm saying? Sierra does tell him to be honest with her. And, yeah, I just hope she's moved on. Then we cut to the house, they all go back to the home. They do beer pong. I loved beer pong. I miss beer pong. I miss beer pong. I miss playing beer pong. And I know I could still do it, but I don't know if I have it in me to play beer pong anymore. I think I'd be too worried. Remember back in college, I'd play beer pong and it's like that ping pong ball, I'm sorry, it would get so gross. You'd have hair on it. It would get fuzz because you're bouncing on table and sometimes that ping pong ball falls on the floor, falls, goes somewhere else. And I don't think I could play anymore because I would just be looking at, you know, when it lands in the cup, you're supposed to drink the beer. But because the ping pong ball develops, gets fuzz and gets hairs on it and stuff, then that goes in the cup that you got to drink out of. And I know that's part of the game, but I just don't know if I'm in the place in my life where I could do that now, where I could drink the beer that's got the hair and the fuzz in it and the lint. Because I remember so many times in college, Even as a 21 year old, I'd be thinking, oh, what the fuck? I'm gonna drink this beer. But when you're that age, you don't give a flying fuck. And now at my current age, I don't think I could do that. But I want to because I love beer pong. It's so fun. Why can't I just. I don't know. Sierra's. Oh, we already talked about Sierra and Ben talking beer pong. KJ Says, oh, this is interesting. KJ Said he had sex the morning before with Dara. And he tells everyone on camera. I don't know if I like that about kj. I hope my. I'm gonna give KJ the benefit doubt because I am loving him so far. But I hope that he at least ran that by Dara and said, hey, I'm gonna talk about it on camera, about how he fucked. Because otherwise, I don't think it's appropriate to just hop on screen when you're mic'd up and start telling everyone. Because he was, like, kind of bragging about it. I did not like that he was bragging about it. He was like, oh, yeah. I don't even know if anyone asked him. I think he just sort of said, like, yeah, I fucked yesterday morning. Something like, it was in a nicer way. And I find him very sweet and vulnerable. And I'm loving KJ so far. But if we're gonna have to see, I'm gonna have to see. Did Dara. Did she approve that? Did she approve it? I sort of feel like Dara wasn't supposed to be a cast member. And then she got in the mix right away. And then they're like, okay, let's mic her up for confessionals and start bringing her to the house. But they show kj, Colin, Dar, a million times. He says, it's deep. So they got a deep relationship. Then we have west and Ben. They go and talk about Sierra, about how west still loves her. He regrets how everything ended up with Sierra. He misses her. He says Sierra knows that he misses her, but he doesn't know what to do. He seems a little lost with it. And then we end this episode with a scene from next week. We get naked. Ben, Kyle, and Amanda talk about his DJing. In the previews for next week, Kyle tells Amanda to, like, fuck off or something. And west is like, you can't tell your wife to fuck off. So this is another thing that I'm watching with my monocle on and thinking, wait, Wes is sticking up for Amanda. Is this west and Amanda thing real? What do we think? I didn't think so. I think it seems crazy. It seems crazy. But then we've also. Crazier things have happened on Bravo. Am I wrong? A lot of stuff going on in Bravo. We lost, of course, the Real House Potomac is over now this season, but we got Southern hospitality back. Whoo. If you're not watching, you guys need to get to know Emmy. You just. Emmy deserves an Emmy. If you don't know this woman, Emmy on the Southern hospitality show. She is like an old school reality TV Star completely unhinged in the best of ways. And Southern hospitality is great. It's just. It just won a GLAD award, too, because they got a lot of LGBTQ representation on the show, and so we like that. So it's just a good show. By the way, it scratches that old VPR itch that the new VPR does not scratch. And so I hope more people are watching. If you just, like, hop in on season two, right? Like, if you want to go back, of course, I'd encourage maybe start from the beginning if you can, if you have the time. But season one, sort of a flop. So start with season two and then. And then go forth and prosper. So we got that. And what else is coming? Do we have new shows coming? Rhode Island Housewives is coming soon. Atlanta's coming. You guys, I've heard good things about Atlanta. I'm talking, like, not just from. Not. I'm talking. I've heard, like, good things from behind the scenes, right? Like, people who. Who are like, oh, this season's actually good. And I always tell you, sometimes you hear things and people are like, oh, this is a bad season. But then you'll see a lot of promo. You're like, well, is it bad? But with Atlanta Housewives, I'm hearing, like, under the radar, kind of like, oh, it's a good season. It's a good season. So I'm hopeful and excited about that. Okay. Anything else we gotta say? Thank you all so much for listening, and I hope. I hope next week on the podcast I'll be able to report back about my Watch what happens live episode with Kyle D.J. cook, and hopefully it goes well. I'm gonna try to get to the bottom of some rumors, and I'm gonna have to, you know, get to the bottom of everything going on in the Bravo network. I'm gonna try to ask some questions, and if I see something, I'm gonna say something, and hopefully we'll have a good time. But by the time you're listening to this, it probably already aired. So anyway, I love you all so much for listening and find me on social media. Ani Pellegrino. You get my books at EverythingIConic Store or from your favorite local bookstore or wherever you get your books. Go to Patreon if you want Sex and the City recaps. I'm doing one Sex and the City recap per month, and you can access that by going to patreon.com everythingiconic and donating $4 or more per month. I'm doing one about 30 to 40 minute recap over there per month and I'm having fun. We're on season five over there and then I mentioned everythingiconic Store. We also have some T shirts and hats and stuff like that available at EverythingIConic store. Thank you so much. Oh, I'm also going to try to do with my buddy Hannah, people have been asking are we going to do one of those what we call a Great Mugs episode where we just sort of talk about other hot topics going on in the world and so hopefully soon we'll get Hannah back here to do one of those Great Mugs episodes. So I gotta check in with her with that. I had lunch with her the other day and she's like, are we great mugs? And I'm like, yeah, we gotta figure it out. So we will figure it out. But in the meantime I bid you adieu and I love you all so much for listening. This episode is sponsored by State Farm. Some decisions are tough, like parallel parking or circling the block three more times. One decision that's a no brainer. Choosing State Farm for your coverage. 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Dani Pellegrino
No, no. It's all in front of you. There's no turning back. No, no. It's only up to you. I can buy myself hours. Pick them straight from the garden. Talk to myself.