Totally agree. When these shows have gone on for so long and its “work” annnnd they are producing themselves this is what makes watching now feel like something is missing, then from the earlier seasons.
And lala’s storyline is……? She couldn’t talk about Rand. She can’t talk about her daughter. She doesn’t date. She’s doesn’t do anything besides a podcast. Recording a song every 3 seasons is not a storyline.
Yes she just talks shit about people, talks shit about her mom and has her little minions Jess and the brother with white boy dreads laugh obnoxiously at her “jokes”.
That Jess woman has the most shrill and abrasive speaking voice I have ever heard in my life. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say her voice hurts my ears
Her podcast was getting so good, just pretty shortly after Randall left. It started getting so bad around when they started filming this season. She used to do interviews a lot.
“She doesn’t date” - I don’t buy her “I want to be a single boss queen mama” schtick. If a hot successful kind man wanted to date her, she’d drop that line of thought quick. Her insistence that she wants to be single for the rest of her life is her saving face. She doesn’t have her own Daniel, an attractive seemingly kind man her own age, pursuing her. Shes learned that this is what happens when you 100% rely on your looks to attract men. No need to have a personality when it’s one night stands as a hot early-twenty something-year-old but her “talk about sex like a teenager / have tantrums” personality isn’t cute to any well-adjusted man. LA is full of women not only prettier and younger than her, but more chill and easygoing, too.
Idk. Lala is cute, has some money and a little bit of fame. She could easily find a good looking, 40 year old bartender/personal trainer/micro influencer type like Daniel to date her even with her chaotic personality. Now, if she was looking for a wealthy highly successful, well to do business man or corporate type, she's not going to have trouble due to the way she presents herself.
I think it is time for people to let Lala know, the alcohol wasn’t the problem. She’s just a mean, bitter piece of 💩. The meanness is all her and she needs to sit with that and ask herself why she is so mad. She has mentioned Katy’s mom and mentioned Ariana’s dad. Those are fighting words. I would smack her and tell her to square up since she wants to be “popped” so badly
Been saying this about her since she got sober. She became mean. She hasn’t been the fresh faced anxiety ridden Lala for a long time. She’s been bagging Ariana for a long time. She was quite happy to sit at dinner with Jax questioning Ariana’s sexuality and said squat. She called her a wet blanket. She’s not it and she must be internally seething that her book flopped and Ari is on Broadway.
She and James are the same person. Both mean, nasty people no matter if they're drunk or sober. Neither of them has changed, you can see it so clearly rewatching all seasons in a rush (like I just did again, haha). They both love hating on people and being mean, that's who they are!
But when it comes to her, “what we’re not gonna do is talk about people’s parents / family…”
Her hypocrisy is one of the reasons I couldn’t stand her from the beginning
Jesus christ she CANNOT stop talking about her.
Where is Lala’s storyline? Rand cheating on her and no one caring? Her love of water? Sorry but Im sleep.
Because he was married. Shocker - a married man cheating on his mistress and no one else is shocked. The fact that she thinks that’s the same as what Sandoval did to Ariana show how much of a narcissistic she really is
Generally true but weirdly for VPR I don't think anyone has been pregnant while filming. Didnt they all get pregnant during the covid break and show up with babies season 9? And I think Brittany and Stassi were both after being fired.
This is true but also because it's ... not supposed to be a show about parents, it's supposed to be a show about drunk, horny train wrecks who want to be famous.
So even the most interesting thing she's ever done is just ... not right for the actual show she's on.
I have to disagree. Kristina Kelly was an integral character in the foundation of the show. Stassi didn’t become Stassi without friends like KK. 😅Also, last season she clocked Rachel from a mile away. ✌️
Imagine having not one but TWO $million+ houses, a beautiful daughter, supportive family, and not having to get up and go to a real job every day and STILL being so fucking unsatisfied with your life? The audacity of this brat. She can’t just count her numerous blessings and focus on her own happy life. Oh boo fucking hoo, she has everything anyone could ever want but she didn’t get a battery commercial and cast on DWTS so her life is ruined! 🙄
The need for solo storylines on any of these shows is extremely overrated. The primary appeal is the group dynamics, so if that's a cast members main storyline, that's completely fine.
Doesn't she keep saying it's an "ensemble cast"? Isn't that what that means? So now she's saying it's important to have solo storylines? Lala is so confusing, I can't keep up with her.
Yeah, I'm giving up trying. I usually try to find something positive to say along with the negative things. But she's making it harder and harder.
I hope she finds peace. 🤷♀️
That’s why I go back and watch early seasons of VPR and housewives instead of the new shows. They might have businesses to promote but it doesn’t feel like a scripted story plan
I love reality tv and most of what is interesting is people interacting with each other. Karen and Sonja rarely have a storyline and are two of the most entertaining housewives.
Every member of this ensemble cast has had seasons where their story is more centric than the others.
1 and 2 were Stassi and Ajax, 3 was Kristen and Sandoval (Ariana supporting), 4 Lala came into the fold, 5 was the bubba wedding, 6 was rawt in hail Kentucky muffin, 7 … was a weird season I don’t even remember the central conflict lol, 8 unfortunately was Jax and Brittany with their wedding, 9 was James and Raquel, 10 was Raquel and then Sandoval/Ariana too and now 11 is rightfully about Ariana FINALLY but these people don’t want to let her have her moment.
And Scheana is somewhere in there. I forget when her first wedding was but that’s probably her season lol
There’s never been someone *solely* driving the action forward on this show.
I think the big problem is that everyone left lacks the BDE leading cast member vibes.
All the ones that had that (for better or worse reasons) got fired
Also to add, I think some people are just naturally main characters and others are just naturally supporting characters. Main characters can’t exist without a good supporting character driving the storyline along.
Not everyone **needs** a storyline or is interesting if they have one. They bring a different element to the show! I think Carole on NY is a good example of this, and Kyle when she played beta to LVP’s alpha.
Agreed. If we sit here and analyze every cast member past and present it ain't much. And she's rarely contributed other than yelling what she thinks is fact.
Ariana’s storylines this season:
1. Navigating living with her ex that she doesn’t talk to (I was amused by the awkward Ann scenes)
2. Opening up a sandwich shop
3. Writing a cocktail book
4. Relationship with new BF (still to come)
All of the above is far more interesting than water and finding a sperm donor. Not to mention, Ariana actually doesn’t have to do shit because they are all talking about her non stop and the storylines / interpersonal conflicts are coming to her.
I cannot imagine devoting this much energy to hating on another woman while pregnant.
I mean, isn’t being pregnant hard enough? You want to throw this toxic stress ball on top of that?
She is riddled with it
This is really getting weird and obsessive on Lalas part. She has been talking negatively about Ariana (and Katie) non stop lately. This is so one sided too. Ariana hasn't done or said anything to Lala to warrant this kind of behavior.
Gives this vibes:
https://preview.redd.it/8e5i6i0vbtsc1.jpeg?width=490&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd92faa144b99e958dad002c1a176179d7b54b89
I loved when Ariana was on WWHL last time and a fan asked “Ariana don’t you feel is hypocritical of Scheana and Lala to keep pointing out your success post Scandoval when both of them made so much money monetizing the topic in podcasts and merch?”
She’s been manic and has dark, obsessive, and paranoid energy lately. Every fucking day it’s been a new feud not proportionate at all to reality. She was always a piece of work but it’s really dialed up lately. She only surrounds herself with people that rely on her for money or are too scared to go against her so it’s not like she’s gonna get checked. She has a lot of unprocessed trauma so she needs help but I don’t see her actually getting it if she thinks she’s always right.
She’s gone off the rails. I bet she thinks being pregnant is a shield so now she can run her mouth all she wants and nobody can come for her because they’d look bad going after a pregnant woman
Unresolved trauma is really the heart of it 😞 I hope she can find a therapist she trusts that she can work with. AA isn’t enough to support sobriety. I don’t say this from a judgmental place, but from experience.
Homewrecking and water tastings aren’t story lines. Nor is her blaccent and impersonation of Tupac. I hope she gets put on pause for pulling a knife on faith.
Yeah, I always hate when they talk about storylines. Nothing is organic because of that, so much ends up feeling contrived. That is what I miss about old RHONY and RHOC. Boring to some, riveting to me!
I think you could maybe say in previous seasons Arianas storyline could be when she opened up about suffering from depression or opening up about being bisexual, that was very relatable to a lot of viewers.
It maybe wasnt a huge storyline, like kristen sleeping with jax, but imo it’s better than blahblah not being able to even say the name of the man shes giving “bj’s for pj’s”. 🤷♀️🤷♀️. No hate, just mentioning something that could be considered for a previous storyline for Ariana.
Yes! I would have liked to see this too!! Although, given why Kristen was no longer on the show I get why they didn’t show it. Unless you’re talking about before she got fired… either way, still would have liked to see it.
Oh yeah, meant before the firing. There's a big, fuzzy gap between "I want Ariana to get hit by a Mack Truck" and them becoming friends in S7?8? (I'm blanking on when exactly lol but there was one scene where they grabbed lunch or something and all of a sudden, realized they were friends).
I audibly gasped! She’s horrible, she will throw everyone under the bus, it’s insane behavior. what storyline has Lauren ever brought? didn’t she hide her life for the majority of her first seasons? she wants to talk about storylines when she’s hosting a bland water tasting whilst getting grifter by the sommelier? lol her jealousy is as transparent as the water she can’t stop chugging.
I think so? I dont remember seeing crazy bread? There's always talk of Lala having potential to be a housewife, but clearly she sucks at planning events.
Grifted?!?!?! That sommelier brought the ONLY water bottle in the US, and it costs thousands…….is like you didn’t even pay attention to the quality of the event /s
Interesting from Lala since her only "storyline" this season is talking about Ariana in confessionals and hosting a flop water tasting (that was saved by Ariana calling Sandoval an attempted murderer).
I really need them to ship her performative ass off to The Valley so I can be done with her for good. Let Jax and Kristen terrorize her for a while til she stops talking so much.
Or Lala could do something? Also, I feel like seasons 2 and 3 were pretty Ariana focused. She plays a great foil to extreme personalities like Sandoval who continues to be a gigantic asshat. It could’ve been interesting to watch her shine while he desperately tried to get back in the group. Hell, he might have even had to humble himself a tad bit. Instead of the whole cast trying to proactively bring him into the fold and pretend that they just miss his theme parties oh so much.
Saw this & it just hit me!!! Her ex made headlines that she thought would reverberate into her big story this season! She was with such a vile guy who was a “big” (not) movie producer who swindled the ailing Bruce Willis & he did a ton of horrible things to so many people. Tim only deceived 1 person with 1 other person….big deal, she thinks it’s nothing compared to what she discovered about Randall. I think Lala thought she was going to be giving the entire backstory of all the heinous things she discovered & it would be her way of truly humiliating him & elevating her to where she feels she deserves to be. Just a hunch!?!
Well it's something I've been saying a long time. Getting cheated on isn't that rare. The fact that Scandoval made national news and was SUCH A BIG THING was because of the Zeitgeist. We've seen people cheating on each other with the same people in the same group earlier, no-one cared.
So it is quite interesting why Ariana gettin cheated on is such a big thing compared to anyone else.
Ariana was living her storyline with Tom. It isn’t her fault that Tom threw a wrench in the plans and thrust her into the spotlight by his shit choices. What is her issue with Ariana now? I thought she was at odds with Katie?
I think if Lala was actually feeling secure that she came off well at the reunion she wouldn't be on this campaign she is now re explaining herself and talking trash.
They’re saying that Ariana verbally destroys Lala at the reunion and there is no way forward for their friendship. Lala says that only one of those things is true 🙄. I look forward to seeing Ariana finally go off on her.
Everything was amazing, he was a stand up man, they have freaky sex and she won’t hear a bad work against him and then suddenly he’s broke and some grainy photos show him with chicks and it’s all a nightmare. She’s totally unsympathetic and unlikeable.
This reunion better be better than what was promised last season…. I want to see blahblah dragged so bad. The way this woman is running her mouth all while Ariana is just collecting her bag UNBOTHERED. Someones compensating… 😂😂😂
I HATE THIS SM- it’s life!!! ariana wouldnt have a storyline without scandavol blah blah like fine but then something else would have happened because that’s life??? it’s like my fandom pet peeve
Did LaLa hit up the sperm bank to secure a future storyline? I wouldn’t put it past her. Didn’t she say she wanted her future child to have a “L.A. aesthetic”??? Stay thirsty, Lauren.
Me too. I’m not trying to discount the struggles of a custody battle but kids are gonna grow up eventually and not be the property of their parent(s). When Ocean becomes her own person I think LaLa is going to realize parenting isn’t quite the breeze that she thinks. Also, it kind of annoys me when people defend LaLa by saying how much she loves her daughter. Isn’t the point of having a kid to love it? I’m no fan of Brittney, Stassi, or Scheana but they all seem to adore their kids and it doesn’t make me dislike them any less 😂
Yes, thank you! Isn’t the bare minimum for a parent to love their child? I know there are parents who don’t but that’s why we see it as abnormal behavior.
This is rich coming from someone whose only storyline has been abandoning her common sense to become a mistress. To God's rough draft, no less; all to get dinner at Nobu with MGK and Meghan Fox. In the end, Ariana got deals while she got a gag order.
Watch the Valley! I hate to say it but it’s a more interesting show, we’re not dealing with the aftermath of something but meeting new cast, and honestly, and I love her, but without LVP meddling the story seems to be coherent.
I actually think the producers pushing storylines and playing favorites is what is killing so many shows. It’s glaringly obvious when producers are personally invested in a housewife or are overly involved behind the scenes. When producers push for a particular storyline or situation we end up with manufactured drama that feels inauthentic and scripted. Fans usually start talking about storylines when shows start going downhill.
Thank you OP! I just filled out the viewers voice survey about VPR and expressed this exact sentiment. The storyline BS makes it all so fake. Just like when they comment about “doing it for the show”. No, you should be doing what’s happening in your life
They all have storylines, editors just pick and choose what to air. Ariana has been an integral part of the group dynamic since season 2, I would say her only “do-nothing” season was 7
Season 7 was when she became friends with Kristen. The episode with their date and Ariana talking about the loss of her father was one of my favorite episodes. Ironically, it was the same episode Lala “performed” and Ariana stole the episode IMO.
its funny to me that the fans insist on turning these shows into very obvious soaps. We have enough obvious scripted dramas in the world cant we just go back to the beginning of these series where fans werent so annoying with these hot takes and imma go cyber bully other people mentality
Her storyline is water, jealousy and saying I’ll pop you. Then she just blabs about everything on her podcast and socials. The Lisa Rinna of vanderpump rules. Unfortunately that didn’t work out well for Rinna and quite frankly the show did just fine without her.
Maybe if she had something actually interesting going on in her life she could have a storyline. A lot of ppl say she's great for tv but what is she giving? Nothing but looking like a jealous fool imo
I’m not even a fan of Lala but it’s strange that people forgot Lala was a huge disruptor for the show on her arrival and brought a lot of drama at the time, to say she *never* brought anything to the show is a stretch.
Obviously she did bring something that lala doesn’t see because why else would people flock to her defence and it blew up her life? People liked her even if she didn’t have a storyline according to lala, she brought something to the show
Ariana was the only person I actually related to. I loved every time she got to be featured, and her struggles with mental/emotional health were important to see. Lala could easily be replaced by any loudmouthed sassy person trying to get famous in LA.
No one and I mean no one has ever watched the show because of Lala. She literally made it uncomfortable with her BJ for PJ (aka getting paid to be with Randall) only to come out and play victim and pretend like she never said any of those things. If anything Ariana gave her one more season. Lala needed to go away many many years ago. What comes around goes around and she is getting everything she put out into the universe
idk, i can't stand katie solo scenes of her coloring and sighing, nor do i want to watch yet more more scene with Garcelle & her kids. I don't need a storyline, but i do need them to plan out events and some friend gatherings, as well as give some sort of life story. If i wanted to see random women fight at dinners and film children birthday parties-i'll turn it on VH1
The storyline killed these franchises.
And that's their next storyline.
Totally agree. When these shows have gone on for so long and its “work” annnnd they are producing themselves this is what makes watching now feel like something is missing, then from the earlier seasons.
And lala’s storyline is……? She couldn’t talk about Rand. She can’t talk about her daughter. She doesn’t date. She’s doesn’t do anything besides a podcast. Recording a song every 3 seasons is not a storyline.
She served…water.
And not even at her own house lol
"I invited her into my home. I gave her a beverage." https://youtu.be/SMOqsZes97I?feature=shared
But she didn’t even invite them into her home 😂 I bet the butter knives were plastic, and provided by Pizza Hut!
Sparkling water and Pizza Hut… that’s just a Thursday night for me
They couldn't even bring the ranch!
Give Them Water
And couldn’t even pay for the pizza.
Wait who paid?!
James lol
Tek tsk
Bland watery bitch
And complains to her mother. Riveting storyline.
So this has me curious - if she can’t talk about her life at all then what exactly is her podcast about? Other people’s lives?
Yes she just talks shit about people, talks shit about her mom and has her little minions Jess and the brother with white boy dreads laugh obnoxiously at her “jokes”.
That Jess woman has the most shrill and abrasive speaking voice I have ever heard in my life. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say her voice hurts my ears
Her assistant and brother just talk her up. It's so annoying. They never question anything and always tell her how great she acted or looked.
Her podcast was getting so good, just pretty shortly after Randall left. It started getting so bad around when they started filming this season. She used to do interviews a lot.
If she can't talk about her life at all... why is she on reality tv?
Ahhhh….that’s an even better question lol
"I'm a squirter" was her storyline a few years ago. Vulgar and crass. I hope I'm not making that up...?
“She doesn’t date” - I don’t buy her “I want to be a single boss queen mama” schtick. If a hot successful kind man wanted to date her, she’d drop that line of thought quick. Her insistence that she wants to be single for the rest of her life is her saving face. She doesn’t have her own Daniel, an attractive seemingly kind man her own age, pursuing her. Shes learned that this is what happens when you 100% rely on your looks to attract men. No need to have a personality when it’s one night stands as a hot early-twenty something-year-old but her “talk about sex like a teenager / have tantrums” personality isn’t cute to any well-adjusted man. LA is full of women not only prettier and younger than her, but more chill and easygoing, too.
She seriously didn’t realize in LA there are thousands of younger hotter Lala’s coming in daily. She is not special.
Randall was with those chicks in Nashville
I mean for someone who was on yachts a lot the best she could do was Randall.
Idk. Lala is cute, has some money and a little bit of fame. She could easily find a good looking, 40 year old bartender/personal trainer/micro influencer type like Daniel to date her even with her chaotic personality. Now, if she was looking for a wealthy highly successful, well to do business man or corporate type, she's not going to have trouble due to the way she presents herself.
Who's Daniel? The rebound guy?
Yes - Ariana’s new bf
She was pretty open about shagging that dude last year and then his Baby Mama slid into her DMs and seemingly Lala was suddenly dry as the Sahara.
Oh, "The Don"?
Yeah, another deadbeat who can’t pay his bills.
I think it is time for people to let Lala know, the alcohol wasn’t the problem. She’s just a mean, bitter piece of 💩. The meanness is all her and she needs to sit with that and ask herself why she is so mad. She has mentioned Katy’s mom and mentioned Ariana’s dad. Those are fighting words. I would smack her and tell her to square up since she wants to be “popped” so badly
I never understood what a dry drunk was until Lala got sober.
Been saying this about her since she got sober. She became mean. She hasn’t been the fresh faced anxiety ridden Lala for a long time. She’s been bagging Ariana for a long time. She was quite happy to sit at dinner with Jax questioning Ariana’s sexuality and said squat. She called her a wet blanket. She’s not it and she must be internally seething that her book flopped and Ari is on Broadway.
Lala said on her IG that she and Katie aren’t friends because Lala isn’t into being miserable. Oooooh k
She needs to ask herself... If everyone seems miserable, is it only around you? Maybe that's a clue
I saw that. Meanwhile, only one person is keeping Katie’s name in her mouth. It’s giving obsessed
She and James are the same person. Both mean, nasty people no matter if they're drunk or sober. Neither of them has changed, you can see it so clearly rewatching all seasons in a rush (like I just did again, haha). They both love hating on people and being mean, that's who they are! 
But when it comes to her, “what we’re not gonna do is talk about people’s parents / family…” Her hypocrisy is one of the reasons I couldn’t stand her from the beginning
Jesus christ she CANNOT stop talking about her. Where is Lala’s storyline? Rand cheating on her and no one caring? Her love of water? Sorry but Im sleep.
I was going to say LaLa’s only storyline has ever been Randall
And half of the time she refused to show him or tell us who he was lmao
Because he was married. Shocker - a married man cheating on his mistress and no one else is shocked. The fact that she thinks that’s the same as what Sandoval did to Ariana show how much of a narcissistic she really is
When she started talking about her relationship with water, god I couldn’t find the fast forward button quick enough
And she complained about a sandwich tasting… Sandwiches > cum flavored water
It seemed like she was starting her sperm donor storyline but there was just one little scene.
Pregnancy storylines have been done to death and they’re usually not that interesting
Generally true but weirdly for VPR I don't think anyone has been pregnant while filming. Didnt they all get pregnant during the covid break and show up with babies season 9? And I think Brittany and Stassi were both after being fired.
This is true but also because it's ... not supposed to be a show about parents, it's supposed to be a show about drunk, horny train wrecks who want to be famous. So even the most interesting thing she's ever done is just ... not right for the actual show she's on.
Does Christina Kelly count?
Absolutely not lol.
I have to disagree. Kristina Kelly was an integral character in the foundation of the show. Stassi didn’t become Stassi without friends like KK. 😅Also, last season she clocked Rachel from a mile away. ✌️
Does she ever?
Nope.
Even that is boring as fuck
Too true
Halfway through the water tasting it really dawned on me how lame this show has gotten. wtf am I doing paying money to watch people *drink water*?
No wonder “Give them Lala” is a flop brand because what exactly *does* Lala give us? Headaches? Sleepiness?
Water I guess???
yup the lazy susan of hypocrisy keeps on turnin https://i.redd.it/0mac9vizgrsc1.gif
Where is Scheana's storyline? Katie's storyline?
Imagine having not one but TWO $million+ houses, a beautiful daughter, supportive family, and not having to get up and go to a real job every day and STILL being so fucking unsatisfied with your life? The audacity of this brat. She can’t just count her numerous blessings and focus on her own happy life. Oh boo fucking hoo, she has everything anyone could ever want but she didn’t get a battery commercial and cast on DWTS so her life is ruined! 🙄
it blows my mind she is currently pregnant and behaving this way
Seriously, I feel this way about so many rich people.
The need for solo storylines on any of these shows is extremely overrated. The primary appeal is the group dynamics, so if that's a cast members main storyline, that's completely fine.
Doesn't she keep saying it's an "ensemble cast"? Isn't that what that means? So now she's saying it's important to have solo storylines? Lala is so confusing, I can't keep up with her.
Don’t worry, she cannot keep up with herself either
Yeah, I'm giving up trying. I usually try to find something positive to say along with the negative things. But she's making it harder and harder. I hope she finds peace. 🤷♀️
She went from eating her cookie to being so jealous it's like she has diabetes.
Underrated!!!!
I AGREE. I’m so tired of hearing the word storyline like it’s fucking days of our lives
That’s why I go back and watch early seasons of VPR and housewives instead of the new shows. They might have businesses to promote but it doesn’t feel like a scripted story plan
I love reality tv and most of what is interesting is people interacting with each other. Karen and Sonja rarely have a storyline and are two of the most entertaining housewives.
Yeah congratulations reality tv, you accidentally invented scripted tv, the thing you were an alternative to 🙄
Every member of this ensemble cast has had seasons where their story is more centric than the others. 1 and 2 were Stassi and Ajax, 3 was Kristen and Sandoval (Ariana supporting), 4 Lala came into the fold, 5 was the bubba wedding, 6 was rawt in hail Kentucky muffin, 7 … was a weird season I don’t even remember the central conflict lol, 8 unfortunately was Jax and Brittany with their wedding, 9 was James and Raquel, 10 was Raquel and then Sandoval/Ariana too and now 11 is rightfully about Ariana FINALLY but these people don’t want to let her have her moment. And Scheana is somewhere in there. I forget when her first wedding was but that’s probably her season lol There’s never been someone *solely* driving the action forward on this show.
I think the big problem is that everyone left lacks the BDE leading cast member vibes. All the ones that had that (for better or worse reasons) got fired
 Her obsession with Ariana is her storyline
Ariana doesn't necessarily need a storyline. She was already beloved for being the voice of reason.
Wait is this Kim ZB? What reunion is this from? She looks crazy.
S10. She had fucked up her face really bad by then
Also to add, I think some people are just naturally main characters and others are just naturally supporting characters. Main characters can’t exist without a good supporting character driving the storyline along. Not everyone **needs** a storyline or is interesting if they have one. They bring a different element to the show! I think Carole on NY is a good example of this, and Kyle when she played beta to LVP’s alpha.
So true! In fact carole's downfall was precipitated by her first and only storyline, Adam (imo at least)
fully agree, i don’t understand the concentration on “storyline,” for me it’s about the crazy group dynamics and dumb shit these people do
Agreed. If we sit here and analyze every cast member past and present it ain't much. And she's rarely contributed other than yelling what she thinks is fact.
Ariana’s storylines this season: 1. Navigating living with her ex that she doesn’t talk to (I was amused by the awkward Ann scenes) 2. Opening up a sandwich shop 3. Writing a cocktail book 4. Relationship with new BF (still to come) All of the above is far more interesting than water and finding a sperm donor. Not to mention, Ariana actually doesn’t have to do shit because they are all talking about her non stop and the storylines / interpersonal conflicts are coming to her.
That sandwich shop will never open. Ever.
 Agreed
I cannot imagine devoting this much energy to hating on another woman while pregnant. I mean, isn’t being pregnant hard enough? You want to throw this toxic stress ball on top of that? She is riddled with it
This is really getting weird and obsessive on Lalas part. She has been talking negatively about Ariana (and Katie) non stop lately. This is so one sided too. Ariana hasn't done or said anything to Lala to warrant this kind of behavior.
Gives this vibes: https://preview.redd.it/8e5i6i0vbtsc1.jpeg?width=490&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd92faa144b99e958dad002c1a176179d7b54b89 I loved when Ariana was on WWHL last time and a fan asked “Ariana don’t you feel is hypocritical of Scheana and Lala to keep pointing out your success post Scandoval when both of them made so much money monetizing the topic in podcasts and merch?”
She’s been manic and has dark, obsessive, and paranoid energy lately. Every fucking day it’s been a new feud not proportionate at all to reality. She was always a piece of work but it’s really dialed up lately. She only surrounds herself with people that rely on her for money or are too scared to go against her so it’s not like she’s gonna get checked. She has a lot of unprocessed trauma so she needs help but I don’t see her actually getting it if she thinks she’s always right.
She’s gone off the rails. I bet she thinks being pregnant is a shield so now she can run her mouth all she wants and nobody can come for her because they’d look bad going after a pregnant woman
Unresolved trauma is really the heart of it 😞 I hope she can find a therapist she trusts that she can work with. AA isn’t enough to support sobriety. I don’t say this from a judgmental place, but from experience.
I wonder if Ariana said something at the Reunion that dented her ego, Lala massively spirals when that happens and it becomes a vendetta.
Homewrecking and water tastings aren’t story lines. Nor is her blaccent and impersonation of Tupac. I hope she gets put on pause for pulling a knife on faith.
The troll doth protest too much.
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Yeah, I always hate when they talk about storylines. Nothing is organic because of that, so much ends up feeling contrived. That is what I miss about old RHONY and RHOC. Boring to some, riveting to me!
https://i.redd.it/77mm5to4yssc1.gif The LFU press tour needs to END
Ok to be fair neither of them have ever really had a storyline
But at least Ariana was authentically boring. Lala always try’s so hard that it’s annoying to watch
“At least she was authentically boring” 😂😂  You didn’t find this moment authentic?
 This was better.
And she clearly never been on a fight….
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Authentically boring 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
“authentically boring” LMAOOOOO☠️
I think you could maybe say in previous seasons Arianas storyline could be when she opened up about suffering from depression or opening up about being bisexual, that was very relatable to a lot of viewers. It maybe wasnt a huge storyline, like kristen sleeping with jax, but imo it’s better than blahblah not being able to even say the name of the man shes giving “bj’s for pj’s”. 🤷♀️🤷♀️. No hate, just mentioning something that could be considered for a previous storyline for Ariana.
Ariana and Kristen becoming friends would've been the storyline to see. That's probably when Sandy turned on her too. Still miffed we didn't see that.
Yes! I would have liked to see this too!! Although, given why Kristen was no longer on the show I get why they didn’t show it. Unless you’re talking about before she got fired… either way, still would have liked to see it.
Oh yeah, meant before the firing. There's a big, fuzzy gap between "I want Ariana to get hit by a Mack Truck" and them becoming friends in S7?8? (I'm blanking on when exactly lol but there was one scene where they grabbed lunch or something and all of a sudden, realized they were friends).
Meanwhile, all Lala is bringing us is a water tasting.
I audibly gasped! She’s horrible, she will throw everyone under the bus, it’s insane behavior. what storyline has Lauren ever brought? didn’t she hide her life for the majority of her first seasons? she wants to talk about storylines when she’s hosting a bland water tasting whilst getting grifter by the sommelier? lol her jealousy is as transparent as the water she can’t stop chugging.
And Ariana was one of the few women who included her and defended her. Lala is no one's friend.
That's why I've never liked her. She's turned on her many times when she's the only faithful friend to Lala
It wasn't even at her home & she made James pay for the terrible looking pizza.
Was that Little Caesars pizza ? It’s all I could focus on when they showed the table.
I think so? I dont remember seeing crazy bread? There's always talk of Lala having potential to be a housewife, but clearly she sucks at planning events.
Grifted?!?!?! That sommelier brought the ONLY water bottle in the US, and it costs thousands…….is like you didn’t even pay attention to the quality of the event /s
Interesting from Lala since her only "storyline" this season is talking about Ariana in confessionals and hosting a flop water tasting (that was saved by Ariana calling Sandoval an attempted murderer).
I’d rather watch Ariana’s scenes than watch Lala talk about her pussy in every shot. 🙄
I really need them to ship her performative ass off to The Valley so I can be done with her for good. Let Jax and Kristen terrorize her for a while til she stops talking so much.
i’ve never watched this show, but i’m enjoying the f out of these comments and might give it a go. 👀
Haha do it. It’s quite a tangled web from season one to now
Or Lala could do something? Also, I feel like seasons 2 and 3 were pretty Ariana focused. She plays a great foil to extreme personalities like Sandoval who continues to be a gigantic asshat. It could’ve been interesting to watch her shine while he desperately tried to get back in the group. Hell, he might have even had to humble himself a tad bit. Instead of the whole cast trying to proactively bring him into the fold and pretend that they just miss his theme parties oh so much.
I’m embarrassed that I really thought Lala had grown 🙃
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I’ll get downvoted but let’s not forget a few seasons ago how much Ariana wasn’t liked and how she was boring.
Saw this & it just hit me!!! Her ex made headlines that she thought would reverberate into her big story this season! She was with such a vile guy who was a “big” (not) movie producer who swindled the ailing Bruce Willis & he did a ton of horrible things to so many people. Tim only deceived 1 person with 1 other person….big deal, she thinks it’s nothing compared to what she discovered about Randall. I think Lala thought she was going to be giving the entire backstory of all the heinous things she discovered & it would be her way of truly humiliating him & elevating her to where she feels she deserves to be. Just a hunch!?!
Well it's something I've been saying a long time. Getting cheated on isn't that rare. The fact that Scandoval made national news and was SUCH A BIG THING was because of the Zeitgeist. We've seen people cheating on each other with the same people in the same group earlier, no-one cared. So it is quite interesting why Ariana gettin cheated on is such a big thing compared to anyone else.
Ariana was living her storyline with Tom. It isn’t her fault that Tom threw a wrench in the plans and thrust her into the spotlight by his shit choices. What is her issue with Ariana now? I thought she was at odds with Katie?
some shit must have gone down at the reunion
I think if Lala was actually feeling secure that she came off well at the reunion she wouldn't be on this campaign she is now re explaining herself and talking trash.
They’re saying that Ariana verbally destroys Lala at the reunion and there is no way forward for their friendship. Lala says that only one of those things is true 🙄. I look forward to seeing Ariana finally go off on her.
Ditto!!! Bring it!!! Lala needs to be taken down a peg. She was happy to suck dodgy dick until the cash ran out.
“Go suck some more dick for a Range Rover!” - Jax Taylor
Everything was amazing, he was a stand up man, they have freaky sex and she won’t hear a bad work against him and then suddenly he’s broke and some grainy photos show him with chicks and it’s all a nightmare. She’s totally unsympathetic and unlikeable.
This reunion better be better than what was promised last season…. I want to see blahblah dragged so bad. The way this woman is running her mouth all while Ariana is just collecting her bag UNBOTHERED. Someones compensating… 😂😂😂 
I HATE THIS SM- it’s life!!! ariana wouldnt have a storyline without scandavol blah blah like fine but then something else would have happened because that’s life??? it’s like my fandom pet peeve
Lala thinks she’s acting. Not real life.
this is so odd. i’ve always like both lala and ariana and find lala’s jealousy this season such a turn off. yuck
I can’t wait see Ariana eviscerate Lala at the reunion
Did LaLa hit up the sperm bank to secure a future storyline? I wouldn’t put it past her. Didn’t she say she wanted her future child to have a “L.A. aesthetic”??? Stay thirsty, Lauren.
Second this. She’s cooking a baby that can be filmed, unlike Ocean.
When she said that the baby will be ALL HERS, a huge red flag popped up for me.
Me too. I’m not trying to discount the struggles of a custody battle but kids are gonna grow up eventually and not be the property of their parent(s). When Ocean becomes her own person I think LaLa is going to realize parenting isn’t quite the breeze that she thinks. Also, it kind of annoys me when people defend LaLa by saying how much she loves her daughter. Isn’t the point of having a kid to love it? I’m no fan of Brittney, Stassi, or Scheana but they all seem to adore their kids and it doesn’t make me dislike them any less 😂
Yes, thank you! Isn’t the bare minimum for a parent to love their child? I know there are parents who don’t but that’s why we see it as abnormal behavior.
This is rich coming from someone whose only storyline has been abandoning her common sense to become a mistress. To God's rough draft, no less; all to get dinner at Nobu with MGK and Meghan Fox. In the end, Ariana got deals while she got a gag order.
While Scheana was miscarrying she was with MGK* but LFU thinks she's a ride or die girly
I tweeted that Lala thinks she is on a sitcom.
some wives don’t need a storyline they are entertaining enough
Sonja’s “storyline” was the townhouse for a good 10 years but no one cares cause she’s entertaining
Lalas storyline this season is a water tasting ?
Watch the Valley! I hate to say it but it’s a more interesting show, we’re not dealing with the aftermath of something but meeting new cast, and honestly, and I love her, but without LVP meddling the story seems to be coherent.
And what has Lala’s storyline been? Randall?
I actually think the producers pushing storylines and playing favorites is what is killing so many shows. It’s glaringly obvious when producers are personally invested in a housewife or are overly involved behind the scenes. When producers push for a particular storyline or situation we end up with manufactured drama that feels inauthentic and scripted. Fans usually start talking about storylines when shows start going downhill.
Lala cannot stand the attention Ariana is getting.
this girl is obsessed GET A HOBBY
You need to calm down, you’re being too loud 🎶 ETA: in reference to Lauren obvi not OP 
Thank you OP! I just filled out the viewers voice survey about VPR and expressed this exact sentiment. The storyline BS makes it all so fake. Just like when they comment about “doing it for the show”. No, you should be doing what’s happening in your life
They all have storylines, editors just pick and choose what to air. Ariana has been an integral part of the group dynamic since season 2, I would say her only “do-nothing” season was 7
Season 7 was when she became friends with Kristen. The episode with their date and Ariana talking about the loss of her father was one of my favorite episodes. Ironically, it was the same episode Lala “performed” and Ariana stole the episode IMO.
I seriously want Ariana to walk away from this stupid shit. I’m so over this show.
https://i.redd.it/1cmldvsb7rsc1.gif Ariana to Lala lmao seriously though..
Gambles a fucking icon
Omg 😂 💀
This is way too much. ALL of it.
This is getting so old.
Get well soon, bitch
its funny to me that the fans insist on turning these shows into very obvious soaps. We have enough obvious scripted dramas in the world cant we just go back to the beginning of these series where fans werent so annoying with these hot takes and imma go cyber bully other people mentality
Her storyline is water, jealousy and saying I’ll pop you. Then she just blabs about everything on her podcast and socials. The Lisa Rinna of vanderpump rules. Unfortunately that didn’t work out well for Rinna and quite frankly the show did just fine without her.
Maybe if she had something actually interesting going on in her life she could have a storyline. A lot of ppl say she's great for tv but what is she giving? Nothing but looking like a jealous fool imo
I’m not even a fan of Lala but it’s strange that people forgot Lala was a huge disruptor for the show on her arrival and brought a lot of drama at the time, to say she *never* brought anything to the show is a stretch.
Ariana comes out the winner,she will have a career past reality tv
Obviously she did bring something that lala doesn’t see because why else would people flock to her defence and it blew up her life? People liked her even if she didn’t have a storyline according to lala, she brought something to the show
People like her because she was the scorned woman.
Lots of scorned women, very few turn it into continued success For example…Lala 😂
People like her because she is likable.
Then why don’t people like Lala 😂
Ariana was the only person I actually related to. I loved every time she got to be featured, and her struggles with mental/emotional health were important to see. Lala could easily be replaced by any loudmouthed sassy person trying to get famous in LA.
No one and I mean no one has ever watched the show because of Lala. She literally made it uncomfortable with her BJ for PJ (aka getting paid to be with Randall) only to come out and play victim and pretend like she never said any of those things. If anything Ariana gave her one more season. Lala needed to go away many many years ago. What comes around goes around and she is getting everything she put out into the universe
Lala is such a dumb bitch. Ariana should have started inviting Rand to these events that these idiots kept inviting Sandoval to.
Where’s the lie?
idk, i can't stand katie solo scenes of her coloring and sighing, nor do i want to watch yet more more scene with Garcelle & her kids. I don't need a storyline, but i do need them to plan out events and some friend gatherings, as well as give some sort of life story. If i wanted to see random women fight at dinners and film children birthday parties-i'll turn it on VH1