<![CDATA[Jezebel: real chance of love]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: real chance of love]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/realchanceoflove http://jezebel.com/tag/realchanceoflove <![CDATA[Ricki Lake Addresses Racial Tension On Charm School]]> On last night's episode of Charm School, after an explosive evening in which two girls quit, host Ricki Lake sat down with the remaining contestants to address the "elephant in the room."

Last week, Ricki eliminated Kiki, a former cast member from Real Chance of Love. (Kiki's interview on VH1 Blog sheds some light on how she feels about this, saying that she's "pissed off.") Some of the contestants felt that, by doing this, Ricki was playing favorites toward the white women. In addition, the Real Chance girls were upset that Ashley (from Rock of Love Bus) called them "ghetto." In this clip, the entire group attempts to address these issues head-on.

]]>
http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5270670&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[Charm School: Racial Tensions Replace Drunk-Stripper Insults]]> VH1's new season of Charm School premiered last week, this time featuring cast members from Real Chance of Love and Rock of Love Bus. Unfortunately, there is an undeniable racial divide, evident on tonight's episode.

The women on the show - the contestants or new host Ricki Lake - aren't saying (or aren't shown saying) that there is a black vs. white thing going on, but it really doesn't matter because the fighting is like a Matryoshka doll, where there is always something else nested within (e.g. drinkers vs. light drinkers, weaves vs. bad weaves, loud vs. quiet). While it's not exactly the light-hearted "fun" that Charm School had been in its previous two seasons — when stupid insults were thrown around while someone was being filmed sitting on the toilet and someone else was being filmed puking while her friends held her hair back — it'll be interesting to see how this unfolds.

]]>
http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5260050&view=rss&microfeed=true