TJG: Next Gen NYC S2 Reunion Part 2!

Two Judgey Girls

The hosts reflect on the Season 2 reunion of Next Gen NYC, discussing the heavy personal revelations shared by the cast. They delve into Hud

Key takeaways

• Hudson revealed his struggle with drug addiction and subsequent rehab during the reunion episode.
• Whitney and Kenny announced their engagement following a trip to Italy.

Main topics

• Next Gen NYC Reunion
• Netflix's Million Dollar Secret cast reveal

Notable quotes

We say goodbye to them. We send them off on their merry way and we let them spread their wings and fly.

Conclusion

The episode provides an emotional deep dive into the personal growth a

Transcript preview

Speaker 2 (0:15) Welcome back to Two Judgy Girls. This is Mary Speaker 3 (0:17) from the Bay. And it's Courtney from L.A. And today we sunset our children. We say goodbye to them. We send them off on their merry way and we let them spread their wings and fly. Butterfly. Speaker 2 (0:31) I honestly feel like they have all become such good friends off camera and felt like they were protecting each other at this reunion. I saw some holes. I'm like. No, no, no. Bring that to the show. So I think season three is going to be absolutely incredible. Speaker 3 (0:48) They're more veterans, too. You know, it's ready. They're ready. The alliances have been drawn. There's going to be good drama going on. And they're here to make a show. And what can we say? Those are our kids. We're proud of them. I couldn't be more proud as a mother. I truly, truly. When I brag about my kids. I'm not making things up. I'm truly proud of them. And I'm bragging like crazy. Before we get there, though, we've got to talk a couple of things. So yesterday, Whitney and Kenny announced that they are engaged in the city season two. Will we be seeing wedding planning? I Speaker 2 (1:24) guess so. Honestly, the backdrop was stunning. They were in Italy, flowers everywhere. Of course, Whitney happened to be wearing a white dress so serendipitously. Her ring on Instagram is. giant. It is stunning. It is gorgeous. And I'm just like, are they starting to film as soon as they get back? And that's why he finally popped the question. I feel like contracts are maybe already out and they're going to start picking up cameras in the next couple of weeks. I Speaker 3 (1:55) have to assume because our girl Hub House is not on the Traders cast that it's because In the City is filming. I just don't see a world in which she was not invited to that. It doesn't make sense to me, especially because she was cast previously. I feel like the door is open for her to come onto the show. And so in my mind, season two is Speaker 2 (2:15) happening. Now, here's a question I have for you, though. Is Speaker 3 (2:18) Amanda going to be on In the City season two? I Speaker 2 (2:22) think no. Speaker 3 (2:24) Okay, because announced today is Netflix's version of Traders. It's called Million Dollar Secret, and Wes Wilson has been cast on it. And so Million Dollar Secret, if you haven't seen it, I've only seen a little bit. This is like their first celeb season, I believe. You have like a chest that has a million dollars and you're trying to figure out who is the person that's holding on to this chest right now, but it changes. So it'll be like, here's a clue. And then you have to vote somebody out. But the person who has the chest, it changes every week. And so it's a little bit of a different dynamic. This to me is kind of a bootleg Traders, but I think it'll be good. Before we get to the west of it all, should we go through the rest of the cast of who these celebs Speaker 2 (3:10) are? I was shocked to see Brianna chicken fry and Wes Wilson. That is going to be drama. And I will say, I feel like I have to watch at least the first episode because of that dynamic, because she will call him out. She is really confrontational, and we know he is not good with confrontation. So I'm here to watch that. But Speaker 3 (3:32) what is she confronting him on? Because he should be confronting her because she's the one who spilled the beans to Dave Portnoy at Super Bowl about West and Amanda. And they haven't really been friends since then, or at least online friends in public. And so that's going to be a really interesting dynamic. It was rumored that Adam Rippon was going to be on Traders because he had gone cold on socials, but he's actually on this cast. We have Adam Shearer, WWE wrestler. Bridget Everett, which is a big get. I'm surprised that she was doing this over Traders. She's pretty good. friends with Andy Cohen. We have Love Island USA star Shelley Besant. We have Chloe Vetch. She's done a lot of those Netflix shows. She's almost like the female version of Harry Jowsey in the Netflix darling of it all. Former SNL star Chris Redd. Selling Sunset's Christine Quinn. Scream star David Arquette. Which Speaker 2 (4:22) that makes me worried. He must be really poor. Speaker 3 (4:26) Perfect Match star Dom Gabriel, The Office's Melora Hardin, and Everything's Trash, Phoebe Robinson. Speaker 2 (4:35) I don't know a lot of these people, but I am interested to watch episode. Speaker 3 (4:41) Okay, so I have some theories based on absolutely Speaker 2 (4:44) nothing but vibes. Speaker 3 (4:46) Yesterday, Bravo historian, a.k.a. Samantha Bush, posted on Threads saying she had a spidey sense that an ex-Bravo couple is no longer. Speaker 2 (4:56) Now, normally I'd Speaker 3 (4:57) be like, oh, okay, that's a vibe, whatever, because I've had those vibes too that were 100 % wrong. But she's the one that back in February was like, watch this space, Amanda and Wes. Speaker 2 (5:07) And people were like, that's crazy. That's crazy. She knew something. And she Speaker 3 (5:11) had a whole timeline behind it. And I was like, this is wild. Obviously, it became true. Him being on this show leads me to believe that there was no in the city casting for him. I agree Speaker 2 (5:25) with that. And I feel like Amanda's not going to Speaker 3 (5:27) be Speaker 2 (5:27) on it either. Speaker 3 (5:28) I really don't. Are they done? What are your thoughts? They could be. They could be. I'm trusting Sam. I think her Spidey sense is tingling and in the correct way. Were they holding out waiting for contracts to see if they would be asked on this show? I think Bravo is definitely taking a pause on him. I wouldn't be surprised if he returns at some point. Does he become a Netflix darling over there? If they're going to welcome Harry Jowsey with open arms, why not him? Does he go House of Villains? E is no longer a part of that NBC Universal umbrella. There are outlets. I'm actually surprised he's back on TV so fast, but it also isn't surprising. Speaker 2 (6:07) No, because he's a man. I Speaker 3 (6:09) feel like he Speaker 2 (6:11) could get out the first round as well. So it'll be interesting to see. Yeah, Speaker 3 (6:16) and we're probably obviously going to be watching this. It should be in like the spring of next year that they'll be releasing this. But I do just find it fascinating because of the behind the scenes dynamics of it all. Why did he do this show? Does he need the money? What has he been doing for work? What has she been doing for work besides putting up Amazon links? Where are their careers going? Is he leaning into the villain role or is he going to try to save his reputation? What route does he take on this show, which I think will be very telling? Speaker 2 (6:44) I think he will try to save his reputation. Speaker 3 (6:48) Interesting. Does that stop him from going on House of Villains or is he just misunderstood? Speaker 2 (6:53) He's going to go the misunderstood route. Speaker 3 (6:57) Unfortunately, you guys, I will have to see for research purposes. I don't want you guys to suffer and have to watch that. So we'll do it. Right. We will. We are true champions. Let's take a little break and then come back with Next Gen. Speaker 3 (7:13) Okay, again, we have to say goodbye. We had part two of the reunion. All we needed was two parts. What did you think? I Speaker 2 (7:19) feel like we covered a lot this episode. I felt very bad for Ariana in the end. I was so sad to see her being so hard on herself. Do you feel bad for Speaker 3 (7:32) judging her that one week for Pleasure Case? No. Speaker 2 (7:35) Okay. Speaker 3 (7:38) I won't take that back. Speaker 2 (7:40) Okay. But I feel bad for her in general. Speaker 3 (7:44) I completely agree. I think also when Hudson came out, the music they were giving for Hudson was like this date line, really intense. We're going to go deep and like everyone should be scared that Hudson's coming out now. But what he revealed was like. Wow. And the way that he talked about it, too, I have to applaud him for just talking about it and the struggles and the fact that he said, I got re-addicted to drugs. I went to rehab. I was dealing with a lot of stuff. And then you think about Ariana and obviously the stuff that's going on with her family right now. We know she didn't go home for the holidays. We know her parents had taken money. That's like a stressful household in general. I personally don't ever want to get into that because it's too dark and deals with minors. And that's as far as we want to go talking about it. But you could