#2872 Love Hotel S01E6, Part 1: Friends and Lovers
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Well, hello, and welcome to Watch Your Crap. It's a podcast about all that crap on Bravo that we just love to watch. I'm Ben Mandelker, and joining me today in the Love Hotel is Mr. Ronnie Karam. Hi, Ronnie. How are you? Well, hello, Ben-ooms. Hi.

How are you doing on this fine day? Have you found yourself an Earl the Pearl this afternoon? I found myself a Bueller the Dueler. Bueller is here. He just got back from Texas. He took a road trip with a lady named Stacy. Stacy brought him back nice, safe, and sound. So he's curled up here at my side. I'm so glad to have my Bueller back in my life. Finally, the love of my life, I found him. Sophie, what do you think of Bueller?

Does is Bueller okay when you criticize him or is that a pain point? Does he eat vegetables? Oh, he's used to it. Actually, Bueller does eat vegetables. And that was kind of one of my things when I watched Shannon have the breakdown. If you don't eat vegetables, I was kind of on her side because even Bueller eats a salad like Bueller loves a carrot. He loves a tomato. He loves a grape.

which is a vegetable, I mean a fruit, but still like he's a healthy dog. He's very California cuisine coded. That's how we eat in California.

Yeah, he has a few paws up on Earl the Pearl, I have to say, already. So we're talking Love Hotel today. Love Island is actually returning this evening. And then we will be talking about the big premiere. The premiere is always a big old episode. And like the first 45 minutes of it are people walking slowly into the villa. So we're gonna have a fun time with that.

And then we're talking about the whole season. We're going to talk and talk and talk on Patreon. Patreon.com slash Watch What Crappens. Every day that we're sitting down here to record Watch What Crappens, we're going to start off first by going over to Patreon and recording 20 minutes on what happened most recently on Love Island. We had a lot of fun doing that. I should say this is Love Island USA because there will be a Love Island UK on, but we are not going to be recapping that. I will probably watch it though.

Anyway, also next week we're going to Seattle. That's like the second to last show of 2025. I can't believe it's already coming up. That's going to be at the Neptune Theater. You guys always, always show up at the Neptune, and you guys are a great crowd every single time. We also have our favorite... What am I trying to say here? It's a Tuesday morning. We have our favorite... One of our favorite housewives, Real Housewives of Miami is coming back, and we're going to be recapping it.

Yeah, that's going to be so good. And then the week after that, Los Angeles. We end the whole thing in LA. So go to watchforcrappins.com. Get your tickets. Join us. Let's party in June. It's Pride Month, so if you don't come, it's honestly homophobic. Sorry, I had to say it. I had to go there. Yeah, stop hating gay people. Yeah. So just know that if you don't come to our shows...

We know that you're a homophobe now. There, I said it. Now we've said it. All right, little love hotel action. I have to ask again, how long is this show? Every week, I'm like...

How many more episodes are there? Like, how many people are they going to date? The guys that are there already look exhausted. I don't know how they're still doing this. It is kind of curious. I always feel like they're actually always about to wrap up, but then it seems like they're not going to wrap up. It always feels like they're saying the final checkouts around the corner, but it's been like four weeks of it. I love this show. I can't tell you how much I love this show. I think it is so good.

But, you know, you need to know what's happened. Like, you can't just wake up one day and they're like, oh, it's Christmas today. Like, what the fuck? Like, I have to prepare. Like, I need to know the format. You know what I mean? I need to know what we're waiting for. Is there going to be like a tent date at the end where they all get to fuck each other? Like on The Bachelor where they're like, no, it's your fucking time. I need to know. I can't just like lollygag around a beach with these old people. I need to know.

I actually really can. I know you're saying that was like the first time I watched Love Island, I felt the same way because Love Island, it just kind of felt like things just sort of happen. I was like, I don't know when does the season and it just sort of goes people come people go there's eliminations, there's twists. And I was like, I guess I'm just along for the ride. So I feel like Love Hotel is kind of taking a page from the same book.

I also love the way they edit this show. It has this, like, everything slow fades from one scene to another. They're using this fake White Lotus music, which always cracks me up that they're trying to imply any sort of intrigue. Every time they cut to, like, Ralph walking along a beach, it's like... I'm like, why? That's my favorite one.

And then they do this thing where now they've just got all these sounds on the synthesizer where they don't even match the theme at all. They'll just be like, is that a slot machine? What are you putting that in there for? You're just using random sounds now. Or they'll be like, what's that?

I know. And also, by the way, this show deserves a huge amount of credit in pop culture for really assembling the strangest group of male suitors we've ever seen on any dating show. Like, if you really sit down and look at who's on this cast, like, what is going on? But it's perfect. It's so perfect. Like, I'd love, like...

You've got James, who's... It's James, right? Who's, like, the guy who's, like, obsessed with Luann. But then that guy Mark, who... Mark, when he was on the first time, he was, like, in, like, a nice shirt and everything. And he looked like he was sort of like a silver fox a little bit. But now they just have him in this weird, like, sweater vest thing that's, like, open and kind of, like, Indiana Jones-ish. They're doing, like, the Aladdin thing. I think they were going to bring him in to do...

Like on The Bachelor, they brought in, what was his name? Wes? I forget his name. To be the bartender. I should know his name. My God, I recapped his season. He was on The Traitors this season. Yeah, he was on The Traitors for like two episodes. But that guy, they brought in just to be the bartender. And so he just kind of talks to everybody. So I thought that's what they were going to bring in Skinny Santa for. But no, I guess he's supposed to be dating. But he's also dressed like a poo from fucking... Yeah, why is he?

Why is he dressed like that? And then they're hiding all their microphones in these brown beaded necklaces. So they all have these necklaces on, which is so funny. And then you got Phil, who Phil is just Phil. And then you got Wale and Earl the Pearl. It's such a strange group of people.

And it just works so sublimely for me. And it's such a strange group of people to keep staying. Like, none of them are getting kicked off. I feel like Ralph, on any other show, Ralph would be gone. Ralph literally, Ralph looks like he just escaped from a hospital with his robe open and his butt hanging out. Like...

He, to me, really looks like one of the trolls in Frozen. You know those, like, stones that come to life and turns out they're little trolls? I really feel like that's what Ralph looks like. And I'm like, why are they so attracted? They love him. Ralph is just grumpy and exhausted. Every time they talk to Ralph, he's like, well, you know, I got kids. I really enjoy enjoying life. No, you don't, Ralph. You like to sleep and golf. Just say that. Okay? Don't lie to these people. Yeah.

with his lizard tongue, lizard tongue kissing. And the fact that Wale is actually losing ground to Ralph is just so shocking to me because he's like, he's like really hot, but it just also shows that like hot people can only go so far if their personality is not great. And like, sometimes I really like Wale, but then sometimes I'm like, you're so passive aggressive. Yeah.

Like you, you like, so I'm like happy that he's getting a comeuppance, but then I'm like, but then he's kind of like, Oh, I also understand his frustration and he is like so hot and he was like not getting any love. It's so funny to me. I don't know. It's so weird. Yeah. I mean, I get what you're saying about his like passive aggression. He definitely has that, but he's also got this thing where he's calling Ashley out on her obvious lies and bullshit. Cause Ashley's just bullshit. And anybody who watches her show knows that this is just Ashley is part of her charm, but you can't,

to date someone like Ashley and then change them and have them just say what they're say what they mean. Like she's Ashley. You're not going to change Ashley. You need to, you need to enjoy that. Ashley's kind of full of shit and delusional. That's what's fine. Yeah. She's, she's actually just stringing along Wally at this point, which is why he's frustrated. So I understand his frustration, but then also then he reacts with like passive aggression. And by the way, this is something we see all the time on love Island, which is that like, there's someone who, if you just act confident,

cool, they'll come back to you after they're done kind of like figuring something out. But it's always the people who don't act cool who just like screw up their entire shop. At the same time, she is drinking him along because there's just no way she's going to be able to resist her daddy issues. Her daddy issues are baked into her from basically when she was like two years old. So like that's just not going away. But she's dating Beavis. He's young. That's not going to last because she's just...

it's a placeholder before the next daddy. You know, it's the thing like when, you know, when like girls date bad boys, like really toxic men. So then they date like a really boring, nice guy to prove that they can, that they're not stuck in a loop, but then they wind up going back to the bad boy. Like she's just in girls. That's what I do.

That's totally my move. No, I guess everyone does it. But in my mind, I've just had the most experience with girls in my life who've done that. And I'm just like, yeah, I do it. I stand against it. I stand against it a lot when we talk on these shows, but it's mostly projecting because that's what I do. I mean, I just, yeah.

The nice ones are like, oh, gotta wake up for work tomorrow. I'm like, oh, boring. Like, can we talk about how to steal unemployment checks and like get drunk at 11? Like, what the hell, bro? You've got so much going for you. Please get out of my house. Yeah. And I do like that on this show, the toxic men aren't like, like wildly toxic. They're just sort of like casually toxic. They're like, they're too old to be, to be like actively like, like,

they're like a, they're like a, they're like a volcano. That's like a little bit past its prime. It's like, well, they're toxic in that way that it's like, it's not going to change. You are what you are by the time you hit a certain age. And I think that they, you just are what you are, you know, and you start, have you seen people in like nursing homes dating? Cause you know, who's fucking those people.

Those people are fucking. I spent a lot of time in nursing homes just with my Meemaw and stuff. And even my Meemaw came back to life in there. I mean, she was flirting with people at the buffet. I was like, you go, Meemaw. She was like, oh, hey. She was doing all that at the little buffet. And people fight. I would hear them having couples arguments all the time. And I don't think they think of them as arguments. It's just like, why are you doing that? You shouldn't do that. I told you I don't like that.

And then that's them dating, you know? You just get to a certain age and you're like, why pretend? Yeah. Well, I guess let's start this recap because we're already, we're just sitting here babbling. So it's morning at the Love Hotel. So Shannon and Earl are walking together, holding hands because they've gotten over some bumps recently.

And Shannon is into Earl again. And she's like, you know, oh, by the way, are there different style boats you have for your lake versus the ocean or no? I'm trying to be somewhat interested in your not quite maritime life because it's on a lake. Is it maritime if it's a lake?

Yeah, you see Shannon like slowly breaking down in her head because Shannon hates that her only option is Earl. And anytime she gets another chance to jump away from Earl, she tries to. But then Earl's still the only one that'll put up with her, really, like, let's be honest, or that she could see putting up with her. And so you just see her every time she's with him talking herself into liking Earl.

And so now she's trying to see if she would be okay with lake life. We know she won't be. She's just, she's like you. She's like, lakes are gross. Shanna's just like that. And she's like, so tell me about, tell me about lake boats. Sorry. They're really a thing. Are they inflatable? Oh,

I just, I just. Come on, Earl. Are there, are there anything in the lakes that's more exciting than a snapping turtle? Or is just snapping turtles? Oh, okay, just that. That's fine. Earl's like, well, they're smaller boats because lakes are smaller than oceans. She's like, oh, you're not educated. Come on, Earl. I don't believe that.

Oh, God, I love hearing about the smaller boats that go on lakes. Oh.

Wow, I think I'm definitely in love. So then we go to Ashley talking to her kids and she's saying that she misses them and everything. Are you at the pool, bummer? We miss you. Hopefully you're getting some sun and fun and having some fun in the sun. All right, gotta go. Got some counters to stand on top of. I can't believe I'm not with my children. I love Ashley when she starts crying about

How hard it is being a mother. You just left those kids for like weeks at a time to date multiple people, ma'am. In paradise. It's so hard. So then some of the men are eating breakfast and talking with Giselle and Mitch. He's like, well, he's like, the water is so freaking gorgeous here. I mean, the sea of Cortez. What have you found out about yourself? If you don't mind sharing is Mitch. Mitch is the dentist, right?

No, I think the dentist is Theo, right? The one who's like, "I'm a doctor and that's why women want to date me because they think they'll be rich and fabulous. Well, I'm sick of it. I just want someone who's going to want me for me." I'm like, "Oh, please." Oh, yeah, you're right. That's Theo. That's Theo, I think. Theo, who like surprisingly has a very good body, that was a shock to me. I was like, "What? How does Theo have such a good body?" This is disarming.

- So yeah, Mitch is- - Imagine he gets his good body the same way everybody else gets it by praying because there's no other way to do it. God has to really love you. - God has to love you to have a good body. - And don't believe in gyms, okay? I've paid for gyms my whole life. I don't have a good body. I'm muffin topped out, okay? It's prayer. This is Jesus's fault. - The power of prayer. So Mitch is just the other new old guy, right? Who next week says, "I would punch you."

So Giselle's like, well, what have I learned since I've been here? Well, I didn't know what to expect coming here. Being open to learning and getting to know men that I could potentially be with for the rest of my life. You got to be ready for that. Da.

which is being, Giselle's talking about being open and learning to get to know men that she could be with. I'm like, when is that going to start? You're never going to do that. No one on this show believes you're here for that. So Thea's like, well, you know, since you asked, I did some interesting reading and black women and white men actually have the lowest,

Divorce raid. And she's like, whoa, Theo was here to stay. I asked him if he would ever date a black woman and he said he's never dated a black woman, but the man did his research. Give me some research. I love some research. Did he research in Berlin? Maybe you should get a library card for the public library of Nuremberg.

The public library of Bel-Air is a Barnes & Noble that's only opened to residents. It's a Barnes & Noble behind a gated community door. So... Barnes & Nobility. Different sidewalks leading up to the Barnes & Noble. Bel-Air!

So then she loves it. He's doing his research and stuff. So now we go over to Joel. And Joel's like, welcome, Theo, Mitch. Welcome back, Mark. Mark, you upping your game? Wow, it's Mark 2.0. Get ready because I don't know that there's a 3.0 in him. Yeah.

All right. Well, I've got something very excited for you planned. It's another one-on-one day and I'm going to send you out on a boat excursion. But the bad news is that this is a one-on-one day.

So I'm going to do your favorite thing and that's to ask you to ask the gentleman out. They'd like to bring on the bell, blah, blah, blah. Dates, dates, dates. You know what I have to do. You have to do. Yeah. So Giselle has already taken Theo, but she wants to, oh no, he just got there, I guess she's saying. So she wants to get to know him better. And he's like, yeah, probably because I'm a doctor.

And Shanna's going to take Earl. She's like, well, I have nobody left. So I guess I'll take everyone that doesn't want to have sex with the man. Nobody? Okay. I'll take you anyway, Earl. Geez, can't wait to hear how algae spreads. Wow, I can't wait to hear about pontoons. I guess I should enjoy this boat ride because it might be the last one I get to sail on. On an ocean!

And Ashley and Joel love saying Ashley verse. So he's like, Ashley, who amongst the Ashley verse is going to come see Ashley in the Ashley verse? And I was like, well, Wally's great, but Ralph hasn't been on a date yet. So, Ralph, you want to come on a date with me? And he's like, oh, yeah. Hey, can we can I plan the date? I just want to stand on a lawn and shoot kids with a wiffle ball who dare to step on it. We do that.

Yeah, I think the Ashley verse thing, the first time I heard it, I was like, that's kind of funny and cute. But then it happened like five more times. Like, okay, we can retire the Ashley verse. I feel like you're kind of slut-shaming Ashley. I don't even like that word, slut-shaming. I think you're date-shaming Ashley, sir, calling it an Ashley verse. You're the one bringing all these men on boats or buses from the casino. It's your fault.

So Ashley explains why she is bringing Ralph on a date. She says, "Someone being a bad kisser could like, could like correlate to like being like bad in bed. And like the first kiss that Ralph and I had, it was just like so sensual. And I just don't know what the difference was there. But I've done kissing bootcamps like I did with my ex-husband and they come in giving lizard and they are exing giving a romance novel." I'm like, "But look how that turned out with Michael. Okay.

You can take the lizard out of the tongue, but the tongue, take the tongue out of the lizard, but the lizard's still in the tongue. The point is this, if it's giving lizard tongue, there's going to be more lizard in there too. Okay. You don't just get a tongue. You can take the tongue out of the lizard, but then you just got a tongueless lizard. Who's going to be able to talk to that? Yeah. There's still lizard. There's more lizard attached to that tongue. Watch out. It's time for a commercial. It's time for a crappin's commercial.

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Speaking of that voice, Luann's like, as much as I've bonded with James, adore James. And James is like, yeah, I feel something real bad coming on right now, Luann. You better not say something bad about me. We're boyfriend and girlfriend.

I know. Well, Mark came all the way back from, I think, I don't know, Arabia. So I just figured I should go on a date with him. So you want to go on a date with me, Mark? And Mark is like, yeah. And he just jumps up and he hugs Luann. And Luann tells us, I think that Mark coming back says a lot.

It says, hey, I'm not afraid to wear a strange knit vest that I keep open half the time. I think he's really interested in me. I'm trepidatious about him. And he reminds me a lot of guys I dated in New York. But quite frankly, James is really freaking me out. I can't believe you let me hear what you're going on on the bellowing. They have like the polar opposite voices. I heard this like, hey, James, I'm sorry. I'm not going to take you on the bellowing. He's like, how dare you bellowing me?

How can you do that, Luan? Oh, man, I love Luan. So now it's boat time. And of course, Luan does the, it's me, I'm the king of the world. Near, far, wherever you line. Or...

So, and then of course, someone on a boat goes like, hey, Luann. He goes, oh my God, they know me. They know my music. You're welcome. Girl code. Oh, so Giselle is talking to Theo and the waves are bucking them around.

And Theo's like, you know what I think is going to happen? Let me tell you, as a doctor, I think he's going to turn into the waves. He's going to turn into them. Now, I don't know a thing about boats, but I have been on a boat. And that's what a guy said. They turn into the waves. And just I was like, whoa, research, research boner. I've got a research boner.

So then they've, and guess what? It does calm down. And so they drop anchor and the captain invites them to go swimming and fool around and whatnot. So they all are, they all start dancing on this boat, except for Shannon. Shannon's like, well, dancing, that seems a bit risque if you ask me. I mean, we're on national television. Yeah.

Shannon's like the only person in the world who watched Footloose and was like rooting for the mayor or whoever was trying to outlaw the dancing. John Lithgow and Diane Weiss were actually very underappreciated. Their stances had more merit than I think people realize. I still write Diane Weiss onto every write-in ballot that I'm allowed to send in crime-finding.

I told my daughters, you're not allowed to watch Footloose, but you can watch the independent production called Foot Tight, which was made in the Ozarks. So they're dancing and Earl's got his shirt open because, you know, there's like another guy or two there with like a really good body and their shirts are open. But Earl opens his and, you know, he's Earl. So he's just got Earl body. And Shannon's like, oh, wow.

Why is Earl dancing around the boat with his shirt unbuttoned? We don't do this. This is shirt tight. Shirt tight.

Oh, she was not liking that. And you know, this is what, like, Earl was sitting there, he's dancing, he's doing like a weird, like, shimmy thing. And this, you know, this is what was playing inside his head. Mooney, mooney, mooney, mooney, mooney, mooney, come on, come on. All right! And Shannon is just starting to spiral over this shirt. She's just like, I just, I can't, I can't. Look at him! And Ashley sees her, so she checks in with her. She's like, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm,

I'm okay. It's very difficult because there's a man in front of me with his shirt up and dancing to Moany Moany in his head. Is this what they do on the lakes? Please tell me this is not what they do on the lakes. Ash is like, you know, this could be Shannon's life if she does date Earl because Earl loves being on his boat. And Lynn's like, yeah, it's definitely not what I would want. A boat with Earl? Next, please.

well, call me an asshole, but I was raised proper. And you don't do that. You button up your shirt. Button it up. Of course, you didn't mind the hot guys doing it because the hot guys were like shirtless and Shannon was fine with that. But

Yeah, they were all shirtless. And so clearly Earl thought, all right, well, I'm going to do this because I'm going to live life to the fullest right now. I'm going to dance with some money money. And Shannon's just imagining him doing this on one of those little dinghies through Newport Beach. And she's like, I can't have the people see me with this man. I have to know that one day I can take my man to the wedding of one of my daughters and I will not do it if this is how he dances on

so it really was quite a sight though earl doing that dance it was like nobody did it nobody sat at home and said yes earl's got his shirt unbuttoned yeah yeah

but still it was, it was not just the unbuttoned. It was the dancing too. Like he was doing some, he was just dancing in a way that like was, I don't know what song they were playing, but he was not on the beat. I can just tell you that right now. It was like a weird Elaine Venice, like arms going up and to the side and all directions. Yeah. Bless his heart.

So, some of the guys jump off the boat. Theo jumps off the boat. And meanwhile, Luann and Mark are getting to know each other better. She's like, how is a guy like you still single, huh? And he's like, well, the lady I dated wanted to have kids.

Oh, there you go. There you go. How many do you have? Five? You were like, that's a no. You know, I always thought to myself, I would have Victoria and Noel sitting in the back seat and I'd say, you know, there's a third child missing. Just never happened. I hope they don't watch this and think to themselves they were never enough because I wouldn't want them to think that even though it was true. I mean, that's a great confession to make to somebody. I've never said it. I've always wanted a missing child. Yeah.

I've always wanted a child that wouldn't disappoint me. There, I said it. But, you know, no, Victoria, you're fine. There's no fame like being on the back of a milk carton, and I've just always wanted one of those myself. I just didn't know which one of them I should leave in the grocery store. So, that's my story. Sometimes I put my disco ball engineer cap on. I just hang it on top of a bottle of rosé and say, you're my third child now. It's fun.

By morning, it's gone. I named it Lauren. So Giselle and Shannon and Leo are all talking, or Theo. And Giselle's like, so how do you feel that we don't have much more time? Especially Earl over there, who's probably going to be dead by morning because Shannon can't stand to start being a bartender.

feels like well i think i'm just living in the actual moment for real oh okay that's interesting that's extremely dangerous because you know live in the moment you do things like i'm not done you know earl said that you were very chill and i got that vibe from you as well you're just so confident you're you're just so intelligent look how your buttons are so smartly in their buttonholes

I appreciate that you don't button your bottom button to your middle buttonhole. That's a nice change from Earl. Let me guess, not a leak person.

I don't know if you can tell by the way I am twirling my hair like Ariel in the mermaid of the seas. But I am sexually attracted to you, Theo. No, you're not looking at me. Okay, that's fine. Not Daryl the Pearl. So they're talking, Theo, and Ashley thinks Theo's very handsome. And Luan's like, well, listen, I'm a nurse. And let me tell you, doctors are just too busy.

Good Lord. Who wants a man with a career who's intelligent? Give me a skinny Santa wearing Aladdin gear. That's what I call hot. Have you ever seen a doctor who knows two chords on a guitar that he plays over and over again and makes lyrics like, love hotel, love hotel, love hotel, oh, love hotel? I don't think so.

So then Ashley, she puts on a gold thong bikini and twirls around for Ralph. And he's like, oh, and he is excited about this. He does his Sanford and son, which I don't think is a reference she's going to really get. But yeah, I think that's what it was. I don't get it.

I didn't get it either because, you know, I never really saw Sanford and Sons because growing up we had an antenna on the TV and we didn't have cable or anything. So the reruns for Sanford and Sons was on a channel that we didn't get in. It was always staticky. So there's like a whole series of shows that just, you know, eluded me. It's very sad. G.I. Joe, Sesame Street. G.I. Joe? Sanford and Sons.

Yeah, G.I. Joe was on Channel 11. I didn't like that one. Good. Good. I just felt like that was just too straight-coded. I feel like that show gay-bashed me. I always liked the show Mask. Already in the name. It was about the G.I. Joe knockoff where they would have cool things like a car that would shoot

Oh, God. Remember when they had like G.I. Joe G.I. Joe month at McDonald's and that's what you got in your happy meal. Oh, my God. I was like, bring back the fucking Barbie so they could kick the shit out of this G.I. Joe's. I would save them both and just wait and then I'd have the Barbies came up on the G.I. Joe's and just beat the shit out of them. Speaking of Ariel.

Speaking of Ariel, I will never forget when in 1989, when we, there was a little mermaid happy meal tie in and you got like a little, little, you got a little mermaid figurine. I got Ariel and I remember I brought her to a family trip on Arizona and then my bedroom had a big bathtub and I did a bubble bath.

And I brought Ariel in there and I played with Ariel. I made her go up and down through the water. It was just like the gayest thing that like a little boy could do. Oh, fucking Ariel. I mean, I love Little Mermaid and I didn't like hate Ariel or anything, but I was definitely an octopus kid. Of course. I loved her. Yeah, but that's all like, but I, it's just what McDonald's gave me. So I had to put her in. What was her name? Why can't I remember her name? Ursula. Ursula the Sea Witch. Yes. I loved her. Yeah. No, if I'd gotten Ursula, it would have been a whole different story. But, you know,

Listen, you can't control what McDonald's is going to give you in a Happy Meal, and I was given Ariel. You take what life gives you. You know what, you guys? Listen, I feel bad for the people who got the seagull.

Oh, God, the seagull. Yeah, the seagull wasn't a good one. I agree. Sorry. Flandre, decent. I think Flandre's a good one. Yeah, Flandre's a cutie pie. Flandre would be a good one. Why didn't they give us the chef? Les poissons, les poissons, how I love les poissons. Love to chop and to serve little fish. First I cut off their head, then I take off their bones.

Oh, God, I didn't realize how much I love that song, but I really do. Really love it. And they actually got that from the live action movie, and I'm still not okay with it. That's shocking. That's such a famous song. Rene Abdujoie.

Well, that's terrible. Also, by the way, anyone who got Sebastian? Not Sebastian. Sebastian, the lobster? No, not Sebastian. Sebastian was great. The lobster, yeah. Or the crab? I'm sure that was probably a great one to get for your happy meal. Yeah, that was a good one. Well, but unfortunately, you just got another Ariel. So then we go to Ashley and she's like, I have a really physical connection with Ralph. Do you?

You just said he had a lizard tongue. You just kicked him out of your room and lied about having your period to get away from him. Literally five minutes ago. No, but look, we've both been married. We both have our children. And, you know, like, we're just like looking for like, what's after that? Like, does that mean I care about Ralph? I mean, he gives me butterflies. That's like the lowest bar.

It's like you have children walk through a grocery store. You see everybody thinking the same things like, well, I'm married and I have children. What's next? I mean, you could fuck any of those people. Leave Ralph. Any of them. Yeah.

Yeah, seriously. So Giselle sits with Earl. She's like, how are things going with you? Ah, I saw you dancing to Money Money over there. It was scary. Don't do that again. He's like, wow, I think it's going fantastic. I mean, she's showing affection and she said sweetie for the first time today, which was amazing. And I saw her look at a plate of crudités and she was about to tell me to eat one and then she stopped herself. So I think we're in a good place. Yeah.

I'm going to name a boat after her. So Mark's talking about how he wants to go out in New York and do something fun. And the man's like, the Big Apple? Where are you going to take me? Mm-hmm.

Oh, Minetta Tavern? Oh, that's my favorite. I love Minetta Tavern. What a place. Oh, and Ralph, where are you going to take me? I don't know. I was kind of thinking about Golden Corral or maybe Caro's. Oh, well, that's, I'm sure, as lovely as Minetta Tavern, whatever that is. But yes, I'm very excited for your lake restaurants. Well, Earl has offered to make me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on a pontoon, so...

He said something about Margaritaville. I don't know. I know that's a song. Is that also a dining establishment? Uh, uh, uh.

So Mark kisses Lou Anne because they both love the same restaurant. So finally we found out what turns Mark on and that is a decent appetizer. So they finally make out because last week she was like, oh really Mark? They brought you back. You haven't even kissed me. He's like, really? She goes, yeah. I mean, come on, just let what on me. And he's like, really? And she's like, oh God, I'm going to poop. I can't even take this. I brought him back for nothing. Get him out.

You know, Mark did show me that he likes me with his beautiful kiss that he planted on me. There is some chemistry with Mark. We both love Minetta Tavern. Oh, yeah, Minetta Tavern. So good. I'm glad Shannon gave him the key because I want to suss Mark out a little bit more, see what other restaurants he likes. Maybe he...

enjoys the regency on a wednesday night i don't know just saying well maybe not maybe i won't move so fast with james i might need to take a little break on this one hey luanne where you going out like a tavern oh what about what about if i sing songs in the carlisle cafe get out of here loser

So now they're all gathering at the lounge area. So Shannon emerges in her nautical pajamas and she's like, well, everyone, I walked into the glass. I don't know if you heard, but

I guess this is sort of like my life. I see an open door and I go bounding forward and it turns out there's a barrier there. A barrier I didn't even see. And I still don't quite understand it, but I have a bruise and I'm disoriented. My. I was walking into the lounge and I saw a beautiful version of me, kind of a ghost. I thought, am I dead? Am I dead? Have I died? And I started walking towards myself just to touch my gorgeous face. I ran towards it. It was glass. It was glass. It was not a ghost. It was a reflection.

Really? The only thing back there that's glass is a wall of glass bricks. Well, I thought it was ice cubes, honestly. I was trying to make myself a cocktail. God, you almost made a huge mistake and said, Brick House! I want to see Earl dance again, please.

So I guess no one else walked into the glass? Okay, that's great. So, okay, let's see. You all have men that you're sexually attracted to and you don't walk into glass windows. And I am with Earl and I can't tell the difference between a wall and a window. Great. Could maybe someone suggest that that bellhop who keeps speaking to us every day just cover me in wood decks. Y'all save yourselves a lot of time.

"Oh, I always wanted a nose job and I guess I got one free of charge!" Is anyone noticing that my nose is touching my cheek now? I can't wait to tell my... I can't wait to tell Earl that my nose got a job quicker than he did. So, Ashley's walking with Wale and she's like, "Do you want to go to my room?" And he's like, "Yes, finally." So they go up to the room and then Theo sits down with Phil and Mitch and he's like, "Well..."

That was an adventure for sure. I mean, we're on a boat. It was choppy at first. And I said, don't worry, it's going to be less choppy soon. And then it stopped. It was pretty magical.

It was crazy. It was life-changing. Life-changing stuff happening over there. So James is like, I missed you. I missed you, Luann. She's like, well, I missed you too. But I did have a good time with Mark. I have to say, I'm not going to lie. I'm not going to lie. What a great time. And he's like, what a bummer. God. So Mark felt like he broke through whatever it was. And now he's got something with Luann. Now they're going to go into the water together. Yeah.

Hey, Mark, where are you going? He's like, I'm going to go to the bar. You want to join? Sure. Maybe I can find my daughter Lauren there. Just look for the bottle of rosé with a hat on it. So then Ashley is up in her room and she's like sitting with Wale getting to know him. And she's like,

"Um, so now that I've known you for like six days, what's your life like at home? I can't picture it." You're only just finding this out now. He's like, "Well, I probably wake up at 7:30, but I'm not getting out of bed, you know, because I don't get out of bed unless like the sun makes me do it, you know. I take a shower, I sing in the shower, it's release. And if it's an office day, I go to the office. I'll pick up my niece. She'll hang out at my house."

I'm like, well, you really have to maybe, but let's, let's maybe put on some charm here. If you're trying to win her back.

Yeah, like sell it a little bit. I mean, God. She's like, oh my God, I love hearing that he has a normal life in Rhode Island. Like, okay, you're not selling it either, really. Ashley's not moving to Rhode Island anytime soon. She's on a successful show. She doesn't have to relocate to the Real Housewives of Rhode Island. Yeah, sorry, Dolores. No offense. So then you heard about that, right? Yes, I did. Oh my gosh. Is that true? That cannot be true. No, I don't think she's going to move. I think she's going to do just like a...

she'll probably show up and be like, oh, I know this girl from here. They're all such good friends. This is what sisterhood is. Okay, bye. You know, then leave with, you know, everybody's leftovers from the table. She'll put them in some Tupperware and throw them in a purse and she'll be out of there. I think that's 100% what will happen. It's like when Phaedra appeared on the first season of Dubai. Commercials. Here comes one right now.

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So as she's saying how she can really see Wale being a real partner for her in so many senses of the word. I'm like, I don't know if there's more senses to it, but the more she says that she can see Wale being a real partner for me, the less convinced I am that she's attracted to him at all. I'm like, you're just trying to convince yourself at this point.

Yeah. So now they go back to the lounge area and she sits by James and Wale is like, oh, he was supposed to be holding that with Luann. And she's like, nah, she's out with Mark. Whatever. And Ashley's like, oh, I'm glad you know. I didn't want to have to tell you. He goes, I don't worry. She loves me. Luann loves me. I know that. So it's all good. She's just being nice to him.

Yeah. And then Luanne, meanwhile, Luanne and Mark are talking by the bar and she goes, you know, Mark, I do what I want. I'm free. If I want to go to Minetta Tavern, I'll go to fucking Minetta Tavern. But at the same time, if I want to be with somebody, I will be because I'm loyal to the end. That's who I am as a person, a loyal cabaret star. Yeah.

um back to ashley and james she's like oh my god what if they connect he's like well i mean i don't know i mean i already consider her my girlfriend so i told her you're my girlfriend so what happens if i decided to be with a woman i'm a serial monogamous serial everyone's like girlfriend they're all just like shocked yeah it's an

Ralph is like, yeah, they're like, what is going on? So James is like, yeah, I know if I want to be with you. Look, that's why I look at you as my girlfriend at this moment. That's just who it is. That's how it goes. And now she's like, damn, okay, whatever. So Luann's talking to Mark and she's like, well, when I walk into the room, does your heart go a boopity boop?

That's probably the lyrics to my new song. It's called Scatting. It's called Scatting, not in the modern way. So James is like, well, she chooses Mark. She's not coming back to me, that's for sure. Because I don't know nobody who wants sloppy seconds. That ain't my deal. I'm no sloppy second.

Wouldn't she be the sloppy second? Because you got laid last week. So wouldn't she be considered sloppy seconds to Mark? Yes. Didn't they bone last week? Because they covered the camera and everything. She would be sloppy seconds. He's not. Well, also by James saying, I don't want somebody sloppy seconds. That's like...

That's also implying that like Mark has chosen Luann and then discarded Luann. It's like, no, Luann is the one in power here. You're the return shirt. Okay. You're the guy. You're the one that she tried on, didn't like, and is now taking back to. You are the sloppy seconds. Yeah. You're the discarded first. Yeah. So.

So Luanne, meanwhile, is getting really close into Mark's face. Luanne is so strange when she's courting. I don't feel like we ever really saw this, but she's like right up in Mark's face and she's like, Bonjour, papillon, papillon, bonjour, aujourd'hui, je danse, je chante, bonjour, je m'appelle Luanne. Gouda, gouda, pan au chocolat. Wow, that's sexy.

And now, it's the return of Joel the Bellhop. He's like, hi, everybody. How's the boat? All right. Well, we brought a very special group of people in to help ladies make decisions. It's their friends and family.

So Cynthia Bailey comes out for Luann. Cal comes out for Giselle. Adeline and Sophie come out for Shannon. And then Ashley's new gay, who has not really been part of Bravo long enough to have his name be remembered. Yet he is here as well. I think he made his debut this past season. The chyron's like, random white gay for Ashley. Yeah.

But yeah, I don't remember him, but she insists that they've been like best friends forever. So...

Yeah. I mean, I guess maybe we saw him at her. We saw him. Yeah. Like her, but you know, he's not a good gay cause he's doing things like, you know what you should do? Open a sportswear line with Giselle and call it GNA. So I feel like he's a bad advice gay. He was not very impactful for us. Um, so everyone's hugging and everyone's happy. Like, Oh my God, this is so happy. This is so great to see you. And, um,

Shannon's daughters come up to her and Sophie's like, are you crying, mom? Don't cry. I'm just, I'm, I'm, I'm crying because I'm happy to see you. And I'm just a part of the tear that's also thinking about what my life would be like on a lake and how you probably would never visit me if I went there. Would you ever? You're just so young and so beautiful and you have so many options that aren't named Earl. And it just, I'm just so happy for you.

Go ahead and live your lives. Please, please go have fun. Because if you don't, you're going to wind up with a man named Earl the Pearl who dances with a shirt off to Moany Moany. Don't be like me. Run, daughters, run. I just want you to tell your children one day you had a grandmother and now she's the lady in the lake, the bottom of the lake, calling out for other women who have no other options to just walk into the lake until they're gone and nobody sees them again.

Could you imagine getting on a boat and you try to escape the lake, but you can't because you're bound in because it's a lake. There's nowhere to go. Just in circles.

Circles around the snapping turtle. So Joel is like, hi, okay, sit with your friends on the couch, okay. Oh, wow. Wow, this is very exciting. The bellhop arranged to have all our friends here today. He's like, yeah. Well, as you know, your friends are here on a journey to find their happily ever after, blah, blah, blah. So, hey, Cal, how do you know Giselle? And Cal's like, um, I was friends with her husband, ex-husband, ah.

Yeah. Ex-husband. Yeah. Okay, cool. Cynthia Bailey needs no introduction because you're on every show on Bravo right now. Okay. Who else is next? These two girls. What's your, what's your deal? Yeah. And so we meet the girls and then, um, Ashley talks about brand being such a huge part of her life and all that. So now they have to go on dates and the guy, the friends and family get to pick the dates. Right. So, um,

That's what they're going to do. So now Cal is talking to Theo and he's like, so how do you find love in a couple of weeks? Like, that's crazy, right? How are you just like, I'm going to go on a show and find love. And Leo's like, well, you got to put yourself out there. And maybe the universe is kind enough to send you someone who's not just using you for your medical degree and your riches. And then Phil walks over and Giselle's like, Cal, this is Phil. And Cal's like, oh, yeah.

Hey, what book have you been reading, Phil? He's like, it's a book about Bel-Air. Bel-Air Quarterly. The sheets are made of gold, so it's a very, very heavy book to read. But it's a good one. Daniel Steelworthy.

So then Shanna introduces her girls to Earl. And Sophie's like, so, um, what's the, like, what's going on? Hi, Earl. And he's like, hi there. And then inside, Cal is asking Phil some more questions. He's like, so, where are you from? He's like, I'm from Phoenix, which you may recognize as a city that's not inside. So you're into fashion? Oh, yes. Very, very much so. How?

And then Luann is sitting with Cynthia and James and also Mark. And James is like sitting right next to Cynthia and he's like, reeling.

really on top of her and he's got his hand on Cynthia's back and everything and Cynthia sort of like politely moves his hand like off of her and everything and it's like he's definitely being too handsy he's being weird yeah he is being weird and so he's like well I've been married twice I've got two daughters my youngest is 27 you've got a you've got a um a disc that might be a little loose by the way okay you can get your hand off me okay that would be great that would be great so uh

So then Earl meanwhile is telling the girls, he's like, well, I have a house in Lawrenceville, Georgia, which is about 30 minutes outside of Atlanta. And I do a lot of fun stuff there. I mean, I got tickets to the Falcons. I also like to try to talk to Falcons that I see in the neighborhood and you know, I love plays. Oh God. Hey, have you ever seen the sisters Rosen swag? Oh my goodness. What a great play.

They should call it Arsenic and New Lace because that never gets old. I'll tell you right now. You know, we got concerts out there. Everyone comes to Lawrenceville, right? Susan Boyle. Susan Boyle. You ever go to a Susan Boyle concert? God.

I nearly lost my composure at that one. A lot of fun that we have in Lawrenceville. And Adeline's like, where do you see yourself in 10 years? He's like, ah, you know, I'm either going to be in or open some geriatric daycare centers. Not really sure. I guess time will tell. Am I right? Wouldn't Shannon be great there? Hey, Shannon, you want to work at some geriatric fun time centers? Well, that's great. Wow. So now I'm not only going to die in a lake, it's going to be with geriatric people.

With a view of the lake. You know, where I see myself in 10 years, it's hard to say. It all is going to depend on, you know, the financial stability of Red Lobster. If they can pull themselves out of this hole, I'll be right there at the counter eating a cheesy biscuit. Well, Mom, my daughters have seen it all. They were there when I was married to their father, first of all. And they've been through my entire past relationship with user, boozer, and loser, John Jansen. So I'm excited to see what their thoughts are about Red Lobster.

You know, for me, I just, I'm always wanting to do more, but it's just, I don't have a lot of time. I don't have a lot of time left to do the things that I really want to do. I mean, if I had my dream, it would be to do a one-man play based off of the hit CBS show, Criminal Minds. God, that would be a great show. Here's an idea I've had. I want to do Moby Dick, but with the music from Oklahoma and set in a lake.

How about Moby Dick, but instead of Captain Ahab chasing a whale in the ocean, it's someone on a lake trying to scoop up a can that someone threw in there. It just keeps getting away from the little net. They're like, let's move the pontoon, but then the can floats a little bit farther away. It's a captivating story if you think about it.

So now Cal is still quizzing Phil and Giselle's like, okay, let's rank things in importance. Food, sex, sleep. And Phil's like, I would say belly up, belly up, belly up. Hmm, that's not quite the answer I was looking for. I was going to say sex, sleep, food. Sex, no.

Well, who chooses sex first? Food is number one. Food, sleep, sex. I think that's it. I know everybody wants to seem like 100% sexually viable, especially on these shows, like as people start to age, like, my vagina works, my penis works, you know, like they're very excited, like, I have sex 20 times a day! No, you don't. Nobody believes it, and nobody needs it, okay? You want your food, your sleep, and then you'll fuck sometimes. Yeah, exactly.

So Theo's like, well, I could go without sleep. And she's like, no, sleep is very important to me. Yeah.

Which apparently Giselle is like Cal says that she's in bed by eight o'clock and she's like, no, they're like, okay, nine 30. But I'd never pegged. I never really thought about it either way, to be honest about what time Giselle goes to bed. But she apparently is an early to bed person. Best way to live. Best way to live early to bed. Late to rise makes a man poor. Probably not too wise, but well, well rested.

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