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What's Up Bros?! Steel here reporting live from Riomaggiore (no big deal) and we are pumped to bring you Vanderpump Villa's first episode recap. This show is very Below Deck-like as far as the set up. New guests weekly, the staff prepares for the guest. We have managers, kitchen staff, servers, housekeepers etc... and they all work alongside one another to give the guests 'the best experience possible'... The cast of characters is over-dramatic, messy as hell and over the top. And we love it. Marciano and Hannah are the toxic 'couple' even though they're on the outs because Marciano cheated (think OG Jax and Stassi). Andre and Telly are the bartenders, Andre the gentle giant and Telly the misunderstood mixologist. The kitchen staff consists of Anthony and Caroline, they're great and all business. Stephen the Event Coordinator who is upset that Eric the manager, got the managing job despite them both interviewing for it. By the way, Eric is nuts. Talks to himself, makes absurd demands and changes LVP's plans regularly. There are more cast members but we get introduced to them along the way. The gang is gearing up for a surprise engagement at the Chateau and lets just say things don't go smoothly night 1. At all. Like its a complete disaster featuring fights, screaming, disorganized chaos and it is so entertaining. It is an easy watch and man we are hoping this show stays entertaining. One of our highlights is Lisa Vanderpump playing the role of Lisa Vanderpump. She commits to the brand like we have never seen before and it is so fun to watch (at least for us).

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What's up Bro's? In honor of Steel's (my) 5 year sobriety date, we're changing things up a little bit. In this special episode I share my story with you. Where I came from, how I got there, and how I ended up where I am today. My story is difficult to tell. It brings up a lot of memories that I've dealt with over the past few years and stirs up a lot of emotions for me. But it's important for me to share these things. I had a very hard time being open and vulnerable when I was younger. I saw myself as the go to person for other people. I would help them deal with their issues while disregarding or not even acknowledging my own. Problems don't just go away and gradually over time they built up behind me without me being aware of it. Eventually my world came crashing down. I went from a professional baseball player, to a professional coach, to having cirrhosis of the liver at 27 years old and potentially not making it out of the hospital alive.

This episode is not to garner sympathy, it's more for me and for myself to continue to be open and honest and vulnerable as I struggled to do for so many years. If you or someone you know is struggling with alcohol or addiction, if you're afraid to ask for help, I know how scary it is. But I promise you there is a better life on the other side. If you need someone to talk to please reach out to me. I'll happily talk to any one of you struggling. Thank you all for everything you've given me, I don't take one second on this planet for granted. I love you all.

Here's to many more years.

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What's up Bros? On today's episode were back with RHONJ. Its game time as we get ready for Dolores' yearly softball game. Marge and Fuda have taken even more issue with Fessler talking to Teresa and 'playing both sides'. We get crocodile tears from Fuda because Fessler sat down with Teresa? While what we're seeing is a Fessler that is acting like an adult and not playing foot soldier in Marge or Fuda's weak game... Joe and Melissa drop Antonia off at college. Jen Aydin tries to bring Danielle into the drama via Lina (hairdresser) who apparently got cold shouldered and kicked out of the VIP at a party hosted by Tre, Jen and Dolores on behalf of Danielle. Melissa asks Jen Aydin to have a sit down to finally talk some things out. Marge and Jackie get into it before the game and Jackie confidently states that she's done taking Marge's crap. Overall, we're seeing a lot of people get in trouble for talking to other people. It's hard to have a successful show when the entire cast has limitations on who they are 'allowed to interact with'....

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What's up Bros?! We are back after our wild week and we are talking VPR. We gotta talk game plan as we head into the next season. The premiere is set to air tomorrow night, so we thought it would be a good idea to bring in our good friend Ryan Bailey who has the inside scoop from the red-carpet premiere, as well as some info about what we can expect from the cast this season.

We also discuss some predictions, potential pitfalls and our overall excitement for Season 11. Will they be able to recapture lightning in a bottle? Can they give us another season of captivating TV coming off of the most explosive and riveting season of Bravo TV yet? We don't know, but dammit we hope they can. As always, we had a blast with Ryan and this is the VPR Preview that you need to prep yourself for the upcoming season.

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What's up Bro's? We take a break from our regularly scheduled recap to bring you our full breakdown of Bethenny's interview with Raquel aka Rachel. It seems as though these two are trying to one up Howie and Sandoval with worst interview of the year. A wildly unprepared Bethenny attempts to interview Raquel with zero background on the show or the characters. Along the way, Raquel (Rachel) begins to lean into playing the victim in this thing and its absolutely bizarre. Bethenny is doing her best the entire time to intentionally steer the conversation in that direction and it's clear that she came into this with an agenda. On top of that, while we hear Bethenny "leading the charge" on compensation for reality stars, we find out that Raquel did not get paid for this appearance on the podcast. Go figure. Raquel dives into her time in therapy and how she feels about this group now. She tells us that her friendship with Ariana was exaggerated and the two were only acquaintances and then questions her best friend Scheana's and the role she played after Rachel and James called off the engagement. The topic of money comes up repeatedly as Rachel feels as though she is owed more for her role in Scandoval and questions how the rest of the group gets to cash in on it but she doesn't. The topic of the video on Scumdoval's phone comes up and I think were all in agreement, that is not ok. Sandoval deserves WAYYYY more shit than he is getting not only for the recording without consent, showing that video to people, and just for his overall role in Scandoval. Its named after him for gods sake. Bethenny really fumbled this interview and not only is it apparent that she didn't prep at all (literally uses google mid interview for an extended period of time) her lack of overall VPR knowledge makes removes any and all credibility from this interview. That being said, Shooter had a blast listening and Steel almost had an aneurysm. All that and more on a very lively episode of BravBro's!

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Part 1 (4:31)

Part 2 (41:37)

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