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178 - Dr. Matt Frakes - Sports Nutrition, Recovery, and Performance

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178 - Dr. Matt Frakes - Sports Nutrition, Recovery, and Performance

In this episode of "Crappy Hour," hosts Ronnie and Ben announce a break until June 8th, promoting their upcoming cabaret shows. They discuss Bravo's 2026 lineup announcement, which includes new series like "Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas" and "Secret Lies: Texas Wives," alongside renewals for shows such as "Summer House" and "Top Chef." The hosts express skepticism about the new shows, criticizing Bravo for copying titles from other networks like Hulu's "Secret Lives of Mormon Wives." They worry about "Secret Lies: Texas Wives," set in the wealthy town of Bernie, as it is produced by Wheelhouse Spoke Studios, known for lower-quality shows like "Duck Dynasty." The hosts emphasize Bravo's traditionally high production standards, which they fear might decline. They also note the absence of a "Vanderpump Rules" reboot renewal, causing fan speculation, though they dismiss the new Lisa Vanderpump series as a minor spin-off. Additionally, they cover a headline about Bethenny Frankel and Dina's daughter Lexi, involving a dispute over shoe credits. The hosts stress the importance of Bravo maintaining its unique narrative quality to avoid becoming like other reality TV networks.

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[Music] Well, hello and welcome to Krutapiyawa! I'm Ronnie, that's Benoony over there. Hello Ben! Hello, hello, how are you? Good, how are you? Good, great, really great. Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, come to Krutapiyawa, Ronnie, how's it going? Good, everybody, welcome to the show. This is our live show by Weekly Show, where we talk all Bravo headlines and Bravo news. We will not be doing crappy hour until June 8th. This is our last one until June 8th. Sorry. Next week is the holiday and the week after we're going to be a New York City rehearsing for our cabaret. If you want to stream our cabaret, it's June 5th and June 3rd. There are three shows that you can stream. You can buy tickets for that now. You can get tickets on our website, watch what crap ends. You can buy the tickets up until show time and then they won't be available anymore. But you can still stream it for a week after the show. So go get some tickets, stop sitting on your. Stop sitting alone in your room. Come, hear the music play. Okay? It's going to be so fun. It really will be fun because Ronnie just played for me one of the songs that he worked on. It was really funny and I'm just laughing. I just think it's going to be hilarious and it'll be so low-rent and so silly. And we're just going to have the best time. So I'm really excited for. I'm excited to do it. I'm excited too. I'm excited and scared. Yes. Yes, I'm excited and scared as well, my little Goldilocks. So today, here on Grappie Hour, lots been going on on Bravo. Of course, one of the biggest things was that Bravo caused a storm. When they released their announcement for their upfrauds, 2026. Bravo and Vail's new series, Founder Pump Rules, Lisa Las Vegas, and Secret Lies, Texas Wives. Alongside several fan favorite renewals, Secret Lies, Texas Wives. And Texas Wives. No, they're not even in the band. It's just Secret Lies, Texas Wives. No, they bungled in the bands and the Houseswives. Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Gosh, I feel like Bravo. I mean, obviously Bravo has built its brand off of ripping off the names of other shows. But I don't like it ripping off the names of other reality shows that are less that are made more poorly. I mean, I really like Secret Lies, Mormon Wives, or at least the season. In a few episodes that I watched, it was obviously really good. But I feel like they should be ripping off Bravo. Bravo should not be ripping off Hulu personally. But there's a good manner. They have one called Secrets and Wives on Bravo. They did. They did. If Secrets Live in Texas Wives. Which came first. Which came first. The hair part of it in the middle or the Mormon. I would be so happy if Secrets Lives in Texas Wives had some of the cast members from Secrets and Wives. Honey, I'm going to do an Insta Max. I'm going to do an Insta. That show was a train wreck. And I loved it. You just got Liza. Wasn't that that show? I'm paralyzed. I'm paralyzed right now. All right. So some of the new shows that they have a Vanderpump Rules Lisa Las Vegas. Lisa Vanderpump has been ruling over the Las Vegas strip for use now. Hashtie now. I mean, see there. That's for sure. But ruling over. I don't know. This is about her hotel, I believe. Right? Let's see. Now she is expanding her Vegas Empire through the opening of a high-profile namesake hotel. In this limited series, we follow behind the scenes dash to make the property worthy of the Vanderpump brand. Are they going to install leaks into the ceiling? And will we smell bar ride when we walk? Just want to know, will there be an oversized pendulum that will swing through the restaurants? And you have to avoid it like that one America's next top model challenge. Jackson's just going to come into your room, snort, cook off your wife's ass and steal something. Yeah. To spend experience. Will any restaurant ever be able to aspire to the Vanderpump brand? Hard to say. Maybe the Vanderpump brand is just some boxes and packing tape because last time we checked, a bunch of the restaurants have closed. Yeah. I don't know. I'm excited to see because you know, Nickelaine's going to be there and she'll be doing the whole like, "Oh, I love this chandelier, but I'd like to replace it with the chandelier inside of a cage." "Inside of a chandelier, inside of a cage, inside of a chandelier." And tell everything's just, you know, box, box, chandelier, box, box. And tell me a little light in the middle. Yeah. I mean, I don't know. I'll be happy to watch this one. You know, we both enjoyed the Vanderpump Rules reboot. But notably, the Vanderpump Rules reboot was not one of the shows that was given a green light for a second season that was announced. And so people are thinking, "Oh, is it not coming back? Is it not coming back?" But I had heard that it was coming back. And then apparently its numbers on peacock were really strong. So it's hard to say what's happening, but people are in a tizzy that this is going forward, but not classic Vanderpump Rules. Wait, is it not announced here in this thing? They didn't add Vanderpump Rules on here? It's not announced. It's not what the formulas are. Jumping ahead a little bit talking about what's the workout renewed and what didn't. But it's not one of the ones. And Ladies of London was conspicuously off the list as well. Although I think that I would not be surprised if Bravo was taking like a little bit of a wait and see because Ladies of London did not get amazing ratings, but it had amazing chatter. So I don't know. I mean, I think that Bravo would be just absolutely foolish to not bring that show back. It was just so good. Yeah. But yeah, I don't know. I don't know what's happening right here with Vanderpump Rules. I mean, what do you think about Vanderpump Rules as it exists on Bravo right now? Like the Lisa Vanderpump thing and exploring the world, the Lisa Vanderpump? Does it still have that same excitement? Obviously, we know it doesn't have the same excitement. But in a time right now, we're in such a summer house moment. We're so dominated by summer house. And that sometimes when summer house is really thriving, Vanderpump Rules seems almost dated. But then when Vanderpump Rules drives, sometimes summer house feels dated. It's almost like they can never be thriving at the same time. I feel like. I don't know. I mean, I don't think this is like a real show. This is just one of those, you know, we're just going to spend six weeks watching Lisa open her hotel. It's like when one of the housewives gets married and they have like a little minute long spin-off thing. Oh, like a three episode. Yeah, I don't think this is like a real show. So I ain't worried about it. But also, it's never been about the Lisa Vanderpump world. I mean, that's a little part of it. But it's always about whatever crazy people you cast. And I don't think this is that. I think this is following Lisa around picking out, you know, acting like she's designing her hotel. Yeah, you know, going places with Nick Elaine and being like, oh, Ben, or not Ben. Sorry, that's my, that's why I'm so honored. Ken, sit on this bed and see if it's comfortable. I'll sit with you. It's the first time I've done this with Ken when it's not his birthday. He can't eat time. That'll be a much of that, I think. So the next one is very controversial, which is the secret lies Texas wives. I'm sorry, but they're not saying and here, even in this, even in this area, they're saying secrets, comma, lies, comma, Texas wives, comma. Oh, you know, you're right. It's very, maybe that was a typo. Maybe that was a typo earlier in the, in the, um, the article and I thought deadline for not raising their standards with their truly, we're not lowering them enough to understand a true Bravo title. So secrets lies, Texas wives. And then it says in parentheses, WT, which means white, right? And, um, I don't think it does. And I, uh, I don't know. I think I think the WG stands for what the, what the, what the, what the, apparently, and this is just a rumor, this is not announced by Bravo, but apparently they cast Aaron Grease in this. Did you hear that? No, they would from the brother. I, I read on Reddit. No, I knew source that Aaron Grease is rumored to be in this. I don't know who that is. She was one of the most racist people to ever be on Big Brother and that's saying something for Big Brother. Okay. That's actually quite a contest. And it got so bad that they had to change a bunch of rules in the way that they did stuff. So, but this is working title, by the way. I know. But it's wonderful. It's wonderful. It's wonderful. I also think it could stand for, uh, secret lives, secrets lies, Texas wives, parentheses, well then. Well then. Well then. Huh. Well, um, so in the heart of Texas Hill Country is the picture of perfect hound of Bernie. Oh God. We're wealth, beauty, faith, and family, reign supreme. Centered on a tight knit circle of glamorous women. This series follows their lives as they raise families, run ranches and farms and manage sparkling social calendars in a town rooted in rodeos and tradition. Behind the polished smiles and Sunday sermons, however, there are intimate relationships and for Bidden romances that test loyalties and marriages jeopardize in the town's pristine for Bidden romances. Who's that? I hope someone's dating a cactus. Offer Bidju. Melbaterist offered Bidju from dating that cactus. Let's see. This is produced by Willhouse spoke studios. So what the fuck is that? I don't know. I'm going to look and see what they produce. I don't know. What can you do know as the resident Texan of the podcast, you know what the deal is with Bernie? Yeah. City. Bernie is a rich town. And where do they make their money from? They were talking about it. We were talking about it the other night during Canasta that they're having a show in Bernie because it's rumored that there's a real housewives of Austin being filmed and Bravo keeps denying it or they won't. And so I assumed that this was it. Bernie's not Austin. He's a little out and I was like, we're robbed if it's Bernie. But apparently the rumor is you heard it here first. You heard it. Okay. That they are filming in Austin and that they are centering it around the wife of the football coach at UT. And she's really glamorous. I looked her up. She's a beautiful black woman and she's like an influencer and looks like a model. She looks like a housewife for sure. So apparently that's being shot. But I don't know when they're going to announce that. I hope soon because this Bernie thing hasn't been worried. Yeah. I, you know, I, I'm very intrigued by that. People are on the comments have repeatedly suggested is this also what references to can be Bravo's play on hunting wives, which I still haven't seen. But that's like that show was kind of like, mega real housewives, but scripted people. I think that's the pitch that's been given to me. So maybe this is trying to cash in both on the vibe of secret lives of Mormon wives, hunting wives put in Texas because didn't someone did Andy say this or did someone say it recently that Bravo has tried to get real housewives of Chicago going, tried to get something going on in Texas again. They've been trying different cities and they've just not been able to make the cast's work. Is Noah Bravo says that I feel like Andy said that recently. Maybe people in the comments can. I don't know. I hear that I did read Francis, the head of Bravo head of chairman of Broadway. What is her? I know I always want to call her Francis McDormand. What is her last name? Francis Burwick. Yes. Francis Burwick. This is always like, hey, Francis. Hey girl. Francis Burwick. I do always in my mind. She's Francis McDormand. But I read an article that she did. I think it was in variety last week. And she was saying, Oh, you know, the landscape has changed. And she was talking about how McBeat Dynasty does so well and that they are going to start catering to that kind of crowd war. And I started cracking up because I know that's your favorite show. But I wonder, it looks like this is kind of a play in that direction. I just want to reiterate, I am comfortable watching right wingers on reality TV. I am comfortable watching it. It's not my favorite, but like I can watch the McBeats, but I'm not comfortable is watching a show that is produced like an A&E show. If it's going to be on Bravo, it has to have Bravo standards of how it is produced and film. I don't want shitty music cues. I don't want shitty editing. I don't want like scripted scenes where it's clear that they just told Muscles McGee to Muscles McBeat to come in and have a fight. Like they're not doing their lines well. And like Bravo shows are better than those other shows. And I watch them for a reason. So like fine, give me the McBeats, but don't give me the A&Es, okay? Okay. Keep it simple. Don't give me the McTLCs, okay? Don't give me the McTLCs or the McA&Es or the McTUC, McTUCs discoveries or the McHistory channel, which by the way has nothing to do with history, but you know, it's not. Well, neither does history really. The McMaria is an adult. Neither do our history books growing up. I'm like, wait a minute. That doesn't sound right. Well, let me tell you this wheelhouse spoke studios who produces the show. It's not looking promising for you. And here's why here's what they produce buying Beverly Hills Netflix, King of Collectibles, love and WWE, million dollar secret, secret chef, nothing but a good time. Gotta get out, hype house, duck dynasty, the revival, assembly required and last bite hotel. These names, what is, you know, now I know where people are like, how do you watch that show? Because people like, they think all these shows, all reality shows like this. I need to know what secret chef is about. I want, is this like a coming out thing? Mom, dad, I know I've been telling you I've been working on Wall Street for the past several years, but I have to tell you, I perfected my flambé. I'm a secret chef. No, we thought you were just a hero and addict. Oh, that's disappointing. I mean, we've ever seen. Well, I mean, is that why you got that bacon tattoo for your pommets for? No, darling. It's time for commercial. It's time for a crap and commercial. So here's what we've learned from people, we've said it before, what we've learned from people that we've met who work in production on the Bravo shows. What they, what they tell us is that Bravo notes them to death, meaning that whenever they turn in a cut of an episode, Bravo comes back with paragraphs upon paragraphs they inspect every single thing. They're like, why is this shot here? Why is this glance here? Why is it not there? And it makes all their lives a pain in the ass, which is good for us. That's actually why I sincerely believe this is why the Bravo shows are so good and they're very, very careful about their brand and how their shows look and sound and feel. And so I kind of actually believe even if you do have a production company that is making Duck Dynasty and secret chef and like last bite hotel and, you know, incredible cockroach killers, I do believe they'll still be able to do the show. Probably because Bravo won't let them to do it, let them do it otherwise. But then the McVee die see comes along and I'm like, this is USA tone. And I understand the first season was on USA, but we're on Bravo now. And I'm like, no, it's on Peacock. Lower their scene. It was on Peacock. Well, either way. So I think that because it was on Peacock, it was like a different vibe and then they just transferred that vibe over kind of. And they were like, we don't want to change the vibe because that's what the show originally was. Okay. You've had your practice thing. I just, I know I sound like a stickler, but I really do believe that Bravo puts out the best reality shows, you know? And they, and they even Netflix Netflix does a pretty good job and who does a pretty good job. But like you can see the way in my mind they're pacing is just like different and just not as good as Bravo. And I just, I hate seeing this network that I love just drop their standards of how to present a TV show in a narrative for something like the McVee Dynasty. So like secret, secret lies, Texas wives. As long as you're presented to me the way I've grown accustomed, I'm like, Kelsey, please maintain the lifestyle to which I'm entitled to will be all. Yeah. Look, you know, we don't want to get in the nuts right before it's come on because we, I'm in Texas. So I love some skewering of some, some Texas people and we loved Real Housewives of Dallas until it went to complete shit towards the life that was a good show for a long time. So we love that one. So you know, it's not a Texas thing. It's more of a, please don't be another McVee Dynasty thing. So returning series Bravo has ordered season renewals of many beloved docuseries including Housewives of Rhode Island, the Valley Persian style, wife swap. I don't know if I don't know that I need another version of that below deck down under Mary Dometeson, Southern charm, summer house, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, top chef, along with previously announced below deck, Real Housewives of Potomac and New York City. Jersey and watch what happens live are also included. And Jeff Lewis returns to Bravo with still flipping out, premiering later in 2026. So do you think this is just because this is 2026 and maybe they'll announce more because there's a lot missing. It could be. It could be because today say Potomac, I mean, Potomac, sorry, filming, so they don't even need to say that. Yeah, I think this is just this is just it. Sometimes I feel like they leave stuff off intentionally to rile people up and to create chatter about it. You know, see if I can see it. Yeah, they say that summer house is shaping up to be the most watched summer house they've ever had. They also said that this is, they said the current season of top chef is said to be its most watched since season, since the 2021 season, just a little surprising. But you know, hey, it is what it is. I mean, I don't know why I'm being negative. It's like, I really like the season of top chef. I thought I'd start off really slowly, but I'm like, really into it now. I think it's fine. I'm so used to covering it. So if we're not recapping it, I don't pay attention to things the same way. You know, like, I don't find it as funny if we're not talking about it. So yeah, it's fine. I get bored. I don't need an hour and a half of top chef. I don't need an hour and a half. I, it makes me sad. I mean, the dance card is so full for us right now. And as much as we love top chef, like it does sort of break my heart that we can't cover. Just because when we do cover it, we do find comedy that's like not even there. And then like once it's once we sort of like find it, it's like so funny to watch it. Just like the little idiosyncrasies of just like the way people act and the way they do things and say things. And so I was sad that like, it just, it just was, we just couldn't make it work this here. It's just too hard. Well, let's get on to some Bravo headlines for the week. I think the biggest story this week has been Bethany Frankel versus Dean's daughter, like Lexi. But it'll been fucking hilarious. So Dina's daughter Lexi, I don't know why I can't just call her Lexi. Cause when I say Lexi, I think Lexi, oh, Lexi is girlfriend Lexi or fiance or wife whatever. But um, Lexi, so Lexi comes out with some TikTok and she's like, okay, so I sent, I have a shoe company. I send Bethany Frankl, a pair of my shoes. She wears my shoes. She's photographed in my shoes. She posts a photograph of my shoes. But then she doesn't tag the shoes. She says she tags another pair of shoes that look kind of like them that are an affiliate link on Amazon. So Bethany used her shoes and then publicized Amazon shoes and then got the money off the affiliate link. And she was like, you're a fucking weirdo lady. Like who does that? So Bethany came back with a video where she said, all right, all right, listen to me. I'm so busy like I'm doing this in my car. All right. And you know, there's some influencer or whatever who has a shoe company and like comes after me. Like listen, I've said it once. I've said it a million times. I'm under no obligation. You send me shit. Like I'm under no obligation to do anything for you. Okay. That's not how this works. And you want it. You know, you could have played the long game. You're playing the short game right now. You want to have like a little attention and have this little video and get mad at me. Fine. But you could have played the long game. You know, because I push product. I'm a product pusher. All right. You should ask Melissa Gorgah about her cookies. Like how many cookies did I push? All right. Like ask Harry Henlin about his ragu or whatever. Like how much of that's an I push? All right. I'm a pusher. I'm a pusher. So you know what? You're welcome. You're welcome. And then she hangs out. It's like, oh damn, defensive. Bethany, that's weird behavior. She can post some Amazon. Bethany, Bethany, you fucking weirdo. She's correct. You're a weirdo. I feel like it is a really weird thing. And Bethany did actually post a video where she was wearing the shoe and she credited the shoe. This went up. I think I don't know. She posted something where she was like, okay, well, apparently I did. This is two days ago. She apparently didn't post as fast enough. Okay. Because if I post it up sooner than you would have gotten the reference to it. I don't know if she actually linked to the other thing. But when she said, okay, you playing the short game. Congratulations. You've been to bridge. Well, like is Beth is Bethany's best example of success is that she sold more sprinkle cookies for Melissa Gorgah. I mean, Bethany, you're better than that. I mean, I know you are like you are still Bethany. You get like, why is that where you start with like the sprinkle cookies, but also like her lecturing about how to do business and like why why you're like, don't play the short game. You got to play the long game. The long game. What happened to your Mark Burnett contract? That fizzled up. That doesn't sound like there was a long game moves made there. You know, everything, everything with her has been short game talk show shark tank talk like reality show. Hold these things short game short game short game. Okay. And like reality reckoning reality reckoning is the meat of the short game. You're like, wait a second. Bravo didn't go for my pitch. Okay, I'm coming for problem to the reality reckoning and take them all down. Where's that now? Okay, the short game is short game is you playing the long game on the short game. That's what you're doing. Yeah, it was a mess, but it was funny watching watching people just get so pissed off at Bethany. Just watching Bethany get so ruffled was really funny. Yeah, damn you come after me. You don't come after me. Who are you? You're some influencer. Get over yourself. I'm a pussy. You could play the long game. You could at one. You could add successful shoes. If you were nice to me, you're like, okay, Bethany, okay. I'm going to buy some Lexi shoes. Damn. Why did you play the Lexi played the smart game like this was Lexi learned because you know what? No one would have given a shit about Lexi shoes. No one would have known about them. Bethany would have warned them. There would have been a link. There would have been an uptick in sales. It would have gone back. People would have been like, oh, Lexi sells shoes. That's nice. Now it's been in the news cycle and Bethany keeps on keeping in the news cycle. And I guarantee you the next video that you put that will be like, you're welcome. You're welcome because that's what I'm keeping in the news cycle. So you're getting the sales. That's because of me. So congratulations. Congratulations. You did it. So you know, I expect to free pass shoes again. A second time around because I kept you in the news cycle. Yeah. Send me another. So Spence T-Gram on Instagram says it's contradictory. I'm going to know obligation to tag you. Then you should have played the long game because I would have tagged you. Yep. We're pretty much. It's better than that case. Does Bethany not remember selling her like whole grain cookies in Whole Foods? Does she not remember how hard that was for her and how she was? We saw her with her little table. We saw her on the apprentice. You want to talk about a long game? My brain is the long game. I've seen your entire reality TV career. We know where you started, ma'am. Okay. And you're going to start. If someone here is trying to get their shit out and you put it on and you wear it and you don't even give them credit, you give credit to something else that way you can get your money for it. With the Bethany who sold her bird feed cookies in Whole Foods, be saying the same thing to someone who did that to her. I don't think so. I don't think she would have appreciated this. Yeah. Well, it's Bethany. And I was thinking while I was putting the headline up there that it's amazing how crazy Bethany can make us. But she's still in like every other crappy hour at least. I mean, she really knows how to keep herself in the news constantly. She really does. She I guarantee she said, she was, oh, sorry. I was saying I guarantee she sends like media blast to page six every single day and page six is like, we got nothing going on. But in the bathroom story, I guarantee that's what it is. And honestly, the crazy part is I'm branding that Bethany, but I was thinking this morning, I was like, she is such a fucking crazy person. God, I want her back. I'm like, let's bring her home. Bring her home. I'm going to come back Bethany. They're not even joking. There are other people who get the PR person and they're constantly blasting PR out. And it's just so annoying. One example is Aaron from Real Housewives of New York. I mean, she, her PR person is over time. And it's like you're reading something every day in these in the Bravo news links about what Aaron's doing. It's like Aaron, you know, bought a new leather jacket today. It's tequila is really taken over her household or whatever. And I'm always thinking, wow, what a good PR person because who cares about Aaron? You know, this is obviously somebody just, you know, working for her, plastering the stuff everywhere. But then you have people like Bethany and they're plastered everywhere, but at least they're funny. You know, I laugh. Did you see the one this week where she was on a red carpet somewhere and she was with her new guy and someone, someone, someone said something like, and who do I have the pleasure to, who do I, I might be getting confused with. She's Vanderpump because they both had this moment in the past couple of weeks. The, some kid was like, so who do I have the pleasure of speaking to? She's like, you don't know me? Whatever. If you don't know me, you better ask around. And then she like kind of fell. And she stumbled away. So I didn't see that, but I saw the Vanderpump, the Vanderpump video of that, which was very funny. Yeah. I said, you don't know who I am. Then you better ask somebody because I've started every restaurant in this town. I've got millions of TV shows. You know, whatever. It was pretty funny too. But anyhow, she's all over, but at least they make me laugh every time. I'm a pusher. I'm a pusher. I'm a pusher. Um, Benji Fajille in the comments says, Ben Mandelker was cringe. Where have you been? Like, hello. That's my brand. K.Bern says, did anyone see Luan's IG post basically making fun of Bethany? And someone commented, you're jealous. And the wind said, jealous of what? Her ugly chicken salad. Classic. Yeah. So it's good to see that Bethany is still in like one stupid controversy after another. Like it's wild. The sort of, you know, one moment she truly is in a chicken salad fight. Now she is in a, you know, free shoe fight. I mean, it's, it's really sad where she's falling to him. And this is someone for us. I know it is so fun. It is so fun. But she did use to have a show on HBO where she would be like, okay, everyone does how you do business. Okay. Here's how you be a mogul. And now she's out here getting into fights with like, well, that show is crazy. What's the whole point of that show? Like the whole prize for the show was to be Bethany's intern. Doesn't know what it was. It's like, be my intern. Like, you want to yell? Oh, yeah. Then why should you be here? I want to yell. Why are you trying to be Bethany Frankl's intern in this rented mansion? So weird. Yeah. And they're all standing out there in the cold and they were shivering and then she comes out on the balcony and she's like, okay, hi, hi, hi, hi. Guess what? I want to dance to be my intern. Don't cry for me. I'm a pusher. All right. I don't want to sing the rest of the song. I'm talking about it. I'm under no obligation to hire any of you. Okay. Bye. I've tagged many of you in this post. Okay. So real housewives of Rhode Island is actually getting a lot of news, blurby headline thingies lately. I've been watching interviews with Rosie and Kelsey where they're dissing each other and Rosie is saying Kelsey never even lived in that. She hasn't lived in that mansion for two years. She broke up with the boyfriend two years ago. She's been dating this other guy. She's faking this whole storyline for the show and then Kelsey really isn't saying anything that coherent, but it's pretty funny watching them diss each other in interviews. Dino was Dino who is Kelsey's ex who's inexplicably rich. And I think the son of that famous judge, that TV judge. No, no, he asked Kelsey's ex is the son of the judge. Yeah. Oh, so this is Kelsey's other ex because Kelsey did date Dino, right? Well, she like. hooked up with him and then he's doctor. Right. So this isn't the mansion X. This is he's not the son of the judge. This is the one that she hooked up with before Liz hooked up with. Okay. You're right. Yeah. This is Liz's best friend, Dino. Dino is facing life in prison after he's charged with dealing cocaine. My question is, was he dealing it on a fishing boat? Three weeks. Does does he know where Carol's husband is from Tiger King? Where? Wow. This is crazy. So Dino will will will Maddie. Dio Maddie. Dio Maddie. Okay. This guy, he's like, I fucking the camera in his photos. He's like, I'm threatening you, but I'm also going to make love with you. He's like, you want to go to the water wall? Do you want to go to the sea wall? Sea wall. I'm going. So, wow. So yeah, he's 48. Wait. This guy's only one year older than me. Get out. I'm just like shocked by everything. Candy Burr has just turned 50. I thought this is a picture everybody. Look at that. He's like, oh, yeah. Kutchev at Murdoch's World. Okay. Have sex with you at the sea wall. He's actually in the left photo. He's definitely doing the Countess Llan mug shot face. Well, well, breaking news breaking news. Carrie Shutt says they found that Tiger King guy. He was alive. What? What? Was that true? Did Bethany find him? Do we not know because Bethany didn't tag him? That forced me into a Tom Klikier response. Is he a misogynist? Looks like this guy has been dead for 20 years and gave back to life and still doing more. Them son. Yes. So, Dino, big shocker to everybody who's been following road island. I don't think any one of us would have guessed that he was a Coke dealer from an unknown Caribbean island smuggling it in. Yeah. That. And then all of a sudden they're on TV and they get rid of the boat, the gypsy, something else. Like, yeah, what? Now that we got a lot of cameras around us, we decided to get rid of our boat. I don't know why. Exactly. Well, that's what was happening when they were getting rid of that boat so quickly. I was like, what's this is fishy that suddenly she's like, oh, yeah, overnight, we just, we just have to get rid of the boat. I don't know. He told me we got a pack of that. Like, you sure you're even supposed to be filming scenes on here because I think this is about to be impenetrailed to it. I know. But you know, though, you know, though, I, so if this turns into like a real, like a real criminal thing, what I like about it is the idea that like maybe Alicia gets caught up into it by accident, like Alicia walks in on something and now the mob is after her, but so are the feds and she's just on the run because she's the sort of type that would be in like an 80s comedy movie. You know, the 80s comedy movie where like someone's dating a guy and then she walks in on the guy and the guy's like, she's like a mobster and now she's like runs off with the bag and then all the cops are following her because she's got the bag. The mob's going after her and she's got to figure it out. I feel like that would be Alicia. She's like, I gotta drive out of here, but she has to like drive over bridges and she's really scared. Like, oh my God, I gotta drive over the bridge and the car is going all over the lanes and everyone's laughing in the theater. Yeah. That's just as needed crack up. They're calling on that sort of tagline. I need a crack up. I'm too old for this crack. She's with a parrot that's going probably want a cracker and then they fight over the cracker as well. They're on the law. It's great. I make a. So in more real housewives of Rhode Island news, Alicia shares cryptic posts about about her spouse taking money without asking, oh, okay. Well, he's not her spouse, but a spouse. So let's see. This is from reality blurb. The last one was page six. So thanks to everybody we're stealing the shit from before quickly deleting her cryptic messages. Okay, let's just go over the messages. She wrote asking for a friend. Do you think it's okay if your spouse takes your buddy and pays your bills and pays bills without you and you'd ever see a buddy or you check? And then in another message says accent for asking for a friend. Do you think it's normal for someone to put your face and use your image and story for a business that you don't see a dollar from? Hmm. You think that's okay? Ask it from a friend. Are you supposed to say the asking for a friend at the first part or is supposed to end with asking for a friend? Just wondering. Yikes. So it's not going very well for her and her guy. Wow. He takes her money and like her housewives money and just puts it into the till and doesn't let her really troll over the account. So that's nuts. Yeah. You know, you got to be careful. You got to be, you know, because you know, if, if like she's now got a taste of fame, she got a taste of empowerment. She's got people telling her you don't actually have to live like this. And Billy, Billy had a sweet thing going on and now suddenly she's woken up and she's like, wait a second. All this crack is I've been paying for them all this time. I thought Billy was paying for them. He's made me pay for them. She's woken up. And so now watch it. Your day's remembered Billy. Pete's mom is coming for you. Yeah. One of the comments on Twitter was saying she lives in a common law marriage state. They've been together 10 years, even if she leaves, she still gets half. And this is what I find interesting because, you know, people are like, well, why won't she, why is she not wanting to marry him? She says she doesn't want to marry him because he wants her to sign a pre-nept. It says she'll get nothing basically. And she's like, that doesn't seem fair. And I was pointing out recently that if they've been together long enough, she'll get half if she doesn't marry him, right? Because it's common law. So I guess that's interesting too because Kelsey was saying, you know, well, I'm entitled to half of this boyfriend stuff, even though I've never been married to him. So I don't know why it's so weird that I'm letting him pay for my apartment. And I was saying, I don't know that you are entitled, but I guess that's true. If it's a common law state, maybe you are. Yeah. Although it was less than 10 years, I think that Kelsey was there. I think I think I've been born sure into the nine year mark. And was like, yeah, boyfriends like, yeah, by like an old queen in a bar told me that they were broken up before season even began, that he was kind enough, quote unquote, quote, unquote, kind enough to let her film the first part of the season pretending like they were still together. And so maybe that was like right before the 10 year mark or something like that. I don't know. Who knows? Yeah. Who knows about these old queens? See their rumors. Get the bar. Well, yeah, that's what, that's what Rosie's has been saying all over the place. And so let's see, what else Brian Ponterelli, that's the cheater, multi face cheater of Rhode Island, his rumored mistress, Beth Walker, sues him following his breach of contract lawsuit, accuses Rula of making disparaging remarks on what happens live. Ma'am, if you are a mistress and you are walking around flaunting, you're fucking the someone's husband all over the place, you get whatever disparaging mark remarks are thrown your way. I'm so sorry. You're crazy. Now, who's Brian is great though, but Brian, Sue Brian, but also like this lady is so thirsty, she doesn't even get a photo in this reality blurb article. That's the saddest part. Good for him. I still don't even know what this lady looks like. That's the crazy. I don't know. She's trying so hard. She's trying so hard to get on our radars. She knows she needs to do. She's a happy hour at Bethany. She's, she's the human equivalent of a happy hour at Applebees. Just think, think about that. Yeah. No, Brian, the more I look at him, I've always felt like Brian looks like a capybara, but now that I look at him, he sort of has that like walls and grommet look as well. He's like a walls and grommet take on a capybara. That makes sense. Yeah, it does actually. He's wearing a t-shirt in this picture with here. Let me show people this picture because it's hilarious. He's wearing a t-shirt that has a crown and it has R and R backwards with the diamond in the middle. And it says real by Rula. Real by Rula. Isn't she, doesn't she do like mortgages or something? Like, yeah, he has a congratulations. You got a good interest rate. You got a t-shirt. It's called, I don't know, real by Rula. It's a, it's a real interest rate. That's what it means. Well, don't worry guys. I know you guys are worried about Brian being evil, but do not worry. He's wearing a giant crucifix. So he's a good person. Don't worry about it, guys. Thank God. I just want to show I hear the picture Brian and I really feel like this is, this is who he is. He is just, actually, it's disrespectful to capybarras. I was trying to zoom in, but it actually somehow made it worse. I will say that Brian does have very nice forehead skin. Look at that. Hmm. He's, no, that man has been through a bowling ball buffer. He's been through it and it looks great. I'm like, I should, I should have skin like this, you know, I'll give it a guess. Why does his blazer look like the stage where the mermaid number and little mermaid? It's when all the sisters sing a song in the beginning. They're like, they're all going to appear on his chest and do like some busby burkly mermaid dancing. So yeah, Brian deserves what he gets. I think, but this lady being like, really, it's me and me. I want to know what happens. Yeah. You think, I'm fucking, my husband. So what else here? Any of these you want to go for? Yeah. The other thing that people were talking a lot about is that Danielle from Summerhouse and now in the city is pregnant with Owens baby. Well, it's really her baby. I was really their baby, but they are pregnant. So everyone, everyone was very, you know, congratulatory to them. So there, that's, that's the big news on that front. I don't know if there was any major, was there any major? I mean, the other major news on the, on the whole, you know, Weston. West and what's it called? Amanda, Sierra, thing, there was just more Jen Fester stuff. Jen Fester was on Jeff Lewis and of course was denying everything like, "What?" I can't. Michael Beck was saying, "You should reach out to her." She's like, "I don't have a number." What am I supposed to do? I don't have a number. I'm still just so amused that Jen Fester got dragged into this thing. Honestly, it was just getting so pissed. I'm so sick everybody's talking about it all the time. I didn't do anything. I didn't do anything to this girl. What the fuck? She's getting so defensive and Beck, you was just like, "You know, just speaking for the people, Jen, maybe you should make an effort to calm this down and not threaten to sue people." I was like, "What? I don't know." So, yeah, I think it's pretty funny too. I don't know why she's getting so offended. I think that people, I mean, I get that she's married and blah, blah, blah, but her husband doesn't really super care. I think that people online are just really mean. You know, they're like, "You've slept with that old lady and stuff like that. Listen, old people are a lot to fuck to you guys. Jeez." I mean, Jen Fester has never had this much attention in pop culture. Like, people are making montages. They are pulling footage. They're doing all this stuff. I mean, the woman has never, has never been like in such a white, hot moment. It's crazy. I feel like she, I think on some level, she's actually really enjoying it. I think she has to pretend to be like offended and horrified because she's in this marriage with Jeff Fessler. But I think deep down she's like, suck it Theresa. Look who's in the headlines now. Ladies, the friend of the friend of the middle. You think I stopped at James Gandalfini? Well, I didn't. I still got it, baby. Yeah. But also to have your big like sex story come out and like, "Oh, Jen Fessler had sex with West the same week that West Weiner picks came out." And everybody was like, "Oh, that's a grossest Weiner. I've ever seen." It's like, "Can you, can you let me have my moment?" You know what I mean? Can we save the West's penis is gross for like another week when I'm not, you know, trying to celebrate my sexuality nationally? I mean, come on. Seriously. There was also a story that I really enjoyed and I don't know what the follow-up has been because I saw the video. But is that PK involved in a little bit of a hit and run, a little fender bender? He basically backed up his car into someone else's car. He blatantly hit it and then drove off. Yeah, there's a total asshole about it, of course. He's like, "Well, I thought it was like the Range Rover trying to tell me that I thought was the auto brakes on the Range Rover. Please, I barely hit your car. What do you want for me?" So reee. Yeah, fix the car. Fix the car. He said, "This is his quote." I genuinely thought the new Range Rover had automatically brakes for me. It wasn't until I got home, but it was the world's tautiest mark on my car that I realized I'd very gently nudged the neighbor's bumper. I would over-appologize and offer to pay entirely my fault, although in fairness, trying to reverse what subconsciously searching for paparazzi hiding bushes is probably not recommended by Land Rover. Okay, so in there, he's like, "Berly, barely bumped you. You're a worse and I have paparazzi." So suck my dick. Yeah. Also, it's not our fault and not the paparazzi's fault that you're looking around in bushes. Okay, so safety first. Safety first, you should be so lucky that a paparazzi wants to take a photo of you. Yeah. Speaking of this classy couple, Dorite is in trouble because apparently she is showing up late for book signings. Huge shock there. Huge shock there. Dorite is not showing up to Barnes and Noble on time. Chronically late, Dorite Kemsley garnered mixed reviews for book two assignments being held on. Dorite's standard time. Yeah, that's no good. That's no good. You have to show up on time for the people. You're not Madonna, Dorite. Okay? Like, people don't want to actually read your book. They just want to say they just want to have it and then laugh that they got it. So don't make them wait. I've got news. Dorite is going to be in New York for a book signing at the same time we're going to be there for a cabaret. Should we ask her to do a number? Yes, we should. And then she'll show up late and what she will be embarrassed. She'll be in an entirely different cabaret. She'll be in someone else's show. She'll just show up at the cats. Goys. And here to do my number. Yeah, that's crazy. I feel like Dorite doesn't know place to be showing up late to her book signings. Okay? I don't think people are really clamoring to read about read unburdened personally. I thought, listen, I really enjoyed Dorite this season. I really, really did. But like, you got to show up on time. Well, Dorite's people reached out to us and said, Hey, you know, we're promoting Dorite's book. Would you guys like a copy of the book? And I was like, fuck, yes, we want to copy of the book. Here's our addresses. And we never got the book. And I was like, this is so Dorite. Yeah. We would have been reading it right now. We'd have been reading the chapter, send it over. Yeah. We would have been we would have been burdened with it. But I'll be burdened with that. Yeah. I know. So yeah, that's unfortunate. Now, another thing here, I felt like there was some other really big like summer house story. And I just cannot remember whatsoever. But I just seen, I've seen this headline right here, exclusive insider confirms if Wendy a cepho stopped filming Potomac after a Jazelle allegedly caught her in a lie. And I am very intrigued by what this is all about. So this article from reality blurb says a rumor began circulating on the internet that Wendy had stopped filming because Jazelle caught her in some sort of lie. And allegedly, Wendy has taken a break after Jazelle caught her in a lie. That's the quote, which we probably could have gathered from the lead up to that quote, which is the exact same thing. And then someone else said that this insider said that they felt it was stupid for Wendy to even film. And this could hurt her case. Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. So the rumor is false. Well, this is a stupid article. Wendy, I guess it's not filming. So yeah, but Monique Samuels has also come back and is filming again according to this insider, which is the real takeaway here. That makes it okay. Well, that's good. Well, it's time to talk to you guys. The listeners, we're going to move over to chat. But before we ended, I just wanted to say RIP to Archie Shannon, dog Archie has passed away and life on that show will not be the same or life in regular life. God bless you, Archie. We love you. You little ball addict. Yeah, that was so sad to see, but you know, we love Archie. And yeah, I love to Shannon and her family because I know the daughters came in from abroad for it. 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Key Points:

  1. The hosts announce this is the last episode of "Crappy Hour" until June 8th due to holidays and rehearsals for their cabaret shows on June 3rd and 5th, which can be streamed.
  2. Bravo released its 2026 lineup, including new shows
  3. The hosts criticize Bravo for copying show titles from other networks, like Hulu's "Secret Lives of Mormon Wives," and express concerns about production quality, fearing shows might mimic lower-quality networks like A&E.
  4. The "Vanderpump Rules" reboot was not renewed in the announcement, causing speculation, though the hosts believe the new Lisa Vanderpump series is just a short spin-off.
  5. "Secret Lies
  6. A major headline involves Bethenny Frankel clashing with Dina's daughter Lexi over a shoe controversy, where Lexi accused Bethenny of using her shoes without proper credit.

Summary:

In this episode of "Crappy Hour," hosts Ronnie and Ben announce a break until June 8th, promoting their upcoming cabaret shows. " The hosts emphasize Bravo's traditionally high production standards, which they fear might decline. They also note the absence of a "Vanderpump Rules" reboot renewal, causing fan speculation, though they dismiss the new Lisa Vanderpump series as a minor spin-off.

Additionally, they cover a headline about Bethenny Frankel and Dina's daughter Lexi, involving a dispute over shoe credits. The hosts stress the importance of Bravo maintaining its unique narrative quality to avoid becoming like other reality TV networks.

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It's a weekly Bravo news and headlines show hosted by Ronnie and Benoony, discussing reality TV updates and gossip.

The next 'Crappy Hour' is on June 8th; the show is taking a break for a holiday and rehearsals for a cabaret.

Tickets are available on the website 'watch what crap ends' until showtime, and streams are accessible for a week after each show.

New series include 'Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas' and 'Secret Lies: Texas Wives', along with renewals for fan favorites.

The reboot wasn't listed in Bravo's renewal announcements, causing speculation, though its Peacock numbers were strong.

It follows glamorous women in Berni, Texas, managing families, ranches, and social calendars amid hidden romances and secrets.

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