Charm School: Ding, Dong, Larissa's Gone!

The show began with Brooke and Leilene discussing the possibility that Schatar had not actually taken Leilene’s pictures. They came up with a plan to try to find out who really did it.

Then the girls were called to the main hall. Mo’Nique gave them their next Commandment:

They were told that they would have to learn to deal with the media appropriately. They all have a bad habit of talking first, and thinking later. They need to be able to conduct a professional interview.

She introduced Kevin Frasier, a media coach and Entertainment Tonight Correspondent.

She told them that there would be a celebrity interviewer and that they would need to be prepared to do an interview.

Before Kevin and Mo could show the girls how to do an interview well, they showed the girls how they had messed it up in the past. There were some videos of each of them in bad media situations.

They ended up showing most of the girls how they had publicly gotten into it with New York on the Flavor of Love.

Then he told them the rules of a good interview. First, they had to learn to stay on the subject. Then he called Leilene up to the front and did a little roll-playing with her.

The second rule was not to take the bait. He called out Larissa for giving out the winner of the Flavor of Love in a radio interview. She denied it, so he showed her the transcript.

She denied it again.

He told her that her constant denial was only making the problem worse.

Number three was damage control. He told them that America loves to forgive them when they say that they have made a mistake.

He called Becky to the front and when they did roll-play, she made it sound like she had an alcohol problem and she doesn’t even drink that much.

Fourth rule was not to lose your cool. He asked Brooke about why she had spit on New York and she let him drag her into a conversation about it.

Kevin left after telling them all that he wanted them to make him proud!!

Saaphyri missed the message a bit because she told the camera that the two things she had learned from Kevin was if you don’t want to talk about it, deflect it. If you do want to talk about it, lie. LOL!

So the girls were taken by bus to a hotel to do their interviews. Brooke was first and was nervous, but wasn’t prepared for New York to be the person to do the interview.

Kevin, Mo, Nikki and Keith were all watching from another room.

When New York walked in and sat down to interview Brooke, it was easy to see that Brooke was caught off guard.

New York started by asking if she had spit on anyone in the house yet.

Brooke stayed calm and told her no.

New York asked her who is still in the house that she doesn’t get along with.

Brooke told her that she had a few problems with Larissa.

Brooke told the camera that New York looks at you with those crazy eyes so she forgot what she was supposed to do.

Then Saaphyri was next. In walked New York to interview her.

Saaphyri started by telling New York that she looks fabulous. (She told the camera that New York’s boobs were still sagging even though she got them “done” and that maybe she should go see Leilene’s doctor.)

New York asked her if she had punched anyone dead in the face yet.

Saaphyri was cool and told her that she was in Charm School to change those types of ways, not enhance them, so no. (Good job!!)

New York told her that she looked ridiculous with the candy-apple red tips in her hair. (Personally, I like Saaphyri’s hair.)

Saaphyri calmly told her that it wasn’t candy-apple red, it was pink. (Woo-hoo! Go, girl!)

New York asked her who in the house pushes her buttons the most.

Saaphyri said that she was her own worst enemy and that they were there in Charm School to change that. (Home run!!)

Then it was Larissa’s turn.

New York told her that the last time she had seen her she had been trying to kill her on the reunion show.

Larissa calmly said that she wanted to apologize for that. She told New York that she’s a better person than that and those things are what she’s learning in Charm School. (Good!!)

New York told her that she was sorry to see that Larissa had turned into such a “little punk bitch.” (OOOh That’s harsh!)

Larissa coolly told her that she was just being polite and that wasn’t something New York was used to seeing her do. (Great!)

Then when Leilene was interviewed, New York pointed out that she had a history of dating abusive men. She then asked Leilene how it felt after she got beaten, was it wild sex afterwards, or what? (A really low blow!!)

Leilene was great. She said that she’s been focusing more on her career and that New York might like to watch Charm School and tell her what she thinks. (That was perfect!!)

Then when Shay was in there, New York called her Bootz, then Buckeey. She said it was easy to make the mistake because Shay had been following Larissa around so much.

Shay said that on Charm School, she had been learning a lot about herself. (Good answer!)

Shay hugged New York when the interview was through and said to the camera that she needed to go take a shower. (LOL!)

Becky was last. The others were worried about her because she had said that if New York comes back, she was going to kill her.

New York walked in to interview Becky and it was obvious that Becky wanted to kill her. New York asked her why she liked to talk with a “black accent.”

Becky told her that she had been working on it during Charm School and that she now knew that there were situations where she could be “ghetto” and others where she had to be a proper lady.

New York grabbed the opening and asked her if she was saying that black people are “ghetto”.

Becky said no. That wasn’t what she had meant.

New York asked her to give her the accent, and Becky did. (Oh, no!! She fell into the trap!)

New York told her that she was finally the fake person she’d been looking for.

Becky told the camera that it took everything she had not to get up and sock her in the face.

New York asked her who had done something wrong in Charm School.

Becky told her Pumkin. (She took the bait!)

New York asked her if she was surprised to see Brooke in the final six.

Becky told her that she was shocked. Then she told her that Brooke had said to Larissa that she was trying to be New York.

New York had the perfect comeback: “More like New Jersey!”

New York asked her who she was glad to see go from the show.

Becky said she was glad to see Krazy go.

The judges all felt that Becky’s interview was a train wreck. (I’d have to agree.)

Becky walked out thinking she had done a great interview. Then the girls had to go before the judges.

Kevin gave them their critiques and Becky was upset to find out that she had done so badly. The other girls all were happy to find out how well they had done.

Kevin told Saaphyri that she had rocked it the best. She really did a great job! Since she had won the challenge, Saaphyri was safe from being expelled at the next meeting.

On the bus, Becky was in tears about having done so poorly. She said it was the hardest thing she had done there.

The others told her it had been just as hard for them.

The next morning, Becky wanted to talk to Mo’Nique.

Shay was telling her not to go talk to Mo because it was showing weakness. Becky doubted her advice because she thought it might be a strategy to make her get eliminated.

Meanwhile, Leilene was convinced that the person that took the picture was still in the house and that she would be trying to set everyone else up.

Larissa told Leilene that she thought it had been Becky or Brooke if it wasn’t Schatar.

Becky said she felt like they were playing a game of “Clue.”

Larissa got really defensive and started accusing everyone else. (Doesn’t she know that’s not the way to look innocent?)

Shay said she thought it was all of the others.

Brooke said that it was so much bigger than who had stolen the picture. The person that did it got two people expelled and they needed to get to the bottom of it.

In the process of acting so completely defensive, she called Leilene a crack-head. (WTF??) Then she told Leilene that she was anorexic. (Is she completely nuts!?)

Leilene was calm and said she was an idiot. Shay took Larissa to the other room and told her she was crazy. She told her that she had known that the truth would come out.

Shay was feeling bad that the picture thing had gotten so out of control.

Saaphyri and Becky were talking and thought it was Shay. They said that she probably did it because she had turned on Larissa and had told Becky not to talk to Mo’Nique.

Saaphyri & Becky went to Larissa and asked if she had done it and she said no. They asked who she thought had done it and she accused Shay. (OMG! What a lying, backstabbing B****)

They all told Leilene that it had been Shay. Everyone started to feel bad that they had thought that Larissa had done it. (This is sickening…)

They went downstairs and found out that it was Mo’s birthday. There was a note asking them to throw a surprise party for her at 4:00. Keith and Nikki would bring Mo there then.

They had to decorate and make a cake in an hour.

While they were decorating, Becky told Shay that the word on the street was that Shay had done the picture caper. Shay denied it.

Becky told her that she did think Shay did it, but hoped she didn’t. The two got into an argument about it all.

Shay was really mad about the whole thing and wanted to get even with whomever it was that accused her.

Shay asked a lot of questions and Becky told her that Larissa had accused her. Shay confronted Larissa for accusing her.

Larissa denied having told them it was Shay. Pretty soon, they were all yelling at each other. It got nasty!

Becky went upstairs and started to cry. She was upset because she had thought that Shay was her friend and the whole thing had made her doubt her.

Then, Mo’Nique arrived and they were all trying to act happy.

Mo asked where Becky was. But she didn’t come down. Becky was upstairs getting ready to leave the house.

Mo went up to talk to her. Becky told Mo all about the picture argument.

Becky apologized to Shay for accusing her.

Shay accepted her apology and then asked to talk to Mo’Nique. She told Mo that Larissa had stolen the picture.

Shay told Mo that she would try to get Larissa to apologize to the others.

They had the party, and then Mo told them it was an hour to elimination. Larissa was mad because she knew that Shay had “snitched.”

She told Larissa that she had told Mo about her and that she could help herself by admitting it and apologizing to the others.

It’s funny to me that Larissa was mad for Shay “snitching” on her, but it somehow was ok for her to lie and accuse Shay. She’s nuts, alright! That’s totally crazy! Shay has a right to tell the truth to protect herself!

Then it was time for elimination. This would get ugly!

Becky, Shay and Larissa were called to the carpet.

The judges told Becky that she had totally failed the test.

They told Shay that she had done so well, then they had found out that she was involved in the drama of the picture. They told her that she was an enabler.

Larissa had done great on the test, but that she didn’t have anyone to blame but herself. Keith told her that she was clearly a certified psychopath. Nikki told her that she was not progressing at all and that she should step up and own the truth.

Mo’Nique then spoke to each. She told Becky that she had taken all the bait. She told Shay that she had a lot on her shoulders.

Then she asked Larissa how important her friendship was with Shay.

Larissa told her that it was important enough that she hadn’t told about the picture incident. (What? It was her that did it. A friend would tell the truth before they would let a friend take the blame!)

Larissa confessed that “they” had done it.

Mo asked her what she had said when asked if she had taken it.

Larissa said that she had said no. She tried to keep on making excuses, and Mo asked her what that was called.

Larissa gave the lame excuse that she didn’t call it lying because she hadn’t kept it in her possession. (What a crock!)

Mo’Nique told her that she was saying with her actions that she didn’t care about Shay at all. (She’s right!)

Mo told her that she was childish, but she was expelled. (Good riddance!)

Then she told the girls that she would be replacing Larissa with New York. They all about died! Then she laughed and told them she was just joking! LOL!!

So do you agree that Larissa should have been expelled? Are you glad to see her go, or were you sad?

It’s getting near the end of the season, who do you think will win the $50,000?

I’m thinking that Saaphyri or maybe Leilene might win it. They both have learned a ton of things since they’ve been in the house and I would be happy to see either of them win it.

I have to admit, I would be disappointed if either Brooke or Shay win. But I don’t think either of them will.

I like Becky, but after tonight’s show, I can’t see her winning it either.

So what do you think? Leave a comment to tell us!

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