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Dorit wished LVP a happy birthday with an affectionate message and picture of them...so perhaps her betrayal is either overblown or nonexistent?

TamaraTattles has an axe to grind with LVP - she's never seemed to like her. Lisa and Ken are business owners with a lot of employees. In the litigious USA employees so employers all the time. I've read a very different account about the dog shelter lawsuit that's much more favourable to Ken and Lisa. This newest one about the dog clothes is a new angle. Ultimately, lawsuits happen for a myriad reasons and not always with any basis in reality.

Spotted Jeana - loved seeing her. And given how awful Vicki looked in that dress, Jeana's "you look so beautiful" was subtle hilarity.

Jeana was there? I have another shot to see the episode this evening - when did she pop up? Meghan sucks. None of us deserve to endure watching her cry and whine. Dallas: "Sometimes the best way to mend a broken heart is to moisturize your face" - Stephanie. Amen. Amen. Amen.

I feel like Andy just doesn't like a lot of the Housewives full stop, not even because they've clashed with his faves. It's long been argued in some of the better reality tv blogs that Andy doesn't like women and that these shows are his expression of misogyny. I'm not sure about that opinion, but Andy definitely has his favourites (as you've listed) and not one of them is an independent woman in the vein of LVP who can run on their own steam.

I am always into Kyle being dragged. What I am not into is LVP being betrayed. If Dorit did that, after the lengths LVP went to last season defending her, then she is disgusting. Anyone near Dorit should be careful because if she'd be disloyal to LVP she'd do it to anyone. Erika is climbing that Housewives power ladder, but her weave is going to get caught in those rungs and she will plummet. It's not a matter of if but when. I can't help but enjoy that photo with Rinna giving us full Taylor McBride. After all the crap she's pulled I still can't hate Rinna.

There are only two decent ones in the bunch...and let's face it, Dawn's is a ripoff of LVP's...

I just saw the Luann interview...it was good. Luann was clearly affected by this breakup and of course Carole, that bitch, didn't reach out. If Carole wants to tangle with Luann again, then fine, but Luann will smoke Carole like she didn't know could happen. I just want Luann to have fun and recapture her single Lu magic. I also want her to buy a small jewel box of an apartment in Manhattan. In Dorinda news:

Stacey and Seema are two duds, so if these other two are duds that's nearly half the cast!

Love Lauren's tagline. She is never afraid to be self deprecating. 9 housewives is ridiculous.

+1 to all of this. I cannot stand Meghan - she deserves everything that comes her way - and then some. What a bitch.

NYC has been the best housewives franchise, for sheer enjoyment, for several seasons now. They should bring back everyone from this season and ponder the return of Jill to destabilize Bethenny.

NYC What a great season. It was FUN. Let's have more of that, Bravo, and less of the disgusting putrid mess that is OC. The third part of the reunion was crap with Bethenny whining and screaming and talking over everyone and trying to bitch out Ramona, yet again...but that Mexico segment ended on a high note.

Tamra was diagnosed with melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer. Fortunately, it's been caught in the early stages, and she's drawing attention to it to "save your ass"...for everyone remember the ABCD's of melanoma: Asymmetry, irregular Borders, multiple or change in Colour and Diameter over 6mm. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4829036/Real-Housewife-Tamra-Judge-announces-skin-cancer.html The Luann interview:

The Lauritas have had this coming for a long time it seems. Interesting that it's a similar scenario to Teresa and Joe. Does anyone in Jersey have real, legitimate, money?

The bottom line is these finds are amazing, thank you @DRW50 for posting them. Darlene Conley was luminous as Sally. She held your gaze. Those scenes with Macy were excellent. Bill Bell's biography states that when he hired her he said that bringing Darlene to the show would make it great. He was right. She elevated the show. He wrote so many facets to Sally: hustler, mother, lover, hater, gambler, winner, loser...Sally was a 1940s movie throwback, a tart with a heart, and Darlene was the only actress who could have played her. Lauren Koslow is so good as Margo - trapped in that marriage to Bill, full of darkness. Margo was always written as a character with a sense of foreboding who could only be saved by her beloved Eric, who she was ever so loyal to. And talk about beautiful - she has aged incredibly on DAYS. She had excellent chemistry with Jim Storm and Dan McVicar (and of course John McCook)...you can see the seedlings of her interpretation of DAYS' Kate with a few lines of dialog when Margo gets exasperated with Clarke. If/when the time comes for DAYS, it's time for Margo to return to B&B. B&B used to have solid A, B and C storylines and my god it made a difference. It is interesting to see the juxtaposition of settings: Beverly Hills for the Forresters, Century City for the Spencers, and downtown LA for the Spectras. Those physical distinctions mean something if you've been to LA - they highlight a difference. All of that subtlety is gone.

I agree that Andy adores Shannon - but if he falls for his own feelings he will kill the franchise because Shannon is not as beloved as he might like to think.

I totally agree about Bethenny. She drained the life out of this episode. And I don't doubt that she's suffered and I don't doubt that she was sincere when she thanked the ladies for not talking about the "things in the shadows"...that's the most vulnerable she's been in a long time. Ramona definitely voted for Trump, Sonja probably voted for Trump and Luann might have voted for Trump. Of the three of them, Luann is the least likely to have voted for Trump and given that she's as private as she is I can see her keeping her vote to herself, regardless of who she voted for. Sonja being a friend of Ivana I LOVE...Ivana doing a cameo in the show would be amazing. We know Ramona voted for Trump. Whatever. At least they voted. The bigger offence is Tinsley for not voting at all - that's a failure in democracy! She is such a child.

I tend to agree. Shannon is the one who will never make up with Vicki, despite her reason for hating Vicki being the hollowest. Shannon can't carry RHOC like Vicki (or even Tamra) can, so if she can't play ball with Vicki then I don't see how she can stay. If Vicki left it would be one of the four horseman of the apocalypse for the Housewives franchises.

I'd much rather watch Vicki than Tamra. Vicki's family scenes still entertain me, even after the whole mess with Brooks. I can't say the same for Tamra. Her storyline with her absent daughter and Ryan's white trash conflicts are a major downer that I don't care about. Shannon is still in this joke of a marriage where she openly makes passive aggressive comments to David while he openly appears to mock her. Shannon is mad that Vicki told the truth about an issue that is of public record. Shannon is someone who never should have been on reality television and she cannot carry this franchise on her own. Ultimately, Bravo has a hard choice to make. Either start over or fire Shannon and Tamra. Much as people claim to (and actually) hate Vicki she remains compelling to watch, can still be fun and is the last original left. At the same time, she handled Brooks atrociously. Some of the audience will never forgive that. I don't have such an issue with it because I think Brooks scammed her and she was way too over her head and embarrassed and humiliated and none of the women were there for her so she became complicit. Regardless, this is definitely someone's last season. The question is who?

Whaaaaat?! LVP should have really made that more well known because it explains a lot about Brandi's resentment of LVP. Brandi wanted to ride LVP's coat tails. Can you imagine the nightmare that would have been? LVP was smart on that decision.

I am loving Dallas this season. Stephanie v. Brandi works on several levels. Superficially, it's probably a stupid fight that they're both too immature to deal with - all that (literal) sh*t talk from last season was never going to be the foundation of mature communication. On a deeper level, they're both very flawed. I do prefer Stephanie to Brandi because Stephanie is obviously smarter and more cunning, and she reminds me of a young Morgan Fairchild. Brandi is like one of those 80s prime time soap starlets who lasted a season and were forgotten (like Dynasty's Karen Cellini) with too much makeup. D'Andra is likeable and smart. She's also burdened by that Blanche Dubois/Tammy Faye Bakker wannabe mother of hers who is both a trip and total nightmare. She shaded D'Andra something fierce with that "we'll pick up this conversation when YOU'VE got time..." Kameron is irrelevant to me. Her husband and children are more interesting. She should get over the pink obsession. The only housewife who makes pink chic is LVP and the rest of them should just give up. I do enjoy Cary because she is who she is. She's a surgical nurse who married the boss and made him over. Mark amuses me too because he does his fashion stuff and his plastic surgery and has a great life and seems to be laughing all the way to the bank. Leanne is absolutely insane. In a great TV way. If you do a little research on Leanne she's appeared in a number of reality shows and has dabbled in acting. She knows what she's doing. And she's doing it very well. She's compelling to watch. She can deliver her monologues while dressed as a hot dog with a ferocity that would make Nene or Brandi or Rinna shake in their knockoff Blahniks.

I'm loving the return of Camille IF she's there to make either Kyle or Rinna's life a living hell. If she's there to tangle with LVP, then sit down, Camille. But I did enjoy season 2 Camille when she confronted Taylor so memorably with the "We didn't want to say it, BUT NOW WE'VE SAID IT!" John Mellencamp's daughter is only 36, so I'm lukewarm about her. She could be another One And Done. We do not need another Eden Sasloon. I agree in that I enjoy NYC the most out of the American franchises because it is the least toxic, by far, and I don't hate any of the housewives. Though I still think Tinsley is a dud. She was non-existent this episode of the reunion. Ramona has clearly struggled to mourn her divorce. Which is tragic. She loved being married to Mario. She loved her family. And he destroyed it. It's going to take her a long time to get past it. I enjoyed the segment on Dorinda being gangsta. She should not be crossed, she is fabulous and fierce. Jill Zarin is dead to Bethenny. She'll never be back. Bethenny's ire has seen to that. I would LOVE if Sonja would move into that three bedroom apartment. Do it Sonja, get rid of that damn townhouse! I felt sad for Luann. She clearly knew something was going on during the filming of the reunion and Tom was clearly on thin ice, if not worse. Luann did not want to admit it was over at the reunion. I don't think she could bear that. The most telling thing was when she mentioned her son, Noel, being protective of her. Luann is obviously close to her children, so it was never going to end well for Tom thanks to Luann's kids. Luann said she'd leave him, and so many of them didn't believe her, yet what did she damn well do but leave his ass! Good for Lu!

Stumbled across this clip from Season 9. Beyond adorable. Joan Collins and Michael Nader had chemistry off the charts and a certain sweetness, charm, and romance that few others had.

Restaurants are well known to be one of the hardest businesses to make successful. You'd think Shannon would be more interested in owning a home, as opposed to renting, rather than a restaurant. In NYC news: Entertainment Tonight confirms Carole and Adam have broken up.