By now you’ve seen the preview of our latest show, Tool Academy. The show premieres Sunday, January 11, and It’s about the dynamic that goes on between a flamboyant, cocky man (“I don’t miss a workout, unless it’s for a threesome”) and a long-suffering woman who expects a bit of tenderness now and then (“If I don’t want to do what he wants to do, he think I should just go away”). Some couples are just out of whack, right?
Fortunately Tool Academy provides an expert to iron out those kind of really rough spots. Trina Dolenz is the couples therapist who tries to bring some balance to these wobbly relationships. Along the way there’s some outrageous behavior and some true emotional clarity that arises. Basically we’re all hoping that these guys aren’t going to be tools their whole lives.
We’re also hoping Trina can help VH1.com users with some of their own relationship problems. She’s inviting those Tool Academy fans with troubles of their own to write to her for advice. Every week throughout the show’s run, she will answer three audience submissions right here in the blog.
Ladies talk to your guys. Men, speak with your honeys. Pick a part of your romance that just isn’t working, and describe it to Ms. Dolenz. Could be commitment issues, could be respect issues, could be sexual issues. Whichever, a bit of free advice can go a long way.
Send submissions to toolacademy@gmail.com, and come back on Mondays to see if Trina has addressed your note.
Check Trina Dolenz’s Web site for more info.
Check the Tool Academy supertrailer after the jump.
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Trina looks like a woman of her kraft! And, I don’t mean cheese! She must be like super-therapist to be able to deal with these A-Holes!
‘ OK relax… it looks like a fun show!! Don’t get too excited about the therapist!!!
Well the truth is that therapist looks hotter than some of the girlfriends in this picture, dammmmnnnnnn! I’ll be watching just for her!
The show, “the City†looks like stupid &%!*)_~(~~(@~`)* Why not just watch a whitewashed, scripted (%**~@%_`(`^#*# CW show? And, I would rather chew on glass, then watch the biggest loser. Tool Academy, on the other hand looks funny as hell!
dat doctor fine! dis look cool as F
Saw the trailer for the show. The lie detector guy on the trailer is not a real operator. He is not certified by any recognized polygraph professional organization and he has an “F” rating with the Los Angeles County BBB. For more info on this guy check out: http://www.truthaboutgrogan.org or http://www.southerncaliforniapolygraph.com
Sorry to drop the bad news.
I wish the white stallion could bake me a cake, and walk my dog. Hmmm. I will watch.
Oh she’s hot for an older woman. She’s got killer legs and a rack that doesn’t quit!
THESE GUYS ARE ALL A BUNCH OF RODS, THAT GUY THREW THE FOOTBALL LIKE A WOMAN!! WHERE YOU FINDS THESE NERDS!!?
I think the therapist is fantastic . I would hate to deal with these guys. She clearly knows what she is doing. I love the show and Trina.
This is the best of the worst!! Most of the crap they put on VH1 is pretty bad, but this show is actually pretty clever. I think most of us are tired of the stupid dating show nonsense. Most of these guys must be from LA, there are more tools there than anywhere else.
It was nice to see how this show brings in a therapist to work with the couples. My heart hurts when I hear and watch what these men have put them through. These men obviously have low self esteem and low self worth to behave the way they do.
Compliments too the Host too…..now he is handsome and a great host.
This show is fake and scripted. Most of them are actors. What happened to real reality?
dear trina,
i’ve been with my boyfriend for 8 yrs we have three kids together but he cheated on me with 4 girls at diffrent times trina and at the end of of the episode it says if u want to join for the next tool academy to sign up at vh1.com i’ve did but did not find nothing and trina i really need this because i want to be with him he was my first boyfriend and the first person i had sex with so i really need your help please i beg you please
Hi me and my girlfriend are getting married in the year 2012.We’ve been dating for six months now I’ve been messing up like saying I hate her and don’t want to be with her,another thing I did was start to talk to girls online and cheat on her but it never happened,when she found out she beat me up really bad,I desevered it.We did want to go on the show but she don’t turn 21 until Oct. of this year.Josh and Ashley I’am proud of them both I wanted them two to pull through because they remind me of me and my girlfriend by the way her name is Christina.I was asking if you could help me out or give me a tip or two because I really love her with all of my heart ans soul and would do anything for her anything.I don’t want to hurt her again and make it so she can ttrust me again and I can show her that I’am commited to her and want to spend my whole life with her I love her to death.Thank you for your time Trina and have a wonderful day!
~Sean Patrick Muller
Hey Trina,
I want to sign up for the tool academy, because unfortunately my boyfriend is a tool. I can not seem to find the link. Do you know what it is? Thank you!
Michelle
Hi, My boyfriend is the biggest tool I know! Hes not all about working out but hes pretty big into riding dirt bikes and what not! he walks around thinking hes the raddest thing on earth! And hes acutally pretty lame i mean i love him but he has no job and we have been on and off for 5 years now because of him cheating on me with most of my friends! and i dont know if im the idiot for taking him back so sosososo many times Isnt it once a cheater always a cheater! He says he wants to get married and for me to have his kids but &))^~%$^*+^#+~%# no not like this! HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR THIS!!
Hey Trina,
So I really need your help to fix a minor problem before it gets out of control.My boyfriend (aka)(slick nick) of 4 years has done so wrong and i believe still does.first mess up was when he started to talk to another girl and then begin a relationship with her.He played it off so well i never knew until the 2nd time he messed up with my thought to be best friend in our bed while some other guy and girl was in the same room messing around too. so 6:oo am she calls me and tells me everthing.i go to him to ask if it was true at first he lied but then he told me and also told me that we was talking to someone else. but 2 years later we are fine i think but now i am getting those feelings again that something is going on. he is really distant. please help me with this.
Hi Trina my name is latika in i would like to sigh my boyfriend up for the tool academy i myself believe that you would be able to save my relationship i been with him 7 years in it seems like we are on are last leg Trina i would realy appreciate if u would get back with me whenever you can thank you in have a bless day
Hello Trina, my name is annemarie i really would love to sign my boyfriend up to go the tool academy iv been with him for 3 years in aug. and i really want to be with him for the rest of my life but at times he doesnt make me feel as if he feels the same i really need your help Trina. how do i sign up please help me
hi trina, ma name is devon and my boyfriend ameen a.k.a dos is the biggest tool and i would like to sign him up for the show. he is so into himself and it’s like i don’t even matter anymore. how do i sign him up
HI,
i really need to sign up for this tool academy, my boyfriend and i have been together almost three years. and we have a child together.but he treats my like crap. he doesnt care about me or my feels. he puts everyone in front of me. i really need your help for my childs sake. how do i sign up??
hey my name is crysal and i have a boyfriend name lenny and we been together for a year .
hi ma nmae is crystal i have a boyfriend name lanny and he treat me like #`^$()^~!*^)*^@` alawy callin me name that why i like 2 sing up cuz i thnk this will be good for him thank u so much
hi my name is crystal and i need my boyfriend to sing up for the tool academy is almost been together for a year but i hate how he alway goin out and i dont like when he naver calls me but if u can help me plz do thank you so much
my boyfriend chad AKA “sick wit it”, “the kratz”, “big sexy” and “daddy” needs to be put on this show!!! oh his a tool . . . and not to put my issues on blast but we have our ISSUES!!!!!! so much that us on this show would make for ratings!!! he is mr. i want a three some!!!!
Dear Trina,
I am 24 years old and i have been with my boyfriend for five years. We have a four year old son together. This passed christmas he asked me to marry him and i said yes, but in my heart i am scared to death…I want my family to work but it seems like he does’nt want to change. He is such a “TOOL” and I know we could have something great but theres something in my stomach telling me that he still has alot to prove to me and our son. I know he loves us but love does not provide for our family.. I just want to push him to see if he is willing to push back or if i should just give up. Please if nothing else i would greatly apreciate your thoughts and guidance on my situation. Thank you so much for your time.
Hey Trina…i really need this…4 me and 4 my boyfriend, and i know he needs it more cuz he needs to change…we’ve been together for almost 2 years now and we plan on gettin married but i cant spend the rest of my life with him if he dont change and it hurts me soo bad cuz i wanna be with him…plz help me! …he does me bad…treat me bad -ive seen the 1st show & i loved it..and i knew it would help us out…cuz if he DONT change…im not gonna be spendin my life with him…but im so scared that im not gonna be strong to leave him and ill end up gettin married to him and he’ll never change & still treat me like crap…i know he loves me….but thats all i know- he dont open up his heart to me, dont tell me nuthing…hes always gettin mad at me and cussin me out 4 no reason…i need help!! this is the last stop 4 me…im really hopin you’ll help me out & help him become a better person to me & to his loved ones…if this doesnt help, imma have to leave him 4 good and have a broken heart…& theres so much stuff thats between me and him- like we FIGHT like crazzzy and i try to tell him that he needs to show me that he loves me but when i do start talking about how he does me…he starts fightin with me and tellin me all i do is b*t*h…
i would like to be on your show tool academy because me and my partner have alot of issues to work out how do i go about gettin on there
Where do i sign my loser boyfriend up for the tool academy!
Its my only hope!!!!PLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAASE!!!
I’ve been going through this with my baby’s father for 6 years now & im only 19.He still hasn’t grown up yet & he is constantly disrepectful to me & vurbarly abussive too. He’s a liar & a huge TOOL!!. I’m to young to be tryin to be a single parent who’s baby’s father only comes around when he feels like it. I cry every night, because i feel like i’m in this by myself & in a realationship by myself. I really do need your help Ms. dolenz, if we’re going to be able to make any longer seriously. This is a big problem! PLEEEEEEEASE “HE”! really needs to be on this show! It would mean the world to me & for our relationship right now.
my boyfriend and i have been together for four years and theres still a trust issue we need your help
Hi there Trina, my name is Jessica. My tool of a boyfriend (Matthew) have been together 3 years now. I keep hoping for him to change and he does great for a while then it is the same old song and dance! I’m over it. I want him to be the man I know that deep down he is. We have overcame so many problems along the way. To say the least the last three years have really shown me what I’m made of,but at the same time they have also shown me what I want out of life!! That is to be able to be with the real Matthew until I take my last breath. I know deep down that he is a good man and that he loves me but he has his problems like we all do. I am at the end of my rope and I think that Tool Academy may be the one thing that can and will help him. I watched the final finale of the show today and still I can not believe the similarities of Matthew and some of the cast. I also can’t get over the dramatic changes most of them seem to make. At the end of the show I heard that they were going to be casting for a new season of Tool Academy. Well Matthew is the perfect candidate and I could greatly use the help. I really hope that you can give me the information to have the chance to save my relationship with the man of my dreams that is trapped inside of a total tool!
Hi there Trina, my name is Jessica. My tool of a boyfriend (Matthew) and I have been together 3 years now. I keep hoping for him to change and he does great for a while then it is the same old song and dance! I’m over it. I want him to be the man I know that deep down he is. We have overcame so many problems along the way. To say the least the last three years have really shown me what I’m made of,but at the same time they have also shown me what I want out of life!! That is to be able to be with the real Matthew until I take my last breath. I know deep down that he is a good man and that he loves me but he has his problems like we all do even me. I can’t blame it all on him but a great deal of my problems are because of him. We constantly fight and argue. We have even the issues of not only being verbally mentally and emotionally abusive towards each other but also physically. Thank God so far that part has stopped but I wonder how long it will last and with times getting harder I have a feeling it won’t be much longer.I am at the end of my rope and I think that Tool Academy may be the one thing that can and will help us. I watched the final finale of the show today and still I can not believe the similarities of Matthew and some of the cast. I also can’t get over the dramatic changes most of them seemed to have made. At the end of the show I heard that they were going to be casting for a new season of Tool Academy. Well Matthew is the perfect candidate and I could greatly use the help. I really hope that you can give me the information to have the chance to save my relationship with the man of my dreams that is trapped inside of a total tool!
hello…me and my “fiance” have been together for 2 years going on 3…we have bit of an arguing problem and. we are both in college, im 20 and he is 24. i have bit of a trust issure with him. his past consist of girls and prison. When i met him he jsut got out of jail. after getting serious he totally changed his life around but wait theres more…he loves to party all the time! he barely has time for me because he goes to school and works but when he has time he goes out and leaves me alone. we argue about thins all the time. one night i was calling him and he would answer the phone and i knew were he was (at a party of course).i walked tothe party and he looked at me with complete shock…he meet me outside and started yelling at me and i was like i dont wanna argue and then i left…his sorrys are getting on my nerve and i dont want accept them anymore…i feel like im drifting apart from him but i still love him…i dont want things to get out of hand.we have fought before but nothing to serious…its just that his past sucks and i feel like it might start all over again…its like even thought he is in college, my parents pay for his phone bill but when he has money he goes out and pleases himself by drinking and hanging out with his friends.everything is my fault thought….i feel like i caused this and i didnt do anything but be a good girl friend to him….i really hope that you can help me and my boyfriend…i dont want to lose him.he is my first true love.i just want our relationship to be like when we first met each other…i beleive ill be happy again.
thanks.
i recently came out of a two year relationship. I then started to fall for a guy.
We hung out a few times and talked all the time when we werent hanging out but we werent in a relationship yet. he kept basically pushing for sex not that i cared because i was sexually attracted to him. then shortly after we had sex he started not calling me back then avoiding me all together. he had his friend tell me that he no longer likes me because i made it to easy, but i somehow get the impression that he is using that as an excuse to get out easy. i dont know what i possibly could have done to scare him away. and why would he tell me how bad he wanted sex if he knew it would ruin things?
i dated a guy for 2 years. about 2 months into the relationship we began fighting. and about 6 months into the relationship i got sick with a disease that was hard to diagnose. i spent months at home sick. and he took it to his advantage and instead of spending time with me when i needed him he spent it partying with his friends. a few weeks later his bestfriend told me that he cheated on me 2 weekends in a row. he had sex. i was devastated but i forgave him. over the next few months i tried to forgive him and forget about it but it was a thought that consumed me every day. it tore me apart. gradually the way he treated me just got worse and worse. he was constantly walking out on me during fights, verbally abusing me and just not thinking before he spoke. constantly saying he wanted to break up just cause he was mad. and on top of it all he was having trust issues with me because he though i would cheat on him for revenge so he was always getting jealous when ever a guy friend would say hi to me. this is a person that i planned to spend the rest of my life with in the beggining but i started to realize that he was not the one for me and i needed to dump him. i did but then we kept getting back together and he would promise to change but he never did. it just got worse and worse. degrading me and taking me for granted. in january this year we broke it off. since then i have been struggling to find myself. i really want to be with him forever but not the way he is being. and everytime he trys to change he reverts back to his old ways when he feels comfortable. i really need your help please.
I would like to know how to try out for the upcoming season of tool academy. Please reply ASAP!
nice show
my bf is a tool but i think he could really change with a little help! we need this
He is way too imature and he acts like a kid way too much can you help me Trina?
Dear Trina,
My now former fiance wrote to you on the 10th of may. He did something really bad. I really trusted him and he hurt me and left me for another girl and hurt my family and friends. I can’t stay mad, not at anyone. Is it bad that I can’t be mad at him even though he hurt everyone I cared for? Is there something wrong with me?
I need to know how can I sign up to put my boyfriend into tool academy. I, we desperatley need help. Please email me back information, like I said we are really in need of the help of your show, we are past advice from Miss Denez. Please and thank you
dear Trina,
I have been with my boyfriend since high school so you can say about four year, we were friends first so i have been knowing him for 6 years. i am pregnant now from him we were living together but he has become selfish and is not as romantic and affectionate as before i can be emotional around him because he turns everything into an argument. he never goes with me to places and when i tell him what he is doing wrong he gets offended. he never understands me and now that i am pregnant he says he doesn’t want to deal with my family. i have recently move out his house i don’t know what to do
Dear Trina,
my boyfriend is a tool the new season has just begun and i would like to sign him up for your future season. He has become arrogant and controling. I hardly ever have money because he takes it, he rides around with other women and tells me to stay in the house. I try to brake up with him but he keeps poping up. I do love him, but i would like some serious advice from someone who has dealt with a tool.
I have a boyfriend that i have been with for almost for years. He is always calling me names yelling at me cheating on me. I cant talk it anymore ive gave him so many chances but im just tird of my heart getting broke. he need to change and i have a filling that if he doesent change soon this relationship will get out of had and i will end up hurt badly.
I have been with my boyfriend for 4 years now. iI love him to death but the way he treats me is hurting me so bad. He calls me names yells at me and puts no efort in this relationship. I have put 100% in this relationship and he still treats me bad. I want him to chang but im scard he cant. Please help me
hey trina i been with my man for 6 months my relationship is ok for the most part but i live in a small town where everyone knows everyones bizzness and its not a bad thing i found out when me and my boyfriend brandon got togeather he was fooling around with this girl ericka and i am actually friends with her now because she told me everything he denyied it for the longest time but he finally told me the truth like 2 months ago and then like 3 months after i found out about ericka he made out with one of my friends i mean i need help i dont know how to get over this i mean i understand one time but two how can i get over some thing like that can u help me with some evice my email is bootylous2005@yahoo.com please talk to me i love him with all my heart but i cant trust him i want to inroll him next time you have sign ups i want to be able to trust him again i watch the show alot and i love it i think it is alsome what u are doing and i hope to be on a futher epiosode love,
chelsey
Hey trina i wont to sign my boyfriend up for tool academy how do i go about the process
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