Temptation Island

I need to catch up, lol.

Watching the episode after Casey sees his gf in bed with that guy and OMG! The bad acting! The punching of the seat! If he's an actor he's a bad one. And goodness at that girl leaving a message for Ashley H hoping she found love on the other side of the island because obviously Casey wasn't it. I wonder how he's going to sugarcoat and blame the show for this?

Medinah needs to back off. Stop prying about what went on during bonfire, for Pete's sakes!

Ashley H is having a great time with Ben. Considering how Casey was the one who dragged her to Temptation Island I ain't even mad!

I have no idea how things ...deteriorated between the other Ashley and KB but the way he was talking to her was so disrespectful and unnecessary. I'm sure she's going to kick him off the island at the first opportunity.

LOL@ the seducetresses sitting down talking [redacted] (especially Medina who came right out and said the only reason she came on the island was to sleep with someone else's man, ugh) and then that bird crapped on them!

I like how Gavin thinks of fun activities that the whole house can enjoy instead of pairing off with someone.

OMG, Rick FINALLY went OFF on Medinah and said what we were all thinking, lol. Getting pissed off at someone because they wanted to comfort a friend going through what they went through is not a good look at best and the utmost of selfishness at its worse.

David continues to be gross. He's slept with what? 4-5 girls already and he's upset at what Kate told him on the video? Dude, get a grip.

WOW that reunion was something! And the reunion is not even the half of it!
So "BABY BABY" () here is some alleged info I learned from watching everyone's Instagram lives after the show aired:::
* When Esonica realized Gavin did right by her in the house, she decided not to tell Gavin she slept with Kareem. The show played the bedroom scenes with Esonica/Kareem out of order. She thought she could get away with sleeping with Kareem the night before the final bonfire since they were no longer watching bonfire videos. She kept up with the lie for 4 months until the day of the Reunion when the producers told Kareem they had new footage to show him so they could discuss. Esonica was caught and we saw her reaction on the stage. Gavin could not forgive Esonica and they do not speak and will never be with her.  He said the strong independent Esonica portrayed on tv is not her.
* Ashley H and Ben.  Multiple people's lives also said Ashley H "I'm a new woman" journey edit was BS.  Ashley/Deac/Ben almost had a threesome but production stopped it. Ben broke it off with Ashley when she hooked up with Casey and when they tried to get back together Ben saw Ashley make out with Jose in a club so he hooked up with Rachel as revenge. Random gossip...Ashley H and Brittany Rose (season 1) have been kissing at the TI watch parties.
* David made Kate block Dom.  Kate and David are still together and do not communicate with anyone. Nobody has heard from them since the reunion.  Dom was there everyday for her after TI and wanted something with her so he is disappointed she is not strong enough to ditch David. Although Kate decided to "leave alone" she asked production to have Dom stay and they spent a few days in Maui together. There is more dirt on David contacting more singles other than Sam after filming.
* Rick and Medinah are currently just friends. But she insinuated that she was visiting him next week.  Medinah/Ashley hate each other. Ashley hates Payton.

I'm about to listen to some new podcast interviews. I'll update if anything is juicy. 

So disappointed about Kate, BUT....not too surprised. I had looked at her IG before the reunion and I had the feeling she was also hungry to be in the BIZ. I now think the draw of going on the show was to get both of their faces out there. I feel bad for Dom as he did seem to be there for her.

Has anyone been tuning in to this new season? I'm on the third episode, and have a few opinions (of course -- haha!).

First of all, Vanessa is horrible! Her boyfriend is immature and weak, from what I've seen so far, but she's terrible to him. I'm glad he's gotten his head turned by some of the other girls so he can see what else is out there. Being demeaned often and embarrassed by your girlfriend is no way to live. She's so aggressive, explosive, and pretty nasty - poor Bryce is getting it now for being too "gentlemanly." On her way to the bonfire, she said she's going to effin flip furniture if she sees something bad. She's got a temper and thinks she's so tough. 

I really felt for Marisela! Her boyfriend totally used her private information about her sexuality on day one to make connections with the other people. And when she walked away, clearly upset, he just stayed on the couch talking to the strangers. Later though, they were kind of weird how they'd stick so close together during the cocktail mixer party. I get the impression that he's comfortable to her, and that if she weren't so scared she'd just go ahead and pursue women like she wants to. Sister girlfriend? Probably not, I think the guy would be out of the picture entirely, if she could be brave. Christopher's getting his head turned by Abbi, so maybe Marisela will get a chance to just be herself.

Hall is way too flirty for me, liking things just a little too much, with all the other girls shaking their butts. There's no way he's going to be faithful, judging from the first few episodes. Kaitlin is a lot younger and isn't sure she wants kids yet, but he does -- and now. The girl he's dated here(Makayla) really wants kids and a family of her own, which really appeals to him. But speaking of butts, holy cow I don't know that I've ever seen so many butt cheeks out, all the time, everywhere. Apparently, it's a thing! Vanessa even had to check out one of the tempter's butt for her man -- unreal! I must be old.

Paris is super immature. I don't care for her, or her boyfriend at all (Great is his name?), but her behavior is just stupid. She's just 23, so I guess it makes sense. She admits to bullying him, being critical, but says he needs to be treated that way in order to be a better man. ! At Bonfire, she says she lost her mom at 1, her dad is super critical, so she's always trying to please men, but when it doesn't work, she gets critical and fights with them. Mark does a great mini-therapy session with this little girl, but we'll see if it does any good.

Mark Wahlberg really has a way of hitting the nail on the head! He's good. I think I want to have a bonfire with him. haha!

Also on USA network the same night is The Big D, with Jojo and Jordan (Bachelorette couple), about divorced couples having to live together and either move on and make new connections or repair what was broken (I guess). If someone's not ready to do either, they can get voted off. It's been interesting! Anyone else watching that one?

Ugh, more messiness, more butt cheeks everywhere (it's almost pornographic the way they're zooming in on crotches), and more of Vanessa being completely controlling and annoying. I'm not sure I can stick with this one....
Some of the tempters are pretty unlikable, not to mention the actual couples! 


But I'm liking The Big D (which airs right afterwards)(and I know this isn't the thread for it, but there isn't one! LOL) --
I had been wondering about the new people coming in, and why their exes weren't included? Well, looks like next week, we have some of them showing up. It wasn't completely fair, that all the original people had to deal with their exes being around, and the new people could come in and just be free and fun. Well not anymore... tears are in store! 

David's making a big mistake, I'd say. As Dean noted, that woman is toxic! She's so aggressive, and I don't believe she really likes David anyway - it's just a competition to her. Why is David such a hot commodity, anyway? Because he's so average, it makes him approachable? IDK. 

Thakur and Casey would be a perfect disaster together. He just needs to leave Dede alone, forever. We didn't get to see her date with David at all, I don't think, so it must not have been exciting. I thought Dede liked Blair, so now that Ariel is gone, maybe she can move in there and try it out (if Thakur leaves her alone). 

^ oh yes, that fight was soooo stupid! The three should have walked away a lot sooner, as well, but I'm assuming they were very drunk. It sounded like a dumb drunk argument.   
Great is not all that great if you ask me, certainly not worth all that. 

OMG, finally caught up. Thank God I have this scheduled to record because I had no idea that it was on. I love this show. Every time Hal gets on my screen I say, 'gross'. He's so full of yuck; I can't even. Why are these the people who feel the need to breed? Kao, I too loved Mark told him that he shouldn't be looking for a handmaid. Mark is way too good for this show, but man, I am glad he is there. Does he have any professional training?

I think it was hilarious that the guy who Vanessa likes is so deathly afraid of her and clearly doesn't like her in that way but is still trying to keep his place on the island.

I can't believe she has feelings for him (Micheala?) I just can't. The things he says make me cringe and he's just so quick to throw his engagement away because she has a willing uterus.

These bonfires are crazy as hell lol. Paris might be immature, but I felt so badly for her at the bonfire because she was bawling because her man showed what he was made of. I think this bonfire was illuminating for all the women, as Kaitlin rightfully wanted to know why Hal even got back together with her and proposed if he wasn't sure she was the woman for him, and hopefully this is the wake up call she needs to get away from him. I think Vanessa and Marisela also needed a nudge that their men are inappropriate for them. I'm not knocking age differences but Roberto is young-acting as well as just being young, plus I think there's some sort of trauma with Vanessa that she needs to address with herself. It was really nice that the male tempters had a Spa day ready for the women when they got back to the villa. Looks like the men are using what they saw at bonfire to do what they want to do anyway, and lol at one of the guys putting a blanket over the "red light." Ick at Great and that girl going out on a romantic picnic, only to get in the back of that car to do...whatever.

Basically, this week was a lot of people realizing things and hopefully one of those things is there's a lot worse things out here than being alone.

I think it's less about kids and more about putting someone in a cage and convincing them to do something they might not be sure of. Hal's tempter is a little bit too willing, and men like Hal don't want that.

This week's episode …has a lot going on. Taking notes while I’m watching.

The lady tempters crushing on Great are still being messy; the one Great’s been canoodling with was angry because Great was talking to another woman in the house, which I find absolutely ridiculous. I don’t care for Great, but he was literally just hanging out on a floatable laughing with another woman. She later got in a fight with him about being “disrespectful” and told him to leave her alone.

This week is the “dreaded message in a bottle” episode where the couples send a recorded message to their SOs and in a twist, the tempters are allowed to send messages to the SOs as well. I expect this twist to go south really fast because some of those tempters don’t possess chill!

The Male tempters had a country-western themed party for the ladies, while the female tempters are doing their usual drinking and debauchery. Great tried to hit on another victim, but thankfully that single wasn’t having it and let him down gently but Great isn’t so good with reading women and said that “he was trying to give her some spotlight, but she got scared.” She didn’t get scared dude, she sees what you’re made of and wants no part of your mess. Meanwhile, there’s some raunch going on between Marisa and Paris in the house, and I will laugh so hard if the two of them just said “Screw it” and became a couple, lol.

I still think Chris is a piece of work and deserves no one, lol. He’s one of those men who expect women to meet a certain criteria while bringing absolutely nothing to the table, and the fact that he told that single that he “hopes she continues to blossom while he gets on his feet” shows he’s a scrub as well. He and Hal take turns being the [censored] man in the house, and I’m not sure which one I dislike more.

Message time! Vanessa and Rob’s messages to each other weren’t that bad, I think. Rob told Vanessa that while he still loved her he felt like their relationship was toxic. Marissa told Chris in a classy way that while she loved him she loved herself more, and deuces! Chris didn’t even bother sending her a message, which made her feel like she made the right choice. The female tempters sent shady messages to the women, while the male tempters were more “Hey, this is a great woman, think hard about what you’re doing” to the men. While Hal’s message was more “I hope you’re working on things because I am” the single he's been courting sent Kaitlin this overdone message about how Hal was her soulmate and would be the perfect husband and father for her. Girl, bye. Kaitlin sent Hal a nice message that quite frankly he did not deserve, and apparently that spurs him into action to go to the woman’s villa to talk to Kaitlin, and it all ends on a cliffhanger? I hope he doesn’t waste any more of that poor woman’s time; any type of decent man would just break it off at this point.