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The Baywatch Bounce: Pamela Anderson (and breast talk) will be eliminated onDWTS

Poor Pamela is bound to go home tonight.
Cheryl Burke's diamond necklace from Chad Ochocinco. If this is what it means tobe friends with Chad, where do I sign up?

Tonight we find out who’s made Dancing with the Stars' Top 5, and I think Pamela Anderson will be eliminated

She’s neck and neck with Niecy Nash in points but doesn’t have Nash's popularity. At first I was a little put off with Anderson but over the course of the show, I’ve grown to like her and feel bad for her. Over and over there have been comments about her sex appeal — and her breasts — and whenever they come up, I get the sense that she tolerates them but is playing a role created for her rather than being herself.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but after watching the show, I think being Pamela Anderson is tough — no matter what she does, she'll been seen as a sex figure. Granted, she's brought this on herself in many ways, but maybe when she started down that path, she didn't know this would be the consequence. I can't believe I just made reality TV serious.

Onto more shallow but interesting news.

Chad Ochocinco gave Cheryl Burke a huge diamond heart pendant necklace, two pairs of Louboutin shoes and a Gucci purse for her birthday. Their relationship is so undefined, but it looks like they’re engaged, dating ... or just that Cheryl enjoys sending confusing signals and Chad loves giving away diamonds. The confusing signals theory might actually have merit to it.

As they were interviewed Monday night, she put the pendant behind her so no one would see it. Of course, it was pointed out and we ended up seeing it anyways, but it was all unnecessary drama. If she wanted to hide it, why did she wear it on national television? If she wanted to show it off, why did she try to disguise it?

Why can’t everything be as simple as Max Chmerkovskiy and Erin Andrews? Everyone knows they’re into each other. All the flirting and chemistry onset, makes sense.

As a viewer, I appreciate that clarity. I can enjoy their dancing and the only thing I have to wonder is, "Where's Erin's diamonds?"

Max, Chad's outshining you. It's time to get your game on.

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Easter Eggs galore

Special episode of The Simpsons features couch gag by Meow Wolf artists

The Simpsons couch with Meow Wolf collaborative elements.

Photo courtesy of Disney+

The infamous couch gag on The Simpsons is getting a Meow Wolf makeover in new episode.

Acclaimed art space Meow Wolf is headed to Springfield. The company has collaborated on a double-episode of The Simpsons to be released this week as part of the famous couch gag that opens each show. Easter eggs from the various locations, including Houston's Radio Tave, appear.

“Getting the opportunity to be part of the show that has warped our minds since we were kids is a huge honor and an experience we will never forget,” Meow Wolf co-founder Emily Montoya said n a statement. “Working with Matt Selman and his team was fantastic. From the beginning, they supported and encouraged all our crazy ideas and helped us hone the piece into its final form. We’re especially grateful for their help encapsulating Matt King’s rainbow wizard essence into cameo form.”

The double episode, "Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition," premieres on Wednesday, June 17 on Disney+. In it, Marge dreams how life with her husband, Homer, could have turned out differently, including an homage to Joker: Folie à Deux and a world where Homer is an extreme sports enthusiast. The all new, streaming exclusive episodes following the animated show's record-breaking 37th Season.

The iconic couch gag has long been a venue for guest artists. Everyone from horror master Guillermo Del Toro to street artist Banksy to indie animation innovator Don Hertzfeldt have collaborated on the pop culture institution, putting Meow Wolf in very good company.

Even in just the preview, several famous Meow Wolf installations can be briefly seen, like references to Omega Mart in Las Vegas. Houston gets a shout out as Barney shares a drink with Meow Wolf co-founder Matt King in Cowboix Hevvven, the venue's on site bar. As the couch gag goes on, the fourth wall breaks and a team of Meow Wolf artists craft a recycled art installation of the Simpsons in their living room (see picture above).

Matt Selman, showrunner and executive producer of The Simpsons, is a huge fan of Meow Wolf, and decided to work with the organization after visiting several of their installations.

“This has been a dream collaboration, in that I had to do almost nothing, other than a few Zoom meetings,” he said. “The brilliant minds at Meow Wolf reimagined the ‘couch gag’ in a way that only they could — delivering the silliness and surreality and homemade outsider sensibility that has blown so many minds. Thank you to all the artists and artisans (not sure of the difference, but maybe there is one) at Meow Wolf for crafting this superbly joyful couch gag!”

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