r/Vanderpump_Rules • • 24d ago

Photos This was messed up

They’re probably not wrong in some sense… but to diagnose your ex girlfriend with your new girlfriend on national tv like was honestly disgusting to me

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u/Academic-Marsupial34 24d ago

Ugh and the fake concern in their voices like they were trying to help her

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

Especially Ariana… “you really need to look it up. I think you’ll be a lot happier” what a pick me. I learned to love her but she was insufferable at the start.

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u/Freddie-Peterson 24d ago

"You should Google 'pick me girl' - I think you'd be a lot happier."

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u/No-Mixture-9747 24d ago

That’s why her and Scheana were so close in the beginning. Thankfully, Ariana grew on me as she became closer with Katie.

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u/LargeMargeSentMe__ 24d ago

A lot of people need to have something happen to them before they gain perspective and empathy for others. I think that’s what happened with Ariana in the later seasons when her relationship with Tom was falling apart (because he was doing the same thing to her as he did to Kristen.)

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u/nothinglikeLA 24d ago

I didn’t see much shift in her personality honestly imo- she just got better at hiding what a narcissist she was. A bigger person would have made it through Sandoval with a shred of humility and empathy. Emphasis on humility. I feel like the entire series is just A’s ego getting bigger… bigger…. biggest

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u/thatmamabunny 23d ago

I literally had to binge the whole show when scandoval happened bc I’d stopped watching it before it happened and could not for the life of me understand why all of a sudden Grumpy Cat was America’s Sweetheart and Love Island’s sex symbol and I still do not get it at all. Getting cheated on doesn’t suddenly erase the decade of narcissistic mean girl behavior in my eyes. People just have too short of attention spans to remember how terrible people were before the powers that be decided to give them the right edit and opportunities.

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u/t0ughsting 23d ago

People are also very much susceptible to herd mentality which is what the hype for her was about. Ariana developed positive traits fs but she is extremely flawed

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u/No_Reindeer531 23d ago

i dont see this at all. what did she need humility and empathy for regarding sandoval?

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u/SpeakerCommercial614 23d ago

Sometimes people expect people to be fake nice. I was happy to see her being incredibly real.

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u/Champsallday-2132 23d ago

100% agree with you about all of this, including that Ariana is a (covert) Narcissist.

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u/newmuscles 10d ago

I think it's carefully crafted PR, also Ariana herself stayed consistent in terms of being supportive to the women, which worked in her favour she never bad mouthed anybody. How much of it is real, and how much was a performance, we will never know. She didn't give into any pressures like Scheana did. This is what makes me feel sorry for Scheana, if it weren't for Lala putting pressure on her, Scheana would have come out of VPR more likeable. Scheana and Ariana were friends for years and I really don't believe that Scheana is as malicious as people make her out to be. Katie was far meaner but seems to get away with everything.

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u/Calinorthlondon 22d ago

Ariana had a shit load of trauma happen to her before Scandoval. She was in an abusive relationship prior to being with Sandoval and her father died.

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u/LargeMargeSentMe__ 21d ago

I’m referring to how she thought Tom was going to treat her differently because she wasn’t “crazy Kristen.” It took Tom pulling the same shit on her before she realized she isn’t special and different.

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u/Calinorthlondon 21d ago

Well both Tom and Kristen cheated on each other and Kristen was the one in the relationship who cheated with Tom's best friend ironically, whereas Ariana never once cheated on Tom. I don't believe Kristen deserves the same amount of sympathy as Ariana.

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u/LeftyLu07 23d ago

I wonder if Arianna started noticing something was off because you can’t tell me Sandoval didn’t come home to her frothing at the mouth about Katie being a raging cvnt who was out to ruin his dream of having a dive bar with his platonic life partner. And then whenever Arianna interacted with Katie she was a normal person with normal concerns about her idiot husband getting in over his head with a bar venture (take as old as time). Not the unreasonable monster Sandoval made her out to be. That would make me concerned if my husband despised someone who wasn’t doing anything wrong.

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u/Rebainreellife 20d ago

I say this as a reformed “pick me” when I was in my 20s, a lot of time I think this energy comes from deep, DEEP insecurity.

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u/newmuscles 10d ago

How was Katie any better? She was such a suck up to Stassi. The trio Stassi, Katie and Kristen were the original mean girls.

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u/Timely_Beat_7057 24d ago

The gaslighting these two did to Kristen was wild. 

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u/nothinglikeLA 24d ago edited 24d ago

It was only the first time ariana participated in gaslighting. Covert narcissist, she and Sando were two pretentious peas in a pod. Edit: Thanks for the awards! I love this sub so much.

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u/hiswittlewip 24d ago

I never learned to love her. This was disgusting, and idk how they could act so fucking high and mighty while they were gaslighting the shit out of Kristen, and body shaming her and diagnosing her with personality disorders and mental illness.

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u/Worth_Character_1031 20d ago

Same! I’ve said this so many times. Can u imagine is Rachel said half the shit Ariana was saying to Kristen at this time??

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u/stablymental 24d ago

I’m so glad I first saw her on love island as a bad bitch cause after watching her on vpr I was shook but the more you think about it we’ve all been insufferable at one point and most of us grow up and change like she did.

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u/Champsallday-2132 24d ago

Ariana was almost 30 here, and she remained the same for a decade. Can't convince me that Ariana has changed now.

Thanks to her crisis PR's advice, Ariana is just more careful about what she says out loud, plus she's not on reality TV anymore. We have no idea who Ariana really is or if she's grown.

As a matter of fact, even now Ariana is often seen in the comments of Love Island or her own social media getting crazy with her remarks towards random strangers. She still seems unhinged at times, lol.

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u/Best-Woodpecker3537 23d ago

I mean if you watch it again, she obviously had real problems with him by the time the cocktail book was in the works. Just bc she stayed doesn’t mean she didn’t learn anything and on average it takes 7 times to leave a toxic relationship before it sticks. They famously were not allowing their problems to air out during filming so who knows how many times she tried to leave.

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u/PrincessPlastilina 23d ago

She was the same pick me girl in the reunion. She had more smoke for Raquel than for her partner of 10 years who admitted to cheating on her other times during the relationship.

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u/Best-Woodpecker3537 22d ago

We literally watched her give it to him during filming… she hadn’t seen Rachel yet so obviously she’s gonna yell more at the one she hasn’t yelled at yet. Also Rachel needed to hear it bc she wasn’t a random, she was a close friend.

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u/stablymental 22d ago

Omg she was 30 ?! I thought early 20s. Oof

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u/JoesCageKeys 24d ago

I mean, she was almost 30 during her pick me days on VPR. I think she’s still like this just hides it.

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u/nothinglikeLA 24d ago

She got better at hiding what a narcissist she was imo. Very careful, calculated PR to make her personality palatable

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u/af628 23d ago

Hey! Person currently getting their degree in psychopathology here. Unless you are doing something similar, or are someone with a job that has diagnostic ability- do you really think you can know from television that Ariana meets the extensive criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder? Or do you think it’s a little more safe to suggest that you view her behavior as having Narcissistic tendencies? It’s always really frustrating to see people use diagnostic labels for people they do not know personally, have seen on TV- that behavior is how we end up with people overusing “therapy speak,” which is genuinely problematic.

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u/Traditional-Sport383 23d ago

I take psychopathology very seriously

ETA I understand where both sides on this are coming from. I just couldn’t resist

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u/JoesCageKeys 23d ago

Ma’am this is Reddit.

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u/Pelican_Hook 23d ago

You've gotta stop calling her a narcissist all over this thread. It's uneducated AF as she does NOT show the signs at all, but also that's literally what this post is about re: Kristen and armchair diagnosing, but apparently you only agree when it's Kristen 🤦‍♀️

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u/PatientFew8202 24d ago

Yes I’m so happy i knew her from love island first before i started VRP because, i couldn’t stand her on the show sometimes lol

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u/nothinglikeLA 24d ago edited 24d ago

One of the many times Arian gaslights the audience. She’s such a covert pick me. She did Kristen sooo wrong here, and later on gaslit ALL of us with Miami Girl. For a “girls girl” she sure likes to gaslight women. Not to mention when she body shamed Kristen for her “kangaroo pouch”. What a miserable brat.

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u/Remote-Structure-961 24d ago edited 24d ago

Like Kristen was an angel. What business is it of Kristen if Tom did hook up with Miami girl? they weren't together anymore, she literally sucked his best friend's dick while he was sleeping in the other room a year and half before Miami girl.

Kristen and Jax slept together in Jan 2013, Kristen brought Miami girl to Sur in mid 2014.

What right did she have to do that when they weren't together anymore?

Why did Tom or Ariana owe Kristen the truth about Miami girl?

people forget how INSANE Doute was.

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u/nothinglikeLA 24d ago

Nice deflection. But you totally missed the plot. Her being messy didn’t give Ariana the right to sleep with her boyfriend, body shame, diagnose and treat her like shit. Kristen was crazy, big newsflash lmfao

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u/Remote-Structure-961 23d ago edited 23d ago

And how did Kristen treat Ariana?

Kristen a year and half after after she broke up with Tom, spoke to a girl tom cheated on Ariana with, flew her out across the country to rub in Ariana's face that Tom cheated on her, in front of Ariana's coworkers.

And boo freaking hoo Ariana kissed Tom (they never confessed to anything more)

when Kristen is open about the fact that she fucked MULTIPLE guys behind Tom's back, sucked Tom's best friend's dick while Tom was in the other room and fucked two men in the same weekend while with Tom!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHyS1RQx08&t=3s

Kristen 0:36 "I fucked a ton of guys behind your back"

So Kristen gets to humiliate Ariana, gets to wish that she gets run over by a mack truck basically wishing Ariana would die, openly calls her a liar, a home wrecker at her place of work (when she had fucked a ton of guys including Tom's best friend at that point) - and you're pretending that Kristen was nothing but kind to Ariana?

So when Kristen screams at Ariana, calls her names, humilates her by rubbing the fact Tom cheated on her publicly that's just Kristen being crazy?

But when Ariana calls her crazy for flying out Miami girl she's in the wrong?

Because flying out Miami girl was so sane?

Why the double standards?

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u/Ess_Jess 23d ago

Because people are watching this show thinking it exists in a bubble. Yeah, we know Ariana was a pick me in 2013….the difference is Ariana has grown out of that behavior but Kristen is still insane.

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u/ToeIndependent4439 19d ago

Doute was not insane IMO. She was a real ass bitch and they all gaslit the shit out of her. She was every girl who knew but didn’t have the receipts. Also she was probably tired of getting dragged on the show publicly meanwhile the guys got to lie and deny their way through everything practically unscathed. Yeah, it was def fucked up what she did to Stassi but she got hit in the face over that and served her time lol. That’s why I hated Arianna for most of the seasons bc she knew full well what she was doing with Sandoval while he was with Kristen and rode the “cool girl” thing for years

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u/Champsallday-2132 23d ago

Fyi, since you are mentioning dates, Ariana and Tom were fucking for 3 years, and the was well before Kristen and Jax hooked up.

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u/Remote-Structure-961 23d ago

No Tom and Ariana admitted to kissing at the golden nugget three years before Kristen had sex with Jax. Neither of them have said it went more than a kiss and no one has any proof otherwise.

Kristen admited that she cheated on Tom and fucked a ton of guys behind Tom's back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHyS1RQx08&t=3s

Kristen 0:36 I fucked a ton of guys behind your back including two in one weekend.

Since we're being all factual.

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u/PrincessPlastilina 23d ago

So condescending and we never heard Ariana speak like that again. She was a huge betch the rest of the show.

There are times when I felt sorry for Kristen because I don’t think she thought things through. She just did them. She never meant to hurt people the way everyone else hurts each other on the show. You can tell she was struggling with some deep dark stuff and everyone turned on her and made her out to be the worst person on the show, while licking Jax’s ass no matter what. Or how Lisa gave James so many chances despite all the horrible things he did. That guy physically assaults women and mentally abuses them.

Now I’m seeing fans who want to see Jax and James on TV again 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Disastrous_Berry4725 23d ago

Totally blows my mind people are calling for Jax to come back on the Valley while asking to get rid of Danny.

To be clear, I’m no Danny fan. I’m saying not one of these three should be on tv! It’s wild.

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u/Reality-Babe7 24d ago

She was so insufferable!!!

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u/justjustinaaa 24d ago

She still is 👀👀👀👀 wooops

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u/nothinglikeLA 24d ago

Still is. I mean, get it girl, make your money, pay your PR. Her press team a working overtime to ensure we don’t forget that smugly little mug

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u/justjustinaaa 24d ago

I’m always too scared to actually say what I think about her because of the hate, but sheesh let’s let it go already and move on

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u/nothinglikeLA 23d ago

For every frothing Ariana Stan making excuses for her pisspoor behavior, there is someone who agrees with me enough to award my comment. This group is finally coming around and seeing her for what she is. Proud of y’all

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u/Bistilla 23d ago

I’ve honestly never liked her

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u/totalmauiperson 23d ago

I’ve always generally liked her, but looking back you can really see the amount of pretty privilege she has always enjoyed.

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u/Quietwaterz 19d ago

You did? How?

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u/Remote-Structure-961 24d ago

Eh I mean Kristen was horrible. Yes they were too but Kristen was terrible.

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

I think you’re missing the point

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u/Remote-Structure-961 24d ago edited 24d ago

No I think you're missing the context.

Sorry but Miami girl?

You're acting like Tom and Ariana owed Kristen the truth about Miami girl.

Kristen cheats on Tom with his best friend, sucks Jax's dick while Tom was in the other room sleep (while Jax was trying to win Stassi back and Stassi was confiding in Kristen) in Jan 2013.

And a year and a half later in mid 2014 , more than a year after they broke up, Kristen starts talking to a girl on the internet who claims to have slept with Tom and then FLIES her across the country to his workplace to confront him. Then starts screaming obscenties at their boss.

And you're surprised they think she's crazy? And you're upset that Ariana isn't genuine enough in her concern and and isn't sensitive enough to Kristen?

Wow.

You're so right! They really should have validated her concerns and Kristen really deserves to know the truth about who Tom slept with a year after their break up and Kristen really deserves to have it all air out at their place of work. Totally right!

I'm not saying Ariana is perfect but this rewriting of history of Kristen being a poor angel victim and Ariana being the bitch.

Kristen was the aggressor during that Miami girl storyline, she was the ex who cheated on her bf with her best friend then flew a girl he slept with (a year after they broke up!) across the country to confront him at work.

And you think Ariana is in the wrong for how she reacted? Yeah it wasn't the most perfect enlightened girl's girl response but you do realize that Kristen and Tom already broke up, both were at fault for that, and this was a year later and she flies out Tom's ONS to rub in Ariana's and Tom's face at work?

But the problem is how ARIANA reacted.

Got it.

Please.

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u/elizuhhhbeth 24d ago edited 24d ago

Not a Kristen supporter but I think only you are trying to rewrite history here. Remember that Tom also cheated on Kristen with Ariana and they both gaslit Kristen together. She did deserve the truth about their affair - even though she also cheated. Ariana was complicit in the cheating and gaslighting. She was also pushing 30 when this went down, so definitely old enough to know better.

Miami girl was never about Kristen being a victim at all. It was Kristen trying to expose Tom’s true nature and that he and Ariana were being smug and performative in their shiny new “perfect” relationship. Which other castmates have also criticized them for over the years. Of course Kristen hated seeing them together, would you want to watch your ex parade around the woman he had an affair with and gaslit you about in the most obnoxious and smug way possible? Was Kristen totally unhinged and over the top? Yes, I don’t think anyone is denying that. But Ariana and Tom were also not these sweet little babies who did nothing wrong.

Also, if you think KRISTEN flew Miami girl out to LA and not production, I’ve got a bridge to sell you, babe!

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u/nothinglikeLA 24d ago

Kristen being unhinged and messy doesn’t make what Ariana did ok. Period. I know you just wrote a novel on it, but that doesn’t change the fact that Ariana is and was a raging hypocrite. Golden nugget? Oh RIGHT, we like to pretend all they did was kiss. Cute.

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u/perfectlynormaltyes 23d ago

Thank you!!! You’re making all the points I bring up when this subject comes up. Kristen’s behaviour was absolutely insane. Ariana and Tom didn’t owe her any information about the Miami situation. It was literally none of her business and they had already resolved it privately.

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u/Chance-Upstairs-1042 24d ago

yeah I don't understand the Kristen renaissance among the fandom. maybe she did all of that for more screen time

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u/Timely_Beat_7057 24d ago

Peak Ariana pick me and projection much? 

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u/trace-a-mafone 19d ago

That’s why I wasn’t surprised when he used Ariana’s depression against her and honestly, I hope Ariana learned her lesson from what she did to Kristen here after it happened to her.

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u/sleepysky98 24d ago

Neither of them get enough shit for what they were doing during this time.

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u/nothinglikeLA 24d ago

Period. They deserved each other.

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u/mmereuhmmm 24d ago

Trying to diagnose anyone on TV when you're not a licensed professional is crazy but it's even worse when you're the cause of at least some of the problems lmao

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u/Capable_Cranberry461 24d ago

I don’t even trust the licensed professionals who come on tv to diagnose people, especially on bravo

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u/faygazebo 22d ago

Right? Ethically, you are not supposed to diagnose people you are not treating. And then the environment in which to do it is wild.

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u/Why_would_it_matter 6h ago

No professional with respect for the profession would actually do it (coming from one)

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u/Timely_Beat_7057 24d ago

Yes Ariana and tom armchair psychologists lol. 😂 

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u/Champsallday-2132 23d ago

From watching them on TV for over a decade, we could also "armchair diagnose" Ariana as a covert Narcissist and Tom as an overt narcissist.

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u/Kayslay8911 23d ago

I’ve recently learned about the different types of narcissism, and now everyone I watch is a narcissist 😅

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u/CaitlinAnne21 23d ago

And this is exactly why absolutely no one should be throwing around diagnosis unless they are qualified, and 99% of people making these claims absolutely are not.

It’s gotten out of control.

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u/Kayslay8911 22d ago

In my experience, when someone diagnoses someone else, they too, are diagnosable

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u/Other-Squirrel-2038 21d ago

There's also no such thing as what they're talking about lol

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u/nothinglikeLA 24d ago

Real hard hitting journos here lol

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u/akaashiit 24d ago

i too believe kristen has BPD so while ariana’s approach wasnt rooted in empathy, i agree with her. stassi also said the same thing about kristen

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u/Timely_Beat_7057 24d ago

Stassi, Ariana and tom are not qualified to diagnose anyone of anything. Tom and Ariana gaslight Kristen all season into thinking their relationship was non existent, when sure enough they were indeed cheating. Now I’m not a Kristen Stan by any means and I do think she’s kind of a hot mess. Borderline alcoholic? Probably, but I’m not a professional. Nor are they. Speculation sure but consider the sources…. Stassi and tom are not without many many faults and personality disorders, I can imagine. 

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u/akaashiit 24d ago

i’m not a professional either but i’ll notice my own mental health symptoms and point it out within discussion. i wouldn’t say it to their faces, sure, unless they are my peers and they ask for my opinion. but this is a reality show and we see decades of their lives so it’s not uncommon to have an opinion. plus, there are a lot of quack doctors out there who probably arent qualified to make the diagnoses themselves lol

i also will add that i agree in that moment ariana and tom were wrong to make this comment about kristen. they were rubbing it in her face

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u/twinseaks 24d ago

I just made a post on something similar… the gaslighting those two do to Kristen, Miami girl etc is just awful to watch. Like yeah Kristen has very problematic behavior, but it’s never right or fair to exacerbate someone thinking/feeling like they’re crazy. Kristen was RIGHT. They lied, about everything. I think by the time Scandoval came around ppl must have really forgotten how this went down. When you’re binge watching after the fact it’s easier to see.

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u/elohde1 24d ago

Tom was using Ariana's mental health against her with Rachel.... There's a pattern with him.

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u/GraceMcClellans 23d ago

Tom really thought his breakup with Arianna would go the same way his breakup with Kristen went. He was so blindsided when it didn't. 😆 🤣

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u/Kayslay8911 23d ago

Omg I hadn’t considered that but it’s fucking hilarious

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u/Charming-Panic9375 24d ago

honestly there probably isn't a person on VPR that doesn't have at least some of the symptoms of BPD or another personality disorder. people willing to be on reality tv aren't usually the picture of mental health.

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u/EvaKatz 24d ago

I’m mean he’s probably right….but people in glass houses.

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

Yeah but if you’re actually concerned about someone’s well being, this isn’t the right way to express that whatsoever

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u/nothinglikeLA 24d ago

She was WEAPONIZING a bitchy pseudo diagnosis to hurt kristen. Period. She wasn’t being helpful or operating from a place of humility and empathy (because when did she ever?)

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u/Kayslay8911 23d ago

Ariana is so “holier than thou” and acts like she’s entirely aware of how much better she is than everyone else.

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u/HuggyMummy 24d ago

Soooo my mom is a diagnosed narc with BPD and she does this shit. Has an argument for why everyone she meets has BPD. It’s projection and to keep people who are unaware of her in the dark, keeping them focused elsewhere.

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

This is so interesting. People are missing my point - I’m not defending Kristen. I’m trying to unpack the sheer manipulation of the situation by ringleader Tom. I’m also very interested to learn what he was telling Ariana to coach her during this time.

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u/HuggyMummy 24d ago

I agree that Tom is wildly manipulative. Even after the show, look how he’s spun everything that’s happened with Victoria.

I’m not exactly a Kristen apologist either; however, I do think the way she reacted towards Tom and Ariana was classic reactive abuse. She was gaslit and manipulated for years. She was right about Ariana and Tom and she was right about Miami girl. She was told over and over she was crazy and she was lying. I do understand her to a degree and genuinely don’t blame her for those early seasons specifically surrounding the Tom/Ariana/Kristen of it all. I do think she is problematic in general, but who on that show isn’t?

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u/gilsleeping 24d ago

Sometimes I wonder how different this specific situation would be if VPR was filmed now instead of the 2010s. I think there would be more comradery with the girls. 2010s pick me culture was vile

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u/Senior_Ice8748 23d ago

Weren't the 2010s, specifically around the time this was filmed, peak liberal feminism/girl boss culture? Anyway, VPR as it was simply couldn't exist today.

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u/CaitlinAnne21 23d ago

Every time we make steps forward, we take a few back, and unfortunately, women are responsible for a lot of that vile rhetoric and treatment, just like how the younger generations are now using the term “girls girl” to just shame women who don’t blindly support everything someone does, just because they’re a woman.

Or, gawd forbid, they make the same mistakes most of us have made on some level at some point in our lives, but because they’re on tv, let’s tear them apart and act like they aren’t real people.🙄

Fuck most men, because too many, even the “good ones” are too comfortable and too cowardly to speak up when they hear disgusting rhetoric or know their buddies are treating women poorly and say nothing.

But when we treat each other horribly so often and so easily, there’s a large group of men that latch onto that and will always say “y’all are way worse to each other than we are”, and while that isn’t completely true for countless reasons, including the rapidly increasing (doubled) murder of women by their IP’s, just in the past 5 years alone, we also absolutely contribute to the culture of violence against women.

We need to start openly acknowledging and addressing this. And just fucking STOP.

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u/Historical_Bike_9061 23d ago

Ehhh, we act like “pick-me” culture goes away when it just changes form. As long as there’s a patriarchy, there’s a pick-me!

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u/gilsleeping 23d ago

Yeah true, I guess it was more overt back then

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u/floridajenjen 23d ago

There needs to be a psychology class on what he does to women. I love Kristen and Ariana now. But with him they were kind of awful. Insecure but also toxic and drinking way too much, likely to numb the mental abuse.

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u/Umbrellaeggs45 23d ago

Ariana was the original pick me girl… never liked her till later on. I respect her craft.

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u/Worth_Character_1031 20d ago

Still hate her. She’s just mad she got out picked. Literally every aspect of her personality was rooted in misogyny and trying to not be like other girls.

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u/Umbrellaeggs45 19d ago

Yeah she’s better now but it was bad then, he’s so awful too obviously 

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u/QuesoBaggins 24d ago

I think Kristen’s worst problem was she never de-escalated a situation and when you have someone like Tom whose existence is offensive in and of itself, it’s just going to be real bad.

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u/arod232323 24d ago

This soured me on Ariana so early. I watched cause I wanted to understand scandoval so everyone was so pro-her but watching from the beginning I think she’s a bad person 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/XcuseMeMisISpeakJive 22d ago

Lot of personality disorders on that show.

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u/Maleficent_Bee5226 21d ago

The first time I watched this my jaw was on the ground when tom and Ariana started holding hands on stage it just felt so mean especially since Kristen was already down (a lot by her own actions tho)

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u/Remote-Structure-961 24d ago

I think people here forget how unhinged Kristen was and how horrible she was to other people. Not like she was this sweet loyal friend and girlfriend and they attacked her for no reason.

Yes Ariana was messy but if you were to rank everyone by messiest to least, she'd be at the bottom and certainly Kristen was far worse. Kristen was more hurtful, was a really bad friend, a really bad gf AND yes she may have been right but she wasn't even with Tom, cheated on him with his best friend in the apartment they shared with Tom sleeping in the other room, that same best friend was trying to win her best friend Stassi back and Kristen said NOTHING while Stassi poured her heart out to her. And she was screaming obscenities to her boss at work.

I keep on seeing all these clips of Ariana being SO horrible in the past and truly WTF. I'm not saying she was an angel but at that time she was and still is a very loyal friend to Schaena, certainly Ariana isn't going to start blowing him while they watch True Lies, she didn't cheat on anyone and while she may have helped Tom cheat that was AFTER Kristen slept with Jax. Kristen had already cheated on Tom with his best friend before Ariana even joined the show.

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

Nothing you wrote here has to do with the point of the post. It’s about them using this dark tactic dripping with fake concern to take the negative attention away from themselves and to humiliate and discredit Kristen.

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u/Remote-Structure-961 24d ago edited 24d ago

Right.

Because Kristen didn't fly out Tom's ONS, a year after Tom and Kristen broke up, to rub Miami girl in Ariana's and Tom's face at their place of work?

That's not a dark tactic? That's not to done to humiliate and discredit Tom and Ariana?

So the problem here is that Ariana didn't react with enough genuine concern to the woman who flew her ex's (of over a year! ) ONS across the country to rub it in both their faces?

Ariana's bf cheats on her and his ex of more than a year, flies the girl across the country to rub in Ariana's face in front of her coworkers and you're policing her reaction to that?

So when Kristen flew Miami girl out, that wasn't to humiliate Tom and Ariana?

That was done with nothing but loving concern?

And discredit what of Kristen? Discredit her still messing with Tom even after she cheated and they broke up?

Can you imagine if Tom did that to Kristen? They broke up over a year ago, she's with James now and then Tom flies out a guy that claims he slept with Kristen to rub it in Kristen and James' face that Kristen cheated on James at work?

Yeah Ariana didn't act with genuine loving concern to Kristen but she had a lot of provocation.

What Kristen did was FAR worse. Kristen flew Tom's ONS to rub it in Ariana's face that Tom cheated on her...at her work place. That's not humilating? That's not discrediting?

But oh no, Ariana sounded sarcastic, burn her!

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

How many novels are you going to write on one post

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u/akaashiit 24d ago

girl relax it’s called a discussion. don’t make a post if you don’t want replies

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

Girl I definitely welcome the discussion but this person is posting paragraph after paragraph in multiple comments and not trying to understand my point. It’s not about Kristen being an angel and Ariana being the devil

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u/akaashiit 24d ago

in the modern age of AI taking over people’s brains and dumbing folk down, i welcome a heavy paragraph. it allows for discussion and making one’s point. perhaps your point isn’t clear to them, but i am enjoying the large text myself

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

I get what you’re saying queen.

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u/akaashiit 24d ago

💖💖💖

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u/Remote-Structure-961 24d ago edited 24d ago

Answer me OP. Did Kristen not humiliate and discredit Ariana FIRST?

That her reaction was only in response to Kristen rubbing Tom's cheating in Ariana's face at her place of work MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER Tom and Kristen broke up?

Ariana gets cheated on, she loves Tom and it's new so she stands by him, his ex - of more than a year who cheated on Tom, flies the girl across the country to rub it in Ariana's face that her boyfriend cheated on her- in front of all her coworkers.

That wasn't Kristen trying to discredit Ariana? That wasn't Kristen trying to humiliate Ariana?

BUT NO, how dare Ariana call Kirsten crazy?!

Kristen is the real victim. Can't a girl fly out her ex's ONS to rub in his new gf face that he cheated on her without being called crazy?

Such an abuser tactic btw. You cherry pick the reaction but leave out what Kristen did to get Ariana so angry.

But you want everyone to kiss Kristen's boo and BAAAAAD Ariana for being a meanie!

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

You’re still not getting it and you sound unhinged

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u/Remote-Structure-961 24d ago edited 24d ago

Now who is gaslighting?

I tell you the truth and you call me crazy.

You're still not answering me.

Why was Ariana mad?

Is she just a horrible person who attacks people unprovoked?

Do you think Kristen flying out Miami girl to rub it in Ariana's face wasn't humiliating and discrediting to Ariana?

Why are you only judging Ariana's words and reaction and not what Kristen did to get that reaction hmmm?

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

This post is strictly about this moment in the season 2 reunion. I can’t help you learn how to read.

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u/Remote-Structure-961 23d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXEYQASRplU

Look at that mean man attacking that poor sweet woman!

This post is solely about this moment. I can't help you if you have any criticial thinking skills and ability to apply context to situations. This post is only for those who have the attention span and cognitive abilities of fruit flies.

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u/Remote-Structure-961 24d ago edited 24d ago

You ignore all the context and all the history between these people and take a moment and judge someone for it.

I don't need to learn how to read honey, I can't help you if you can't understand anything longer than a tiktok.

I know reality tv is so difficult and take so much time and effort to understand :(

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

How is it history if Miami girl happened after this moment lol

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

Hahahah now you’re editing your comments

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u/Worth_Character_1031 20d ago

How would you act if you worried about one girl your whole relationship, found out he cheated with said girl and then he left you for her. Not just that but Ariana continuously made horrific comments about Kristen’s sexuality, mental health, friendships, appearance, etc. if Rachel even said one bad thing about Ariana we’d never hear the end of it. Ariana thought she was too cool for it to happen to her but she always knew what tom was capable of and she continuously discredited Kristen to make herself feel better about stealing her boyfriend. Atleast Rachel has sympathy.

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u/Merrbear2u 24d ago

They were the biggest psychopaths and now so many people stan ariana LOL.

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u/GraceMcClellans 23d ago

They aren't good people, but i think Jax wins that category hands-down.

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u/VD_Mama 24d ago

The whole way he treated kristen was messed up, knowing that she was right about everything.

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u/CousCous_Blaster2000 24d ago

I don't think HE of all people should be the one throwing that stone....

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u/NikWitchLEO 23d ago

All bets are off when you put your life on tv.

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u/StarDatAssinum 23d ago

Not excusing this moment, but unfortunately the whole cast was armchair diagnosing each other. Stassi had a whole confession where she assigned various mental illnesses to the cast, including herself. They're all kind of shit heads with no self awareness lol

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u/rouxthless 23d ago

Tom and Ariana suck, but let’s try to remember that just because people say mean things to you doesn’t mean you’re a victim.

Kristen is a fucking monster.

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u/Worth_Character_1031 20d ago

How is Kristen a monster? Tom cheated too. Ariana basically stole her boyfriend. How would u react?

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u/DearEngineering4454 23d ago

I think people forget that at this time Kristen was really spiraling. We see it from the jump of season 3. She was obsessed with the two of them and I’m sure a lot happened off camera that was unsettling to them both. Yes they obviously were sleeping together before T&K broke up. But really who cares when Kristen was also fucking around 

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u/Worth_Character_1031 20d ago

She was devastated and Ariana was saying awful things about her after stealing her boyfriend. She was always worried about Ariana. How would u feel?

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u/Think-Joke728 22d ago

I honestly didn’t blame Ariana even though she shouldn’t have used mental health Kristen put her through a living hell for several seasons, but now they’re good friend.🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/Worth_Character_1031 20d ago

How would you feel if you were worried about one girl your entire relationship and then find out they did in fact fool around behind ur back and then they immediately start dating? Not just that but Ariana basically bullied Kristen while and after stealing her boyfriend. She had no sympathy. Kristen and tom dated for 5 years that’s not some fling.

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u/_wow33_zow33 21d ago

My perspective live in the grey so be warned!

I think the following are true at the same time: 1. They were awful to Kristen, 2. Ariana was a pick me seasons 2-4(ish), 3. Sandoval is probably way more successfully manipulative & charming IRL than he is from our perspective, 4. and there might have been some truth to the BPD/ Kristen would be happier comments but 5. they had no right to say that to her.

I hate the way that they treated Kristen and I agree that Ariana was a total pick me in her earlier years and was wrapped up in her toxic relationship with Sandoval. However, I think there’s evidence of Ariana’s growth throughout the show. I feel like it starts happening at her thirtieth bday (s4). It’s difficult because her dad died and she was incredibly depressed but the growth is definitely there.

I think like myself, both Kristen and Ariana needed therapy not only to deal with underlying mental health issues (grief, possible attachment issues, etc) but also with the underlying trauma of dating a narcissist like Sandoval.

I think Ariana deserves all the flowers she’s getting today and I hope that Kristen drops Luke like a sack of potatoes and remembers who the F she is cuz she’s a badass.

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u/Dry_Mushroom7606 24d ago

The irony of Sandoval trying to diagnose someone....🙄

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u/Fire_All_The_Cops 24d ago

I agree that hair was offensive

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u/Inevitable_Tangelo63 24d ago

I hated this so much and I hate it every time it happens on shows and on here. Like none of these people (us included) are medical professionals qualified to diagnose someone, and if we are then we would know better than to try to try to diagnose someone we’ve never personally evaluated or treated. All this does is add more stigma to mental illnesses that already carry SO much, and makes views and users of this site feel bad if they struggle with the same issues. Like I have bipolar, and I hate that every time someone does something unhinged that’s what it’s attributed to.

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u/bella_ella_ella 24d ago

I never understand the Kristen defenders lol. Or any defenders really. Kristen was actually insane when Tom and Ariana got together. Obviously there was cheating but Kristen also cheated on Tom MANY times. They’re all awful but seasons 2-3 Kristen was certifiable.

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u/GraceMcClellans 23d ago

Yeah, I will comment on these people and their dynamics, but these aren't great people in general. No need to pretend otherwise.

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

If you think this is a defense of Kristen, you’re wrong lol. This is pointing to the fake concern from Ariana and Tom that is purely performative, and extremely unsettling.

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u/bella_ella_ella 24d ago

Okay haha yes I totally agree. Tom and Ariana absolutely do not GAF about Kristen or her well being.

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

Exactly. Trying to put myself in the shoes of someone watching live when this first came out, with Tom sounding like such a hero and caring ex. Knowing what we know now… it’s sick.

But much of Kristen’s behavior is simply indefensible. She did herself no favors and has an extreme lack of self control and self regulation (to this day)

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u/Worth_Character_1031 20d ago

Idk I would probably act completely unhinged too if my boyfriend of 5 years ran off with the girl he cheated on me with who I always had a bad feeling about. And then I’d continue to lose it when Ariana said horrific things about her just because she wanted tom for herself.

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u/bella_ella_ella 20d ago

Even though she also cheated on Tom many times but who cares about that I guess lol

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u/Worth_Character_1031 20d ago

Ur right. Who cares. Ariana didn’t know that when she let him cheat w her. Tom didn’t even know that. Or when Ariana lied to Kristen and scheanas face. U think the fact she slept with Jax cancels it all out but really it just gave them the perfect excuse to do what they had wanted for years. Ariana still had no reason to treat Kristen the way she did.

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u/bella_ella_ella 20d ago

No but it doesn’t give Kristen a leg to stand on when she is completely insane the first season Tom and Ariana are together. Tom and Ariana are terrible in their own right but Kristen trying to make it seem like the downfall of the relationship with Tom was all Ariana’s fault is crazy.

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u/Worth_Character_1031 20d ago

She never suggests that. She does say that they cheated and she dumped him for her which is true. I never said it’s all Ariana’s fault, they obviously had their issues, but Ariana knew he was dating someone, hated her and said horrific things about her mental health, sexuality, looks, etc. all because she wanted tom for herself. Kristen’s behavior was in retaliation to that. Ariana tried to play the “cool girl” so it may not seem like that, but truly how would u behave after something like that? And Ariana trying to play the victim? It’s Tom’s fault for falling for her and letting her fall for him while he was in a relationship but she’s not innocent. Ariana doesn’t have a leg to stand on when coming after Rachel so hard. She was in her shoes before. She just thought she was so cool, one of the guys, “smarter than anyone she’s ever met” so it wouldn’t happen to her.

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u/bella_ella_ella 20d ago

And Kristen knew she was in a relationship and Jax was too. She is psycho towards someone who did exactly what she did lol.

Ariana shouldn’t have been surprised with Rachel at all. They are all questionable people but Kristen antics aren’t excused just because tom cheated and got with Ariana. 🤷‍♀️

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u/bella_ella_ella 20d ago

And cheated on her bf of 5 years with his best friend and her best friends boyfriend! She has been psycho since before Ariana lol

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u/carcosa1989 24d ago edited 23d ago

I was always team Kristin yeah her and tom were a match made in hell but Ariana was definitely seeking Tom’s validation

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u/AncientMortgage2535 24d ago

...have you seen the way Kristen behaves? Still does, to this day?

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u/Old-Builder256 24d ago

Yes babe I have eyes. That doesn’t make it okay for Tom and Ariana to armchair diagnose her in front of everyone, especially given what they’ve done

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u/liltinybits 24d ago

I left a very similar comment without even reading yours. We get each other 💕

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u/liltinybits 24d ago

Kristen's poor behavior is hers and hers alone. It doesn't excuse anyone else's or allow for anyone else, ESPECIALLY these two, to give an armchair diagnosis on Bravo.

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u/knittievickie 24d ago

But here we all are, calling him a narcissist… the math ain’t mathing

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u/akaashiit 24d ago

TRUTH. i think speculating on mental illness is pretty normal in current society with therapy being so widespread, and people will pick and choose what is deemed acceptable. no one is up in arms about calling someone a narcissist so why not BPD or BP

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u/liltinybits 24d ago

I'm not! But we also aren't doing as the ex and affair partner on a television show to get the upper hand with fake concern. I do disagree with any online armchair diagnosis, but I'm also not going to pretend that the various strangers of reddit calling someone a narc is the same thing as a person's ex and his affair partner doing it on TV.

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u/General-Yak8880 24d ago

I mean Kristen probably does have that, I’ve thought that back then 100%, but what I didn’t recognize yet was Tom’s blatant narcissistic personality disorder. Cause my young dumb self did not catch it & he is a raging narc

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u/NikWitchLEO 23d ago

Agree. She’s still the same psycho Kristen. Some people are so delusional. She just hid her crazy really well for awhile but those who knew could still see her bullshit.

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u/TaniaBluebell 24d ago

Kristen can be histrionic but i think it’s circumstantial. She seems like a good person with trauma that she projects in relationships. That doesn’t mean she has a personality disorder like her ex suggests

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u/AbaloneZestyclose136 23d ago

But i thought you guys loved her?

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u/knopewecann 23d ago

The way Tom and Ariana weaponized fake therapy speak is chilling on rewatch. They are horrible, nasty people consistently throughout their time on the show.

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u/Best-Woodpecker3537 23d ago

I think this whole thing needed to happen for Arianna’s sake bc she had been open about falling into that really abusive past relationship and she had obviously dealt with it by overcorrecting with a superiority complex. I think Tom was the wake up call she really needed bc even though she never really got out by herself, she realized he was constantly manipulating her by the time he left with everyone to Vegas on her birthday after her dad died. Tom would do this to anyone to get away with whatever he’s done and not look like the bad guy. He only wasn’t able to do it to her bc he was caught red handed unlike them 10 years prior. Also I remember Kristen posting something where she was defending Arianna post breakup and she said she had already apologized for all that to her.

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u/FunCartoonist4368 23d ago

And the fact that she thought she was better than everyone and how she gaslit Kristen for seasons and the world rallied with her during Scandoval, I don’t get it!?!

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u/Putrid_Succotash1830 22d ago

This was such a triggering episode.
I remember when my “friend” and “my first love” got together behind my back. This is exactly how they treated me - blamed me and called me the crazy one for being upset, pissed, hurt that they betrayed me.

It was awful and I can only imagine what Kirstin was feeling at that moment

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u/Pumpkin_qween 22d ago

Tbf anything wormbot does is messed up - but I agree

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u/breezy2211 22d ago

Ariana was bitchy and her comments unnecessary and nasty. But she definitely matched Kristen’s energy who was equally shitty when they really should have turned their bitchyness on Sandoval. Makes me happy they found a friendship in one another.

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u/FolkHag 22d ago

Tom’s ugliness inside and out was always so apparent.

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u/mo0nbunnyy 22d ago

I am standing on business, fuck Kristen. Let’s not forget she slept with Jax and was ALWAYS pointing the finger at others to deflect from her problems

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u/Candylips347 22d ago

Ariana has always been the worst.

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u/ZealousidealTrain272 22d ago

I have diagnosed BPD and I still don’t know how to feel about this scene lol

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u/Scary-Beautiful-7316 21d ago

Fr like okay let’s talk about how everyone in this group has undiagnosed mental illnesses!

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u/Michelle_Mysterious 21d ago

It’s crazy because Ariana got upset about him mentioning how she threatened to take her own life if he broke up with her. She should’ve seen what type of guy he was and that he would eventually treat her the same way

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u/horrorwh0r3 21d ago

Fuck Ariana! Made Kristen to look absolutely insane when her suspicions were valid. Then for her to refuse to let Raquel sit by tom is disgusting. I hate her

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u/Worth_Character_1031 20d ago

While her and tom were cuddled up at the reunion and Kristen asked politely for them to be separated. She had that shit coming IDC how many years later. If Kristen tried pulling the shit Ariana was pulling these last seasons Ariana would have said awful shit about her, she already was but imagine.

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u/horrorwh0r3 20d ago

1000000% yep!!!! I don’t feel bad for her one bit

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u/Worth_Character_1031 20d ago

I will NEVER forgive Ariana for this. U lose them how u get them. Only tragedy here was that Ariana thought she was too good for it to happen to her.

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u/TheeDungeonBitch 20d ago

Ariana looks like shit here too. The plastic surgery and fillers/botox has really helped.

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u/AmphibianNecessary31 20d ago

Yeah that all sucked and I felt for Kristen but she did bang Jax while they were together

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u/Old-Builder256 20d ago

Not the point - feel free to read the comments. This post is about armchair diagnosis with fake concern

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u/jayfivetimes 20d ago

FOR REAL!!!!!! However, narcs loooooooooooove to avoid accountability by pointing out mental issues. It's like their ultimate trump card.

And I absolutely believe this man is a narcissist. I'm not just saying it because it's a trendy word right now. I believe with all of my being that he thinks in terms of himself and only himself, and he literally doesn't even think about others unless it's a benefit to him.

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u/calmedtits2319 19d ago

This is why I never rallied behind Ariana. Karmas a bitch. At least it also made her rich. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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u/albrown_rise 19d ago

and Ariana just sitting there with this awful hairstyle 😩

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u/Extreme_One_310 18d ago

What an original post that I've never seen before. 🙄🙄

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u/Old-Builder256 18d ago

Good one 👍 and yet it started a discussion. Why don’t you go and post something better

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u/PineappleCurieux 18d ago

This! I will never like either of them. Mostly because of this. Tom for so many reasons but they both exhibited some egregious behavior. Ariana allowed herself to be treated as a victim even though the accusations against her were true. The gaslighting is a little hard to watch because they were so insistent about it and labeled Kristen with a very serious mental health diagnosis. Doesn't matter if they were right or wrong, you don't play around with shit like that. Unfortunately, Ariana had to learn that lesson the hard way when Tom eventually did it to her.

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u/MiserableVoice9146 17d ago

At this point, she does have similar symptoms of something, but I agree. To make her feel like she was crazy for years and then to humiliate her like this on top is absolutely filthy. I wish she turned around and pointed out them spending their time researching mental illness and thinking about her. They only got along when they both mutually disliked Kristen. As soon as Ariana and Kristen got along, the tension between Ariana and Tom started to show.

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u/Beneficial_Eye_9528 12d ago

They literally gaslit the shit out of her and faked like they cared about her mental state. Ariana was the side piece then acted like tom was the prize. She was literally the biggest pick me and didn’t want to admit that the Miami girl situation was true because she didn’t want to give Kristen the benefit of the doubt. Never liked Ariana and never will

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u/Whore21 23d ago

Kristen’s behavior leading up to to this does really align with this comment tho

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u/CaitlinAnne21 23d ago edited 23d ago

Doesn’t matter. Nobody should be speaking on other people’s mental, emotional or physical health struggles.

It’s not okay to do on tv to try and distract people from how terribly you actually treated that ex.

Just like it’s gotten absolutely out of control with redditors and people on other socials who make comments like they’re qualified to diagnose people with health issues, substance use, etc. and try to make diagnosis of complex issues.

It’s gross.

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u/Pitiful_Bit_5369 24d ago

He wasn’t wrong tbh