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of production experience. Twice a week on Reality with the King, we'll sit down with my friends across the entertainment industry, recap our favorite reality shows, and revisit unforgettable moments that we are still talking and tweeting about. Hey, rain Drops. On today's episode of The King, you all have me all to yourselves. Yes, now, I know it's been a minute since I did a solo episode because with a lot going on with New Jersey, I had to bring

on special guests. So that all of you who swear up and down I'm on Teresa Julyi's payroll, that I'm up Teresa's ass that I bring on people. So which one is it? Do I bring on people to talk shit about Teresa or am I up Teresa's ass? And I'm biased. I'm confused, child, I really I don't know which direction or the wind that I'm blowing in. Am my teen Teresa or a'm my anti Teresa. Look, I know it's strange for some people to realize that. Look, I am a real friend to Teresa. Okay, So I

want to talk about Jersey really fast. Although I ended the conversation last week with David from the Behind the Velvet Roa podcast, and we'll get into that in a second. And then after that, you know, I want to talk about the Real House Squash of Orange County because this season is spectacular. I'm loving the season. Okay, first things first, maybe you all don't understand the definition of a friendship. I am not on Teresa's payroll. I'm on my own payroll, honey,

because I own my own company. Thank you. So now she's not paying me. Okay, I'm not up Teresa's ass. I have a mind of my own. And I said this in nauseum that my friendship with Teresa is not predicated on me agreeing with everything she does. I tell you, guys, all the time that I'm one of the few people who am who's able to really tell Teresa when things are right, wrong or indifferent. We have that friendship and that's why she loves me and she respects me. So no,

I'm not on her payroll. I have an opinion, and I'm sorry. My opinion, Hey, Tammer, judge, my opinion is there is no Jersey without Teresa. There is no peanut butter without jelly. There is no halt without oats. Okay, like it is what it is. I'm sorry, and I'm never going to like apologize, although I just said I'm sorry. I'm not apologizing though, I'm sorry if you all don't understand that I have an opinion, okay about that, And look, it's okay to disagree with me. That's why I love you,

rain drops. It's okay to disagree with me. But to make these false accusations that I'm on her payroll, it's hilarious and it's crazy. I strongly feel there's no Jersey without Teresa, just like some of you all feel like she needs to be gone. That's fine. I've had guests on my podcasts who says she should stay. I've had guests of my podcasts, who says she should leave? I have guess on my podcasts, so our team, Teresa, I've had guests on my podcast to our team, Melissa, I

am a journalist. Hey Portia, Hey Tamar Braxon. I'm a journalist, and as a journalist, what I was trying to do these past couple of weeks was to give you all a different opinion from the people who are also podcast hosts, entertainment journalists, and fans of the show, because I wanted you all to hear a very different opinion other than my own. Okay, and I think think I succeeded in that, right,

So there you have it. Now. Look, as of the past couple of days, a lot of the housewives have been on a press tour to fight for their jobs. Child Once they were allowed to do these interviews, honey, what's the season end? They all said, please please put a microphone in my face so I can tell you all about how I feel. So Margaret and Melissa went on to teas in a pod high Tamera, High Teddy, and pretty much try to get in front of the story in the event that they may not be asked

back to the show. Melissa has said this verbatim and I quote because of all the rumors that are out there, I am fully prepared for anything. I think I would realize that I'm gonna insert She's gonna say Teresa's name, but I'll insert it. I think I would realize that Teresa and I are two extremely different characters. So if Bravo decides to go that route and kind of the darker, whatever it is, route, then I need to say, this is not a show that I want to be on anyway,

which it truly isn't. I do not want to be on it. I do not want to be on that toxic shit. So as long as she is there and that whole thing will come Girl, are you calling Teresa a thing and that whole thing will come back? I wouldn't find it as a loss. Ladies, gentlemen, and they, this is what happens when you are afraid of being on the chopping blog and you're trying to get a

hit of the story. Melissa knows, because she's a very smart, pretty girl, she knows that her time may be up on this show, and like similar housewives who have come and gone, what she is doing is trying to get ahead of it so that if the axe comes down on her, then she would have said, see, I told you guys, I did not want to come back anyway, because let's have a real conversation. Melissa enjoys the cameras more than Kodak. I mean, it is what it is,

and there's nothing wrong with it. You know, there's nothing wrong for being thirsty. There's nothing wrong but being dehydrated. There's nothing wrong with, you know, wanting the fame. It's not every day that a middle aged woman is able to have a second win in life, and that is being a housewife. And this is a really big reality gig to have. It's the biggest reality gig to have. And we're all being honest because the moment you're a housewife,

you are instantly famous, like overnight success. You know what I'm saying. You're marinated, you know, you are stuck in the refrigerator, honey, overnight like my oats, and you are cooked up and you're brought out and then you get to sprout and become a star. You are a fully

cooked star. You go from anonymity to a powerhouse in a matter of weeks and months, and there is no way in the world that Melissa would turn down an opportunity to get back on that show, because there's no difference between what happened last season when her and Theresa where I was and Bravo said, y'all both coming back, and you said, Okay, last season, not this one. That

rap the season before that was much more darker. So when she talks about this toxic shit and if Bravo wants to go the darker route, Melissa, you are the darker route. You being on the show was a dark route? Are you kidding me? Melissa? And I like you, I think you're pretty. You are the dark route that they decided to cast opposite of Teresa. The show was always hints of like mystery and darkness in a sense with Danielle style. You know the country club and the book

and you know prostitution whore engaged seventeen nineteen times. You know, the show was never Pollyanna. But Melissa, they didn't bring you on the show for your outfits, like what are we talking about? You were brought on the show because you were a dark route that they wanted to go down the road in to give the star of this show, Teresa Judais you know, the main marquee moment. You have been the dark route for the entirety of your presence

on the show. So to sit up there in front of Tamra and Teddy and make those comments, it's just as confusing as the NB Fashion Show. I just don't understand it, and I find myself to be a very smart guy. And again, I like it with people keep it real. I love that Cynthia Bailey, for example, has said Rabo wanted me to be a friend of so I said no, thank you, and I walked away from the show. You know, that's honesty. I like it when the women are honest. Robin Dixon said, I was fired

from the show. They did not want me back. I got fired. That's honesty. There's power in honesty. And I think the reason why you know, it's a hard pill to swallow, like my vitamin D take that as you may, wink wink U double ton drum, but it's the reason why it's a hard pill to swallow for some of the people who may not like Melissa, is because we like honesty. And I think Teresa's somebody. If Teresa was

to ever get let go up from the show. I don't think Teresa would say, Hi, guys, love love love, love, love you. I decided to take a break from the show to focus on me, my kids going to college, and Louis like, I don't see Teresa doing that. Teresa would be like, look, Bravo did not want me. They decided that they wanted to go in a different direction. I thank them for the many years of being on the show. I'm looking forward to my next chapter, like

Teresa is gonna keep it funky. And the fact that Melissa isn't is the reason why there is this debate in terms of does Melissa really have fans or are Melissa fans just Teresa Hayters? Does that make sense? Like does Melissa Gorga have fans or are Melissa Gorga fans just Teresa Hayters who are by default fans of hers. Because I don't understand any of this commentary, I would have a firm Melissa say, look, I love the show.

I love doing the show. Yes, the show needs to change if they want me and Teresa to come back. I respect the powers that be. They know more than I do, and I will be a willing participant in trying to make the best show possible because at the end of the day, I love this show. I love this gig. It's a second win for me and my family, and I want to be able to rye this bitch into the sunset. That's what should have been said. And when you talk to Teresa, for example, so Teresa said

this on Live with Kelly and Mark Kelly Ripper. That is she said, no, I'm not leaving. I started the show, and when Bravo wants me to leave, that's when I'll leave. That's called honesty, transparency, truthfulness, that's what that is called. So if Teresa's not asked back to the show, she said it right there, I will leave when Bravo wants me to leave. So that you have it there, you have it. Should Teresa leave, Should Melissa leave? Y'all know

how I feel? Let me know in the comments. Okay, all right, shifting gears, we have to talk about the most recent episode of the Real Housewives of Orange County. If you are not watching The Real Housewives of of Orange County, you are missing out. It is a fantastic season. It's tense across the board. There has not been one filler episode. The star of this season goes to Gina, bitch, Yes, Gina is I'm loving Gina. I'm loving Gina. Gina is funny,

She's she's clocked in. Gina is being authentic and funny. Gina is like Lucille Ball. To me, Gina is funny without even trying to be funny. She is hilarious. She's clumsy, her outfits and her confessionals are questionable, but I love

the fact that she can own it. She is a contradiction of herself because the way she befriended Katie and then dissc Katie when Heather checked her, talked shit about Emily behind her back, and then, when confronted, tried to backpedal, Like, these are all things that I love and a complex housewife. She is having the best season ever. Gina is the star of the Real Housewives of Orange County this season. She is a joy to watch. I want to see more of her. Seriously, I've always liked her, but I

wasn't a stand right. It's kind of how I feel about Heather bro. I don't dislike Heather Debro. I think HEATHERN. Debro's having another great season. I think she's a great housewife, right, I'm not a Heather Debro stand right because you know, again, I just spoke about Teresa Icon legend, Force Multiplier, Judies. I like a woman who you know, stands up and like no, this is how I feel and fuck you,

like I don't care what you think. And Heather sometimes goes back and forth with it because she cares so much about her image, which again, she makes a great housewife for that. But I would have loved if she would have said, like, look, bitch, do I call the paparazzi? And if I do, who gives a shit? I'm a celebrity.

All celebrities do. If j Loo allegedly can call the paparazzi while she's in the Hampton's riding a bicycle licking an ice cream cone, then why can't me and my husband that's on botched go to Disneyland and take a picture as I'm pointing at a star in the sky. That's what I will have love and have that to have said. But I digress. Gina is the star of

the show this season. I'm loving her. The dynamic with her and Emily is so interesting because Emily and Gina are the Tamra and Shannon of the season in the sense of they're real life best friends who are funny together, but they're also able to call each other out when they were playing pickleball. I love the fact that they were able to have this intense conversation and then get

emotional about it and was able to resolve it. That's the type of friendships this show needed, and these two ladies are definitely the reason for the season because it's so real and it's so amazing that I would love to see more of that dynamic on the show. It's it's spectacular, it really is. It really is. So shout out to Gina, this is your best season. The award goes to you, baby. Now, Gina, with this award, go

to the pawn shop, okay and get the money. Hire a stylist, baby, higher stylists because you got to invest in yourself. Hi, you're a stylist, Okay, and have them pull looks for you. There's always some stylists in Los Angeles who is on the come up and he, she or they. They need to be able to work with one housewife so that their bulletin on their Instagram is

able to showcase their their reach. Okay, they need a portfolio, just like Tarred Banks taught the top models how to go on a look see and get their portfolio together so that when they leave the show they can have a book of the best photos. A lot of these stylists in Los Angeles needs that, and Gina, you need one. Okay, invest in yourself, invest in some maybeling, invest in a pressing curl, invest in a shampoo, wash, wash out the die, and you have all the potential in the world, sister,

But we got to work on these confessional looks. Baby. I appreciate the fact that you acknowledge that silver number was not as silber fox. Okay, it was awful, But but you have potential. Okay, just know that. Know that, So take the money that you're gonna make from Elizabeth var Ogust, you know, selling her home, and invest in a stylist. Okay, baby, you're welcome. Now let's get into the Tamar Judge and Shannon of it all. Y'all know, I love Tamra, but one thing about me, like Teresa,

I'm always going to keep it a buck. Tamar is very harsh on Shannon, and it's uncomfortable to watch at times because Tamra is constantly giving digs, okay, And while I understand that, unfortunately we did not see all of the history of Shannon's alleged alcohol issues the way Tamar has as the audience. And again this is when I'm being very fair and balanced. As the audience, we haven't seen as much as Tamar has, okay, And I think Tamra's frustrations is rooted in love, right, because she she

has seen more. They're best friends, they hang out, they went on tour together, So Tamra has seen way more than we the audience have, right. But as the audience, we look as Shannon as a wounded bird. And to know that this person who at one time was your best friend, who is constantly doing dig by dig by dig it is a lot. It's it's a lot, and

at some moments it is uncomfortable to watch. And I think what Tamra has to realize is the fact that in order for us the audience, to understand the venom that Tamar has for Shannon, we have to be let in in a very calm and concise way in terms of what we're what she has witnessed, because all we see is Tamra giving it to poor little Shannon. And while Shannon isn't innocent by any means, you can tell

that she's going through a lot, right. She's going through having DUI, She's going through John suing her for seventy five thousand dollars. She's going through not being in a relationship. She's going through the demise of her friendship with Tamra, and she's going through the fact that she's like, well, fuck not gotta hang out with Heather, Like, who That's not fun? That's that's you know, that's not fun. Heather's

not a fun girl. You know, she has nice gowns and a nice house, but happit, the bra is not getting on top of the naked, wasted flipping her top and running you know, in the pool, skinny dipping. So Shannon's going through a lot this season. And when I look at Shannon, I do look at someone who is trying to find their place, not only on this show, but on this earth. I think Shannon is very sad. So let's remove the show for a second. I think Shannon is very sad about the state of her life.

She's an empty nester, a divorcee, and she lost a man that she was with for many years, and I think Shannon is lonely. And again, I'm not here making excuses for her. But when I look at her, I see someone who is lonely and to me, somebody who was also crying out for help. And I think the one thing she wants from Tamra is to yes, hold her accountable, but also to hold her physically, physically hold her and tell her that everything is going to be okay.

I think bare minimum what Shannon is yearning for is for Tamor to just say to her, I have my opinions. I don't think what you did was right. However, I'm not going to tell you that right now because what you don't need in this moment is another I told you so. What you need in this moment is a friend. And what I can do as your friend is take five minutes, hold you and tell you that everything is

going to be okay. And then when the cameras are rolling, bitch, I'm gonna cuss you out, you know, like, because Tamer's gonna make good TV. Hey, there's no show without Tamer either. Let's be very clear. Tamer's making good TV. Guys. Let's not forget that either. Okay, she has to give us some good things to talk about, because without Tamra, come on, now,

there's only so much work Gina can do. Okay. So I did like the fact that Tamra and Shannon hugged it out because I do believe that there was love there and Shannon also and Tamar's defense and Tamar's defense when she was fired from the show, Shannon stopped talking to her. And that's when I tell you guys all the time that these housewives, they're friendships are predicated on our alliances, and that the only real friendships across all housewives was Robin Dixon and Giselle Bryant and then you

have Marisol and Alexia from Miami Housewives. That's it. That's the only true, genuine, I love you, die hard friendships that without this show, we will be friends. Okay. What Tamara's suffering through is the fact that she knows that deep down inside, Shannon may not love her the way that Tamara loves Shannon, and that's tough, and that's tough,

and that's very tough. My hope is that they're able to work it out, because what's not working out for me so far is Katie Katie, I give your food, Baby, I don't. I don't know if I see it from its Katie girls, rain Drops, what do y'all think? Katie? You may be a one season wonder. Where is Noela? I want to see Noela. I don't, Katie. I'm trying, Baby, I'm trying. Baby. I need CPR, baby, Baby, I need something to wake me up before our go go. Give me wham, give me a V eight let me stand

up straight. I need, Katie, what are you going to bring besides a text message of somebody confirming that I have to call the paparazzi. That was a cute moment, but I'm gonna need more from your baby. The jury is still out, but Katie, I'm gonna need some more. But again, please rain Drops. If you're not watching, watch the Real Housewatch of Orange County. It is by far the best housewives on television today. Okay, and news, rain Drops.

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