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Why was Clair so absolutely monstrous to Vanessa?

posted 2 years ago by TMC-4 (19586)
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I mean, Vanessa was perhaps the only relatively normal and average kid in the house. But if Theo and Denise were screw-ups in various ways, Sondra was a disappointment, and Rudy went from being adorable, cute little kid to hell on wheels, Vanessa stayed normal, and they still seemed to absolutely hate her for it. For example, wasn't there a later episode where Clair called Vanessa "that little WENCH" when she found out Vanessa had asked Cliff permission to go to a party Clair didn't want her to go to?

[–] VectorOfTheMoon (176) 2 years ago

Clair was pretty ruthless with Vanessa, especially that one episode where she told Vanessa not to wear any makeup.

Clair was SO mad she found out Vanessa was wearing makeup even after being told not to, she couldn't even look at Vanessa and literally had to start counting to herself just to calm down. Based on Clair's reaction, you would think that Vanessa had snuck into her mom's closet and ruined Clair's wedding anniversary dress with a red juice stain.