the shaws of sunset never ceases to
amaze audiences with its non-stop drama
and shocking revelations from its
persian royalty cast here are some
tragic things that happened on camera
and behind the scenes
goldnessa gigi chidari is one of the
most captivating personalities in the
world of reality television viewers have
seen her go fiercely head to head with
castmates in explosive arguments on
shaw's of sunset she has always been an
open book she's spoken about everything
from being diagnosed with rheumatoid
arthritis to experimenting with drugs at
the age of 11. garu chidari told ease
just the sip that her drug addiction
took her to a low place
it was you know it was it was a pretty
much low
low dive very very very long low dive at
the age of 11 for me for quite some time
she admitted that while growing up in
los angeles she witnessed everyone
around her dabble in weed and cocaine
and even convinced her immigrant parents
that it was the norm
well our american friends like parents
let them do it
and my parents are like oh
you know so they didn't want to be wrong
as like that they're too strict on us in
2005 gara chidari checked herself into
rehab to seek help after 14 years of
drug use she's now in a better place and
only uses cannabis to help with her
rheumatoid arthritis jessica perrito's
relationship with mike shuid was just
one of the few love stories documented
on shaws of sunset viewers witnessed the
two fall in love get married in a lavish
wedding and then unfortunately divorce
in the messiest of ways the two were
very open about their relationship
troubles as they tried to attain their
happily ever after one detail that many
viewers don't know is that jessica
perrido was diagnosed with leukemia at
the age of 14. the young paredo was
shocked by the news and was even told by
doctors that she had a 20 chance of
surviving even though she was young and
her life changed overnight perrito was
determined not to give up telling people
my mind just completely accepted it and
i said i'm going to beat this there's no
way i'm dying she received a bone marrow
transplant from her younger sister and
spent the next eight months recovering
in an isolated hospital room it was
daunting to be alone for hours on end i
became very spiritual and very in tune
with myself and my emotions perrito even
spent her 15th birthday in the hospital
however the love and care from her
nurses and caregivers is something
perrito never forgot it even inspired
her to become a registered nurse herself
gigi's first marriage to shalom
yaroshalmi ended in drama and heartbreak
after just two months the shaws of
sunset star has always been open on the
show about not truly believing in
marriage that's why viewers were shocked
when she revealed that she was going to
marry euro shalmi after just a one month
engagement she told people i've never
believed in marriage i did something to
make someone else happy and i completely
regretted it afterwards i knew what i
did was wrong and it wasn't for me or
for my happiness but for someone else
and i guess for one moment i thought
maybe someone else's happiness will do
it for me and it didn't even though her
divorce took two years to get finalized
gara chidari revealed to e news that she
knew her marriage was a mistake after
just 48 hours
my friends have always told me i have
commitment issues and so here's a guy
that i thought was amazing and
incredible and i felt safe with him so i
thought let me try something new she
revealed that she always resisted the
traditional roles of marriage and the
idea of submitting to someone after
moving on gara chidari remains firm on
her anti-marriage stance and now no
longer believes in monogamy she has
since embraced a polyamorous lifestyle
and revealed a new boyfriend in 2021 asa
sultan was always a fan favorite on
shaw's of sunset viewers loved how she
balanced the rest of the over-the-top
cast with logic and humility in many of
the explosive arguments on the show she
was the voice of reason however in
season six a rift occurred between
sultan and the cast her reluctance to
discuss her seven-year relationship with
jermaine jackson jr irked the rest of
the oversharing cast the tension between
the co-stars boiled over when sultan
appeared pregnant on the show and
refused to discuss her ivf journey cast
member mercedes javid felt betrayed by
her secrecy and angrily referred to
sultan's unborn child as a bastard how
can i have a master child
when the rest of the cast didn't jump to
her defense sultan no longer felt
comfortable within the group and left
the show after season six she found home
in a new group the legendary jacksons
her baby shower was star-studded with
the jackson family attending including
latoya jackson and paris jackson notably
absent was the rest of the shaw's cast
she revealed that she no longer keeps in
touch with the cast and the treatment
she received during her pregnancy is
partly the reason she told bravo in 2021
the fact that i was eight months
pregnant and my child was called that
disgusting name it was one of the most
difficult things i've ever experienced
in my life
mercedes javid's motherhood journey was
one of the most emotional moments
depicted in the series when she finally
gave birth to her firstborn child in
2019 viewers were happy to see her
finally make her dreams come true what
they didn't know was that her birth was
actually a nightmare shortly after
giving birth javid was placed in the icu
after losing two-thirds of her blood
supply the shaw's star had multiple
complications and even had to remove her
uterus in 2020 she revealed to people
that she can no longer carry a child and
is unsure if she wants to consider
surrogacy for another baby if i wanted
to carry i can't it's impossible because
sham's birth was an emergency c-section
and unfortunately i lost my uterus
during that birth process but if we
could get a handle on this guy and feel
like we are capable of having another we
would seek out surrogacy it isn't
something that we've done yet because we
really have our hands full with this guy
seasons eight and nine of shaws of
sunset chronicled the falling out
between longtime friends mercedes javid
and raza farahan the duo went from close
friends to enemies when farahan accused
javid of spreading rumors about his
husband being unfaithful javid then went
on social media and claimed that none of
the cast including farahan visited her
in the icu after giving birth this
battle of words led to an angry
confrontation at a pool party where the
two went at each other and farahan
screamed at javed
in retaliation javid's husband visited
farahan's house and allegedly damaged
property resulting in his arrest and
farahan filing a restraining order in
season nine the two friends took baby
steps in mending the relationship but
javid's husband has not been on board in
the season nine finale mj handed him an
apology letter from farahan which he
quickly ripped up before reading mj and
reza's friendship rekindling is still
something the two don't agree on with mj
reporting he threw his ring he was not
okay with it but that was a long time
ago and now i really believe in my heart
that i'm so optimistic even if it's
unrealistic my goal is for us to do this
again for tommy and reza to be able to
like come together because it's really
important
the friendship between reza farahan and
mike shuid has always been rocky the
close friends have operated like
brothers and like all brothers they know
exactly how to get on each other's
nerves in 2019 the bickering between
them almost went from in front of the
camera to a courtroom reza allegedly
threatened legal action against mike
after he began to sell t-shirts with his
face and name on them reza was not happy
with the reza is my homeboy t-shirts and
responded with a cease and desist letter
mike took to social media to express his
disappointment in reza and cast members
quickly took sides mercedes javid even
chimed in writing taking legal action on
your best friends is really cool just
when you thought he couldn't sink any
lower he did mike told tmz he was
confused by reza's anger toward the
shirts i had that sign up for years it
was an homage to my friends on the show
after years of the sight being up and me
wearing the shirt in front of him now
all of a sudden he wants to send me a
cease and desist he said he asked for
everyone's permission before selling the
t-shirts and they all agreed mike even
hinted that their personal issues led to
reza's sudden change of heart i'm tired
of this man
clown in season eight of shaws of sunset
newcomer sara jihoony shocked viewers
when she revealed that she dated singer
r kelly she sat down with cast member
reza and detailed how two federal agents
showed up to her front door to deliver a
subpoena in the case against him she
reportedly met the singer in 2013 and
dated him for three years she revealed
that she was shocked by the current
allegations against him because that
wasn't what she experienced with him
robert was very charming
so kind
definitely not what i would have
expected when she saw the explosive
lifetime documentary surviving r kelly
she was left in shock i don't speak to
him anymore i've watched the documentary
and i'm like the person i loved is a
monster but i don't know that guy later
on in the season she broke down in tears
after the cast accused her of not being
transparent about her past none of you
really know anything about that
experience what
that was like for me is your seashell in
the news i know what the i went through
and what i dealt with after the season
wrapped jihooni opted to not return and
publicly slammed the show they're just
the most toxic group of people i've
quite frankly ever met they're truly not
a representation of persians i've never
met persians like them to be honest i
just feel like this is the only show on
tv in this country that shows any
representation for persians and it's
just not a true representation
from the outside looking in lily galici
was the perfect addition to the shaws of
sunset cast the self-proclaimed persian
barbie was a glamorous
lawyer-turned-businesswoman who always
knew how to have a good time after her
introduction in season two she never
quite gelled with the group castmates
considered her stuck up and fake so they
quickly shunned her after season three
tmz reported that golechi was fired for
being boring however bravo confirmed
that it was her choice to move on from
the show even though the cast never
truly bonded with the persian barbie
many of them were still left confused
when she didn't invite them to her
lavish wedding in 2017. during the
season 3 reunion mj said lily made
everyone golnessa jessica and mike feel
like they were cool and then snubbed
them for the wedding invitation mj even
went on to spill on watch what happens
live that galicia invited her publicist
to her wedding but not the rest of the
shaw's cast during an interview with
bravo in 2021 galici revealed there were
a lot of hurt feelings after her
departure but she's taking baby steps
and mending the relationship with the
crew after the show i was genuinely hurt
i really had my feelings hurt i felt
alienated by this group that i thought i
was forming real friendships with i
didn't talk to any of them for three
years maybe four years i reconnected
with gigi first then reza then mike and
we really are friends in 2017 reza
farahan revealed that he was working to
get in shape and was hoping to lose 50
pounds he took on exercising long
distance running intermittent fasting
and dieting in hopes of getting
healthier and getting back to looking
like his younger self
like i just dreamed like god please let
me wake up one day and be real thin even
after reaching his weight loss goals the
shaws of sunset star revealed to bravo
tv that he still had a long way to go
and wasn't quite comfortable with his
own body image i've lost 50 pounds but
unfortunately i have body dysmorphic
disorder i still look in the mirror and
see someone very rotund my dream body is
like really long and emaciated i wish i
was 6'4 and 170 pounds just leanest i
think i'm going to spend my whole life
trying to get there
gigi's emotional journey to motherhood
was documented in season 9. she revealed
that she was ready to have kids even if
she had to raise them as a single mother
on the show she revealed that she had a
sperm donor and used in vitro
fertilization or ivf to conceive her
first successful embryo transfer
resulted in a heartbreaking ectopic
pregnancy which led her to believe her
dreams of motherhood were never going to
come true she tearfully told her
castmates the news so
i'm just in pain and bleeding and
now i have to see if i have to go remove
my fallopian tube
going from celebrating the pregnancy to
mourning the loss hit her hard she told
people for weeks i was playing the who
am i supposed to be mad at game i wanted
to blame someone and i couldn't i kept
blaming myself because no one had an
answer i checked back into therapy to
try to figure out how to work through
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