"Skating with the Stars" Week 4 Recap

Oooohhhh....I'm hot about this one. And not only am I mad about the asshattery going on between fans of Bethenny Frankel and Johnny Weir, but I'm mad that it has made me care about this horrible, horrible show. This is probably the worst show ever, even worse than 'Holiday Wipe Out' and here I am all angry about it. Jerks.

So let's just address the big Johnny Weir vs. Bethenny Frankel thing right out of the gates, because I have something to say about this. So last night, after Bethenny went out there and did her usual glide on 2 feet, stop and dance a jig, get tossed around a little, repeat. When it came time for the judging, Grandpa Button declared himself the Betty White of figure skating, trying in his Grandpa Button way to be funny... which pissed me off to no end when Bethenny kept making her 'suck a lemon face' at Dick freaking two time Olympic champion figure skating legend Button. Sure he's an eccentric ol' queen that doesn't make a lick of sense, but that's why we lurrrve him. Be a little gracious, girl. He's got a lot more fans than you do.

Then Johnny's turn came and he basically said, "Bish please... why judge you if you don't care what we think? Kinda pointless then to watch you, right?" paraphrased of course. This sent the B-dawg army into an absolute tizzy, and if you took that reaction of Johnny's on it's own it does seem childish and unprofessional to say. But you know what? He's right. You don't go on a national competition that is JUDGED and say 'Eff the judges' when they don't give you high scores for standing there and doing the same thing week after week.

Not only that, but Johnny has taken an absolute beating at the hands of Bethenny and her sycophants fans. Beyond the realm of anything having to do with a TV show. He has endured gay slurs, one pro Bethenny blogger last night promoted a Bethenny fan's tweet that referred to him as a 'whiny gay bitch', Bethenny herself told the media last week that she was the woman Johnny wished he was. Because all gay men that like makeup and fashion want to be women, right?

So wrong on so many levels. And you know what? Johnny didn't engage in the madness, he kept it about skating and called her out on the skating. He didn't make it personal, or cut her down about her lifestyle or appearance, he said why bother judging you if you don't care?

And yes I am biased. I am not really a fan of any housewife, and I simply don't get the hero -worship of Bethenny. Good for her for doing all she has done with her career and life, but so help me, one more whiny segment about her having to take a red eye flight for work and I'm going to scream. And I have been a fan of Johnny's since he was 13 and I watched him skate his first nationals. That kid basically taught himself how to skate, then passed kids up who had been competing twice as long to become a national champion and world medalist. He's different. He's endured a lot because he's different. But he's never changed who he is for anyone even when it may have cost him medals. That kid will always have my respect. Bethenny and her fans made this personal, not Johnny Weir. Even after the whole call out from Johnny, Bethenny had the balls to sit there in the kiss and cry and squawk about how lame figure skating is to Tanith Belbin...the most decorated US Ice Dancer ever. Well done.

Grrrr...I'm mad about this! So let's talk about the other nice people on this show.

Poor Brandon Mychal Smith looked like road kill last night. Yikes. That poor kid is sick, and I hope it's just a stomach virus from hell that knocked him out. Maybe if they do another season of this show, he can come back. I liked that they gave Keauna and her partner the last routine of the night. I guess those Disney kids are mortals after all, not just talent ninjas created in a lab.

How cute is Jonny Moseley? I think he was given a gift of scores last night, because Rebecca actually did more technically difficult stuff, but I was impressed with the ladder/press lift and then a throw double salchow. He could do more with his footwork, but he's just so darn cute who even cares...

Rebecca Budig got a little robbed last night. Her death spiral was really well done, but that airplane lift was all butt. She should have done a two handed cartwheel lift or something that looked better than that. But I love that she does crosspulls and footwork between her elements. Fred's a patootie too, so they're my fave.

Did you see the camaraderie between Jonny and Rebecca? How fun and friendly it is to just have a lil' competition? Hmmm...where was our lil' sour grapes chomper and Haterade sipper?

That's another thing that made me salty...here we had the hotness of John Zimmerman all over the place for a full hour and it's been wasted on some lame catfight.

So let's talk results...who goes home next week? Bethenny. I think Johnny's supporters outnumber hers, and Moseley and Budig have pretty huge fan bases of their own. So the finale will be Rebecca Budig and Jonny Moseley as it should be. Just remember Chicagoans, we will not see the show on Monday night until 11:05 because we have to watch the Bears stink up the place first on Monday Night Football.

What did you think of this week? Who is more out of line? Bethenny or Johnny? Who do you think should be in the finale?!

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