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RHoNY: Even though I didn't notice Sonja wasn't on last week it was nice having her back after that bitchy episode. As delulu as she is, Sonja always adds a lightness and humor to her scenes. I also thought she was spot-on when Ramona went at her for drinking too much and what an embarrassment it was. Sonja calmly acknowledged that she overdid it and now it was time to cut back. And she also pointed out that it was rich of Turtle-Time to be going after her for boozing it up. Sonja has a very clear picture of her relationship with Ramona and how it blows hot and cold -- and she is accepting of that. As she puts it, she and Pinot are more like sisters than BFFs. Bethenny redeemed herself a little bit in my eyes after being a horrible bitch last episode. Bethenny at least has the wherewithal to recognize how Mean Girls she came across. The lunch with Jules was actually watchable, despite Bethenny's VTs where she cannot stop with the quips. The talk about eating disorders was real, although I think Bethenny forgets that she too admitted to suffering from an eating disorder once. Maybe she didn't want to bring it up because of the possible impact on her SkinnyGirl brand which also does diet foods. Unfortunately, Carole remains as clueless as ever about how she comes across. She can't stop going after LuAnn even though LuAnn is careful not to mention her or stays out of her way now. Let it gooooooooo, Angry Bradshaw. She also speaks like a 16-year old and it is not a cute affect. It looks like she is copying Brandi Glanville -- FTR Carole is a supposed writer/former journalist! She is also way obsessed with her boyfriend (as every teenager is). We get it, he's young. Young doesn't always mean cute, though, Carole. He seems a bit over her TBH. Dorinda next week... lawwwwd. She needs to stop drinking so much, and needs to drop that awful, controlling, sweaty boyfriend.

I haven't seen Part 3 yet either (busy week!) but I agree that LVP sounds very done and over with Andy Cohen and his behaviour towards her. Andy really is biting the hand that feeds him so far as LVP is concerned. I hope she quits the show. She doesn't need it thanks to VPR having a great season - I'm just really surprised me disappointed with how Andy's glaring bias doesn't get dealt with. And I agree that LemonLyme seems absolutely fine. Finally watched! It was exactly as you guys said. And you are absolutely right. LemonLymes is completely fine. She was glowing triumphantly as everybody's grandmother and her cat stepped forward to sock it to LVP one more time. When Kyle attributed the word "integrity" to Yol, even Yol looked almost shocked that she had managed to pull the wool over everybody's eyes to that extent. Erika going after Kathryn for the sake of it was unnecessary. Kathryn stood her ground and wouldn't be ridiculed into not showing support to LVP. Weirdly, I do think that Erika, as icy as she is, does like Kathryn. Maybe because Kathryn is a genuine and kind person. Eileen looked so bad in all this. SO bad. Humorless, small-minded, petty, mean-spirited. I wish I didn't have to see this side of Eileen. I wish I could have been left in the dark and carried on being her fan in blissful ignorance. Kyle is whatever. If she didn't have Kim or wasn't on the show, I wouldn't miss her. Lisa Rinna engaged in one giant exercise in back-pedaling. Not a good look. I used to think that she and Eileen were probably telling the truth, but the more they yapped at LVP about how she manipulated them, the more hollow and odd-sounding the story seems to me. Basically, LR is frightened of Yolanda big-time, and she doesn't want to take the fall alone, especially with Andy being so supportive of Yolanda's 'journey' and unwilling to ask an actual question about the veracity of her disease. Brandi in that VT looked a damn fool. It just highlighted how inarticulate, immature and irrelevant she is. She was trying so hard to be witty and the other women looked completely bemused as to why she even got a VT. Even Yo, glowing with pride at her protege, STFU when she realized it went over like a lead balloon. LVP: SO DONE. And she said she had no apologies to offer. I wouldn't either. She got hammered worse than Season 4 (when even Brandi was lowkey asking to get their friendship back and Yolanda had to back-pedal over the "Ken assaulted me!" allegations). She held her own, but after a while it was redundant watching the women pile on her for almost 3 hours. Like what was the point? The point got lost and forgotten under a wave of psychobabble like "own your sh*t" and "speaking my truth" and "#my journey." And the true point was that some people had questions about WTF Yolanda was doing, EVERYBODY was talking about it, so Yolanda and her enforcers Erika and Eileen got ultra-Stalinist about the witch-hunt as to who was gossiping privately. The end.

https://twitter.com/LisaVanderpump/status/727705414608011264 Well. I think that says a lot. I still haven't seen the final part of Reunion (I will though! Just been busy and want to mentally prepare myself) but LVP sounded done, done and DONE. I'm guessing having Andy show the Brandi film so that none of the ladies on the couch could have a right-to-reply may have been a last straw. At least Joyce has tweeted her support. Going to watch RHoNY at some point too; I can't believe how badly Andy's BFFs Carole and Bethenny are coming across this season thus far.

Retooling, without a doubt. I know Potomac has its fans here but I just couldn't warm to it. Dallas seems dead in the water to me. RHoNY was retooled and, after a very slow start, I think the retooling worked for the franchise. I just couldn't stomach Jill, Kelly and Cindy Barship (Google her if you don't know who I'm talking about!) one second longer. The clash between the professional HWs (Ramona, Sonja, LuAnn) with the actually wealthy HWs who felt they were too good for the show (Aviva, Heather, Carole) was great drama. "You're both white trash, quite frankly." The one show where retooling didn't work was NJ. I can never watch that show again the way they gutted it... although the Gorgas and Giudices really have nobody to blame but themselves for that. They ate the show alive with their toxic, dumb-ass feud.

So Andy piles on LVP but doesn't call Yolanda out on her inconsistent 'medical history'? Bye. At least Kim showed up face to face with the women and answered questions. I appreciated that she did that, even if I still think she is delusional about her habit. OTOH I also understand that this addiction is a constant, decades-long horrendous struggle for her and she cannot face up to it completely. What was Brandi's excuse for not showing up? That recording sounds like pure BS. I don't know if I should watch. Let LVP go focus on VPR and her restaurants and not to worry. Bring back Trashbox and Pill! Rinna will love that. And once Yolanda and her minions turn on somebody else (I'd be nervous if I were you, Kathryn and Rinna) and BH descends into a trashfest of tampon-string-flashing proportions, Bravo will be begging for Lisa Vanderpump's return.

RHoNY: Dear lord, Bethenny and Carol's mean-girl shtick is SO tired. I can't believe they spent an entire party pointedly sitting apart from and walking around 'avoiding' people. They were even worse at Jules' shindig. Like, how old are you two? Bethenny's voice literally exhausts me after watching this episode. I feel like she just gave me laryngitis. Carole is an instigator. I cannot stand her immature ass. She talks and acts like a 16 year old. LuAnn walks into Bethenny's birthday cookout with, God forbid, a GIFT... and we cut to Carole bitching about LuAnn trying to make the party all about her. Girl, SIT DOWN. Were not enough people kissing your Radziwill-by-marriage butt that day? The fact that LuAnn kept on smiling and having a good time really made her sour. Now that she and Bethenny are a little clique, she seems to be hoping to turn Bethenny against Lu and have Bethenny fight her battles for her -- just like she had Heather do for her the past two seasons. John needs to GO. He is worse than Peachter in term of thirsty.

Hahahahahaha Our poor lil soapy gals... Rinna gave us panicked expressions of desperation on multiple occasions. Like when you tell a bad joke and are hoping someone will laugh, but instead you're left there in silence looking like an oaf. Glad Andy called her out. If you're gonna play the game, you gotta do it right. I think she initially thought the audience would back her, but learned otherwise. Eileen, I can't even defend. There was so much stupidity, nit-picky nonsense, and hypocrisy. In one single moment, she scolds LVP for not being considerate of her feelings and then dismisses LVP's. Pot, meet kettle. She shot herself in the foot by admitting that no matter how LVP apologies, sincere or not, Eileen won't accept it because she doesn't trust her. So WHY the endless back 'n forth all season over what constitutes as a genuine, heartfelt apology? Thanks for wasting our time over something that you'll never view as resolved. LVP's ellipsis (the three dots...) in her blog comment regarding Kyle being called an enabler on the beach, yet it was omitted in editing. Hmm..., indeed. Kathryn has definitely won me over. She had a rough introduction, but y'all are absolutely correct that she brings humanity to a situation that is mostly toxic. She can burst into tears, empathizing with Kim, yet they barely know one another. And it's not crocodile "Look at me! I care too!" tears like others (:::cough, Rinna, cough:::) I'm glad they included some lightheartedness in the middle of the episode. LVP looks ready to check out. A mid-season reentry, a la NeNe, would be a good way to ruffle their feathers next season. They will no doubt be in the middle of an internal battle, turning on one another after they believe they've dethroned The Queen. I'm just so over Yolanda and her Jerusalem Journey. She's nothing without her refrigerator and lemons. LOL agree with so much of this! Lisa Rinna was running around like a squawking chicken with her head cut off at Reunion! You know, I almost bought into TT's essay about LVP being the mastermind behind all this 'Is Yolanda sick?' stuff, given that she and Yol really dislike each other and each think they should be top of the heap on BH. But then, tonight, I caught the episode where Yolanda has ze Lyme Gala and the ladies fly out to Dubai on TV here (the UK is only 4 episodes behind the US, possibly because LVP is popular here!). It's clear the Gala is a turning point. Kyle oohs and aahs at the big stars at the Gala (and Gigi + Joe Jonas!) and weeps in Yolanda's arms about finally understanding Yolanda's Journey. In her VT she talks about how uncomfortable she was about Rinna saying the M word and Rinna shouldn't have foisted her opinions on everybody. Cut to Dubai and Rinna hearing all about the Gala and Kyle's epiphany. Her face goes white under the bronzer. Suddenly she realizes that everybody is making up with Yol and she is left out in the cold looking like the nasty gossip. Even Eileen is throwing her under the bus for it. That's when Rinna realizes she has to backpedal somehow so that she isn't given the Bad Guy edit. Eileen is happy to help. Hence what transpired. Interesting that when Yolanda lectured Eileen and Rinna at Reunion about being sensitive to Kim's struggle, Eileen snapped back at her "Are you going to let me talk?!" The sympathy for a sick woman only goes so far, I guess! The minion snaps back! IA about the mid-season entry for LVP. I have no doubt Rinna will go apeshit over Yolanda's miraculous recovery. Neither woman like each other at all. And Yol will send Erika in to do her snarling and biting. Since Eileen hero-worships Erika so much, this will force her to take sides. And then LVP, Shiva and Lea Black (yes, I want her on BH! NOT Joanna Krupka's mangy ass tho!) sweep in at some big party to size up the mess.

N.B.: Lisa Vanderpump posted her blog... but on Facebook, not on Bravo. I don't know what that means (i.e.: whether she is done with Bravo or just did not want her blog edited), but here is the link. Anybody can view it: https://www.facebook.com/LisaVanderpump/posts/1176537299045779

RHoBH: The argument between Eileen and LVP about DA AFFAIRRRRRRR --- I can't anymore. Both hate each other and any apology that LVP gives her will be dismissed because Eileen doesn't trust her, as she said. Rinna and Eileen were a veritable tag team tonight. Eileen is smarter than Rinna and defends herself better. Rinna looks like ridiculous flip-flopping like a seal (as NBA said, she is WEAK). Especially when Eileen told Kim that she was supportive of her recovery and Rinna had to pipe up "Me too! Me too!" The side-eye LVP gave them was priceless. (That wasn't the exact side-eye to Soapy & Sudsy but unbelievably nobody has gifed it yet ) By the same token, as soon as Kim pushes for an apology, Rinna gets defensive and aggressive. Now, I don't think Rinna should apologize to Kim for calling her out on her sh*t. I don't think Rinna should apologize for bringing it up in public either -- sweeping it under the rug has allowed Kim to continue drinking and using, unbothered, FOR DECADES -- and allowed her to attack people who accuse her of using. But she could have amended her tone a little. In any case, I think she came across badly this Reunion, and I bet she couldn't believe her ears when Andy pressed her on her tendency to blow things out of proportion. Nice try trying to get on next season with the promise of 'a real BBQ.' Kyle continues to quietly relish in LVP being put in the hotseat, and in her sister's SL making her look the saint/heroine/victim. I am so over her boobs in that dress at this point. Yolanda is... sigh. Exhausting. Her need to be center of attention and treated like a Queen all the time is exhausting. She is suffering from something, but given that her current 'doctors,' her creepy 'health advocate' and the CLD she has self-diagnosed have all been thoroughly debunked by the medical world, anything she says is questionable. One thing I do believe is that she is out to get LVP (her glee when she talked about Mohamed and Lisa's friendship being over) and that she considers herself to be above the other ladies. The way she snapped at Rinna last week to 'Sit Down' (and Rinna obeyed like a chastened child!) illustrates everything about Yolanda's disdainful attitude. She truly feels she is too good for the show. Erika. Cold as ice. Her face was so hard and emotionless when she was 'comforting' Yolanda in the dressing room. She is emotionally closed-off in so many ways. She would rather pay for gay minions to surround her than reach out and make a real connection with anybody. Kathryn is wonderful and real, and I cannot say enough how much I like a presence like hers on this increasingly toxic show. Actually, she would make a great friend for Erika if Erika could get past DA BETRAYAL. Like NBA said, maybe she is too nice at heart for this nest of vipers. But she is badly needed. LVP is better off leaving to do Vanderpump Rules or a spin-off and let the rest of the women scratch it out. They are obviously trying to alienate her, and clearly she won't film with Rinna, Eileen and Erika next season, nor they with her. The break in relations is real -- at this point, Yolanda is more likely to film with Lisa that RinnIkaLeen. Best to let Rinna turn her OTT outrage on somebody else -- or at least die trying. You know Yol is going to punish her for Munchausen. And Bravo will probably bring back Brandi and Kim to go up against Soapy and Sudsy. LVP can come back at next season's finale in a gorgeous dress to survey the ratings carnage.

They've started going a bit back and forth directly at each other on Twitter rather than indirectly or via their followers. http://twitter.com/eileen_davidson/status/723738059036987394

LOL as soon as I saw it, I had to put it in my sig! Even if each annoy me sometimes (for different reasons), I love both for what they uniquely bring to RHoNY.

Lydia is.... delusional. Fake. So, SO dumb. She cannot even lie convincingly. It was obvious when the ladies asked her if she'd spoken to Chyka that she was lying through her teeth. And the way she turned on Pettifleur and started swearing at her -- I don't even like Pettifleur's delulu ass, and even I felt sorry for her. Lydia showed her true colors (kind of like she showed her true colors in S1 when she rolled her eyes at Gina on the phone telling her about her cancer scare). Lydia is more than just a gossip -- she is a spoiled princess and a mean girl. She is so jealous of the other women and their success and happiness and wealth. She has to be the one who has it BETTER than anybody else. It must kill her that Chyka is so successful and happy and married to a hot, fun-loving guy like Bruce. It must kill her that Gina is considered the breakout star of this show. No wonder she warmed to Pettifleur: that's a 'friend' she can look down upon and disdain whenever she wants. She would die if she was booted off this show and that's why she lies about everything, NBA. She feels like she needs to in order to maintain a facade. But she's so stupid that she doesn't realize everybody saw through that fakery a long time ago! The scenes with her mother and brother and poor Joanna were so contrived and meant to burnish her image, but she's so condescending and dumb that the show doesn't even need to give her the bitch edit. Also: I have always thought of Lydia as very attractive in a 1950s Italian starlet kind of way, and I still do. However, if her face gets any bigger, it is going to rival the moon. Jackie... well, I can't hate on her for bringing to light all the awful gossip Lydia has spread about everybody. She is nosy and a busybody. In some ways, though, I think she fronts a bit like Lydia sometimes. Not so much about the psychic stuff, but the marriage. I noticed at the doctor's office she was tapping her husband's arm so that he would take her hand on camera. I also didn't need the references to her 'helping him out' with his sperm sample, lol. I guess this is all heading towards a 'surprise' pregnancy announcement either at the finale or Reunion. I also cannot wait until Reunion. I hope Alex 'Pissed Off' Perry hosts again. I am ready to see Lydia get her comeuppance. I hope we don't see Gina vs Gamble as I love their friendship and was sad to see it had cooled slightly over the course of this season. Susie really has no real reason to be on this show, huh. Wasn't expecting Janet and Brian to make the decision they made tbh. RHoNY: Finally caught up with it. John is just awful. Dorinda needs to boot his ass out of her life, but now that Bethenny has barked at her to do so, Dorinda can't. It would be like showing she was meek and doing Bethenny's bidding. I still really like and sympathize with Dorinda -- feels like the women are just taking potshots at her. Jules makes Kristen look smart and savvy. At least she's a tad less blah than Mount Rushmore Face, but I don't know how long she can sustain the skinny SL. Carole is mean, vicious, jealous and looking for relevancy. As usual she has made herself BFFs with the Queen Bee of the show so she can hide behind her when things get too hot.

I loved Troublemaker too (he and Hyuna were a really good combo!) and I liked one of his solo songs that he did (I think you posted the link to the mv when I first got into kpop). I think he was ready to go and not feeling being a part of the group anymore, so maybe it's for the best that he pursue a solo career. I do like the 5 members of Beast that are left and am not worried about their ability to carry the group forward. I also read something on Omona that Hyunseung might be ready to do his military service, and that's maybe why he called it quits -- better to get the military done with and then come back as part of a new agency and new musical set-up. I know, 2016 has been a tough start. I'm still bummed about Minzy. I'm still bummed that 4minute's Act 7 mini-album didn't sell all that much in Korea this year! I thought it was awesome.

Well, we know that she gossiped about at least two HWs -- clearly, she boasted that Gina's man, Dean, couldn't stop hitting on her. I, too, think that it was something malicious about Bruce and Chyka. That's so funny that you thought Bruce was gay! I think he is 100% straight Aussie metrosexual. Or let me rephrase that -- he is 100% Chyka-sexual, lol. I really believe in their love story, and think he is one of the best hubbies in all the RH franchises. Lydia's hubby though -- yeah, it crossed my mind. Definitely. ETA: Janet implied that Lydia said she had lots of affairs, too. Damn, Lydia is such a Lydiot. Well then it's a misread on my part. I do think that he genuine loves Chyka but something about him just makes me go.... Again, I am taking your word. Again, Lydia can't talk b/c she's bearding and it's obvious. Plus, I do believe that she gets around. I think she's projecting what she does on Janet. I know this reunion is gonna be a mess. The dynamics of this group are ever changing. Maybe not a misread -- I don't know for sure, I just really love them together! He seems to think Chyka is the bee's knees, and what woman wouldn't love a hot someone in their lives who thinks they are fab? Oh Lydia is totally projecting. The close-ups on her face during the dinner were quite something -- the bitter downward droop of her mouth. She is so hard and fake all the time. And the hoe-ing around rumors about her are pretty real, too. Reunion will hopefully be EPIC. I wasn't crazy about last Reunion, though, mainly because Pettifleur was such a spoilsport when anybody tried to imply she was less than perfect, and stormed off the set like a prima ballerina with a hole in her tights. I fear we might see more of that this time around.

Well, we know that she gossiped about at least two HWs -- clearly, she boasted that Gina's man, Dean, couldn't stop hitting on her. I, too, think that it was something malicious about Bruce and Chyka. That's so funny that you thought Bruce was gay! I think he is 100% straight Aussie metrosexual. Or let me rephrase that -- he is 100% Chyka-sexual, lol. I really believe in their love story, and think he is one of the best hubbies in all the RH franchises. Lydia's hubby though -- yeah, it crossed my mind. Definitely. ETA: Janet implied that Lydia said she had lots of affairs, too. Damn, Lydia is such a Lydiot.

I'm not bothering with the Dallas show, it looks a bit ratchet. RHoMelbourne: This show so far is hands down OWNING the other HW franchises this year. That Dubai trip was glorious to look at -- did anybody spot the overhead camera shot at the beginning of the episode? The camera panned across the desert to the horses and luxury encampment where the ladies were having dinner. It was breath-taking. Loved the scene with the sheikh answering questions about the customs of his country. It was all very luxurious and light-hearted, and you could tell the women were sincerely interested in learning about the Emirates. Chyka's wedding planning also looked and sounded fabulous. Gina's words to Pettifleur were so glorious, I wish I could have transcribed them. They were up there with Vicki's dressing down of Tamra at Season 9 Reunion. So much TRUTH. Too bad that none of it sank into Pettifleur's skull of arrogancy [ (c) Lydiot]. Pettifleur is a stupid, selfish, delusional person and it was really sad not seeing any acknowledgement or even evolution in her mindset in the VTs (which were filmed later). She is a royal fool. The dinner at the end when Lydiot's lies came back to bite her in her arse was so much Day of Reckoning. Lydia has been getting away with nasty gossip for two years and the fact that she was exposed is long overdue (wasn't she the one who started the 'Gamble is a stripper' gossip last season?). And that it was Chyka who did it was even better. Lydia is obviously deeply unhappy and deeply jealous of the other women the way she tries to tear them down to build herself up and attach herself to one HW in order to turn on the other.

For Cheap, and for Bright Eyes, I think you are also a BEAST fan. {{hugs}} http://www.soompi.com/2016/04/19/breaking-jang-hyunseung-officially-leaves-beast/ Perhaps this will be for the best. Hyunseung can find the peace he needs and do the music he wants, and BEAST can continue as a 5-man group producing the bops they do. I lived through it with EXO (three times!) but BEAST will stay strong and continue doing some fine stuff.

I found it fascinating...but easily disputable. TT definitely has a strong take on everything she writes about and the one downside of her site is that she runs it with an iron fist. If people don't agree with her then they are immediately called a litany of unflattering names that belittle their logic and bolster hers. I think she underestimates Kyle's role in a lot of things and gives LVP and LemonLyme too much credit for themselves. I also think she misjudges season 1 - LVP was the breakout star from the first episode, she was never grasping to be the centre of attention: she was always the focal point. She also misjudges LVP moving houses - TT says LVP needed to move into a "better house" - yet LVP's current home is substantially less expensive and smaller than her old house and not in a gated community. Finally, she definitely seems sympathetic to Dim Richards when it isn't warranted. I thought the article was interesting as well but I have the exact same issues that you have not only with the site but her opinions. You literally can not have a differing opinion than her without the insults that follow because she disagrees. Yes the first season was mainly about Kyle vs. Camille but LVP was undoubtedly the break out star. I also remember thinking LVP's new house is smaller than the last, I think Vanderpump actually stated as much. TT is a bright lady and enjoy her site very much. I thought this was a good analysis with a lot of salient points. However, I would agree with you both on the tendency to belittle other opinions (I guess it's her site so she can do what she wants), and especially with your differing analyses regarding Season 1. I remeber before I had seen S1, DaytimeFan on this very thread urging me to watch it because Lisa Vanderpump was so fabulous in it. I definitely think that Production and Kyle probably had in mind before the show started that it might be centered around her as 'central heroine,' but very quickly LVP and Camille were the HWs that the audience couldn't get enough of watching. Kyle had that Smugness Factor (and outing her sister's alcoholism did not look good on her), and Camille was just... wow, lol. So LVP ended up being the HW much of the audience warmed to. Even Andy Cohen said that as soon as they found LVP, Bravo knew they had found the show's lynchpin character. Just talking about this made me realize what an awesome jewel Season 1 was. Sigh. In Andy's book Most Talkative he said that the production company and Bravo worked like crazy to convince LVP to sign on and that when she agreed they knew the show was set and that they "had found [their] Joan Collins"...now that has to irk Kyle, as many of us have always suspected that despite her role in the casting of the show (and as Camille said, Kyle has profit participation in the show...) she's never, ever, been the star of it. Despite TT's analysis that everything boils down to LVP vs. Yolanda, I think Kyle's role in the evolution (and devolution) of the show has mattered an awful lot as well. Absolutely. The backlash that Kyle got after S2 Reunion (when she and Adrienne decided to 'take down' LVP and she served up the "Bobby Fischer" comment) was real. All the seasons following that have been an attempt to make Poor Kyle appear the victim of LVP's unforgiving ways... or of Kim's crazy... or of Brandi's ratchetness. I assume to rebuild her rep with the viewing audience. Eventually, last season, Kyle got back on-side with both LVP and many viewers. TT never addressed that S2 Reunion in her blog piece when IMO it was a huge turning point. It solidified Brandi's S3 presence on the show, and it ushered out Taylor, Camille and, eventually, Adrienne, requiring new sets of HWs (including Yolanda) to come on the show.

I found it fascinating...but easily disputable. TT definitely has a strong take on everything she writes about and the one downside of her site is that she runs it with an iron fist. If people don't agree with her then they are immediately called a litany of unflattering names that belittle their logic and bolster hers. I think she underestimates Kyle's role in a lot of things and gives LVP and LemonLyme too much credit for themselves. I also think she misjudges season 1 - LVP was the breakout star from the first episode, she was never grasping to be the centre of attention: she was always the focal point. She also misjudges LVP moving houses - TT says LVP needed to move into a "better house" - yet LVP's current home is substantially less expensive and smaller than her old house and not in a gated community. Finally, she definitely seems sympathetic to Dim Richards when it isn't warranted. I thought the article was interesting as well but I have the exact same issues that you have not only with the site but her opinions. You literally can not have a differing opinion than her without the insults that follow because she disagrees. Yes the first season was mainly about Kyle vs. Camille but LVP was undoubtedly the break out star. I also remember thinking LVP's new house is smaller than the last, I think Vanderpump actually stated as much. TT is a bright lady and enjoy her site very much. I thought this was a good analysis with a lot of salient points. However, I would agree with you both on the tendency to belittle other opinions (I guess it's her site so she can do what she wants), and especially with your differing analyses regarding Season 1. I remeber before I had seen S1, DaytimeFan on this very thread urging me to watch it because Lisa Vanderpump was so fabulous in it. I definitely think that Production and Kyle probably had in mind before the show started that it might be centered around her as 'central heroine,' but very quickly LVP and Camille were the HWs that the audience couldn't get enough of watching. Kyle had that Smugness Factor (and outing her sister's alcoholism did not look good on her), and Camille was just... wow, lol. So LVP ended up being the HW much of the audience warmed to. Even Andy Cohen said that as soon as they found LVP, Bravo knew they had found the show's lynchpin character. Just talking about this made me realize what an awesome jewel Season 1 was. Sigh.

Well said! I agree to all of this. Or the south of France. She andJoan Collins could be neighbours.

I don't know if it is... Waiting to see if Reality Tea or Tamara Tattles follows up on this because they do check sources before announcing that a HW has been fired. Personally, I feel a bit sorry for Lisa Rinna. LVP's fans are very defensive of her and I do understand why they went in on Rinna on social media. LVP is being targeted for this Munchausen thing so that the other women can pretend that it was all her Evil Plan and they were just pawns. In addition, LR is so volatile and easily provoked on Twitter. Kathryn did the right thing by immediately pulling herself off SNS when the first wave of hate hit her mid-season (P.S.: I have found Kathryn's clear, no-nonsense blog a breath of fresh air this season). The reason I feel sorry for LR is that we just do not know whether what we are seeing on BH constitutes genuine reactions, or how much is producer-driven drama. How much is scripted and how much is real. IMO, everybody has been talking about Yolanda on the quiet, especially given her contradictory statements and IG postings. However, it soon became clear with filming that OPENLY questioning Yolanda's 'health journey' was going to be a hot mess. So lots of people backtracked and did not want to get caught talking out of turn. Unfortunately, Yol and Erika started a witch-hunt about this and, with the producers hungry for drama to sell the season, the result has been the current clusterfuck of blame. In terms of starting drama, I would imagine the producers' first go-to would be Lipsa and possibly Eileen (just like Brandi was their go-to in previous seasons). BH imo needs to be rested a season and re-tooled. Nobody is coming out of this smelling like a rose. Fortunately for someone like Lisa Vanderpump (who has v successful and thriving businesses), Yolanda Foster Hadid (angling for two alimonies), Erika (married the cash) and Kyle (married to a secure breadwinner), they don't necessarily need the Bravo cheques. But for Rinna and Eileen, the cheques may be a necessary part of their income. (I know Eileen has her Y&R job, but given that she's 50 and on a JFP show, I have to believe that her Emmy win and being on RhOBH has helped her stay on contract and in a SL). I actually don't want to see Rinna fired just because she was doing what the Bravo honchos asked of her and then she got worried that she would be crucified for even raising the M word and backtracked. As Rinna said this season, Yolanda scares the sh*t out of her. She scares me too, Lisa. Bravo needs to be a lot more careful. I don't think Potomac or Dallas are winning any big plaudits out there (and LBR, the 'charity foundations' these chicks head up are covers for tax-avoidance/Ponzi scams -- #FelonsByBravo). RHoOC almost derailed their OG with a fake illness SL (possibly started to sell a herbal supplement on Vicki's website??). RHoA has a walking Assault & Battery lawsuit waiting to happen in the form of PorTHOT (who may or may not have slept with another HW's husband for a discount rate -- if the rumors are to be believed). And now BH has gone completely dark and toxic and it is outright threatening the reputations and livelihoods of most of the women involved. A big rethink is in order. Otherwise your other franchises are going to end up like RHoNJ.

I know. I was just half-joking -- imagining a BH show without LVP in it. It looks a LOT less humorous and sparkly. I don't think the other women represent either of those qualities (though Kyle thinks she is the most hilarious person around. Sadly, Yolanda hasn't got one ounce of humor about her). But right now, everybody on the show seems to want LVP out. Even Andy (if last night's WWHL lovefest with Yol and Erika is to be believed) seemed to be crowing about it.

This season has been all about Yolanda's journey. Yolanda the 'tragic' heroine. It was Yolanda who started the witch-hunt about who was spreading 'rumors' about her illness. Problem was, EVERYBODY including the viewing audience has been questioning its veracity. But, as Lisa Rinna once pointed out, whoever is caught questioning The Illness publicly just looks bad. Which is why she didn't want to be the only one caught holding the bag. Which is why everybody involved is made to somehow look sullied this season. Including LVP. At this point LVP is better off leaving BH and just focusing on VPR for the next season. RHoBH can feature all the ladies ex. LVP and see how well they fare. I guarantee that with Lisa gone, this nest of vipers will get even more toxic and the women will inevitably turn on each other. Especially because Yolanda is such a dictatorial narcissist who doesn't tolerate backtalk from the plebs. Wonder how long Rinna will enjoy that treatment? Or Kathryn? Eileen? Kyle for that matter? It gets pretty boring kowtowing to somebody all the time. I can't wait until the gossip about whether Yol used her illness to get out of the Foster pre-nup no-alimony clause rears its head. It would be interesting if Tom Girardi starts bringing that up on behalf of his good buddy David. Rinna will be on that in a second. Kyle, Eileen, et al will probably turn on poor Kathryn, just because. It will be a mess. And then for the season finale, Yolanda can host an organic almonds/Lyme gala, and LVP can sweep in on David Foster's arm (he's replaced Mo as her new BFF) in a floor-length gold lamé dress. They can all look on in jealousy as they talk about their amazing journeys and how real they all keep it and how fake-happy they are. Or BH can just retool this mess lol.

I still maintain that Cynthia Watros has been the ONLY right thing Jill Farren Phelps has done since sidling her way onto the Y&R set. What a presence! Still... 1998 was a long time ago in fashion terms. Cynthia is def channeling Gwyneth Paltrow's Oscar dress. (Can you believe GP won an Oscar once? I can't).

I keep hearing that they've won yet more music shows! Go BtoB! I was sad to hear about Minzy. I blame that old fart YG who keeps great idols locked in the dungeon to spend away their youth while he drools all over Big Bang and iKON. NO offense to either group, I like both, but YG has more in its stable than these two groups -- though you wouldn't know it. 2NE1 were such an awesome girl group and YG literally pissed away their success and opportunities. No wonder Minzy got fed up and left. Over in SM's dungeon, my lil ultimate bias Kai got caught in a 'scandal' -- he is dating Krystal from F(x). Poor little boo is getting a shitload of hate from k-netizens.