Pink Shade

Pink Shade

Pink Shade, hosted by Mary Payne Gilbert, has the best breakdowns and takedowns of your favorite reality TV. Mary Payne recaps the shows we all love (and love to hate) three times a week with rotating co-hosts. MP covers the 90 Day Fiance franchise, Love After Lockup franchise, as well as Bravo shows. From Mugshot Monday to Pop and Bravo on Thursdays! Mary Payne and her guests untangle the complexities, love lives, family relationships, and general ridiculousness of the fascinating people on Bravo, WeTV, TLC and more! Learn more: www.pinkshadepodcast.com

Episodes

October 24, 2025 57 mins
Mary Payne chats with buddy Chris DeRosa of Fixing Famous People about "Rebel Royals" on Netflix.  We didn't know what to expect with this documentary but we surely didn't expect a full blown charlatan grifter!  This documentary covers the relationship and marriage of Princess Marta of Norway to a self proclaimed "shaman" named Durek (nee Derek) Verrett of USA.  This guy has a wikipedia that is just wild and we question whether any...
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Mary Payne chats with friend Amy Phillips (Drama, Darling) about this week's Bravo shows and news. We chat about Brittany's implants, Meredith Marks driving, our love of Marysol and Brittani's chat with her daughter. We also give you all the tea on Amy's upcoming Vegas shows (CabarAmy) and of course, MP and Ryan's pre-party before CabarAmy on Saturday, November 15.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ATZeOHm7MTQ

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MP and Kimberly talk about the latest episode of 90 Day HEA (s9e16) "Boy That Escalated Quickly". Darcey and Stacey walk in a fashion show and then Darcey and Georgi have another fight. Brandon and Julia head off to Europe with no timeline or plan. The Floridiots fight and make up and Elizabeth acts like a backstabbing snake. And finally, Jasmine tells her mother she left Gino and is pregnant with Matt's baby. Next week - childbirt...
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Mary Payne and Keisha are LOVING 60 Days In. On the latest episode "Shank Anxiety" (s4e2) we get THREE new fake inmates, Johnny (former gang member), Stephanie (has siblings who have been incarcerated) and Angele (has siblings who have been incarcerated). Johnny worries he's the only Hispanic in his unit but makes friends by telling them he's in for armed robbery and was in a gang in a previous life. Stephanie claims to be super bo...
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October 16, 2025 43 mins
Mary Payne plays a game with Ace Fanning "Does Ace Know Who This Is?" and hilarity ensues! Mary Payne shows Ace 25 slides of famous people (politics, sports, TV/Film, music) to see if Ace knows who they are. How do you think Ace did on this test? This episode is best watched on our You Tube channel!

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4iY2TsNv0N8

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October 16, 2025 75 mins
Mary Payne chats with fan favorite, Ace Fanning, about this week in the Bravoverse. As usual, we go way off topic and delve into Ace's new love of his minivan and both of disdain for fancy food. And we go on a Love is Blind tangent that will be on Pink Shade Prime!

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/T01CstE9s10

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Mary Payne and Kimberly chat about 90 Day HEA (s9e15) "You're Not a Kid Anymore, Dorothy". Brandon and Julia fight with his parents about their trip to Europe. Darcey, Georgi, Stacey and Florian go visit Papa Silva and her daughters in Connecticut as they prepare to go to Fashion Week! The Floridiots continue to talk about the mean thing Jovi said to Yara and the fight between Elizabeth and Loren. Jasmine and Matt go see an immigra...
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Mary Payne and Keisha tackle a new inmate show for Mugshot Monday! Per Kimberly's request, we are covering 60 DAYS IN and on (s4e1) "The Beginning of the End" we dive in! First of all, who on earth would ever participate in this experiment? And also WHY would you put your son into the experiment knowing he's "soft" (looking at you, greasy haired Pastor MATT!). Alan, a cop, is also going in and hoping no one realizes he's a cop. We ...
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Mary Payne chats about some of our favorite TLC shows and breaks down the latest episode of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City with friends Corey and Carly of Surviving Reality.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ka7aqpQk2I0

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Mary Payne and Kimberly chat about 90 Day HEA (s9e14) "You Play with Matches, You Get Burned". Brandon and Julia agree to go to Europe instead of having a baby. Andrei, Libby, Jovi, Yara, Loren and Alexi continue their ski vacation and discuss why Jovi is a terrible husband. Darcey and Georgi go to dinner with friends where she tells him to just divorce her. Jasmine and Matt meet his buddy and Matt acts like a real jerk. Gino reads...
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Mary Payne and Keisha break down the season finale of Life After Lockup (s6be10) "Vows and Vendettas". This was a GREAT finale episode! Brooke and JK finally break up and after she smacks him. She's moved to Galveston. Quiana and Jawalia never meet up and Quiana and Damodrick are still together. Will and Courtnee go their separate ways. Zeruiah and Troy have a somewhat successful meeting with Crazy Karen. Justine and Michael postpo...
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October 2, 2025 67 mins
Mary Payne chats with new bestie, Miguel Luciano! Miguel is an actor, an acting coach and Housewives impersonator extraordinaire! We chat about his summer of RHONY where he met Ramona, LuAnn and Jill and his new friendships with Marysol and Alexia. Be sure to check out all the fun impressions he did for me on this episode and follow him @themiguelluciano on Instagram.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NCg8UMMR6cA

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Mary Payne and Keisha talk about the new season of Love is Blind Denver. We chat about episodes 1 and 2 - it's a combo episode! On Episode 1 "A Love That Sparkles" we meet a lot of singles and we get our first proposal...that was FAST! On Episode 2 "Love Me When I Am Blind" we get a second proposal AND a girl who ghosts the entire experience.

Timestamp: Episode 2 starts around 44:27

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Mary Payne chats with fellow podcaster, Kim, from 90 Day Fiance Cray Cray about this week's episode of 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After (s913) "It Wasn't Over, It Still Isn't Over".  Jovi, Yara, Alexi and Loren head to Lake Placid to play silly games and then Jovi insults Yara.  Darcey and Georgi have another stupid fight in Bulgaria.  Julia takes her parents to the airport.  Jasmine and Matt fight in a baby store and Gino tells a...
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Mary Payne chats with Keisha about Life After Lockup (s6e9) "DNA All The Way!" Will and Courtnee fight about who she's been banging. Quiana and Damodrick meet with the lawyer, who wants them to meet with Jawalia. LaTisha takes a plea deal and later gets mad at Keith for not wanting to get remarried. Zeruiah acts very nice in this episode and Troy gets along with Yona for once. Justine and Michael continue to have a fake storyline a...
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Mary Payne chats with Ben and Ronnie of Watch What Crappens to chat all things Bravo! We also discuss Taylor Franke Paul as "The Bachelorette" and our thoughts on this season of DWTS (really, just Whitney, Jen and Dylan Efron). We dissect the "gout dick sucker" insult on RHSLC and try to solve the mystery of "Where is Katie" on RHOC. Ben and Ronnie try to guess what nickname Marysol (RHOM) would give to MP and why we didn't like th...
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 Mary Payne and Kimberly break down the latest episode of 90 Day: Happily Ever After (s9e12) "Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again".  Darcey and Georgi have a beautiful anniversary party and she later yaks up all her red wine.  Jasmine and Matt are having a boy and he is NOT happy about it.  Loren and Yara get their hair done and Yara tries to figure out if she said "he's a horrible person" or not.  And finally, Brandon and Julia fight some...
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Mary Payne and Kimberly recap a glorious premiere episode of season 6 of Seeking Sister Wife.  On this episode, we meet Reise and Billie Jean Williamson and well, this might be a better case for Seeking Brother Husband.  What in the show choir jazz hands is going on here?  We also meet Yessel and Dani Perlata and she does NOT seem on board with the seeking but he is looking for another lady to lick in a photo.  And then of course w...
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September 23, 2025 60 mins
Enjoy this bonus episode where Mary Payne chats with Olivia Plath about her feelings on this season of Welcome to Plathville - including the bullying of Zac, Ethan's pants being pulled all the way up, Micah's nose, Lydia singing at her own wedding, Veronica's horrid behavior and all the other shenanigans on this season.  

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Mary Payne and Keisha chat about this week's episode of Life After Lockup (s6be8) "Karma's Coming".  JK finds out Alex is pregnant but she's only 50% sure it is his baby.  Zeruiah tells Troy she's pregnant while he cries hysterically over his dad's ashes.  Justine and Michael look at wedding venues in New York and we find out Sherry spent $100k on her wedding.  Latisha "works" at a coffee shop (#BossBabe) and Keith worries about wh...
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