Two Ts Presents: Popping Off: VPR Ep 10 + Vanderpump Villa Ep 1

Hi, guys, this is Teddy Mellencamp and I'm joined by my friend Emily Simpson for our new spinoff show, Popping Off, where we are digging deep on this season of vander Pump Rules.

Hi guys, welcome to Popping Off with Emily Simpson, and Teddy is not in today, so my co host will be.

Your favorite person of all time.

I knew that she would introduce herself that way. I was just waiting. That's why I just pause. You are my favorite person of all time. Thank you for filling in. I appreciate it. And by the way, thank you for doing it last minute. I think we were like texting you yesterday like please fill in.

Yes, that's what best friends are for.

Boo, now you will be right. I do all right, happy, Well, thank you. Okay, let's start with the headlines. First of all, it's the twenty twenty four VPR reunion looks. They are here and at Queens of Bravo posted the looks. So Gina, since you're such a fashion icon, thank you, thank you. What do you think I I mean? First, let's go with Arianna and Katie. Arianna definitely likes the skin showing look like she's got like the whole mesh thing going on.

But totally I'm just pulling it up because there was an updated one. Okay, my Actually my favorite was Katie.

I know me too. I like the silver.

She looked really beautiful.

And elegant, and I really like and appreciate her like Edgier style, but this was a way that I have not seen her look. Yeah, I was very surprised by it. Pleasantly surprised by it. I thought, she's like beautiful. Let's be honest. The women in vander Pumkast, they were all stunning. Absolutely, they really can't, you know. But but I do think that I was the most surprised by Katie.

And I do feel like Lala's stunningly beautiful woman.

But I feel like I would have expected a little bit more of a bang.

From La La, but she's like more sex appeal, more showing.

It just was a little it was very like late and feminine for her, So that was very interesting.

I do like Sheena's gold. She looks like a golden Globe award.

She does.

Yeah, like the Statue of Liberty a bit very real. All right, Great, the man look great.

I mean they look like I like that James looks like he's ready for Easter love.

He looks like he does he does look like a peep. Yeah, he's a pastel peep peep. Yeah, all right. Vander Pump Villa Cass says there show isn't vander Pump Rules. A Business Insider article states, Lisa vander Pump tells Business Insider, when we created vander Pump Rules, it was about an existing group of friends. This isn't that and vander Pump Villa. No one except for Hannah and Mark knew each other before being thrown together to create travel memories for extremely

I mean, I jack that I do think that Jackson Saucy definitely hold weight.

I mean even today, they haven't.

Been on the showing years and yet you say that name and they're directly linked to vander Pump associated with it, and now with the you know, the revamping with the Valley, I mean, they are making you know, waves and headlines even now today, years and years later. So like, I certainly think that they paid their dues and they're iconic. I don't know if Marciano and Hannah I think we're going there yet.

I agree, I don't know if they've I don't know if they've earned that title yet. I mean, you've been on the show for two minutes, right, like, maybe take take a little seat just for a minute.

Emily didn't even remember your name yet. I was like, but I also do feel that it's more uh that will be claimed more by Marciano. He's definitely, you know, the he wants that. He's clearly not going to be mad about that comparison. But I want to know what we're raiding them on, too, Like what is iconic because.

What I saw it so far exactly, don't know if that's an iconic.

Man, I don't know. I do. I have to say that. I don't care what Jax does. I find him entertaining in all for sure, absolutely all right. Ariana Maddox is the new host of Love Island USA after Sarah Hyland's exit. It was in a People article Ariana Maddox is making her way to the villa. Peacock announced on Friday that the Vanner Pump Rules star thirty eight I like how they put ages in there thirty eight is officially taking over as a host of Love Island USA season six

No?

But I love Sarah Hyland. I was curious if her exit was on good terms, Like did was she ready to go and they had to replease her?

Or did Arianna come in and take that job?

Like is there some shit? She came in and she took it. She was like taken everything, every endorsement out there, every hosting job is now mine. And then I'm gonna tell you, Palm Standaval ruined my life, but I'm going to take every job possible.

I think he he.

Made her life exceptional. I mean, in all honesty, look at this girl.

Go my god. I mean, it.

Doesn't happen everybody, because I got fucked over years ago and I had three small children and nobody's giving me a hosting job.

So what the hell you guys?

Gina is still bitter about this. I hear about this all bitter. And also they said, uh so, I guess Sarah had a conflicting job. That's why she's not.

Busy. Problem.

Yes, yeah, she's got too many offers out there. So Arianna swooped in and now she will be the host. VPRs James Kennedy apologizes for the sloppy Joe merch. The US Weekly articles stated after fans called the merch crull a big miss and Me. Kennedy posted an Instagram story featuring girlfriend Ali Luber, who apologized for his actions. Kennedy also apologized, Okay, I didn't see this Instagram post, but was Ali? Did you see it?

No?

This when I actually had no idea. I had no idea on this one.

So was Ali just speaking on his behalf and he's in the background. I'm not sure how that worked.

But I don't know. I don't even under I don't even know what he did.

I haven't seen that. I have not seen anything hit yet with that. But what I can say is like I do find James Kennedy. I appreciate his comedy, like I do think he's funny, and I think, like I would just say, not knowing the context of this, sometimes you go for the joke because you can't help it, and you want to go for the joke and you're not going to hit the mark every time.

So I like it.

You know, let me give you, let me give you a little background, because yeah, because he says sorry about my sloppy James, I did not approve this message or the T shirt Ali began in the clip, So I guess Ali's apologizing.

Yeah, I'm saying she didn't approve of it.

She didn't approve the T shirt. I already boosted the post show, so I can't delete it. I like that he blames it on Instagram. I'm sorry, guy, I don't know how to delete it, but I'm sorry. And I love Joe. Nothing against her. The DJ added, I just thought it was a funny joke. I'll split the dough with Joe. That's what the T shirt should say, I'll split the dough. So Joe is kind of like I

Yeah.

Vander Pump Rules star La La Camp by three point one Los Angeles home. It was in a TMZ article. La La Camp has taken the plunge and became the latest vander Pump Rules star to plunk down roots in the San Fernando Valley. TMZ has learned she splashed out

On the wrong fucking show, I know, or like, is she support? What is that?

I don't know? I was like, how do we do a crossover? Can we do like vander Pump Rules the Senior Years or something.

Seriously senior years on the scene age as then.

Oh, that's right, I forget all the time that they are actually close in age, Like I know Tom Sandval's forty one and I'm only forty eight. I was like, hey, we're actually in the same age group. I keep thinking of them as like young kids that work at a bar, but we're literally the same age.

He's older than me, and he's probably making more money than me at all.

Probably yes, he's gonna buy yeah, because he Well, I assume I assume that La La was also able to buy a house, because I know her merch is done really well, Like I her send it to Darryl. Darryl, her send it to Darryl.

So I'm happy for Lala.

I think it is for you.

Lala.

You get your big fucking house man, you get your house.

Fucking get that square footage girl.

All right, so here we go. Let's get into the recap of Vanner Popper Rules Season eleven, episode ten. All Right, we start out with Brock. I actually like Brock.

Love Brock.

I do too.

Bro He's the only one who is making sense.

He yes, and that's he's not even it's even a full time cast member. It's even getting paid.

No, because he's a stay at home dad.

Right, the stay at home mom he's not in the intro. He's probably not making any money, and.

Bruns are appreciated, underpaid, he's underrated Brock.

Okay, there he does say he gets paid. Who knows. I just know he's not buying a three point one million dollar home anywhere. So literally, but Brock's doing a lot. So Brock doesn't know what Plato is. Shorts and Joe are juicing a pineapple, and Katie, La La and Ali are doing an outdoor workout. I do appreciate Katie's non commitment to working out. It reminds me of you.

Yeah, I was literally like that's me and you're La La. Yeah.

Absolutely, But I love that he doesn't know what Plato is and she's like, don't you a Plato in New Zealand? And he's like, we have mud and I was like, yeah, that reminds me of like how I grew up, Like I didn't have toys. We played with mud and dirt and like I don't know sticks, So.

We had Plato, but I used to eat it.

I'm sure you did. That explains a lot. At this point, Ann shows up to Ariana in Sandoval's house, ready to interview for the position to be Ariana's assistant. Okay, let me ask you your opinion on this. I know that when we were filming a show, a lot of times

I mean, I'll tell you what Ann is going to end up being collateral damage to that breakup for sure?

Is that what you're foresee in this?

Yeah? Because I just think it's like it's messy.

And we know this when people break up and they have to vy up all their stuff that you can't cross over and that's not even something that they share that they have.

To redefine and split up.

So why and why makes something more messy and complicated than your current situation already? Is?

It just makes no sense today, right?

And why are you interviewing her in the kitchen? Why? Like, if you're going to interview her and you're going to poach his assistant, at least go to Starbucks, like you're doing it in the kitchen while he's there and he's literally listening to the interview.

And if she is there, then also maybe side note, have her clear out that litter box real quick, because it doesn't seem like anyone's fucking doing it.

Let's be honest.

Anne has the task of picking up Sandival's dirty underwear, but a perk of her job is going to get the car washed and being able to stop to get French fries at a drive through. I mean, if that is the perk of your job, I don't know.

I don't know, but you know what.

At the same time, I mean, they're trying to make it like she is his like that comes with the terrige rate, like when you hire somebody at home, Like I just feel.

Like they're one a catch all and part.

Of that could be as long as you define those duties at the beginning. I don't think there's anything wrong that if part of it is laundry or cleaning up after you know him or whatever. I mean, you have to define what those duties are and then that's what part of your job is. If you don't want to do that, then you can say that up front.

But I feel like she could draw the line at the dirty underwear. I mean, she can do it. She could be like, look, pick up your own damn underwear. I have to pick up all your other crap.

But to look out, it just sounds like they're really sloppy.

Right, they're both orders and they're sloppy and they leave shit everywhere, and then Anne has to come in and clean it. That's her job description. And she's highlight, right, That's why the highlight of her day is just getting her car washed.

She's fired and not hired by Arianna do. I thought that was the best part. I was like, this girl now lives. He's in purgatory. Yeah, I had no jobs, so many prospects.

Right, Shorts shows up to Shena and Bron's house. He gives them a plant and gives Summer Moon a giant hat that says do not disturb. Schwortz feels like his biological clock is ticking. He knows he'd be a good dad and that's what he wants. I don't know that was a cute scene. I mean, I love that hot with that do not disturb, And I do think we call him Schwartz. We again know that his name is Schwartz, but we just changed it to shorts. It's just easier to say. But I do think he would be a good dad.

I like Tom Schwartz.

I do too.

I find him to be very endearing. His hair is always a mess, He's always kind of sloppy looking. He looks like he just kind of rolled out of bed and found some clothes on the floor and put them on. They don't really match, they're all regold, but he and he's always like trying to bring people together, but then he backs out of it because he's like, I don't want to be involved. I don't know. I find him endearing though.

I think that he is obviously not perfect. He has been perfect, you know, with his marriage and everything with Katie. But I find him to also treat Katie with respect even when she's not, maybe choosing things that are the most respectful. And I'm not this isn't. I like Katie too, but I just like that. I just like that he respects her even now after they're married. I think they actually have the best the fact that they can coexist and fuck each other's friends, yes and it's still.

And then compliment each other on their outfits or make fun of their outfits or whatever.

When he went in on her outfit. I was like, Oh, this might be where it ends.

This might be where it ends. But they got through it.

They got through it, they did. Arianna visits Katie and tells her about the interview with Anne. After the interview ended, standival came down hard on Ann, and Arianna found her crying in the kitchen. Katie feels like a lot of people's privacy has been invaded recently, especially her night with Max being exposed and Sheena exposed it or Brock was the one who actually exposed it. I just want to know.

Really messy, and to your point, like, what did she think was going to happen? You had the girl come to your home to interviewer when your ex is upstair, like the whole situation is so bad, like this, poor car. I mean, I need help so and I get along great with my ex.

So if Anne wants to come on.

Down to Orange County, you know, I will you with open arms.

We will ask her because because right now I don't even know what her employment status is. It seems like it's uh, it's vague and up in the air right now. So it is.

Yes, yeah, but that does messy.

And if you're listening, Gina needs help, I do yes, and I won't make you cry.

That's awesome.

Oh Anne has a podcast now, so good for her. Yeah, it's I wonder if she's giving up all the all the things that didn't she sign an NDA or her podcast is something about like I signed an NDA.

But well that's good because honestly, that's the messiest part about it, right, It's like she knows so much about Tom.

I don't know why.

I know why Arianna would want to hire her, especially going through like a legal split and whatnot, because it's like a direct line to information.

It's a very smart play.

But I understand also why Tom wouldn't want that, Like you're trying to separate that's just pulling you more together. I mean, Ariana just has a lot of anger there.

Clearly, right, I mean there's some hypocrisy there, which we will get to later in this recount. Right, So, back at Shena and Brock's house, we find out Brock's been in the doghouse for the news about Max and Katie. We get a flashback to a year ago when Katie outwardly wished for Shina's world to burn. I was like, damn girl, that was a lot. Yeah, so I guess. So, I don't know if you saw the episode before. Sena

I know, like Tot Tot tracks me and there's like yeah, but when I went on it most recently, they were like people tracking me from like my past that like should not have been trapped.

It's on my phone. So if I went on my phone right now, I could find it and I could see if I'm sharing it.

Yeah, Yeah, that's how you do it and you share your location and then you can either share it just for that time or you can share it like indefinitely.

Okay, I need to look into this.

It is good like a sheine's out, you know, and you don't know, like it's just good to know timing of when people are coming, or like you should definitely be tracking me.

Yeah, I should know where you are at all times. Absolutely, it's at home eating snacks. It's right here, Yeah, that's where you are. But so what do you think about Katie having sex with Max, who apparently is Schwartz's best friend.

I just think that when you want to stand on a soapbox, you can't get off of it, you know, and it's really a hard thing to do. I understand that to have like that higher moral ground, like it's it's not the easiest thing. And people think assume like, oh, you're just better than River.

It's hard to stand.

Up on that soapbox for that long and it's hard to stand up on that, you know, whatever platform you got to do it though, or yeah she did, she did exactly what Schwartz was saying is like Katie were the same and it was very satisfying for him, and.

It's the truth. It's like, look, if you're going to make the rules, you got to.

Play by exactly. So my question is, though, was it just a one night standing. Have they not spoken since or do they talk to Have they had sex since then? I don't know. We'll find out. Jaie doesn't think she should feel bad for sleeping with Max. It's not like they had an agreement and Shorts has done her dirty time and time again. That's what we talked about. So James and Ally are hosting the water tasting party at their house. I don't know, you're sober, so what do

I mean, I'm not I'm sober, but I'm not healthy. I don't drink water that.

I were doing a.

Red Bull right exactly? I am What did I think it was?

James Kennedy's like a more of a Coca Cola red Bull kind of eye.

That's me.

But I have heard about this because I know. Also, Zac Efron did a whole docu series that I watched and he had like a water like whatever they are, I guess like a Somalia and do the whole thing. So like they're apparently like the Travis got some crazy ass water filtration system in my house. You could really drink out of the bathtubs, and so I like to tell people that, but I'm I definitely, I'm not even drinking any of this water, So.

I don't know. It sounded like to me water all tastes the same, so I don't know. But anyway, so Martin the water connoisseur, starts off the tasting by saying the water he's brought could be dinosaur piss. I guess that was saying that's how old it is. I didn't really get that.

How does that make that appealing?

I don't know.

He needs to work on the marketing.

The first class of water tastes like and shl loved it. I was like, oh my gosh, it sounds like amazing water, Like, sign me up for that. It's horri flying right. Next is a thousand dollars bottle of water and it's the only bottle of its kind in the United States, and they open it and drink it. So I don't know what makes it a thousand dollars bottle of water. I

So yeah, I mean, I guess it's like in a way though it's equivalent to a thousand dollars bottle of wine or something, but you don't you're not sort of with a hangover the next morning, so it is like a gift. But I'm not paying a thousand dollars for anything that I can get out of the sink exactly.

That's exacting the girls are talking about the a situation. Laala brings up the obvious issue and is the mediator. No lawyer is going to do what they've been forcing and to do, which I agree. I love Lala because La Lala reminds me of me sometimes, where she just she might not be in the middle of everything all the time, but she'll just say something and it's like she's the voice of reason, like that's the obvious issue, her reality.

Yes, and I also think that you like her because I think that although Lawa is not a lawyer, Lala has.

Been through all some legal shits in her life, and I think that when you.

Do, like I've gone through like a lot of legal stuff too, you do start to like have more of a legal brain. So she definitely is thinking that way of like what is the path of least resistance for all of you? What is going to make your life easier versus harder? And like what's the best decision here? And I feel like that's how you think too, so that like you would have.

Said that, yeah, because to me, that's the obvious issue if you're using Anne as a mediator so that you could go up and down the stairs like they right, Like Arianna won't come into the kitchen if Tom's in the kitchen, So what are you gonna do? You're gonna call your lawyer every time that you want to go to the kitchen.

Even Yeah, I just think first of all, I just think Anne has to get the fuck out of there. It's just sinking, fucking shit, and get the fuck out.

While you carried, Katie and Shorts start talking about Max Rachel and the issues that ultimately sim for their from their messed up marriage. Shortz thinks Katie's a fuck up after her hookup with Max. He tries to come to a truce with Katie, saying they should get dinner, which she immediately turns down. I don't know. I love that he just like extended an olive branch and he was like, why don't we just go have dinner together. I think

I think that Katie and Schwartz are gonna end up back together.

Oh that's your prediction. I do.

I really do, because I the way they interact and the way that they really are both. Even though they are like kind of fucking each other over in certain instances or like not making the right decisions they do, they are kind to each other. Like I could just feel like there's something there. And I feel like if they met now in their life, yeah, they would hit it off, and I feel like their relationship would look

But I kind of feel like they are each other's person.

I kind of agree with that. I like their interactions and you know, I know Schwartz said earlier he wanted to have a baby, so you know, you know, yeah, maybe Katie will have baby fever soon too, and then it just works out.

Yeah. I mean she's got to because she's got it. These ladies got to get on it.

I know, I pictured them in their twenties and then I realized they're not no Like I.

Just had my first mammogram and I'm a teenage as them.

So you right, babies, they got to get on it.

Arian is now telling the boys about what happened with Ann right in front of Sandoval. She refers to him as the attempted dog murderer, and this causes a massive fight. Sandoval leaves the party. La La has the exact same opinion as we did last week. It is Sandoval's fault for going into Arigana's room, but it is disgusting that she left take out there in the first place. You know, that whole scene really bothered me. I thought she was completely out of line. I thought she was completely out

He is, he's trying his best. He understands that he's the asshole in this entire situation. It makes everybody uncomfortable. It's really hard for them just to exist in one room period. Clearly, Areata is wrong and she's taking it way too far. And the easiest way to not have your dog poisoned by food is to throw out your food, right, basic level shit. And I think that like my dog got everybody like somebody said it, they were like, this

Steak and then a chocolate cake.

And I didn't even I was like, we're going to wait till the morning because I have three kids and they're expensive, so we're not running to the vet, like we're just going to.

Ride this out.

But I do think that I obviously also understand why Arianna is so irrational, because she still has so much anger from what happened to her that she is not processed out. It is not healthy for her to be around that man at all. It is certainly not healthy for them to be sharing a home together, and it's not in her best interest because that's not a good look for her.

That's not her being rational or being over it.

No, and I you know, we talked about this earlier. The pinnacle in a relationship when you've broken up is where you're indifferent, and she is nowhere near indifferent. She has so much rage for him that it comes out with him just walking by, like trying to eat a pizza cheese pizza, and she she loses it.

It's bad. It is so bad, very entertaining. I was like sweating, I.

Know, I was like going up.

The most offensive part of that entire scene for me was the fact that everybody kept asking for the ranch for their pizza, because it's like, like so bad.

As a New Yorker, I'm like for the ranch.

I know. I like how they even like did they like go out run out the door to try to find the pizza guy to like get the.

Ranch, and it was like, please just let it go.

Well, I don't think that was New York style pizza. That was probably like Dominoes or something anyway, So I think it deserves ranch.

Oh needs it.

Sandoval, Shorts, and Kyle are at dinner. Sandoval wants to go to a singles night with Shorts. Sandoval claims Katie's a hypocrite and likes to slut shame women. We get a flashback of all the times Katie has called other girls whores. I love a good flashback or and that was a good one. There was a lot of there was a lot of slut shaving in there.

There was you're a horror, You're a horr You're a horror.

Yeah, uh so that was I like that, And I mean he's right she, I mean that was pretty hypocritical. What do you think about Santamal and Shorts being single at the same time though, and going for a singles night? I mean, is that in trouble?

Yeah?

I mean it's probably nothing good there. I don't know, but maybe not. I just well, I think the problem. I think they should stay single until they're really ready to make a commitment. So like go ahid go be playboys, like go do whatever you want. I never understood why guys like that that clearly need to get all of this out of their system also find themselves in monogamous relationships like just be a.

Playboy, right, like Tom Samuel is probably not the kind of guy that should have ever been in a tamer relationship with the same person like that him.

No, and if you're not like advancing that or getting married or like, it's clear that the writing was on the wall like the whole time, and he went into that relationship already on weird sheety terms because he was dating that Christian girl.

Right, and then he cheated with all good No.

Right, that's I never understood stood why that doesn't get brought up more like it's very odd to me.

I know you would think that that would be a main contributing factor and why the relationship probably didn't work out.

But well, like like why I just don't get why so surprised And I don't get why so angry when it's done to you when you did it to someone else.

Yeah, and you're on notice of the kind of guy he is, Like he cheated on someone else to be with you, so he showed.

You right at the beginning exactly.

James, Alli, Lisa, and James Mom are out for dinner. James and Allie tell Lisa all the tea regarding hippie Arianna and Sandoval and Katie and Max, and her confessional Lisa admits she's heard Max is blessed. I guess blessed is just keyword for Max as a big pp Yes, So I don't know. I guess that's why women like to sleep with them.

I just feel like that's not There's a lot of men in LA who are probably blessed, so I'm not I don't believe that that's truly the reason why she chose this one man who happens to be best friends with her ex husband, right, because she don't get best friends like get better friends though, like you're now said to sleep with Travis, I'm.

Never going to sleep with sen like that should be.

You should stop calling that referring to that person as your best friend when they just slept with your.

Ex wess wife, right.

You know, though, if you did sleep with Shane though I've thought about this, if you can make that happen, I could get every endorsement there. I would be on Dancing with the Stars, I would be hosting Love is Blind. So I don't know. If you ever you know, and then I get to be rich all No, thank you, You're going to be exiled.

Try so hard for you but I just don't think that happened in me.

I get it. I think also I think when you're our age, actually I'm eight years older than you, but when you get to be my age, blessed it does not mean a big penis. It means like a big bank account like for one k, like you know, some stocks and dividends, maybe a home that's paid for. Like for me, that's blessed ship.

But I'll take like blessed is like go get in the gas in the car, take my trash hands out, clean it up, you do, wandery fucking hashtag blessed.

Amen, all that's.

My blessed right.

Just or like just like like go down on me like you're just saying I did like hashtag blessed, Like who cares about that?

What what are you going to do for me?

Right?

To know?

Right, Like we have to move away from the men being the ones who get the compliments about having a big peepy, you.

Know, like I don't care. What can you do with your mouth?

And then we'll talk and then take the fucking trash out A blessed. Blessed Arianna invites her interior designer over to figure out what Arianna has paid for in the house and what Sandoval paid for. She doesn't want Sandival to get any of her things. I this interior designer was not a big fan of Sandoval. You could tell she was taking digs at him.

I was like, oh, oh, well, nobody's allowed to nobody is allowed to be against Arianna. That's what it feels like to me, And that's the struggle within the entire group is clearly the whole world has.

Weighed in and Arianna has won the world. So now I do not go against that.

I agree with that. I think that's one of the biggest problems. Not that the season is not entertaining, but you can see everyone who is friends with Arianna and who would like to repair things with Tom and just move forward. They're all struggling saying what they really want want to say because of the social media backlash. And

Right, and the whole thing is just walking on as shells or like putting them all in a situation where now they're like crappy friends because they're inviting him to things when we all.

Know he's going to be at that event, whether they want him there or not.

So it just expects everybody in a really awkward, uncomfortable, very entertaining situation exactly.

The group is having a beach day redemption. Apparently Anne is no longer working for Sanduvil. She's working for Katie and Arianna at the sandwich shop, even though their sandwich shop hasn't opened and Bill has not opened. Oh really, yeah,

Yeah, here's that way.

I think he probably is moving on, but he doesn't want to like formally let her go because he doesn't want to give them the then the you know, the opening to go in and take her. But I just think, like, there's plenty of other people out there.

I mean, you're in La just go on cure dot com, like get get together ladies.

Like I just don't know why that and that is what happened is essentially this poor girl now just doesn't have a job.

Right Well, here's the thing, and here's where I think there's some hypocrisy. Arianna constantly says that she wants nothing to do with Tom, she doesn't want to be around Tom, she doesn't want other people to be around Tom. But then she will poach his assistant and cert herself into that relationship. So you can't you can't have it both ways.

I'm just you know, it's emotionally driven, and I think it's a combination of emotion combined with you know, she's in this place where she can do no wrong, and so she's operating from that standpoint. She's hurt and she knows she gets more slack right now. And I think that that, you know, sometimes working in your favor, sometimes it doesn't.

Honestly, the whole thing.

With the furniture I found to be really petty, like you're making so much money, you're doing so well.

Like if I was her, I would.

Just walk out of the home, find a new place to live, blow that shit up, Like why do.

You want to hold on to all those memories? And just let it be.

I would want half of that house obviously financially, and I would want my freedom, you know. And I just think the fact that she's getting caught up with these things is because she's still hurting, you know. I think that that is you know, that's.

What that looks like.

And it's a little it's a little hypocritical, it's a little messy, and it's a little irrational.

Right.

So, on the March twelfth episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Arianna shared that at that time she had not hired Anne. However, she did tease there will be some developments. So again, we have no idea where Anne is.

I'm sure Anne's gonna land fine. She said her name like more.

Times than we've said anybody's name this entire podcast. So I'll tell you right now, Anne's gonna have to make him more money than me.

Yeah, the next time we do headlines, it will be Anne has bought a three point one million dollar house in.

La exactly that Gina did not sell her.

No, all right, now, We're going to go into vander pump Villa Season one, Episode one recap and hear us start with the best moments. We're introduced to Chateau Rosa bel and the vision that Lisa has for this estate. The show intro starts and we meet the cast Emily and Grace, Andre and Tlly, Eric, Stephen, Gabriella, Anthony, Caroline, Hannah and Marciano, Priscilla and of course Lisa Vanner Pump. All I kept thinking to myself was, Damn, that's a lot of people to keep track of.

I'm just a lot of people.

It was a lot, Yeah, it was Yes, babally introduce all of them though, so it was only like a little bit at a time, and I love it. I just absolutely cannot get enough of it. I know you said this, but I agree. It is like below deck.

It is like below deck. That's what I was thinking. Shane and I watched it last night and I was like, it's like below deck, but it's above ground. It's above deck.

Yeah, and there's a lot less And you know what, I always get nervous on below deck because there actually it is really a boat, and really there's a lot of safety issues involved, right, and there's that type of production with the book.

I was like, this feels much.

Safer, right, We're not going to crash into anything on this. Yes, So Lisa hosts the first orientation with the staff. They're being crept on the first guests who are staying with them, and then they get to explore the property. We find out Marciano and Hannah are exes. He cheated on her and she found out, but they're still hooking up. All I have to say is, Hannah, girl, come on like Hannah, Hannah, Yeah, beautiful, have some have some dignity. Marciano, I mean he's a lot.

So his name alone, Come on, right, You're not going to date Marciano and not have trouble.

You're just not right.

Eat like Larry Larry Anna.

Luke Colorado.

Yes, exactly, I get it.

Anyone named Marciano needs a warning label. Yes, yeah, the day one hundred feet away from this dude, that guy. Yes, Lisa cooks dinner for her staff and Marciano already had the bad attitude. They play a game at tell the truth or drink, and again Marciano is being extremely messy. Hannah and Marciano have a moment in his room. They

Because she said that he couldn't they couldn't drink or something to a party too hard because.

They right because they had to work the next day. And he was like, eh, you know, yeah, so that chicken. Hell know, Lisa Vanner Pump didn't cook that chicken and she had a full staff inside that chateau cooking that chicken, this.

Chicken all day of this shot.

At first she had glam done and then she put her clothes on, and then she walked into the kitchen and as she walked by the kitchen, they handed her the flyer, right, and then she presented it.

That's what happened, yeah, totally.

And again the game when they said they were going to play a game, and she was talking about how she's like an event coordinator and we're going to play a game. And I was like, oh my gosh, this is going to be a great game because this girl is an event coordinator. And then she's like tell the truth or drink. I was like, what the hell? Like anybody could have come up with that. I was expecting something like more, I don't know, more more deed, something different,

It's like, take a time at any event event play a game like right truth or dam.

You just fling it out there. Yeah. I actually though, I love Gabriella's energy.

That's the one, and I think that that is the party planner right right right. I don't know what it is about her. I love her energy. I think she has such a good, smiley, bubbly like she seems very ambitious to me. I actually feel like even though that game like was fell flat, for sure, I was expecting more.

I like her vibe.

Yeah, I I didn't. I don't know. I haven't really connected with any of them yet, And I feel like that's what happens when you start a new show and you have all new characters and you're trying, you know, you're learning names at this point. Yeah, I just know Marciano is going to be trouble. You can tell that.

So yeah, I feel bad for Hannah because she clearly, like is in love with him. She clearly can I mean, she looks like a wompe Barbie doll. She can get any guys she wants, So why go backwards?

You know, it's always the bad guys. When you're young, you're just always interested in the bad guys.

Yeah.

Yeah, and then you get older and you just marry like a Shane and then life ceazy.

It's great, mimas Travis, It's great.

Hashtag blessed. As the entire staff waits out front for their first guests to arrive, Marciano drops four glasses of champagne all over the floor. First of all, I was thinking if I was a guest and I was driving up to this chateau, I don't know if I would want like twelve people out there waiting on me. I don't know for sure. It seemed like a lot, like a lineup, like am I identifying witnesses like? I don't know. It just seemed like a lot to deal with.

Very intimidating, for sure.

And Marciano drops the glasses. Is it because he's drunk because he's doing shots behind the bar, or is it because of the wind. He blames it on the wind, but I don't know.

But he wasn't the only one holding a trade though.

Nobody else is blew over in that gust, right, So it's a very target.

That's right. It was. It was, so I'm gonna blame it on the shots she took behind the bar. Lisa's unable to be at the chateau twenty four to seven because she has to run her other businesses. I didn't understand this though, because does she have other businesses in France or is she flying back to the United States and Vegas.

I just think she's not staying there for that shit show.

Yeah, she's. She's like, I'm just gonna put cameras everywhere, and I'm going to be somewhere. She's trusting her staff alone with the guests. Okay, there's your first mistake right there, that you hire all these people who are clearly messy, and then you're gonna just let them have run of a French chateau and you're just gonna get on your private jet and fly away and hope everything works out. Okay, sounds like a great it's great entertainment, right because she's clearly not going to be there.

The thing that I don't understand you is do they like I was trying to figure out if this was like an elimination sort of.

I thought at first, I really thought it was going to be.

I thought they were the staff, and then I thought they were gonna it was gonna be like The Bachelor, and then I thought they were going to have to vote people off.

Well, it kind of when you see the when you see the previews, it looks like they have the opportunity to take other people's jobs.

Oh so that, yes, that's juicy. I like that.

And that girl is coming, that girl Emily's Emi.

There's always that name just th those people off. It makes you say, come in very little house on the prairie, like Emily. It's a very old fashioned name, but it's really very deceiving because yeah, because.

She's comment that.

And there's one from so the guy Eric, right, is that the manager.

I think he's from Ohio.

I know I saw that, and then I looked at Shane because we were watching it, because when he was talking about him, he's like, I'm from Ohio and I like bugs, and I have grasshoppers, and I like spiders. And I'm like, where in this conversation is this man anywhere like ready to be a manager of a chateau in France Because basically all he said is that he's like a country boy that likes bugs. Like, I don't know where on your resume that means that you can manage a chateau and a staff.

Right, Like where sorry, like where did the transition into hospitality?

Right? Like where do we make that transition?

You know?

Where do we go from like the crickets and shit to I'm the manager of a busy restaurant?

Right?

And like in his interview, like did Lisa interview him? And She's like, tell me what experience you have that you could be a manager of a chateau. He's like, well, I'm from Ohio and I like bugs and spiders. And she's like, great, you're hired. No, he was like, I'm recently divorced. She was like you're in right, And I'm really good looking. Yes, I'm perfect, yeah, perfect.

He is hot. The chef is hot too, oh.

The French chef with the accent, with the French accent? Is he friend?

Great?

Yeah?

And I think he's British.

Oh, I don't know. I just remember he had an accent.

It's great. It's all great.

So the guests have their welcome dinner, a red hot romance dinner that Chef Anthony has prepared for them. Is at the hot chef Chef Anthony Marciano is taking shots with the guests, and Steven, the events coordinator, is watching all of the servers and thinks they're being unprofessional. Well, I don't know, Steven, I might have to agree with you. It was a bit of a messy time over there at the table, yes.

But at the same time, Steven was literally fired form a vander Puff facility being unprofessional.

I know. I was like, did he just forget that? He just said that he was fired from He said he was being snarky or something, right, right, Yeah.

I'm like, so now you're the one that gets to rid professionalism.

Right absolutely. I don't know what do you think about Marciano taking shots with the guests. I feel like at some point maybe there should be some interaction, because your job is to entertain guests and to make them feel comfortable and to make them feel welcome and for them to have a good time. But I don't know about standing at the table taking shots with the guests. I don't know.

I feel like I've worked in those industries before and it's kind of like, you know, the guest is always right, and I think that you do what you have to do, but you can't let it prevent you from doing your job effectively, and so like sometimes you take it, but you fake it and then you jump it. I mean he was clearly just looking to get lit.

Up, right, because they did. They did ask him. I think they asked him right to take shots with him, like they asked him.

And he was encouraging it.

You know.

He was the one who was like, if anybody doesn't finish their shot, so I'm here. So he set the tone for that, and I think that's the problem. Like if you if they are just a crowd that's like.

We want to drink with our waiter.

You kind of have no choice, right if you're the one saying, guys, look, if you want me to come join you, I'm here for that. That's very different, right.

And if you don't want to take your shot, I'll just do it for.

You, right, if none of you want these seventeen shots, I'm here for you.

The drinks are taking way too long, and the servers are freaking out. Marciano and Ntlly get into a full fledged screaming fight. Okay, I didn't honestly understand. First of all, there's two bartenders, there's one bar, and there's not a lot of guests. They only showed the one couple, but it looks like the couple brought some friends with them. So the fact that you can't get a drink out to like six people at a table in a timely manner when there's two bartenders and one bar, that made

Yeah, I mean for sure even if she's even if they were doing breaks or whatever.

And then she made that comment.

Like I wasn't given any of like the prep stuff that I needed.

It's like, well then you should be like do.

I have everything before you go on break? Like they clearly didn't set up their bar, They didn't work together to like know where everything was, and it slowed down the machine so I understand why the servers would be pissed about that, But then I felt like they were just he's because he was lit up now from taking seventy one shot. He's so impressive. He's going in there so hot, right, And I'm not surprised that it ended

Who she was like, she was like light or fluid on the fire. She was not helping at all. I love the shot that you can see everyone out a dinner, at this dinner with like roses and candles, and then they could look through the window at the chateau and they're just going at it, and yeah, there's just screaming. Telly's pushing Marciano. She's she's like completely just ready to punch him in the faces. Hannah's getting involved in it. Everybody's screaming. Very professional, very.

Professional all around.

Right, she did her way of getting tell you hot fast.

It was like you no, not taking it that's it. You hit that button. Shouldn't hit the button.

No, they hit the button, And I know what that's like. That's when everybody needs to just everybody needs to leave or else. I'm gonna like, I get like that. It's good.

She was really angry and I get it because she was disrespected, you know.

So Hannah joins in supporting Marciano. Kelly pushes Marciano, screaming in his face, calling Hannah a bitch. And this is all happening by a window where the guests can see and hear them. I don't know, if you're at this fancy resort and they're all fighting like that, would you be bothered by it? Or you would you just be thoroughly entertained.

Yeah, I mean at that's chateau, I think you are waiting for shit to light on fire, right, It's like, oh, there's a fire, you know.

I think it's a little different.

Yeah, I mean, if that's also like your romantic weekend where you're planning a secret proposed proposal for your fiance.

It's not really it doesn't really set the stage for that.

It doesn't really scream romance and see your proposal.

No longevity and commitment of marriage. No, I mean it's a little offbeat.

So the guests were actually asking each other if they should ask the staff what the fight is about. So I feel like they were like into it, like they wanted to be a part of it. They're like, hey, guys, like, let us know so we can help out, Like we need to figure out what team we are on. Are we team Marcelle?

No?

Are we team Telly? We need more information, me more information?

Can you guys bring us a little teeth?

Yeah? Can you bring us the drink that I asked for thirty minutes ago and the tea that before it done?

I would have been like, guys, excuse me, sat martini almost done?

Like right, done with all this bullshit? Right?

Can someone just bring me my drink? Then you can go back at it like I'm at it. Just bring me my espresso martini please.

And some popcorn?

Thanks?

Right? All right? So coming up this season, Eric's going to get on some people's nerves. Emily is going to try and steal Tully's job as bartender, and Steven tries to steal Eric's job as manager. A lot of the staff will be looking looking up, not looking up. A lot of the staff will be hooking up this season, and most of them will be getting in trouble with Lisa. Multiple people are crying, others may get fired. So to me, it looks like it's going to be a heck of

Yeah, very invested. I invested quick for sure.

Absolutely, so we're very invested in the show. So anyway, thank you all for listening to Popping Off and we will see you next time.