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Ronnie
Oh, man. I go through every closet, I go through every bedroom. I Virgo out in the new year and it feels so, so good.
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Ben
Hi.
Ronnie
How are you? My most patient little friend of all time. You guys. What a cluster frick. Okay, there's some ghost in my machine. We started an hour late in our earlier recording session because something going on with my computer. I don't know what it's going. I don't know what it is. Okay? But it's trying to mute me. It's trying to silence me and I will not be silenced.
Ben
Yes. It's also forcing a vertical agenda for us on YouTube right now. We're like a. We're like a little, like a little. We're like in a little skyscraper. Like, we're in like an office building.
Ronnie
Well, it wouldn't be Kraftin's Crappy Hour Live if it wasn't a technical nightmare. And it's the first of the year, so all of those New Year's resolutions about being peaceful, being stress free, cursing less, all of that is out the window. It all. Okay, it's a cluster. So here we are. But I'm so glad to be here, you know.
Ben
Yeah, it's great to be back. It's so. It's so fun to do some, some chitchat on Bravo. I'm about Bravo. I'm excited to catch up about all the gossip.
Ronnie
There has been so much going on. Should we just jump right into it?
Ben
Yes, we should. I think that would be a good, good idea.
Ronnie
Okay, well, why don't you start with your favorite story of the week since I'm always the bossy one.
Ben
Well, speaking of bossy, you're not bossy. But speaking of bossy as a transition, I know there's a lot going on in the world, but what has amused me the most is the fact that this story seems to have had a lot of traction and it seems to actually have ramifications, which is Jennifer Aiden versus a tuna sandwich at Jersey Mike's. This is a hilarious thing. So Jennifer Aiden, she went ranting. She was in an airport and she went ranting about the service that she received at Jersey Mike's. She was like, listen mister, I was waiting. I was waiting for the, for my sandwich. And then the person behind me, her sandwich was done before me. And I was like, what gives mister? I've been waiting long time for my sandwich. And he said, oh, what's the big deal? Just making a sandwich over here. So while you're at it, can you add a tuna sandwich onto it? You don't mind person who's behind me? That person was like, I do mind. What the hell's going on with Jersey Max anyway, baby?
Ronnie
And then I've got this guy behind me. I said, you don't mind if I order another sandwich to you? He said, yeah, mine. I said, hey mister. And then the lady making the sandwich is 80 years old. Hey, come on. 80 year old lady, old bitch. I was like, oh my God, what is going on with her? So not only is all this happening, she's filming it herself. Like this is going to make her look good. I mean the crazy thing is she is the one that released this footage. It's not some employee footage recording a Karen and then releasing it to make her look stupid. This is her looking stupid and releasing. And then she's got her sister in law or whatever dumbass ding dong that's walking with her through the airport going yeah, tell us this. And she's like, yeah, Jennifer. Oh you wanted was your sandwich. I was like, oh my God, are you kissing this woman's ass for a free fucking Jersey mics? You kiss ass. You deserve everything you get. I hope you are both fired from life. You're both horrible human beings. So she's going off about these terrible employees. Then the employee from Jersey Mike's, this young girl with lots of earrings in her nose. How do you get your boogers out? That's my question. Children. Put the earrings wherever you want. You need to be able to blow your nose, okay?
Ben
It's like a cookie press. It's like a cookie press. You blow your nose and your snot comes out in different fun shapes.
Ronnie
A princess. A princess emoji. Poop emoji. Yeah, they're really, they're really going there with the earrings. I don't really understand that. We all have the same holes and things need to come out of the holes. That's why they're holes, okay? Things go in your fingers, things come out your boogers. Stop putting blocks on your holes. Okay?
Ben
So close. One finger is my, my nostril right now in fact.
Ronnie
Yeah, but today I'm on the Side of this whole the self hole blocking girl from Jersey Mike. So she comes on there, she's like this bitch, she says she's a celebrity. We don't know who the you are. You're coming in here, you're ordering one thing, then you're changing your order, then you're changing your order again, then you're changing your order again, then you're adding an order. No, you can't be here all, no one cares about you. It's like seven in the morning at a Jersey Mike's. By the way, Jennifer is also bragging about how rich she is all the time and acting like she's above everybody. Her ass was taking a vacation after the holiday and taking her kids out of school so she could get it cheaper. Just like her furniture from China. Shut up Jen. You so glad to see Jen get it from the public. I'm so glad to see her. And then there was a video even of Bill going like why aren't you smiling? You should be smiling more. Why are you smiling? You're with a nightmare and you're a nightmare and now you're even going to raise your children to be goddamn nightmares. You better leave Olivia out of this, my little eagle.
Ben
You know normally I always have so much fun with a good sweat 12 inch or I enjoy a foot long like although I'm not sure if I enjoy them that are too fishy. But I have to say there are, there's so much already discussed here. First of all, as Kara in the comments mentioned, what the is she doing bringing a tuna sandwich onto a plane in the first place?
Ronnie
Does that. Who lived like that?
Ben
Who, who made this plan? Who was getting the tuna sandwich at 7 in the morning? Also who was having breakfast tuna sandwich. That doesn't make sense. And it should does it? At a especially doesn't make sense going onto an airplane. So that is one issue that needs resolution. Second of all, she probably thought she was going to be so relatable in this moment because let's be honest, we've all been in these places, fast casual restaurants or fast food and people do like just drag their asses around and you're waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and sometimes you're like what the is going on here? But this was. She thought she was going to have like a real relatable moment. Like oh yeah, I hate that they're always like that. But she just totally did not land that. Okay. She was because she starts shaming the 80 year old, the 80 year old lady behind the thing who probably was not 80. It doesn't even matter if she was 80.
Ronnie
She was probably 30, knowing Jen calling her an 80 year old.
Ben
And also, we all know Jennifer Aiden, and we know that she selectively includes the parts of the story that matter most to her. Because then when this employee says, oh, yeah, she was changing the order and there was this and that, you know, that's exactly what it was. It wasn't as simple as like, well, I just, I just made my order and I was standing there waiting, you know, it was like, how can I.
Ronnie
Get any more mayo on that?
Ben
No, that's too much. Start over. Start over.
Ronnie
No, no.
Ben
Today, before I came over here, I had. I'm having. I'm having like, you know, future root canal issues happening. And I had to go to a dentist and I was referred to an endodontist in Beverly Hills.
Ronnie
Are those like the dinosaur kind? That's a very fancy kind.
Ben
Endodontist. Yeah. Endodontists are like, they're like super dentists. And so I had to park and there was like, it was like mandatory valet parking in the parking garage, this Beverly Hills thing. And so I'm getting. I'm waiting to pay my stub, whatever, when I'm leaving. And there is a lady, she's probably 24, and she has this. She has like a G wagon, like a nice, like a matte G wagon. And she has parked the G wagon blocking all the entire area. And she's come over and she's trying to pay for her stub. And she's being a real, real just sourapus about it. Her credit cards aren't working. And so the valet goes and gets into the car to move it out of the way, and she goes. And she just freaks out. She goes, no, you don't get to drive my baby. Don't drive my baby. Don't drive my baby. You cannot drive my baby. Get out of it. No, you're not allowed to drive my baby. And I'm like, this fucking. I was like, this is Jennifer Aiden. This is what Jennifer Aiden in Jersey Mike's was. She was doing the. Don't drive my baby to the tuna sub.
Ronnie
No one wants to drive your damn baby. No one even wants to be in the same room as your damn baby. If it's going to turn out to be anything like you. A Xerox copy of Trash, okay? And if you're too poor to have a G wagon, Matt G wagon that you can't valet, you're too poor to have a G wagon. Stop acting like you're so classy with your G wagon if, if you, if you, if you're too poor to have the valet scratch it up on accident, you're too poor to own a G wagon. I'm sorry. Thank you.
Ben
Exactly. A scratch shouldn't even matter if you're really wealthy. And you know, my person who does that.
Ronnie
Here's what's even more disturb the world. I was actually proud honestly of America at this moment because it was so nice to see America be like, you know what you, Jen Aiden, like literally everybody. But then a couple hours later, I was disappointed again because then I started reading Twitter, which by the way, is just such a, it's such a void. Like, why even go there? I don't, I don't even know why, but I love going there. What am I, I love rage, you know, so I'm on Twitter, there's people sticking up for Jen Aiden, like, oh my God, she, she wasn't wrong. I mean, you, where's the customer service in the world? Oh, go fuck yourself. Here's what I say to everybody out there, speaking of politics in America, to everybody out there against the death penalty. You have so many good reasons to be against the death penalty. Here is the best reason to be for it. Jennifer. People who act like this, this is why we have harsh sentences. Because people like this, you know, get it, stop letting it reoffend. I don't mean literally.
Ben
And you know, here's the thing, I.
Ronnie
Just mean like, Jersey Mike, you're dead to Jersey Mike's. No more fast casual for you.
Ben
Yeah, and you know what, here's the other thing. Let's say everything happened exactly the way Jennifer Aiden described it. Like, let's say we don't know about, like, has she changed her order a million times. She tells her story and she goes, so I'm getting my sandwich and I'm waiting for it. So I turn to the girl behind me and I say, I'm just gonna, I just want to add a tuna sandwich to that. I asked the girl, I was like, is that okay if I just ask the person behind me? And they say, not really. You're. These are people who are waiting, they're trying to get to an airplane, they are in a rush. And you can't just add a last minute sandwich. That's just not right. You're not asking for a few jalapenos or some lettuce or some extra mayo. You're asking for a whole new sandwich. And at a place where they're already going slowly because admit it, they probably were going slowly. You just can't do that. That's not fair. Sorry. You lose.
Ronnie
Well, she's like taping the. She's filming the employees that she's berating them, right? And I'm totally on the employee side. I mean, they all look so sweet and they look so flabbergasted to be putting up with this idiot. And guess what? They were still moving their asses off. They were not going slowly. But you have a family. You've got a huge family. It's thousands of calories a day. You're ordering too much. You're ordering it too fast. You're ordering it incorrectly. You're a monster. By the way, I didn't seriously just call for the death penalty for Jen Aiden. I did do that. And this is live, so I can't cut that out later. So no one killed Jen, but just like horrible human beings. They're just horrible. And I'm so sick of people making excuses for horrible fucking people. It's. I'm sick of it. I don't care how much you like somebody. She's wrong. That is wrong.
Ben
And let's talk about Rumpelstilts. Ganet, who was standing with her? Okay? This lady does. I mean, you're going to be a professional. You're going to be a hanger on. And Jennifer Aiden is the one you're going to hang on to. Come on, let's.
Ronnie
Let's find a better. Find a better nail to hang your hat on. You know what I mean? I mean, is this being thirsty and you're drinking the wrong drink. Okay? It's like you're thirsty and you're trying to like get drips of Drano poured down your throat. Don't do it, Heather.
Ben
Find a better toe to grow your fungus on. Well, so the, the outcome of this, there have been. So there's been fallout. So of course Danielle Cabral has weighed in. And the Page Six headline is Danielle Cabral rips Scum Rocket. Jennifer Aiden, over Jersey Mike's rant, the trash took itself out. I mean, Scum Rocket's pretty amazing. That's a great.
Ronnie
Scum Rocket's pretty good. But you know, in typical Danielle Cabral fashion, she just goes on for too long. And listen, I'm saying this is one half of Watch what Crappens, a show that will make a three hour podcast on a 20 minute video. But like, I get it. I get how hypocritical that sounds, but girl, Danielle, you don't need to literally just stop Enough. I had enough at three minutes. And I watched six of the eight minutes of this video and even I was like, I have to go. It was so long. I mean, just cut it. Cut it short. Just like I'm doing right now. So anyway, she's going on. She's like, oh, yeah, you know what happened to her? Well, I always knew what happened. This woman who tried to ruin my life. This woman now goes into a Jersey mike and acts like that. I told you so. I told you in the comments on my social media when you was coming on there calling me trash, I said, you wait. See who's trash. The world will show you who's goddamn trash. And now look who it is. Oh, it's her. It's her. And she goes on for 20 minutes. Now listen, her going on for 20 minutes doesn't negate the fact that you were still trying, like, not to let the nail lady into your VIP or whatever, you know, Like, I love when people automatically assume that because the person accusing them has turned out to be an. That that makes them no longer an. You know what I mean? You're still probably an asshole too, Danielle, but I do love your new hair color and I hope you come back.
Ben
Yeah, she looks totally different. She's like going back to Staten island roots. Now. One thing that has happened is that. So Jennifer, Aiden, I guess, was going to go on a Real Housewives cruise getaway and she has been dropped from. From whatever forsaken cruise. Decided to book Jennifer Ayden on it. Like, who thought it would be a good idea to put Jennifer Ayden on a seafaring vessel where you all had to be trapped with her probably singing cabaret in the boat theater, you know, so she was supposed to be on Wives on the Waves getaway to Bermuda. The Bermuda Triangle was like, this is too much for me.
Ronnie
The Bermuda Triangle. They're like, oh, my God. Another boat has been swallowed by the Bermuda trial. Never mind. It was just spit back up. It was just spit back up.
Ben
For the first time ever, the Bermuda Triangle shipwrecked itself. That's. I've never seen a triangle do that. They found the Triangle at the bottom of the sea.
Ronnie
The Bermuda Triangle has just outed itself its location and scent apology letters. It just said, please don't send us any more people like this.
Ben
It was like, you know what? Enough's enough for me.
Ronnie
Yeah, Jennifer, absolute garbage. And which I have to say, love it. Hope you're hired back on the show because I know, you know, no one ever liked Jennifer ayton Because she wasn't garbage. Of course she's fucking garbage. She's Jennifer Ayden. And that why it was so funny that season where she was like, I'm gonna be sad this season about that affair that bill had 10 years ago. And I'm gonna wear scrunchie. I'm gonna wear scrunchie every day. You remembered, like, the emotional scrunchie. She had to show that she was in, like, emotional pain.
Ben
Of course.
Ronnie
Yeah, the scrunchie of pain, what we call it.
Ben
It was. Yeah, scrunchie trauma. It was like, yeah, something. Something scrunchy. But, like, I mean, she has, you know, Collider wrote a think piece about this with a big headline that says Real Housewives of New Jersey is Jennifer. Aiden has always been like this. She's always been like this. I agree. I mean, she cracks me up. She's so awful and depraved. And, you know, I love my monsters. So I can be. On the one hand, I can be totally sickened by her and yelling at her, as I have been for years on end. And I can also be totally amused by her depravity. And I think that, like, it's important to know that we do need our villains. You know, we. I know we went through a whole. We're still grappling with how we do Bravo. You know, we don't want to give awful people platforms, but we do want to have villains in our story. And I think the new Roni is a good example of what happens when you just do all protagonists. So I think, you know, like, Victoria.
Ronnie
Just told us it's called the depression scrunchie. So thank you very much for that, because I did not remember. Thank you. So book. You know, and another thing, we were talking earlier today. What is that? Ages for Housewives. Oh, yeah, Lindsay's book. Yeah, it's called H is for Housewives. Look it up, buy it. Yeah, it's hilarious.
Ben
Check it out.
Ronnie
But we were talking earlier today on the Potomac recap because the. For those of you who don't watch, shame on you. But just to catch you up or who haven't seen this episode yet, the episode ended. They were trying to start a fight. You know, it's one of those seasons where they're trying to start fights or not really getting into it, they're still trying to do. It's not really happening. And it ended with Mia being like, well, you all have the right to your feelings, and your feelings are valid, but. And I was like, this Is what's killing Housewives is this kind of this, this notion that everybody's feelings are just as valid and that everybody's opinions are valid and that everybody deserves the same sp. No, this is fucking housewives. Your feelings are wrong, your opinion is stupid, and you're a bitch. And that's it. That's all I want to hear on this show. I do not want hear about how everybody's valid this and that. I want to see people like Jen Aiden do horrible things and then get railed on for a year in, you know, in revenge from everybody else or whatever. I want to see horrible people and then I want to see revenge enacted on those people. I don't want to see people talk things out kindly. What the. Is this kindergarten? No. Let Jennifer Aiden back on Real Housewives of New Jersey and let her get the. The comeuppance she deserves.
Ben
Yeah, I mean, she's a. But she's a lover, she's a wife, she's a mother. She's a sinner, she's a saint.
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I do not have a mother. Okay, so now that's enough about Jen Aiden. She's garbage. But you know, I did watch that video 10 times. So what can I tell you? It's time for a commercial. It's time for a crappin commercial. When it comes to winter, it's like survival of the fittest out there. And I'm willing to do or buy whatever I can to stay cozy for the ultimate cold weather necessities made from premium materials. You've got to check out Quince.
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Ronnie
You know another video I'VE watched. And this. We don't need to go into this. You know, we didn't talk too much about this because it. We did talk about. I forget what episode we talked about Karen Huger's arrest video. But I kept seeing clips of it because I didn't watch the whole thing. I just watched a couple clips. Girl, this video is just insane. The that's coming out of her mouth. It's 30 minutes and she is completely unhinged and so fall down drunk. And it's. That's not the funny part. It's just the things coming out of her mouth. Like she's saying. She's saying she's Thomas Jefferson's concubine and all this sorts of. That's what I need. You know what I mean? I don't need it on the road, but I do need it on my television. So let's just remember what we're watching, guys, and be grateful. Be grateful that we have these. This is still a golden era, believe it or not.
Ben
I just hope that Karen got that tissue that she asked for about 10 different times. Do you have a tissue, please? He's like, ma'am, I don't have tissue. Oh, yes, no, I'm sorry. You're doing your job. I totally appreciate that. You know, you're doing your job. There's nothing wrong. You're a professional. I appreciate that. You're doing good service. Now. Do you have a tissue, ma'am?
Ronnie
Yeah, Just unhinged. Okay. So in other huge news, Jennifer, Aiden. It kind of stole the spotlight out of the biggest news. Also, this is kind of old because it's crappy hour. It's only every two weeks. But Craig. Craig and Paige broke up, and they broke up on the weirdest week. They must have planned this, right? To have broken up on this specific week right before the episode came out because it makes Craig look like the biggest victim in the world. Now they're having a very mature breakup. They're speaking very highly of each other. But the episode that came out of Southern Charm, it's like. Like Craig just wants to make a wrapping paper room for. For Paige, and he just wants to make everything perfect for Paige and their possible new baby. And Craig just can't wait to do everything perfect for Paige. Like, the whole thing was like, Paige and how much Craig loves Paige. And then Craig and Paige broke up. What do you think? Were you sad?
Ben
Well, I guess I was sort of sad in that they were like, as far as Bravo couples go, they were one of the more functional ones. You know, despite the fact that they have a hu. Geographical issue that we knew was going to eventually be a reckoning that we always suspected they would never be able to overcome, I think people were, oddly enough, rooting for them. I was rooting for them. I like them, you know, I like them together in their own sort of weird way. You know, he's like the dumb one. He's like the dumb golden retriever. She's like the smart one who is going to try to train the golden retriever. But guess what? You can train a golden retriever all you want. It's never going to shit in the toilet, so.
Ronnie
Well, that's the other thing. You don't marry a golden retriever. That's the thing. You throw a ball for them, you know, and then you get them a sitter when you have to go do something important. And I think that. That. That's. That's kind of what led to the breakup. Because one of the things I did like about it is I'm one of those people, like, I almost keep myself out of. Well, I keep myself out of relationships for many different reasons. Too numerous to go into here. But one of them is I am a disaster lover. I love a disaster. I'm a fixer. I love to fix. I like to take a broken thing and put it back together. And I think that that's kind of a normal thing. It's. It's something broken in me that I need to fix, which I won't do. I don't like fixing myself, only other people. And I think that that was kind of a thing with Craig, with Paige, because Craig is a mess. Like, Craig's adorable. He's extremely cute, and he has cute privilege because if he was ugly.
Ben
Yeah.
Ronnie
He would not get away with any of this. Nobody would be falling all over Craig like they are now. Like, oh, my God, poor Craig. Craig is a compulsive liar. He's, you know, probably still, like, raging on all sorts of substances and stuff, which, you know, no judgment, you know, but, I mean, I guess I did just judge, but that's my king. And he. He's got a lot of issues that. I think Paige is a lot better than Craig. She just is. You know, Paige pisses me off sometimes on Summer House, and I see that she has, like, little snotty qualities and stuff. I happen to really like those qualities in a. But I think that she's way better than Craig, and I think she just is a fixer. She. She. And she was fixing him. She was doing a really good job. And so that's why I really liked the relationship, because I was watching someone engage in my hobby, which is fix an unfixable thing. And I think she was doing such a good job with it. She really. Look how far he's come. And so it's sad to see them break up, but it's also probably better for her. But it's like. It's like an HGTV show ending early. Like, I didn't get to see the reveal. Where's the part where I get to. In and see a fixed Craig and I get to cry and be like, this is so beautiful. He's fix. I didn't get that. And I feel robbed.
Ben
Well, I don't think Paige is a fixer. I think Paige wants to maybe adjust your. The. The back of your collar to make sure the. You don't see the tie poking out. She doesn't want the person on her arm to look like a total idiot. But she's not a fixer. She's not going to, like, fix someone because a lot of times the fixers usually take themselves out of the equation, and I don't think she does that. I think that she wants someone to level up, and I think. I think it was like they were at a time of their lives where, like, she needed someone who is going to treat her with respect, because, remember, she was with, like, Parry before, and he sucked and. Oh, no, she was also sort of with Andrea. Like, she wanted and deserved someone who was going to, like, like, bow down to her, and he wanted someone that was gonna inspire him to want to, like, grow up. And they've kind of achieved those things. And I do think it's like an HGTV show, which is that, like, you know, she got the ship lap on the wall. We don't know how long that, you know, it's like, is this house truly, you know, is this house like, do we really know if the mold's been taken care of under the floorboards? No, but we have enough that we got our 30 minutes of the episode, and now Paige will go off to a new house.
Ronnie
Yeah, well, that's true. That's a good way to look at it. So I don't know. I. I was kind of sad. Saddened by it. I like a lot of the stuff I'm reading online in comments, which are immediate speculation that Craig will go get with Molly on his show. Because here's Molly all of a sudden, and she's not really doing anything. She's kind of on the Back burner, really. All she's done is get harassed horribly by Whitney and humiliated and then talked about, you know, sexting with Craig. But that sexting with Craig link, everyone's like, oh, so this is why they brought Molly. It's like, because, you know, the rumors are. There have been so many rumors. And granted, this is not as fun of a breakup as something like, sorry, that's so cynical to say it like that. But something like Vanderpump Rules, where there's an obvious villain that is horrible, and you just want to kill him. You know, like, he's just. You can root against him. You can cheer against him and watch him crumble, and everybody's cheering. And Craig's not like that. He's. He's a sweetheart, you know, like you, like everyone. Even I love Craig, you know, so. And I don't love that many people, but I love him. I think he's adorable. So it's one of those breakups where you don't really hate anybody. But there are all these rumors still, because it is a breakup, and it is, you know, on tv. And so there are rumors that this happened a long time ago, and they've just been doing the perfect pr. Waiting for the perfect PR moment to do it. And she moved on a long time ago, and there were rumors that she was dating an SNL guy, which she said is not true. And then, you know, there are rumors that she was out with somebody on New Year's Eve. And then all the comments were like, paige isn't going somewhere on New Year's Eve. Her ass is in bed. You know, So I don't really know what to believe, but I do. I don't necessarily believe all the page was cheating rumors or any of that, but I do believe that it probably happened months before. And because it is kind of weird that Summer House is about to come out, Southern charm is just gearing up. So it seems like they would be doing it to promote the shows, but then at the same time, they dropped the news on a holiday, which politicians do, to lessen the impact of the news. So I don't know. Why are you laughing?
Ben
I'm laughing because I feel like at some point there towards the end, I was like, I feel like we've now just merged in Ronnie's train of thought.
Ronnie
Like, I don't know what I'm thinking about it. I'm still up over it, you guys. It's a breakup. I don't know what to think.
Ben
I don't think. I don't know why? Like, because at some point, you were just like, I'm gonna wait. I'm weighing in on this point. But at some point, it was like, oh, wait a second. I think. I think Ronnie's working through something.
Ronnie
I keep changing my opinion. Like, I cannot keep my opinion straight on this whole thing. I really can't. I don't know what to think. I think.
Ben
Yeah, I think. I think they're. They're both very likable. I mean, Craig. I have been on the record for, like, 10 years. There have been many times where Craig has driven me absolutely mad. And I think that, like. Like, I do think that, like, Craig is a deeply flawed human, but I also think he's a deeply sweet human when he's being sweet. But he's also. Can be pretty terrible when he is on one. But I think we all are rooting for Craig despite ourselves. But I root for Paige more because I feel like I root. I always am going to root for the smart person in a situation. I feel like Paige is smart. I don't think she's calculating like that. I think she's pretty authentic, and I think that she has a lot to lose by being calculating. And, I mean, I think the timing worked out pretty well. I mean, maybe they. Maybe they planned it a little bit. Maybe they planned, like, let's not announce this. Let's bury it between Christmas and New Year's. Maybe they did that. But I don't know. I think that, like, if anything, like, this is great for giggly squad, and I'm not saying that in a cynical way, but they talk. They like to talk about, like, you know, what's going on in their lives and their issues. And so I just don't see her whitewashing it or putting it off. Like, if anything, there's. I guess there's nothing but upside for her to be purely authentic, I think.
Ronnie
Oh, yeah. I don't think that. And here's why. Because she's. She's always thinking about PR and how things look. And I think that when you get together with another Bravo star, you're thinking, how's this going to look? Are we going to be America's sweetheart? When are we going to time our engagement? How are we going to. You know, we need our engagement to be front and center this season instead of so and so's not there. But, you know, just that general idea. I think you have to think like a politician, and Paige is smart, and I think that that is Paige thinking that is how you have to think. I mean, it is a PR thing. No matter being together and breaking up. It's all pr. You have to work everything out. I mean, look how she's gotten Craig to act in. In just public. I mean, it's amazing.
Ben
That's calculation, though. I think, like. Like to tell your boyfriend, hey, stop being a schmuck. People are looking at us. I don't think that's calculation. That's just like, basic standards of, like. Of just trying to level up, like, the person that you're with, you know, like, you know, you want to be. Like, what. What is it? Like, iron sharpens iron or whatever, you know, Lily Pulitzer sharpens Lily Pulitzer. But I think that, like, I do think there's, like, it's not like there's no calculation. I just don't. I just don't see this as being, like, an Erika Jane situation.
Ronnie
Oh, no, I don't mean like that. I just mean, like, you think about things, you talk things over. Like, how is this gonna look? You know, when do we announce this thing? You know, okay, our breakup's coming up. How are we going to announce this? Let's take a couple to get our in order. So I just mean calculating in that way. I don't mean she's like, you know, like a.
Ben
Like a benign calculation.
Ronnie
I mean, she's thinking it through, and it started like, are they planning on when to announce it in the most profitable time or the most beneficial time to announce it? And I don't think it's that abnormal to even think like that. But, yeah, I definitely think she's smart enough to just not be like, okay, we broke up. Just tell everybody. You know, I think that there. A lot of thought went into it and press releases and all that stuff.
Ben
Yeah, I mean, I think that's, like, a given if you're. If you're a republic figure, that's gonna just be part of the process. But I don't. I think, for me, I don't see it, that it was planned to coincide with anything happening on the TV shows.
Ronnie
Oh, okay. Well, okay, so there's that they're broken up.
Ben
And by the way, you know, they're not the only forever couple that broke up. Up recently. You know this?
Ronnie
No. Who is it?
Ben
Oh, gosh, Ronnie, I'm gonna have to be the bearer of bad news for you, but unfortunately, Mia and Ink have split up.
Ronnie
The most shocking news.
Ben
Ink is not permanent, you guys. Okay, let's just, like. Okay, let's just. I'm just gonna try to get through this, and I'm Just gonna, like, try to, like, not. I just. I don't want to be emotional. I don't want to cry on the Internet. But Mia split from Ink, and she's reunited with Gordon, and they're gonna have new beginnings. So. Yeah, guys, I know. It makes me wonder, can any relationship ever survive? I'm not. I'm really not sure.
Ronnie
But yeah, Mia, you know, not the most shocking news in the world. I didn't really care.
Ben
Care.
Ronnie
I mean, Mia's really out. She's overplayed it for me to where I'm just like, yeah, she can't really do anything to make me care right now. Good for Gordon, I guess.
Ben
Ink, here's her statement. Eric is my best friend and perfect in so many ways, but I have to decide to focus on my children and maintaining a healthy co parenting.
Ronnie
I mean, too late. You know what I mean? Too late. Sorry. You. You've done a lot of damage so far as far as your children go. I don't. I don't know that you're. You're the mother of the year now for deciding to focus on your children after you were your boyfriend with your children in the house while you were married to their father, lady. And then saying on national TV that you don't even know who the father is of one of the kids that he now has to go to in here from at school. So I don't know that your whole. I don't know that you're gonna win any mother of the year awards because you're thinking of your children now, but. Nice. Nice speech.
Ben
Sorry.
Ronnie
Go ahead.
Ben
So I don't understand how, like, this entire season has been talking about, like, Gordon's rash mood swings. He's in mania. He's like. He does vindictive things to get back at me. And then you. I don't understand how any of that equates to putting the children first. You know, if indeed what she's saying is true, it seems to be a pretty harmful thing to actually have him be an everyday presence with the children.
Ronnie
Yeah, nice try, Mia. Nobody cares. So I will say this about Mia. She does some beautiful Instagram posts of herself. She looks amazing. She looks better than ever. That is one beautiful woman. And I love just looking at her Instagram post. Oh, my God, she's just so pretty.
Ben
The. She is. She is very pretty. And she actually looked really great, I thought, in some shots this week on Potomac, but yeah, trash.
Ronnie
And she's actually just such a ding dong. I. I say I don't care. Just like I'm not gonna get wrapped up in her drama, but I do, like, still watching her. Sorry. And people are like, they never should have had Mia. She brought the level of this show down. Blah, blah, blah. I'm reading all these comments lately. No, I think. I think Mia's not really the problem on that show. Mia's at least trying. It's all fake, and it's all. But at least she's trying, you know? I mean, E for effort. Someone said Ronnie, it's called filters. Okay, that's true. Well, good use of filters, Angelina. Okay. Okay, now someone has brought up doa. Brought up a good point. Here I have it on the screen. Melissa's sprinkle cookies aren't shipping out to the suckers that paid 40 bucks for them. Reminded me of Ronnie's cookie catastrophe. Yes, it reminded me of that, too. But, you know, I have an update on that cookie catastrophe. Well, I don't really. So the male people have been stealing things in my neighborhood. They're stealing things. I had a Christmas card that was delivered here that was open. Open. They open. They literally rip open the cards. And my meemaw, when she was still alive, God bless her, was sending me money on my birthday. Like, my little 25 or whatever. They were ripping open the envelope and stealing it out. And I only know this because they were ripped and there was no money. So I was like, well, that's weird. Who would do that? You know? But then there's a whole Facebook group about what criminals the male people are in my neighborhood. And maybe they ate the cookies. Maybe. Maybe justice for Mia. And I got the cookies, and some male person was eating them and saw him parked out in front of my house the other day, eating his lunch on my lawn. Like, he parked the car on my lawn because I'm a Texas. That's how we roll. Yeah. And he was just, like, sitting out there, and I was like, I wonder if those are my cookies that, you know, almost went out there and, like, gave him a piece of my mind. So possible justice for me. I don't know.
Ben
That's. I. I think actually. That sounds actually like it was unfortunately, probably what it was, to be honest. I think that's. That really. If it's. If there's male theft happening in your neighborhood and then you never got this stuff from Mia, then that sounds. That sounds like that's what happened. Maya.
Ronnie
Maya. Sorry. We were just talking about a Mia, and I switched into my Mia. Mia mode. Mia. Mia.
Ben
It's hard to have Mia and my. And two different cookies and two different cookie controversies. But, you know, I will.
Ronnie
And someone's like, that's a federal offense. I know it's a federal offense, and trust me, I'm like, do I call the feds over cookies because I'm tempted? So, yeah.
Ben
So anyway, yes.
Ronnie
The point is, Melissa's cookies are not shipping now. You know, we talked about the cookies a little bit. Like, you know, is it too late to be doing a sprinkle cookie joke like, a decade later? Okay. You know, do it. We talked about Bethany loving the cookies. You know, Bethany did a review where she's like, love them. They're great. They're great. Great. So she loved them, but apparently they're not shipping out. Melissa's like, they're not shipping because of the bottom box. Melissa, nobody gives a. About a sprinkle cookie after Christmas. Get your cookies out.
Ben
That's a lie. I'll take a sprinkle cookie cookie any time of the year. Just rebrand it as, like, a Arbor Day cookie or, I don't know, an Arbor Day cookie.
Ronnie
National Day of Morning cookie. That's coming up on the 9th. Jimmy Carter died.
Ben
Coming up. Yeah.
Ronnie
Okay, so that's maybe what. Good.
Ben
Sprinkle controversy. I was gonna say maybe. If you report your USPS MA Person to the authorities and they get sent to federal jail, you know who they may run into there?
Ronnie
Who?
Ben
Peters Brew.
Ronnie
Peter's Brew.
Ben
Peter's Brew.
Ronnie
Yeah.
Ben
Peter Thomas. He's off to jail. So Peter Thomas, the former husband of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Cynthia Bailey, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. That's where they send mail. People mail cookie robbers from the mail after pleading guilty to tax fraud. Well, color me gobsmacked. I never would have thought Peter Thomas wouldn't pay his taxes. What a shock. This guy seems like an upstanding businessman, entrepreneur, person with wealth that is definitely existing in his bank accounts.
Ronnie
How could.
Ben
How could he just not pay his taxes? I think the government should reopen this case and see that they are prosecuting an innocent man.
Ronnie
Man, I am so proud that Cynthia got away from him so quickly. Aren't you? I mean, granted, that's just her style. She gets away from the mall really quickly. Cynthia doesn't put up with, I'll tell you that. Well, she does. She gets horrible people, and I think she has a breakup kink where she gets with horrible people on purpose. So she gets that, like, empowerment moment of breaking up with them.
Ben
Yeah. You know what? She needed to break up with him one year earlier. So we didn't have to sit and watch her give him a massage. Oil massage. That was not pleasant. But other than that, yes, no notes. So, yeah, he's going. He has to pay $2.5 million in restitution to the IRS. So guess it's a good thing he and Wendy didn't open up that restaurant because that might have taken a hit.
Ronnie
Oh, my gosh, Peter. I wanted to talk about something that just happened because, you know, it is award season and a lot of just the best music and the best movies, the best shows. Like some show won the Golden Globe. Adrian Brody apparently won a ton of Golden Globes for his show called something or something Brutalist. And was it the brutalist?
Ben
It's a three, three. Three hour and 15 minute movie.
Ronnie
Oh, okay. And it came out on December 20th. You know, it's like things that win awards, I don't even have a chance to know what the fuck they are. I was like, what? Because they come out so late. That's the. That's. I'm doing that to say that that's what happened in this piece of art. This is a new song. It is just so good. It's gonna win all of the Grammys. Sorry, Beyonce. Sorry. That blonde girl who sings fun songs that people really like right now. What's her name? You know which one I mean? A really sexy little pint sized blonde.
Ben
Girl turning Shirley Temple.
Ronnie
Yeah, her. This is a new artist. I want to play you her latest single that she dropped right before the holidays. This is a lady named Teresa Giudice. Let's listen to her son, rescue me.
Ben
This is my friend.
Ronnie
If you were mine, mine.
Ben
I'm singing along with her now.
Ronnie
If you were mine.
Ben
Where the best part is she sings all of that. She sings it. I'm surprised she gets all those lyrics. And then when it gets to the chorus, cherish the day. She flubs the lyrics. She goes, cherish the day. I'm like, you couldn't get the lyrics of the chorus, but you knew everything else, Teresa. And how could you do that to my queen? My queen Sade, who is celebrating a birthday in less than 10 days. You are going to sing along to her that way. You know what never changed, Teresa? That was when I tell you I.
Ronnie
Died watching that is Teresa sitting on her couch. I guess she's just filming the TV singing. I don't know. It's not karaoke because Sade is singing, but she's just watching the video singing along on Instagram. I have watched that 30,000 times. I mean, it's been such a good year for just great videos coming out of Bravo the gen. Just this week we're talking about Jen, Aiden's video, a jersey, Mike mics, Teresa's musical video, Karen's DUI video. We had Shannon's video running into the house. I mean, it's been a great year of home videos for Real Housewives.
Ben
It has been. I just, first of all, I'm like shocked that Teresa knows Sade beyond smooth operator. Like, that's wild to me that she knows that she's at the cherish the day level.
Ronnie
Blink, blink, blink, blink, bling bling There.
Ben
Is today I won't go away I won't go astray Blink, blink, blink, blink, blink.
Ronnie
Oh, the death that I died. Okay, moving on.
Ben
So amazing.
Ronnie
You know, back when we started this show was when Beverly Hills started airing. That was the first Housewives show I ever recapped in written form over at TV Gasm and later Trash Talk tv and had so much fun doing that. I was like, I found my calling. Just making fun of stupid people on tv. This is what I want to do the rest of my life. And it looks like it's going to be true, especially if I die in the next few weeks. But I've had so much fun doing this. And I remember when we first went dorit first came on the show and we were talking about them and I said, I cannot wait for these two to go broke. It's going to happen. It's going to happen on the show. We are going to get to see the demise of these two criminals because you can tell, you can just tell that they are the shadiest, lying, biggest, most criminalist couple in the world and they are going down. And this was what, eight years ago or something? Now listen, I'm not saying this to say like, oh, I'm so psychic or whatever. I'm just saying it because it's happening now and I'm so sad about it. I cannot believe because I love to read. Like, I literally love to read. I even kind of like PK and I'm sad to see it happening. Have you heard all the new stuff that's coming out about these two?
Ben
No, I haven't heard a single thing. I didn't. I didn't know it was more than just the usual noise about them.
Ronnie
It's getting bad. Dorit and PK Kemsley officially declare bankruptcy and lose 7.5 million dollar mansion due to 1.3 million tax debt. Estranged, living in a luxury hotel, life on the Verge of collapse. So it is not looking good for these two. We knew it's going down, but it is going down ugly. And I cannot imagine it any better. I mean, what is he even doing at this point? He's been living in, I think, the Beverly Hills Hotel, not paying his bills, allegedly. That's what we hear from Queens and bars.
Ben
Why are you doing that? If you don't have money, why are you staying at the Beverly Hills Hotel? Come on, there's Marriotts. Like, that's so expensive. Like, dude, like a low key. Have, like a low key place where you live. And then you can, like, meet people in the lobby of the Beverly Hills Hotel. But come on, save some coins. Coins.
Ronnie
Yeah. One of the comments on Reddit from Spark. Mental butt, I love you. Reddit says they may be homeless, but they won't be toothless, so that's true. There you go. Well, now I read this on Reddit. Now, this is not. I don't even see where this source is. Let me see. Does it open? I don't even see what the source is. Maybe it's not true. It's probably. It's Kyle Richards. But I saw this, and I was like, oh, my God, it's starting. And I was like, I'm not ready for it to start yet. I've stopped. I've started liking that.
Ben
Them at Nurse Dory says, h. I heard they're. They've run out of money at Nurse Dory. Loves Halloween. Says rumor has it that no one on the cast likes to read. Oh, well, rumor has it that Jamie Lee Curtis hates to read. Gosh, I wonder who leaked it.
Ronnie
Yeah, Little Kyle. Kylie. Kylie Richards. So PK went and did an interview where he's talking about, oh, you know, it's just so sad to treat me like this and saying all these things on the air because, you know, she's talking about how my bankruptcy hurt her or, you know, my thing with the Bellagio hurt her. Well, guess what? That happened years before Dorit. Yeah, you jackass. But she still had to deal with all the repercussions of it on national tv. You know, that guy's such a pig. But I mean, like him. I don't even want to see him go down like this.
Ben
Yeah, well, is it weird?
Ronnie
Why do I like him? This is what normalcy does when you get used to things. This is why you shouldn't hang out with bad people and you turn into them. You just. It normalizes it, you know, I'm like, I totally love to read in pecans. Now they're good kids.
Ben
I feel like people have really forgotten what their first season was like. People hated pk. Like they gave from the depths of their soul because he was out there talking about Erica's panties obsessively every single week. So now people are like, yeah, you know, PK is all right. I'm like, yeah, he's all right. Like, no, PK is. PK went and spent half the year last year in London avoiding his wife, who is going through legitimate trauma. So I think that's pretty shitty.
Ronnie
Yes. But as Texas girl points out, he's a full blown alcoholic.
Ben
Yeah. He can't be held accountable.
Ronnie
Yeah. So that's sad ish, that saddish stuff. And I guess we should end with this little story which I just found so funny. Whitney Rose is still selling Alibaba jewelry. And it looks like she's even using the same pics as Alibaba. This is from the Real Housewives of SLC subredd. And someone went to her site for Prism and looked up a pair of earrings, the Claudia earrings. And then did an image search and found the exact same earrings and the same pictures on Alibaba.
Ben
I gave you that information.
Ronnie
Who?
Ben
Who told you that? It's lies.
Ronnie
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Ben
The Alibaba to prison pipeline is real. Real.
Ronnie
Well, this brings us to the end of the US portion of this. Now we end this audio version. So everybody who's with us on audio, thank you. We'll be back in two weeks and we'll see you then. Bye.
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In episode #2677 of "Watch What Crappens," hosts Ben Mandelker and Ronnie Karam delve into a rollercoaster of Bravo drama, dissecting everything from public meltdowns to high-profile breakups. With their signature blend of humor and sharp critique, Ben and Ronnie offer an engaging analysis of the latest happenings in the Bravo universe. Below is a detailed, long-form summary capturing all the key points, discussions, insights, and conclusions from the episode.
The episode kicks off with a light-hearted conversation about post-holiday home improvements.
Ben [00:00]: "After the holiday hustle. There's nothing like giving your home a little TLC, right, Ronnie?"
Ronnie [00:04]: "I go through every closet, I go through every bedroom. I Virgo out in the new year and it feels so, so good."
The hosts share their personal experiences with home organization, setting a casual and relatable tone for the episode.
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to dissecting the infamous incident involving Jennifer Aydin at a Jersey Mike’s in an airport, where she publicly berated employees over a delayed sandwich order.
Ben [05:41]: "This story seems to have had a lot of traction and it seems to actually have ramifications, which is Jennifer Aiden versus a tuna sandwich at Jersey Mike's."
Ronnie [06:49]: "She's filming it herself. Like, this is going to make her look good."
Ben and Ronnie express their disdain for Aydin's behavior, highlighting her unreasonable demands and public outburst.
Ben [08:14]: "She starts shaming the 80-year-old lady who probably wasn’t even 80. It doesn’t even matter if she was 80."
Ronnie [12:38]: "People who act like this, this is why we have harsh sentences."
Ronnie controversially suggests severe consequences for Aydin's actions, emphasizing her unappealing public persona.
The hosts also touch upon the divided social media reactions, with some defending Aydin while they stand firmly against her actions.
Ronnie [11:43]: "Just stop putting blocks on your holes. Okay?"
Ben [12:44]: "If everything happened exactly the way Jennifer described it... you just can't do that."
They argue that Aydin's actions were over the top and not a genuine relatable moment, ultimately condemning her for creating unnecessary drama.
Ben and Ronnie shift their focus to Dorit Kemsley and PK Kemsley from "Below Deck," discussing their recent bankruptcy declaration.
Ronnie [49:27]: "Dorit and PK Kemsley officially declare bankruptcy and lose a $7.5 million mansion due to a $1.3 million tax debt."
The hosts express satisfaction over the financial downfall of what they perceive as a shady couple.
Ronnie [51:42]: "He’s a full-blown alcoholic."
Ben [52:24]: "PK is... a full-blown alcoholic. He can't be held accountable."
They delve into PK’s past behavior, reinforcing their belief that his financial ruin is well-deserved, highlighting his issues and lack of accountability.
A central topic of the episode is the breakup of Craig and Paige from "Southern Charm." Ben and Ronnie analyze the dynamics leading up to their split.
Ben [26:00]: "Craig just wants to make everything perfect for Paige and their possible new baby."
Ronnie [27:34]: "She's a fixer... she was fixing him. I really liked the relationship."
The hosts discuss their mixed feelings about the breakup, viewing Craig as a "sweetheart" but acknowledging his flaws.
Ben [33:25]: "I think Ronnie's working through something."
Ronnie [36:40]: "There's a lot of thought went into it and press releases and all that stuff."
They speculate on the strategic timing of the breakup, suggesting it may have been orchestrated for PR benefits related to their respective shows.
Ronnie shares her emotional struggle with the breakup, showing a deeper level of engagement.
Ronnie [35:25]: "I keep changing my opinion. I cannot keep my opinion straight on this whole thing."
Ben, on the other hand, admires Paige’s authenticity and strategic thinking.
Ben [35:58]: "Do you think about things, you talk things over. Like, how is this gonna look?"
The episode takes a humorous turn as Ben and Ronnie discuss Teresa Giudice's foray into music, specifically her latest single "Rescue Me."
Ronnie [45:07]: "This is a lady named Teresa Giudice. Let's listen to her son, rescue me."
They mock her musical skills and the authenticity of her performance, questioning her ability to sing coherently.
Ronnie [46:34]: "She flubs the lyrics... I do not like her music."
Ben [48:09]: "Is today I won't go away I won't go astray Blink, blink, blink, blink, blink."
Their critique highlights a recurring theme of authenticity and performance within reality TV stars.
The hosts touch upon Melanie’s ongoing issues with her cookie business, paralleling it with Ronnie's past mishaps.
Ronnie [53:08]: "It's called filters. Okay, that's true. Well, good use of filters, Angelina."
They discuss the theft of her cookies and community reactions, reflecting on the challenges reality TV personalities face outside the spotlight.
Ben and Ronnie expose Whitney Rose’s questionable business practices, accusing her of using images from Alibaba for her jewelry line.
Ben [52:34]: "The Alibaba to prison pipeline is real. Real."
Ronnie [53:24]: "Shut the up with your Alibaba knocker. Get the out of here. Go hug a tree. Whitney."
Their scrutiny underscores the importance of ethical business practices, especially for public figures.
As the episode wraps up, Ben and Ronnie reflect on their journey with "Watch What Crappens" and the ever-evolving landscape of Bravo reality TV.
Ronnie [56:15]: "This is what normalcy does when you get used to things. This is why you shouldn't hang out with bad people and you turn into them."
They express a mix of nostalgia and anticipation for future episodes, emphasizing their commitment to delivering candid and entertaining commentary.
Ronnie on Jennifer Aydin’s Sandwich Incident:
"People who act like this, this is why we have harsh sentences." [12:38]
Ben on Dorit and PK’s Bankruptcy:
"If there's male theft happening in your neighborhood and then you never got this stuff from Mia, then that sounds like that's what happened." [41:34]
Ronnie on Craig and Paige’s Relationship:
"I am so proud that Cynthia got away from him so quickly." [44:33]
Ben on Teresa Giudice’s Musical Talent:
"I'm singing along with her now." [46:22]
Episode #2677 of "Watch What Crappens" delivers a comprehensive and entertaining critique of Bravo’s latest dramas. Ben and Ronnie navigate through a spectrum of controversies, from public meltdowns to personal breakups, providing listeners with insightful and humorous perspectives. Their ability to blend personal opinions with factual breakdowns makes this episode a must-listen for fans seeking a deeper understanding of their favorite reality TV stars.
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