Recently I was sent the screeners for two new shows that are going to be airing on Slice starting tonight. The first was a reality show called Brides of Beverly Hills and the second was Tori & Dean sTORIbook Weddings. I thought I would give ‘Brides’ a shot because I’m all about reality shows, and I also have a pretty big distaste for Tori Spelling ever since she trashed Dean McDermott’s ex-wife at the MMVA’s a few years ago so I really had no intention of watching her show.
The first thing I thought of when I turned on Brides of Beverly Hills was how much it was basically Say Yes to the Dress just in a different bridal salon. Instead of Kleinfelds, brides shop at upscale Beverly Hills wedding boutique Renee Strauss, where the owner, Renee herself is on hand to oversee all appointments. The biggest difference that I noticed wasn’t that the brides had a bigger budget or chose more elaborate dresses – it was the plastic surgery! Honestly – it was like watching one boob job and botched botox job after another. I have no idea how these young girls can look at themselves in the mirror and think they look ok. I was so distracted by one bridesmaid, who was a blatant Paris Hilton wannabe (can you imagine) and who could barely speak properly due to the insane amount of collagen in her lips, that it was hard to pay attention to the dresses that her equally over-botox’d friend was trying on.
Needless to say the show was ok, but it wouldn’t make it on my pvr list. For a show that was supposed to be about brides who could afford the cream of the crop, it felt a little budget to me.
Then, because I didn’t want to watch the people of Vancouver destroy their city, I kept watching the Tori & Dean show. Surprisingly, I kinda liked it. Tori & Dean play wedding planner to a couple who want to have a pug themed wedding, and because Tori loves pugs she really wanted to plan it. The couple getting married were very likeable and down to earth and Tori and Dean both seemed to genuinely get along with them. Tori was even pretty likeable and not at all over the top, and seemed like she really was into all this wedding planning business. It did interest me though that the bride and groom got to choose from designer gowns, designer wedding bands and very upscale venue’s for their wedding making me wonder who the heck was paying for it all. The only part that I found a little gross was when Tori took the groom shopping for a gift for his bride to be – at a lingerie store. No thanks.
So if you want to check either of these shows out, they premiere tonight on Slice starting with Brides of Beverly Hills at 9:30pm est. followed by was Tori & Dean sTORIbook Weddings at 10 pm EST. If you watch them make sure you let me know what you think!
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