Pure Cringe: Classic Bravo TV Show Recaps & Bravolebrity Book Reviews
Welcome to Pure Cringe, where two old friends laugh & cringe while recapping classic Bravo TV shows & books penned by Bravo TV Stars! Together, they’ll dissect every romance, every jaw-dropping scandal, & every hilarious moment of your favorite Bravo shows at their peak--the early seasons! In between, they explore what happens when messy Bravo TV reality stars become published authors--buckle up for candid book reviews and breakdowns of some of the most infamous moments on reality television! Meet your hosts, Michelle & Maria, where iconic reality TV drama collides with the bookshelf, and let the binge-watching begin!
Episodes
Hello Bravo TV Fashion Friends. Welcome to our rewatch of the first Season of Project Runway! We hope you will join us for our unique brand of 'stitch & bitch' recap! Let's make it work, people!
In this premiere episode of the series, we:
- Roll out new categories--stick around until the end to hear the winners this week!
- Fight nausea during quick-cut cinematography of NYC.
- Meet the contestants & models only to discover t...
Join your hosts, Maria and Michelle, as they 'make it work' recapping Project Runway's iconic first season. Young Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn, plus 12 dramatic designers--what could go wrong?!?
In between, join the 'Bravo Book Club' where they'll read and review books written by Bravo TV stars. They are mostly honest and always hilarious!
Buckle up buttercups--Season 2 of Pure Cringe is coming!
Welcome to Pure Cringe, where two old friends have a blast recapping classic Bravo TV shows & books penned by their favorite Bravo TV stars!
Together, they’ll dissect every romance, every jaw-dropping scandal, & every hilarious moment of your favorite Bravo shows at their peak--the early seasons! In between, they explore what happens when messy Bravo TV reality stars become published authors--buckle up for candid book revie...
Welcome friends to our boozy review of Fancy AF Cocktails by Ariana Madix & Tom Sandoval. For this fabulous experiential episode, Michelle outdid herself with drink prep (see our IG for proof!), and we both thoroughly enjoy ourselves/get buzzed.
Cheers Everyone!
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Welcome back to another book review--for this episode we invite you to join our discussion in progress on Danielle Staub's book, The Naked Truth.
From her meager beginnings as Beverly Merrill to fucking her way to the middle of reality TV, we talk about it all!
Welcome back to another book review! In this episode we discuss 'The Andy Cohen Diaries', by the Zeus daddy of the Bravoverse, Andy Cohen himself.
We'll meet you in the mythical land of ninjas and two-hour massages.
Stick around to hear us break down Andy's st...
In our next book review, as we go balls deep with 'The Big, Sexy, Sex Book' by Lisa Rinna of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills fame! This is an extra spicy episode in which we:
- discover our roller derby names
- the best places in your house to have sex
Stick around for the recap of one of the most iconic Lis...
Today we take a special look behind the curtain at the Mormon Tabernacle, as we review "Bad Mormon" by Heather Gay!
In this episode we:
- Talk way...
Let's take a deep dive into the literary genius of one of our favorite housewives, Bethenny Frankel, and a review of her second book "A Place of Yes".
It's a vulnerable portrait of a young mogul in the making. It's advice you've heard before, packaged in the stylish, dysfunctional way that only the Skinnygirl diva can!
It's vintage advice from ...
In our final episode of our Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 1 rewatch, we enjoy cringing at the 'Lost Footage' from the season.
In an episode with very little new information, we find time to chat about so much!
- Maria's inner dance kid works through costume envy
- Wedding design by Rasputin
- Albert Manzo Sr.: more like Foghorn Leghorn or Snuffleupagus?
- Completely sexist fantasy football strategy
Oh, and we talk about...
Welcome back to our rewatch/recap of Season 1 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey! On this episode, we recap part two of the reunion, in which your fabulous hosts:
- Enjoy another helping of Jersey gold
- Become Danielle's amateur psychologists
- Coin the term, 'hate-dar'
Stay tuned until the end to hear the categories!
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Welcome to the recap of part 1 of the Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 1 Reunion, in which we find ourselves deep in the midst of a hilarious, yet truly demented Color Me Beautiful session, and learn the definition of 'cleansiness'.
Once again, Michelle comes through and has some great insights on control issues, dinner etiquette, and Betty Boop! Michigan J. Frog also attends.
Stay tuned until the end to hear the categories!
...Welcome back to our classic rewatch series, where we watch and recap classic Bravo TV shows. Our adventure into New Jersey Season 1 continues, with a deep dive into the bonus dinner footage from this season.
Along the way, we'll:
- Solve a mystery (take THAT J.B. Fletcher!!)
- Fall in love with Chris Laurita
- Dissect ...
Join us as we thoroughly and hilariously deconstruct the 'table flip heard round the world'!
We stop laughing only to cringe as we compare Caroline Manzo to Jesus Christ and learn how to properly eat an oyster. As always, there is talk of bubbies!
Check out the Bravo Docket Podcast episode on the Manzo's that we reference in this episode here!
Stay tuned until the end to hear the categories!
We hit the halfway point in our first rewatch & can't stop cringing & talking about it!
In an episode full of t*ts, we manage to quote Shakespeare and Dylan Thomas.
And finally, we ask the age-old question: How do you like your nothing burger--with or without cheese?
Stay tuned until the end to hear the categories!
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Next up in our classic rewatch series-RHONJ Season 1, Episode 4, in which Maria & MIchelle:
- Extole the virtues of Ballroom Dancing
- Wish they were in Cyprus
- Clutch their imaginary pearls when 'The Book' is revealed
- Visit a skewed interpretation of the Rainforest Cafe
- Revel in the fashion disasters that only the late 2000's could provide.
You know you love to cringe...
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We continue our rewatch/recap of Season 1 of the Real Housewives of New Jersey, in which we:
- Meet a very fashionable tick
- Become entangled in the mystery of the 'Chucky'
- 'Skeeve' the entire thing!
Fire up your Peacock subscriptions and cringe along!
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Welcome to Episode 2 of our New Jersey rewatch, In which your intrepid hosts:
- Cringe at a desperately long hug
- Encounter Baby Hulk in her natural habitat
- Find ourselves trapped in onyx inside a hideous French Chateau
Be sure to head over to Instagram to see the pictures we refer to in this episode--they are Jersey gold! Enjoy!
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Join us as we rewatch, recap, and in most cases, re-cringe at classic Bravo TV shows!
Welcome to the first episode of our RHONJ rewatch where Michelle & Maria:
- Meet our cast,
- Find Waldo
- Weigh in on phone sex
- Cringe hard at 90's fashion
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