The return of "Bad Girls Club" and "The Challenge" made our lives easy this week.
Bonnie ("Toddlers & Tiaras")
Usually it is the overbearing parents who get under our skin on this
show, but this time it was the pageant director. She seemed proud of the
fact that her pageant wasn't for poor people (saying that dresses cost
several thousand dollars and so if you can't keep up, don't bother) or
for fat kids (because there is no room for chubby on stage) or ugly
people (it's a beauty pageant). It's not that those things aren't true
to some extent, but her blatant dismissal of all things not fake and
glitzy was a bit appalling.
Cathy ("Dance Moms")
She's not even a regular part of this show anymore, and yet she's still
the worst thing about it. Abby was a nightmare by yelling at a mother
for letting her daughter try out for cheerleading, but at least she
tried to be positive about the Candy Apples' big loss, and congratulated
Cathy for her efforts. Cathy wasn't having it, got all uppity about the
bee costume, and then laid into Christi for no real reason. Her most
memorable insult: "The dog pound is calling ... move along. Get out of
my face. Your Payless shoes need to walk out of here."
Wes ("The Challenge")
Someone hasn't learned any social skills in between seasons. He got
himself (and his partner, Mandi) tossed into the very first elimination
round because he just couldn't keep his mouth shut. He had to go off
about some nonsense, and then skulk around the house bullying anyone who
tried to speak to his partner. She's his ex for a reason -- let's hope
she has the sense to keep it that way.
Corey ("Teen Mom 2")
On an episode that featured a screaming Jenelle getting into a brawl
with her roommate, Tori, and more about Jo not wanting to pay child
support for his kid because his ex is "lazy," Corey still came out the
big loser of the week. The father of two decided it was more important
to get himself a new truck (the one he had was a whole four months old)
than to put his family in a house with a functional bathtub.
Gia ("Bad Girls Club")
Now here's what we call a hot mess (and the reason we watch this show).
In her first day in the house, she spat at someone, puked on someone,
and made fun of people who didn't have designer clothing. And did we
mention she did all of this while wearing a bikini as an "outfit." And
she kept falling out of it. The epitome of class, this one.
Winner: Cathy
She really had no reason to start with Christi, who had the nerve to
suggest that maybe you'd want to keep your kids' costumes for memories
(especially if you didn't pay for them) instead of donating them to
Goodwill. She then picked on Christi's "disco ball shirt" and struck a
low blow with "By the way, Christi, Whoville called and they want your
nose back." And to top it all off, she pushed Christi -- all in front of
children.
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