Because my crappy cable box has to be turned off a lot to reset or it gets all squirrelly, I shut it down late Saturday night and went to bed. I didn’t turn it back on until 12:30 the next morning. So I only have the tennis event to blog about. Perhaps y’all can fill me in for a change on the first half. 🙂 Bravo doesn’t seem to rerun this show much if at all!
Gina was quite late at arriving and everyone started off being irritated with her when she did arrive. What the heck is Andrea wearing? No one seems to bat an eye. Gina excuses herself from the table for a moment and everyone is outraged. Why? Lydia asks Gina why she was cranky. The ladies are trying to goad Gina and Andrea into a conflict. The basis of the issue is Andrea’s rude comments to Gina about her aggressive behavior with the girls. 
Jackie is planning a group salsa lesson for the ladies. Well, it seemed I missed the whole tennis event. Dang it! Andrea says that after everyone left, Gina’s makeup was all over the bathroom. She has no cleaner for that house! Oh the horror.
Gina and Jackie get together for coffee to iron out their differences. Right off the bat Gina apologizes and they agree to put the issue to bed. It was so drama free and unhousewifelike. No one got snatched bald-headed. Quelle Dommage.!
Chyka makes ravioli dinner for her boys and their friends. She seems like such a nice person. Dinner looks amazing! Cyhka spent a year a Cordon Bleu! I want to eat at her house!
Wait is the conflict between Gina and Janet? It doesn’t seem to matter, Janet is in love with the salsa teacher. She is such a sabre-toothed tiger that one. Gina’s dance partner was about a foot and a half shorter than she is. It was pretty comical.
Lydia , Janet and Jackie sit together to bitch about Gina. It looks like the beginning of everyone ganging up on Gina. So she was late and she got some of her fake tan in the bathroom. What’s the big deal. They are planning on ganging up on her for sure. Janet says she doesn’t want to Gina’s friend.
Next week: The girls go to the beach, which looks stunning and Andrea goes in on Gina again!
P.S. Michael I never got your email, did you send it?
Hey TT, you didn’t miss anything. There was no reasonable explanation for the pissing and moaning about Gina. She’s a diva and a drag queen, everyone knows it takes a long time for a queen to get fabulous. She was late to a group event, no big deal. Not like they were going anywhere, and she held them up. And it was the height of tackiness for Andrea to talk about how Gina left the bathroom, Andrea has no class. And Janet out of the blue, talking about Gina was also puzzling–like she got a memo from production, “turn on Gina”. It is bizarre.
Didn’t someone from an american franchise complain about fake tan streaked couches or cushions? It reminded me of that a bit.
Oh yeah I’d forgotten about the couch thing. Lisa’s white couch in Beverly Hills, I think?
That’s it. The rich can be so petty sometimes. Imagine Lisa hosting Gina ‘when’ she becomes a BH Housewife. 😉
Yes Adrienne Maloof I believe sat on Lisa vanderpumps white furniture with wet fake tan all over her legs.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I did notice that.
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
> Yes Adrienne Maloof I believe sat on Lisa vanderpumps white furniture with > wet fake tan all over her legs. > > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Tamara Tattles [email protected]> wrote: > >>
Sorry!! I sent it now. I’m so glad Andrea is not going to be season 2. Weirdly she is filming a a swansong scene. I find that weird.
You didn’t miss much. But did you notice when the camera spanned the bathroom there was no tan or make up anywhere?
I thought the editing this episode was hilarious. When the girls are asking themselves where Gina is, they show a bathroom door with hairspray sounds. I couldn’t stop laughing..
Thank you TT! xoxo!
I find it odd how all of the sudden everyone has an issue with Gina. Is it that they sense she’ll be the star of the show and they preemptively try to make her the villain? I just don’t get. Why didn’t they just start playing tennis without her? When she finally got there they were just hitting the ball with the tennis coach. It wasn’t like they were waiting to start a tournament. Could she have called to let them know she’s running late? Sure, but it is worth Janet getting her panties in such a wad that she’s wants to end their friendship? I don’t think so. Either way something is fishy about this all-the-sudden-everyone-hate-Gina-story-line.
It happens on nearly every franchise. Two people have legit issues and everyone is forced to pick a side. This time they all assumed Gina would be the villain and Andrea the Aussie Vanderpump. They were wrong.
Try as I may, I just can’t seem to get into this franchise. The cast seems to interact and move according to a script, and though they all claim to be offended by drag queen, Gina (She is a biological, non-trans woman, right?), for the life of me, I could not discern what due cause might be for their ire. I finally ceased viewing after Gina and what’s her name met to iron out their differences. WHAT DIFFERENCES?! They interacted with zero conviction, flat affects and monotone voices.
Chyka (?) also was automaton-like as she prepared and served pasta bolognese to her stilted son and his petrified mates. They all frankly appeared to be 43 year old men imprisoned within teen boy bodies. I obviously can’t put a finger on the appeal of this franchise. Anybody about its appeal?
Americans have a fascination for faraway lands and different cultures. That’s my excuse anyway.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I can buy your fascination angle and even note that Americans also are taken by foreign accents. However, beyond that the exchange between cast members is, at best, hesitant, and one gets a distinct impression that whatever ‘unfolds’ is planned and staged… as appealing as wet cardboard (and I admit that I get a bit anxious about the possibility that drag queen Gina’s ‘unit’ might untuck, and once the illusion is blown, we will learn that her real speaking voice is very similar to Brad Garrett’s).
Please do not disparage Brad Garrett. He is “my type.” I adore oversized (big and tall) guys who are funny and smart.
Oh and I saw “you” on Bachelor in Paradise today. Forgive me for being unfamiliar with the name Tasos…
xoxo
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Dingos. Americans can’t wait for the episode where a Dingo tries to maul a housewife.
We can only hope that happens in season two!
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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You might have better luck with your DVR if you stop thinking of 12:30 as the morning. 😀
I like to live on West Coast time! It makes me feel closer to you! 🙂
heh. I am great with excuses.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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