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We decided to do a recap of the ‘unreal’ reality show, Jo and Slade: Date My Ex, before next week’s finale.

Next Monday, Jo De La Rosa, the “star” of Jo and Slade: Date my Ex, will pick out one of the two last contestants standing, Lucas and Chris, two seemingly normal guys in their twenties. The winner gets, well, we’re not quite sure what the winner gets, perhaps it’s a fourth date with Jo.

At the end of last week’s show, Jo told Zack, the scruffy model, her original “you didn’t cut it” line, “let’s be friends”. Zack responded by being pissy, telling Jo he had the hots for Jo’s very blonde friend with the bushy bangs, Mayia. Slade made the comment that Zack was lucky he didn’t walk by Slade as he exited, as Slade would have smacked him, or something on that order.

Slade surprised everyone by interupting Mayia’s spiel by telling Jo that he still had unresolved “feelings” for her and that he wanted a “date”. When Jo said yes to a date, Chris, then Lucas, stormed off with Jo running in five-inch heels after them.

The original premise of Date my Ex is on Bravo’s website. Jo was supposed to “get a second chance at love (with a little help from her ex-fiance Slade Smiley)” and her two friends, Katy and Maia. Jo had to pick one “suitor” from each episode to pass to the next round with Slade’s role explained in the bio on Bravo:

“But in a bizarre twist, the men must all live with Slade, who has also moved to Los Angeles and remains Jo’s closest confidante. Following their dates with Jo, Slade will grill the guys and voice his opinions on which ones he deems most suitable for his ex. He will also test them in an attempt to find out which ones are there for the right reasons.”

After watching the show it seems Slade’s role was reduced to dorm manager. Slade never seemed to “grill” any of the “suitors”, he also was fairly low key in voicing his opinions about the guys to Jo. At one point, when the whole Jo “suitor” entourage packed up and rode a bus to a “luxurious” desert spa for a weekend getaway, Slade was asked by Jo to go home because the guys claimed he was being a “downer”. And yet, we can’t help but wonder if that wasn’t the whole point, after all, would we watch if there weren’t any dramatic elements to the show?

Slade’s “home” on Date My Ex is a beautiful sleek contemporary abode. We were never privy to just exactly what Slade seemed to be doing these days other than hanging around his house keeping a low key eye on his “visitors”. In the Real Housewives of Orange County, Slade was involved in the mortgage title company business. On his MySpace page, Slade has a new company listed, Grayson Entertainment, located in Los Angeles. We can only assume the name Grayson is related to Slade’s young son who purportedly is suffering from a rare form of brain cancer.

Slade, who is in his upper 30’s, appears in the show with the latest “scruffy” look, complete with the requisite in latest fashion, a long bulky scarf wound around his neck with a short sleeve t-shirt. Unfortunately for Slade the “look” wasn’t right, it would have served him better if he’d shaved and wore something a bit more classy.

For the most part the “dates” seemed enamored of the Peruvian born but LA mindset Jo. There’s been scant mention of Jo’s new career in the music industry on the show, instead the sole focus has been on pre-dates, dates, and post-dates, with chitchat about the dates with Jo’s friends, Slade, and the suitors left cooling their heels back at Slade’s place.

One of the two finalists, Lucas, told Jo he just wanted to make her “happy”. Or was it other finalist, Chris? Pardon us if we can’t recall, the two men seem to have morphed into one. Jo’s dates with the contenders seemed shallow and superficial, but as they’re only the first and second, and if the guy was really lucky, a third date with Jo, we’re surprised Jo has already asked Chris just how “important” it was for him to remain in Chicago where his home, family, and business are located.

Jo and Mayia have taken fashion to new ‘lows’ with both sporting “dresses” whose hems were inordinately high. We were hoping someone’s Grandmother would swoop in and add a couple extra inches of fabric and a couple of “tsk-tsks”. We also were fascinated with the extremely tanned brassy blonde Myia with the heavy fringe of bangs which reminded us of a character in Walt Disney’s 1955 version of “Lady and the Tramp”.

Okay, back to the cliffhanger: Chris and Lucas stormed off the backyard “elimination” stage after Slade interjected himself into the “Dates” by asking Jo if she grant his wish for “one more date”. It was after Jo said yes that the two guys had an epiphany and said “we’re outta here!”. Jo ran after the two guys, begging them to return to the show, after all, if they left, the show would be technically over, leaving Jo alone on the “dating” altar. Lucas caved first and helped persuade Chris to return.

The next episode had Jo going on another date with the two guys. We found it rather strange that she would beg them to return so that she could publicly reject one over the other in a matter of days on the “finale”. Interestingly, for a girl who wears dresses shorter than short shorts, Jo’s dates were rated PG.

We were skeptical when we first heard about the show’s plot line, yet watching it has been a bit of silly fun. Next week is the finale with Jo picking between Chris and Lucas, the final two contestants. Just what they win we’re not sure, perhaps a fourth or even a fifth date with the effervescent Jo. After all, the title of the show is “Date” My Ex, not marry her.

By LBG

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