#2744 Summer House S09E03: UnDiplo-matic Relations

Summary

Watch What Crappens - Episode #2744 Summary: Summer House S09E03: UnDiplo-matic Relations

In episode #2744 of Watch What Crappens, hosts Ben Mandelker and Ronnie Karam dive deep into the latest happenings of Summer House Season 9 Episode 3, titled "UnDiplo-matic Relations." True to their show's ethos, Ben and Ronnie dissect, mock, and celebrate the antics of the Bravo reality series, offering insights and humorous commentary that any fan—or casual viewer—would find entertaining and informative.

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Tour Announcements and Show Promotion

The episode kicks off with Ronnie announcing their upcoming "Mounting Hysteria" tour across various cities in the U.S. and Canada. They encourage listeners to support their content through Patreon and highlight the exclusive benefits available, such as bonus episodes and access to their Discord server.

Initial Reactions to Summer House

Ben expresses his excitement about the ongoing season, particularly his anticipation for new bagel experiences post-podcast recording. Ronnie humorously critiques the character Lexi, dubbing her a "ding dong" but acknowledges her charm that keeps viewers engaged.

Ronnie Karam [05:01]:
"I think I'm landing on... We come to these shows to have idiots make us just cringe and scowl."

Confetti Incident and Character Dynamics

A major highlight of the episode is the discussion surrounding Bailey's accidental inhalation of confetti during a 4th of July party. Ben sarcastically remarks on the consequences of such antics.

Ben Mandelker [07:37]:
"You're lucky you left confetti splooge. This maybe explains why we don't see her really anymore for the rest of the season."

The hosts predict that Bailey might be written off the show due to this mishap, illustrating their knack for anticipating Bravo's narrative twists.

Nipple Shaming and Body Positivity

A memorable segment revolves around the controversial topic of nipple shaming, sparked by a fan-submitted drawing depicting exaggerated nipples. Ronnie shares her personal journey towards nipple positivity, contrasting with Ben's discomfort.

Ronnie Karam [10:23]:
"I've got little, tiny baby hard nipples. They're not like little babes. Crazy big ones. So I had a long, hard look at my nipples in the mirror, and I was like, not so bad."

This exchange underscores the hosts' ability to blend humor with meaningful conversations about body image.

Sierra and Carl's Relationship Tension

Ben and Ronnie delve into the strained relationship between Sierra and Carl, dissecting their interactions and the underlying tensions. They express skepticism about Sierra and Carl becoming an on-screen couple, highlighting potential plot developments.

Ben Mandelker [11:25]:
"I'm just going to nip this in the bud. I am not shipping Sierra and Carl."

Party Dynamics and Gender Showdowns

The discussion shifts to the show's portrayal of gender dynamics during a party setup. The boys, led by Kyle, opt for hot dog costumes, while the girls plan a more elaborate setup. Ben and Ronnie critique the stereotypical behavior exhibited by the characters.

Ben Mandelker [14:56]:
"Girls have boobs in a bar."

They anticipate further chaos stemming from these gender-based competitions, staying true to their "mock because we love" philosophy.

Emerging Characters and Plot Twists

Emerging characters like Imrule make their entrance, bringing fresh dynamics to the household. Ben and Ronnie speculate on his background and potential story arcs, adding layers to their analysis.

Ronnie Karam [56:17]:
"Emeril's like the classic New Yorker. He loves to have a good time. He likes to get, you know, it's like Casanova."

Lindsay's Pregnancy and Family Relations

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to Lindsay's pregnancy announcement and the ensuing family drama. Ben and Ronnie dissect Lindsay's motivations and her relationship with her family, particularly her mother, highlighting themes of breaking familial cycles and personal growth.

Ben Mandelker [37:54]:
"So, Lindsay is gonna break the cycle."

Kyle's DJing Ambitions and Party Antics

Kyle's new venture into DJing becomes a focal point, with the hosts humorously critiquing his midlife crisis-esque decision. They analyze his interactions during his DJing sessions, emphasizing the comedic elements of his character development.

Ronnie Karam [53:04]:
"He's like, yeah, people think it looks like a midlife crisis, but that's gonna be a Ferrari."

Conflict with Craig and Workplace Drama

The episode also touches on backstage drama involving Craig and Hannah, exploring themes of betrayal and professional setbacks. Ben and Ronnie express their opinions on Kyle's business decisions and the fallout from Hannah's criticisms.

Ronnie Karam [60:40]:
"I have nothing to do with that. But I feel like a lot of... Good kids have nothing to do with where they come from anyway."

Conclusion and Future Predictions

As the episode wraps up, Ben and Ronnie reflect on the events discussed, setting the stage for future episodes. They tease upcoming conflict, particularly Lindsay's intentions towards Kyle, ensuring listeners are hooked for what's next.

Ronnie Karam [78:27]:
"She's gonna eviscerate him next week. Looking forward to it."

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Notable Quotes:

• Ben Mandelker [05:01]:
  "I think we come to these shows to have idiots make us just cringe and scowl."

• Ronnie Karam [10:23]:
  "I've got little, tiny baby hard nipples. They're not like little babes. Crazy big ones."

• Ben Mandelker [14:56]:
  "Girls have boobs in a bar."

• Ronnie Karam [56:17]:
  "Emeril's like the classic New Yorker. He loves to have a good time."

• Ben Mandelker [37:54]:
  "So, Lindsay is gonna break the cycle."

• Ronnie Karam [53:04]:
  "He's like, yeah, people think it looks like a midlife crisis, but that's gonna be a Ferrari."

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Final Thoughts:

Episode #2744 of Watch What Crappens offers a thorough and entertaining breakdown of Summer House Season 9E03. Ben and Ronnie's blend of humor, sharp critique, and insightful commentary provides listeners with a comprehensive understanding of the episode's key moments and character developments. Whether you're a die-hard Bravo fan or a casual viewer, this summary captures the essence of their lively discussion, making it a must-read for those looking to stay updated on the latest Bravo drama.

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[Ben Mandelker]

Watch what happens. Watch what craft is. Who cares what happens when this. So what crap is. Who cares what happens when there's so much that happens?

[Ronnie Karam]

Hello, and welcome to Watch what Happens, a podcast for all the crap we love to talk about on Yield Bravs. I'm Ronnie. Over there is the handsome and talented Mr. Ben Mandelker. Hello, Ben.

[Ben Mandelker]

Hi. How are you?

[Ronnie Karam]

Good. Everybody, welcome to the show. Today it's Summer House day. We are on tour. Also the mounting Hysteria tour all across Americ, America and kind of the world. We're going to this next month, March here, okay? March, we're going to be in Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Toronto, Charlotte, Atlanta, Washington, Philly. And then after that, we're in Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Austin, Dallas, and Vegas. We're going to add another couple of cities to this. If you want ticket links to the shows and the calendar and all that, you're going to find that at watch what crappens.com. that's also where you'll find a Patreon link to our Patreon, which is where we do video recaps like this one. Hi. And it's also where you will find our traders recaps and other fun stuff. A lot of good premium content over there. If you don't want to pay for videos, you can get them for free a week later over on our YouTube. Just go find us on YouTube. We love it over there. Kai. So how'd you feel? How are you feeling today, Ben?

[Ben Mandelker]

I'm feeling great. It's Thursday, which means that when we're done with this podcast, I'm gonna go get a bagel and I'm like, really, really, really excited about it. And I'm gonna try a new bagel place. So I'm excited about that. And, you know, Summer House, I mean, you know, like, here we are. Summer House is so. You know, I love this show. I will always love this show. These. This. This girl, Lexi, she is trying me. And I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing, because I am rolling my eyes so hard with this girl. And then at the same time, I think, but isn't that what we tune in for? Don't we come to these shows to have idiots make us just cringe and scowl? So, I don't know. I think I'm landing on. I'm feeling great. How about you?

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, as far as Lexi goes, you know, she's kind of a ding dong, but I love a ding dong. And I've had this girl as my friend multiple times in my life, and we'll always have this. This kind of archetype of a girl as my friend. I just think they're so fun. Just someone who's like, I'm just gonna jump in no matter what. Who cares if it hurts me, you know? Now they're the ones I pick up from jail, usually at some point in their lives because they've gone crazy and put a brick through someone's windshield. But, I mean, she's the dodo bird. I like her. The guys that are making me crazy are the two. For me, it's Wes and Jesse. Jesse especially is just. I already knew Wes was such a douchebag, and we got little hints of douchebag from Jesse. But Jesse's just so grody. To me. He's just the worst. And he's the worst qualities in a man that, like, charm you. Charm your pants off, literally, and then be like, but wait, I think we're moving a little fast. Get your dick out of me then. How about that? How about get your date? I don't understand when it became so crazy to expect that if you're someone, they're not half the town, you know? And I'm saying that as a gay person, our natural state, a lot of us is half the town. But, like, if you're. If you're hooking up with someone, I don't think it's so crazy to be like, I don't want to be hooking up with you. Plus all of the other petri dishes that you've been stuck sticking your penis in, sir, you know, I don't think that that's equal to asking for marriage. So that's where I am. I'm starting with some man race. A male rage.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, we. I think we said last season that Jesse really was benefiting from the fact that all of his hookups happened with people who are outside the house and sort of like, after hours. And we predicted that, you know, as soon as he starts going after someone that's in the house, he's gonna have his douchebag season. And I think he's on his way. He's laying the foundation. He's doing the good boys thing. He's being cute and sweet and flirty. But we. We definitely can see that the bottom's gonna fall out of this situation very soon.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. So we start with this 4th of July party and Bailey is blowing up a balloon with confetti inside of it and then accidentally breathe some of it in. I mean, who does that? Who breathes back in balloon air? You shouldn't do that when there's not confetti in there. Stop breathing in balloon air. And then she's like, oh, my God, I wasn't ready for that. And I was like, well, you would be if you'd ever hooked up with a guy in this house. Because, you know, that's how they are. You know, they don't even give any kind of warning.

[Ben Mandelker]

You're lucky you left confetti splooge. They. Yeah. This maybe explains why we don't see her really anymore for the rest of the season. We predict because maybe she inhaled too much confetti. And Bravo's like, she's a liability. Legal liability. Just scrap her. Scrapper.

[Ronnie Karam]

She got confetti lung and had to like, be.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, it's the second leading cause of death in Appalachia. So then we go to west in his room and he's like hanging out with Jesse. And, well, he's knocking the bathroom door. And Jesse, she's like, I'm pooping. And he's like, oh, really? He's like, well, we talked. He's like, no way, dude. Whatever. There's this pooping, just pooping in the room.

[Ronnie Karam]

And you know, west wants a gold medal for going into someone's room and going, are you mad at me? He's like, good job, bro. He's like, well, she wasn't that mean. I mean, I think cuz we're like, cool. Well, I mean, not really cool, but she didn't abuse me. Again, just a porn. Porn little guy. Put a shirt on, sir. Okay. Put a shirt.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

I actually feel sorry for Wes because the nut's been so mean about his nipples. My God, are we nipple shaming?

[Ben Mandelker]

What the hell?

[Ronnie Karam]

I didn't even notice his nipples.

[Ben Mandelker]

Did you? I didn't until someone sent us a hideous vote. Like, drawing of an exaggerated. Yeah, that's. I didn't need to see that. I didn't need to see that. It was just like big cartoon nipples and the. It was stuff coming out of them. It was too much. It was too visceral. Too visceral. A lot of those drawings are really intense for me. I'm not gonna lie. I am just like, when I see them, I'm like, they sort of. It's. They remind me of. What was that puppet show from the 80s? It was like, I don't know if.

[Ronnie Karam]

It'S always scared me.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. This is, like, the drawing form of it. It's, like, too much for me.

[Ronnie Karam]

You know that puppet. That puppet from, like, Mr. Rogers neighborhood or whatever, where it's like the wooden. I guess they've got wooden faces, like.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, wooden.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, like the old. Oh, they're just.

[Ben Mandelker]

They show more emotion. Puppet show more emotion. Don't be so witten. Yeah, well, there was that puppet show from the 80s. I was, like, political, and they always had, like, a puppet of, like, Ronald Reagan and, like, Margaret Thatcher and stuff. And they did like that. The music video. You know what? I'm going down. I'm going down a hole here, and I'm gonna. I'm gonna pull myself out of it. The point is, Wes's nipples, they're a lot, especially in drawn form.

[Ronnie Karam]

I'm actually kind of thankful because, you know, I'm. I've got a lot of body issues and stuff like that, and I don't need to go into that. But I will say on a positive note, I' been prouder of my nipples. I've got just little, tiny baby hard nipples. They're not like little babes. Crazy big ones. I feel like if anybody was going to draw me in a horrific way, it would be a lot of other things, but my nipples would be safe. So I felt good. It was like, a really good episode for nipple positivity for me.

[Ben Mandelker]

Are people. I honestly really did not pay attention to his nipples. Were people saying that, like, they were big, like, or long? Were they, like, the areolas big? Was it like.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, they're just nipple shaming him. Like, I mean, I don't know. I don't need to get into all the details. They all said different.

[Ben Mandelker]

Like, hamster. Hamster esque.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, like, hamster. I don't know. But it was disturbing because I'd never thought to be insecure about my nipples. I mean, with everything else I've got going on, I just never even thought about that. So I had, like, a long, hard look at my nipples in the. In the mirror, and I was like, not so bad. I've got nipple pride. So that was good for you. Thanks.

[Ben Mandelker]

Good for you.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's been a good.

[Ben Mandelker]

Well, Sierra then goes and tells Amanda that she had a conversation with west, and she's like, do you feel better than yesterday? Do you feel good to get it off your chest? And she's like, like, yeah, I just feel like I can't wait to meet the person I'm supposed to be with. So I can literally go and hide away on a farm. And Amanda's like, wow, maybe you've already met him at some point in your life. So I was like, okay, whatever. But then fast forward to later in the episode. There's like a moment with Sierra and Carl and Carl's like, oh, I just got a couple minutes from Sierra. I'm like, please don't sow the seeds that Carl has been like Sierra's Mr. Right all this time. I am just not going to co sign this. I'm going to nip this in the bud. I am not shipping Sierra and Carl.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, they better not be. I mean, I would hope that Sierra is smarter than that, but I have watched her with Austin, Wes and. Who's the other one? Luke, I guess. Well, I don't know. Do we even count Luke?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, because she was. Luke was pre show shoot. That was. Either way we've seen her. She. She does gravitate towards boys. And Carl, despite his like, oh, just look awkward. He is still a boy through and through. And it is very for him to get hard.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, he's still a boy. It's just harder for him to, you know, get it up.

[Ben Mandelker]

I would. Of course it's harder for me to get hard because I really pay attention to things that are soft.

[Ronnie Karam]

My branding is all soft now. So our love making. I'm actually a little bit different.

[Ben Mandelker]

Not allowed to get hard.

[Ronnie Karam]

I don't. I don't want to go off brand. So Sierra's like, yeah, I just need to talk to my psychic. No, no more psychics on this show. Last time you had a psychic they said that Lindsay, Luke, remember that was that Paige is like, oh my God, let's tell Hannah. Let's tell everybody about the psychic.

[Ben Mandelker]

How about instead of consulting your psychic, why don't you consult your factict and let's look at your facts, which is don't find love on this show and you'll be much better off. There you go. That's the fact.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, get some taste. How about that? So then we go to Kyle and Jesse hanging tinsel and Paige is like, oh my God, you can't even figure out how to wrap it around the pole. Oh my God. Stupid men. And Jesse's like, we know how to work with pole desorv.

[Ben Mandelker]

So then they're setting up more things.

[Ronnie Karam]

And I'm so mad at his teeth. Why is it his teeth? It's like every time I see them, I'm like, put your teeth away. He's just so tooth forward. He's like, oh, yeah, put your fucking teeth away.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's like a bunch of medieval knights going to battle with those shields. So Amanda is. Amanda's giving West Direction on how to hang something else, and she can't quite get it right. And Paige is like, oh, I love men and their little pea brains. Guys, I think whoever loses, we do the dunk tank tomorrow morning. Like, yeah. And so that's what they're gonna do. And so then Carl doesn't really have.

[Ronnie Karam]

A lot going on. So basically they're using Carl to do, like, the Captain Obvious post, you know, where the people who just kind of describe what's going on in the house. So he's like, what we're doing is we're, like, having a contest about whether the girls can make better decorations or the guys soft. Glad Carl's back.

[Ben Mandelker]

I'll know what's going on for the boys. So everyone's getting ready, and now everyone's arriving, and Lexi does a shot, and she's like, oh, my God, my nipples just went so hard. And then people are partying, and there's just, like, a lot of. It's like, a lot of chaos. It's like a standard summer house scene where there's, like. And everyone's, like, dancing and crazy. And Carl's wearing a wiener costume because he's just kind of, like, wild and crazy now. He's liberated because Lindsay their.

[Ronnie Karam]

And it's boys versus girls. So the boys want to win this party by dressing like hot dogs and ketchup and mustard. Okay? Because the boys are like. The boys are led by Kyle. And Kyle's like, you know what? People want costumes. That's what they want. People want to see Amazon costumes in real life. And then the girls actually rented stuff because, you know, Paige is more about just getting caterers to do do. So she's like, we have a snow cone machine, beer pong, and no man nipples.

[Ben Mandelker]

So, yeah. So then Lexi and Bailey go down, like, a water slide or something like that, or Bailey does, and Amanda's like, oh, to be young again. I remember when I was in my 20s last year. And then Paige is like, it was really hard.

[Ronnie Karam]

Kyle kept cheating on me. It's like, you didn't get to be a child. You had too much Kyle trauma.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, she really did not. So then Paige tells us, like, this is, like, the first summer that I feel old. Like, they feel so young and nice and, like, full of life. And I'm like, are you even registered to vote? Like, I have, like, acid reflux like, they don't. They don't even know what that is.

[Ronnie Karam]

You know, I've always considered Paige old, which is weird. And I don't mean she looks old or anything. I mean, she's like a very pretty young lady or whatever, and she came on here super young. But I've just always thought of Paige is like a mom in the country club, like that my mom used to hang out with back in the day. And, you know, it's not the fanciest country club. It's like, I'm from the El Paso Country Club, you know, But I just. Those ladies drinking Franzia in the backyard, just one of them gets up and you talk about how fat their kids gotten, you know, one of those. So I've always looked at her as just kind of an old country club lady, so it's interesting that she ever really identifies as young.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

I feel like she's me. Like, I had 40 years old when I turned 12, and I stayed 40 years old for a really long time.

[Ben Mandelker]

Excuse me, what are your pronouns? Are they, she, her, they, them. Young, younger. Thank you.

[Ronnie Karam]

My pronouns are sir, ma'am.

[Ben Mandelker]

So now Jesse's in the kitchen with some random friends, and a girl is like, who's that girl with the thong and the shorts? And it's Lexi. They're talking about Lexi. And the girl's like, do you like her? And Jesse's like, I do like her. And like, oh, my God, Jesse.

[Ronnie Karam]

Oh, my God, Jesse, you found a child to follow around. Congratulations. Okay, so then we meet the real cast. Lexi's family girl.

[Ben Mandelker]

I know. I was so glad that we finally had a Drag Race crossover moment.

[Ronnie Karam]

This, now, this is a Texas family. This is a family. Oh, my God. That sis. This is a thirsty family. This is a family built on thirst.

[Ben Mandelker]

I'm like, why? Why is Lexi's sister coming in? Like she's auditioning to be on RuPaul. I mean, she. Her face was like. It was beyond beat. I mean, that. What is happening over here?

[Ronnie Karam]

I think that's why I got Texas from this family, because it's just like, blonde makeup, you know, lips out to here. And that girl was definitely thinking, this is my first episode on my new show, you know, and from what I hear, Lexi is somewhat of an influencer, and her. She just works with her mom and her sister, so they're like a thing. They're like a package.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

And so I'm excited to see what they bring, because I can guarantee you it's going to be very thirsty.

[Ben Mandelker]

I can't even imagine life without my sister. And, like, with my mom, too. My mom's like my. My best, best, best friend. And, like, growing up, I think a lot of people thought that because I was, like, a model, I. You know, they thought I thought I was better than them. So kids, like, weren't always nice to me. So I think that's why I'm, like, so close with my family, because they allow me to be myself.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's just, like, so hard when you're pretty, because when you're really pretty and, like, a model, people are so mean to you. I'm like, okay, Trevor, project. Okay. It gets better. Lex, go. God. So Jesse is called over. She's like, jesse, get your American ass over here. Because we're from Canada. So he comes over and meets the family, and Tiffany's like, hi, nice to meet you. I'm Tiffany. We know. Tiffany. Girl, I knew your name before you even walked in the door. I could sense you were a Tiffany. No offense to all the Tiffany's out.

[Ben Mandelker]

There, but she's doing, like, Aida Turturro drag. It's wild. And so Tiffany's like, nice to meet you. And Jesse's like, hey, Tiffany, great to meet you. Your sister likes me. Yeah, he likes me. And Jesse's like, I mean, what's not to like? And Lexi's like, for you, like, wouldn't you look at her? Look at her.

[Ronnie Karam]

Have you ever seen such a juicy booty? And we cut around to the guest partying, and Carl's like, huh? Everybody who voted for me at high fives Prasad. I. Oh, it was too hard of a high five. Try it again. Try it. Oh, try it again.

[Ben Mandelker]

Try it again.

[Ronnie Karam]

I'm gonna have to talk about this in the kitchen later. That was.

[Ben Mandelker]

That was traumatizing anyone looking to grab a hot dog. And if you are, do you mind grabbing that hot dog a little tighter? Tighter, tighter. Put your weight on this hot dog.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Sierra sees Carl and she's like, oh, my God, Carl, you should just, like, keep wearing your hair like that because, like, new gel. Agree. You know, new gel, grease or whatever you put in it. Like, I don't know. Like, I like that texture her. It's like, you have good hair texture. He's like, oh, my God. Shira, like, just gave me a compliment. Like, I haven't been friends with her because, like, it was so hard because I couldn't be friends with any of the girls because I was dating a terrorist. But, like, now that I'm, like, allowed to be kind to women again. It's like amazing that they're like nice to me. Shut up.

[Ben Mandelker]

Carl. Carl, you're not friends with people because you've been awful to people for years. Don't. Don't think that you forgot. Yeah, hard can be nice. I could be nice to see our. It's like amazing. I got a compliment. It really means so much. Everybody knows like I'm a little awkward and like I kind of am like getting my feet back under me. So for like Sierra to like give me a little boost. It feels good. Like which is mostly it like feels good. What do you mean you're getting your feet back under you? How long do you need your feet back under you?

[Ronnie Karam]

What?

[Ben Mandelker]

Did you ever have them under you in the first place? I don't know. You can get have them have your feet back under if they weren't there in the first place. He needs to relax. Okay? This is too much. I'm sick of it. I'm sick of the like kid gloves around Carl thing. You know, I applaud him for sobering up and getting his life together. But like at a certain point you have to, you know, go out into the world. The baby fawn thing is no longer working.

[Ronnie Karam]

Poor Carl. If he wasn't with Lindsay, he would have had been friends with everybody. So then Kyle's announcing everybody. All right, you got between boys and girls. Boys, we got like some cool stuff. You know, we got costumes and we got a hot DJ. Hot DJ. All right, Frank Sinatra makes. Coming up next, 45 year old DJ over here. And Lexi's like the girls have boobs in a bar. So.

[Ben Mandelker]

So then everyone, Amanda kicks everyone out. Like this is Amanda's role. I think the only reason why Amanda attends parties is solely so she can get the microphone and tell everyone to go home. You know, she's like, like cuz she's not. She doesn't enjoy these parties but she loves saying you don't have to go home but you can't stay here. Like that is what she dreams of.

[Ronnie Karam]

She likes cosplaying as the person she wishes was at every bar that Kyle was at until 4 in the morning, you know.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, this is. That's really getting to live out something here.

[Ronnie Karam]

She's like Kyle, come to bed. I'm wearing my security shirt.

[Ben Mandelker]

And then everyone votes and okay, and guess what? The girls win. Of course they win because it's a girls. So girls rule, boys rule. And on top of that, the guys put on a stupid, stupid party with hot dog costumes.

[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ronnie Karam]

So now we go to Jesse's room and she's taking off her shorts and Jesse's like, oh, can I Get a picture of that juicy foodie. And then Carl's ordered pizza and wings for everybody. And Paige is in bed, of course, with Amanda and Sierra. And she's like, oh, my God. God, what are they doing down there? Is everybody making out and falling in love? And then we cut to them, and, yeah, it's pretty much that. It's a bunch of old, creepy guys with all the youngest girls in the house.

[Ben Mandelker]

Like, oh, wow, Jesse. Jesse and Lexi are, like, curled up on the sofa together. And Jesse's like, I'm not good at planning trips, but I like going on them. Really? I want to go on, like, safari, like, in Africa. Like, I want to learn about. Like, wait, I don't even want to know what you want to learn about, because I think the big problem is I just haven't had a girlfriend to go on safari with. And then she kisses him. I'm like.

[Ronnie Karam]

I am kind of mad because I wanted to know the rest of her sentence. Like, I want to go on a safari, like, in Africa, because, like, I want to learn about, like, I don't know, like, where do dogs come from? Where do cats come from? Why are they always fighting? Am I. I want to go on.

[Ben Mandelker]

A safari in Africa because I want to find out, like, what bookmarks are, like, in their wild and natural habitat. It's like, that's.

[Ronnie Karam]

I've been to my search history, but I've never been to me.

[Ben Mandelker]

You can just have so many tabs open when you go on safari in Africa. So then how come if I talk.

[Ronnie Karam]

About a product, then suddenly I'm getting ads for it all over my Facebook? Like.

[Ben Mandelker]

Do they have firefoxes on safari? So Amanda's like, they're. Now they're, like, looking at her at Lexi's social media. Now they're doing the background check. And Amanda's like, she's, like, the hottest girl that Jesse's been with. And Paige is like, you think she dated Brooklyn Beckham and Kai Gerber's brother? And they're like, Paige goes, good for her.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. So that's why she's dating Jesse, I guess, like, the storyline, which, of course is why he's doing it, too. You know, I don't know how you ever trust love when you find it on tv. I don't know how you do, but they're doing it. And I think the girl's subtext there is like, wow, she's slumming it. Like, here she is now with Jesse. Like, what happened to the Beckham? What happened to the Gerber? Come on, man.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, yeah. Now you just have Jesse, you have a Solomon. So now they're all gonna go say. They're all saying goodnight. Carl hugs Bailey. I love a belly hu a. And it's amazing that I could hug.

[Ronnie Karam]

Bailey because Lindsay's not new Leon live. So Lexi is back to. Sorry, what you say I can finally.

[Ben Mandelker]

Get back on my feet. Thanks. Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt you. I hope I didn't knock you off your feet.

[Ronnie Karam]

Normally I have to crawl to the front door to get the pizza, but today I could walk on my feet. So thank you, Bailey.

[Ben Mandelker]

Thank you for everything. Me, I. I ordered some extra pepperoni on the pizza tonight, cuz I'm just like finally getting back on my fe. Now that Linda's not here, I can order extra toppings. So thanks Bailey. Thanks for helping me get my coffee.

[Ronnie Karam]

I hope nobody was expecting crispy crust cuz I offer. I ordered it soft.

[Ben Mandelker]

Oh, does anyone want garlic knots? I used to never be able to eat them because they remind me of the knots I had in my stomach when I dealt with Lindsay. But now I'm finally getting back on my feet.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then in Lexi and Jesse's room, wherever they are, she's like, you can stay. And she tells us, obviously we're like hitting it off really fast. But like, my fear is not getting my heart broken. My biggest fear here is like not living life to the fullest. You know what I mean? Like, I'd rather dive in head first and be like, ouch, that hurt. And then it would be better than wondering like, maybe what could have happened, like if I just gave him a chance, you know what I mean? It's like, yeah, you're young, okay? Soon you get what we call emotional scars, okay? And they teach you that when you touch a stove, or in this example, a flaming penis, there can be repercussions, you know what I mean? So just be careful about the stoves you're putting your hands on, young lady. Don't make me come over there with my van.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, I don't want. I. I think, I think, Lexi Wood, you should dive into love as soon as you find it because you have not found it yet so far this season. I'm gonna tell you that right now.

[Ronnie Karam]

You're diving into a cement swimming pool with no water in it.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's a pool that sings songs. It's terrible. Get out.

[Ronnie Karam]

Oh, God. Still thinks they're good to this day. Is like wobble. Jesse, shut up. I wish he'd shut up.

[Ben Mandelker]

Stop it. Okay, so Jesse and Lex are in bed.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's time for important conversations.

[Ben Mandelker]

The foundation of all love. I feel like my butt used to be, like, bigger. He's like, I want to know. Like, I was literally looking at it. Like, it was like, maybe it's because it's, like been doing so many steps. Like, it kind of disappeared. But, like, I was kind of like, what the is going on? I'm literally looking at it.

[Ronnie Karam]

Oh, it's plenty juicy. Don't worry about it. Plenty juicy.

[Ben Mandelker]

So it's the next morning.

[Ronnie Karam]

Carl wakes up and immediately spills water. He's like, oh, God. Lindsay must be on her way back. It's awful. My knees are shaking. My knees going back to the ground. Where are my feet? Where are my feet?

[Ben Mandelker]

Feeling. Finally getting back on my feet. And now those feet are stepping in a puddle.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Leslie, Lexi and Jake wake Jesse. Lexi and Jesse wake up together.

[Ben Mandelker]

Lex, Lessie.

[Ronnie Karam]

Couple. What would their nickname be? Their couple name? Lexi probably gonna be jixie.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. Which is very like brexit. But I like Lessie because jit is what I would love. I'm ready for jit.

[Ronnie Karam]

All right. The episode title when they break up has to be jegs it.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, it will be.

[Ronnie Karam]

So she's like, I'm happy you're here. He's like, oh, you mean like in your bedroom? She's like, no, in the house and this bed.

[Ben Mandelker]

They've literally been looking at my butt. So then Sierra is like, are the guys going to do the dunk tank? I feel like there needs to be some sort of edge to it. And Amanda says that they should dump the hot dog juice in the water. And Paige goes, that's diabolical. Okay.

[Ronnie Karam]

I'd been like, kerosene. I mean, come on. There's something more diabolical than hot. Hot dog. Water, knives, razor blades. Sierra. So they come up with their grand idea. So now they're going to get the hot dog cart water and the hot dogs. They're pouring it into the dunk tank for the guys. So the guys see that. That, that they're doing it. And Carl's like, oh, the girls are pouring a hot dog water into the dunk tank. Oh, hard, Hard. That is brand hard.

[Ben Mandelker]

Oh, my God. Oh, I need. So then. Then the girls are just like, oh, my God, I feel better about this and everything. And everyone's grossed out. Etc. And west is like, well, even though it's a smidge awkward, it feels like it's way less heavy with Sierra right now. So. So I'm going to Find windows to be normal. And I'm not going to try hard, but I'm not going to be here. I'm not here to be like, best friends and be annoying. But, like, if 2x and gauge lovers can be in the house together, and Sierra and I could be in the house together too, you know, I'm like, oh, shut up. Just get in the dung tank.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, he's still doing. It's like, oh, she's just so mean to me. Surely we can work it out. Biting my lip. Well, I wanted to invite everybody. I'm throwing a party. Okay. I'm DJing. I'm DJing you guys. Well, you didn't tell me about it, Kyle. All right. Right, everybody, you can't stay here, but you have to go home. Come on, Amanda. This in the morning.

[Ben Mandelker]

Still, though, also, I want to invite this other guy to the house who's gonna maybe come out here this summer. His name is Imrule. What's his name? Im. How tall is he? Does he have his feet back under him? I need more information.

[Ronnie Karam]

Are you jealous that there's another man coming to the house? Oh, my God. And Jesse's like, I'm just curious. I'm just curious. Howard's teeth. Her teeth. When are you gonna vote him out already? So now it's time to dunk the men in the hot dog tank. It's just wacky. It's just some wackiness.

[Ben Mandelker]

I mean, yeah, they all get dunked into this hot dog juice. Seeing that there's like a little window in the dunk tank so you can see people underwater as they're dunked. And seeing those hot dogs swirl around in that window was pretty visceral. Like, that was. That was up there with that West Nipple drawing. For me, they were just, like, floating around. Little hot dog fish. It was. It was. It was. It was unpleasant.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. I didn't watch this because it was like a. You know, it's like a fun and games. We're going to a dunk tank. I was like, I'm going to Instagram. Bye.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, it did last 45 minutes, so I understand.

[Ronnie Karam]

I felt like it. It was. It was a while. So then they're going back home and Paige hugs Amanda C's, like, you know you're going in the same car, right? So you don't need to shut up, hot dog man. So now it's a city. Finally, we're back in the city. I kind of have been missing this when they're in the city. I love those.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. Because We've. We've all.

[Ronnie Karam]

Let's.

[Ben Mandelker]

We were three episodes in, and we've been on the same weekend this entire time. It's only been one weekend. So all this stuff with Jesse and Lexi has only taken place over two days. So Lindsay walks into a maternity store, and she's like. This lady's like, hi, you look so cute. I love your bump out. Which is so nice of this woman. But, you know, she says this to anyone who walks into her store. Like, you're contractually obligated to say that to anyone. Anyone who walks into the store.

[Ronnie Karam]

What does that mean? What? She just means that she has her bump out. Like, I love that you have your bump out.

[Ben Mandelker]

I know, but, like, how many times, like, could you imagine this woman saying, like, oh, you have your bump out? Like, of course she's gonna. You're a maternity store. You'd be like, all right, look at that bump. I can't look. Charlene. A lady with a bump came in. I cannot believe.

[Ronnie Karam]

Is so nice, honey, to see people not hiding their bumps these days. Gosh, look at her bump out.

[Ben Mandelker]

Well, you came to the right place for that bump. A maternity store. It's like, ladies, stop being so surprised that a lady with a bump came into your store. You're a maternity store.

[Ronnie Karam]

Sorry. Mid show critique. Can we please stop saying the word bump? It's been, like, a really rough years for me.

[Ben Mandelker]

Finally got a knot my feet on. So then Lindsay debuts her new line that she says for the rest of the episode. Yeah, the bump is, like, really bumping.

[Ronnie Karam]

This week, Paige is debuting her new thing, the I'm friends with Lindsay now for no. No real understandable reason. Except that we're probably getting a spin off soon, but. All right, let's talk about it. Let's.

[Ben Mandelker]

Let's know. There's a reason. There's a reason. Because if you think about it, like, there's probably, like, a 75% chance that Lindsay's gonna give birth to, like, either a xenomorph or a devil, and I don't want her sending it towards me. So I'm gonna be nice. Now I'm starting. I'm putting in the. Putting in the cred. Right.

[Ronnie Karam]

Right now I'm just going to be nice to her so that the mother of the babadook tells the Babadook to be nice to me. I like my sleep.

[Ben Mandelker]

We need to aim this monster towards the person who really deserves it. Danielle. Thank God she's out of my life.

[Ronnie Karam]

Wow. Speaking of babadook. So she's like, yeah. When Lindsay finally said the word, she's pregnant, suddenly I liked her. Like, it was crazy. I don't really understand why, but I was like, wow, she's my friend, my very old friend, and she's having a baby. I'm just going to be there to lean on. Well, not me, but I'll hand her a stick or something to lean on because she'll need it because she has a baby and she's old. Very, very old. Geriatric pregnancy. So it's.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's truly an honor to be helping someone in their 80s give birth. So I. I am going to accept this responsibility.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's really important that she has someone to make sure, I don't know, she's not eating sushi, drinking Drano, walking out in front of buses. What are you thinking about? Different ways you can die. Mother of a Babadook. Sorry. Sorry. We're friends. We're friends.

[Ben Mandelker]

Given Lindsay's advanced age, I know that now that she's pregnant, she's going to need someone to help her understand how to send text messages and answer the question, what's the difference between a text message and an email? So I'm happy to be that person.

[Ronnie Karam]

Lindsay, I'm just here to support you and to tell you that, no, a Nigerian prince is really not trying to give you a million dollars if you just give them your Social Security number.

[Ben Mandelker]

Lindsay, now that you're pregnant, I am here to help you set up your Apple TV every six weeks.

[Ronnie Karam]

So they're talking about freezing eggs. Paige asked her if she's happy that she froze her eggs. And Lindsay's like, 100. I hope that they end up being an insurance policy, but, like, I really think every woman should freeze their eggs. And Paige is like, yeah, did you know that Craig froze his sperm? And Liz just looks at him like, oh, my God. God, I'm dating. I dated Carl for years, and still I think Craig's an idiot. Like, wow.

[Ben Mandelker]

We see the clip of Craig saying, I saw something where someone got into a car accident. They couldn't. They were infertile. Afterwards, they crashed into an X ray.

[Ronnie Karam]

So backwards for the rest of their life. So that's why me and Paige decided to freeze my sperm. Craig is such a liar. Paige did not decide to freeze your sperm. Why do you have to lie with everything that you said?

[Ben Mandelker]

Say I love. Lindsay's like, does he know that he is not up against an actual myological clock? Pitch is correct. Correct.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's funny because Lindsay goes, he does know that. That. That Pages. Probably not. I don't even know what you're.

[Ben Mandelker]

I don't know what you're saying. 1,000%. He just forgot. Really stupid. He's traumatized by Peter fan. So Paige is like, correct. I said to him, I should probably freeze my eggs. And he was like, okay, so should I freeze my sperm? So if you'd like to laugh right now, I give you permission.

[Ronnie Karam]

But was this, like, sperm depleted? She. No, his sperm's fine. If anything, it was above average. I mean, they said it's the first sperm zo we've ever seen. Stabbing walls. So about something.

[Ben Mandelker]

Craig has been ready for a family and for me to move into his home since literally, I think, the day he texted me. But I have, like, worked for this exact moment in my career for 10 plus years, which is, of course, to be on a national platform and telling everyone how stupid my boyfriend is. I have dreamed of this moment and he can't take it away from me.

[Ronnie Karam]

I was paid last year to pretend that I would walk into an Old Navy. Now is not quitting time.

[Ben Mandelker]

This fall, my podcast, Giggly Squad, is going on a 60 city tour, which. What? How are they doing? 60 cities?

[Ronnie Karam]

That's crazy. Well, they sold out Radio City twice in a row.

[Ben Mandelker]

I know. Good for them. I really. I am. I. I'm. I am. I don't know why. I. I don't know why I have rational feeling. I'm like stammering Squad. I don't know. I had this irrational feeling like there are babies. I don't know why. I think because we saw them and on Summer House and no one cared about Summer House back then, and we saw them become more popular and they created their podcasts and then they just sor. Grew it. And I don't know why. I have. There's no reason. This is a parasocial thing, but I feel like Giggly Squad is our little child ownership of Giggly Squad.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, we had nothing to do with that.

[Ben Mandelker]

We have nothing to do with it. But I feel like a lot of.

[Ronnie Karam]

Good kids have nothing to do with where they come from anyway. But that has not. We literally have nothing to do with that.

[Ben Mandelker]

Giggly Squad presented by Watford Crappins.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, but it's cool to see that people grow that much. That's nuts. So then we. And also just like, bravo. People reaching that level of success, you know, like, what ever. And I don't know. I know it's not like hundreds of millions of dollars like Bethany Level, but even Bethany. Bethany's one of the most obnoxious people on the planet. But that was so crazy when she did that, because just as a Bravo fan, you're like, oh, my God. People that I watch on TV just did so well, you know, because so much of Bravo is just watching people crash and burn. It's like, you start with somewhat healthy people, and then you just watch them. It's like the long road to how do they end up in prison? You know? And, um, so to see people successful, it's like, oh, my God, they're doing. There's hope in the world.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. Yeah, exactly. So anyways, she's basically like, I am like. I. Like, my career is hotter than it's ever been before, and I'm not just gonna, like, turn that all away just to settle down and be in with Craig having a baby.

[Ronnie Karam]

Craig, babies. No, thanks. So they're talking about. And we knew that this was gonna happen with Lindsay. Right. And we like Lindsay, I think. But we knew that Lindsay's gonna be the most obnoxious pregnant person in the world, which. Here she goes. She's like, oh, my God, we're picking out dresses for my gender reveal. Barney. Oh, my God. Let me tell you the gender right now of that child. Not interested. Okay.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

That child is gonna come out and be like, why is this a sick fucking joke? Lindsay's gonna be stabbing, stamping him with hashtags or her.

[Ben Mandelker]

Here, guess what, Ronnie? Right now we're gonna have an enthusiasm reveal about how I feel about gender reveals. Looking this garbage pail and. Oh, my God, not enthused at all. I can't believe that the streak continues. Wow, what a great enthusiasm and reveal.

[Ronnie Karam]

I've peed on a stick and found out the gender of your baby. Do not care. Do not care.

[Ben Mandelker]

Just send me a link to the registry and tell me what color.

[Ronnie Karam]

Oh, my God. I just found out what you're having. Lindsay. Another polluted.

[Ben Mandelker]

So. So she's. Paige wants Lindsay to have a girl. And Lindsay's like, you know what I was, like, thinking about? Like, either way, boy or girl, this is my opportunity to break a cycle. Now, Lindsay, like, pelotons are really good. Like, you really shouldn't break it. No. Like, an emotional cycle, like, doing things like that. My mom didn't do that. Like, should have been done done. So she wants to. You know, she has huge abandonment issues, and she's hoping that she can be there for her child in a way that her mom wasn't there for her, which is good. Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

I think that everybody who has a child deserves their own way to up. Up their child. They shouldn't. They shouldn't be, like, stuck on the way that they were up as a child. They shouldn't, like, have new, fun, creative ways to torture their children.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, like, I look at a lot.

[Ronnie Karam]

Of stuff within my family and I'm like, well, okay, like, I have this issue with my parent because my par. Horrible in my mind. But then you get older and you're like, no, they were actually a good parent. They. They were just up because they had trauma from their parent. And then their parent, like, my Meemaw was up because she had trauma from her. Her parents. I mean, you should have heard her stories. And I'm like, it's just this cycle, you know, I finally got the word cycle. And I'm like, this cycle's just so boring. It's all the same. So I broke my cycle and now I'm traumatizing everybody else with new psychological terrorists. Like, why rely on Meemaw's shit? That shit's outdated. New traumas, fresh traumas, everybody.

[Ben Mandelker]

I know, but the, the sad part about trauma and cycles is that we think we're breaking the cycle. But if you've ever seen 12 Monkeys, you're just. You're just contributing. The cycle continues.

[Ronnie Karam]

I want to see 12 monkeys. I'm going on safari.

[Ben Mandelker]

I wish I had a girlfriend to take me to see 12 Monkeys. So Lindsay gonna break the cycle. And we see a conversation from her from eight years ago talking to her mom, saying, well, the phone goes. So then I like that.

[Ronnie Karam]

I forgot that that happened when Lindsay finally called her mom and she's like, hi, mom, it's nice to talk to you. And her mom's like, well, you could call me. The phone goes two ways because, you know, that meant the mom had her own thing where she's like, my daughter never speaks to me and hates me and won't forgive me for things that happened as a child, you know? Yeah, I love it. It's trauma. Everybody everywhere cycles. Here comes one right now. Imagine this. You help your little brother land a great job abroad. But when he arrives, the job doesn't exist. Instead, he's trapped in a heavily guarded compound, forced to sit at a computer.

[Ben Mandelker]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ben Mandelker]

At 24, I lost my narrative, or rather, it was stolen from me. And the Monica Lewinsky that my friends and family knew was usurped by false narrative narratives, callous jokes, and politics. I would define Reclaiming as to take back what was yours. Something you possess is lost or stolen, and ultimately you triumph in finding it again. So I think listeners can expect me to be chatting with folks both recognizable and unrecognizable names about the way that people have navigated roads to triumph. My hope is that people will finish an episode of Reclaiming and feel like.

[Ronnie Karam]

They filled their tank up, they connected.

[Ben Mandelker]

With the people that I'm talking to.

[Ronnie Karam]

And leave with maybe some nuggets that.

[Ben Mandelker]

Help them feel a little more hopeful. Follow Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Ronnie Karam]

You can listen to Reclaiming early and ad free right now by joining Wondery plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.

[Ben Mandelker]

So, anyway, now we go to Lexi and Jesse meeting up at the bar lawn club, which is kind of like. Like a. Like a douchey version of Dave and Buster's kind of. It's like. It seems like it's a Dave and Busters made for Manhattan. People who work in, like, mixed media or something. So Jesse's like, oh, you look pretty. Are you a model? No. You all learn some games? Yeah. I actually, like, literally have always wanted to come here. Like, I was literally looking at my ass, and I was literally like, can I ever go to the bar lawn club? Oh, my God. And now I'm here. Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

He's like, whoa, I have a question. Like, she's hot. And she can walk down a Runway. She's got a juicy booty, but she can. Can she shoot a basketball into a trash can? Yeah, let's see. And so she shoots a basketball and misses. And guess what she does when she misses? She goes, oh, my God.

[Ben Mandelker]

And then. Then we watch them. We then watch, like, five minutes of them trying to shoot baskets, and they're both missing for five minutes straight. And they can't do cornhole. They can't do anything. They're just totally, totally inept people. And I say this as someone who has no athleticism whatsoever. I was like, but these. These people were really struggling. So then Jesse Said, this is me.

[Ronnie Karam]

Trying to get a basket into a hoop. Why can't I do anything?

[Ben Mandelker]

The cycle. So then Jesse is like, so before my dad married my mom, he made her shoot a basketball because he wanted to see, like, before he had kids with her, like, if she had good shot, a good jump shot. She's like, are you asking me to have your babies? And he's like, no, I'm just saying, I don't know if we can.

[Ronnie Karam]

Your dad's also a douche. So there's that. Well, I want someone who, like, sees me, and they're like, that's my girl. They, like, go for it, you know, because, like, I think guys can be, like, intimidated because, like. Like, by my exes, you know, or, like, my lifestyle. You've seen Tiffany, right? We get a lot of free makeup, so that's hard. So I'm gonna have to talk with him. He's like, this has been so much fun. It's been, like, amazing. So are we gonna share the room this weekend or what? We're gonna take it slow, or are you gonna let me stick it in you? And she's like. He goes, yeah. Do you usually move this quick with boys, or is it usually slower? She's like, well, I don't share beds with every single guy that I just met on the first night. But, like, I just want to make sure that, like, we're a thing, because I only want to be getting to know each other because, like, you know, I don't like gray.

[Ben Mandelker]

I do.

[Ronnie Karam]

What does Lindsay have to do with this?

[Ben Mandelker]

I do have to say I liked that Lexi kind of said exactly, like, she set her parameters and her boundaries. I. I'm gonna give her credit for this, because she's like, yeah, I want to make sure that this. There's, like, one thing like that. This thing that we're only getting to know each other because it just makes it more black and white. Like, she's like, yeah, guess what? We're already excited. Exclusive. Because that's how I do it. Like, I don't want to, like, be talking around to a million different people. If you're into me, then great. Be into me, but don't be into anyone else. I was like, oh, look at her establishing like that.

[Ronnie Karam]

Too bad at the beginning of the episode, because he's acting like it's crazy. He's like, oh, well, it feels like I've only known you for a week. Then keep in your pants. Then there's your answer. What's. What's so weird about It. It's not as weird as you trying to bang a young girl when you know you have nothing going on with her. Why is it so weird for her to not want you to bang half the world? Okay, Go to an std.

[Ben Mandelker]

She's like, I'm a hot commodity. I dated a Gerber. I dated a Beckham. You don't even have a last name that's worth anything, so I'm gonna date you. But just so you know, I'm not a casual dater, and I'm a relationship sex girl, so this is what you need to know about me. And he's like. He's like, do I want to be with a hot girl who's sort of famous, or do I want to be able to fuck around?

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. He's like, that's really a tough one to swallow. And she's like, well, but, like, we need to go with our gut. And then if it doesn't go out great, it doesn't work out great, then we'll work that out. I'm like, no, because now you're telling him, okay, let's just do whatever you want. And then once you me over, then I'll deal with that when I come to it. Stick on the other stuff.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. So now we go, oh, no, now.

[Ronnie Karam]

We get a Jesse. Now we get the Jesse Ultimate Boy, where he goes, yeah, listen, like, it's just gonna be a change of pace for me, you know? Stick with me, kid. I'm learning because I'm normally not like that.

[Ben Mandelker]

Normally, I just work in progress.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, he's doing that whole thing, like, well, okay, but when I cheat on you, don't forget that I told you in front of this basketball in a trash can thing that I'm new at this, and I would try it for you, but I'm not sure that I can do it.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, I love. It's always the guys who want to love bomb and lock something down so they can have sex, who then simultaneously are like, whoa, it's going too fast. So then we go to Kyle's rooftop DJ party, and people are all there and arriving, and Amanda is giving Kyle about, like, his turntable. She's like. She's like, does that. She's like, touching the circle part. She's like, does this actually go wiggy, wiggy, wiggy? Which I believe is a direct watch for Croppens quote. And then Jesse is. Everyone's just showing up and everything. And Kyle is saying how basically last summer when he said he wanted to be a dj, it was like, Kind of a drunken thing that just sort of came out. But he's glad he did because now he's taking classes and he's DJing, and he's living his best DJ everyday life.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. He's like, yeah, people think it looks like a midlife crisis, but that's gonna be a Ferrari. Yeah. This just makes sense. So Paige comes, and basically everybody's arriving and hugging and all that good stuff. And Carl sees Jesse, and he's like, hey, how are you, my man? All right, look at me. I've got legs. So that's good. Are you in love? Are you in love now? Well, what's that like? Like, I've been impressed with the vibes that have been displayed. I'm just gonna tell you that, my friend.

[Ben Mandelker]

And then west shows up. He's like, whoa, did I just interrupt good juice? And Jesse's like, no, we're just talking biz over here instead of talking about. Talking about Lexi and stuff. Carl's like, I mean, she's the kind of girl he locked down, obviously, but, like, tightly and softly, not hard.

[Ronnie Karam]

So they're talking about the date, and Jesse says, yeah, I went on a day, and it was fun. I mean, she's, like, so cute, and. Yeah, well, I mean, she's the kind of girl that you, like, lock down, obviously. Obviously. All right. Yeah, she made that clear.

[Ben Mandelker]

So then Paige is like, hey, Lexi, I want to hear about your date because you're so young, it's shocking. And she's like, oh, my God. The date was, like, really cute. Like, we really vibe. And I'm just like. I'm just, like, really enjoying my time. I'm like, go for it, Lexi Wood. So, obviously, I feel like we're probably going too fast, but. And Sierra was like, no, no, he's a fuckboy. You need to lock. You need to go out. When you see a fuckboy, you need to go and attach yourself as soon as possible.

[Ronnie Karam]

They're like, no, you're not going too fast at all, you dingbat. Then Lexi's talking to Gabby. She starts, kyle. Sorry, Kyle. Lexi and Gabby are talking. And Kyle's like, whoa, you have to bump out. You have to bump out. Big thing today. Bump out. Hashtag, bump out. She's like, they told me it was, like, the size of a mango this week, so I just partnered with the mango company. Pretty good. It's 20k.

[Ben Mandelker]

The bump is bumping, and the mango is mangoing. So now Lindsay and Jesse are eating a big sandwich. Looks like a giant hot dog almost. I Feel like I've got hot dogs on the brain this week. And then Carl's ordering some non alcoholic lover, non alcohol. So Carl says, hey, I was gonna ask you, Kyle, do you drink during your show or do you keep it soft? And Carl's like, yeah, well, sometimes when my nerves, it's just like, it's so hard to see up there. And I don't want to be like, buzz whatsoever. Just purely wasted, so. Oh, by the way, Em rules on his way. Oh, look, here he is. Here comes Imrule.

[Ronnie Karam]

I love this. Going by the DJ oath. You know, DJs staying sober at all times. So Emrul comes over and he's talking to everybody in the club. He's like, hey, hey, it's me, Emeril. Hey, everybody, it's me here. I don't know if you heard the. But it happened because I brought a motorcycle here. That's right. I'm a badass with a penis. He's like, Emeril's like the classic New Yorker. He loves to have a good time. He likes to get like. You know, it's like Casanova. If, like, Casanova lived in New York City in 2024 and had, like, multiple partners on a given night. God.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Emeril says hi to everyone, and he's talking about how he's from Brooklyn, but he was born in Bangladesh and was like, oh, yeah, what's the. What's the word to refer to someone who's from Bangladesh? He's like, Bengali. He's like, oh, wow, I love that. He's like, yeah, that's how people know about the country. The Bengals. He's like, oh, my God, I just realized that. Bengals, Bengali, Wow. Learning all the important things on Summer.

[Ronnie Karam]

House while we're getting to know each other, I wish Emeril would say, why are you wearing your hat above your head? Head. And why are you struggling so hard to look like a cool 21 year old? Please let it go. You're uncomfortable to hang out with. Please just let it go.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Kyle's DJing, and then Bailey and Lexi are taking a shot. And then Jesse and Lindsay are taking a picture together. And people are dancing. People are having fun. So Paige brings. Tell Sierra let's go to the bar. So they go to the bar, and then Paige is like, okay, look at this. This morning, I received a bit of rage texting from Kyle Cook about my best friend Hannah and my boyfriend Craig. For Craig, he's mad because he signed a deal to do some ad with another drink company and Then Hannah, because she was on a podcast just being Hannah. And then we hear Hannah on a podcast basically being like. Or actually, we don't hear her. I just. In my mind, I heard her saying, like, yeah, I was fired by Kyle because of tennis, but she was. She says that she was fired because Kyle had her fired because she did an ad for a competitor to lover boy.

[Ronnie Karam]

No, I'm sorry, that's just not true. You were fired because you were a total monster and the audience hated your ass. So that's why you were fired on your last season. So this is Kyle's rage. Text to page, the whole thing. I got it on Reddit, so thank you, Reddit. All right. Honestly, beyond discouraged. With Craig too. This wouldn't be a topic today if it wasn't for him. And about a dozen lies. I can't believe this is where Hannah is at. Three years later, I'm ape first her telling Alex Cooper I cheated on Amanda right up until our wedding and all the pain we suffered because of that podcast when it was at its peak, which I never confronted her about. Now or you. I didn't confront you about it either. Now this. You've been with her this entire time and are out there saying you wish you stood up for season five. And now this. This is what you think as well. Hannah had the lowest Q rating. Something illegible the entire work, AKA likability. Dave Kaplan drunk. And he'll tell you, sorry to barrage you. I was just heated in the moment. Can't vent to Amanda because she basically divorced me for potentially hurting your guys's friendship with the Sprit stuff. And I don't understand how lies keep getting told.

[Ben Mandelker]

Wow. Wow. All right. What do you think?

[Ronnie Karam]

What do you think? I just talked for 20 minutes.

[Ben Mandelker]

I mean, yeah, Hannah had a horrific season. People hated Hannah. I don't know. I don't know. I don't. I. I. You know, she probably got fired because she was. She was. People didn't like her that season. I mean, I could also see Kyle, basically. I could also see Kyle having a tantrum to a producer. Be like, either she goes or I go.

[Ronnie Karam]

So maybe he kind of is the head of the show in that way. Or at least he positions himself as the head of the show. I don't know. I think Kyle got fired. I mean, Hannah got fired because no one liked Hannah. I mean, I think that was just. That's how it is. And I think she. Good job in her post summer house life of, you know, obviously, she's doing. She's got like 3 million tick tock followers or something. Like, she's doing fine, but I think on her summer house journey was not great, and it didn't end great and nobody liked her, and that's why she got fired. And I think this text Kyle is kind of venting to. It feels like he's not yelling at Paige, but he's, like, venting to her, like, oh, really? This is what they're gonna do, and they're your friends, which I don't think is great either. So I think she has a right to be pissed off.

[Ben Mandelker]

Oh, Paige definitely does. I mean, I don't like whatever you feel about it. Kyle going to Paige about Paige's best friend and boyfriend, even though we know that Craig is a liar. Like, you just don't do that. She's right. She says Kyle has his number. Has both their numbers, so he can call. He can reach out to them and not go to Paige.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, for. Does he get to yell at Kyle for being a dj? I mean, come on. And everyone's a lot. He's a lot. And he doesn't even own a spritz company. He's just an ad person for the spritz company. Right.

[Ben Mandelker]

Also, they can. They're allowed to do things that are not lover boy, you know? I mean, like, how long have we seen lover boy hawked on this show, for crying out loud. And still not happy. So Paige is like, notice how I didn't say my name in there, But I'm just getting yelled at. Honestly beyond discouraged with Craig, too. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I mean, he. You know, he's like, going apeshit. So that's what happened to me today.

[Ronnie Karam]

What?

[Ben Mandelker]

What about me, Gabe? What? What about me gave you the impression that you could just text me? Talk about my best friend and my boyfriend? Like, what the. You have both of their numbers. Be an adult. And if you see something on the Internet that makes you upset, sit with it for a minute and then text the person that said it. You're trying to put me in the middle of it, and it's absolutely insane.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. And Sierra's like, yeah. And, like, everyone needs to have allegiance to Kyle.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

When has he ever supported me? I mean, he has never supported one thing I've ever done. I like when she gets more like, east coast accent when she gets mad. When have you ever said anything about my book? She had a book. I didn't know she had a book.

[Ben Mandelker]

I guess. So Sierra's like, yeah, he talks shit about your podcast and he Acts like you don't. Won't understand anything as a businesswoman. And she's like, I've drank your drink for seven fucking years. I was like, that was my first thought, too. Like, Paige is an influencer, and she's sitting there holding this lover boy. I mean, I would go nuts if I was in the house. And every year I had lover boy boy forced on me especially. There are other beverages that I'd rather drink instead. Like, these people have been totally supportive, and they're there at his party. Right there.

[Ronnie Karam]

Right.

[Ben Mandelker]

Right at his party. Party. Paige is such a draw. Paige is arguably the biggest star on Summer House right now. And, like, it's such a draw that Paige is at Kyle's party, and he's still gonna go off on her. That's just. That's bad business right there.

[Ronnie Karam]

So she's like, anne, I keep your wife company while you're up there acting like, diplo, please. So it's just. I like that when she's saying this, it just cuts to Kyle with his hands in the air going, yeah, yeah. So fun.

[Ben Mandelker]

All right, well, guess what. It's Friday. So it's time for Lindsay and Danielle to arrive at the Hampton Q rating.

[Ronnie Karam]

Here comes Danielle, right?

[Ben Mandelker]

Danielle, who I feel like has been fired from the show two. Two times, and she keeps coming back. So Danielle's like, can I be annoying? And can I touch your bump?

[Ronnie Karam]

The bump is bumping. So actually, I would say you're Papa Loppin. Wrong. Hashtag. Okay. Hashtag mango. So. So they come in, and Lindsay's excited that Danielle's here because, like, we've seen each other through a lot of different faces. Phases. And let's roll the clip. There was a phase when we would party, and then there was a phase when we'd be in bed texting, and then there was a phase when we. We made bagel bites in the microwave together. So it's like, a lot. A lot of. A lot of phases.

[Ben Mandelker]

And then Danielle tells us. She goes, the break has been nice for a lot of reasons. Like, break. You've only had one week off since last season. You weren't online. What are you talking about? The break? It's the second week. It's the second weekend of the show.

[Ronnie Karam]

He's like, yeah, well, with. I really focused on myself, and, like, you know, I missed the house, though, which is so crazy. Isn't that, like, so crazy? Like, I really miss the house. Yeah, you miss your tether to fame, so.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, it's like, you haven't been Gone for six years. It's literally been only one weekend of shooting that you missed. That's it. You were at the reunion last season.

[Ronnie Karam]

So she even have the same haircut. You didn't even get in that haircut. Haircut.

[Ben Mandelker]

And then she's like, wow, it looks the same. It's weird being here. It's like, danielle, I'm gonna shake you. Stop acting so nostalgic, okay? You're on the same schedule as you were last year.

[Ronnie Karam]

And Danielle's like, wait, why is there a painting of a mango on the. Is that a mango? It's like, that's my baby. Baby mango. So, yeah, we're like, hashtagging it. And, like, Carl wasn't here. Don't worry. And Danielle's cracking up. She's like, I. Like, I've been on the Lindsay roller coaster for, like, so long, and this is, like, the top of it. So she's in the same house with Carl and she's pregnant. Nobody will impregnate me. Nobody.

[Ben Mandelker]

So, Danielle, I need your help. I'm gonna do a gender reveal scavenger hunt tonight. Nobody in the world knows the gender yet because no one cares except for my family and me and my baby. Baby daddy.

[Ronnie Karam]

And Daniel goes, so, are we doing another sponsored post with that? She goes, trust me, if I could find a way to work that in, I totally would have.

[Ben Mandelker]

She's like, don't.

[Ronnie Karam]

I'm not even gonna have the baby in bubbling. If I found a way to have a scavenger on, I would hide the baby somewhere and let somebody find it.

[Ben Mandelker]

What's this picture of a mango driving down a country road. Oh, I got. I got my sonogram sponsored by Autoz. Oh, okay.

[Ronnie Karam]

So is that a baby getting an oil change?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yes, living around with it.

[Ronnie Karam]

So why is that baby breastfeeding from a dipstick? It's called making a living, Danielle.

[Ben Mandelker]

Wait a second. Did you just tape your ultrasound on top of the Michelin baby? Yes, I did. It's a vision board.

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, when everyone finds out the dinner, everyone's gonna find out the gender, but they're gonna have to wear that color option to the dinner. Oh, for sake. So now we have to wear two different. We have to bring two different colors of outfits to wear to your part. Lindsay, come on, man. It's a pain in the ass enough that you're pregnant during a summer house without making it all about your pregnancy.

[Ben Mandelker]

I can't like the fact that it's both a scavenger hunt and a color coded dinner. I would Just quit the show. I'd be like, sorry, I'm going back to Manhattan. I'm done here. Maybe Bailey. Maybe Bailey had it all figured out. So then Sierra arrives and Danielle. Danielle goes, hello, there's a stranger in your house. You saw her two months ago.

[Ronnie Karam]

I like that. Sierra has the most realistic reaction to Danielle. She goes, oh, hey, so what's up?

[Ben Mandelker]

I know.

[Ronnie Karam]

Did you go out with that big, like, room? I mean, tell me all about it here. And Sierra's like, yeah, it was me, Carl, Emeril, Gabby, Bailey, Lexi and Wes. And we went out and Danielle's like, oh, my God, I only know like, half the names. This is like going back to my high school again.

[Ben Mandelker]

So we see that the group went to happy hour and had a fun time. And then Danielle is like, so how was it with Wes across the table? Am I right? Girl, girlfriend. She's like, well, we had a distraction which was Emerald. So Emerald was sharing that he couldn't join us last weekend because he was at a play party. And Danielle's like, oh, so, like, everyone brings their kids, like a bouncy house? Or do they like. Or do they, like, all perform like Ibsen and, like, O'Neill? Like, no, it's not that kind of play party. It's for adults, like, triple X.

[Ronnie Karam]

And so we cut to Emerald telling everyone, yeah, like, I walked in and right when I got in there, there was a sex swing. So, yeah, pretty much did. And they're like, shocked. And then Sierra's like, yeah, so that's our intro. Play parties. So. And then somebody asked him how many times he came. And we see a flashback of west being like, so do you come? Did you get in trouble? Was anyone being mean to you? Was. Were there women, like, being mean to you and ruining your fun? Like, what was that?

[Ben Mandelker]

Like, are there and are there other animals from Bangladesh that we might not know about? And he's like, yeah, I didn't, I didn't. I didn't come at all. So Lindsay's like, I don't even want to know about this. Like, well, between the gender reveal and Emerald's like, sex club adventures, we have a lot of great content on the table for us coming.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's a sperm heavy episode, that's for sure. Yeah, but how did he not come? He had sex with three different people and didn't come. Was he, like, doing that on purpose or was he like Woody Harrelson? Woody Harrelsoning it?

[Ben Mandelker]

Like, I don't know. It's. It's interesting. But you Know who does come? He does come right now, Emerald. He shows up at the house. He shows up on a motorcycle. And I'm like, how does this work, cuz? Where are your bags? You don't have any bags. You're just on a motorcycle. How are you doing this? Staying the weekend? Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

And it's also a really long motorcycle trip. I mean, yeah, we can do.

[Ben Mandelker]

Although Luke used to do it. We. I never questioned where Luke's bags were, but I just assumed Luke would just wear the same lumberjack clothes all weekend.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. Or like you take your bags to someone else's car to bring them, but then you take the motorcycle or something to say.

[Ben Mandelker]

I think it must be that. Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

Okay. So he comes in and we find out that he's like, well, I was going to be here last week, but I had my hands tied. Oh. Literally.

[Ben Mandelker]

I'm over this guy. So he tells us that he grew up in a Muslim household and everything was taboo. You couldn't eat pork, you had to pray five times a day. You can't have sex before marriage, Bridge. And he's like, I don't want to say I was trapped, but just kind of limited by circumstance. And then eventually, when I started having a better sense of my own self, I realized I want to go to sex parties. And I don't like this rigidity unless it's in my dick. So I've come the other way now. Well, when I do come, it was me embracing it.

[Ronnie Karam]

It was hard to loosen up at first after my upbringing, but God, sitting a sex swing for a night really changed that. So we're gonna tell you. Loose as a goose. Ready to party, guys? So then Paige and Lexi and west are coming, and they're talking about their week and stuff. And Paige got a cat. She's like, I got a cat. And they're like, oh, my God, Daddy is so cute. And she's like, yeah, I did it because my girlfriends have a cat. And they were like, you have to get a cat. And I was like, oh, my God, I have to get a cat. And so I got a cat. It's like, she's like the cutest thing I've ever seen, like, literally in my life. I love her so much that I immediately left her for three days. That was fun.

[Ben Mandelker]

I love when Lycy goes.

[Ronnie Karam]

What did you name it?

[Ben Mandelker]

She goes, daphne. Like, of course she named her cat Daphne. It's like the most page name of a cat. I just chuckled when she said that.

[Ronnie Karam]

The exasperated housekeeper on Frasier.

[Ben Mandelker]

So.

[Ronnie Karam]

But also how do you get a kitten and then just leave it? Who'd she leave?

[Ben Mandelker]

I know. I was a little surprised, like, you just got the cat.

[Ronnie Karam]

Listen, I think that if. I think if women can bring babiness in here. You can bring a cat in here. Bring a. On, bring the cat.

[Ben Mandelker]

I would like a cat. Well, I don't know. That cat could get loose and I don't know, maybe.

[Ronnie Karam]

Maybe a kid.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's not the best, best place.

[Ronnie Karam]

I'm sorry, this is a recap and not really time for my own trauma, but who cares if you don't want to listen to my trauma? Fast forward three minutes. Do you know what happened last night? Okay, so some. The leaf blower was over, blowing around, and he left the gate open. And I didn't know because I don't see the gate, and it's on the side of the house. And Bueller got out, and I went out there and I could not find him. So I was like, well, maybe he's just taking his time. So I chilled out and then I went out and he still wasn't there. So I went out and got. I got the flashlight and I'm looking around. Bueller's not there. I'm like, okay, I need to look at his air tag. So I pushed the air tag thing, and it's like, can't find the air tag, which is weird. And it said, battery ran out of the air tag. So I was like, God damn it. So I'm looking all over. I'm walking the street and I'm screaming for Bueller. Freaking out because this is Texas, you know, I'm kind of in the country. There's some. You hear coyotes howling and all sorts of. I was like, poor Bueller. I come home and Bueller's sitting at the front door a little, looking in. All he wanted to do was come through a different door.

[Ben Mandelker]

That's. That's so poetic.

[Ronnie Karam]

He didn't even care about running away. He's just like, I wonder what it's like to come in this other door.

[Ben Mandelker]

I'm gonna come. That's exactly what Emeril said at his party.

[Ronnie Karam]

I've never freaked out like that. My poor Bueller.

[Ben Mandelker]

You're back. I'm glad Bueller is safe and sound.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, he's back. I saw my stomach drop out of my pocket. Pooper. Okay, so she got a cat, and they're like, yeah, hashtag cat moms. So let's talk about your date now. She's like, like, my parents. Jesse met my parents. This thing it was, like, so funny because it was, like, last minute, and they, like, came into town. So, like, you came to meet him, and Paige is like, so, are you gonna get married in Canada? What are you doing?

[Ben Mandelker]

Do you act? Do you have to actually wear a Canadian tuxedo to a Canadian wedding? I've just always been curious about this Canadian. Can I bring my cat? So, yeah. So Jesse was like, yeah, they love me. And because, of course, you know, he's probably. He's probably so good with parents, and Danielle is like, so did you clear the entire roster? Did you. Did the text messages have to go on? By the way, I have to say, these walls. Have there always been this many walls in the kitchen? It's just been so long since I've been here.

[Ronnie Karam]

Where even am I? I'm sorry, are you speaking English? I can't even understand what you're saying. Are we talking differently now in the house? Where am I? So they're talking about meeting the parents with Jesse, and he's like, oh, God. Like, I just, like, have to tell the story now. She goes, I'm, like, dying to know how it went. Okay, well, on my way, I was like, how the did I get here? Because, like, weeks ago, I was just, like, single dating, and now I'm about to meet this girl's parents, and then I show up, and Bozo the Clown is there. I mean, it turned out to be her sister, but that was scary.

[Ben Mandelker]

So then he's talking about how Amanda's like, but by the way, a lot of people are waiting for you to come in. And my most recent, recent post, because Jesse, his thing is that he comments, like, really? He really, like, flirts hard on his. His lady friends Instagrams. And he's like, yeah, like, I'm the type of guy that likes to gas up his girlfriend. Like, Amanda posts a picture. She deserves some love. So I tell her how hot she is on her photo, and I do the same for Sierra. And we see, like, everything is like, you look so hot. I want to bone you. Like, that's what all the comments are like. And Lexi's basically like, yeah, if you're into me, you can't do that. So you have to say things like, you're dressed, looks cute, but you can't be like, you're so hot. I want to do you.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. She's like, instead of saying that, maybe you say, the dress is beautiful. And I was like, I. I don't know about this. Like, really hard. She can't even shoot a basket. So so then. So they're all talking about how much he changes or how much he's already changed with Lexi. So then Lexi comes and she sees him, and she's like. Does that thing where she holds him, like, from around the neck and then looks, like, deeply into his eyes for a kiss. Oh, my God.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

Oh, no. Wrong. Wrong tree. Find another tree to bark up, ma'am.

[Ben Mandelker]

Danielle's like, hi, you don't know me, Lexi. I'm Danielle. And she's like, oh, my God. Hi. You know, I am so grateful for the work that you do around here. The bushes look wonderful. Thank you for all your landscaping. She's like, no, no, I'm. I used to live here. Oh, okay. That's great.

[Ronnie Karam]

And Paige brings Lindsay pink flowers, and she's like, oh, it's for your gender reveal. I'm team pink because you nauseate me. And I take Pepto. Just kidding. It's for a girl.

[Ben Mandelker]

So the chef arrives, and they clear out so the chef can cook and everything. And Jesse and Lexi are, like, hugging and kissing. And he asks about her parents because they're, I guess, you know, because they're in town. And he's like, so how was it? It was amazing. We actually. She had, like, such a good time. And my mom reassured me my ass is not smaller after all, despite doing all the steps.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Sierra watches Paige take her luggage up. She's like, you're independent. I'm not. Emerald, take my luggage up. He's like, okay. Yeah, full service over here. Oh, great. Hold on. Made it to the top of the stairs. I have an announcement. Did not come. Okay, let's do this.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Kyle. Wes is asking if Kyle is here, and Amanda says that Kyle had to drive over from New Hampshire because he had an event there. And meanwhile, Sierra and Paige are talking, and Sierra's like, what am I going to grow out of crop tops? Never. By the way, have you ever spoken. Have you spoken to Kyle yet? So Paige is like, well, after his event, he just goes, hey, sorry about all those texts earlier. And I was like, like, all right. I mean, I said nothing because I'm not going to, like, say something at his event and, like, be like, it just was weird. I mean, I have a cat now. I'm. I'm a cat mom to Daphne. I have to set a good example. So then a couple days go by, and he's like, set does this whole Page Six exclusive about Hannah, and he lied through his teeth in the article. And he goes, I don't know what Hannah's talking about, and I didn't get her fired, and I don't have that much power. Okay? And you wouldn't make up with her at the reunion, so we all know what that means. It's not even about Hannah. Because it's like, you two are never going to have a friendship anyway. You both have different experiences. But, like, how are you going to just, like, watch history repeat itself? Like, Craig doesn't want to be your friend, like, point blank, period. He feels uncomfortable even coming to the house. And you went on national television in articles calling him a liar about his business. That was a really long one. Sorry. I'm exhausted. I'm going to sleep in bed the whole weekend.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, she goes off and on and on and on and on. And she's like, yeah, it's like when your dad, like, gets mad at you for doing, like, bad things, but your friends were the ones that did it. And I'm like, dad, I don't smoke weed. Huh? So she's had it with Kyle, you know, she's like, and now I've gotten to a point where you with my best friend, and now you're with my boyfriend. Like, you think you can disrespect me? You think you can text me anything you want? Like, you. Like, you're lucky I don't buy your lover boy and sell it. Okay, all right, so I'll probably say all of that at Lindsay's gender reveal dinner. I'm like, yes. Jersey housewife coming out the second show gets pissed. So then we get Kyle walking into the house like, hey, Everybody, I just DJed. And she's like, I'm gonna kill him.

[Ben Mandelker]

So, yes, be great. She's gonna eviscerate him next week. Looking forward to it.

[Ronnie Karam]

Fun times. All right, everybody, thanks so much for being here for another episode of Watch what happen. Get tickets for our live shows over at watch what crapins.com traders recaps and videos over at Patreon. And we will talk to you next time. Bye.

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