What Am I Doing Right Now?

Oh, just learning about the financial collapse from Boss Hogg:

Now I get it!

Poor Bethenny! Newly Minted Talk Show Host Battling Fleas, Rats and Roaches!

Though Bethenny Frankel's talk show has been a ratings hit thus far, her time living in Los Angeles hasn't been as lucky.

If you're like me and you check in with Bethenny's Twitter pretty regularly, you know that her precious aging pooch, Cookie, has been having a heck of a time with fleas in their new (probably leased?) L.A. home. Bethenny has been tweeting about the saga - they had to take the dog to the vet, wash her a lot in flea stuff, and even had the home and furniture sprayed or steamed or something. Here's poor Cooks getting a flea bath from Bethenny's husband, Jason Hoppy:

Awww poor Cooks!

As if the ongoing flea saga wasn't enough, on Monday, while Bethenny was out of town promoting the new show, her family was still in LA dealing with a new problem, and she tweeted:

Ahhhh rats????

She went on to respond to a fan that she will be moving:

Even more on the rat saga, Bethenny went on to tweet:

Ready for the picture (source: Bethenny's Twitter obvs)?

Ahhhhh! Bethenny also griped about how tough it was going to be to find new digs with her packed schedule:

Poor Jason was stuck with a bunch of drama to deal with back at the home base in L.A.:

And finally, are you ready for this? Poor Bethenny had to deal with a cockroach situation too! While she was still on the east coast promoting (somewhere around Philly because she said she'd be co hosting Good Day Philly the next morning) she tweeted this doozy about the surprise in her hotel!

Well, at least she had a sense of humor about the whole thing! Let's hope the creepy crawly situation calms down for the Frankel Hoppys for the rest of the summer! Good luck Bethenny!

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Update on the Wendy Williams / Adam Carolla Situation

So, we brought you this story yesterday about Wendy Williams' confessed disappointment with Adam Carrola's appearance on her show. Well, we have a great update. (Read yesterday's story first before continuing)

Some YouTube genius apparently (or allegedly) slowed down a portion (or all) of the audio from the sped up version of yesterday's After Show above where Wendy "allegedly" goes off on Adam Carolla. And here it is! [UPDATE 6/15 - after you read this, check out Adam's response! It's juicy too!]:

Very juicy stuff indeed! In the event that the video is taken down, here's a transcript of what our girl Wendy allegedly (if it is indeed real and her - sure sounds like her though) said - and boy did she allegedly bring it! [DISCLAIMER: I TRIED TO BE AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE IN TRANSCRIBING, BUT I AM NOT GUARANTEEING 100% ACCURACY BECAUSE IT WAS DONE QUICKLY TO DELIVER THE BREAKING NEWS TO YOU ASAP!!!]:

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And you know what? At least if you're gonna throw somethin' on like you're going to, you know, change the oil in your Studebaker, that you would at least bring it with.... Hold on, I'm out of breath and tryin' to curse him out at the same time.

I mean, at least if you're gonna dress like a bum to come to a daytime talk show... uh, your attitude-in' wouldn't be so ill-mannered. I mean, just from the, from the top of the show - and I wanted to like him, and I wanted to like him, I wanted to like him - and I thought that I would.

I don't like him, and he's not our kind of people. And how dare him tell me that the... the white man in the audience wasn't my kind of (indiscernible) ... what was he expecting to see when he came out here? The Soul Train line? Oh I get it, cause I'm a black woman... uh... the people who watch my show and make an effort to come to the audience are supposed to be only black people?

Oh, no I get it, if you're anything but a black woman, you're supposed to be a gay man. Oh, I get it. Listen, let me tell you wh... why'm I? (sigh) I'm sorry. Why am I mad at you? You know our audience is everybody. Uh, hetero, homo, old, young, black, white, Indian, A(indiscernible)... I, I mean our audience is everybody. That's how you build success. You can't, you know, Obama didn't win by just... [ENDS]

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Yes, VERY juicy stuff indeed! Wonder if Adam will address any of it on his daily podcast. We'll have to see...

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Joy Behar's Reaction At Mob Wives 2 Reunion

Instant Classic!

By the Reunion Part 2, the ladies had been fighting non-stop - espesh Drita and Ramona. This is moderator Joy Behar's face when Drita screamed across the couch (after they had been separated once again): "Ramona, after the show, we're fightin'! Period! Off camera!"

Guys, Can We Talk About Bethenny's Dancing?

Yes of course I have been watching Bethenny. And yes, the show holds my interest enough for me to keep watching... so far. I mean, she has to work out the kinks and needs more practice as a gab show helmer, but so far, eh - we'll see. It's not like we have a lot of choices during the summer so we'll give it the old college try.

WAIT - BEFORE I GO ON WITH THIS CURRENT STORY - CAN I JUST SAY I WAS RIGHT ABOUT THIS POST FROM LAST MONTH? Of course Bethenny rode the divorce story wave as publicity for her show. I think there's even a clip floating around from the first day of her show where she's like, no we aren't getting divorced. Yeah, the stories that were so conveniently timed were just redic rumors that you had absolutely nothing to do with. Mmmm hmmmmmm. Ah yes, here's the clip:

But what I really want to talk about is Bethenny's um, dancing - for lack of a better word. I mean, I kind of hesitate to consider it actual dancing. It's more of a stiff, herky jerky random gyrating thing she does that's the most unnatural thing of all things. Like, remember the Seinfeld episode all about Elaine dancing? Yeah, like that.

I first noticed the odd jerky movements in Bethenny's many talk show guest appearances. It's as if she waits in the wings trying to psych herself out to be the "people person" she's secretly not, and when they call her name, she hoofs it out there trying to play the role of a real free spirit. It's so wooden. Sooooo forced. And I feel embarrassed when I watch it. I like seriously avert my eyes for a second until it's over because it's sooooo odd. I blush for her. And NOW she's doing it on her show when she walks out to do the little monologue bit. Maybe she thinks she's Ellen? BETHENNY STEP AWAY FROM THE ELLEN PLAYBOOK. YOU CAN'T PULL THAT OFF. Oy, I'm putting a request out to the universe for Jason Hoppy to hop on over and stage an intervention(s).

Here's a good example of it. She dances for like the entire first half of her show. Where's George Costanza when you need him?

Wendy Williams Calls Adam Carolla Her Worst Guest

GO WENDY, GO WENDY

[6/14 UPDATE! After you read this story (and you have to read this one for it to make sense), read about new developments here, in our update post!]

[6/15 UPDATE:  It appears as though The Wendy Williams Show has chosen to remove the 6/13 After Show from YouTube - bummer]

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Seriously, ya'll know by now how much I love my girl Wendy Williams. I am such a devoted fan of her online "After Show" that I'll sometimes even watch it before tuning in to her actual show.

Today was one of those days. Ooooooh, and it was good. In one of her exhilarating-ly candid moments, Wendy let us in on what she REALLY thought about one of today's show guests, Adam Carolla.

I'm COMPLETELY ABSOLUTELY paraphrasing here, but she said something like: you all keep asking me who's my worst guest? Well, now you know, it's Adam Carolla.

Wendy went on to say that he disrespected her audience and her throughout the course of the interview. Then, it appeared as if Wendy went on and on complaining about the interview, but it played out in a "fast forward" type sequence where you can't actually hear what she's saying. My guess - and it's just a guess - about the reason for that is legal got involved and wouldn't allow the majority of it to air for liability reasons.

Also, her After Show producer and social media guru, Tristan, who is behind the camera (and has unofficially become the After Show's faceless sidekick since Wendy refers to him constantly) usually gives off the vibe that he is fiercely protective of Wendy and what she divulges. In yesterday's online episode, Wendy even revealed that she sends all her Tweets to Tristan first and HE decides what makes the cut. I guess she learned from the mistakes of countless celebs like Ashton Kutcher.

Anyhow, I ended up watching the TV episode afeterwards - and the Adam Carolla interview wasn't that bad. But I wasn't there in studio, you never know what may have happened behind the scenes. Adam did come out and make fun of one of Wendy's guests claiming something like the man's looks scared him, and that he didn't belong there. Weird. Wendy also confronted Adam about the fact he was the only Celebrity Apprentice cast off who refused to be interviewed by Wendy Williams the day after he was cut. Adam denied knowing he was even invited on her show which seemed like a weak response. Other than that, I got a bit distracted for the second half of the interview so maybe something else happened that I missed?

Check out the entire After Show above. Well - as mentioned in the update above, the video has been taken down.  However, someone did post the on-air show segment with Adam, here it is (until it is taken down too):

Now that I've watched the entire segment  Adam comes off as a bit classless and neanderthal-like, and Wendy comes off as a professional.  No man should never, under any circumstance, say to a woman he just met, "Use your brain woman," even in jest.  He was also unnecessarily cruel to Wendy's staff member about throwing the football too early.  It's live TV guy, deal with it.  

In the course of the 8+ minute segment, he managed to insult the audience, the staff and Wendy and the entire viewership with that crass football "trick" he did at the end.

Dave Coulier (AKA Joey Gladstone from Full House) Dishes on Relationship With Alanis Morissette on Reddit

So yesterday, I told you that Dave Coulier would be doing an "AMA" (ask me anything) on Reddit today.  Well, let me tell you, boyfriend did not disappoint.  He was very open about his past.  Here are the Q&A that mentioned Alanis (dcooler is Coulier's Reddit moniker) without edit:

Q: When Alanis scratches her nails down someone else's back, can you feel it? Well, can you feel it?

[+]dcooler[S] 499 points500 points501 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

dcooler: I do, and it's scary. It's like being the recipient of a voodoo doll. 

Q:  What did you do to piss off Alanis Morsette (spelling?) so bad? And what was your reaction to her song "You Outta Know"? (Sorry for the poor spelling, on a mobile device.)

dcooler: Alanis and I dated in 1992-93. I don't think I ever pissed her off. It was a long distance relationship. She was living in Ottawa, Canada and I was in LA. I called her after "Jagged Little Pill" came out and we got together. She was still as cool and friendly as I remembered. She's really an awesome human. We parted as friends. 

Q: Dave, you're very cool in my book for answering questions about your relationship with Alanis, a lot of celebrities might be mum about very personal stuff like that. And I'd usually hate to ask personal questions, but the song was so huge that the details behind it are so enthralling. I'd really like to know what movie was playing in the infamous theater. EDIT: My most successful comment of all time, so I had to edit my grammar mistakes ;)

dcooler: For the record: the theater thing didn't happen with me. I guess somebody else was very lucky though.

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OMG OMG OMG you guys - lots of urban legends busted all over the place today.  What a cool guy.  He also answered a ton of Full House stuff, but you know I just searched for the Alanis stuff immediately and came here to post.  You should check the whole thing out on Reddit.

I'll be in my lair if you need me.  

Dave Coulier Doing An AMA on Reddit Tomorrow!

Guys, THE JOEY GLADSTONE (AKA David Coulier) is doing an AMA on Reddit.com tomorrow.  Obviously someone is going to ask him about Alanis Morissette and THE SONG (You Oughta Know).


For those that have been living under a rock for the last twenty years - it has long been rumored that Alanis wrote the song about HIM (cause they're both Canadian, so obviously they used to date).  


Here's an interesting tidbit from Coulier's Wikipedia entry:


In a 2008 interview with the Calgary Sun, Coulier said he thought he might be the ex-boyfriend portrayed in the song "You Oughta Know".


OMG you guys, so WHO is gonna ask him about this mess tomorrow?  On pins and needles till then!


I'll be in my lair if you need me.  

Bethenny Frankel and Jason Hoppy SUPPOSEDLY DIVORCING? Some Thoughts...

IMAGE SOURCE: Bethenny Frankel's Twitter (@bethenny)

You guys, I know the news that Bethenny and Jason are on the verge of a split has been like EVERYWHERE the past, like, 30 hours or so. But you know what? Something just isn't adding up for me.

Here's are some of the facts that lead me to believe that a) Bethenny is a shrewd business woman (duh) and reality television EXPERT and b) these two are not getting divorced in the near term:

a) Bethenny realized the successful formula for reality television long ago - like in the first season of Real Housewives of New York. What was the secret? Portraying some sort of a struggle, establishing an underdog status and airing a bunch of relationship drama out there. Remember folks, she had another boyfriend named Jason before Mr. Hoppy and turbulence between them was prominently portrayed on RHONY early seasons.

b) Bethenny has a new test market talk show sneak peek airing on a few Fox affiliates next month, and she really, really, really needs it to perform.

c) Now, a couple of months ago, rumors were swirling that Bethenny would NOT get her own talk show because it wasn't testing well. Women were SUPPOSEDLY having a hard time relating and Bethenny SUPPOSEDLY had to retain the services of a speech therapist or talking coach or whatever so that she could SLOW DOWN how fast she talks. So..... somehow she ended up getting some sort of weak sauce 6 week commitment. You know she's super freaked about keeping ratings high to get a FULL ORDER talk show. I mean, wouldn't you be?

d) Bethenny's reality show on Bravo is bowing next week for the season, and perhaps forever?All guesses are pointing to a reality TV swan song since BF is like WAY TOO BIG for that noise anymore. How will she ever keep the hype and interest going so that people will actually tune in to the talk show and her ratings will impress?

e) My guess would be - PLANT A STORY in STAR Magazine that the Frankel Hoppy marriage is in trouble - that'll keep tongues wagging.

....Aaaaaaaaand here's exhibit A-E from Bethenny's Twitter today when a fan (or "fan") asked her if the divorce rumors were true:

Boom!!! See what she did there? Of course you do, I just laid it all out for you like a CHEMISTRY PROOF. It's science!

Once again, you're welcome. I'll be in my lair if you need me.

CSI's Awesome Writers Remind Us There's Only One Designer Who Matters: Gordon Gartrell

Slow clap of the week goes to the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation writer(s)

Let me set the scene, I'm visiting my grandma in Tampa (yes TAMPA!!!!!!!!), where I like to take long naps because, it's TAMPA! So, I walk into the living room around noon (after my mid-morning pre-lunch nap) and she's' watching CSI. I give the obligatory eyeroll at the CBS blue hair stereotype that my grandmother has become and stand there for a bit in my post nap haze, trying to re-combobulate.

Something is going on in the story where there's some chick (who I remember from my old Days of Our Lives watching phase - she used to be swamp girl) that's suspected of using dudes for engagement rings or something. The CSI peeps go into a jewelry store to do some investigatin' - mind you at this point I'm starting to tune it out as I begin to create a lunch menu in my mind of all the junk food I allow myself to eat ONLY WHEN I'M IN TAMPA. As I turn around towards the kitchen to ransack my grandmother's cupboards, a sentence muttered on the moving picture box hits me on the back of the head like a Denny's biscuit in the middle of a post-nightclub feeding frenzy turned brawl over something someone said about someone's girlfriend's hair.

The jeweler in the show says of one of the engagement rings: "It was a Gordon Gartrell original."

Immediately, I am transported back into my fetus self in the living room of our old family home watching the greatest episode of the greatest sitcom of all time - The Cosby Show Gordon Gartrell shirt episode! Nothing in life or TV or movies ever got better than this episode. Cause....Gordon Gartrell!!!!!

To the genius CSI writer who incorporated the name of the most glamorous fictional designer of all time into a show I thought I was too hip for, I say BRAVO. Thank you for the glorious easter egg - maybe I'll start watching the show... but only if you make the dude or woman who thought of this head writer IMMEDIATELY!