So first off, just want to say Happy Birthday to my niece Olivia who turns 14 today, which is crazy to think. Seems like just yesterday she was showing up on my Video blogs with her brother talking about how “Wizards of Waverly Place” was her favorite show. She doesn’t read this so I feel I can share her birthday present publicly. Got her tickets to the Taylor Swift concert here in Dallas in October. She’s going to be so excited. I mean, I guess I’ll have to tag along with her since no one else in the family will want to go. Oh well. Twist my arm why don’t you. Ok fine. So it’s a present both of us can enjoy together. We celebrated her birthday dinner Sunday night at the Melting Pot, and I have a question: What the hell is that? First time I’d been there, and I guess it’s fine if it’s just two people at a table. Maybe 4. We had 8. It was a clusterf**k. 3 skewers each. 4 people to a bowl. 12 skewers in a bowl at one time. All the meats cooking at different times, so everyone having their stopwatches out to see how long to keep their skewers in. Are we just a weird family or if you’ve eaten there, do you bust out the stopwatch as well to know how long your food has been cooking? Just seems like an awful lot of work we the consumer have to do for our food. How about this? I place my order, you cook it, then deliver it to me? I’m not Emeril Lagasse. Just a bizarre experience all around, yet, Olivia loves that place. Oh well. Next year can we try something simpler?
It’s here! The re-booted, re-launched, Season 2 (whatever you want to call it), of the “He Said, She Said” podcast. I did this every month for the last year with Sharleen as my co-host, but she has moved on to do other things as she couldn’t give the time to it anymore (not to mention I think she’ll be starting her own podcast with her husband Andy shortly), so Ashley Spivey is my new co-host. We take your questions on all things relationship/marriage/dating and sex. This will be a monthly podcast you can listen to just like you listen to Thursday’s podcast on the Reality Steve podcast feed. Or you can listen here on the player below. Hope you enjoy, and if you want to be a part of a future episode, email me and we can arrange it to happen.
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(EPISODE 1): Ashley joins me to talk about the launch of the new show and how our book reading lists couldn’t be any more different (2:37). Then we’re joined by first caller Laura in DC who shares an intense experience of sexual assault from college that’s shaped her future relationships (14:15). Then Alex in NY is having major issues with her sister-in-law that, well, you’re gonna have to listen to to fully grasp (41:29). Original theme music is provided by Kate Bass and the song is titled “Blink.”
Summer Tour stop #3 happening this weekend in Chicago. Some of you have already responded about Saturday at the Cubs game, so I’ll see you there. Some are just coming to Murphy’s Bleachers before the game. I’m gonna get there early since I’m assuming it’s packed. Can’t reserve a table either, so I guess it’ll just be one giant party in there but I’m sure we’ll find each other. Gonna be there probably by 10 or 10:30 even though they don’t open til 11. Then walk over to the game afterwards and hang out in the bleachers. If you’re still interested in coming to either, just let me know and we’ll find a way to arrange it. I think this is going to be my last stop this summer. I’m beat. Quite possibly will do it again next summer though in different cities. Haven’t decided yet.
One thing I wanted to mention today is how two guys from this season handled their edit completely different. Yesterday I tweeted out this interview with Jordan he did for his local paper, and I just don’t see for the life of me how he thinks this is a good look. Trashing Becca on the way out the door? Calling her boring? You mean the Becca that you were for sure thought you were getting a rose from and WANTED a rose from after she let David go? Saying in the article that you aren’t as self-serving as the show made you out to be, but then immediately follow that with “I can’t walk into a Target at 10 at night without being recognized” and “Wilhelmina modeling agency…is dying to represent me to the max now,” isn’t doing a lot to help your cause. Maybe both of those are true, but when you say you aren’t what the show makes you out to be, and then do the exact thing that the show made you out to be, it’s kinda hard to take serious.
On the flip side, you’ve got Chris who couldn’t have been made to look any worse these last two episodes, we can all agree on that. For sure, I was expecting Chris to take to some social media platform and blame the show/editing/producers…whatever. But in a breath of fresh air, this is what Chris posted last night:
Again, enough with death threats against a reality TV character. God, are people that psychotic to wish death upon the guy? Look, I understand it’s just words, and it could all be a moot point if he acts like a jack off on Paradise. I’m hearing he doesn’t, so that’s good. Very few people who look horrible on this show ever admit to their mistakes. It’s always someone else’s fault. So props to him for writing that. Yes, actions speak louder than words and time will tell, but again, he didn’t HAVE to write that. But now that it’s out there, he’s set a bar for himself that he now has to follow because those words are now attached to him forever. Good on him and I will always throw props someone’s way when they acknowledge their own faults and own up to their behavior. I think Jordan should take a page from Chris’ book and be a little more humble about things because those two couldn’t have handled how they came across on TV more different if they tried.
Because Chris Lane is a country music singer (and formerly performed on this show during Nick’s 1-on-1 with DLo in Wisconsin), someone thought it’d be a good idea to interview him for his thoughts on the “Bachelor” and if he would ever do it. This was a good laugh. Let me tell you something right now. This is Chris Lane’s dream. He would pay THEM if they would make him the “Bachelor.” He’s obsessed with the girls from this franchise. Like, an unhealthy obsession. To the point where he’s already hooked up with a few of them, hangs out with plenty others, DM’s ones he hasn’t met yet, all while still pining over ones he can’t get enough of, lying his face off to them. This guy is about as big of fraud as there is. Chris, I’ve seen your act. Your “girls” have shown me your DM’s and texts. You better pray to God this show doesn’t cast you as the “Bachelor” because who knows how many more will come forward. I mean, we all remember when LB came on during the Jen Saviano podcast and shared everything that went down with her, right? All while he was still going after Clare? Yeah, best you keep your mouth shut and continue on your way, son.
