Mention It All - #PinkLadyGate (Below Deck Med Reunion, RHOC)

Episode Date: October 22, 2020

Bari and Dylan kick off the episode with a breakdown of this week’s Bravo meme drama on Instagram. Why is Erika Jayne being an asshole? Then, they dive into the Below Deck Med reunion. If Captain Sandy has an issue with Hannah, why won’t she just admit it? Finally, they talk RHOC, and lament this season’s deeply un-fabulous energy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And Barry Rosenfeld. I need to start drinking alcohol. Now go to sleep, we. Hello, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of the Mention It All podcast. I'm Dylan Hafer. And I'm Barry Rosenfeld. And we honestly just got to get right into it. We do.

Barry's a little bit under the weather, but we have. plenty to talk about today. We're going to get into the Below Jack Med Reunion Part 1, Real House of Orange County. I believe we have some thoughts about this season so far. But first, we need to talk about the Instagram controversy that was all over the Bravo Instagram world universe. I don't know what to call it. This week.

Community. We're a community. We are. This is so dumb. I hate that it even is like such a thing, but it's just... Well, first of all, I got so many questions about this the other night when I did questions the other night and I just like didn't answer them. I was just like, we will talk about this.

Literally, I got like 10 of them. Well, how do you feel? Blah, blah, blah. Okay, so quick rundown. Robin wore the same pink dress that Erica and Renna wore last season on Beverly Hills. Of course, people were making memes and jokes about it. Bravo posted like this cool, like designed, like collage with, like, the three of them.

And then this account brands by Bravo, who's run by this woman, Danielle, posted, uh, they edited that collage with the pink ladies from Greece. And it was like, you know, whatever they put it together. There's like a diagonal line across the picture.

And then Erica- She made a meme. She made a meme. Right. She made a meme. As all of us do on these Instagram accounts. And this was an account with, she had less than 10,000 followers,

not like some big, you know, prominent account. Mm-hmm. And Erica clearly liked it. She, um, she,

screenshoted it and posted it on her profile, used the exact same caption as Brands by Bravo, but did not tag her or anything. So, which, okay, I will say like, Bravo LeBrdes,

famous people when they post shit that they get tagged in, a lot of the time, they don't really credit. It's annoying, but it happens. But so Brands by Bravo commented on the post was like, hey, thanks for sharing. This is my photo. Would you mind tagging me? She actually didn't say that. If anyone notices, she actually was like, hey, you stole my picture. Can you tag me? She didn't say

that what you just said. It was like, not as nice. Whatever. You're not going to defend Erica in this. I'm sorry. No, I'm not. I'm not. But I'm saying she didn't say that. She's. And so Erica responded, she was like super condescending and was like, actually it's not your picture. It belongs to Bravo. And Kyle took the photo of me and Rina. So, like, basically, like, basically just telling this girl to fuck off. And she's like, okay, well, like, you still posted, like, the meme that I made and put together. So, like, yeah, like, you can credit me for that. And then she posted this even more condescending one.

And she was like, maybe I'll credit you when you come up with something clever and original, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And it's like, you literally liked what she posted enough to screenshot it and post it on your own account. Yeah, the issue with this is why I was like, I'm not defending Erica, but I was like, maybe there's just some confusion, like trying to give her the benefit of the down. And I was like, no, she knows what she's doing. But it was funny because she kept saying, you didn't take this picture. But I feel like Erica wasn't understanding the fact that the girl made the meme. Like, you're right. She didn't take the picture of you, but she made the meme

of the pictures. She told me. that she was like at that party and took the photo. The whole thing was like at first, it was like, is Erica confused here? But then as it went on, she was kind of being like, ruder and ruder in replies. And some people were kind of trying to explain it. And she was still. And then she was posting, you know, she like shared some things on her story that were clearly like kind of a wink at like,

yes. Oh, people think I'm an asshole. Like, I'll be an asshole. And it's like, that's, it's not cute. Well, I think the more people that were trying to explain to her that got her more mad and that got her more like petty. So she kept going. But listen, I was talking to my friend about it the other night too. She was like, you either love Erica or you hate Erica because someone was like, is she canceled?

I was like absolutely not. Like what she did was not. Yeah, not the right word for it. What she did was not nice. But this girl's Instagram brands by Rabo did blow up. And like she she went on the other night. I thought it was so funny. And she was like, hey, guys.

Like, I'm just a normal girl doing my like nine to five job. Like, thank you so much. And you know what I felt so bad about? She was like, please, I'm just like, I'm not trying to fight. Like people come get so defensive because the internet these days are so fucking crazy that on a turn of a dime, like you can be canceled, literally. So this poor girl who's just running a fun account, making people laugh was like, please, I'm not here for the drama. like I'm just here to like make me. It's tough because it's like, you know, I run our Instagram account.

I have a lot of friends that run Instagram accounts too. And it's like, I don't think like canceled as like an exaggeration. But it's like I, if I'm thinking of like, oh, who would be good to like make a post of and tag in and maybe they'll share it? Like, I don't know if I'm going to do that for Erica if she's like out here being like, I don't need to credit you for this thing you made. It's like, I don't know. It's just it's just annoying. and I don't know why she doesn't realize that it's good for her

when these like fan accounts like her, you know? Yeah, I don't, it was a very bizarre situation. Like, that's how I felt about it. All you to do was tag them in the picture. Yeah, it was very weird. I was like, wait, it's not that serious. Like, it's not, I guess maybe it almost felt like a deeper rooted thing. Like, maybe this has happened before and people took advantage.

But that wasn't the case for this. It was literally just like a meme. Wait, also, I was thinking about this all blew up at like 10 a.m. on Monday morning, which means Erica was in California writing these like rude comments at like 6 a.m. L.A. time. I'm like, girl, go to bed. Some days you wake up early and you have nothing else to do or talk about. Girl, winter is so last season. And now Springs got you looking at pictures of tank tops with hungry eyes.

Your algorithm is feeding you cut off. You're thirsty for the sun on your shoulders. That perfect hang on the patio sundress. Those sandals you can wear all day and all night. And you've had enough of shopping from your couch. Done hoping it looks anything like the picture when you tear up on that envelope. It's time for a little in-person spring treat. It's time for a trip to Ross.

Work your magic. Let's talk about below-deck med. I think it is so great that this type of Zoom reunion is more than one part. like forgot about that. You think like because it's not housewives. It's just going to be like one and done. But this like out of all the reunions so far this season has gotten my attention. Like I'm very into this. I think a lot went on and more's going to go on. And it was a little like attitudinal and drama filled. Attitudinal. I like that. I do think I like so I think I was trying about this. I think it was last week. I don't remember when, but about how I liked that this season wasn't just about

toxic masculinity, because we've had some seasons where that was like a prevailing theme. And I appreciated that they discussed Pete for just a couple minutes because I thought it was important. And, you know, it's something that just because he's getting edited out of the show doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about why what he did was wrong and because whatever. And, you know, Sandy clearly, like, Sandy had talked to him. But it's like, clearly the cast was all like, yeah, that was fucked up. And, you know, he was, he clearly has his issues. But I liked that other than that, the reunion was about actual things that happened on

the season and not just like men being shitty. Yeah. And I liked when they, Andy asked Sandy and Sandy. And he was like, he was weird. Like there was something a little off. And I was like, honestly. And when they did the playback of all the times, he was calling Malia Sweetie, I was like, I got like.

grossed out. I was like that. I forgot about that because it was so long ago, but I was like, ugh, like that is so gross. But anyway, enough about Pete. Thank you so much for your time. Pia, this season was great. Um, Captain Sandy, a lot of people ask about that too, like how we, I don't, again, like I thought she was fine. I thought it was very clear how she felt about Hannah and I thought it was very clear even throughout the season how she felt about Malia. It was like a teacher's pet. Like your teacher has a favorite student? That was this season.

I think the hard thing with Sandy for me watching this is that I wish she would just say, yeah, I was frustrated with Hannah and I was kind of done with her. Like I wish she would just come out and say it because I feel like she thinks that she has to sound impartial and be like, well, no, I didn't treat these two situations differently. And it's like, yeah, maybe you did. And maybe it's, you know, like, we can all see it that she was not feeling Hannah and that she was kind of ready to be done with Hannah. And I think she could acknowledge that.

And it would feel more genuine versus being like, no, I didn't, I didn't deal with these two situations differently. It feels like she's lying. And it's like, oh, just, just say it. Well, and she repeatedly was saying it's not personal. Like, it's professional. And I was like, no, like, what happened? you had to do was professional.

Like you had to do that. The way you went about it and even right now, like, no, this is personal. Like, you don't like that. Yeah. I think they're still stuck on this idea that they need to explain why what Hannah did was a fireable offense. And they were doing this kind of on social media and on the show and on the reunion. And it's like, no, we all get it. Nobody is questioning the maritime law and the, you know, the drugs and all of that.

Like, I don't think very many people are still confused about why Hannah was fired. It's like we're talking about the circumstances around it. Why did Malia go take that photo in the first place? Why was it happening right after they had this dispute about the rooms? Why was Sandy getting involved in the rooms if she says that it wasn't her? They're talking about Sandy keeps talking about how the captain doesn't do the rooms. It's not her thing. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

And it's like, then why did you get on the radio to the whole boat and assign rooms? doesn't like Hannah. That is why. And Hannah even said, and you know what, that yes, there is a respect level, but you're allowed to defend yourself and speak up for yourself. I don't care. So Hannah was like, didn't you tell me I was doing the rooms and Sandy like didn't answer the question. Like it was, it's just a very clear line. But, um, yeah, I kind of looked amazing. That's what I looked amazing. She, I mean, she looks great. She's clearly, you know, going to have that baby any minute now. I loved when she drank out of her.

I need a Valium mug. I like gasped out loud. I was like, yeah. Like that was product placement. That was amazing. And no one either, they edited it out, which I'm pretty sure they did.

There was zero reaction. I had more reaction of myself in my bed than there was. No one reacted to it. I think they edited that out. I didn't watch the reunion until a couple days after. And so when I first saw on social media, somebody like shared the video of that, I was like, oh, my God, that's incredible.

It was, I sent it to you. Okay, yeah, yeah. But like, I'm just saying, like, whoever, like, the first time I saw it, I was, like, dying. I know. It was great. I also was just frustrated. I felt like at the beginning, we spent, like, 10 or 15 minutes talking about laundry and how when Hannah was the chief stew, the laundry room was always a mess. And then when Bugsie was the Chiefs Dude.

I thought that was so rude too. It just felt like it again felt like Sandy was saying things that were obviously a dig at Hannah, but then was being like, I don't know if it's a thing with Hannah or if it's, you know, maybe it's just to organize it. And it's like if she's like coming up with all of these like beat around the bush ways of saying she doesn't like Hannah. But it's like, no, you're obviously you're her captain. It's a professional relationship.

but you're also on a reality show. You've known her for years. You fired her from this show. Like, if you're, if you have an issue with her, just say it. It's reality TV. You're not on the boat anymore. She doesn't work for you. Right.

And at one point, Hannah was like, oh, okay. Because Sandy repeated it like one too many times where it was like, when Bugsie got there, it was fine. So Hannah was like, okay, I see what you're doing here. And it was just, it also puts Bugsie in an awkward situation. She was even like, no, I think it's, you know, I think it's like, we were more. or on like the same page. I do kind of feel like Bugsy is caught in the middle a little bit because obviously

she's good friends with Malia. I think she has a great working relationship with Sandy. But I also don't think she really has any beef with Hannah. I think they didn't get a long grade the season they worked together before, but this season they didn't really have major issues. And so I think Bugsy is kind of like, look, I was just, I was doing my job. When she left, I became Chief Stu. it wasn't like some big plot like

I'm not gonna like throw Hannah under the bus for the fact that I did the laundry well that kind of thing. Yeah it was a lot about laundry that we didn't need and also like we don't need Hannah's good at her job like there's no arguing that so like

because she didn't have the laundry room in order you can't I hate that in any job you can do your job so correctly but that one thing you don't do right it's like you wish you did that you know like you should have done that better and like that's so not fair but we leave off which is kind of like

I don't know nutty or not were Hannah CBD pen they went too far into this I don't know like doesn't match they like contacted the company and it's like they're like that's a weed it's a weed pen yeah I don't like whatever

I know and what do you want her to do now she's going to be like no but and then of course Jess has to chime in and I can't wait for this episode this part because it gets me like actually really mad when she's like, I had a pen and we're like, okay, Jet, like, cool. I actually, I forgot until this moment that they really didn't talk about Jess and Rob at all on part one. And so I'm like, I was thinking like, I was thinking like, oh, what do we still have

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This episode, I think, was worse than the premiere. Would you agree? I, yeah, yes. I think the premiere... No, Dylan, this episode was so good. No, no, no. I don't... Obviously, it wasn't so good, but I think the premiere kind of was like, okay.

Like, I know I'm not excited for this season, but like, whatever. It's not like the worst episode I've ever seen. It was an intro, yes. Last night just felt like we were walking through, like, mud for an hour. I looked at the clock. I looked at the clock. I thought the episode was half over. It was like 9.15.

Yeah. Literally, we had a group chat last night, you guys, and all of us were just dragging it. We were like, what the fuck is this? And it's funny that you say that about the premiere, because I kind of had that thought last night where I was like, this seems like an on, yes, in other franchises,

you don't just like go from the pyramid and then like jump into it. You kind of just like lead into drama. But this one I was like, oh my God, are we still like, I still have no idea anything about Elizabeth Bargett, like nothing. No. I don't know anything about her. She feels like so unfabulous to me.

Yes. And also why? Which is funny because for a different reason, like Gina is like. Unfabulous. Like, it's, I mean, for housewives, she's broke. Whereas Elizabeth allegedly has all this money and still just feels like the least aspirational person I can picture. like she has, I don't, I don't even know what it is.

The whole cast. She's talking about how she, when she met her boyfriend, she wanted the tallest, hottest guy in the room. And I'm like, well, at least he's tall, so good for you. She just, like, I don't know if they're doing a bad job of integrating her into the cast so far. They're doing a bad job at everything with this season. I rolled my eyes, I told you when she said that last night. I was like, you did not just say that out loud.

She was like, yep, I walked in and was like, I want the tallest hottest guy in the room. And like, he's mine now. And I was like, is that really what happened? Like, that's what happened and that you have your fairy tale right now. But like, can we not forget also? Like, why is Emily so under the radar with how much of a shitster she is? She literally goes up to people and it's like, so-and-so said this. You should just know about this.

Right. When she was like, well, I'm getting together with Gina. So I can't wait to tell her about what Bronfell. said and it's like, you are so shameless with this. And then when Gina was like, call Bronwyn, and she was like, am I going to call her? Am I going to call her? And she's like, yeah, I'm calling her. It's like, why are you calling Bronwyn two times from your phone when it's clearly Gina and Bronwyn's issue? But then at the same time, Bronwyn picked up the phone and was like so heated. I feel like she went from zero to 100, like hanging up on Gina, yelling at Gina. And it's like,

uh, what? I just think like a lot about this that What makes these women, I'm not even kidding, different than me. And why can't I be casted on a show? I'm not, I'm like not even saying that to be funny. I'm dead serious. Like, exactly what you said before. I don't aspire to be any of these women. I don't aspire to be anybody, but myself.

But I'm saying like, oh, they're so fabulous. They're not. And they live very, I don't, I just, they're, I don't even know what to say. It's not even like a regular show. where you know what? Not all of them need their hair and makeup done. They don't, but they don't even, like, take care of themselves. Like, it's really...

That scene with Gina and Emily felt like it lasted six hours. Why was that half of the episode? They were talking about the stuff with Bronwyn and, you know, they're talking, Gina's talking about how much she's eating, which, like, has, like, okay, Gina gained a few pounds. She looks fine. I don't care. Fix your hair.

And how many times are we going to talk about Tamara and Vicki? It's like these women don't have anything to talk about besides them. I get it because we're leaving off that they are still involved in some. But Gino was like I played tennis with Tamara this morning. Oh, this is what Tamara and Vicki said. Oh, dose, I was going to say dos caminos. Trace amigas. Like stop talking about them.

You guys, it's your show. You're on it. Like use this time to like boost yourselves. But also this lunch between them. I was like, oh my God, this is so fun. You and your girlfriend go into an impromptu lunch, taking shots, blah, blah, blah. It was not fun to watch.

I was like, this is horrible. Well, the carnitas are good. They're very thick. Stop showing the back of Gina's hair. Like, stop showing the back of her head. You're not doing it. It's like, it's bad, but in a different way than it was bad last season. Like, she fixed one thing, but then, you know.

It's like when you're, like, patching up holes in a boat, and it's like she fixed the hole where it looked white, but then now there's a hole where it just looks ratty all. the time. So the water is still leaking. I don't, I don't know. And then so we have, just a hair, a hair brush, just a hair brush. A brush. She just needs a brush. But, okay, so let's talk about Bronwyn, bringing it down a little for a minute. Yeah. Yeah. She obviously is really struggling. That dinner that she went to with Sean was really rough. She clearly is like having a very hard time. She's been sober for 14 days. She, I mean,

obviously that is like such a hard thing. So then we're talking a lot about who knows what and who she doesn't want to tell yet. So she's told Emily, but she doesn't want Emily to tell anyone. So Emily can't tell Gina. So then Gina's like making fun of Bronwyn for being a drunk, but Emily kind of has to play along, which is weird. And then she doesn't want to tell Shannon, but her mom told Tamara. So now she feels like she has to tell Shannon because Tamara might tell Shannon. And it's like, okay, thank you for that.

Honestly, you just did a really good job at that. But it's a lot to keep up with. And I know it's really difficult, but I will say that it's not super interesting. It's not. And also I love when she was like my mom spoke to Tamara this morning. I don't know who called who. Why would Tamara be calling your mom? Like, why is this a friendship?

Like, what is happening? Dr. Deb. Dr. Deb is a mess, though. Like she's like a loose canon. I felt bad when Bronwyn was like, I don't know if I'll ever speak to my mom again because that is pretty serious what her mom did. Like that's kind of nuts.

Like you can't do that. Like you can't talk about something that serious before the person even tells anybody. But this is what I don't like when they, Bronwyn is an alcoholic. She thinks, she said, but now she is.

Now the show goes back and shows all the clips where she was drinking. Like that doesn't make some, all of the women drink all the time. Like, don't go and show all the clips of when Bronwyn is drunk and you're like, oh, yeah, now I see it. That's not how it works. Right.

I think any housewife that's not sober, you could make a montage that would make them look like an alcoholic. So I think it's hard because, and then when Shannon is saying, like, that, like, I don't remember her having a drinking problem, but now that I think about it, I guess it makes sense. And it's like, okay, but like, all of the women on these shows are put. into situations where it's expected that they're drinking a lot, and it's kind of the norm. So I'm glad that Bronwyn's, I feel like Bronwyn's personal journey

is separate than how the show is like portraying it. Totally. Can we talk about the fact that Shannon thought Bronwyn was pregnant? And that's why she wasn't drinking. I was like Shannon, but she was so like pure about it. Like she obviously, Bronwyn called her out. She knew she was like, you know I'm lying to you. And like, but Shannon truly thought she was pregnant.

But we have to talk about this text. We really do. Okay. Like, this is pretty serious because I feel like looking at the episode, Bronwyn doesn't know the whole story. Right. So Gina got this text from Sean sometime in the past when they were like leave, when they left a party.

They left a party and Sean texted Gina and was like, got Bronwyn home, winky face, like, allegedly maybe, like, I think she says that he invited her to the love. Jack and Bronwyn's like that's bullshit. She showed the text message. Yeah. She showed it. So that's why I was like, did Bronwyn not see it? Because she was like Gina's starting rumor.

She's talking shit. No, no. We saw the text message. That was a creepy text message. It was a weird text message. I don't think it was necessarily like caught red handed. But I think it was kind of like, why did you send me that text? I agree.

Because it would be one thing that was like, hey, did you get home okay? Bronwyn's fine. Blah, blah, blah. But he was like, hey, I got Braun went to the Love Shack, wink face, and then he was, and then the next text was like, this is Sean, by the way. And Gino was like, okay. This is Sean.

This is my way. Oh, my God. Okay, quickly, who is your number one Bravo Lab in the group? Oh, my God. Out of all, I think this might be the toughest one. Honestly, I'm going to give this one to Hannah, because I think that she handled all of, whatever it was coming at her. Great.

She looked amazing. It was three or four a.m. in Australia when they were filming this. And she looked like a dime piece. So, and she, again, I feel like we've been talking about this forever.

We're like, she's about to have her baby. I think she really is about to have her baby now, though. She posted an Instagram caption the other day that was like, as I finished my third trimester. And I'm like, okay, so that means you have to have the babies soon.

I'm going to give it to Kiko. We didn't really get to talk about him much, but it was nice to see him. see him again and he he he I just want him to be so successful and happy they're always like Kiko would you fire yourself you oh like who asks that oh my god it's just weird you guys don't forget to check out the Bravo by Betches collection on shopbetch's dot com we have some very cute merch that you can pick up for yourself or a loved one that also loves Bravo and don't forget to rate review subscribe follow our Instagram app Bravo by Betches and join our Facebook

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