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Yeah Charisse has a place on this show for sure -- as someone I love to hate. Plus she can definitely stir things up with Monique, being that Monique doesn't realize yet how two-faced she is -- and the newbie Bucky.

@Soaplovers You were not harsh at all! I had forgotten that OC went on some pretty out-there trips. I found OC unwatchable last year, but maybe the women needed an off season to shape up and put 3-year old issues behind them. OC has always been about the relationships between the women, so to have a season where the main three refused to film with each other was hard. IA with you that OC is underappreciated sometimes, but when it's on fire, it puts the other franchises on notice. For girl drama, relationship drama, family drama, and drunken shenanigans, OC cannot be beat. Naked Wasted, the Bus Ride From Hell, Brooks, "YOU WILL ALL KNOW THE TRUTH, YOU WILL ALL KNOW THE [!@#$%^&*] TRUTH" Vicki screaming from the top of Whistler that she's never had a threesome in her life -- you couldn't make any of this up.

It's like Icy B*tch purposely sabotaged her HW position so that she doesn't have to come back next season when the divorce breaks! BH should call it a day. Maybe some years down the line we get a RHOBH featuring Kyle, Camille, Faye Resnick, Kris Jenner -- and guest-starring Kathy Hilton and Kim Richards. Ok, I know most despise Kyle, but imo Kyle still has story to milk, especially her fear of Kathy Hilton and the loathing Kathy has for her. Erika needs to GO. She clearly hates the women, the show, Andy, and Bravo. She bought into her own hype and it's an ugly look. Rinna is awful. She did f*ck-all this season except attack LVP in her VTs. Rinna is basically the Charisse of BH. She can GTFO also. LVP has out-grown this franchise. She should stick solely to VPR where she can focus on trying (and failing) to make Scheana Marie happen (we all know Lala is the real star!). Dorit. Ugh. Blatant liar. I hope we never see her on reality tv again.

Yeah they do visit places. I'm being harsh. I love when they went to Costa Rica, and Bali. Last season they went to Iceland. It was all trips around glaciers, but it got side tracked when Vicki took some pills Kelly gave her, had a bad reaction, went to the hospital, and nobody in the group cared.

100% all this. Potomac is so easy to enjoy this season. Even though I can't stand Gizelle. I'm excited to see Jamaica (it was spectacular on RHOA), but I have a feeling the OC HWs will probably never leave the hotel resort. It always amazes me how the OC ladies fly miles away on vacation to stay at a beach exactly like the one they have at home! Hope it's a good season this year. Copenhagen is a beautiful city. The Dallas ladies will probably feel right at home. Everybody there is blonde and good looking and speaks English and loves a strong drink or five.

Yep. And Gizelle is wasting no time in turning it against her next week. Candiace was naive in telling ANY of these women her financial business. Even Karen told her to not to say anything. Gizelle tells no-one about the alimony Jamal Bryant pays her, I notice -- or where he gets the money from. I also noticed that now Charrisse is now tattling about Monique to Gizelle. I'm sure this will be news to Monique. Karen is the gift that keeps on giving. When she tried to put on sunglasses to distract from that expanding hairline, and when she smacked Candiace's hands away and barked 'I GOT IT, I GOT IT' lol.

Wendy talks KZB @8.18.

Wednesday she shut down production on DBT and summoned her lawyers in a fit of pique towards Bravo for not backing her up at Reunion! In no way did she believe she was wrong for her remarks -- if anything, she thinks she's the victim. Judging by this latest IG post (clearly not written by her), the lawyers sat her down and put the cold hard facts to her: she risks being decimated by Bravo/NBC Universal legally and professionally. Plus she will lose her show (the Biermanns' only source of income) and all associated income opportunities tied to that show. ITA that based on Reunion alone, she would have come out with her career intact and coasted on the idea that she was unfairly ganged-up on. The bathroom comments put a stake in all that. Her true feelings came out and they were ignorant, racist and ugly as hell. She won't change her behavior because Kim never admits she is wrong in anything. Her entire bathroom tirade was all about how she is in the right and life is so unfair. Even in the IG post it states "I truly pray that the people wishing horrible things on others, and on me, channel that energy into something positive. Our world would be a much better place if you do. I am committed to making this world a better place to live. I will continue to learn from, and be open to, ALL people." NONE of this is about HER changing her behavior. It's all about OTHERS changing their behavior and her 'continuing' to do what she's always done. I haven't quoted it here but IA with your remarks about Sonja and Dorinda. Even though I love Dorinda. And Sonja! Both women have their issues and are very relatable in their flaws. Dorinda is clearly still v angry about losing her husband but never dealt with it. And Sonja cannot accept that her Morgan status and lifestyle is long-gone. Both need to work on these issues, but I fear that while Dorinda has a chance, Sonja may be too far gone. Psychologically, she just cannot deal with what is happening to her. She can only deal by shutting it out. And that's why she can't move forward.

NY: I can see both sides of the Sonja issue. On the one hand, it's tough seeing Sonja enter parties putting on a brave face and all the women shunning her and giving her the evil eye. Sonja seems to have aged exponentially this year. At times she looks grandmotherly. I don't know if it's the aging facelift, but I feel like she is worn out and depressed; the pretence she has kept afloat for years is coming off the rails. She barely believes her delusions anymore but she's still floundering in them and can't pull herself out. Everyone around her has evolved but she refuses to. I can see why Dorinda has lost patience and Ramona has outgrown her drinking buddy. However, they are far too harsh with her. Sonja seems so fragile and vulnerable, and her two friends are climbing on the Carole and Tinsley bitch train. Dorinda purposely got Tinsley riled up and it was not a good look on her. At all. Carole remains awful, bitching about Ramona's party. Girl, your marathon run just isn't that important. Maybe you'd be happier hanging with Hipster Mumbling Man-Bun and nibbling some rabbit food. Tinsley making that classic sophomore mistake of targeting another HW right off the bat and looking like a desperate beeyotch. She's a vapid piece of lint. Luann was DELICIOUS when she asked Dennis how he met Bethenny and then apologised in that icy, elegant way. And that little smile. Sometimes B need to be reminded her hands aren't so clean. That was a beautifully worded, spell-checked apology penned by Kim's lawyer! I'm so happy to know Kim doesnt discriminate -- when it comes to [!@#$%^&*] rich guys of any race, colour or creed. Heartwarmimg too to know she is paying lawyers $$$ when her hubby is literally unemployable, they have 17 children and her show is hanging by a thread. Bravo won't like that she shut down production on Tardy! Idiot. Despite myself, I like Kyle too sometimes. She's human and her tragic dynamic with her sisters explains a lot with her. However, she needs to follow John Legend/Chrissy Teigen's lead and step away from KZB. She has no business commenting, and the sloth will only drag her down and taint her by association. I can only assume Kim's lawyer needed a house in the Valley and called begging for a favour.

Carole thinks she is some kind of downtown style leader. It's hilarious that she thinks the 'girls' [(c) Luann] are jealous of her and that fug body tatoo stocking. No, Carole, they're just turned off by your stank attitude. She was on WWHL last night sounding bitter and dumb as [!@#$%^&*]. The other guest used the term DIY and she had to ask Andy what that meant.

Kyle (or as Dorit calls her, Koyle) looks like she's wearing a black Hefty bag. I believe the term Amazon came up for them is 'sauna suits.'

Best hair: Kyle, LVP Best dressed: Rinna Worst hair: Dorit Worst dressed: Dorit, Kyle, Erika.

She, Dorit and to a slightly lesser extent Rinna are all getting draaaaaagged under the #RHOBHReunion tag. https://twitter.com/hashtag/RHOBHReunion?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fboards.soapoperanetwork.com%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dcore%26module%3Dsystem%26controller%3Dembed%26url%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FLoveAndyC%2Fstatus%2F988951386250530823%3Fs%3D20

@ sloth ! I just wrote about Rinna rejoicing in other people's humiliation and being a hateful human being. Well, I guess I am talking about myself when it comes to the fat-lipped sloth! The HWs went in on her and, yes, she was alone in defending herself. That usually wins underdog points with me. However, Andy never called Kim to account at the other reunions for her double-dealing. It took 7 long years, but her constant lies and hate finally caught up with her. Her career would have survived this Reunion just fine (she could have milked the 'bitches jealous of my life' mantra for months) -- were it not for her racist, ignorant AF comments at the end. Racism didn't exist until social media? What a narcissistic clown. Her career was built on the shoulders of vastly more talented African Americans. Can't wait for the bonfire of her vanities.

JUST AWFUL. I am ready to QUIT this sh*t-show.The only thing I liked was Kyle's haircut -- and, to a lesser extent, Teddi. So DONE with Rinna after she shouted at LVP when called out about her nasty Instagram stories. Rinna is constantly trying to get LVP, Kyle and Teddi fired and rejoices in others' humiliation. She is cowardly. She pretends that she's about letting things go and yet she's milking the hate for 3 years straight. Can't stand to look at her. Rinna doing that honking donkey laugh every time Erika opened her piehole was le cringe. Erika is literally dead behind the eyes. Did she snort Xanax off of Mikey's backside beforehand? She despises the women and the show. And her mother. And her husband. And John Mellencamp. F*cking icy b*tch. Maybe next year the truth will come out about her dead marriage and we will get a more humane Erika -- but I doubt it. Dorit is scum. Teddi talks about the difficulties she had with pregnancy and she's snarking "Go buy a dog at VP dogs" ? Everything she accused Teddi of being (two-faced, liar), she epitomizes. She can go, too. Kyle talking YET AGAIN about LVP 'latching on' to newbies/preying on the weak?

YES, LET'S talk about it! UNF!!! These two are fire. 🔥🔥🔥Cynthia is the most gorgeous HW of all the franchises and she and Nick are burning up my screen! I am secretly wishing for a Cynthia/Leon reunion because he seems like such a sweet guy, but NC is a goofball too. Get it, NICK! Top pic: dat thumb placement tho, Cynthia.

http://www.realitytea.com/2018/04/24/oops-melissa-gorgas-clothing-store-envy-sold-counterfeit-chanel-goods/ Yikes, Melissa. So I'm assuming she was selling the counterfeits at Chanel prices?? RHONJ is filming right now so I expect this will be included in the new season. I really cannot wait to hear Kim D's take on this! So far she's been quiet but you know the Cryptkeeper is merely biding her time.

Potomac: I like that Potomac is solidly middle-class with its SLs revolving around the financial precariousness of being middle-class (Robyn, Karen, Candiace), especially if you divorce (Gizelle, Charrisse, Robyn, Ashley). The anxiety that you may slip 'under' is always there. (I'm kind of over the bling-over-substance stuff like Erika/BH). Robyn is so grumpy about being called out on her sh*t. Monique hit the nail on the head when she said that Robyn keeps saying "stay out of my business like I stay out of yours" but she's as sly behind your back as Gizelle everybody else. Gizelle and Robyn are two sides of the same coin. Gizelle just wraps her mean-girl up in a smile and soothing voice. I always feel like Gizelle is trying to shmooze the audience like she shmoozed churchgoers back in the day in order for them to donate to her and Pastor Cheatalot's lifestyle. Word on the street (well, in Reality Tea's comments section) is that Gizelle's college disbanded her sorority which was hazing potential recruits by getting them to do sexual things. The head of the sorority at the time? You guessed it! Karen shutting down Charrisse at Gizelle's garden party was a thing of beauty! Charisse all condescending and nasally: "The thiiiing iiiiisss, we were all wonderinnnnn--" Karen: "I KNOW you're not still talking." Ashley helping her mother financially is keeping the leach tied to her mother's side. I totally understand why she and Michael want to cut off support. Her discussion with her therapist about trying to win her mother AND Michael's love through doing things for them was revelatory.

It's cool, I didn't take it personal towards me. She's come a long way since S3, though I liked her back then too. She was in a vulnerable place and she never hid it from the cameras or pretended to be like the other women.

I was reminded of that very scene while watching this latest episode, particularly when Luann was shopping for the nutri-bullet! As ridiculous as some of Sonja's demands where -- and most of the other women would have flat-out refused -- Luann seems to want to support Sonja's efforts to detox and get (somewhat) healthy. She also wanted Sonja to feel at home in Lu's house, just as Sonja once welcomed her into her townhouse. Luann has been accused (mostly by Carole) of being a narcissist, fake, inauthentic, selfish, evil, etc, etc, but when it comes to Sonja, Luann is gentle and empathetic without being an enabler. She understands it's hard to get over a longtime husband leaving you and downsizing your life. (I maintain that while Luann did fall for Tom, the Count was the love of her life, and I wonder if her outsized reaction to her divorce with Tom wasn't in part latent feelings of rejection she felt from her first divorce). When Mario and Ramona broke up, for example, Luann did not bear grudges with regards to the things Ramona had said about her marriage. I don't think she's boring! Cynthia is one of my favourites on ATL. And definitely, she can and does read people. She may not do it every episode, but when she does, it is always perfectly judged and spot on.

Cynthia pithily shut Kim down while encapsulating why everybody hates her her cry-wolf behind. As far as I'm concerned, 51Cynt earned her spot for next season.

Yep yep YEP! Watching Bravo's best-laid plans to lumber RHOA with Kim's presence come completely undone in one episode was ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS and outdid the Phaedra take-down. It was TT who reported that Beck got quietly demoted halfway through filming when Bravo flew in a longtime RHONY producer to take control of production -- partly, I suspect, to deal with Kim's crazy diva demands and possibly at the request of Nene, Kandi and others who had no desire to be kicked around by Kim anymore. From the very beginning of the season, Bravo, Beck and Kim's entitled ass EXPECTED to be Star of this franchise, showing the other girls 'how it's done.' Production trailed and built up her scenes heavily, bent over backwards to squeal that KIM Z IS BACK on its YouTube channel. The end-game was this: Kim would sweep in, tear these women apart, sweep out, have the audience clamoring for her full-time return, and then she would supplant Kenya come season 11. Sadly, though, Production expected too much of the rather limited Mrs. Biermann. Being married to Lurch may make you look smart and quick-witted, but that doesn't mean you are any of those things. Production also under-estimated the other women, who were not 100% on their game during filming, but who came through in strength during Reunion, especially Kenya. Kim did not have the vocabulary or coolness that the others had. Her defense has already been overused to death on Twitter and IG, so the women were more than ready with a response to the tired litany of "You're just jealous because I have a husband with no income and 472 kids!!" They were fired up with purpose and righteous anger, but ice-cool when it came to delivery. It was perfection. When Kim ran out of her jealousy defense, the mask dropped completely. Did you see that producer scamper out squealing "We need Andy and a camera NOW!" ? God knows what Kim must have been spewing before the camera got there, but we definitely saw Ms. I-don't-see-color true colors. And they are ugly as sin. Even Slow Lurch knew it was bad because he put his hand on the camera and tried to get it out of there. And Andy couldn't be bothered to make her feel better. When they hugged, she clung to his neck like 'Don't drop me, Bravo!' I have no clue where her career will go from here. Bravo did everything to make sure she would be winning this season. It was a slam-dunk for her -- and she still managed to torpedo it. Don't worry about her too much, though: Kim will land on her feet and still has one more season of Tardy to turn things around (thanks to M2M on the same night) -- unlike Phaedra who is nowhere to be seen after last year.

It's not an unpopular opinion. I adore Dorinda and love her CLIIIP moments, but she was way too aggressive at that lunch. Clearly she is still raw from Richard's death. Clearly the issues she has with Sonja have been festering for the past 2 years. The Page Six exclusives and the delusions are pissing the women off, Dorinda included. I also think that Dorinda is trying to give Sonja a wakeup call and be honest about her feelings to Sonja's face (instead of bitching behind her back like Carole and Tinsley did in the car -- I think Dorinda knows that Sonja HATES it when the other women talk or make fun of her on the sly). Not to defend Dorinda but Sonja still needs a wakeup call of some sort. She has become increasingly ill-tempered with and distant from the women, too. She is not the same Sonja of 2 or 3 seasons ago. It's sad that Dorinda cannot see Sonja's vulnerability because normally she is an empathetic Sagittarian who can be protective of her friends. Let's not forget that Dorinda was drinking and that is an issue for her, and this season it may come to a head. I don't think she quite realises the depth of Sonja's despair. When Sonja talked about getting on depression/anti anxiety meds, she made it a joke, however it was also a cry for help to the other women. She wants them to know she is going through something as far as her mental health is concerned.

I'm disappointed at the overall lack of Erika dragging in the preview. I imagine if someone had dragged her beautifully, Bravo would tease us with it. Anyhoo, time to bury this faux-tough, supercillious, dismissive Erika Jayne persona. She thinks she's all that, but nobody's buying it anymore.

AGREE with a lot of this. I did feel a *little* sorry for Sonja as it must seem many of the ladies have it out for her. However, it must be frustrating to have a friend who is literally delusional. Luann was very nice to accommodate Sonja and make her feel better about herself. But imo most of the women are pissed about Sonja going to Page Six and spilling tea about them for a few coins. Sonja is clearly hanging on by a thread financially: those scenes riding the jitney and then having some random guy keep her 1980s sedan in his backyard were sad. She couldn't even get Dorinda to offer her a ride. Her house is on the market as a rental which is a good move financially, but lord knows if anybody has signed up to live there. It's sad to know that she's been on anti-depressants but not surprising given that she's been self-medicating ever since she joined RHONY. Dorinda blurted out that her husband left her because Sonja cheated on him in the South of France. That explains a lot in the sense that Sonja never seemed angry at her husband for leaving her. Grief-stricken, yes. But vengefully angry, no. Tinsley is bitter and mean and I cannot warm to her this season. She is also deluding herself with regards to Scott the Magic Unicorn becoming her boyfriend again. I think he sees her with more realistic eyes now. I can kind of see both Carole and Bethenny's sides of their falling out. It can't be easy for Carole being Me-Myself-and-I's best butt buddy. It's a rude awakening for Bethenny to realize Carole is a friend-jumper who essentially ghosts her former BFFs once she's found a jump-off. There isn't much going on in Ramona's life on the show right now, but I am truly loving her as Greek Chorus/Voice of Pinot Reason.