Monday, September 10, 2018

Keeping Up with the Kardashians Recap: A Literal Family Feud

This season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians has featured one very prominent feud between family members.


Loyal viewers have watched as Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian have teamed up and tried to bring down Kourtney Kardashian due to her lack of committment to hanging with her siblings.


On Sunday night, however, a different kind of family feud broke out.



A literal family feud broke out.


Because these same siblings and their loved ones were featured on… you guessed it by now probably… FAMILY FEUD!


The game show!


All did not go smoothly leading up to this special appearance, however, as Kris Jenner discovered that the family’s opponent, Paris Hilton and her relatives, had dropped out just 24 hours prior to taping.


Talk about a major crisis!



Why not Kanye West and his family, Kim suggested quickly, almost as if this had been the scripted plan all along?


So it was then decided: Kanye, Kim and his cousins would take on Kris, Khloe Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and their cousin Cici Bussey.


Due to the uneven numbers, Jonathan Cheban was asked by Kim fly out from Miami at 4 a.m. to participate on Kris and Khloe’s squad.


There was just one problem wth this plan, Khloe pointed out:


“Love Jonathan and all but he’s not a Kardashian.”




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Others agreed and, therefore, on the day of the taping, a suggestion was floating for Kris Jenner’s mom, Mary Jo, to take Jonathan’s spot on the show.


“Jonathan should not be on our team,” Khloe said, to which an annoyed Kim shot back:


“How do I break the news to Jonathan that he’s not gonna play, and he just got on a plane at the drop of a dime.”


(Editor’s Note: This may, literally, have been the biggest First World Problem of all-time.)


Could Cheban just go on Kim and Kanye’s team?



“Jonathan’s a big boy … I’m not going to kick one of my family [members] off TV,” the rapper replied. “It’s their first time on TV.”


“Jonathan gets on TV all the time.”


To conclude this enthralling debate, host Steve Harvey stepped in said producers could put Kris and MJ on the same mic and have an uneven number of teammates.


Upon losing against her own family, Kim directed the blame right at Kanye’s cousins, saying:


“Kanye’s cousins sunk it for us, not gonna lie.”




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Elsewhere, Kourtney and Scott Disick went at it.


HARD.


The former was angry about the latter introducing his young girlfriend, Sofia Richie, to the ex-couple’s three children.


“So last night we got home, the kids were there. So, of course, they met my girlfriend,” Scott told her simply.


Kris then appeared to take Scott’s side.


“I don’t understand why she can introduce her boyfriend to the kids but you can’t introduce your girlfriend,” she told him.



The latest disagreement between these exes featured Scott accusing Kourtney of being “overly controlling.”


This is a word she REALLY hates being used against her. The mother of three defended herself as follows:


“We have rules. Kids need rules. It’s not hard.”


In a confessional, Kourtney added that being controlling or not has nothing to do with the situation.


“He gets everyone on his side and tries to play the victim,” she explained.



In the end, Scott did apologize for not giving Kourtney a heads up about the meeting between Mason, Reign, Penelope and Sofia.


As a result, the episode’s second feud came to a rather quiet conclusion.


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Miss America 2019: Who Took Home the Crown?

Miss America looked and sounded a tad different this year.


Gone was the swimsuit competition, for instance.


Very much present, however, was a focus on the ongoing political climate in this country.




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Miss Michigan, Emily Sioma, went viral and earned Internet acclaim by introducing her as “from the state with 84% of the US fresh water but none for its residents to drink.”


This is a reference to the lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan… which started in 2014 and which still has residents forced to drink only bottled or filtered water.


But the judges perhaps were not looking to delve into such topics in depth, considering Sioma did not make the Top 15.


As for who came out on top of the entire thing?


Let’s build the drama and first note that Carrie Ann Inaba and Ross Mathews hosted the event, which aired live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.


It featured Miss Connecticut Bridget Oei taking runner-up and Miss Louisiana Holli’ Conway taking third place…


… and Miss New York Nia Franklin being crowned the champion!




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“It took a lot of perseverance to get here, and I want to thank my family, my mom and dad, who is a survivor of cancer. And all my sisters behind me, I love each and every one of you,” she said upon earning the honor.


Is she a deserved Miss America?


For her talent portion, Franklin showcased her vocal abilities by performing part of an opera.


The contestant actually composed her first song was she was just six-years-old. Which is insane!


During the question-and-answer segment, Franklin was asked how she would promote positive body image as Miss America. She replied:


“I grew up in a school with only 5% minority, but growing up, I found my love of arts and through music, I felt positive about myself and who I was.


“That’s what I would encourage young girls to do, find who you are.”




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Frankln became the first winner in the 98-year history of the contest to NOT be forced to get into a bathing suit on stage and strut around, showing off her boobs, stomach and rear end.


How did she feel about that development?


“These changes, I think, will be great for our organization,” she told reporters after she won, adding:


“I’ve already seen so many young women reaching out to me personally as Miss New York asking how they can get involved because I think they feel more empowered that they don’t have to do things such as walk in a swimsuit for a scholarship.”


Amen, right?


It’s sort of stunning this event even takes place in 2018, but the swimsuit elimination is a nice start.




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Explained Gretchen Carlson, the newly minted chair of the Miss America Organization’s Board of Trustees, in June:


“We are no longer a pageant. We are a competition.


“We will no longer judge our candidates on their outward physical appearance. That’s huge! And that means that we will no longer have a swimsuit competition.”


Added Franklin of this evolution:


“I’m happy that I didn’t have to do [wear a bikini] to win this title tonight because I’m more than just that. And all these women onstage are more than just that.”


Congratulations again to Miss America 2019, Nia Franklin!



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