This week we’re talking about Harry’s new album, Christine's wild interview, I’m confused/ fascinated by Elizabeth Olsen, and I’m bored just thinking about Travis Barker’s home.
Harry is Harrying!
Harry Styles dropped his new album Harry’s House last night at midnight. Was I hoping that with a name like that he might give us an AD tour? Perhaps drop a line of tea towels? Of course I was. I can name six people who would spend $40+ on a Harry Styles doormat.
I didn’t stay up to listen to it because I had 1.5 bottles of wine at LELA bar in the West Village (that’s some insider trading, don’t tell your friends), and when I got home all I wanted to do was eat more of the funfetti cake that's been sitting in my fridge and fall asleep to Formula 1.
I gave the entire thing a listen on my way to my botox appointment this morning; it’s fun! The album features my new favorite One Direction song, Late Night Talking. And a great John Mayer song, Daylight.
My favorite lyrics:
“I could cook an egg on you”
“I spilled beer on your friend, I’m not sorry”
It also features a song called Cinema which is very clearly about Olivia Wilde. Though I could make the argument that it’s really about me.
To quote Hailey Bieber: “it’s hard being the muse of a whole album.”
It actually comes naturally to me, Hailey, but keep up the good work.
The only question I have for Mr. Style is: what did Shiana Twain think?
Elizabeth Olsen, get it together.
This lie detector series from Vanity Fair continues to bring us great, great content. See: “sorry to that man”, see: Shawn Mendes actually sweating.
The series reminds me of what Vogue's 73 Questions interviews used to be. The 73 Questions videos used to manage to make boring people seem interesting, and make interesting people seem funny. Even though they’re overtly staged, they still feel off the cuff. Plus, the questions are topical enough that you get a good sense of the person's personality without actually learning anything about them.
These interviews feel like that, only without the joy of getting to see inside celebrities' homes.
This specific episode, featuring Mary-Kate and Ashley’s little sister, is…. Wild.
What I love about this is you can tell that nothing about this girl is relatable. Sure, she might not be the biggest star in the world, but she’s Mary-Kate and Ashley’s sister. She has been surrounded by wealth and fame her entire life. The anecdote about Danielle Haim being cool in high school? It’s painting a very “industry” experience that I am here for. It’s very much, “I’ve been an elitist since birth, and no, you don’t get it.”
It’s obvious that Liz doesn't want to talk about her sisters, or her childhood, or how her sisters affected her childhood— and that’s a shame! Sorry girl, your sisters are the most interesting thing about you. Your sisters are also the most interesting thing about me. You think I would have won my class’s model UN before Winning London’s influence? Please!
Other than that, I learned that you have weird thumbs, are bad at smoking pot, and dressed yourself in what looks like a straight jacket.
Also! Your lack of enthusiasm for Licorice Pizza was palpable. This interview is my favorite thing on the internet this week by a landslide. A landslide!
How do I get Christine Quinn and Spencer Pratt in the same room?
Christine Quinn from Selling Sunset went on the Call Her Daddy podcast this week and chose violence.
I listened to the episode for you, ya welcome.
In the interview Christine alleges that there are six storyboard writers for the show and that almost everything you see is pre-written and fabricated. She talks about how they heavily dub the show, meaning they use something called “frankenbites” to forage storylines. Frankenbites are when you take bits of audio of someone speaking, rearrange their words, and add the audio back into a different scene when it’s convenient to the story.
She even mentions watching the show and seeing her mouth say things she never said. Most alarmingly, she calls out producer Adam Divello by name, stating that he’s no longer allowed on set or at the Oppenheim offices due to misconduct. Allegedly, he came to the set and would yell, scream, and threaten people. There was more than one complaint filed, resulting in him being banned from the set.
Adam DiVello is most well known for creating The Hills, a show that shaped me.
In the several, several, years since The Hills ended, Spencer Pratt has dedicated his time and Instagram stories to exposing all of the production secrets that went into creating the show. Spencer was the world’s biggest villain, he was everyone’s enemy. He states, to this day, that he always knew he was playing a role, a character, and that the show edited him however they needed to make him look as evil as possible.
Christine Quinn has a similar take: she knows that she was cast as the villain, she knows it's a character that she’s playing, and she wishes production wouldn’t do her so dirty.
The most disturbing detail from the interview is when Christine recalls Adam DiVello telling her she should harm herself:
“He actually told me to go fall on the stairs and kill myself at one point.”
Christine is not on an apology tour, but she is clearly out to end DiVello’s career and her contract with this production company.
It came out in the press when season 5 first aired that Christine was leaving the Oppenheim Group to start her own brokerage, RealOpen. She says that she told production this on day 1 of filming and that they chose to edit it to make it look like she was fired. The day she was supposed to come into the office to meet with Jason and Mary? She claims no one told her about that meeting.
I found Christine pretty endearing in this interview. I’m not sure if all of her accusations are valid— though Adam DiVello needs to be investigated regardless. Netflix is a huge company, they have all of the money and power in the world to keep their productions running smoothly and safely. Sorry, but what Adam is doing is not groundbreaking. He’s replaceable.
I know CHD is… well… the worst. But I would give this one a listen.
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Oh look, a beige hallway.
I consider myself to be a grown woman (it’s new) and part of being grown is feeling more comfortable in your individuality. Something that makes me an individual: my teal sofa™.
I don’t know what's in that Calabasas water but it’s infected its residents making them all think they need beige archways. The repetitiveness is so glaring that I worry that Calabasas needs more interior designers, or just more people with personality.
For some reason I thought Travis Barker’s home might have some *spice* some *flavor*— silly me! Travis Barker’s house tour was boring because it looks exactly like Kourtney’s house— which has been on my screen for 46 years.
Kourtney’s formal dining room:
Travis’s formal dining room:
Kourtney’s kitchen table:
Travis’s kitchen table:
Like I’m sorry…? I wonder if they ever stumble into one house thinking it’s the other. Poor Mason, he’s going to grow up thinking that all dining room tables require 2 seats at each of the heads.
It was a big week for the Barker children, who were on another Kardashians episode which conveniently featured this home. Whenever I see this much publicity on a house I can only assume one thing: it’s about to go on the market.
Travis recently did a gut renovation on his house, which is obvious because clearly he waited until Kourtney’s house was done and then said ‘copy/paste’. Even with his beige archways and beige walls and beige builtins, there is still some evidence of what it looked like pre-renovation. Which was, as far as I can tell, giving “Vegas chic”.
Who will buy this home that at one time looked like a Vegas hotel and now looks like a Kimye replica inside of a Vegas hotel? Not me! This house isn’t even coming near my top ten. Sorry, Trav.
What is this? Nick and Priyanka?
Kravis had their second of what I assume will be three weddings.
First, it was this Vegas ceremony where they insisted that the chapel bring in an Elvis impersonator to officiate a ceremony where they got “married” without a license.
Next, it was this Santa Barbara union where they actually became legal. They can finally have sex now!
As usual, Penelope did not snag an invite to this event :/. I’m hoping Kourtney will find it in her heart to allow her children to be there for her actual wedding, which I assume is happening some time in the next week.
Kourtney and Travis just arrived in Italy where it’s rumored they will be having their “actual wedding.” Thank god. I didn’t follow a #KravisUpdate account just to see more foot fetish content and no wedding dresses to judge on a point system.
LOL. Elizabeth Olsen makes me look like a wild child, over here reading Jane Austen.