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Primetime PJ Party: “Hoarders”

Amelia McDonell-ParryMarch 15, 2010 //


One of my favorite hobbies is making my dude bestie, John DeVore, watch my favorite crap TV shows and convincing him that it’s actually time well spent. It’s so much fun, I decided to make the process a regular video feature on The Frisky called “Primetime PJ Party.” In each episode, I force John to put on a pair of jammies, sit on my couch, and watch an episode of my current favorite show as I try to convince him — and you — why it is awesome. For our first episode, John dons plaid PJs and we watch “Hoaders” — enjoy! Keep reading »

Girl Talk: I Lived With A Hoarder

Judy McGuireDecember 3, 2009 //

Have you been watching “Hoarders” on A&E? If you’re unfamiliar, each episode documents the lives of two of the estimated three million Americans who are so compulsive about accumulating crap of all kinds that they’ve lost the ability to function normally.

Until I was assigned this story, I didn’t watch it. I like crappy reality shows as much as the next lady, but this one didn’t appeal to me—I’d already lived it. Keep reading »

Is Paris Hilton A Hoarder?

Erin FlahertyOctober 23, 2009 //


British TV presenter Fearne Cotton recently toured Paris Hilton‘s closet, and while we always suspected Paris owned a lot of crap, like Fearne, we were completely shocked by just how much stuff she has crammed in her shoe closet (which used to be a gym) and jewelry storage space converted from a sauna. In fact, she admits that she has to pay someone to organize it for her, and she keeps the overflow in the garage. Keep in mind, this is just her shoes and jewels. But hey, Paris isn’t alone. Lots of celebrities are sitting on a goldmine of crap (here are more closet tours to prove it). We have to wonder, though: What’s the difference between a celebrity and those tragic, mentally ill hoarders we’re always seeing on reality shows? Not much more than fame and a staff to manage it, perhaps. Keep reading »

Meet Jill: She Hoards Rotten Food

Amelia McDonell-ParryAugust 18, 2009 //

Last night was the premiere episode of my new favorite show ever — “Hoarders” on A&E. Similar to “Intervention” and “Obsessed,” “Hoarders” followed two stories of people with this OCD-related disease. Jennifer and Ron are both hoarders whose messy (ha!) ways are greatly impacting the home they have set up for their three children. Laundry, trash, and junk pack every inch of their house, causing the family to have to eat all of their meals in bed because there is nowhere to sit down or put their plates. But this couples pales in comparison to Jill, a Milwaukee woman who hoards everything and the kitchen sink, but primarily focuses her obsession on food. She’s got four refrigerators packed to the gills with spoiled, expired meat and dairy products, a pantry stocked with more couscous than your local grocery store, and, beneath all the other trash, rotting pumpkins and fruit everywhere.

It’s clear Jill suffers from a real mental illness and her recovery will be tough, but I couldn’t help but giggle at the enthusiasm the woman clearly has for food. “It was a very nice pumpkin when it was fresh,” she explains to the hoarding specialist, in reference to a barely recognizable squash. “The eggs were too pretty to eat!” she tells her sister about a container of eggs gifted to her TWO YEARS AGO. “Ohhhh! I didn’t know I had tamales!” she exclaims, after discovering a package of frozen tamales in the back of her freezer, behind a wall of disintegrating and rotting meat. Warning, this show might kill your appetite. Clip above. [A&E: Hoarders] Keep reading »

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