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I got caught up on this week's RHoBH. This show is a hot mess of insincerity and you can see how the producers had to work overtime to make this season have a cohesive narrative. Firstly, Erika must be an absolute assh*le to work for. The way she reacted to the dancer accidentally kneeing her in the face - she was boiling with anger. The dinner fight between Camille and Rinna was awful for both parties. Camille, of course, looked insane comparing herself to Brent Kavanaugh and Rinna looked like massive hypocrite dealing with Kim Richards (who clearly is right under her skin). The only upside was seeing Rinna's mom, Lois, who is a star. Her story was harrowing. Rinna and Dorit look so weird as friends, same with Dorit and Erika, same with Dorit and Teddi, same with Teddi and Erika, and same with Kyle and Camille - the stuff that's gone on with those women should have been sufficient for their "friendships" to never progress. Yet here we are. And it all feels incredibly fake. LVP's kitchen scene highlighted to me that she could be filmed solo and never interact with any of the women again and I'd still totally enjoy her scenes and consider her an integral part of the show. We often forget that the first couple of seasons of OC didn't have the women interacting outside of organic interaction and their own real lives were interesting enough to follow. LVP's life is the glamorous kind that this franchise used to be about. That they have worked in footage of the Vanderpump Cocktail garden launching (which happened weeks ago!) shows that the producers realize they need to keep a consistent thread of LVP in the show for the balance of the season.

NYC was laugh out loud funny tonight. This franchise is head and shoulders better than the rest. Ramona's naked hatred of Barbara is wonderful. Loved every second of it. Luann was acting like a total [!@#$%^&*] at the blow dry bar, but she was lovely with Tinsley at that lunch talking about alcoholism and Al-Anon. Really enjoyed Bethenny's dinner party. That was fun and convivial. Ultimately, this show is so much better because these women actually know each other and generally run in the same circle. Although there's obviously production, it feels far more natural and organic than the rest of the shows.

Charlamagne UNLOADED on Kelvin:

You were right @j swift! And better yet, after her soon to be ex-husband apologized today, Wendy fired him as her manager and executive producer. And then she had the Ferrari his jump off is driving repossessed. And then she told him he has 48 hours to vacate their NJ house.

Yes! Tamra saying this has been posted on Instagram - it's a scene filmed with Shannon.

I think she will be quiet about it in the short term. For the time being, she's in litigation with him and whatever she says can be used against her in Court. The interesting thing is that her divorce filing lists the marriage dissolution date as being 6 months ago...when all the sh*t hit the fan and she went to rehab. That's when everything leaked about her husband's mistress and the mistress being pregnant. Wendy has demonstrated a certain level of wisdom over the years that makes me think that her stay in rehab, and the delays in returning to her show, were part of a bigger plan. Wendy obviously relapsed and had to get herself together, but I am betting that she also knew if she was in rehab she would be away from him, and could formulate a plan because she'd finally been publicly humiliated in a way she couldn't handle or spin. It seems it was the public humiliation that she couldn't take and no matter how allegedly awful he was behind the scenes, she could tolerate it so long as he didn't bring shame upon her publicly. And then he did. It was over. She and Kelvin (I'm going with Charlemagne on how to say his name) have their business intertwined, so Wendy's choice of divorce lawyer is interesting: she's gone with Blank Rome, a large Philadelphia based international firm that specializes in corporate law and has in house family law counsel. Much of this is going to be about undoing their business relationship. Their son is 19, so it's not like they're going to be fighting about him, and they've been married a long time, so she may still have some lingering feelings for him, regardless of what's gone down. I think Wendy formulated her exit plan during her rehab and this time in the sober house. The way she served him with divorce papers speaks to this. She hired extra security guards and had him served in front of all their employees in the studio. According to the NY Post her staff are shocked that she actually left him. No matter how rough she's been on other celebrities over the years, there is no denying that Wendy has been through hell. If the allegations of physical abuse and Kelvin's behaviour are even half true, she is a battered woman and should be applauded for finally gathering the necessary strength to leave an abusive marriage. She reminds me of Tina Turner. I hope, like Tina, her second act, without him, is a triumph.

"I've had a bad experience with all of them." - LVP. The rest of the Beverly Hills broads should be afraid. Very afraid. The support that has built for LVP during this season is like a tsunami coming to the shore.

As if we all didn't know. What B tried to do was say Kyle and Rinna had nothing to do with leaking the story...which could of course be true...it could be any of Dorit, PK, Erika, Teddi, or the most likely culprit, PRODUCTION. But Rinna, Teddi, and Kyle ran with it and tried to take down LVP. And they have utterly failed.

Wow. Thank you, Bethenny! We all knew it.

She didn't know her own strength... https://pagesix.com/2019/04/11/wendy-williams-files-for-divorce-from-husband-kevin-hunter/

From your lips to God's ears. These broads make it all about LVP, even when they're not filming with her. Rinna is doing her level best to shield herself from the fallout. It's as if she realized midway through this crap that the ammo against LVP were blanks and that what's gone on with Dorit and Kyle amounted to a whole bunch of nothing. Drunk(?) Camille was hilarious.

I really enjoyed this first part of the ATL reunion - it was funny. But wow, Nene, wow. She came off horribly.

NYC This episode was great. Laugh out loud funny at times. When Sonja was talking about Ramona's date and she instantly clocked the guy as "Okay so he's smart, but not good looking" I laughed out loud. That was perfection. As well, when Sonja cracked herself up in the car being driven up the Berkshires. She is a naturally funny person. Then we have Ramona's "Oh my god it looks like Bethenny crying!" - another laugh out loud moment. Luann really showed her ass and came off terribly at the end of the episode about the Shark Room. Like, for God's sake. It's a large, clean, private room in a large country manor house. Stop complaining. Haughty doesn't begin to describe how poorly Lu was acting at that table, asking for yoga classes and massages to be scheduled, and Dorinda looked genuinely crushed. Next week looks amazing too as Sonja goes Full Morgan at that museum. Now for my PSA: When Tinsley got Botox for her jaw pain I was thrilled. I actually have this treatment myself and started it May of 2018. I haven't had a headache since. It's life changing. If you have TMJ or teeth grinding, look into it.

#GoodbyeKyle That was riveting episode as we watched the friendship between LVP and Kyle die a certain and swift death. The end of this friendship has been coming for a long time, some would say from the very start of the show as Kyle's jealousy reared its head at LVP as the spotlight turned and shimmered all over her from the very first episode. Kyle has been smarting over that ever since. And so when this season began, it clearly had the makings of Kyle/Rinna/Erika/Teddi/Dorit's revenge on LVP. Except, it didn't work out like that. The plot wreaked of production and staging. It wreaked of amateurs. It wreaked of Richards, and something fierce. Kyle coming to LVP's house didn't go as she planned...but in hindsight, how could she have seen it go any other way? She walked into the woman's home and called her a liar. She said she was image obsessed. Dishonest. Insincere. When LVP went to the door to greet Kyle with a huge smile beaming across her face, as we, the audience, knew what was coming, it was heartbreaking because the rug was about to be pulled out from under LVP. However, one thing Kyle didn't count on was that LVP isn't some foolish American housewife. Rather, she is a jet setting English battle-axe wrapped in pink fluffy gauze. She fought back. And she looked Kyle right in the eye when she fired back at her, while Kyle's eyes darted in every direction except for straight in front of the reality careening toward her. I commend Ken and LVP for throwing out the trash succinctly. Ken said what much of the audience has been saying for years: Kyle is not LVP's friend and she hasn't been for years. I'm glad LVP finally sees it. I hope she is permanently free of her, the realtor's wife who lives in the Valley.

Happy GOODBYE KYLE! Day!

LVP has opened the Vanderpump Cocktail Garden at Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas. Former castmate Joyce was there to support. The only current cast member to attend was Camille. LVP says the rest were not invited: https://pagesix.com/2019/03/31/why-rhobh-cast-missed-opening-party-for-lisa-vanderpumps-vegas-venue/

These text messages are better than anything this current season of ATL has put out!

I second that! Thanks @Cheap21 for launching this amazing thread. I always look forward to everyone’s take on the episodes.

Yup. The women established and proved nothing. NOTHING. This Radar Online stuff is a joke. For one, LVP has been accused of that in the past with Adrienne Maloof to the point that the editor of Radar Online came out and said it wasn't LVP. Then you have that interview LVP gave to E! where the reporter talked about how she knew which cast member of the show sold stories and that it wasn't LVP. As LVP has said, she has several restaurants with celebrity patrons and none of them show up in the tabloids. Maintaining an aura of privacy and discretion is what keeps a restaurant in business in that circle. I cannot wait for "GOODBYE, KYLE!"...I need that bitch to go down. I otherwise enjoyed watching Denise's wedding and remember her dad for her show years ago. He seemed like a really lovely man. It was amusing to hear that Charlie had been invited, which shows why Denise is a good sport and can handle him. Rinna waving to the paparazzi was funny and that's the Rinna I enjoy. Interesting to see Patrick Muldoon show up.

I'm not saying it's already my iPhone homescreen but...

Agreed. It is Dynasty in name only. The original series holds up well season 2 - 4 (aka the early Joan years), while season 5 is a wild mess culminating in the Moldavian Massacre. Ultimately, the show is a total disaster. I'm just glad we got to see Joan on AHS to see where Alexis actually wound up (still in Nolan Miller costumes, naturally).

I just watched Nicollette's last episode and I'm disgusted. While I understand the practicalities for what they chose to do, the violence against the Alexis character shocked me and was incredibly awful. I won't be watching again.

Or did Teddi make it up out of thin air to justify why she did what she did. Speaking of riddles, how did the kill shelter know that it was a reality star who didn't want the dog? Didn't Lucy Lucy Apple Juice go to a "lovely woman and a lovely home" per Dorit? As I've said previously, my bet is the only lovely woman Dorit gave the dog to is called Shel(ly) Ter.

Kyle is the worst. Truly. And what's so pathetic about RHoBH is that they've got real world scandals going on between each of Dorit/PK, Mauricio, and Tom Girardi being sued for millions, while the debt collectors are banging on Dorit's doors. That, juxtaposed against their petty, glamorous lives, is what viewers want to see. Kyle hates LVP. She has since the first season when it became apparent that LVP was the star of the show, to Kyle's shock, and she's been after her ever since. Making friends with Brandi is no surprise, I'm sure she'd love to have her back, thinking it will keep LVP away. And maybe it will, but I don't think LVP is going to be overly concerned about it either way. In other news, did anyone else see that Teddi had tried to get her brother onto VPR and when he wasn't featured on the show, things...changed: https://allaboutthetea.com/2019/03/21/teddi-mellencamp-started-puppygate/