You know how Wednesday’s I usually do a mini recap of last night’s episode then get into “Reader Emails?” Yeah, not today. Mostly because I only saw the first hour and fifteen minutes before my fantasy draft started. It didn’t end til well past 11:00 my time and I didn’t have any interest in going back to watch what happened the rest of the episode at midnight only to shake my head at it even more. At this point, lets just get us to the finale since there’s really very little to talk about anymore. Even the reunion finale that taped yesterday really had no major drama in it. The couples that I told you were engaged over a month ago are still engaged (Chris/Krystal, Jordan/Jenna), Joe/Kendall & Astrid/Kevin still dating, and there wasn’t much else that happened. Although, Kamil did dump Annaliese on stage last night and that turned the crowd against him. I mean, if THAT’S your biggest storyline coming from the reunion taping, then you know it’s not all that memorable. But seriously, there wasn’t a whole hell of a lot that went on that’s worth reporting. Those are your major storylines from the taping and it will be shown on Sept. 11th. Next week we have two episodes (the 3rd & 4th), then the following Monday & Tuesday are it. No “Bachelor” was announced at the taping, so it looks like we’re gonna get that on GMA or Kimmel or something like that I would expect in the next week or so. Already, I have 12 women who I’m pretty sure will make the final cast. Those will be released once the women leave for filming. One thing to note from the taping last night was that there wasn’t much Leo drama. I guess he felt left out so he figured he’d run his mouth on social media again for the hell of it, choosing to go after two popular alumni.
In case you missed it, here’s a recap of Leo being Leo on Twitter last night…
Amanda tweeted this out on Monday night…
Then last night, of course Leo went on the attack…
Of course, his manipulation continues as he tries to tell Amanda to prove it by posting a screen shot, but he can’t because he blocked her, so now it must be a lie…
And then because I guess he was feeling bored and had nothing better to do with his life than troll former alumni, he decided to go at Tanner. Tanner tweeted this…
Leo… it’s not really snitching if you did it on camera for national television…
— Tanner Tolbert (@ttolbert05) August 28, 2018
Leo responded by asking him to be a part of the Fight Club…
Leo has seriously lost his marbles, and Tanner came back with a response I think we can all agree on. This guy needs help…
Can we just skip it and I’ll donate the $5k towards getting you some therapy??? https://t.co/zEl6lma3X2
— Tanner Tolbert (@ttolbert05) August 29, 2018
I’m sure Leo just chalks all this up to, “It’s a TV show. I’m just having fun.” I mean, his tweet the other night with the “Are You Not Entertained?” meme seems to insinuate that. But I’ll repeat what I said yesterday. This guy is lost right now. His world is kinda crumbling around him and he’s dealing with it in the worst possible way. Guy needs some serious help because not a single person can say they agree with how he’s handling himself. If you make excuses for him, you’re just as bad, it’s that simple. Just go away Leo and accept criticism for how you’re acting. You’re embarrassing yourself.
katieottawa
August 29, 2018 at 8:59 AM
you know what i rarely post about this show mainly because i dont care about any of these people and i forget about it 5 secs after watching it. but i felt compelled to write here that i am more supportive of the men than the women on this season.
personally i found the men to be much more serious, loyal and genuine to the women they were interested in than the women who seemed to care more about the attention of multiple men on them and playing games.
jordan. you can tell he is interested in jenna. it was a done deal for him, right after he went to the other girl he was seeing before and was upfront with her. the rest of the time he was only about her. shes the one who decided to play games with benoit. he may have his flaws but i think he deserves better. she isnt serious about him which in a way i feel bad for him. shes going to hurt him.
joe. nice guy but dude needs to grow a set of balls and tell that kendall girl to take a hike. way too nice. she doesnt deserve him. im not defending the leo guy as he was over the top rude but talk about the pot calling the kettle black. she got mad that he kissed someone else while she herself kissed joe afterwards and kept joe as backup and THEN kissed venmo guy. i guess whatever she was calling him out for doesnt apply to her for some reason??? also she said in an itm ” i feel like i owe it to him” really?? dude dump her. do you want to be with some chick who feels like she owes it to you to be with you?? youre popular now youll have girls lining up at your grocery store. find someone else.
chris. sure he was a dbag at first but when he made his feelings known to krystal you could tell he was serious about her yet she decided to go and date the other dude and make out with him.
the only couple who seemed semi decent was kevin and astrid.
everyone else was just desperate to pair up with somebody just for the sake of pairing up. pretty sad.
i just found it odd this time it was the women who were noncommittal and cheating on the guys they had established relationships with.
but since realitysteve has become a feminist im guessing hell give them all a pass and only focus on the men who acted like dbags.
I am not defending the leo dude but why is steve defending the amanda girl??. girl started it herself when she decided to take a jab at him on social media. im sorry what?? he isnt allowed to defend himself and reply back?? are women no longer able to be called out now and be put back in their place?? she went looking for it.
i do agree with him on the part of the detrimental effect it can have on his livelihood. Are we at a point where people are no longer able to earn a living because he told a girl off on tv and because there are unproven gossip stories about him online. Even if he was playing girls back then does it mean the guy needs to be homeless living on the street and have everything hes worked for taken away???
For people who are so caring about illegals and criminals whove done way worst come across the border and say they deserve shelter and work you sure have a different attitude about someone who called a girl out on tv. So illegals are victims and deserve everything even though probably a good percentage of them treat women worse than what weve seen with this guy but this guy deserves to lose everything, his house, his job and essentially to become homeless.
get a clue people
tinyred500
August 29, 2018 at 10:52 AM
I can’t say I disagree with you. SM playing its ugly part once again too I might add.
I haven’t seen Monday or last night’s episode’s yet and I wondered what all the fuss was about with Leo. I read RS blog and I looked up the scene on YouTube, I rolled my eyes over the amount of fuss people have made of that one scene. Leo is far, far from perfect and has some issues which are pretty indefensible, but I took RS over reaction the same way you did. The reaction of RS, Amanda and Tanner, anyone could be lead to believe it was gross or terrible behaviour that was punishable by law. Amanda’s comment was way off, and this is woman who got engaged to Josh M! I noticed Ashley S adding her tuppence worth and stirring that ole pot again, sadly, not unexpected either. SMH
People need to own their actions and that includes the women who have taken part in these shows too; the men aren’t all to blame. BIP has become a slutfest and that’s not anything the franchise should be proud of.
rob22
August 29, 2018 at 11:30 AM
I wonder sometimes if people can distinguish between people who are boorish jerks (Leo) and someone that’s actually sexually assaulted someone (Lincoln). The reaction almost seems the same. Look, if a guy like Leo goes on a reality show and acts a fool (really in not a different way than Jordan did more than once) there’s going to be a degree of blow back. If you go on the show, you deserve what you get. But I honestly don’t see that much difference between the criticism on social media of Leo and Lincoln. Meanwhile, Jordan seems to be getting a pass. It’s not like Jordan is so likeable either. So, I really don’t get it. I guess it’s just an outrage fest on social media that’s always turned up to high, regardless of the offense.
tinyred500
August 29, 2018 at 12:16 PM
@robb, the problem is indeed that too many on SM (and the like), cannot tell the difference from boorish idiotic behaviour and (potentially) criminal behaviour. The level of hysteria and outrage is pretty much equal for both scenarios. If it was a female who had behaved in the same manner, would there be the same outrage? I don’t think so. There lies another problem. As a female I’m appalled and offended by so many women now. 🙁
katieottawa
August 29, 2018 at 12:29 PM
i mean he came off like a jerkoff but i dont disagree with everything he said and did. after his make out date with kendall he took some other girl aside and made out with her. wasnt the most honorable thing to do right after you had your tongue jammed in someone elses throat the whole day and i disagree with him making a big deal about kevin telling her but when kendall went to call him out i agreed with him for calling her out on doing the exact same thing she was accusing him of doing. maybe he came off a bit rude but there is such a double standard. tia called out chris last week and kept swearing at him…how is that any different??? yet people were applauding tia for not putting up with chris bs. then yes leo was out of line when he left when he called kendall out again and everyone out and called joe grocery bitch and threw water on him.
but for the amanda girl to hope the guy got fired i think is over the top. she was worried about taking her kids so what was she insinuating here??? i think it borders on defamation to accuse someone of being dangerous or will somehow abuse her kids. These people need to tread lightly with their accusations and gossip/comments. Just because a guy is a jerk doesnt mean the guy deserves to be shunned from society and unable to earn a living and have a job. Look at garrett they made such a big deal over nothing like what he did was as serious as a crime and still now even though hes apologized people keep bringing it up like the guy doesnt deserve love or a girlfriend. These people need to get a grip on themselves.
also benoit ecoute. partir sans dire au revoir a personne etait deplaisant. comme canadiens francais on est mieux que ca. et puis pleurer dans la voiture apres??? vraiment??? je t’avais trouve fin a winter games mais la c’etait ridicule. De courir les americaines anglophones quand tu es francophone et que tu restes a montreal est ridicule. Les filles ne feront pas de la longue distance pour un gars de montreal voyons. Il y a plein de filles a montreal pareil comme toi qui ferait l’affaire. ton stint a l’emission ne t’as pas avantage du tout
rob22
August 29, 2018 at 12:54 PM
Haha. Love the French. I was able to translate some of it from memory of the language… hardly use it anymore, unfortunately. At one point I had to learn because I had a group with a French Cajun, a Belgian and a French Canadian that loved to speak French, although obviously their dialects were different. So, I can kinda sorta keep up.
Bottom line though: there’s no special shame for the French Canadians. Every nationality & region is poorly represented on this show. Obviously Kevin’s crying in the car was an embarrassment to him. But I don’t think anyone thinks he’s representative of French Canadians. You’re probably right, though, that few Americans are going to relocate or do a long distance relationship to Montreal. But I’m sure Kevin, like the others, was mostly doing it for the cash and prizes, including a nice free vacation on the beach.
tinyred500
August 29, 2018 at 2:05 PM
I most certainly wouldn’t judge any nation by the type of contestants participating in a dating reality show! 😉
In Britain we have far worse programmes that manage to reach new levels of social and moral degradation – ‘Love Island’…is to be avoided at all cost! The type of individual’s who appear on that…are a certain ‘type’ of their own! Lol
katieottawa
August 29, 2018 at 2:07 PM
im french canadian. although unlike him im fully bilingual. he has a hard time speaking in english. he tries but you can tell hes thinking about every word. another tidbit i heard vanessa “nicks exfiance” on a quebec radio interview in french last year and I remember the show painted her as being bilingual filming her talking to her students in french but her french was very limited and broken. she kept inserting english words when she coudlnt think of the french word and eventually just resorted to answering the rest of the questions in english by the end. you can tell she primarily speaks english. i was very surprised.
yeah basically i said he came off much better on winter games than on here albeit a bit desperate with the whole clare engagement thing. found it rude that he just left without saying goodbye to anyone. canadians are polite. oh im sure he is doing it for the money and the recognition/fame. that was sort of my point he came off very disingenuous. just going after one girl after the other and then getting all upset. realistically no one is thinking any of these girls are going to choose him to have a long distance relationship with him. hes just too different. kevin sure, hes english its an easier transition but benoit is just too different as far as language, background goes to really fit with any contestant from this show.
seriously it was an embarrassment. and the whole french suave thing is complete BS. most of quebec men are very verbally sexually direct and explicit and vulgar, huge players and SUPER CHEAP. Expect them to always ask for discounts or to get you to pay most of the bill, they cant help themselves.
adelina
August 30, 2018 at 11:46 AM
Leo is a d-bag and that’s pretty much all he’s guilty of.