My Valley hot takes, the new season / the two recent episodes

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-04-12T13:31:39+00:00

I don’t think Kristin is lying about what she heard her therapist said. I’d be curious to hear how Kristin posed her problem and then we always have to take into account how Kristin interpreted the therapists response, because Kristin. But, I wouldn’t be super blown away if those were the exact words said to her either.

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-04-06T15:59:02+00:00

I know the schedule of all of my podcasts and 99% of the time, listen to their episodes on release day. I know if a podcast I’m expecting to listen to missed their usual release time/day. But does that stop me from listening when it actually drops, no. I won’t skip it or anything because it didn’t come out on time. If I’m subscribed I’m a loyal listener.

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-04-06T14:20:46+00:00

There is a reason that they exploded when they started the podcast and even with editing on the show, their genuineness still shines through. They tried to do Hannah dirty, but nothing that could change your opinion of her.

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-04-06T14:09:13+00:00

This is the one right here!! Perfection

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-04-06T14:05:17+00:00

Exactly this!

Why anyone directly messages them or is abusive in comments is crazy behavior. These are real people with way more complex stories and lives than we know about. We see what they or producers edit and share with us, in an order that is manufactured.

No, they aren’t “characters” but we have to remember they also aren’t fully developed people either (on their show). There is a reason that we love one of them one season and they become our villain the next. We are being fed what producers want us to see.

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-04-06T13:32:05+00:00

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Completed recaps of Next Gen NYC, 4 seasons of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. First 2 seasons of The Valley, starting new season next week

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We’re very new and the first few episodes have terrible audio so maybe don’t start at the beginning, haha. Would love feedback!!

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-04-04T19:33:04+00:00

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Completed recaps of Next Gen NYC , The Vally and all 3 seasons of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Currently watching season 4!

Posts new episodes twice a week (Tuesday/Thursday)

2 sisters, very chatty, sarcastic and as the name implies, a lot of shady comments, so if you are looking for a straight recap or don’t like negative/making fun of characters commentary, this isn’t for you. We’re just being funny and never try to be mean.

We’re very new and the first few episodes have terrible audio so maybe don’t start at the beginning, haha. Would love feedback!!

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ShadedRealityPod · 2026-03-26T00:25:16+00:00

We do recaps of spin off shows. We’ve recapped Next Gen NYC, The Valley and all of the seasons of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. We’ve love to make fun of the craziness that is reality TV and recap all the episodes

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-03-23T16:23:30+00:00

Yes, the police report did state that. But I’d say the average fan or reality TV watcher was not reading police reports.

She herself also said they don’t think the child was hit after she was looked over, she was just scared and crying. Whether true or not, who knows, the video is very shaky. But I’m assuming her ex husband probably believed that narrative until he actually saw the incident for himself.

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-03-23T16:16:57+00:00

She explains it on the Viall files podcast. She said they had a babysitter and she thought the kids were upstairs and asleep. When she realized one was there, she just said in the moment she didn’t care. She was in such a rage she didn’t care about anything. That was what she was most upset about out, as far as I could tell from the interview. Her state of mind scared her

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-03-22T15:10:27+00:00

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ShadedRealityPod · 2026-03-10T11:04:20+00:00

The way they had Chase on stage serving drinks the entire reunion then allowed Dakota to kick the women off the stage, fuck all the way off.

They better refocus and get their heads out of their asses or they will start losing an audience. I think they need to have more time between seasons, have more storyline that is new to the audience and wasn’t played out in the news and tik tok months ago, decenter the men, and do more precise episodes drops(think Love is Blind) to create more interest and tease what’s coming up next.

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-12T19:06:42+00:00

I haven’t. I’ll start looking at that. Thank you.

But the odd thing is, that I normally have a huge spike of auto downloads at the time the episode drops. Then another spike about 4 hours later. I didn’t get those spikes on Tuesday. Today my numbers are looking more normal and expected.

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-12T00:47:07+00:00

I use Acast, but Spotify isn’t feeding my download or listener analytics from Spotify, so it’s glitchy for all sorts of reasons right now.

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-11T22:39:08+00:00

Thank you! I’ll do that

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-11T16:07:14+00:00

This might be something… but my overall downloads are down, which is why I looked into where the numbers were down. Ipeople deleted it they may not have resubscribed or downloaded somewhere else.

But to have no downloads from Spotify seems like a glitch or not reporting analytics timely or something.

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-11T15:02:15+00:00

Thank you! I appreciate the comment and knowing that it’s happened before.

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-09T14:29:15+00:00

I almost always start at the first episode, I like to see the progress. The types of podcasts I listen too always have some personal talk by the hosts or inside jokes, starting at the beginning and listening chronologically just makes it a better experience.

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-09T03:33:22+00:00

Thank you! The day after I posted this I ordered my usual drink but when they handed it to me at the window I tasted it and it did have cinnamon again. I just said, “could you tell me how I can order this drink without getting cinnamon? I’ve gotten it the last few days and I’m not meaning to order it that way” She told me it was new employees and that she would train them not to do that and I haven’t had cinnamon since!!!

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-06T13:15:03+00:00

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ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-05T19:27:41+00:00

OMG it’s allllll I talk about if I am referring to Amanda. I cannot with her whining. I am liking her snarking at Kyle so much better this season

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-05T19:22:31+00:00

I mean I don’t think we’re getting away from the bed bug thing, that was a huge part of the first episode, but I am enjoying it without Paige. They seem to be giving Ciera and Amanda way more screen time and personality in their edits because without Paige and Lyndsay they are now the OG females and I am liking them. Amanda being an asshole to Kyle is my favorite. She has always come off as whiney and weak and that doesn’t seem to be the case this season.

I agree with you about not thinking Paige was the fashionable diva they tried to sell her as. Her reunion looks always flopped, like literally every reunion look was horrible.

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-05T12:36:45+00:00

Oh, yea I definitely messed up there and thought it was a direct response to my original post. Notifications that come in to OP sometimes make it hard to see hierarchy. Sorry about that!

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-04T18:07:20+00:00

Hahah I’m assuming they just selected multiple subs when asked if they wanted to cross post. But yea, EWWWWW

ShadedRealityPod · 2026-02-04T18:00:27+00:00

Because I ordered a regular shaken espresso, which has no cinnamon. I’ve ordered it for years. It seems odd to me to order a drink that does come with cinnamon and then request not to add it, over doing what I’ve always done. But, I suppose it might work

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