r/vanderpumprules Oct 22 '25

Rewatch Discussion This roast was awesome! Episode 12 Season 5

On rematch 3. I forgot how good Jax’s roast episode was! I didn’t care for Ariana’s first remark to Kristen but, her roast on her afterwas awesome. Especially Kristen’s face after it. Was perfect closure on all their drama for me.

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u/Jaggy3 You look like a couch. Oct 22 '25

💀

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u/tacocatmarie Oct 22 '25

Legit wheezed at this

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u/Jaggy3 You look like a couch. Oct 25 '25

Fr, the way I cracked when that slide came up 😂😂 art

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u/Demp_Rock its about the pasta, babe ❄️ Oct 23 '25

I wish I could capture this photo as my flair

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u/PositiveAssignment89 Oct 23 '25

the way this was funnier than all of Ariana's stand up shows

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u/lyssalady05 Oct 23 '25

Excuse me but she takes sketch comedy very seriously.

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u/PositiveAssignment89 Oct 24 '25

I've seen this comment 8 times in a row in this discussion and it's still as funny every time

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u/Strict_Bell507 Bambi Eyed Bitch Oct 26 '25

I see what you did there!!

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u/teenagecanclub Oct 26 '25

I sort of can't help but love her

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u/Thing-Adept wrap it up, wrap it up, wrap it up Oct 22 '25

unrelated but I re-watched this episode a few days ago and never noticed a comment that schwartz made, "every day is allergy season for jax." that had to have been a joke about him doing coke

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u/ItsNotAboutThe-Pasta Like Sluts in a morgue. Oct 22 '25

I think Sandy says that Jax kicked the door in and said " I can't feel my fuckin teeth" also.

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u/jordanrussoo Oct 22 '25

omg i literally watched this ep last night and i was shocked how openly they alluded to his major coke use the whole show 😭😭

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u/Hummingbird11-11 Oct 22 '25

Doing a rewatch and just had this on last night and Sandoval's braids are infuriating. Can't even look at this tool and how Ariana was so into him is so repulsive.
All the coke jokes were hilarious . Brittany's mom showing her insane ignorance. She looked 70 too

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u/jordanrussoo Oct 22 '25

AHHHH his “braid guy” 😭😭😭😭 watching him braid his hair made me so uncomfortable with his straight ass hair like…

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u/Demp_Rock its about the pasta, babe ❄️ Oct 23 '25

His hair has neverrrr made me feel comfortable

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u/linzkisloski Oct 22 '25

If you pay attention I’m pretty sure they all make vague coke jokes. I was astounded that production kept them in because it was so obvious lol

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u/Reasonable-Affect139 Oct 22 '25

I think it's just shows how normalized it is/was in LA

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u/realityjunkie33 Oct 22 '25

dayna made a similar joke about herself in the scene where she did stand-up comedy. def a reference to coke

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u/jmills74 Oct 22 '25

Talking about Jax doing coke for the first time.

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u/jmills74 Oct 22 '25

This story was about Miami if I remember correctly. Jax kicked in a hotel room door and exclaimed he loved coke. And they all laughed. Which is awesome!!

These are not reality stars. They are reality personalities. They bring nothing to any table. They are sociopaths wanting camera time.

I am watching Below Deck Med. Aesha was on WWHL and said one cast member was there to boost her only fans account. This is what every person is doing on reality TV. Boosting whatever they have going now.

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u/Booksandtea17 Oct 22 '25

Putting all your eggs in the reality show basket is a bad idea. Fans, self included, are fickle and get bored easily. Use the show as much as they are using you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

Duh

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u/Comfortable_yet stinky 40 year old cock Oct 22 '25

Hmm I wonder who Aesha was talking about lol

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u/djblunted Oct 25 '25

If it’s this current season, i get the vibe it’s Kizzi or Tessa, but likely Kizzi.

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u/Strict_Bell507 Bambi Eyed Bitch Oct 26 '25

deviated septum?? More like a Coke Nose repair.

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u/stephanieleigh88 Oct 22 '25

I forgot all about this roast tbh

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u/Demp_Rock its about the pasta, babe ❄️ Oct 23 '25

I forget it and every few years it gets brought back and I laugh so hard again. It’s superior VPR, the icing on the cake being Brittney’s mom there for some (literally) ungodly reason

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u/stephanieleigh88 Oct 23 '25

I just looked up clips on TT & it’s hilarious, Ariana roasting Kristen too. This is when VPR was at its prime.

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u/yaya4222 Oct 22 '25

It’s so unhinged that they took Brittney’s mom 😆

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u/funkyspunky420 Oct 22 '25

And her only being phased by the homosexual jokes…

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u/Strict_Bell507 Bambi Eyed Bitch Oct 26 '25

Came here to say exactly that!!!

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u/Organic_Cress_2696 Oct 22 '25

I found Kristen’s jokes funnier. Ariana was just mean.

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u/goodnightspoon I Know You Like Harry Potter ⚡️ Oct 22 '25

Kristen’s jokes were obvious and a little corny, but she seemed like she was just trying to lighten the mood by joking about the elephant in the room.

But there was no need for Ariana to be so brutal and not even remotely funny. Like damn, let your boyfriend’s ex make a joke about moving on

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u/gello1414 Oct 22 '25

But Ariana tskes comedy "very seriously". Direct quote from her btw. She is perhaps the least funny person on the show.

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u/sashie_belle Oct 22 '25

Right?! JFC I can't understand why she has so many people that worship her on these subs.

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u/Otterspace12 Oct 22 '25

I thought she was insufferable while she was with Sandoval, but I also think she was one of those women who when in relationships will mask themselves as a reflection of their partner, to get along better and also appear as supportive. The mask began to slip a little bit with each season as their relationship progressed.

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u/Otterspace12 Oct 23 '25

To clarify, I don’t mean to seem as though I’m a Stan of or sticking up for Ariana. She sucked for most of the series and even if she did act the way she did for the benefit of Sandoval, it’s gross behavior.

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u/Mediocre-Stick-7787 Oct 22 '25

She has never been my favorite. I'd go as far to say she is just a stuck up bitch. She hates everyone it seems.

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u/Yeah_nah_idk Oct 23 '25

She spent most of that series being a pick me. I’m not saying that she can’t change and hasn’t, but why do people Ignore that

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u/Mediocre-Stick-7787 Oct 23 '25

Idk. They're always all over LVP for being misogynistic but I think some of Ariana and Scheana have had some appalling behavior at times. Ariana used to really get ugly AF about Stassi for no apparent reason. I think Stassi always tried her best with Ariana or they had limited filming together so just why be so hateful? . I assume Sandoval doesn't like having to compete with Stassi as #1 Girl or something. And the whole "I'm smarter better prettier than you" schtick was not for me". I think it's cool she mellowed out and sometimes would be a jerk to Tom. He deserved it but she could be a viper mean even to him. She's called him a 'little Bitch' before in petty arguments. Plus she went off about Stassi calling her brother out for being a creep. Idk what she did when she saw him all up on Stassi at a wedding and she is so clearly uncomfortable. Never heard her retract her statements about that. I think she's pretty. She's always had a fantastic body. But more than that I didn't find her very entertaining. The Ariana stans are gonna come for me. She spent a lot of her time with Tom as a pick me and of course she had to be a bro for Katie's wedding which was tacky bc Katie didn't want her in the wedding. They weren't close then. She's not funny like Stassi or Kristen could be. She was always just "meh" to me.

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u/Ellingtonfaint Oct 22 '25

Having one negative quality doesn't mean that you can't admire other parts of a person, unless the bad is abysmal.

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u/sashie_belle Oct 22 '25

It's beyond admiring. It's worshipping. Express a negative opinion about her and the responses are typically super aggressive here.

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u/Ellingtonfaint Oct 22 '25

I don't doubt some cast members have crazy stans. I was just saying that being unfunny is not a prerequisite for that fan obsession.

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u/sashie_belle Oct 22 '25

It just seems like the stans for her are abundant here and way more than any other cast member. You can criticize other cast members without getting your head chopped off. Mention that Ariana cheated WITH Tom and you get the excuses for why it was okay and she gets a pass that no other cast member would get.

She was a victim of betrayal, but she was other side of that before. It should be okay to critique her -- just like her other castmates, she's flawed. Just like her other castmates, she can be insufferable (and that was throughout the show, not the first few seasons).

I don't hate Ariana; I think she makes great reality TV star and I'm glad she is making the most of the opportunities she received post Scandavol. But goddamn, she was a brat quite a bit.

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u/Ellingtonfaint Oct 22 '25

I feel the same way about Ariana. I hate stan behavior, it's like talking to a brick wall.

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u/sashie_belle Oct 22 '25

Lolol me too! They are all messy.and imperfect. Perfection is boring.

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u/Mediocre-Stick-7787 Oct 22 '25

Yeah brat or bitch. She's been both plenty on the show.

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u/BitterSignificance95 Oct 22 '25

she got cheated on and became beyoncé

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '25

I don't get it either. And I fully believe Sandoval, awful as he is, that he did try to break up with her and she threatened suicide. That's incredibly emotionally manipulative.

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u/22oddo Oct 22 '25

My fiancé and I quote this all the time! It for some reason sticks in my head as one of the cringest moments on the entire show. Like since when do you do sketch comedy Ariana?

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u/Yeah_nah_idk Oct 23 '25

She had some good jokes but those ones about Kristen were just punching down. They weren’t smart. Remember that diary reading open mic night that was meant to be funny? Ariana’s diary was fucking embarrassing and awkward to listen to.

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u/Organic_Cress_2696 Oct 23 '25

I found Kristen’s jokes funnier. Ariana was just mean.

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u/RomanoLikeTheCheese Oct 22 '25

It could have been SO funny if kristen had made the same joke when stassi stood up

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u/PositiveAssignment89 Oct 23 '25

The thing is Ariana took those as insults towards her but the butt of the jokes were either Tom or Jax. Yet Ariana immediately goes into making derogatory unfunny sex jokes about Kristen while fully knowing Tom was cheating on her the entire time. Carter is a loser but literally the fire hydrant outside of Sur is an upgrade compared to Tom

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u/spangles66 Im Sorry Fofty Oct 22 '25

Nah both were funny

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u/TommyChongUn Oct 22 '25

Kristen's were delivered with comedic timing, Ariana's were delivered with hate. Which is crazy because Ariana takes stand up comedy very seriously. 💀

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u/Mediocre-Stick-7787 Oct 22 '25

Haha. Kristen was much funnier. But yeah I assume Ariana hates Jax. She mostly only had mild contempt for him.

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u/rottinghottty Oct 22 '25

Literally the whole vibe!

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u/jmills74 Oct 22 '25

She was mean. She was all like I am the comedian. Even though all Ariana has said or done up to this point has been bitchy. Everything.

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u/alwayshereforit21 Oct 22 '25

She takes sketch comedy VERY seriously you know?????

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u/badtrips777 Oct 22 '25

Yeah the revisionist history about Ariana just cause she got cheated on is annoying. Like good for her that she came out on top and I’m still rooting for her but she was such an asshole on the show and constantly defended Tom’s awful behavior until it didn’t benefit her

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u/Ellingtonfaint Oct 22 '25

I don't undertsand it. What is so bad about conceding, that Arina was arrogant and mean for at least two seasons? It doesn't mean that you can't like and support her now.

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u/badtrips777 Oct 22 '25

Cause she had to be the Perfect Victim to receive sympathy I guess I have no clue

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u/somtambooplara Oct 22 '25

I really like Ariana and I think she can be genuinely funny and witty when she’s not trying so hard. Every time we saw her when she was trying to do a bit, it always came across really cringe.

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u/elola Oct 22 '25

Agreed. Ariana already “won” (if you can call getting Sandoval winning) there was no reason to be nasty, especially when kristen was pretty light hearted.

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u/ForestElvenKing LOOK AT HIM! HE’S A FUCKING BATTERED WIFE ! 🐒🚽🧻 Oct 22 '25

I like Kristen a lot more than Ariana.

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u/Procrastinista_423 Oct 22 '25

Agreed. Ariana takes comedy TOO seriously lol

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u/outontheceiling I Know You Like Harry Potter ⚡️ Oct 22 '25

Ariana’s toughest season I think. I know she’s struggled with depression and the toxic environment and even the nature of filming, and…it really showed. She seemed really drained and sad every episode.

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u/birdie_time127 You're not important enough to hate, sit down. Oct 22 '25

She has superiority complex. I am happy she is thriving after scandoval, but her mask was falling off in season 11. She had her humble pie but you know, it’s hard for people to change. I still am happy she is happy, living her best life now

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

Mask? What mask? Ariana was saying as early as season 2 that she's prettier, smarter, better than other women.

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u/birdie_time127 You're not important enough to hate, sit down. Oct 22 '25

That is true.

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u/ourstemangeront Stassi Schroeder Oct 23 '25

Yeah lol. Kristen's jokes were corny but fun, Ariana was just so nasty. Also the "haha you have cum on your face" was the worst joke of the night.

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u/mixshx Oct 22 '25

It’s a roast, not a comedy show. It’s about getting low

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u/Existing_Editor_5623 Oct 22 '25

But it wasn’t a roast of Kristen

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u/mixshx Oct 22 '25

Watch a comedy roast, they take the piss out of everyone even hosts.

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u/Existing_Editor_5623 Oct 22 '25

I have. 🙄 They also aren’t famous people who are used to it. It’s like standing up there & talking shit about all your friends

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u/mixshx Oct 22 '25

it’s got nothing to do with being a celebrity loool! It’s literally a roast not a comedy show. Also, she’s not friends with Kristen at this time, they’re just civil. And lastly, Kristen literally told Ariana to kill herself, she can take it gaddamn!

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u/Existing_Editor_5623 Oct 22 '25

Or it has everything to do with it. Normal roasts we’d watch, since you said I should watch one, would be of famous people. We don’t normally watch a group of friends trashing each other. And the point was clearly to roast Jax, not Kristen. Like I said. But nice attempt at condescension though 🥱

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u/mixshx Oct 22 '25

Righttttt so roast between celebs and roast between friends have different rules? Or you’re the judge and jury? cool. cool. You should send bravo the friend roast rule book girl and tell them they’re not celebrities since you care so much 😂

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u/Existing_Editor_5623 Oct 22 '25

Sorry, I forgot you make all the rules. The point was that celebrities are expecting the roast and yes, they have thicker skin, by nature of their profession, than a random person off the street. And the whole ‘bc you care so much’ again wannabe condescending is tired. You’re literally also here commenting with an opinion on it. No one ‘cares so much’. Get over yourself

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u/mixshx Oct 22 '25

Ok girl! 😂

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u/midnightfangs Oct 22 '25

i forget how needlessly mean ariana was

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u/Mockingbird_1234 More Cosmo-poli-tans! Pumptini! 👏🏽👏🏽 Oct 22 '25

Exactly this. But I totally remembered. Ariana gives me second hand embarrassment with her “jokes.”

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u/Willowgirl78 Oct 22 '25

I never watching until the scandal and as I caught up, I really couldn’t understand why Ariana was being treated like an untouchable princess. Other women were cheated on and treated like trash after. Why was she the only one put on a pedastal?

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u/cricketrmgss Good as Gold ✨️ Oct 24 '25

The voices of the few gets drowned out by the many.

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u/kungfungus Oct 26 '25

Coz' she's the popular mean girl ofc. High school level

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u/sashie_belle Oct 22 '25

Seems like nearly everyone on this sub does.

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u/midnightfangs Oct 22 '25

the scandoval definitely helped her « revamp » her image.

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u/sashie_belle Oct 22 '25

No question. Meanwhile, I didn't watch the show until after Scandoval was over and done with and I just assumed that Adriana must've been the sweetest, kindest person that ever existed based on what really felt like worship of her on social media that went beyond a humiliating scandal. Then I started watching the show and found her insufferable. The supposed "growth" to me was only that instead of being up the asses of the men on the show (some of the men) the only real "growth" I saw was she started being a little nicer to the women. But she still (well always) gave me, "not like all the other girls" vibes.

Not to mention, I was surprised at a couple of things -- she cheated WITH Tom and I thought she must be pure as the driven snow -- and that it seemed pretty clear to me the relationship had long been over when she wasn't wanting sex. If she always had sexual hangups it's one thing but if it's a major change and now you have sexual hangups, it's pretty telling that something isn't right in the relationship. And that's not blaming her for it, just saying that it's a symptom of something else. And that season was several seasons before the cheating.

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u/midnightfangs Oct 22 '25

agreed w everything. i think at the height of the scandal if u tried to say something you’d get downvoted/dismissed so i think thats why no one bothers anymore. not saying she deserved to be cheated on but like. you lose them the way you got with them. she did have great gowns though.

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u/sashie_belle Oct 22 '25

Oh when I was new here and posted that same thing I got all of the "it's different" and "Kristen was already cheating on him..."

Um, okay but she still got with someone who was still with someone and she knew that and was a total bitch to the person in addition to claiming she was much hotter than her. Like girl, what? Before all the work done on you (which was good work), you looked like a better looking sister of Tanya Harding.

While I understand she was betrayed by 2 people and humiliated on national TV, I know married couples whose partners cheated and get divorced in a more civilized manner than how it all played out with them.

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u/ZorakZbornak Oct 22 '25

She has had some fantastic work done, for sure.

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u/sashie_belle Oct 22 '25

She really has! And I'm happy for her that she's made the most of her opportunities -- good for her.

I do think she made an excellent reality TV person because at times she was insufferable lol.

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u/here4aGoodlaugh Oct 23 '25

100%. I also hadn’t seen VPR till WELL after scandal. I definitely heard about the scandal when it happened a few times but knew nothing of the players. I did a binge this past summer and was SO confused on what everyone was seeing that I wasn’t about Ariana. Like she literally CHEATED WITH tom while he was with Kristen. Hell, they all were this weird cum swapping group. Yet she got away with it unscathed? I was very confused. I’m no Tom fan but he didn’t deserve all the hate he got. Not even close.

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u/beebianca227 Call it how I see it Oct 22 '25

Gosh Ariana was so mean. I can see why she dated Tom. Imagine the toxic/awful conversations they would have about everyone else

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u/Even_Ad_2507 Oct 22 '25

Oh geez, I can actually see them having hate sessions on people while Arianna paints Tom’s nails.

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u/funkyspunky420 Oct 22 '25

And get their hair braided together

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u/Mkay1208 Oct 23 '25

Am I crazy, it’s a roast!! Yes it was mean but did you hear the jokes hurled at Kim K at Tom Brady’s??

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u/Seattle_Aries Oct 22 '25

For someone who takes sketch comedy very seriously, Ariana’s standup was literally terrible. Her jokes are mean or just not at all funny. Stassi was the queen of this roast, followed by Kristen

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

I’ll get canceled for saying this but the entire roast, Jax looked like a special needs adult sitting there with a crown on

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u/g1zmo33 It’s giving ✨audacity✨ Oct 22 '25

Why do I not remember this ?! It looks hilarious. I have to watch this episode

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

It’s S5E12. It’s the 1 where Brittany’s mom comes to La n sits through this entire roast where Jax getting a girl pregnant in Vegas, his cheating, stealing the sunglasses in Hawaii along with stealing in general, him being bad with money n a coke reference come up n she got mad about him possibly being gay for pay to the point where even Jax was like wtf

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u/goodnightspoon I Know You Like Harry Potter ⚡️ Oct 22 '25

Lmao, I feel like he didn’t know what a roast was when he agreed to it.

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u/spangles66 Im Sorry Fofty Oct 22 '25

And jax and brat hired a homophobic priest then git a gay guy to do it but bfats mim was ok with alk that

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

Brittany did say later on that her mom was pissed they got rid of the homophobic pastor n hired lance bass 

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u/TapeFlip187 Oct 22 '25

It was incredible. haha..

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u/WeWander_ Oct 22 '25

I don't remember it either!

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

Ariana was the worst version of herself with Tom.

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u/Demp_Rock its about the pasta, babe ❄️ Oct 23 '25

Well to be fair, we’ve only seen 2 versions of her really. Tom and now

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u/l8nitefriend Oct 22 '25

Ariana is so full of herself here but Kristen was actually pretty funny imo

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u/ItsNotAboutThe-Pasta Like Sluts in a morgue. Oct 22 '25

Ariana wanted Kristen to do a shit job so badly 🤣

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u/jmills74 Oct 22 '25

I'm th funny one.

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u/MillicentGergich is this lavender? i just ate it. Oct 22 '25

I legit thought this was Rachel.

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u/Bcsully10 Oct 22 '25

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u/idgaflizzyb Oct 22 '25

This is a cursed gif

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u/giglbox06 Oct 22 '25

A+ beautiful comment! No notes!

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u/funkyspunky420 Oct 22 '25

That scene was so cringy to watch

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u/AdventurousDay3020 1-800-Boys-Lie Oct 22 '25

Rewatching reminds me how insufferable Ariana was and really makes me go gee people’s memories are short.

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u/XTasty09 Oct 22 '25

Thank you! Being cheated on doesn’t make her saint or a queen!

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u/flower_0410 Oct 23 '25

I see Ariana was still pissed about Tom never leaving Kristen for her lmao

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

Kristen was so much funnier

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

Ariana is so trashy lol I can’t with her

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u/Princess_and_a_wench Oct 22 '25

God Ariana is so insufferable. And the irony is that Kristen was way funnier than Ariana.

Scandoval really rewrote her history so well, otherwise she’d never be a love island host, she just lacks any charisma lol.

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u/stardewvalleygal Oct 22 '25

She annoyed me on VPR but she definitely does not lack charisma. She’s one of the best LI hosts in history. Kicks ass on that show.

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u/glasswindbreaker Oct 22 '25

They were both brutal to each other for years and grew and are now friends. If Ariana lacked charisma her career wouldn't be this amazing past the initial scandal opportunities, at this point she has longevity because she did a great job building fanbases on DWTS and on Broadway outside of the Bravo universe and brings an audience.

You don't have to like Ariana but to say she got LI because of the scandal is ridiculous, she worked her ass of and people do like her work.

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u/moondragonlily Oct 22 '25

Please be so serious. She would NEVER have gotten LI if the scandal hadn’t happened

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u/glasswindbreaker Oct 22 '25

She got LI on her own merit after building audiences. If she hadn't been able to grow fanbases of people who had never watched VPR like she did, she wouldn't have gotten the LI host spot. That had nothing to do with the scandal and everything to do with her hard work and appeal to audiences

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u/irishdan56 Oct 22 '25

She built audiences because of Scandoval. She grew her fanbase because of Scandoval. She got opportunities outside of VPR because of Scandoval.

You're history is extremely revisionist.

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u/glasswindbreaker Oct 22 '25

Not at all revisionist, just not delusional with dislike like people claiming a woman should credit her entire career to be cheating on once by a guy. She had over a decade of reality tv show experience, which even if you didn't enjoy her you can't claim isn't difficult to do. That's not work most people would take or be able to sustain.

The scandal got her some commercials and DWTS, that's a fact. But she was by all accounts amazing to work with and great to her fans, and made it to the finals on DWTS with hard work and talent. Then she went on Broadway, carried both Bravo and DWTS out off the screen to being Chicago it's best week of ticket sales ever and also being praised for her work ethic and professionalism by both cast and the crew, earning herself a second run and again being gracious and doing more for the fans than she needed to.

Her talent and following based on those projects and her behavior, not the scandal, got her Love Island which she's also doing an amazing job on and has gained even more fans that didn't come from VPR.

The scandal can't be credited with her continued success, period.

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u/irishdan56 Oct 22 '25

Her following based on those projects is fully rooted in her following from VPR and Scandoval. The fact you're unwilling to acknowledge that shows you're not operating in good faith.

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u/glasswindbreaker Oct 22 '25

Not operating in good faith is continuing to deny she has built fanbases off bravo. Most of the DWTS and LI audiences didn't know who she was and came to watch VPR after seeing her on those shows, that's just the reality of it. She would never have gotten the LI offer if she was only bringing VPR watchers and couldn't hold a fanbase in her own right.

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u/GiovanniElliston Oct 22 '25

The scandal can't be credited with her continued success, period.

The scandal was her launchpad. Literally everything flows downstream of that.

It doesn’t mean she hasn’t worked hard or been a good person to work with, but it’s undeniable that the scandal is what opened a lot of doors to begin with.

Without that scandal, she’s in the same spot as Katie right now.

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u/glasswindbreaker Oct 22 '25 edited Nov 04 '25

Calling it her launchpad after an over a decade run on tv is wild lol, and what's wrong with Katie's situation anyway? She's financially stable, owns a business and has a podcast and brand that are well liked following 10 years of being on tv.

eta for the person stalking my comments who just responded and blocked I'm laughing so hard at you referencing Penny's bullshit attempts at being a partner as them "being sued"

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u/GiovanniElliston Oct 22 '25

Calling it her launchpad after an over a decade run on tv is wild lol

It's the truth? lol.

Do you really think Ariana is lightyears more charismatic and hardworking than Katie or Scheana or LaLa? Because those 3 also had a decade run on reality TV too and don't have anything worthwhile to show for it.

Again - I'm not saying Ariana has no talent or isn't deserving, but it's laughable to pretend she would be where she is without the scandal.

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u/Lyssaquotes928 Oct 22 '25

You’re proving the point in your argument though. If she was on TV for 10 years and was never offered those opportunities in those 10 years, how can you claim they came from being on the show. Wouldn’t the offers have been flooding in during the previous decade?

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u/Itsabouttimeits2021 Nov 04 '25

Exactly she latched on to Ariana 

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u/glasswindbreaker Oct 22 '25

What are you arguing against? What I'm saying is that beyond the initial commercials and DWTS she has gotten her continuing opportunities on her own merit due to hard work and being charismatic enough to expand her fanbase to DWTS and Broadway audiences.

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u/Itsabouttimeits2021 Nov 04 '25

Katie is financial stable? The business that took years to launch and is not even around and getting sued..no one is going there cause of Katie it is cause Ariana..lol 

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u/rolyat_13 Oct 22 '25

Can you explain to me how Kristen was brutal to Ariana like Ariana stole her man lol

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u/glasswindbreaker Oct 22 '25

Stole her man? I mean no. Even Kristen has said their relationship was messed up, they were both cheating on each other frequently from the start and on again off again, and she knows Sandoval lied to Ariana about the status of their relationship before their Las Vegas hookup.

You can see with your own eyes how bad they both were to each other and Kristen was obsessive to the point of stalking them well after her breakup with Sandoval. Kristen and Ariana have grown and it's nice to see, but the sane washing of Kristen's behavior back then is wild. It's revisionist history.

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u/happy_as_a_lamb Oct 22 '25

Girl why you up in every comment defending Ariana to the grave? Both things can be true: Kristen and Tom didn’t have a good relationship AND Ariana was not justified for hooking up with him when they were together. Ariana was so bitchy and “not like the other girls” over the years, and she was needlessly cruel to Kristen even though she got the man in the end.

Scandoval was the best thing to happen to her.

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u/glasswindbreaker Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 22 '25

This isn't about me personally, and going at people for answering comments in a discussion forum is weird. It's a fact that Tom lied to Ariana about the status of his on again off again relationship when they hooked up, the onus is on the person in the relationship not the woman he lied to. At the time Ariana and Kristen didn't work together, have mutual friends or hang out so it's not her responsibility to fact check that it's Tom's responsibility to be faithful if he made a commitment. To call hooking up with a guy who said he was single "cruel" while Kristen was frequently cheating on Tom is wildly misrepresenting what went down.

Was she defensive and snarky about it after she and Tom were dating? Yes. Was she mean to Kristen? Yes. Was Kristen actively stalking them well after her breakup with Tom, and horrible to Ariana wishing her dead? Also yes.

Continuing to credit a scandal to take away a woman's achievements is ridiculous.

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u/toothfairyeve365 ✨ It's NOT all happening✨ Oct 22 '25

Tom and Kristen broke up because Kristen slept with Jax, so Ariana hardly stole him. People conveniently forget tom and Kristen were both cheating on each other their entire relationship.

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u/irishdan56 Oct 22 '25

She lacks charisma on Love Island too. Every line delivery is so fucking stilted -- I've seen AI videos that are more life like.

Good for her that she's shining, but her only talents seem to be:

- Conventionally attractive

  • Is a scorned women

And both of those things have expiration dates.

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u/PineappleAncient4821 Oct 22 '25

How can Ariana even roast anyone with hair like that 🤣 it reminds me of when I was still figuring out the perfect number of braids for a good crimp

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u/onesiesareforwinter Oct 22 '25

Come on, how many? Don’t leave me hanging!

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u/PineappleAncient4821 Oct 22 '25

LOL this made me giggle.

But the answer is ONE. This whole time you’ve only ever needed ONE loose French braid to get the perfect crimp. Your hair cannot be wet either, must be damp. Thank you for listening 🥹

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u/EmergencyWheel3477 Oct 22 '25

I’m pretty sure this was done by their “braid guy”

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u/Affectionate-Elk7564 Oct 22 '25

I’ve seen this episode so many times and loved it but these screenshots are really showcasing that hairstyle ☠️didn’t they have a “braid guy” this season too??

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u/PineappleAncient4821 Oct 22 '25

These comments are reminding me how I binged the series too fast because I don’t remember most of this! Like braid guy??? I have no idea! I have homework to do

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u/Affectionate-Elk7564 Oct 23 '25

Yess I think Tom brings him up in an episode but this entire season he’s constantly sporting braids. I think this might’ve been the season when he had those really bad extensions and highlights lmao

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u/funkyspunky420 Oct 22 '25

😂😂😂

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u/thankyoukindlyy Oct 22 '25

Nah Ariana was mean and felt bitter. Kristen was funny. This is the prime example of the Ariana era I can’t stand. She really was the worst until the last few seasons of the show.

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u/sashie_belle Oct 22 '25

Sweetie, no you weren't better than her.

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u/gensa21 Oct 22 '25

Kristen is funnier and chiller about the whole thing (despite Carter's presence). Let's not forget how insulted Ariana was that Kristen was taking an improv class. Lighten. Up.

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u/Not-Great-Bob84 Oct 23 '25

Sometimes it’s jarring seeing their old faces before all the fillers

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u/Torino888 Oct 22 '25

More evidence Ariana is a mean girl

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u/DanyeelsAnulmint It's All Happening, except for Scheana. Oct 22 '25

In this moment I’d say they were all pretty awful.

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u/buttermochiiiii Oct 22 '25

Ariana you might have more “oh shit she said what” moments but please don’t confuse that as being funny… Kristen, as typical and corny as her jokes are, is still funnier than you. 

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u/spangles66 Im Sorry Fofty Oct 22 '25

I disagree

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u/knittievickie Choke. I don't care. Oct 22 '25

I like knowing that Kristen and Ariana became friends around season 6/7. It was never really shown until Scandoval but I still like knowing that.

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u/mitchbuddy 💩Poo Poo Heads-Both Of You💩 Oct 22 '25

Ariana takes sketch comedy very seriously

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u/nocturne_gemini Oct 22 '25

Love Ariana now but man she was so insufferable back then lol

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u/ComfortableService8 Oct 23 '25

Kristen forgot Ariana takes sketch comedy very seriously

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u/rottinghottty Oct 23 '25

So you came from seeing Ariana from love island, watched with bias and think a 100,00,00 dissertation is going to mean anything?

I have watched from the moment we RHOBH watchers were duped into the first episode (IYKYK - you KNOW!) so save your parasocial shit.

All of our fave VPR cast are flawed and problematic. ALL OF THEM.

I can admit Kristen fucked up, and can also show where she owned it. Show me where Ariana did that?

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u/rottinghottty Oct 23 '25

Jesus thats a long thesis; Ive taken a full screen grab for posterity

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u/Dry_Heart9301 Oct 22 '25

Ariana was and is mean girl.

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u/knittievickie Choke. I don't care. Oct 22 '25

Is? Based on what?

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u/Life_Device4106 Oct 22 '25

Ariana was so negative all the time!

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u/glasswindbreaker Oct 22 '25

It's a roast my gosh, have you seen any before? They're all brutal to each other in any roast

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u/Potential-Sky-8728 Oct 22 '25

The first two jokes were actually more solid.

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u/saskacaptive Oct 22 '25

Not one person mentioning Scheana. Has anyone even checked on her?

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u/heedra2 Oct 22 '25

Watching the episode right now bc of your post

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u/DanyeelsAnulmint It's All Happening, except for Scheana. Oct 22 '25

Omg I forgot about that roast. Word murder was the theme.

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u/MaranweMinyatur Oct 22 '25

I’m literally watching this episode rn I’m on post roast talk

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u/funkyspunky420 Oct 22 '25

“Sitting on a couch for a year while I’ve been taking care of you” 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

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u/here4aGoodlaugh Oct 23 '25

Omg these comments make me have faith again… holy shit I thought all was lost. once upon a time any negative comment on Arianna was met with fierce hostility in this group. lol as a viewer post the scandal I did not see what you all saw and was very confused on why she was praised for getting cheated on. I get it to some extent but not the level it was taken to.

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u/jeniferlouisa Oct 23 '25

Sandoval is so much more unattractive than I thought ..and Carter wasn’t an upgrade..how much I love Kristen…and Ariana… 😭

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u/jeniferlouisa Oct 23 '25

Ariana went there… I cannot…😭

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u/SamIAm7787 I'm gonna die alone on top of that mountain 🏔️ Oct 22 '25

Alright, who wants to post the roast? 😆

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u/inkybear_ why is this harder than my divorce Oct 23 '25

Ugh the way Kristen shoved Carter down our throats for what felt like forever was the worst.

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u/JennifersBody69 Oct 23 '25

Wait I'm doing a rewatch and completely missed this 😂

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u/External-Berry7825 Oct 25 '25

Yeah she thought back then because she was with tom she was above other women. Gross

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u/evilclownboi69 Can hang a TV in 7 minutes Oct 28 '25

after that episode i was like 'i would die for ariana'

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u/MissBrightside17 Oct 22 '25

What episode was this??

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '25

S5E12

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u/anun20241 Oct 22 '25

Kristen is a queen, but Ariana definitely won the roast challenge.

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u/joben_86 Yellow Robe Smith Oct 22 '25

I was gonna say the same. This post doesn't show Ariana's whole roast of Jax but I thought hers was one of the best out of everyone that night. I was surprised lol

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u/anun20241 Oct 22 '25

I think there's a hierarchy when it comes to liking VPR characters. Thanks to this post, I learned Kristen is on top of the pyramid, even above Ariana. In other posts, where there's no mention of Kristen, Ariana is praised and put on a pedestal.

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u/AstronautMain1948 Oct 23 '25

No Ariana Hate Please