Jo and Slade Bend Reality on “Date My Ex”
We decided to do a recap of the ‘unreal’ reality show, Jo and Slade: Date My Ex, before next week’s finale.
Next Monday, Jo De La Rosa, the “star” of Jo and Slade: Date my Ex, will pick out one of the two last contestants standing, Lucas and Chris, two seemingly normal guys in their twenties. The winner gets, well, we’re not quite sure what the winner gets, perhaps it’s a fourth date with Jo.
At the end of last week’s show, Jo told Zack, the scruffy model, her original “you didn’t cut it” line, “let’s be friends”. Zack responded by being pissy, telling Jo he had the hots for Jo’s very blonde friend with the bushy bangs, Mayia. Slade made the comment that Zack was lucky he didn’t walk by Slade as he exited, as Slade would have smacked him, or something on that order.
Slade surprised everyone by interupting Mayia’s spiel by telling Jo that he still had unresolved “feelings” for her and that he wanted a “date”. When Jo said yes to a date, Chris, then Lucas, stormed off with Jo running in five-inch heels after them.
The original premise of Date my Ex is on Bravo’s website. Jo was supposed to “get a second chance at love (with a little help from her ex-fiance Slade Smiley)” and her two friends, Katy and Maia. Jo had to pick one “suitor” from each episode to pass to the next round with Slade’s role explained in the bio on Bravo:
“But in a bizarre twist, the men must all live with Slade, who has also moved to Los Angeles and remains Jo’s closest confidante. Following their dates with Jo, Slade will grill the guys and voice his opinions on which ones he deems most suitable for his ex. He will also test them in an attempt to find out which ones are there for the right reasons.”
After watching the show it seems Slade’s role was reduced to dorm manager. Slade never seemed to “grill” any of the “suitors”, he also was fairly low key in voicing his opinions about the guys to Jo. At one point, when the whole Jo “suitor” entourage packed up and rode a bus to a “luxurious” desert spa for a weekend getaway, Slade was asked by Jo to go home because the guys claimed he was being a “downer”. And yet, we can’t help but wonder if that wasn’t the whole point, after all, would we watch if there weren’t any dramatic elements to the show?
What’s Slade actually doing for a living these days?
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackThis show is pointless, so bad, that it is amazing it was ever on the air to begin with.
Some one at the Network, obviously thought in a weak moment or on crack, that since Jo was popular on Real Housewives of OC (even though she was not a mother nor a housewive really), lets spin off JO and Slade to their own show.
Spin offs don’t always work, and this one is so lame, so awful, so boring, that it should be classified as an object of torture.
Slade has no personality and from it seems, not much of a job anymore either, since the housing industry is so down, mortgage companies and title companies are falling like flies, maybe this is his only option.
Sure, he is ok looking, but Jo always seemed to have more of a personality and moxie. He just wanted to have the young eye candy trophy girlfriend, the Hummer hot car, and the big house in the “right” location.
But sans the other housewives, these 2 and the “boyfriends” Slade supposedly picks for her, all seem to be out of work actors, budding rock stars or wanna be’s that want the exposure are pretty boring also.
Which brings up a very good point, many shows are hits because it is an ensemble cast. If you had to just watch one or two actors for an hour, it would not work.
Real Housewives works because you have different people all sharing the spotlight.
Jo and Slade alone, Jo is fun, Slade is an aging guy who is not. That was the wierd thing when they were on Housewives.
Here he picks this very young good looking lady, who wants to have fun and sticks her in this huge residential community of married people with kids down in OC.
Then he expects Ms Fun and Sexy to become Donna Reed, to stay home, clean his house, cook dinner, watch over his kids from other relationships, turning her into a dull lady.
He totally is a doofus, she is not. Keep her and put her on another show, put him out to pasture. He has the personality of a dead clam.
Slade likes to consider himself the “Real Orange County Housewife”……ok weird-o
I am excited to see the “Real Housewives of Atlanta”…..
Slade tries to hard to be young with his shiny logo t-shirts and stupid berets. Leave that look for the younger guys because you look ridiculous Slade.You look old and tired with gray hairs sticking out of your head and beard.YOU act like a little **** instead of a man. Jo would not be hanging out with you if you had no money tomorrow. You’re an old fool. I can’t believe Slade is 42 in a room full of guys in their 20’s and Slade is still trying to compete with the younger guys. Pathetic old fool is still trying to trick Joe into getting back with him. Move on Slade, you’re pathetic.
Jo is not that attractive. She looks greasy and dirty and wears too much makeup. Slade is insecure and too possesive. Very immature. Then there was Chris the guy she didn’t pick. Now he is a MAN. Mature, handsome and not full of himself. When she didn’t pick him, he could not have handled it any better. I was so impressed. Slade would have been in tears. To me CHRIS made the show and he can certainly do better than Jo. Of course anyone would be an improvement.
Jo is really not cute. She seems like such high maintenance. She is fake. The camera totally showed rehearsed, fakeness. But I could not stop watching. I got a good chuckle from the show.
Jo:
has a slight skin problem but she does have a hot latina body. Slade is being too insecure and the couple should just get married.
The guys she has consiered may not stick around Slade will but has to have a personality adjustment and accept that he will have a young partner that has seperate interests. Slade seems to beleive in God ( alot of good minities in CA) this will be the key to allow the couple to stay togehter.
Ben
I like reality shows, but this show is soooooo boring!!
slade rocks, you’re just jealous. he looks so trendy in his berret! and the way the sun glistens off his hair is simply delictable! he is beauty personified- inside and out! s1ut de la rosa should be greatful!
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