You're Cut Off

Nine spoiled princesses receive the shock of their pampered lives when their fed-up families cut them off from their finances and enroll them into an eight-week rehabilitation program designed to transform their pampered ways. The women must adapt to their new environment that has no cooks, valets or cleaners and very little closet space. With the guidance of professional life coach Laura Baron, the girls begin their long journey toward independence by downsizing their belongings, cooking for themselves, and learning to live like the rest of America.

The girls were first given the task of completing their chores in order to earn their $200 allowance for food. Gia, Chrissy, and Jessica decided not to do them, thus reducing the spending money to $125. After grocery shopping, the girls met with Sam Saboura, a top celebrity stylist to learn how to spend on a budget. The girls were first tested to see if they can tell which items were expensive, and which were not. Their challenge for the lesson was to create 3 looks made from clothes bought in a thrift store, and they could only spend $300.

Working nine to five is a foreign concept for our cast but they will finally learn what it means to earn a paycheck. To help them find their best suited positions, Laura has each girl write up a resume and meet for an interview with noted headhunter Stephen Viscusi. Due to their lack of prior work experience and limited enthusiasm, the girls are all assigned to work blue collar jobs in a shoe warehouse (aka, their worst nightmare). While some girls embrace the working world, others aren't as thrilled, as one diva misses the van to get to the job and another quits before the day is over. Later, Laura comes down hard on those that aren't keeping up and reminds the ladies that they'd better shape up if they want to graduate from the program.

With Laura's help, a few monks and a shiny mirror, the girls will learn the importance of being beautiful on the inside. Upon arrival at a Buddhist temple, the girls are introduced to the life of a monk- a life that finds the meaning of true happiness by living without material items. And then to test if the women are ready to find their own inner beauty, Laura announces that they'll be doing a photo shoot with a famous photographer - without their designer wardrobe and without make-up. While some girls embrace this lesson, others just don't. And when one princess bears her ugly side, Laura is forced to make a tough decision. Chrissy is removed from the program for disrespecting Laura and the program.

Tropical resorts are a thing of the past for these girls, who venture into the great outdoors to learn how to have fun on a budget on a camping trip, preparing food and building a campfire are difficult enough until they discover their toughest obstacle - there's no toilet. Later, tempers flare around the campfire when Gia abuses her powers as VIP by not only doing nothing while she tells everybody else what to do, but because it's her birthday, Gia decided to blow the food budget on things that she wanted and ignored everybody's food requests. Erica, Pamela, and Jacqueline later fight with her about this issue at the group session. Laura was taken aback by the constant bickering in the house. Because of this, Laura decided no one deserved the title of VIP for the week and the girls' chances of graduation are at jeopardy.