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I did not detect a single lie in Vicki's statement.

YES - it is so well balanced between comedy and drama. Honestly, it’s been the best franchise for the last 2 years.

All good wishes for your friend's speedy and complete recovery. First hand accounts are so useful because they dispel the rosy outlook that certain liars and charlatans want to dupe the public to accepting. Dexamethasone has been in production for more than 50 years and is used in medicine for multiple treatment pathways. But one thing that is commonplace with dexamethasone is euphoria. What we are seeing in the White House is a direct result of that euphoria. And the thing is - it doesn't last. Herman Cain demonstrated much of the same trajectory, full of good news minimizing the seriousness, and he ended up dead.

It's easily Top 5 episode...hard to rank them, but this episode just shot up the leader board. TEAM KAREN...she displayed a maturity, humility, frankness, and compassion not often seen on these kinds of shows. Karen kept it real, but did it with love, not harsh judgment. I am appalled at Gizelle acting like she has some reputation to protect when she should be busy knocking Jamal's d*ck out of the "6 or 7 baby's mommas" he's got out there. She is so high and mighty when we all know she's all talk and styles herself as a 1996 B Grade Vanessa L. Williams wannabe. Wendy was another one who I did not like. She was so angry over something that had nothing to do with her. You'd have thought Monique dragged her...I haven't really warmed to Wendy all season long, and this episode displayed a lot of why I can't get on board with her. Robyn, in contrast, I have to give some credit to. She listened. She had her preconceived ideas, and she probably isn't wrong to hold onto some of them, because she was pretty objective about the facts, but she did listen. And I cannot say that either Gizelle or Wendy bothered to do that. I was impressed with Ashley. She had an open mind about all of it, as she's been on the receiving end of Candiace's crap. I think bringing the baby was an inspired choice, he kept things calmer than they otherwise would have gone. Obviously, Monique was dead wrong to lay hands on Candiace, but I was glad she admitted that she didn't feel remorseful at that point because she didn't know how to feel. That was honest. Candiace remains absolutely deluded and got on social media this evening real quick to try and justify why she said she didn't think she had any role in the physical part of that fight. She remains a stupid, spoiled, entitled brat. She is her worst enemy when she opens her mouth and starts flapping her gums. She is just not that sympathetic a character.

The Sonja one is incredible and could be an actual tagline. Same with Lu's. The Potomac mid-season trailer is everything I hoped it would be and more. Looks like Monique bows out the balance of the season, I just hope Gizelle and Robyn finally get their comeuppance.

Rupert is a really excellent memoirist. Dame Joan did a photoshoot for the latest HELLO! magazine talking about life in St. Tropez during the pandemic:

RHOP delivered like I didn't know any show could deliver in a single episode. Talk about a franchise firing on all cylinders. And it all feels authentic and real. The producers must have been filled with glee as filming this season unfolded. It was truly a perfect storm. Monique vs. Candiace. I am not fan of Candiace, but Monique was like a rabid dog and she was totally in the wrong with how she acted. When she bolted from the producer and ran outside it was clear she had lost her ever loving mind. However, I hope Candiace realizes that her mouth is writing cheques her ass can't cash. All of her perceived verbal might was nothing for Monique's fists. Ashley and Michael were also riveting to watch as Ashley started negotiating Ashley's New Deal...get your money, honey. Michael is such a disgusting pig, it boggles my mind why she's in this farce of a marriage, but she may as well take her sweet time planning her exit. Karen and Ray. Whew...that was a tough final scene where Karen was so obviously devastated that Ray basically pulled a Prince Charles with his "whatever in love means" statement. That had to hurt and feel humiliating in a sense that after 23 years of marriage, bailing his ass out when the IRS came knocking, that he couldn't be definitive. Marriages go through rough patches, but for her sake I hope they're on the upswing. Gizelle, Jamal, their kids, and her Father...for me this was absolutely the highlight of the episode when Gizelle's father had his steaming hot mic moment. He kept it exquisitely real once the camera was off him. 6 or 7 baby mommas! He hates Jamal like only a father of a wronged daughter can.

Dr. Fauci is rightly mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore. Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist, a physician, should be absolutely ashamed of himself. He has contracted COVID-19 himself. He is a fool and a whore who has sold himself to the devil.

You couldn’t make up the timing. Mellencamp’s spawn gets fired right as Mauricio (and Farrah) gets the listing for the sale of her house and act for her in the purchase of a $6.5 million pile in Encino.

I feel so relieved that she's out. Thank you Bravo gods!

Selling Sunset is a sensation - Season 3 premiered this summer and it really caught the zeitgeist. Chrishell is the 'heroine' of the show and comes across well. You see her marriage to Justin Hartley implode in the latest season (he doesn't appear in it).

Nene is the David Caruso of reality television. She always bites the hand that feeds her and is apparently quite difficult with production from what we have seen. She really did appear to burn her bridges on RHOA last season, so this isn't a surprise and the show will not suffer from her absence. I have not yet seen the RHOBH Part 2...but it sounds like it's what I've expected given the way the season has progressed.

I absolutely agree. Leah was over hyped.

Definitely. The restaurant industry in the United States is sort of shocking in the way employees are treated (though in California it is required to pay actual minimum wage, rather than what most states allow for tipped wages). If LVP and company did take those loans, I can't really fault them however they spent them, whether it was employee wages or on rent. Commercial leases are absolutely brutal to tenants and are usually personally guaranteed by an individual (like LVP or Ken or Guillermo or Nathalie), so I can't fault anyone whose going to put their own personal interest ahead because a commercial lease on a space on Robertson Boulevard in West Hollywood is worth millions of dollars as a liability that would bankrupt most people. Agreed that everyone is decimated - I'd only hope that the smaller family owned restaurants are being supported by their local communities, as appears to be the case where I am, and that they're able to do takeout in an economically feasible way. If these stories had come from elsewhere, I'd have ignored them, but we've already seen Villa Blanca fall, and those two sources are more 'plugged in' to what's going on in LA on the ground level.

It's a good point about the PPP loans...but restaurants, especially high end restaurants, usually operate on a knife's edge of profitability that would render her businesses gutted. And the PPP, the little I know of it, isn't a never ending source of money (it's got a 24 week cap on it) and as California has had long lockdown periods that start, stop, and star again as Covid-19 cases surge, it would hardly make a dent in the losses between rent, supply contracts, insurance, and employees. Really, the hospitality industry is the #1 economic casualty, and LVP's type of restaurant is atop that heap.

I can't speak to what the rules are right now in Los Angeles, but I don't think takeaway or delivery would make any sense for LVP's restaurants. Delivery and takeaway is hard for even a modest restaurant to make money on, but the cost of producing food, at venues that were always better known for the drinks/atmosphere than the food, would wipe out any income production because of staff and ingredient costs alone. Vanderpump Rules also remains an unknown entity. The recent interview with the Bravo executive certainly made it seem like Bravo is looking at retooling or resting the show, if not canceling it outright, despite its ratings/demo success. LVP herself has said it's been a struggle on Lala and Randall's podcast, but I don't doubt she's going to minimize what's really going on. If her house goes up for sale, as Dorit and PK's has, we can be sure all is not well financially. Hopefully she will be well with her personal finances.

I don't relish writing this post...but in LVP gossip... There are two gossip sites/blog sources that have always felt more reliable to me than most. Crazy Days and Nights and Deux Moi are these two sources and both have troubling things to say about LVP's financial circumstances. The reports are that her empire is crumbling and in tens of millions of debt. Anyone who knows anything of the restaurant industry knows that it runs tight and there is usually very little money left in the business on a monthly basis after all obligations have been paid and owners have taken their profits out of the business. That is how it works and is usually OK, but Covid-19 has gutted the restaurant industry, with a particular emphasis on destroying the high end restaurant industry where the point is to see and be seen. The Deux Moi report is that none of the restaurants are reopening and that Tom Tom has been struggling financially. My sincere hope is that LVP has protected her personal wealth and that these business debts don't ruin her. This site summarizes the Crazy Days and Nights and Deux Moi reports: https://www.allabouttrh.com/2020/09/11/vanderpump-rules-season-9-is-lisa-vanderpumps-empire-crumbling/

Yeah...I'm not watching another season of The Coven. No ma'am. Good for Denise for quitting, breaking free, and putting herself and her family first. I hope Garcelle does the same. She's nabbed a spot on The Real, she doesn't need RHOBH. It was a major bomb and explained a scene from that previous season's trailer that had just been dropped and never explained. It made so, so much sense. And whew, Dorinda's anger was next level.

Carmen Duncan was absolutely wonderful. She should have won an Emmy for the reveal scene in the Chief storyline. She somehow brought 25 years of character history in that scene when she'd been on the show mere months. Although I thought Iris getting framed and sent to jail was an awful exit, Carmen made the absolute most of her scenes and I loved her last line: "Life is too short for regrets."

RHOBH Reunion Part 2... Knowing that Denise has quit, the reunion feels like a lot of "Who Cares?" and I know I don't really care anymore. I've never cared if Denise lied because I've never cared if she slept with Brandi. It's a big SO WHAT? Love Garcelle. Sutton was great too saying she's weird. Andy showed his cards when he joined the gaslighters saying Denise called Brandi a "good friend" when the footage didn't show that at all. Kyle's neck and décolletage skin is heavily damaged. She might want to look into that. Not bad for 51, but it doesn't match the skin on her face, so... I am now a Dorit fan. She did not back down to Kyle and I love her for it. Kyle is such a perpetual loser that she couldn't help but whine and moan and try to play the victim when referencing Dorit's comments on 'her' fashion show which were 100% correct. Rinna is a psychopath. She is uncomfortable to watch. Erika and Mellencamp's daughter contributed nothing. When you have to talk about your kid getting a piece of her finger chopped off and sewn back on...which had nothing to do with the season...you know you are literally useless. On a better note, I found a wonderful compilation of The Grande Dame dragging people:

Variety is confirming it - so it seems a done deal that Denise is out. I wonder what this means for Garcelle who previously said she’d return if Denise did... Such a shame that Bravo doesn’t have the balls to do what needs to be done. What on earth will next season be about?

The show has been fading for many years. According to the LA Times, the series peaked in Season 4 in 2010 with 4.8 million viewers while the latest episode had 800,000. NBCUniversal was not going to pay the kind of renewal that they did 3 years ago (less than the reported $100 million, but a substantial sum nonetheless). E! has been rudderless for years. When they cancelled E! News this year, after 29 years on the air, I started to wonder what, exactly, E! is meant to be?

Dorit and PK have listed their home in Encino (with the Agency, naturally) for $9.5 million - $3 million more than they apparently paid for it a year ago: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8706529/Dorit-Kemsley-PK-Encino-mansion-market-eye-popping-9-5-MILLION.html

One only has to look at Season 1 of the Real Housewives of Vancouver, which in my opinion is the single best stand alone season of any franchise - all down to the fact it had a beginning, middle, and end of the arc when Ronnie turned on Jody and Mary was proven right that Jody was selling used (or as Jody put it 'vintage') handbags at her store.

RHOP Another great episode full of fun and light drama. Gizelle is still awful for stoking the fires between Karen and Wendy.