'Monster In-Laws' & Hottest Winter Trends with NeNe Leakes
Anderson takes a look at an unexpected side effect of the recession, as more and more families are moving back with their parents and in-laws, and are forced to borrow money from them. Anderson speaks with the Roller family, featured in A&E’s new show, “Monster In-Laws,” who are in conflict over borrowed money.
Anderson meets a father struggling to get rid of his adult mooch son, who refuses to grow up and fly the coop. Anderson also meets a mom who loves having her 27-year-old son living at home.
Plus, Anderson is learning about the hottest winter trends with “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe Leakes. NeNe also dishes on all the drama expected this season on “Housewives,” including her ongoing feud with Kim Zolciak, her catfight with Sheree Whitfield and more!
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Hi from New Zealand recently watched your show on monster-in-laws. I never had a close relationship with my mother-in-law either, but I would never be so disrespectful as to talk to her in that way, that lady needs a lesson in respecting your elders. I would have liked to tell my ex mother-in-law what I thought of her too, but I would have only be sinking to her level, but I never once stopped my two sons from visiting her, even though she would ignore my children and go and spend time with her other grandchildren around the corner. My sons eventually decided on their own accord to no longer visit her themselves. But on that note that womans husband and son of the monster-in-law needs to grow a set and start speaking for himself instead of letting his obviously pushy, controlling wife speaking for him, and actually putting her in her place. No matter what kind of person my mother was, no one including my husband would be allowed to speak to her like that either in private or on television. If I had been in the audience she would have got an earful from me as would have he I'm not saying that the monster-in-law is blameless believe you me, I could see from her body language and expressions that she can be equally as nasty, but still did not deserve to be spoken too in that manner or tone, I don't even tal
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In Canada we have the Adult Guardianship Legislation Committee, because this unfortunately IS ABUSE that is happening. Many retired people have such a limited income, are living on there life's savings and then get talked out of there money. Family members,phone solicitation, even door to door people go to their homes saying they will do something, and then don't follow through with there word.
I'm disgusted at the son who wants a prize wife whom I saw always make excuses and attacks at anyone who challenges her thinking. She talks over people and lectures,never have I heard he simply answer except when she worked a day. I see a man in debt and a woman who has a stash that wont accept her husband if he doesn't pan out. The mouse of a man must feel that?
I made sacrifices,too. I use to eat in soup kitchens so that my sons didn't have to. I wore thrift store stuff, to give my sons store bought clothing. I am financially well off now, and I did this on my own. My sons would give me the coat off their back, they will do anything for me and what I'm most proud of is when I see them stand up for others worse off than them.
Unfortunately the son on this show is a week coward,who cant stand up to the responsibility of saying NO! We don't need another ring on your finger! He has no appreciation for his mothers sacrifices of love, or how it must make his brothers feel. Id like to here from them actually.
No regard for his mothers and children's emotional well being,and doesn't realize that the point is not just about the money. It is the whole principal of value, worth, priorities, ethics. No wonder the wife doesn't agree because she doesn't want to or cant understand. I doubt she would ever place herself in a situation where she had to do things for the family's happiness or she would start by supporting her husband with something simple like not spending money and quit dividing. Maybe she is so insecure she needs to hoard jewelery.
And this selfish big mouth woman who dare speak in that tone with her mother in law, needs to shut up if the loan was not about her. No one needs to be emotionally and verbally abused, and I cant imagination what the kids listen to. Yes it is elder abuse!!!! The elderly woman is doing the right thing by staying away.
I know a woman who took her daughter into the home along with her husband when they needed help,and the daughter wont leave. The elderly woman cried and told me they are just waiting for her to die, that the stepson is mean and calls her names. They use her money for fixing the house, and she doesn't want to use the money for fixing the house. The stepson doesn't work, and the elderly woman cooks and works at the restaurant her husband use to own to this day. The home is beautiful, and the elderly woman worked hard saving for this home all on her own. The excuse from the daughter is that the old woman doesn't look after the home and needs the help. So wrong!I know the woman well, she is beautiful and strong deserving of her peace in life.
In the end what I see in this story, is long ago a man abandoned his wife and kids. At present the son has acted in the same way and learned to abandon his mother. Maybe it is guilt that he wants his wife to have the things his mother never had and not abandon his wife. But in reality this man is bending to a bully, and has now replaced his father. Congratulations!
On Todays show the insulting wife who is so controlling her husban, is pityful, I would not want any type of relationship with her at all,she shows no shame or respect for any one but herself,shes rude,loud,selfish,. As for her son grow balls pay your mother back, What is really asthonishing is no one ever told the rechid wife point blsnk you are wrong. His mother should not haave to make any kind of deal with a scycotic,rude monster for her money, Really Anderson, you should tell it like it is.or you will bore your show to death ,wine head nee-nee leaks oh no?
I would encourage Mel to try to find a teaching job right now. The economy is crap. Montana's university system churns out a zillion teachers a year and I have several friends who have been unable to find a job.
Also, I grew up in Eastern MT where the oil is BOOMING and there's a TON of jobs, but NOWHERE TO LIVE unless you want to pay 4k a month for a 1 bedroom apartment.
I can relate to your monster-in-law segment. My husband and I have loaned our daughter (31) three times money to get her out of debt and on the right path. It has always been very clear that this a loan not a gift. This last time we loaned her $10,000.00 to get her on her feet again, we heard through the grapevine (our six other children)that she was planning a trip to Hawaii for a friends wedding. She assured us that she would not go given that we helped her out again. Come the time of the wedding she went to Hawaii, and arriving home her Dad called her on the carpet for it. Now she has no memory of that conversation, is very hurt by her Dad calling her on the carpet and hurting her feelings. She has made her minimum payments but, does not understand how we could be upset with her since she saved money to go to Hawaii. She has unfriended us on facebook us and refuses to have any contact other than email re the loan. She has not spoken to us since before Halloween. We are standing tough though it hurts that we don't have a relationship with her, at this time, I keep telling her that the door is always open.
First off Congratualtions Anderson on your show ! I have enjoyed you on CNN for many years ! Regarding todays show on Monster in Law. This episode really hit a cord with me. My Mother lent my Brother and Sister in Law 100,000.00 dollars. Thats right 100,000. They needed a lawyer for some illegal activity they were involved in. To make a long story short, very little was paid back and now they no longer speak to her or anyone else in the family. My Mother was nothing but supportive and made it clear this was a loan, she is in no position to give that money out. I've never seen a show done about borrowing money and not paying back. It certainly was good to see - I wonder how many other Families suffer from this . My Mom feels shame and embarressment that her Son would do this but he is caught with his selfish wife who feels that they can't pay back but live in house on LI that is well worth over 1,000,000.00 dollars and they have refinanced and taken out over 280,000.usd's for remodeling and Disney and sking vacations. Where does my Mother live ? With me. How could they do this ? While the show Monster in law shows them yelling back and forth, in our family no one talks about it except me. Its make me feel like I'm not the only one out there that has this happen. Would my Mother go on the show - no. Would my Brother and Sister in law no - why do I write this ? I just thought that the show was so good and so many good points were brougth up by Mel that I just had to write in. I have never written in to a show before. I know Anderson is very busy but please let him know that he made a big difference today. The funny thing is that my Mother and Sister in law had a great realtionship until this happened. My sister in law didn't want the good times to end, very much into materal things and my Brother gooes along with her. They have keep their 4 kids away from us which is very painful as we were always very close. I am God Father to their older son. Its such a terrible situation.
First off Congratulations on the new show Anderson ! I have been a fan of yours for some time ! Regarding todays show on Monster in Law. This episode really hit a cord with me. My Mother lent my Brother and Sister in Law 100,000.00 usd's. Thats right 100,000. They needed a lawyer for some illegal activity they were involved in. To make a long story short, very little was paid back and now they no longer speak to her or anyone else in the family. My Mother was nothing but supportive and made it clear this was a loan, she is in no position to give that money out. I've never seen a show done about borrowing money and not paying back. It certainly was good to see - I wonder how many other Families suffer from this . My Mom feels shame and embarressment that her Son would do this but he is caught with his selfish wife who feels that they can't pay back but live in house on LI that is well worht over 1,000,000.00 usd's and they ahve refinacnced and taken out over 280,000.usd's for remodeling and disney and sking vacations. Where does my Mother live ? With me. How could they do this ? While the show Monster in law shows they yelling back and forth, in our family no one talks about it except me. Its make me feel like I'm not the only one out there that has this happen. Would my Mother go on the show - no. Would my Brother and Sister in law no - why do I write this ? I just thought that the show was so good and so many good points were brougth up by Mel that I just had to write in. I have never written in to a show before. I know Anderson is very busy but please let him know that he made a big difference today. The funny thing is that my Mother and Sister in law had a great realtionship until this happened. My sister in law didn't want the good times to end, very much into materail things and my Brother gooes along with her. they have keep their 4 kids away from us which is very painful as we were always very close. i am God Father to their older son. Its such a terrible situation. As soon as my Brother and Sister started to get on their feet they wanted that part of their lives over and that meant they were not responsible for their own actions.
Corie Roller is a piece of work. I cannot believe she wasn't shot down on the program. It seemed that everyone was avoiding hitting her, verbally, between the eyes. The crux of the situation rests solely on the daughter-in-law. If you looked up the word *itch in the dictionary I am convinced you would see a picture of Corie Roller. She is one angry woman and her children are two unlucky kids. Her husband is totally screwed up (wish I could find a better word) and I see no hope for any kind of reconcilliation and if she was my daughter-in-law, I would tell her good-bye and mean it.
You must have my mother and I on the show. It would boost ratings. We lived in your building as kids. We were a bit older than you Anderson. But my mom rubbed elbows with all the celebs and Truman Capote called her The Snow Queen. Here she is ranting at me last year: http://my-mother-the-bully.blogspot.com and she and I would make excellent guests. Think about it. People that lived in YOUR SAME APARTMENT BUILDING when you were a boy. Please give us a chance. Look at all the comments generated from this woman's rant on her oldest daughter. Have two older brothers, and one younger sister. Check us out. Make the the choice. If anything the viewers can see it here and weigh in about it if they want. It helps me deal with this. She's so mean and cruel. I wish I could make peace with her before her time comes. She's stubborn.
Thank you for the bringing the awareness of the "failure to launch" issue. I am 32 years old, served in the military, have a degree, and work at least 10 hours a day. My brother who is 41 years old has always what I will refer to as a couch surfer! When the plan was discussed with him he told me to relax that I needed to just be happy and that he was fine! There is nothing fine about this I struggle to make my personal ends meet and then he continues to ask for money? When I say I am sorry but I can't do it he sits on the couch all day we will refer to it as existing! I told him that he was going to have to make some moves and I would like to set a date and the response was I worry to much and that if I would not think so much I would have less stress! My response was that he was the stress and that I deserve to have my space and if I wanted a roommate that I would have one that could pay half of the bills to help with my stress! Being that I am gay and he doesn't support my lifestyle it makes it ten times harder cause I'm not even comfortable with having a company and I am not dating but it's hard to even consider it with someone being always here! It feels hopeless cause he does this to the family its a cycle I don't know how to break!
Dear Anderson,
First off I love your show, I have been watching from the first episode. I was a little disheartened when Mel Robbinson was telling your guest that she didn't buy that he couldn't find a job with a masters degree. I am recent college grad who had to move back in with my mother because of all my debt and job loss. I have been jobless for about 10 months now I have a bachelors degree and over 100 thousand dollars in student loans. I have filled out more applications in the past couple of months then most people I know. I have been on countless job interviews that always ended up very promising but I am always looked over in the end. I am frustrated and wondering if college was really the right path for me. I do live with my mom and I feel like a failure because I used to live on my own and have my own life. Now I have small off the book jobs every couple of weeks which barely gives me enough to eat let alone help my mother out. When I heard what Mel told the young gentleman ( that works at the ice skating ring), I was outraged and hurt. I understand his struggle and I wish more people would see that we are not just mooching off our parents and that we are not happy feeling like we are 16 all over again. This has been one of the toughest years of my life and I am at a breaking point and seeing other people in the same struggle that I am in makes me feel a little better but having people like Mel attack someone in my shoes made me feel very discouraged. Anderson I have never been out of work for so long, and most jobs wont even take me because my credit is so damaged at this point. I have been working since I was about 13 years old and now I cant even get a retail job. I want to get my masters degree but feel as if it would just be more of a waste of money since I cant even get a job with a bachelors right now. I wish people would understand our struggles before judging us.
Jus*****ching the Monster-in-Law episode, and I think maybe the Monster in law you were referring to was the daughter in law, not the mother. My concern though is how Anderson doesn't put a stop to the name calling on the show. The daughter in law called her mother in law pathetic several times, and no one told her to stop doing that. It gives the show a very Maury Povich feel to it, which is I hope not the goal. I believe this happened in an earlier episode too, and as a moderator, Anderson should try to keep the conversation civil. I think name calling really cheapens the show. I'm enjoying this show and I don't think we need another trashy talk show with people screaming at each other.
@ the therapist (?) who advised the parents of the 27 year old to support him and start "training" him to be able to move out on his own? Are you kidding me?!?! Wasnt that what the first 18 years of his life was for?!? My job as a parent is to teach my child how to function successfuly in life and be independant. This should be put squarely on the parents shoulders for not teaching their son these things BEFORE he was an adult.Now you have a 27 yr old loser who wont move out. You reap what you sow.
It's pretty clear from the attitude of the daughter-in-law that she is the problem. Her Mother-In-Law is living on SS so doubt she had $1000. to spare permanently. If paying her back is no problem, as stated by the daughter-in-law, then she should pay it back. The remark from the son that his Mother was paid for appearing on the show has nothing to do with the fact that they borrowed money from her. I suspect the Mother-In-Law probably doesn't feel welcome enough to establish a relationship with her grandchildren due to the actions of the daughter-in-law & that she would be trapped in their home while trying to do it. The daughter-in-law has a terrible attitude to everyone including the audience so it's obvious that she is never wrong. The rude daughter-in-law wasn't willing to give up any of her jewelry to repay her Mother-In-Law. The show should NOT pay the loan & let the daughter-in-law off the hook. If I were her Mother-In-Law I would feel the same way. The husband must be a wimp if he allows that woman he married to treat his Mother that way. The daughter-in-law would be no loss to me. Someone should have interviewed the other daughters-in-law and sons.