Mention It All - Dylan Takes Lake Tahoe (Plus The Valley!)

Episode Date: April 24, 2024

Recently returned from an epic trip to Lake Tahoe, Dylan hits the mic for his latest LVP restaurant review. What new fever dream decor choices have Lisa and Nick Alain cooked up this time? And who made it to the grand opening event? We’re mentioning it all. Earlier in the episode, Kim Zolciak is returning to the clickbait well once again. Later, Dylan discusses the latest episode of The Valley, and why he can’t wait for the (likely) reunion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Exclusions apply for licenses, see Home Depot.com slash license numbers. Betches Media presents Ha ha ha laugh funny Mention It All A Bravo by Betches podcast We don't say that But now we said it With me, Dylan Hafer

We're going to check me both Hey everyone Welcome back to the Mention at All podcast Wow, it feels like it's been such a long time Since I spoke to you all I've been You know, through different time zones

Through different states And I cannot wait to talk all about it I of course was in Lake Tahoe last week last weekend. I don't know what day it is anymore for the grand opening of Wolf by Vanderpump. And oh boy, we had a time. If you've been listening to the podcast for a while, you've heard my, my thoughts about other Lisa Vanderpump establishments. And I have thoughts about this one too. So I'll get into that. We're going to talk about the valley because, oh boy, I took one week off of talking about the valley.

And things have, how do you say, gone to shit? I love this show so much. We're going to talk about it some more. But first of all, we have to talk about Kim Zulziak. Every time I do this, I'm like, this is going to be the last time of my life that I'm talking about Kim Zolsiak. Because what is there to say at this point? She's not on Bravo anymore. Don't Be Tarty was added to the peacock vault, but I have said that I'm not going to watch it.

But Kim Zolziak is still out here doing one of my favorite slash least favorite. housewives thirst moves, which is posting clickbait articles on Instagram with misleading posts. And I think Kim Zulsiak has reached a new level because yesterday I log on to Instagram in the afternoon. You know, I'm avoiding the more boring parts of my job. And I'm like, you know what? Let me scroll. The cool thing about my job, I guess you could say, is that sometimes going on TikTok can be for work.

going on Instagram can be doing research. And I was not ready to be greeted with this. It's a black and white photo of Kim and Croy at Watch What Happens Live, which also just makes it even better, the fact that it's like the watch what happens live step and repeat in the background, the black and white photo. And the caption is just RIP broken heart emoji, hashtag Lincoln bio. Now, first of all, fool me once. Shame on you.

Fool me twice. Shame on me. Kim has never once fooled me in her life. I know right off the bat when I see this. There's no way, there's no way Kroy is dead. There's no way Kim is dead. Honestly, though, if anybody's going to post from Beyond the Grave, it would be Kim Zulsiak.

She will never leave social media. But the comments are turned off, which is a telltale sign of the clickbait posts because the comments are always turned off. So I go to the Lincoln bio because, you know, I'm not fooled, but I'm still curious. It's important to be curious. And here's the article. It's from Celeb Buzz, which they always. are, and the article is, they'll be missed. Celebrities will remember in 2023. This is an article

that was posted February 8th, 2023. Kim is doing clickbait death porn for an article that is 14 months old. I don't, I need to understand the economic model here. Like, what is happening? Is she getting paid for this? She must be, right? She posted. She posted. on her stories too. And then, you know the best part? Ariana, Kim's daughter, reacted to this on TikTok. And this is not the first time she's done this, where she posts like an if you know, you know, you know, video where she doesn't say exactly what she's reacting to, but like, you know what she's reacting to? And she's like, I went, oh my God, the secondhand embarrassment. Can you even? What is happening? And I posted this and people are like calling out Ariana for her, like,

faking her reaction to the post. And I mean, sure. Is she being a little dramatic for TikTok maybe? But also, if you're not really speaking to your mom and you go on Instagram and the first thing you see is a post from your mom that like sort of is meant to imply that your dad might be dead, it's a little alarming. I would have questions. At the very least, I would be like, mom, what the fuck?

Even if I wasn't actually thinking that he had died. I don't know. that whole family is just so cursed. And maybe, maybe, maybe this will be the last time I talk about them. But actually, I'm not, you know, I'm not going to say that because I have clearly no self-control. And the second they do anything slightly of interest, I will have to revisit. I mean, at some point they're going to get divorced, right? Like that's been in the works forever.

I don't know if they're still in the house. I haven't been checking in on Kim's cash app handbag sales lately, whether she's still like trying to pawn off her beat up Chanel bags for twice what they're worth. Kim Solciak, I hate to say, I'm sure we'll return to the show. Not in, not in person. Though, I don't know. If Kim Solciak offered to come into the studio, what would I say? I think I would say yes.

Or maybe not. I don't know. I would be curious. Not if she was trying to like sell something, though. I would be like, Kim, we got to talk about real stuff. I don't want to talk about like your, you know, bullshit jewelry line or whatever. Okay, that's enough Kim talk. There's like a five-minute limit on Kim Zulsiak, and then the carriage turns into a pumpkin again.

Let's talk about Lake Tahoe. First of all, I had never been there. I was invited on a lovely press trip with Caesar's Entertainment. So I had a great experience in Lake Tahoe. It's so beautiful. Like, I've seen it on TV. I've seen pictures, whatever. It's one of those places.

I've experienced this with a couple other, like, I don't know, like natural wonders where it's like, you can Google it and see what it looks like. And it's like, okay, that's like Tahoe. But then you get there and you're like, wait, this is so fucking pretty. And this is just here all the time. Like, you pull up at the Reno airport, which first of all, the Reno airport, shouts out to the lovely people of Reno. Your city is beautiful. It's very, you know, arid and.

mountainous, I guess. But the airport kind of gives, like, subway sandwich restaurant if it was like blown up to be an airport. Like, the tile is very like green and beige in a way that's, I would say not freshly updated. But so you pull up at the Reno airport. We get in a, uh, uh, uh, Caesar's Entertainment stretch limo with a fake fireplace on a TV and a bottle of van der Pumperose already chilling in ice. And that's how you know. It's like, oh, we've arrived. So it's like an hour drive from the Reno airport to Lake Tahoe.

And you're kind of like going up through the mountains. Things are starting to get a little more like, I don't know, like rustic seeming. Then you're like driving past cabins. And then the lake is just kind of there. And I get to my hotel room and I had a balcony that just like looks out over the lake and the mountains. And maybe this is this is very Midwestern of me. perhaps. But like when I see mountains in real life, I'm just like, wow, like, it's mountains.

Like, it's just there. I was worried also about the altitude at Lake Tahoe. It's like 6,000 feet. I don't know. Is that high? It's like higher than like if you go to like Denver. It's not even that high. So I was like stressed. I brought, I bought ginger chews. I had liquid ivy. I was like, I got to be like pounding water. And the first night, we went to Gordon Ramsey's Hell's Kitchen because that's like another one, the restaurants that's like on the, we're at Harvey's Lake Tahoe, which is one of the, uh, Caesar's resorts that's there. And we were all, everybody on the trip was like, I feel so dehydrated. And also I've had one cocktail and I am drunk. That's the, I think that's the altitude. I never actually felt sick. I just felt like I needed to drink a lot of

water and to drink probably less Vanderpump rosé because let me tell you, I have, in the past week, I consumed so much Vanderpump rosé. I actually had a bottle of it sitting on my desk in the office from the, I got a Vanderpump villa like package a few weeks ago. And when I came back yesterday to the office, I was like, oh, my God, I cannot look at that. Vanderpump Rosey, a lot of you have probably had it. It's pretty good. Like, it's like solid, decent rosé.

I just drank so much of it. I probably had a gallon of that shit in the last week. because Thursday night, we were in Tahoe, and it was the grand opening event for Wolf by Vanderpump. So the restaurant had been, I think, soft open for like a couple weeks. You know, there were like some reviews on Google already. They were like, we were delighted to see when we were staying in Harvies that they were taking guests at the bar. But Thursday was the grand opening. And let me tell you who was at this.

grand opening party. First of all, the entire cast of Vanderpump Villa, or I think most of the cast, I don't know, there are so many of them, they were all there. They looked hot. They looked good. They were, um, they were really feeling themselves in a way that is, it's kind of beautiful to see when somebody is like, has wanted this so bad for their entire life. And they're like, I'm here. I'm wearing a dress and somebody's taking pictures of me. And those are going to go on Getty images and that somebody's going to ask me questions about something that I did on camera on a TV show that I'm on. Like, I've talked to a lot of housewives.

I've talked to a lot of reality TV folk. And there is something that's just like a little bit sweet about when it's like somebody's first time doing it and they're like young and hot and hungry and they're just kind of like going for it. And the Vanderpumpfilla cast, they've got that spark in their eyes. I'm not quite caught up on the show But what was funny is that The Vanderpump Villicast was there

The Vanderpump Rules cast was not This was something that I was curious about In the lead up to the event Are any of them going to show up? Who's going to be there? They were not filming for any Van der Pump rules or for anything else, I don't think, while we were there.

It's a weird time of the calendar because Vanderpump Rules, obviously their season is still airing, but their reunion is done. They're not going to pick up cameras for something like this. You know, it's not Scandival. It's a, it's a restaurant opening. It's just like, it is what it is.

So it's not going to be on the show. Obviously, you know, we saw them this past season, you know, kicking down walls and whatever. It's come a long way. Let me tell you. But because of that, I was like, okay, so there's no Vanderpump rules. And I think that sort of allowed the Vanderpump Valley cast to feel like they had really made it because they were kind of like the, they were like, they were like, the talent in the room in a way. And, you know, I love that for them. I don't know how long these 15 minutes are going to last, but they were soaking it up while they were there. Garcell was there

with her son, Oliver. Lovely to see her. You know, I don't know, I don't know exactly like how the invites for these things work, but it was fun that she showed up. We had heard that Denise Richards was going to be there. She did not make it. You know, take that, as you will. I don't know. Other people that were there that I was just like L-O-Ling about. Leona Lewis, as in Keep Leading Love, Leona Lewis, she was there. She looked great, a little high pony situation. Jesse Bradford, who apparently is friends with Lisa, I was like, that guy looks familiar. He's handsome.

Who is that? And then what's so funny is that the descriptor that is used for him every single time he came up in conversation was he's the boyfriend from Bring It On. And I'm like, it's, I love that it's 20. 24 and that's just how you're like expected to know someone is that he was like the boyfriend in a movie that came out

fully 25 years ago. I'm like, okay, cool. Nick Elaine was there. Nick, Nick Elaine is like kind of a fox. Like he just like, he looks so good and like put together. And of course the whole Vanderpump family,

the whole Vanderpump Todd Sabo, you know, family clan. Lisa was there. Ken was there. Pandora was there. She looked great. Pandora's husband, Jason. I saw it.

Jason get, like, stopped and recognized by some, like, random women in the casino. And it was, like, such a... I live for seeing interactions like that because you know that Jason is like, how did I get here?

What is happening? Why am I walking through a casino in state line, Nevada? And being, like, accosted by these women for a photo. I'm not even on the show. but this is the kind of environment. When people know that the Vanderpumps are in the building,

they're going to be ears perked up looking for anybody to take a photo with. Pandora was great. Pandora, so this is something that I don't know if people really know about. Pandora is like the right hand of the business side of everything that Lisa does. So when they were filming Vanderpump Villa last summer,

Pandora was like in France for a couple months like working on the show. And likewise, Pandora told us that she had been in Tahoe working every day on getting the restaurant open for like seven weeks before we were there. And so she's been there with her like adorable kid, her husband. She was like, I was like, oh, like this Tahoe is not a bad place to be. I mean, like you can do like fun, I don't know, adoresy stuff. You don't go skiing on your off days. And she's like, well, yeah, you know, we've been here starting at 7 a.m.

And then it's a midnight doing, you know, tastings, trainings, decor, you know, there's a lot of goes into this place. And it looked really good. The Vanderpump-alane aesthetic is obviously, it's over the top. It's very, it's very, like, extra on purpose. But I got to say, the combination of the, like, classic Nicolane, like, sort of, you know, mechanical looking, little bit steam punky. Like there's like some gears and some, you know,

copper wires and some, you know, like rusty looking chandeliers. It actually works really well with the kind of like rustic Tahoe, like wolf theming. You know, as Lisa would say, it's very masculine and sexy. And I don't know. It kind of just clicked for me.

Like, it kind of worked. And I have been, I've been to TomTom. I've been to Vanderpumpa, Paris. And I kind of made fun of the aesthetic, especially the Paris one. It's just, it's a little silly to me. But this one, like, I was kind of taken with it. There are, over the bar, the most ridiculous thing is that over the bar, there are these, like, stone wolf sculptures, I guess, you would say statues. I don't, I don't know.

and they're like positioned in these metal cages with like one side of the cage looking like it's held up like held open by like a pulley system that I don't think is operational but it's like this is this is the most classic like Nicolana is going to make something that is so over the top but also like a wolf cage but also like a fake pulley attached to it and like I don't want to know. how much that cost. I don't want to know how many tries it took to get it right. But once it's there and once it's ready, you're kind of like, yeah, of course you have a wolf jumping out of a cage over the bar. And there's two of them. Why wouldn't you have two of them? It's great. And there's like antlers on some of the chandeliers. Like all the lighting fixtures are beautiful. I sound like I want to like fuck this restaurant. I don't know. It is sexy. It is. There are also One of my favorite, like, decor details is, like, right by the front door, they have some black and white framed photos. And, you know, it's giving, like, oh, we're at, like, the neighborhood trattoria.

And there's going to be, like, the family photo on the wall. And, like, Wolf by Vanderpump couldn't be less of that, like, family restaurant kind of vibe. But there's a framed photo of Lisa and Ken's wedding, which is, like, in the 80s, I think. How old are they? I don't know. There's, like, a framed photo of their old. wedding. There's like some other like family photos and then there's fully just a black and white framed Vanderpump Rules season 11 cast photo. Like I love that we're I love that we're

acknowledging that this is part of the Vanderpump legacy that it's like, oh yes, and we're going to have a framed photo of Pandora and Max and then we're going to have a framed photo of Tom and Ariana. Of course. Why wouldn't you? So good, so good, so good. Everything you want for summer is Nordstrom rack stores now and up to 60% off. Stock up and save on the brands you love like Vince, Sam Edelman, Frame, and Free People. Join the Nordi Club to unlock exclusive discounts, shop new arrivals first, and more. Plus, buy online and pick up at your favorite rack store for free. Great brands, great prices.

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you know, like you would do in college and people always said like you would get like herpes from doing the ice luge. I don't know. I think I don't know like one time. So far, so good. And I was like, oh, like we're doing an ice luge at this like Lisa Vanderpump opening event.

It was not that. Like they were pouring the shot through the ice to get it like, I don't know, like frosty. but then they just put it in a shot glass like a normal shot and it was good it was like a little bit like it was very coconuty and I like leachy. I also did a tequila shot with some of the Vanderpump Villa cast which is just like we don't

we don't have to get into that. It was a long night I drank way too much rosé but then the next morning they had for us a nice brunch at Wolfe and this was this was kind of like the whole real reason we were there because they had set up for us a menu of lots of the different stuff to try. They brought us out lots of the different specialty cocktails. And this is really what I was kind of like bracing myself for because I'm like, okay, I've, you know, I've been to some of these places

before. And if you listen to my, I think I did like a, I don't know, like a 45 minute like rant about Lisa's LA establishments when I went a couple of years ago, I wasn't sure what to expect. And I was like, look, I'm here to experience and then I'm here to be honest. And like, I'm going to be honest either way. And I hope that I don't have to go on a 45 minute rant again. Like, I just want to talk about the like sexy wolfmen that were parading around at the party. But because the food and drinks was really good. It was really good.

Like everything we tasted was really good. And I was like so, I was so relieved at this brunch. Well, first of all, I was like, I was a little hung up. But then I was relieved because we show up and they had put us at, you know, we were like spaced out at tables. So it was nice because we, you know, we had a lot of room on the table because they were bringing us like a fucking dozen cocktails at 1130. And this killed me because we sit down.

And our server, the servers, by the way, are like so, so wonderful. They clearly have been like working hard to train them because there was a lot going on. And they were like so knowledgeable, so friendly, whatever. But it was so funny because we all like rolled into this brunch and we're sitting down. And our server is like, good evening. How are we this evening? Okay. So this evening we're going to start with some drinks.

And then like, for you this evening, I'm like, it is not yet noon. And you are putting, you just poured me a glass of Vanderpump Rose. And I still have the Vanderpump Rose in my system from last night. And then I haven't touched the Vanderpump Rose. and you're like, would you also like a frose? And I'm like, well, yeah, I guess I would. And you're like, would you also like our take on an espresso martini, which comes topped with a chocolate bridge and a donut hole?

You guys, the espresso martini is garnished with a glazed donut hole. And I'm sitting, I'm like, yes, fill her up. The donut hole was delicious. Tasted like it was fresh from crispy cream. The espresso martini was good. You know, like, there's espresso martinis that are kind of like that, like, chocolate milk kind of vibe. I found one of those last weekend at a different, at a different establishment in Lake Tahoe. The espresso martini at Wolf, it looks like that sort of like clear, dark espresso-y color.

A little bit of sweet, a little bit of bitter. The chocolate bridge was yummy. It's like literally like, it's like a chocolate cookie kind of thing that's like a long, thin thing that just is like propped across the top of the glass. and then the donut hole just like rests on top of it with another piece of chocolate that is like printed with the word wolf on it. I don't know how they come up with this shit, but I'm like, look, I'll drink it. I'll eat it. The drinks are very over the top in a way that is pleasing. The froset was really delicious. We tried something. Their take on the apparel sprits, which is, it's an apparel spritz with like grapefruit. I think there was like a giant grapefruit slice in it. It's called the lazy hoe. And at this point, we were like a

few drinks deep at brunch and the cocktail being called the lazy hoe was like the funniest thing that we had ever heard. It was like, oh, like, I need me a lazy hoe. It's just like so bad. But it was good. It was good. There's a drinky tonic, which like it's not a gin and tonic. It's like fully like a goblet of purple delicious juice. And then there was another drink called the huff and puff, which is their take on an old-fashioned that has smoke that they pour out of a bottle that is held in like a brass-moulded wolfhead. And that's the point where it's like,

how much money did you spend on these like wolf-shaped things to hold the glass bottle that the smoke goes into to pour on the old-fashioned? I don't know. They spared no expense and it worked. the food also was really good so they brought us like nine cocktails over the course of the course of the meal needless to say i was not able to finish all of them and like we weren't really supposed to i don't i don't think but it was like one p.m and i'm like sure i'll take that one too um

the food was really good though they they have this like uh wolf bread that has like some cheesiness to it and it's very like it's like a pull apart kind of bread and they serve it with a hot honey butter that was delicious uh there was my first my first my first favorite thing that we ate, I think, was a lobster, saviche crisp. It's like, it looks like a taco, but the shell is like very, um, crisp, crispy, light and, I don't know, it's like light and like crunchy. That was delicious. And then let's talk about the goat cheese balls because goat cheese balls, of course, have become a staple of every Lisa Vanderpump establishment, but I am here to tell you that not all goat cheese balls are created equal. Because the go cheese balls

that I've had before were at TomTom, and they left a little to be desired. They were giving a little bit like it's fresh in the sense that it's freshly microwaved out of the freezer. But the go cheese balls at Wolf are a little bit more special, a little bit more bespoke.

And here's what it is. They come on a plate. There's five of them in an order, which is like, that's like a big portion. Like you put one of these in your mouth and you're like, it's a lot of cheese and there's like a little bit of seasoning to it. But it's five and there's this like hot honey sauce that's with them that is really good, really flavorful. And then also this like sort of like light, sweet, crunchy slaw that's like a little bit of hickama. I think there's like a pear situation, maybe a little cabbage.

And you put it all together and it's like a complete dish. And it was really good. And I had like three of these. And I was like, I want to have the other two, but they're bringing us like eight other things to eat that I need to try as well. The goat cheese balls, I'm converted. This sauce really, the sauce is really good. The hot honey sauce. They got to bring that to the other places.

I don't know how the like recipe sharing works across these restaurants, but they did something special with the goat cheese balls here. And I hope they're able to replicate it at the other establishments because it really, it really takes the experience to another. level. Like, I know that Stasi orders her like go cheese balls with a side salad. This law. Now, that's where it's at. But yeah, we tried a, we tried a bunch of other stuff. There was like a shrimp taco that was really good. They have a like a smash burger situation that was delicious. By that point, I was like so full. I'm like, I'm going to have approximately two bites of this burger and wish that I could eat more, but physically can't. The fries actually are really good. But the funniest thing. So they had a set menu for us of like, like,

like, you know, a smattering of choices. But then they also showed us the full menu, which is like, you know, when you say something is the size of your head to be like, oh, it's so big. This is the size of four of my heads. It's a gigantic board that they give you for the menu. And one of the first things on the menu as like an appetizer or like a share plate or whatever, 2.5 pounds cast iron truffle fries. And we didn't get this.

You know, I didn't see it, but I'm like, so is it, it's two and a half pounds of fries? I'm like, how are they measuring? Like, is the skillet included? Two and a half pounds of fries sounds like it would be a lot. But based on the fries that I tried, which I don't think were truffle, the fries are very good. So if you go, I would love to see a photo of just what the two and a half pounds of truffle fries looks like. But it was great. I mean, everything that we ate was good.

We had this, there was like a smores skillet, dessert that was really yummy. And one of the women at my table was gluten-free, and they did a great job of making some, like, special options for her. And they made a gluten-free smores dessert that was like, I would never have known it was gluten-free, but also it was just like absolutely delicious. But anyway, that's Wolf.

I had a great time. I, you know, like I said, I was prepared to be honest in whatever direction I needed to be. and I was so impressed. Lisa was there. She looked great. We took a little photo together. I was like, Lisa, Lisa, I felt bad.

She was like losing her voice. And so she's like, somebody had brought her a cup of tea. And I was like, oh, can we get the tea out of the photo? I don't know. It worked. It's a cute photo if I do say so myself. But anyway, that was Lake Tahoe.

I would recommend. I would go back. Definitely the, so we were staying at Harvey's, which is one of the casino resorts on the Nevada side of the border. And if you have been to Lake Tahoe or if you're looking at a map, South Lake Tahoe is on the California side,

but it's like basically like a hop, skip and a jump. So if you were staying at like one of the ski resorts or like, you know, in the California side and you wanted to, and you're thinking about like popping over to have dinner at Wolf or something, like definitely do. It's a vibe.

But yeah, I'm like, I already want to go back. I'm like, it's pretty. We went on the same boat also that Vanderpump Rules did their boat tour on this summer. And the guy KK, who was like the, not the captain, but like the, the deckhand, the first mate, the Bosen, I don't fucking know. He was like telling us about being there when the Van der Pump Rules cast was there. And I'm just like, no, no, no. It's like, you're telling us about it in a way that's very like, oh yeah, like we were here, surface level.

I'm like, I watched that episode. I know what went down on this boat. Like, you need to give me the full fucking rundown. Also, it was not that. of a boat, so I'm watching the episode back and I'm like, the camera crew must have been like literally like teetering off the edge to get some of these camera angles. But anyway, that was great. And then we saw Helen Mirren at the Reno airport on the way back. Truly, truly just like a fever dream of my like dead tired hungover self where we're sitting in the Reno airport and over the loudspeaker. They're like, uh, paging so and so and so and so. and Helen Mirren for flight blah blah blah to LA.

And we're like, oh, like, ha ha ha ha. Like Helen Mirren, wouldn't it be so funny? Literally like out of the blue. Academy Award winner Dame Helen Mirren just like saunter's up to the gate. She, her hair's on ponytail. She has a headband on. She just looks like ready to get on a plane. And she like almost missed her flight.

I was going to be like, Dame Helen. Give me snap a photo. I mean, I did not look ready to take a photo either. But yeah, it was a great trip. If you have more questions or anything, you know, feel free to ask that. But overall, you know, I had a great time. I definitely would go back to Lake Tahoe and I definitely eat at Wolf again. And, you know, thanks to Caesar's entertainment for a wonderful time.

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Own the dream. Should we talk about the valley? I guess. I mean, I was not prepared for all of what this show was going to be because, and I feel like every time I talk about it, I'm more and more like this, where I'm like, going into this show, I was like, okay, this is going to be really bad.

I guess I'll watch it because I feel like I'm, supposed to, but also, like, do I have to? And then, you know, Jackson Brittany separated. It was like, okay, maybe this will be interesting. There'll be, like, some clues or whatever. But what's crazy is that some of the most interesting stuff with this show has been with the randos that I was like, I don't even want to learn your names. And all of a sudden, I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, tell me everything about Jesse and Michelle's marriage and what is the secret? Like, what does Kristen know that could where the bodies are buried, that could end a thing that you're not going to say because you protect your friends, but then now you're not going to protect them.

And then all of a sudden, after Jack's hair loss product event, which I, God, I just love. Also, this guy, Zach, thinking that he has the license to make fun of Schwartz's bleached hair, sir, sir, respectfully, look in the mirror. look at a photo of yourself. That's all I have to say about that. But this dinner, Kristen's storming away from the table and she's saying, I won't destroy their marriage. And Jesse's like, if you have a, if you know a skeleton that I don't know and you say it on camera,

it's going to be over for you. And then Kristen is like, Jesse said he'd leave Michelle in two months. And then Jacks is like, actually, no, it was the other way around. that Jesse said that he thought Michelle was going to leave him in two months. And then there's more drama going on, and the producers are in the hallway, and it's chaotic. And then all of a sudden seeing that Luke is like, you know, your girlfriend, whatever. And then Jesse is like charging through the group about to swing on Luke. I wasn't ready for any of this.

And then Kristen finally, she comes out with it. She says that Michelle had a boyfriend for a year while they were married. married. And then it's a to be continued. And this is something, we were talking about this on the, on the trip over the weekend. We were talking about the valley and how kind of like, I think half of their episodes at least have ended with the two be continued. And like, I'm not super sure that that has been warranted because it's like some of the two be continued. It's like the next episode starts and it's like the next day. And it's like, okay, that wasn't continued. That was just like the next thing that happened, which is how a show works when a show is following a

storyline. But this episode, I'm like, oh my God, it's really all happening. It's really so good. And I think they're going to get a reunion. Apparently Michelle hinted on social media that they're going to get a reunion. They're stupid if they don't give them a reunion because everybody that's watching this show is like, what's going on? And, you know, Britney and Jenner Jack seemed to be in a worse place than ever. I saw Jacks was in Canada with his publicist-turned potential love interest, Lori K. And now Brittany unfollowed Jackson, Lori, on Instagram, and also Mama Sherry unfollowed Lori K. That's the T.

And Lori Kay, like, Jackson, Brittany ran deep with Lori K. Lori Kay does a lot of The Bachelor people, too. I met her at BravoCon. I was like, oh, you. But what's going on there? what's going on with Michelle and Jesse? Who is the director that she was like, maybe like mingling with at the Chateau Marmont?

What's happening with Danny and Nia are like, I just want them to be good. Last week when she was talking about her postpartum depression, I'm like, Mama, get the help you need. Getting help is showing strength. Janet and Jason love their energy. Zach is messy. Kristen can't help herself.

She's like, yay, I hope we conceive. And you know that Luke is still like, me too. The fact that he has a gecko, I'm sorry. To me, that's a red flag. Like a man in his 30s that has a gecko. There's something about the word gecko that just is like,

I'm like, if you had like a, I'm trying to like, would a lizard be better? Probably not. I don't know, like a gecko. Gecko. To me, like, I'm just picturing, like, a nine-year-old with, like, glasses that have, like, a little strap, like, a, like, sport strap in the back so they don't fall off, like, wanting to show you his gecko. Like, when you come over to, like, his parents' house, and he's like, oh, look, why don't he my gecko? And now it's like, Luke is, like, going to be a father and he has a

gecko. I'm like, that's not, that's not it. Sorry if you have a gecko, I guess. I don't know. Is that offensive? I'm just not. to reptiles. I don't know. Get a real pet. No, we're breaking the fourth wall. We're getting in physical altercations. We have rumors and nastiness being tossed around like their hot potatoes. I don't know how many episodes we have left with Valley, but boy, I don't want it to end. And I'm, I'm sure they're going to get a season two at this point. So I buckle up. Oh, what a good show. That's all, I mean, that's all I have for today. You know, I got too worked up talking about wolf.

and the sexy masculine decor. I got to go get a drink of water. But thank you everyone for listening. Don't forget to rate review and follow the show wherever you listen. We'll be back tomorrow with some more exciting stuff. I'm caught up on Top Chef. I want to talk about NYC prep a little bit. You guys really got me going with the messages about NYC prep.

And I started watching episode one yesterday. And I was like, yes! It's like so good but so troubling but so good. Other stuff I'm sure we'll pop up and we'll talk about that. But in the meantime, thank you for listening. Don't forget to rate review and follow the show. You can follow us on Instagram at Bravo by Betches. And until next time, be cool.

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