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Charisse* is the biggest piece of trash I've seen on the RH franchise. Asking for champagne? Bitching about the beds? Bitching about carrying a beach chair? What an !@#$%^&*]. She is trash. Dumpster trash. She thinks acting like a haughty bitch makes her classy. No wonder her husband left her ass. Giselle* isn't much better...but at least she speaks English in her VT's - I can't say the same for Charisse. Karen, of all people, had the best sense of humour on this group vacation. She seemed to just accept that things weren't going to be perfect and kept herself in check. And opening up about her mother's dementia was touching. Katie is a spoiled stupid twit. Her defensiveness and anger to the women (who were LOGICAL about how poorly she's planned it) When Ashley showed her vagina sweat stain...oh good lord...I've seen it all. That was a new low. Robyn is a good sport and interesting to hear that she and her husband were fleeced by a friend. Not sure if I believe that, but it is a good story for why they're broke. Next week looks much more exciting as Karen flips out! * I don't care how I've spelled either of these bitches names. They're awful people.

It was damn good! Melbourne is such a satisfying show. Seeing how Pettifleur was with her sister and then Gamble it goes to show that the other women will never develop a meaningful relationship with her. She's apparently a materialistic bitch with a personality disorder from the looks of things. I'm glad Gamble threw that invitation over the rail. I have always been a Janet fan and she never disappoints. I don't see how Lydiot is getting away with all her bulls*t. It's really dreadful how the women get snowed by her.

lmao Not knowing any of the backstage issues, I find the show fun, crisp, with just the right amount of drama and pettiness. Of course, Aviva's constant absence did lead me to think she was causing trouble. If this is messy and inconsistent, I cannot wait for Season 7!!! If you're a LuAnn fan (I am!) you're going to love Season 7. She has a number of scenes that are legendary and will go down in housewives lore.

Melbourne... Another brilliant episode. Whoever decided on casting Susie was brilliant because she has no worries about laying it all out about Lydiot. Gamble le is being very foolish for trusting Lydiot whose a snake. It's clear she's trying to get back into Gina's good graces and I'm just glad that Susie said it. Not much to say on Chyka and Jackie, they're both fun additions to the show and the scenes they're in. I don't know what to make of Jackie saying Lydiot has been talking trash about all the women - was that not expected? Gina and Pettifleur make for an interesting pair. Pettifleur is such a stilted bitch that even as she tries to do what Gina tells her she just wreaks of inauthentic nonsense. She does look good though. Janet. My girl Janet hasn't even divorced that Paul Hogan wannabe! She said "maybe he'll ask me to give him a divorce" in her VT. He said some pretty embarrassing things but he's a good 'ol bloke who doesn't care - he is who he is - that's the kind of confidence that probably got Janet to marry him in the first place. However - I do respect friendly exes like they are - that makes life so much happier and easier and says something positive about both of them.

I found this episode of BH quite dull except for Eileen imploding with LemonLyme and Erika at lunch. Eileen is ruining her image this season. Season 2 Syndrome at its worst. I agree that she is going to get mauled at the reunion. And it was edited to highlight how you've got the Three Witches from Macbeth contrasted against LVP the Glinda The Good Witch installing her pony mansion. LVP has tweeted that the trip to Dubai was like Puerto Rico - I am not going to enjoy that.

Alexis and Dex were always hot. Dame Joan and Michael Nader had incredible chemistry.

Same. I see Eileen's point in that LVP feels it is a mark of weakness to apologize for something. (In a way, I even understand Erika's perception of Lisa. Erika clearly views LVP as an adversary. Yol bitching about Lisa to Erika behind the scenes probably hasn't helped. However, she was doing the dirty by implying LVP is behind the Munchausen rumors. Personally, because Mohammed Haddid is/was LVP's friend, I don't think she would dare try to mess with that friendship by getting the Haddid kids involved). Still, I see LVP's point too. These ladies are always trying to hash things out and talk about "my feeeeeeeeeelings" and "validate my pain" and Lisa is not about that life. Many Brits feel that kind of behaviour is self-indulgent and much ado about nothing. Kathryn seems to want to get on Team LVP now, huh? Interesting. The title of this episode was 'Spinning The Web' and it's funny because all I could think was how much like a spider Yolanda seemed. She's so smug and self-righteous and vicious in her attacks and reprimands, tbh. She is so clearly talking down to Kyle, all the while threatening her that she will reveal some secrets if Kyle doesn't toe the line. Then she turns around and says "But, of course, I would never. I have integrity!" The way she looked at the other women with such disdain -- she and Erika obvs think they are on another, higher level above the other HWs. Yolanda acts like she's some martyred saint being torn down by wolves, and she is beyond thrilled that she can somehow implicate LVP in her victimhood. She has been waiting for years to drive a stake in the Mohammed/LVP friendship and to discredit LVP in the eyes of the public, she thinks she has finally found the excuse to do that. Her whole demeanour this episode and last week is creepy, frankly. That's exactly it, Cat. All these women want to be "heard" and talk about how they feel and how they "hurt" and LVP doesn't give a damn about that - she is British and doesn't play into that crap. To her it's one big self indulgent whine. And let's be honest, Eileen is grinding this storyline into dust she's retread it so many times - she needs to give it a rest. Such a shame about Erika being Team LemonLyme. She is really funny and smart, but she's heard a lot of crap about LVP over the years I'm sure so I can't really blame her. What's interesting is how her husband seems to enjoy/respect LVP's demeanor. LemonLyme was gleeful this episode being able to chastise Kyle but her comment abou LVP "talking sh*t" about her kids fell flat when both Kyle and Eileen defended her and said that never happened. The email demonstrates how full of crap LemonLyme is. She has the convenient excuse of "my brain shuts down when confronted" (with the TRUTH that she can't argue with!) but then has the fortitude to write a scathing email and copy all the other women on it. She's been so bitchy and stupid this season. It seems Rinna is going to go in hard judging from the midseason trailer where it appears she says to LemonLyme "You are more manipulative than LVP" to a falsely shocked face from LemonLyme.

Agreed, and I think the shows have a lot of lightness which comes naturally and isn't forced. These women have a sense of humor about themselves. Even Lydia knows that she comes across as a buffoon sometimes. I also think that some are so rich that they don't really have to try and contrive lots of story for themselves -- they just are going to do their thing and worry about being witty and galivanting around with their pals. Some of the other franchises have gotten very dark lately, and there is a sense amongst some women that this is their primary source of income, so they will do whatever it takes to stay on the show. Somebody like Chyka, for example, would definitely survive and carry on having a great life working at her job if for whatever reason the producers decided to drop her. Vancouver was an absolutely awesome show with some fascinating ladies... but it went way dark in Season 2 and, IMO, the producers actually made a wise choice to stop it. I honestly think somebody like Ronnie would have spiralled even deeper into depression and self-medicating if she was contractually obligated to carry on into Season 3. And that awful Jody person and equally awful daughter really did not deserve any more TV fame as a reward for their nastiness. Given what happened to the Vancouver ladies season 3 would have been insanely dark: Ronnie splitting from her husband, Mia getting shot, Jody's custody battle and walloping in the BC Court of Appeal, Amanda relapsing, Mary getting sued by Jody for defamation...it would have been terrible. Production was smart to end it when it did.

I absolutely agree and I'd throw in dearly departed Vancouver. The three international editions have done it better than the American versions ever did - all three have a few big things in common: organic cast relationships, women with actual money, smaller cities and shorter seasons.

F-ck Beverly Hills. F-ck Atlanta. F-ck Potomac. Melbourne blew them all out the water with this premiere. I don't even know where to begin.... Lydia is clearly the pot-stirrer this season, which is funny because she was the irrelevant one last season. I guess she realized she had to step her game up to remain on the show and boy did she. Lydia was bouncing around setting everything on fire. For once, I found her to be useful. I actually felt something for her. I still don't like her but I don't hate her. Whoever found Susie deserves a medal. I love how she has preexisting history with Gina, Chyka, Janet, and Lydia, which meshes her into the group better than before. Susie was the MVP this episode as she was dropping bombs left and right on Lydia. Susie confirmed what we've all said about Lydia for the past two seasons--she aligns herself with who she can use at the time. Season one, it was everyone but Gina. Season two, it was everyone but Gamble. This season, she wants to align with Gina and Gamble while tossing everyone else under the bus. Just scandalous. These rumors with Lydia and the cricket player.... I somewhat believe it. Lydia protested a bit too much. I did research on him and he is known to be a lothario. Plus, he did try and hook up with Janet too, so.... Pettifleur is an idiot. How can she blame Gamble about being sued when all Gamble did was warn her that Omarosa had a book out by that title already? Going on and calling her a sugar baby is stupid and pointless. If Rick and Gamble like, Pettifleur should love it. It ain't her business. I like how Gina/Pettifleur mended fences. Shows how mature both women are. I do think together that these two can be a power duo to the other women. I was cracking up at the end how Gina, who is normally in fights, was for once not involved in the battles and was sitting in the other room with Chyka. What annoyed me during the fight was how Jackie, who I've NEVER liked, kept inserted her melon head ass in the fights. Jackie annoys me to no end. Overall, this season looks like it is gonna have great potential and all the women are gonna bring it. This just shows why 8 is the magic number on these housewife shows. I totally agree! RHoMelbourne totally validated my love for the RH franchise. This is what it SHOULD be like, true glamour and gorgeous locales, served with drama, social manipulation and a lot of humor too. Lydia is giving me LIFE so far. I always loved to hate the bitchy bombshell, and now I feel like THIS is the true Lydia. She just oozes insincerity at every turn, gossips, backstabs,condescends, not to mention is dumb as a box of rocks. The way she treats her poor housekeeper Joanna (" Let's rev it up a bit, sweetheart"), omg. She really thinks she is Mother Teresa wrapped in Sophia Loren's body. Still, I have to love her bitchery and her attempt to stir the pot and play Pettifleur against Gamble. And totally, I did not buy any of her denials regarding Shaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhne Warne. This guy is the equivalent of a Tom Brady or a Kobe Bryant in the cricket world -- but boy, he cannot keep his anteater in his pants. He famously broke up Elizabeth Hurley's marriage (she of Hugh Grant, Estee Lauder model, and The Royals fame) and when they were together, she stuck him in a diet and he went and had a major facelift, some Fraxel and probably a nose job, too. I think she really fell for him but Shane couldn't stop his tomcat ways... and now it seems he's hooking up with Lydia the kitten! LOL I hope he appears on the show this season. Gamble vs. Pettifleur --- Team Gamble all the way. Pettifleur is a jealous, egoistical, mean-spirited wannabe -- just the way she stomped around in heels to the coffee shop to meet Lydia shows what a try-hard she is. Spreading rumors about Gamble's beloved wolf cub while STILL playing the Poor Me victim card epitomizes how desperate she is to stay relevant with the women. Gamble by contrast is witty, self-deprecating about herself and the other women, and has a lot of vulnerability she is not necessarily worried about showing. Chyka & Bruce.... lol, I think I want to marry Bruce myself. At first I thought the scene where they confronted their daughter about driving his car was slightly contrived, but then she started crying for real and I thought 'Oh sh*t! They just guilt-tripped and embarrassed her on national television!" It was a pretty funny scene. I think I will always enjoy Chyka even if she doesn't always 'bring it' in terms of sh*t-stirring. I like that she is a happy oasis of calm. I kind of agree about Jackie. She stomps in like a bull in a china shop and tries to be all ballsy and knock heads together in the fights and I just want her to take a seat and STFU. I'm glad she's stopped saying "That's so couture!" though. I have a feeling Jackie won't be as involved this season on the show, I don't know why. I'm not sure how I feel about Susie just yet, but I cannot deny her Melbourne social pedigree, or the fact that when she was talking about Lydia, she was speaking the 100% TRUTH. I'm so glad the show is back! It really feels like a breath of fresh air! Totally agree with everyone - Melbourne gave me LIFE yesterday evening. Lydia is a total dolt but she's amped up her housewives game like I didn't know she could and is a major focus of attention. Lydia is easy to love to hate because she's so dumb and awful to her housekeeper but isn't straight up evil like some housewives of yore. She protested a little too much about Shane Warne, the sleaziest sleaze who ever sleazed, but her husband seems to find her amusing. Team Gamble in the fight with Pettitfleur. Gamble is what she is and doesn't try to play sophisticated ("I dated a guy whose family owned Selfridges - I thought they sold fridges.") and I like that she laid it out for Pettitfleur and swore like a banshee. Gina really shouldn't be losing her sparkle by being near Pettitfleur - Gina can survive as a solitary island if need be. I do find her reactions amusing. I like Jackie - always have. She made me laugh when she replied "I got up and left" when the other ladies were amazed at how she escaped...good old common sense. Loving Janet as usual - she takes NOTHING seriously and I love her for it. She's a good one to do battle with Lydia because Janet is witty and old school and smart - poor Lydiot doesn't stand a chance. Chyka and Bruce are adorable and she really lucked out to find a soulmate like him. Her daughter seems sort of terrible though... Susie seems like a good addition because she knows so many of them - that helps a lot in establishing a new housewife. This season opener was glamorous, fun and feisty. Bring it on Melbourne!

Ugh I know I want to watch Melbourne so badly!

The last few episodes have been so enjoyable. Stassi is actually a false note this season, she isn't needed and ratings have been very good without her - no drop off at all from last season. I am definitely on Schwartz's side when it comes to Katie's career. She never made it as an actress or model, she never booked anything, while he has, so there's no comparison between their careers. Katie was illogical saying "it isn't about what's on your resume!"...actually, yes it is. That's exactly what it's about. I do find Schwartz's adoration of LVP endearing. And saucy LVP with her topless photo in Ken's dressing room - very glamorous. The thing with LVP is that she is rooting for Schwartz, she clearly likes him. Schwartz and Sandoval have such a nice friendship when they were singing along in the car. Ariana amuses me with how frustrated she is with how stupid 75% of the cast is. When Jax was discussing Britney's breast implants he looked so sweaty and high/drunk and bloated. And then he confronted Schwartz and Sandoval he was a mess. "I'm the number one guy in this group!"...what a nutjob. He's a 36 year old loser.

BH Yolanda conveniently didn't draw the distinction between Munchausen and Munchausen By Proxy. Lips never mentioned Munchausen By Proxy. Once she was fully confronted she folded. LVP nuked Yolanda with logic. And once LVP highlighted Yolanda's inconsistencies and then exasperatedly said they all hope she gets better it was game over for Yolanda. Next week looks interesting, the LVP is the villain edit isn't going to work. They've had way too many seasons attempting it and it failing consistently.

I am enjoying Sheree so much in this season. She deserves a peach and a raise. She has brought it this season. Kenya is a deluded, stupid bitch. All she could do was try to belittle Kim's efforts when everyone universally praised her - which clearly drove Kenya's ass crazy. The comment she made about Kim's husband was homophobic and I hope she catches heat for it.

That was extremely disappointing. She even claimed she wasn't a liar, which last I checked when you blatantly lie, you're a liar. Exactly. That's where Erika's really lost me. Had she just said "Yes, I lied, it was MY night and I didn't want to deal with any of the women being hysterical" I could have accepted that easily. But Erika didn't do that. Instead, she took the position that she did not lie, when it was blatant that she did. She blew her credibility to smithereens.

The unfortunate thing is Erika's blog this week does nothing to rationalize why she didn't admit the truth. It's defensive and doesn't serve her position at all.

Lips's Twitter is INCREDIBLE and she better not back down because she's making all the sense in the world and you know what that means: she's telling the truth. Lips has salvaged herself for season two with a flurry of tweets. She's gutsy enough to call out Yolanda's crap. Yolanda was practically gleeful and salivating with venom when she started in on LVP, mid characterizing the entire dispute and what Erika told her - the bitch. LVP handled it like a pro when she declined those "medical records"...she didn't take Yolanda's bait. I really enjoyed Eileen this episode. She was hilarious. That's the Eileen I want to see. When Eileen is fun she's wonderful - when she's being an overly sensitive snivelling fool she's making all the wrong moves. Kyle remains the biggest baby on the RH franchise. The woman couldn't handle being confronted by Portia, let alone a fire breathing BH Housewife. She just folds and whines and doesn't accomplish a damn thing in making a cogent argument. Kathryn was relatively irrelevant this episode (I sense a trend) but it's obvious she hit the jackpot with Donnie. The guy is a prince. Erika really disappointed me. She is a liar and a pus$y (if you've read her blog title you'll understand my vulgar choice of words). She flat out lied and denied because she didn't want to deal with any heat. That was crap.

Agreed. He's 50, she's 50, they look happy - at that age, what the hell!

I'm very happy for LuAnn - they've known each other for 9 months and were introduced to each other by Dorinda. Frankly, if Dorinda were my friend and she introduced me to a friend of hers, I'd know she'd vetted them. I don't think she's going to give a damn about losing her countess courtesy title - last season demonstrated that LuAnn shook off those countess inhibitions and is her own woman. And this is the ring, 8 carats, canary diamond centre flanked by white diamonds, LuAnn scored:

In Real Housewives of Cheshire news Dawn Ward was in court yesterday defending against a criminal charge that she assaulted the 80s singer Sinitta. The case continues in June. This article also revealed that Dawn put her mansion up for sale in September. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3431554/Real-Housewife-Cheshire-punched-Sinitta-hurled-napkin-Belgravia-restaurant-row-friend-s-affair.html

'Exposing' LVP is FANFICTION You don't bring someone like her down easily. Or at all. That's what it is. Pure fan fiction. These women have tried to bring her down for five seasons and have failed. Move on. It ain't happening. Not in this lifetime. Absolutely agree - it's fan fiction. LVP will not succumb to the likes of anyone. BH How does Kyle not comprehend that her undying loyalty to the Morally Corrupt Faye Resnick is not going to inspire joy in LVP? And let's be frank: the reason Kyle didn't want LVP flipping through her phone is because she's talking crap about LVP via text. Yolanda hasn't walked in 9 months? Give me a [!@#$%^&*] break...oh and then she hasn't been to the beach in a year? She can't keep her story straight within the same scene! She's a bad actress with her mock shock about Anwar and Bella. I loved Erika's house. Pasadena is an old money, old school, California classic with beautiful mature trees and lush landscaping. It's got so much more character than Beverly Hills and Erika lives beautifully. And she can sing classically. Eileen and Vince's scene was very boring and very staged. Eileen is a talented actress, she made that scene WORK...Vince, on the other hand, is about as believable as a faked orgasm. Lips backtracked like a MACK truck...Yolanda was working Lips hard and Lips cracked like a piñata. Yolanda pretending she doesn't know about Munchausen disease? Give me a [!@#$%^&*] break. Lips shouldn't feel guilty. Yolanda is a walking contradiction. Kathryn had a good line with "I'm doing Halloween where all the sluts get a day pass"...but boy do I see the age difference between her and Donnie. He is incredibly polite. Kathryn isn't wrong about Faye and Kyle spluttered like an old car when confronted. Kyle really is an unskilled debater and all she can do is whine like a highschool bitch and demand that LVP side with her - which LVP wisely sidestepped. Erika's reaction to Kathryn telling her not to use the C word was hilarious. She is unflappable. Next week looks GOOD!

YES. Looks like another incredible season.

I've been dabbling in RHOA this season after taking a break a few seasons back...and I only have one comment... How can anyone like Kenya? She's a deluded, stupid, bitch.

BH It has taken me a lot of time to gather my thoughts about this last episode and the season as a whole. Kyle: despite my sympathy for Kyle stemming from her coming from a truly messed up family (Big Kathy seems evil the more I've seen of the Hilton/Richards sisters) I cannot like Kyle because she's a high school bitch and isn't going to change. Her praise of Faye (a shady ho I enjoy greatly for the basic premise that she is what she is and doesn't bother to hide it) while she baits LVP about Anwar and Bella is ugly. Eileen has lost me a bit this season. She's too overly sensitive and isn't enough of a big girl to own the fact that she and Vince were both married to other people, had an affair, dumped their spouses and lived happily ever after. She will always be judged for it. And whether she likes it or not it's something that is very easily judged because it was a selfish act. It's not to say people should judge her, none of us is pure, but Eileen should not be surprised that she is judged. And she needs to get over it. Erika: enjoyable. She is similar to LVP in that she only lets us see what she allows us to see. And frankly that's smart. It shows that Erika has control over herself and her ego. She is dry and witty and reminds me of a character Morgan Fairchild would play in a 90s sitcom like Cybill. She seems to be a tough, intelligent woman whose loyal. And she's unapologetic which can be pretty winning in the right hands. Lips is undergoing classic Season 2 syndrome. She's playing to the camera and what she thinks the audience wants to see and then backtracking when the heat gets turned up and ends up being one huge contradiction. I still enjoy Lips and think she's a very good addition to the cast. But she's clearly grasping to manufacture storyline at times and that's a shame because the scenes I have enjoyed Lips the most this season were those involving telephone calls to her parents and working at QVC - her real life. Yolanda is, in my alleged opinion, a filthy liar. She is a nobody who is incredibly bitter about her irrelevance and always being someone's arm candy and I feel she has manufactured much of this illness and followed every quack she could spend David Fosters money on. She is the one who brought her kids and their health into this mess, not anyone else. There are so many rumours about Lyme and who does and doesn't have what and Yolanda's non-answers and unscientific claims ring hollow. Kathryn: we really don't have a lot of information on Kathryn other than she did not evicerate Faye Resnick in a way I can respect. Someone brilliant on Tamara Tattles said she reminds them of Aviva with a splash of Knots Landing era Michelle Phillips - bang on. LVP...I am ride or die for this lady. Everyone who has a problem with LVP over the years fails to recognize the recurring theme of LVP: she isn't going to change. It's like all the women who've disliked her want her to be like them (the Hamptons dinner party featuring Kyle demanding LVP offer up what keeps her awake at night like they all do is an example) but LVP doesn't play that game. She doesn't need to. And that irks some of them (Yolanda) who have to bend because they aren't in positions of power like she is. LVP is a basically nice person with a sharp tongue and a very good sense of humour who doesn't tolerate disloyalty. And she's the one in control and doesn't kid anyone otherwise: that's another thing several of the cast don't seem to like: that they aren't in control with her. It all comes back to my first conclusion: LVP isn't changing. She's never pretended otherwise. Why these women fight that is beyond me.

YES! Good lord, when Kyle pretends to be stupid so that someone has to repeat themselves and keep an issue alive - and this isn't the first time she's done this - it irritates me to no end. The Morally Corrupt Faye Resnick really didn't impress me. She knows what she wrote about Kathryn and she knows how full of crap she is and what a rancid bitch she was 20 years ago. Lips is being messy as hell, but I still like watching her because she makes her scenes happen. I am really enjoying Erika's commentary. She is sarcastic and dry and has a sense of humour about herself. POTOMAC I'm two episodes in and the biggest take away I have for the show is how dated and tired Karen's kitchen is, how her whole house is. Considering she's the wife of the "Black Bill Gates" of such an esteemed family, I expect better interior design.