“When you’re saying my mom was a dumb girl to ever get pregnant with me as a result of I am disgusting on this earth?” says Mellencamp. “I am probably not taking your suggestions.”
Teddi Mellencamp is asking out poisonous Bravo followers for lobbing vicious insults and dying threats at her over a press release she says was misreported within the media.
Even Lisa Vanderpump, who was the topic of Mellencamp’s remark, tweeted, “Pretend information.” Mellencamp says it was only a joke. Six phrases positive stirred up lots of drama … and much more phrases!
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The road in query got here when the previous “Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills” star visited Melissa Gorga’s “On Show” podcast. There, she mentioned of her former co-star, who’s star and govt producer of “Vanderpump Guidelines,” that “she most likely paid Raquel to do that.”
Raquel Leviss, after all, is embroiled within the dishonest scandal that has rocked the “Pump Guidelines” world so laborious it despatched digicam crews flurrying to movie further content material for the present tenth season. Tom Sandoval and Leviss have been outed as having an affair on Sandoval’s longtime girlfriend Ariana Madix.
“Clearly I used to be making a joke and I am being eviscerated for making a joke, which wasn’t even being reported accurately, as a result of everybody conveniently leaves out I mentioned ‘most likely’ and was laughing,” Mellencamp informed ET, referring to media protection of her remark.
Even had she not been joking, although, Mellencamp mentioned the outsized response was manner excessive and pointless. She mentioned she bought reactions saying issues like, “I want you were not alive, I want you died!” or much more graphically, “You are a waste of c–.”
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The truth star mentioned that she’s wonderful with taking criticism of her joke, and would possibly even rethink her phrases if it was introduced with some class. “I may be reflective when you’re coming to me ultimately that’s logical,” she mentioned. “When you’re saying my mom was a dumb girl to ever get pregnant with me as a result of I am disgusting on this earth? I do not know when you actually have a leg to face on there. I am probably not taking your suggestions.”
Finally, her message was that folks can be happy to hold forth or have interaction as a lot as they need when somebody says one thing, however take a beat, perhaps, first.
“Take a breath earlier than making a remark that might in the end harm anyone,” she mentioned. “Agree with me, or disagree with me. Assume I am humorous, or assume I am annoying. Have an opinion, however you needn’t go to that stage.”
She additionally cautioned that this sort of escalating vitriol within the Bravo fanbase might in the end harm the franchises. “I am not delusional, nevertheless it’s not needed,” she mentioned of the aggression. I do not need this to occur to [cast members who go against ‘fan-favorites’] after which not give us the total potential they presumably have as a result of they’re being crushed down by the followers.”
