“Shahs of Sunset”: MJ Reveals Details of Reza's Secret “Classy, Raunchy” Bachelor Party
By Colin Bertram ••
Mercedes Javid (MJ) is ready to dish on her new-found life balance, and what it takes to throw the best gay bachelor party.
After four tumultous seasons on Bravo's hit docu-drama "Shahs of Sunset," the outspoken Javid says her life finally "feels like a well-oiled machine." Javid explains she is exercising regularly, has "totally cut drinking down to what is for me really reasonable–maybe 90 percent less," is proud she has found the power to say "no," and learned "how to disappoint people and be OK with it."
One person who will not be not be disappointed nor hear the word no, she assures, is her soon-to-be-married best friend Reza Farahan. On "Shahs" as in real life, Javid is Farahan's maid of honor for his upcoming wedding to fiance Adam Neely. One of her duties: plan the best bachelor party.
"When you’re planning a bachelor party for your gay best friend, who is a whore and wants to sow his wild oats, it’s important to say, ‘Yes. Yes. Yes,'" said Javid on last week's episode. "The sky’s the limit: lots of gold, lots of dollars, lots of toys." According to Javid, "It's going to be the raunchiest, classiest thing ever."
Of the event, airing Monday on Bravo, she has publicly sparred with Neely's maid of honor and her co-star Asa Soltan Rahmati over dueling parties for the couple, with Rahmati about to discover Javid has lied to her and planned a secret party for Farahan.
Javid describes the secret event as being "perfect." But the 40-year-old reality star is quick to add that "all of America is going to hate me and say that I am a homewrecker for making sure Reza has the proper, traditional bachelor party."
Homewrecker? According to Javid, a surprise guest at the party sends Farahan into a pre-wedding spin. It's someone she invited "who might have been an old flame and who may or may not have been properly... dealt with, processed."
And Farahan's reaction? "Oh, Reza was ecstatic. I think it gave him doubts about whether he wanted to get married to Adam," she says. "That party brought out the little boy in Reza who has not been out to play and be mischievous and drink."
Javid says Farahan had been stressed over work, filming and the upcoming nuptials. So the few people she invited "were fun, mischievous, plus the surprise guy! And doesn't everyone want to wake up that little wild person in them and make sure they know they still got it?"
"Shahs of Sunset" airs Monday nights at 9ET/8C on Bravo.
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Debra Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond": Let's face it: Ray was a lazy bum who never did anything around the house and Debra wouldn't stand for it. She has a serious attitude that let's everyone know u2014 from her indolent husband to her nosy and overbearing mother-in-law u2014 that she is the queen bee. She made every female viewer cheer.
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Jill Taylor, "Home Improvement": As if Jill didn't have enough on her plate by having three rambunctious boys and being married to Tim "The Toolman" Taylor, she decided in later episodes to go back to school. The balance between being a homemaker, wife, mom and student could have driven any one crazy, but she managed with humor and grace.
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Elaine Miller, "Almost Famous": At first Elaine seems overprotective of her teenage son, William, but when it comes down to it, her mothering makes sense. Her 15-year-old was off gallivanting with rock stars, and when he eventually brought one home, Elaine has no shame in laying down the law with rocker Russell.
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Mrs. Jumbo, "Dumbo": Mrs. Jumbo loves her son with all her heart, despite his enormous ears. But when she finds others tugging on his giant ears, she goes into a rage only a protective mother can. It lands her in the slammer and separated from her son, but he's learned from her example that he's great, perhaps because of his differences.
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Mrs. Cunningham, "Happy Days": Mrs. Cunningham is cut from the same cloth as June Cleaver: an exceptional house keeper and amazing cook, everything is always in its place in the Cunningham household and every problem can be solved in 30 minutes or less.
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Harriette Winslow, "Family Matters": Always ready with a sarcastic quip or a look that could kill, Harriette lets her kids know when to get back in line and Carl always understood who was the true head of the household.
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Lucille Ball, "I Love Lucy": Lucy was the zany mom that we all wish we had. Here she is with on-and-offscreen hubby, Ricky (Desi Arnez) after he discovers another one of her wacky schemes went awry.
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Vivian Banks, "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air": Aunt Vi took on a maternal role when Will moved out to Bel-Air from Phllly. She always managed to take care of the family, without losing her temper u2013 that job was left up to Uncle Phil.
Morticia Addams, "The Addams Family": Morticia was the sensual Addams family matriarch. She always kept her cool with Wednesday and Pugsley's trickery and kept her husband, Gomez, dancing.
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Bren McGruff, "Juno": When Bren finds out her stepdaughter Juno is pregnant, she immediately takes her for pre-natal vitamins and looks to the next step of finding adoptive parents. Bren and her husband Mac are surprisingly cool about the teenage-pregnancy thing, and her acceptance of Juno for who she is shows how much she really cares.
Norma Arnold, "The Wonder Years": With her blond bob and nurturing ways, Norma was the perfect '50s housewife and stay-at-home mom to sons Kevin and Wayne. Although she was often left to diffuse her husband's hot temper, Norma strived for something beyond her homemaker status, eventually earning her degree and getting a job outside the home.
