This reunion seems a bit cooler than US reunions in the beginning. They show all the ladies coming in to the dressing rooms with out make-up. What was on Janet’s face. Why is their hair wet? Janet talks about how bad things have gotten in the press. The announcer says something like “And now the reunion that the whole of Australia has been waiting for…” And then we see the gaudiest set ever. It’s like a living room with way too much crap in it and the Australian Andy Cohen is a bald dude of ambiguous ethnicity wearing sunglasses on his head. Gina clearly scored the best designer to dress her. Her dress is stunning and her makeup is of a color found in nature but her legs remain orange. Janet’s dress looks like she forgot to bring anything to wear and tied a tablecloth under her arms and went with it.
Chyka says she loves everything about filming the housewives. Janet says that she lives in some boondocks area or something and is sheltered from all the public recognition. Jackie has not been doing as many reading because she is busy supporting Ben’s career now. Um, didn’t Ben’s career end in like 1984? The host asks about her reading in the first episode about someone cheating and they seem to be talking about Gina’s boyfriend, sorry, Potnah, already. Gina seems to be deflecting to the other couch where Lydia and Andrea are seated next to Chyka.
Lydia’s face is twice as wide as it used to be. I’m not even sure how that is surgically possible. Andrea is asked about how she is dealing with the press, AKA the fact that everyone hates her. She rambles on about Twitter and how she talks to trolls to enlighten them that they have their facts wrong and most everyone loves her once she does that. That sounds exhausting. Does Twitter not have a block button down under? 
Andrea called Jackie the equivalent of poor white trash or something in whatever language they speak down there. Cashed out Bogen? I have no idea. I am not fully awake and am waiting for the Gina stuff. Andrea’s face looks horrible. Either too much or not enough foundation. It’s distracting.
The host really bothers me. He’s unattractive in sort of a scary way. If I was on an elevator with him I would get off the first time the doors open. There is something very creepy about him.
Blah blah blah clothes and spending. Apparently, Bulgari is the bragging brand in Australia.
Weird sex talk where Lydia talks about Gina’s sons’ sex lives and Gina asks Lydia if she has slept with them. Lydia and Gina go a bit tit for tat. Um no pun intended.
Chyka’s husband is at Harvard teaching a course. He does an adorable video comparing all of them to circus entertainers. Lydia was the clown. I don’t think she will like that. Bruce is really hot.
Montage of Andrea talking about how busy she is and how she delegates things to others. Like raising her kids. Andrea denies having five nannies. Then she says she has five college students she can call on at any time of day and that she currently has a nanny from 3:30 until 7:30 four nights a week to deal with the pesky little offspring she had to tie her husband down. She is still pretending she is publishing a book. Andrea starts crying because she used to be poor. Seriously? Gina mutters that she knew Andrea would cry. Now she seems to be crying because people say she has five nannies when she only has five competent people she trusts with the care of her children. Oh, um. I see. Perhaps “nanny” is a word they are trying to phase out in Australia, like “retard.” We say tomato, you say tomahto, but it’s still the same thing, Andrea. If Andrea doesn’t go to work he staff would not have job! She’s tired of people saying she doesn’t parent her kids on social media. Um, Andrea, do you remember filming a reality show where you claimed to be writing a book for working mothers that is based on a million checklists to leave for the nannies? There is a reason everyone is saying this on social media, darling. Now stop crying like a two year old.
Gina talks about Andrea defaming her on social media. Andrea denies it. Andrea admits to saying Gina has a vulgar mouth. Gina says Andrea has a vulgar heart. These people needed to watch a Jersey or Atlanta reunion before taping this. They are very bad with the insults. Gina just admitted to tattling to Andrea’s husband on a private Facebook message about Andrea’s behavior toward her on social media. Really Gina? Surely you can handle Andrea without dragging her poor husband into it. He has enough on his plate having to live with her.
They show a montage of Gina calling the others morons and imbeciles. As it is playing, Gina says she never said moron, she doesn’t use that word. What the hell are bogens? cashed out bogens? Gina says that Lydia only ever married for husband. Gina asks why she kept the name of her first husband who apparently comes from a rich family. Andrea jumps in and says she has three children under that name. Sidenote: Do you think Kris Jenner will change her name back to Kardashian now that she is divorcing Bruce? It seems like something she would do. Back to the bickering, Gina is trying to drive the point home that Lydia has never worked a day in her life and every thing she has was paid for by one of her husbands. This is like saying the sun rises in the east Gina. We really need better topics. Jackie is offended by Gina’s remarks about the western suburbs.
Next a montage of Jackie and Janet’s friendship. I really didn’t see them as that close on the regular season. Then a montage about Gina and Jackie not getting along. Suddenly, Jackie says that Gina made a threat that she would end up in cement boots at the bottom of the ocean. Gina is pissed that this is being mentioned. Chyka tries to tell the story of what Gina said at The Windsor and Gina shoot darts at her and tells her she needs to get it right. Chyka says that Gina was upset with Jackie over something she was called by Jackie in the previous days filming (cunt, I think) and she was on the phone with production when we all overheard her make a comment to production about Jackie. Then she refuses to repeat it because she might get it wrong and she doesn’t want to get into trouble. Chyka is clearly afraid of retaliation by Gina. Gina says that what she said to the producers is that the last time someone called her a word, one of her boys said to the other to get a body bag ready. Her boys were furious and very protective. Chyka confirms that the word body bag was used. Gina says that Jackie is making this all up. Gina is clearly lying. Jackie says Gina is a disgrace. Andrea says that Gina has a vulgar mouth off camera. Gina tells Andrea that she is an insignificant ass hair. Finally, we get this party going with only a few minutes left to go.
Alex, or whatever his name is tries to get Gina to stop calling Andrea names for a second so that Chyka can say how sad it is that it has come to this. Shut up Alex! Shut up you fool! This is exactly what we tune in for! Gina spews more insults calling Andrea a twit and a moron. Wait moron? Gina just said five minutes ago that she never uses the word moron. Then she says it again.
Andrea brings up the lawsuit that production would not let her talk about during filming. Apparently, Gina’s POTNAH threatened to sue them all for speaking about him on camera. Andrea reads the email on camera that says basically that he is sending a cease and desist order to Matchbox regarding any storyline about him and he will also be serving each cast member so they are aware. I’m assuming the legal action on his behalf was handled by Gina. Gina doesn’t see the issue, but she apologizes anyway.
I have to say, Gina didn’t come out looking like a winner in round one.
Next week: The whole cunt thing gets um, aired out so to speak. And Jackie storms off the set.
Ok:
Maybe nanny is a word they are trying to run out of Australia kinda like retard..
(Not quoted, but paraphrased) literally made me choke on my tea. Thank you for that!!! LOL
I think I am just gonna read your recap and not watch. I’m in football hell today between my Saints and the hubs Browns… I don’t know if I could handle watching that too.
But thank you, thank you for that line!
I love Jackie and Gina; they both “read” other folks. Guns gave this reunion some life.
Thanks for the post. This will tide me over until I can watch on the DVR.
Do you think there will be a 2nd season?
Yes but not for Andrea. She claims she quit. I assumed she was fired, but after seeing this I could see her quitting. She’s a nervous mess.
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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She ran out dresses so she had to depart the show remember! Bleh it’s all about the damn book I recon. She felt slighted by the show and probably realised the money was not worth being the most hated reality star in Australia.
This is my show !
Yeah I’m pretty bored so far with all the shopping talk. I am almost quit watching the reunion until I read your post.
I always miss some dialog on this show due to the accent. I have had to Google some words spoken on RHOA, I am not southern enough to get it. The southern hemisphere really addles my comprehension.
Gina must not realize they will insert clips proving she is lying. I want to like her but she is making herself look bad. She is still my favorite. My psychic ability tells me Jackie is the biggest phony. Andrea is drab and a bore or a boar. I loved Chica’s dress, I never like her hair style. Gina’s dress was the most stunning, but better suited to a ball and not wasted on these bitches. Janet’s dress looked like a fail from Project Runway. Lydia is the most drab in every episode. Black dominates every look but is never done with much style.
Lydia gave a non answer to the question about her flying lessons progress. Saying she likes it just sounds like it was fake to begin with. I think she is and will always be a passenger.
I hope the 2nd installment is better. I would rather see them being fabulous, not fractious. That’s not going yo happen, not the HW formula.
Gina arrived in a long dress with train and full spackle. She may be a fan favorite but I cannot like someone whose go-to outfit is a cocktail dress.
To be fair her sisters are both fashion designers in Australia who make a decent cocktail dress. 😉
I still wonder about Gina. Like. Just. No. I just don’t know her origin. And by saying that, I’m being respectful to TT’S rules. I’m sorry but something about Gina doesn’t make sense.
Guess I might be the only one.
Oh and can someone explain to me why Andy didn’t do the reunion? Surely this show is beloved… it is to us… he needs them on his show!
Um you do realize this is a show filmed by another network in another country, right?
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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No. I’m with you. I think she’s nuts. What does she look like in court?
I believe that Andy has never/will never host a non American reunion. The show was filmed ages ago in Australia. Over a year, at that time Foxtel and the Australian production company most likely purchased the legal rights to the housewife franchise but it would be way too expensive to pay for Andy to host the reunion, especially as he and Bravo had no hand in filming, casting or editing the show. Now that the show has a second season filming and it has a profile in America I could see them rethinking the reunion host for season 2 but it still wont be Andy. I doubt he even knows their names.
This reunion was very bizarre. I got the impression production was set on putting Gina down and saving the other ladies from further humiliation. The host was just weird.
Gina really unraveled on the reunion, getting her lies exposed by everyone. Personally I don’t blame Gina for knee-jerk lying here and there nearly as much as I blame all the other ladies (except Chyka) for being complete cunts all season.
It just futher cemented the Gina love though. Production is trying way too hard to appease Lydia and Andrea by tarnishing the Gina love, it didn’t work.
Yes, I read the Australian fans reaction to the reunion was rabid cuz fans felt production (and Alex Perry, too) tried to bury Gina and it backfired on them big time. I love it when people see right through a gang up and call the perpetrators on it.
Alex Perry is an Australian dress designer. He is very well respected. He is also a judge on Aus Next Top Model. He is snarky and wonderful!
Ugh, no he is not! He is pretentious and wanky and should take those frigging sunglasses off his head! For American viewers – they are his trademark. He is never seen without a pair of sunglasses perched on top of his head. It is ridiculous. He actually did an ad for a spectacle company for a ‘buy one get one free’ promotion, and the gag was that he would get to wear a set on his eyes as well as one on his head. Boo, Alex Perry, Boo! And he was clearly NOT Team Gina, which only serves to further tarnish him in my eyes!
Too funny. I was waiting for someone to type what I was thinking.
Great review thank you! Now the word bogan we use in Australia is kinda equal to redneck, country hick etc… I think when they used cashed up bogans was referred to noveu riche (pardon spelling there) people with no class. It seemed the production is set against Gina which is a shame as she is my favorite. Why they don’t show all the vile things Andrea and Lydia said? So happy Andrea is out of season 2 she is so disgusting and has a massive chip on her shoulder about being a working mum. Alex Perry is a great designer in Oz but the sunnies must go! There are better hosts that could have made this reunion much better in Australia.
They really went out of their way to try and destabalise the Gina love in Australia. Maybe because at the time Andrea was threatening to quit due to the public hate. The reunion definitely had ‘off limit’ topics that I wish the ladies discussed.
They need to rethink Alex Perry as the host. He sucked.
I love how no matter what she is saying, denial, throwing out insults or getting bashed, Gina just sits very poised and composed and doesn’t raise her voice. I guess in any scenes I have seen so far, they all have subtle temper tamptrems compared to the train wrecks the HW regularly have in America, then amp that up more on reunion shows.
I get a feeling the other ladies are trying to get Gina to flip out into a decomposed mess to help them look superior.
Yeah they definitely wanted to bait her into losing composure. As a Barrister it is her job to maintain her composure in high stress situations so they really shouldn’t bother.
Translation: Cashed up = rich Bogan = white trash
Jaded, Your definition is totally to the point, whereas mine, below, is overkill. I should have read every comment, first.
TT, you can delete my definition, if you like.
I did that before I read this. Everyone here has the ability to use Google. Even me.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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It’s my understanding that calling someone a ‘Bogan’ is the Aussie equivalent of an American referring to a person as trailer trash.
Cashed up bogan is like referring to someone as being ‘new money’. Basically a bogan is an uneducated person with little manners and from bad breeding. Maybe somewhat comparable to ‘thug’.
I don’t feel the Gina love! I think she is abrasive, a liar, a bully and foul mouthed! With that said she is interesting to watch…in a car crash kind of way!
I just don’t see her as a bully, at all. She reacts, rather than acts. JMO
Dammit! I was so excited when they showed the ladies with no makeup. I was so waiting for Gina’s turn, but no such luck.
Thanks for pointing out Gina’s “I don’t use that word” and then calling her a moron 15 minutes later. Hysterical. I noticed there are quite a few words Gina “claims” not to use.
Overall I was very disappointed in this reunion. I was hoping for so much better, but it was quite the snoozefest.
I love her, but she constantly refers to people as morons. I adore her composure and her spunk, but I have to admit that she finds it very difficult to own up when she is in the wrong. That said, I wouldn’t be feeling very concillatory to those awful women, either. Particularly Andrea. That outfit she wore walking into her meeting with Gina at the cafe…the short suit, broad-brimmed hat and heels that she couldn’t walk in…she looked like Edwina Monsoon.
I want Gina’s dress…(not that I could ever wear it at my size, or have an appropriate gala for its debut) ….I just want to look at it hanging on a beautiful velvety hanger in my closet….I am seriously mesmerized!!
I wish Gina had admitted to the C word, and followed it up with, “I’m sure it’s not the first time someone has called both of you the C word”.
At this stage if she owned it and said something like “I called you a cunt as you were acting like a cunt” I would have been so happy. Sadly Gina is trying to maintain a professional front. Which is understandable but frustrating.
I love this show. Oh, Andrea, tsk tsk. She’s rehabilitating internet trolls? When she clarified what her “child care” situation really is I realized that she’s the Sonja of the show. She abuses her staff and they are interns!!!! It all becomes clear! Andrea’s Fan Club of One for Lydia made me laugh too. Does no one know what a CC is? Chyka and her hubby are just plain nice people. His video was gracious and encouraging. He must be new at this. Gotta say, though, I wouldn’t mind being hitched to a guy who adores me, has plenty of money, and shuts down entire amusement parks for our date night. Still love Gina too. “Insignificant ass hair”! gotta remember that one!
I love Chyka. But why is it that her husband sets off my gaydar? Maybe it’s just wishful thinking.
Me too, Michael! I am struck by it whenever I watch the show! I do love Chyka and her gay husband, though. They both seem genuinely delightful.
Can’t help you there. My gaydar only works on Americans. True story.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I loved this show . They all seemed like the real deal. Why is this show just shown once on Sunday mornings? It is better than any HW show we have going here other than maybe Beverly Hills.
The season is dated. Hopefully season two will be shown concurrently in America and Australia and will get a bit more love in the USA. How are the ratings over there? Probably dismal considering its timeslot.
Don’t know about the ratings but those of us who watch are pretty ride or die 😛
Who would have thought a trashy show like this would unite Australians and Americans with way too much time on their hands ;).
Another Gina and Chyka fan, love them. I did cringe when Gina got caught in a couple of fibs, but man were they after her. So happy to hear Andrea is off. I couldnt stand Lydia at 1st sight, but what really got me was when sheand hubby flew to get cheese. I dont care how rich someone is, you pollute the air and waste natural resources for such a frivilous reason, you’re a waste of breath.
I could never do something like that and not think of how much good, that amount of money could help someone in need. Gee, house and feed a starving child, or get my beloved cheese? Hmmm, pay a childs medical bills to help their overworked and stressed parents, or get my dang cheese? I get the expensive clothes and whatnot, but not a wasteful trip like entitled Lydia did. And to find out she’s never worked, makes it even more of a crime, imo.
I loved Lydia at first. I hope she is less cunty next season. I thought flying to get some cheese was a wonder thing to do.
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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She certainly is shameless, in her self-indulgence. I liked her at first, too, and was surprised at the quick about-face towards Gina, that she did.
Well said, Breelee! It was my first thought as well when I watched that scene. I would never be able to have that kind of money and not end up giving it all away. I think that it would cause me great distress to have SO much more than others.
It’s like the way I feel about Oprah, as well. She literally has enough money to completely erase poverty and hunger in the US! And I know…she builds schools in Africa and shit, but seriously, where is all of that money going to go when she dies? It’s just insane to me.
At least I can sleep at night knowing that you’ll never catch me flying anywhere to buy some overpriced cheese. The end.
Dear Tamara,
I know you are feeling under the weather these days and I am sending well-wishes. I am wondering if you watched part 2 of the reunion (even if there’s no recap- which is totally acceptable as you’re sick!), and if there’s a more appropriate place to discuss it than here – I’m excited for everyone’s (read: yours and Michael’s) thoughts!
Much love, Alien
Crap I forgot. I have been bingewatching shows during my downtime that I don’t have to recap. I’ll try to get to it tomorrow I am excited to see it.
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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You are wonderful! Thank you and cheers!
I guess this reasons is just for you Tamara. I wasn’t impressed. I’m so tired of them rehashing the same things over and over again. That the same thing I didn’t like about the whole season really. The things that they fought about were so superficial and it was pretty much the same two things over and over. I would have liked more depth. The host was even more horrible on part two. He had no control at all, so you can barely hear what the women were even saying 80% of the time because they were all talking at the same time. Also, i think they had Gina’s mic turned up a tag louder than the others. At least they covered Cuntgate.
response, not reason
I forgot to DVR it and I don’t see it re-playing on the comcast guide. Hope it is out there On Demand.
I do like to read your recaps before i watch. #true!
Lori- we need closure! Plus I am curious about others’ thoughts on Janet’s quasi-explanation. I don’t say defense because it seemed to make her even more culpable- homegirls sways wherever the wind blows and it’s totally unattractive for someone who is 55+ (or at least looks it)
So sorry I haven’t had a chance to get to this reunion. It’s been a weird week. Tomorrow I have GOT to run errands Maybe Friday or Sat. So sorry. I am behind on so many recaps.
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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It’s ok. We figured that with all of the non recap posts you have lately that it’s been a busy week for you. We all look forward to the next post!
*speaking as the representative of the RHofMelbourne fan club*
I agree on the Janet thing. She reminds me a bit of Kim Richards. I just struggle with the airy wishy washy persona they both have. At least Kim has an excuse with her upbringing and ‘struggles’.