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WatchingVH1.com is happy to bring you the first recap of the new “Charm School” and “Celebrity Fit Club” episodes this week. Who will be expelled from Charm School (there are 2 this week!) and will Dustin cause more trouble? Find out by reading my recaps of these shows after the jump. (”The Springer Hustle” is taking the week off, but should be back next week).

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Charm School–

Previously on Charm School Schatar hid Heather’s clothes and Larissa vows she’ll get away with something even bigger than that. Larissa fights with everyone and Leilene tries to break her stripper image, but it seems to be the only thing she can do right. Courtney was expelled last week for not growing at all, but she gets to take her comedy on tour with Mo.

This week starts with the girls sleeping and Darra says Courtney needed to go because she didn’t need to change. The next commandment it “Thou Shalt Payeth It Back”. Brooke is afraid they will work on the side of the road with prisoners. Mo tells them they are giving their clothes to a thrift store. Their donations will be valued by the thrift store manager and the team who donates the most, monetary wise, will win. Two people will be eliminated this week from the same team, so they have to choose partners wisely. Shay thinks she’s got this challenge in the bag because her clothes are more expensive than anyone else’s.

The girls start packing up their things. Schatar isn’t sure if they can use her couture gowns, but her partner Darra is banking on the fact that they will bring in a lot of money so she doesn’t have to give up much stuff. Leilene wants to give away her mom’s rings, but Brooke won’t let her. Saaphyri packs up everything she owns so her team can win and cries because it’s not a lot. Mikki and Becky comfort her.

They hop on the short bus with their duffle bags full of stuff and go to the store to sell their things. Leilene and Brooke go first and find out they won’t buy any type of underwear or bras. Most of Leilene’s clothes are rejected because they are too stripper-ish for the store to resell. Leilene hands over her rings and Keith looks at her like she’s crazy. Brooke tells her she wants no part of her selling those rings. Leilene asks her to respect her decision. The guy offers her $90 for the ring and she accepts it. She says her mom would be proud of her.

Shay and Larissa sell their things and Shay tries to negotiate and the guys at the shop won’t listen. They don’t get nearly as much money as they thought. Schatar and Darra sell their things and all of Schatar’s things are either dirty or damaged and they won’t take any of it. Becky and Saaphyri put their things up for sale. Saaphyri cries as the guys at the shop won’t give her much for her clothes. She packs up all her stuff and storms off cussing and yelling. The rest of the girls on the bus are surprised at her actions. Becky takes charge and sells all of her stuff so her team doesn’t get eliminated. Keith asks if she understands it’s a team total. Saaphyri comes out from behind a clothes rack and decides to help out the team by selling her things. While she’s on the bus, she sees a lady buy her Uggs and runs off the bus to ask how much she paid for them and is disappointed they sold for $20.

When they get back to the house, Darra offers to give Saaphyri some shirts since she sold everything. This sets Saaphyri off again and much screaming ensues. Saaphyri felt the offer was fake and if Darra had so much left, she should have given it to the shop for people who need it. Darra tries to explain, but there is too much screaming to get her point across.
Mo calls everyone to the Grand Hall to announce the winners of the competition. Larissa and Shay think they have won because they sold the most, but Mo tells them that since Leilene sold her mom’s rings, Brooke and Leilene won. Their prize is a shopping spree and they get to take one other team with them. Darra and Schatar get to go with them because Brooke and Leilene want to have fun and have no drama on their trip, so they are taking the team that congratulated them. The others are mad.

Larissa and Shay comes up with a plan to get rid of Schatar. They decide to get Leilene’s stuff and put it in Schatar’s things to make it look like she stole it. Saaphyri goes to talk to Mo about her fight with Darra. She tries to explain why she’s so emotional. Mo figures out that her behavior on the Flavor of Love was about the same thing and feeling like people were trying to take what’s hers.

The winners bring their stuff to their rooms. Leilene’s pictures of her mom and kids are missing so she starts looking for it. She goes to ask Larissa and Shay to keep an eye out for it and they giggle as she walks away that their plan to get rid of Schatar is working.

Leilene asks Schatar to look through her stuff since her bed is next to Leilene’s. Larissa decides to help her out so she can find it before the elimination. She tells her Schatar is sneaking and to look under her sheets and stuff. Sure enough, Leilene finds the pictures right where Larissa and Shay found them. Everyone is appalled Schatar would take someone’s pictures. Schatar claims innocence and asks Leilene who told her to look under the mattress. Leilene won’t give up names so Schatar goes to ask others. She decides Leilene is the one trying to set her up.

Leilene goes to tell Mo what’s going on. Mo calls Schatar in to see her as well to get to the bottom of the situation. Schatar swears she is innocent and Mo said there is no way to know what is going on, so just everyone should be aware someone is a thief and to protect their things.

It’s elimination ceremony time. The girls gather in the Grand Hall and Becky is nervous about being called to the carpet. Mo congratulates Leilene for digging deep and going above and beyond. She and Brooke are the only ones safe. Darra and Schatar are the first to be called to the carpet since they sold the least amount of clothes. Saaphyri and Becky were told they were safe because Saaphyri gave up everything she owned and that kind of generosity was to be rewarded. Larissa and Shay are shocked to be called to the carpet.

The judges tell Darra and Schatar they did not really try hard at the challenge and took very little. That is not generous. The same type of message was given to Larissa and Shay. Mo then focuses on the stolen pictures and decides Schatar and Darra will be expelled as Larissa laughs. Darra is really upset that the only reason she was expelled was taking Schatar as a partner.

Mo calls Leilene down to the carpet and tells her how strong and wonderful she was. Mo gives Leilene her mom’s rings back and promises to try to get Saaphyri’s boots back as well. She then tells them not to try and sell their nasty underwear anymore.

Next week, New York makes an appearance as a “celebrity” interviewer. The girls have to brave a press junket and they all try to figure out the picture incident.

Celebrity Fit Club–

Last week on Fit Club, the teams got shaken up and harmony seemed to prevail where Dustin was concerned. However, it looks like that all ends in this episode.

It’s day 64 of Fit Club and they are participating in a dance marathon for their Fit Camp this week. They get some instruction on how to Salsa and Swing. Maureen knocked back a few shots while everyone else dances. Harvey and Ant watch in amazement as Kimberley tries to teach Ross how to get freaky. The teams will pair off and dance. The team who dances the longest will win (a judge will decide if it’s a tie). The team captains have chosen children’s charities to receive gifts for the team that wins.

They all break into a sweat as they dance. Dustin spills some water on himself and seems to stop dancing. Ant tells him and Tiffany to leave the floor and of course Dustin complains and says he’s going to have a physical combat with Ant at weigh in. The judges are forced to make a decision. They decide that Kimberley and Cledus had the most style, so the Regulators win the challenge. Ant informs them that both charities will receive the gifts, thanks to the generosity of the donating companies.

On day 65, the Fit Clubbers file in for the weigh in. Da Brat gets to go first since she made a bet for money that she would lose 7 lbs. When she gets on the scale, she weighs 153 lbs. losing a total of 8 lbs. She collects her money from Dr. Ian, Ant, and Harvey. Her next target is 2 lbs.

Tiffany goes next. She steps on the scale and finds out she lost 137 lbs. which means she lost no weight this week. She confesses she didn’t eat much more than a piece of fruit and some water and Dr. Ian tells her she has to eat or she won’t lose weight. Stacy calls her out on her anger over the dance contest. She says she was upset at that time, but she’s fine today. Her next goal is 4 lbs.

Ant tells Cledus he looks like a new man with more hair and a new image and he could barely recognize him. He does look really great. When he gets on the scale, he weighs 185 lbs. which means he lost 5 lbs. He credits the show with changing his life and he’s very thankful. He confesses that he’s only eating chicken and broccoli. Dr. Ian says they will pick out food to be delivered for him so he can find out what he likes and get more variety. His goal is 1 lb. for next week.

Maureen now weighs 122 lbs. which is down another 5 lbs. She has lost more than 18% of her body weight. Stacy asks her about the drinking at Fit Camp. Maureen says it was only one shot and she wanted to have fun with her friends. Stacy tells her it was 11:25 am and she needs to watch those tendencies. Harvey lets her set her own goal and she chooses 1 lb.

Warren G weighs in next at 196 lbs. which means he lost another 4 lbs. He doesn’t seem happy with the loss and he says he thought he lost more. He confesses that he ate some cookies and Dr. Ian tells them that they are deeper into the program and cookies are okay as long as it’s not a whole bag at a time. Warren’s goal for next weigh in is 2 lbs.

Ross takes his turn and loses another 9 lbs. bringing him down to 182 lbs. He says he feels so little and he thinks he weighed 182 lbs. when he was born. He is now 2 lbs. below his goal weight for the show. He gets to set his own target and chooses 2 lbs.

It’s Dustin’s turn and it seems he’s made some of his teammates mad. Maureen saw him eat a doughnut and said he’s letting down the team. Dustin tells the camera that no one said anything to Maureen when she drank the alcohol and then let off a string of obscenities. Harvey makes it clear that you can cheat every now and then but he’s never been with the program and it’s day 65. He heads up to the scale and he has gained 5 lbs. bringing him back up to 205 lbs. Kimberley beams as she watches him get chastised by the panel. Dustin blames his gain on schmoozing at the Sundance Film Festival and not working out. He says he’ll never make it to 183 lbs. because that’s too little. Dr. Ian tries to explain BMI to him and his goal isn’t even in the healthy range. His team tells him he promised to try and he claims he did try. He becomes defensive from all of the criticism.

Stacy tells him they don’t take any excuses. She introduces a clip from a Porn convention Dustin attended. His girlfriend Jennifer is his business manager for his tape. He has made some sex toys to sell. In the clip he says he doesn’t give them away for free, but he’d give one to Kimberley Locke because she needs one. This makes her very upset. Stacy tries to get him to stop contradicting himself about his porn career. Most of his cast mates walk out as he keeps talking about his new products. Kimberley cries in the hallway as she makes a phone call about what’s going on.

Meanwhile, Stacy lays into him about how he was so upset how none of the cast listened to his rant at dinner about the porn tape ruining his life and then there he is pushing it with his girlfriend at the porn convention. He then makes fun of retarded people and Maureen leaves. Da Brat tries to tell him that she likes the real Dustin and not this stubborn person. The entire cast, except Ross, has left the room. Tiffany starts to pack her things to leave. He then tries to bait Ant into a fight because of the call he made at the dance contest and Harvey tells him he won’t touch Ant. He then offers to fight Harvey and Harvey goes off hard core and Ian tries to hold him back. The rest of the cast hears what’s going on from the hallway and Brat runs in to try to calm Harvey down. The show will be continued next week.