On Monday night’s key ‘hometown’ episode, Covid-19 style, the three remaining suitors for Katie’s heart all were bringing a little of their geography to Katie whether it be: Canada (Blake Moynes), Baltimore (Justin Glaze) or New Jersey (Greg Grippo). Although Katie did not travel to meet the parents or siblings or friends of the competitors, she did meet them at the resort they were filming this season of The Bachelorette at; with a few exceptions.
Justin’s parents did not make the trip to meet Katie, which upset Justin, so he had two of his buddies there to meet and grill Katie about his relationship with her making for some awkwardness, and Katie thinking it was a bit odd that his parents were not there to meet his “girl”. But, this was also filmed earlier this year during Covid-19, so you could give the parents a pass there. Justin’s friend told him he had to open up to Katie with only two weeks left if he wants to be the last man standing at the end of her journey to find love. Problem is, Justin is always so guarded with using the word “love” and gets scared off. However, as Katie was getting into the limo van after their ‘hometown’, Justin manned up and kinda, sorta, told her he was falling in love with her, which we think would be music to Katie’s ears, but who knows at this point, right?
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Blake’s hometown featured his mother and sister doing some talking with Blake. He has not told Katie he loves her. Blake’s sister reminds him, that he fell head over heels for Clare, and then Tayshia in last season’s start and re-start of The Bachelorette, so why is Katie the one this time? Blake assures her he has never felt like this for any other woman (didn’t he say that about Clare and Tayshia last time out?), but is getting to the point where he is ‘in love” with Katie. When it was time for their ‘hometown’ to end, Blake still could not get the words out of his mouth to Katie and she got in her limo van and drove away.
The big finale of the two-hour episode was quite an emotional one when it was Greg and Katie’s date and for her to meet his mother, his brother and his friend. As has been talked about throughout the season, Greg’s father passed away and he has been devastated at the loss of the man he loved and admired so much. After an amazing one-on-one date proceeding the family gathering, complete with more faux-rain at the snap of Greg’s fingers to show Katie it rains in New Jersey, not only in her hometown of Seattle, we meet the Grippos.
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There were so many tears, and mostly from Greg. First, his sisters sent him a videotape which his mom played to him and Katie wishing them well, and being sorry they could not be there. One of his sisters who was pregnant, mentioned to him how proud his dad would be of him. More tears followed.
But here is the issue that plagued Katie. She made this decisionto not tell anyone she’s in love with them or falling in love with them, while she is dating other men. That decision cost her, because playing it down the middle, looks like it lost her the man she wanted to be with at the end of her season.
Privately, Katie told Greg’s mother and brother, in separate conversations, that Greg would be one of her finalists, and was going on to the next show and would be around for awhile, to assure them she was not intending to break Greg’s heart. Greg’s brother told Katie that he has not seen his brother this happy since before their father died, and it’s because of her. Later, the family sorta urges Greg to tell Katie he loves her, which he eventually does. He says to Katie that she brought him back to life and fixed the hole that formed in his heart after his father died, adding “Honestly, I haven’t been this vulnerable with anybody in my life.”
However, Greg told his mother that he was really needing, and desperate, to see Katie share more of her feelings about him expressing: “I need her to be fully vulnerable with me and tell me exactly how she’s feeling,” That prompted Greg, alone with Katie, to tell her how much he was falling for her and her response came off ice cold. Greg added, “I don’t know what else to show you at this point, or what else to do, I’m not going to get down on one knee twice. It’s a one-deal thing for me.” He explained its not about getting a rose, or moving on in the show, its about loving her and wanting to be with her.
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Katie struggled to find an appropriate response, and instead smiled at him and replied, “I just love looking at you.” Greg was immediately taken aback and pulled away from her. She kept saying she did not understand what he wanted her to say. Greg said. “I just don’t get it.” Then she replied, “Am I wasting my time? I’m telling you everything, and you still don’t even believe me… I’m losing you, I’m losing my mind here. This whole thing was for nothing if you leave.” But what did she really tell him that he needed to hear? Greg defiant says, “I deserve more than what I’ve been given on your side. I’m not happy here anymore… I’m done here.”
The whole break-up was oft-kilter and seemingly odd, because Katie had told producers during testimonials that she was falling for Greg. Why would she left him walk way? Greg then walks out and goes outside the resort. Katie follows, where you think the two will reconcile, but they still can’t seem to get on the same page, and he leaves.
So how does this episode wind up? Katie telling the producers she’s done and locking herself in her hotel suite bathroom crying on the floor. Co-host Kaitlyn Bristowe is sent in to try to get her to open up the bathroom door and talks Katie through her emotions and the “process”. Katie says that there’s no way to Greg back he is gone and Michael’s gone, so, what’s the point? When Kaitlyn gets inside the door of the bathroom to hug Katie, she asks her what she wants to do next. Katie replies: “I want someone to book my flight home.”
When the credits role we are given a soap-opera style love montage of the history of Katie and Greg’s relationship before we fade to black. So now what? Is Katie going to have ‘fantasy suite’ dates with Blake and Justin as we head to the finale, or should we just stop this madness right here and Katie should call it quits and truly go home?
What did you think of Greg and Katie’s break-up? How do you think Katie’s journey will end? Will Greg be back by the finale somehow, someway? Comment below.
In what could only be the stunner of this season of Dancing with the Stars, the Tuesday night, November 1o episode saw one of the heavy favorites Jenna Dewan and pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy eliminated right before next week’s all-important semi-finals for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.
Week 9 was Grammy night, where the contestants performed routines related to the Grammy Awards with songs that have either won or been nominated for the music industry’s highest prize.
After each couple performed their usual routine, they had to dance a second time vs, another couple doing the same dance style. Only Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson earned immunity from having to participate in it.
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THE RESULTS
When all was said and done during the results portion of the show; the following couples were deemed safe and will dance another day: Shum Jr. and Johnson, Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov, Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach, Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas, and Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold.
That left former Y&R actress Tatyana Ali (ex-Roxanne) and Jan Ravnik and Dewan and Chmerkovskiy in the bottom two. It was then revealed that Jenna and Val would be going home. The ballroom fell silent and Dewan said her “thank you’s “in the most gracious way about her dance journey.
Dewan is a dancer, having worked professionally with the likes of Janet Jackson (who also popped up in a special message to her former back-up dancer in the episode) while currently being an actress, and appearing as a series regular on The Rookie. Chmerkovskiy has been controversial figure all season especially after being suspended one week after comments made towards judge Carrie Ann Inaba.
BREAKING THEIR SILENCE
This begs the question: did America want the couple gone, because they had an unfair advantage with Dewan’s dance prowess, or did the show want the couple booted off too?
Later, Jenna and Val broke their silence on the elimination to Extra. Chmerkovskiy shared “It’s’ definitely a sad result. I thought we had a great season.” Dewan admitted, “I know this was a particularly tough week for a lot of the online noise … but I know that we went out there and had the best time of our life.”
Val is married to pro dancer, Jenna Johnson, who remained in the top slot on the leaderboard during the competition with Harry Shum Jr. However, she also had a bad week breaking her nose in rehearsal!
Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET and next day on Hulu.
So were you happy, or sad to see Jenna and Val voted off of Dancing with the Stars? Of the remaining couples who do you hope make it from the semi-finals to the finals and hoists the Mirrorball Trophy? Weigh-in via the comment section.
Six-time Daytime Emmy winner, Heather Tom, while not taking the gold at the recent Daytime Emmys for Lead Actress, which would have been a record-breaking victory for an actress; should be prepared that in 2027, she has to be near to a lock take that award home!
In the last few months Michael Fairman TV has named her weekly performances as Power Performance of the Week, and for the week of November 2-6, she has done it again!
How did she earn the honors? Well, quite simply, this version of Katie Logan that is being written and portrayed beautifully, has given the character infused live, a backbone, a woman so tired of being put-upon and wronged, that she is firing back in such major ways that her own family doesn’t recognize her behavior.
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KATIE AND BROOKE HAVE A SEISMIC SHOWDOWN
Longtime viewers of The Bold and the Beautiful can make a very compelling case that the behavior is justified. Then, on the November 4 episode, Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Katie have another major confrontation. Katie is irate that Brooke phoned Bill Spencer (Don Diamont) in an effort to help Bill get through to her to back off the way she is destroying Forrester Creations, in what appears to be Katie’s poaching of the design team, and her ramped up vendetta against Brooke.
However, let’s not forget, Brooke and their sister, Donna (Jennifer Gareis) disowned Katie from the family just a few months ago too! Now in this showdown, Katie rips into Brooke after Brooke attempts to reason with her. Brooke even pulls out the “Stormy” card, reminding viewers that Katie has Storm’s heart. She snipes, “Do you really think he’d be proud of you right now?”
In that moment, Katie chokes up and is struck by that statement, but defends her actions and says Storm would be proud of her. Brooke goes in on if Storm would approve of the way she has gone about building her Logan fashion house design team, which to many seem like cutthroat tactics, Brooke even tells her “Bill is worried.”
Katie snaps after that comment and begins to show her disgust and emotional wounds from how Brooke slept with Bill years ago, especially when she goes in on the the text message Brooke sent to Bill and the use of a stallion emoji. Brooke claims it meant nothing, but Katie shuts her down and shuts her up! Reminding her sister, how she destroyed everything.
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KATIE NEVER FORGOT HOW BROOKE SLEPT WITH BILL
Brooke reminds Katie that she had postpartum depression at the time, and she “pushed” her and Bill together. Katie begins to cry, “How could you not know something was profoundly wrong?”
Katie says while she was suffering, Brooke was off in Aspen having sex with Bill. She says of her sister, “You take what you want, and it doesn’t matter who gets hurt and whose life gets destroyed.” She then snipes what was her sister’s excuse the second time?
Then, in the masterful moment in the performance, as sister Donna walks into the showdown, Katie warns Brooke to not EVER talk to her again about morality, or ever accuse her of stealing anything from her, when “You are the master!”
BROOKE’S PAST WILL ALWAYS BE THROWN IN HER FACE
Next, Katie throws down the line Stephanie Forrester called Brooke all the years of their feud, “You are just a slut from the valley.” She punctuated it to both her sister, “We all know she’d sell her soul for a little male attention.'”
Katie tells Brooke she will never apologize to Bill, adding, “And I will never forgive you for this. I am so done with you, and if you’re going to stand next to her (aimed at Donna), then I am done with you too.” As the scene came to its conclusion, Katie told Brooke and Katie to, “stay away from me, stay away from my family, and stay away from Bill.”
Throughout all the scenes, Heather Tom displayed why she is one of the fiercest actresses in daytime drama. This storyline has afforded Tom the opportunity to show all of Katie’s inner rage built over years as she finally lets it out on those who wronged her. For anyone who has been made to feel the weaker sibling in a family, Tom is showing the cause and effect of what can happen to someone after years of feeling put down.
For all the reasons stated above, Michael Fairman TV names Heather Tom our selection for Power Performance of the Week. You can check out part of Heather’s emotional turn in the video clip below.
Now let us know, do you agree with our pick of Heather Tom for the Power Performance of the Week? What do you think about how Katie is being written in this storyline? Do you think Heather has secured the Lead Actress Emmy in 2027? Weigh-in via the comment section.
Coming into this weekend’s WWE Crown Jewel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, many feared it was dangerous move given the unrest inside the country and the recent bombings at the airport. The concern and welfare for the WWE superstars and those behind the scenes that did travel to the Middle East was of utmost concerns to longtime fans.
Luckily, the WWE put on their latest PLE on Saturday, November 7 and got out of the country in time, before a missile strike hit on Sunday, November 8.
Crown Jewel 2026 featured a showstopping main event between Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn, the long-awaited punt kick by Cody Rhodes to the head of Randy Orton, a Money in the Bank cash-in, and new Men’s Tag Team champs.
Let’s take a look at what went down and give you our top 4 takeaways on the four match card that was streamed on ESPN Unlimited.
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A TRUE UCE
In Riyadh, Sami Zayn was the hometown favorite even though he is the heel. Zayn is of Syrian-decent, and he delivered probably his best in-ring performance of his career facing the Tribal Chief, the OTC, Roman Reigns, with many in the attendance also lifting their ones to the sky.
The Crown Jewel matches as is tradition feature champion vs. champion of Raw and Smackdown. While no title is on the line, the Crown Jewel winners receive a magnificent belt and a ring.
It should be mentioned, once again, that there is no one better right in the ring right now, who can deliver their character and tell a story better than Roman Reigns. Everything he does in the moment moves the in-ring story forward.
At Crown Jewel, it took everything the Tribal Chief had to defeat the WWE champion Sami Zayn, who just refused to go down until Reigns finally hit yet one more spear. Throughout the match, Zayn even copied the OTC’s signature moves, Superman Punch and all!
In the end, and after all the back and forth, Reigns was able to secure the pin. But, it was the aftermath that had everyone talking. Zayn refused to leave the ring before getting an acknowledgement from the OTC. He demanded a handshake. But to everyone’s surprise, Reigns did him one better and gave Sami a hug.
The pièce de résistance came when Reigns called Zayn a true “Uce.” This harkened back to the original Bloodline storyline when Sami was called an “Honorary Uce” because he was not a real brother or cousin. With this decision by Reigns, could that mean that Zayn might be called upon to help the Bloodline fight the 946 at War Games? More to come.
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CODY PUNTS, BUT IN THE END DOES IT MATTER?
As they say in the song “Cell Block Tango” from the musical Chicago, “He had it coming!” Randy Orton finally got the highly-awaited punk kick to the head in the Last Man Standing Match with Cody Rhodes, which served as the end of the trilogy to their botched feud.
In what can only be deemed as a lackluster opening bout between these two megastars, it felt slow and plodding. The crowd in Riyadh was firmly behind Orton, while they often booed Rhodes. The question was, how far would Rhodes go in the match? Would he completely snap and turn heel?
After failed ten counts to win inside and outside the ring and the arena floor by both men, Rhodes countered an attempted RKO into two back-to-back Cross Rhodes. The second nicked Orton’s head on the steel steps that Rhodes brought in earlier. Orton was bleeding. Next, Cody make referee Charles Robinson stop the count, so he could set up the punt to the head, this time with no hesitation.
Cody struck Orton and knocked out The Viper to end the match. The most interesting moment occurred as Cody walked from the ring up the ramp and the cameras showed a well-played moment by Rhodes. In it, he played the conflict of the realization of what he just stooped to, but how he sort of liked it. Many are hoping a heel turn is just a moment away, but is it?
However in the post show, Rhodes said that this feud with Randy took all the joy he once had for pro wrestling, and because of it he wants to do something light and fun. So, he asked Rey Mysterio to led him lead Team USA against Team Mexico at Survivor Series. The answer should come this week. A disappointing match and confusion to where Cody and Randy go next reign supreme!
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TIFFY TIME UNWANTED
This went down as we had predicted on our What’s Up? WrestlingCrown Jewel Prediction Show. Chelsea Green just can’t catch a break for too long and now she is betrayed by her “bestie” with a Money in the Bank briefcase to the head after getting one up on Liv Morgan.
Throughout the Morgan vs. Green Women’s champion vs. champion match-up, Liv continued to berate and talk down to Green. At one point during the match, Liv’s Judgment Day stablemates Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez showed up at ringside, and Morgan told them to shoo! She said she can handle Chelsea all by herself, but that proved costly. Green was able to roll up Morgan for the victory.
Triple H enters the ring and gives Green the Crown Jewel belt and ring. Next, Chelsea addressed the crowd expressing, “Thirteen years I was overlooked, and we did it, baby.”
Suddenly, Liv Morgan attacks her. Even more suddenly, Tiffany Stratton’s music hits and she comes out making it look like she is going to cash in on Morgan. The Judgment Day gals save Liv, but then Tiffany hits her friend Chelsea in the head with the briefcase. She tells the ref that she is cashing in on Chelsea Green.
Tiffany does her patented moonsault finisher and that’s all she wrote. Tiffany is the new WWE Women’s champion and for good measure she takes Green’s just won Crown Jewel belt and ring and reveals it’s “Tiffy Time.” The problem with this finish is you could see it coming a mile away.
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LOST THE VISION
Current beloved babyfaces, Je’Von Evans and Penta added tag team titles to their waists after defeating Vision members: Bron Breakker and Austin Theory.
The match had plenty of interference, in particular from The Vision’s Bronson Reed who wound up getting payback from Oba Femi when he showed up to take him out leveling the playing field.
In the end, Penta delivered a Mexican Destroyer while Evans finished the match with an OG Cutter. Now, Evans won his first title in more than 1,0000 days. The final shot at the ring ramp of Femi raising the arms of Evans and Penta in victory showcased the future of the WWE.
With this lost, it stands to reason, Bron Breakker has to “break” away from the Vision and go off on his own. He’s too good and can be utilized back in the singles title pictures. This faction has been plagued with injuries since day one. It’s time to let the likes of Logan Paul (when he is set to return from injury) and Breakker go back to being on the upper card.
OVERALL GRADES
CROWN JEWEL 2026: C+
BEST MATCH: Reigns vs. Zayn: A
WORST MATCH:Rhodes vs. Orton C-
Check out the Crown Jewel 2026 video highlights below, followed by the What’s Up? Wrestling’s Post Show.
Now let us know: What did you think of Crown Jewel 2026? What was your favorite match? Favorite WWE Superstar in it? Least favorite match? Overall grade? Tell us in the comment section.
