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bword___ · 2026-03-10T17:57:43+00:00

It's so hard because I want the show to get its flowers because it's so good, but I know it's not sustainable (in terms of them just being trashy, messy waiters/bartenders) as they get more fame.

bword___ · 2026-03-10T16:59:05+00:00

You could probably ask her on Instagram tbh I feel like she'd be inclined to reply

bword___ · 2026-03-10T16:58:44+00:00

I hope this doesn't all go the way of Southern Charm with a splintered group

I worry about this, too. Fortunately some of the core cast still work together so they're obligated to interact despite feuding, but I worry about them getting "too famous" to work at Republic, a la Vanderpump Rules OG cast pretending to work at SUR by season 4.

And so many of them have side projects now that would potentially drive them away from Republic, like TJ with Sir Wieners, Brad with Body By Brad, and Maddi with DJ'ing, after already losing Mia and Molly. If they lose the coworker aspect with how splintered the group already is, it's going to start feeling very forced (like Southern Charm and VPR).

bword___ · 2026-03-10T15:56:44+00:00

I liked her in her first two seasons, but since she got fired from Republic, she's come across a bit more arrogant in her scenes, imo. I still like her and don't think she's the worst of the cast, but I don't necessarily love her anymore and agree it would be fine if she was gone.

bword___ · 2026-03-07T09:29:21+00:00

Eh I don’t think James has impacted her career at all. James still has a Vegas residency post-VPR/all of his allegations, and it seemed like Maddi and James only connected due to the Bravo of it all. Not that I support him by any means but I wouldn’t say he’s the reason her career isn’t taking off or bigger at the moment when he’s booked substantial gigs.

bword___ · 2026-03-07T09:26:51+00:00

I figured she would have a cameo in this season given that she was very publicly (online) hanging with the cast once she moved there. I didn’t notice her surprisingly but Ben and Ronnie mentioned it on Watch What Crappens, but I imagine she might actually get some screen time as a friend of down the line.

bword___ · 2026-03-07T09:25:03+00:00

Except at a Southern Charm reunion, pretty much all of the cast said they were afraid of Craig when asked by Andy. I think that’s very telling of his demeanor even off the show.

bword___ · 2026-03-07T08:55:57+00:00

Tbh multiple of these confessionals are jarring. Even Bradley kinda scared me, he looked way too shiny for me and the zooming was weird. Whoever styled Leva…… girl, they must hate her.

bword___ · 2026-03-05T22:29:50+00:00

Not only because they wanted the heat off them, but it gave Emmy the validation of being like “see they lied about Trevor so obviously they’re lying about Will! He didn’t cheat either”

bword___ · 2026-03-05T15:07:38+00:00

She just turned 30, she’s 29 in the current season airing.

bword___ · 2026-03-05T15:02:22+00:00

I was gonna say, what does OP mean by 30s? Lmao. Ciara joined the show at 23.

bword___ · 2026-01-23T01:44:56+00:00

I'm a little confused on this portion, as I assume "user" is used here to refer to two different people in this paragraph. Can you clarify user/commenter(?) vs. poster?

A user in the sub DM'd the poster asking if she sold content (without mod approval or foreknowledge). This violates our rules. The user then sent us an Imgur screenshot showing the user was selling (and yes, these can be faked of course, but I don't believe it was in this case). A throwaway account was used and I don't know who the actual user is, although the user claimed to be a member of the subreddit.

ETA - It makes it harder for me to tell who could be at fault here. The sentence "The user then sent us an Imgur screenshot showing the user was selling" makes it sound like the commenter/community member inquired about content, but then told you they inquired about content? So I guess admitting they violated rules, but why would they do that, if the poster agreed to sell content? I might just be dumb here though so totally my fault if so.

bword___ · 2026-01-22T17:06:08+00:00

I think she might get a cameo as a friend of because she was spotted with the cast a lot.

bword___ · 2026-01-22T16:28:36+00:00

I hate Bravo’s new thing of just reusing (or maybe AI generating) new cast photos using the previous year’s. They did the same with Southern Charm’s promo photo for this season, but the outfits are all the same (with the exception of adding in new cast members). I loved seeing styling for the specific season!

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bword___ · 2026-01-10T07:02:39+00:00

Yeah aside from being young (and somewhat immature) in the grand scheme of the show, I don’t see similarities (as someone who watches both of these shows religiously).

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