The Real airs in Atlanta after Wendy Williams and lots of times I am busy working on blog stuff and forget to start watching something decent on the DVR. Today was one of those days. Kyle Richards is on the show today, and I am going to see if she says anything other than “things are not good with my sister right now.” I like Kyle more than most of you guys, and yet I continue to stuggle to find a logical explanation for her current media tour to let us all know that she and Kim are estranged. I guess this crapfest is filmed on the west coast and their lack of guests meshes well with Kyle’s desire to be on TV as much as humanly possible.
First of all, Kyle is not in her usual hippie chick, which I love and I think would have been appropriate for this show. For some reason she is dressed like a middle school principle in an LBD and oversized Pepto Bismal flavored suit jacket. Why? Okay I just now saw it from the front and it looks fine but the first view I had was hitting pause with one hand while typing with the other to stop the show until I could get to it to recap.
Moving on to the stupid wheel thing on this ridiculous program. He question is what is the last lie she told. She says she lied to Maurico about being on Instagram. 🙂 
Kyle says Brandi is a hot mess. Kyle says Brandi is out to get her. She has always known to keep her distance from her. She tried to get to know her better and there is a fun side of Brandi but, she just knew that her day would come when she would turn on me because she does that.
They ask about the deal with Kim and Brandi. Kyle says that for some reason she was more concerned with convincing Kim that she was a bad sister rather than just being a good friend to her. Kyle says that Brandi was taking advantage of her sister to create a storyline for herself.
They ask about the fight between Kim and Kyle at the gay mixer, or at least that is the focus of Kyle’s answer when they ask about the drama between the two sisters. Kyle says when you are watching a reality show you are going to catch some real life moments between sisters. Kyle says things are not great now. She says that things got even worse after Amsterdamn… AND THEN THERE WAS A BIG FUCKING EDIT! And we pick up with one of the idiots talking about the upcoming reunion.
Kyle says it was the most intense reunion they have ever had. She says they were sitting like this for ten hours! Of crying, threatening, screaming…. Kyle says she didn’t leave her bed for two days afterward. It was awful. She said it was a reunion hangover. She could not believe what had happened. She says she doesn’t think many people felt good afterward.
They play a show clip where Kyle is crying (shocker) about the situation with Kim. The girls ask what it will take to be okay. She says she doesn’t know… maybe time. Maybe a little therapy.
They play a dumb game.
Questions:
You and Kim and Eileen all rob a bank but later one of them rats you out and sets you up to take the blame. Which one would do that? Kim, if she is mad at me, she may do that. Kyle says this game is going to get her killed.
Lisa Rinna and Eileen are up for the same role as you? Who did it? Lisa or Eileen? Kyle picks Brandi (against the rules) saying that Brandi has a history of tire slashing (Eddie’s tires) so it would be her.
You throw a charity event and one of the ladies checks bounces. Is it Lisa Vanderpump or Yolanda? Kyle puts Yolanda up (heh… she doesn’t seem to be liquidating assets) But Tamar tells her Yo has too much money for that and she should put Brandi back up there!) Saved by Tamar.
You invite Brandi and Kim over to reconcile. You step out for just a second. When you come back, you find that all the wine bottles have been taken. Who did it? Brandi.
You wake up to find that the blogs are going crazy with some lies about you! Who called the press Lisa Vanderpump (mmmhmmm) or Brandi? Brandi. Kyle says that Brandi is after her right now. Brandi has never liked her. Even when they were getting along she just pretended.
God this show is awful.
I’ve watched some clips of it on youtube and the show is just ratchet and beyond endurance.
It truly is one of the biggest personal sacrifices I make your you dipwads, when I watch.
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On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Thank you. The show is awful and I tuned out after two minutes. They are all stupid and not in the least bit intelligent or entertaining. How does this dreck stay on the air?
This is your Lenten penance.
I really have sucked with the lentils this season. At least I still not smoking.
I should have hit up a church. I have a piss poor attitude lately. I mean, you know, more than usual.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I am so glad you are off the smokes. I am proud of you.
Brandi has never liked Kyle and Kyle has never liked Brandi. When they were getting along they were both pretending because it served their purposes in order to gang up/overthrow Queen B Lisa.
Kyle has been trying to become the Queen B/fan-fav of the show since she lost that title at the end of season 1 (back of limo scene is when fans turned on her). She will never admit that, but it’s obvious to any objective observer. So on that score (pretending to like a fellow cast member) she really is no better than Brandi.
Now — will Kyle use anything she learned about Brandi during their mutually beneficial fake friendship to malicious hurt her now? No. So on that score she is much better than Brandi.
Where are these elusive objective viewers of which you speak? I see Brandiloons and LVP worshipers A gaggle of people who just hate everyone but “don’t know why…”
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Are you contending that Kyle actually did believe Brandi re: the whole stupid magazine gate? Or are you contending that Kyle really did LIKE Brandi and trusted her over her long time friend and it was just Brandi who was faking liking Kyle?
Further, are you contending that Kyle telling Taylor that LVP “preys on the weak” was a nice thing to say and not meant to sow discord?
Are you contending that Kyle telling LVP that being her friend is like playing chess with Bobby Fischer was a compliment?
I don’t mind admitting I like LVP more thank I like Kyle, but I do try to fairly assess all of them and I do recognize that Kyle has many good points (and LVP has bad points). However, being a loyal friend is not one of Kyle’s good points and I have concrete things that Kyle has said and done that lead me to conclude that as I listed above. The fact that those actions by Kyle doesn’t cause you to share that view of Kyle doesn’t make ME an LVP loyalist. Just as the fact that you can’t recognize Kyle’s “look at me” attention seeking on the show or the fact that she is overly concerned with how fans view her doesn’t discredit my view nor change it.
Not sure I agree Kyle was HBIC before the limo scene. Seems to me it’s always been LVP.
I didn’t say HBIC — she was a fan fav before the limo scene S1.
Kyle has always attempted to get long with the other housewives. Brandi has never liked Kyle and any attempts at being cordial are overridden by Brandi’s desire to bring Kyle down.
Oh Kyle liked Brandi and/or was attempting to get along with her when she first appeared on the show at Kyle’s charity event and Kyke led the discussion with the others laughing at Brandi & her cast & the way she was dressed and said the only thing she knew about her was that her husband left her for LeAnn Rimes?
I don’t care for Brandi either but the FACTS belie your defense of Kyle.
Being a Brandiloon or a Lisa Loon isn’t good but where do the Kyle Kooks get off thinking they are somehow superior?
@angienc your powers of recall are impressive. I had forgotten about the ‘Lisa preys on the weak’, ‘With Lisa, it’s like playing chess with Bobby Fisher,’ comments etc. Here’s my 10p. Season 3 of RHOBH is currently being aired here in the UK. It’s so interesting to watch the dynamics of ‘this group of women.’ Brandi, ever the opportunist did her level best to ingratiate herself with Lisa and Ken after the ‘Take Down Lisa’ reunion. She used excessive flattery, inappropriate jokes and ‘charm,’ At the time, Lisa was very receptive. She felt hurt and betrayed by Adrienne and Kyle so Brandi was a new ally. Brandi seized the opportunity to jump into Kyle’s (temporary vacant) friendship’ space. When Brandi got close to Lisa, Kyle was sidelined. This upset Kyle very much.
K has always been an attention seeking,
‘Poor me, my sister is an alcoholic’ but-look-at-how-wonderful-my-life-is’ type. She has admired and been resentful of Lisa in equal measure. Kyle has also been having a one sided and passive aggression competition with Lisa since the beginning, I observed a few things that she does this season which are definitely Lisaesque.
LVP is the HBIC, Kyle is her deputy and Brandi is trying and failing to establish herself with the cast.
She came in through Adrienne,,betrayed her, Moved onto Lisa betrayed her
Tried to get something going with Kyle…betrayed her, moved onto ‘ Yo’ but cannot get her foot into Yolanda’s fabulous life. Yolanda gets her and probably does not confide anything too important to BG. She sees her heart.
Now we’re all waiting for a big showdown and spectacular fallout between BFFs Brandi and Kim. It is inevitable because this is Brandi’s MO.
Sorry for the long post TT and @angienc, I’m just a little obsessed with this show. Thank you TT for providing a safe place for me (and others) to express my thoughts. Mwah,
say what now? WHO made Kim the (or their) storyline? please.
For once, I believe a housewife when she says another one is coming for her!
This is going to be the most intense reunion yet? If it is supposed to top last year’s, I think I better go buy more wine to get through the night.
Please keep digging and figure out why Kyle is on this publicity spree. It’s so odd, but reinforces my belief that she loves to use Kim’s issues to make her feel good and look good.
And why can’t anyone on these shows just shut up and let the facts speak for themselves? The more Kyle and LVP shout that Brandi is evil, the less evil I think Brandi is. We all saw her behavior, let it speak for itself. She was horrible. She knows. We all know it. So why the constant reminders? If they were smart, they’d just shut up and let Brandi’s actions do the talking.
Same thing, if Brandi were smarter, she’d stop giving these women so much fuel for their hate fire.
Aargh! I must stop watching. Must stop caring.
I totally agree with you. Have often wondered what would happen if when one or two people on the show are on the outs with the others if they would just be ostracized and ignored. Just don’t give them another thought or any attention.
She is marketing a frozen food line.
I think she is also making remarks to distance herself from her sister.
If you think the Real is awful… imagine being an audience member. Most awful experience, which is to be expected, I suppose, based on how terrible the show is.
(All the better shows (Jimmy Kimmel, The talk, Ellen) were sold out, and I really wanted my mom to experience a taping.)
Oh dear God. I am SO sorry. I’m amazed you can even talk about it.
*Giggles*
The drama! I still don’t get this publicity tour. seems to me kyle;s emphasis should be on mending the relationship with her sister and not Brandi. brandi’s actions speak for themselves. Finally she admits their friendship was fake Reality. The only one I like on The Real is Tamera Mowry (from Tia & Tamera and Sister, Sister) but I still can’t believe she’s still on there with those other fOols. Kenya is on the next Millionaire Matchmaker.
Thanks for the recap, TT. Happy that I never have to watch this show. I like Kyle. She makes me laugh. My guess for her whirlwind interviews is she’s coming after Brandi. I would love to have a season with her and no Kim.
I think I would like her more if there was no Kim.
What I cannot understand is why Kim suddenly decided to become BFF’s with Brandi after Brandi said she was in the bathroom doing meth when they first met? If that’s how you treat me in one of our first/our first meetings, I’d have nothing else to ever say to them, not even watch out for that car about to hit you! Seeing them all buddy, buddy now is mystifying.
That’s because you’re thinking like a normal person. Someone desperately needing a story line…any story line….,might decide to make Brandi her new BFF.
An addict desperately in need of an enabler…any enabler…might decide to make Brandi her new BFF. Let’s not forget what really bonds Kim & Brandi: addiction.
The reason Kyle continues on her media blitz “against her sister”, is honestly as simple as she cannot believe that her sister is siding with another woman/friend/enabler besides herself. When Kim stayed with Ken (an addict/enabler) to the detriment to all other relationships, it was sort of OK, because he is a man. This betrayal of Kim’s is incomprehensible to Kyle, as the dysfunctional norm of Kyle picking up the pieces is no longer. Kyle’s job was to keep the secrets, to cover, to run both defense and offense. She’s being ousted by another addict. It simply DOES NOT COMPUTE. Finally, blame Brandi, NOT Kim, right?
I cannot watch the Real. Tamar Braxton is the most irritating person on tv today. I was on the computer when the show came on. I was getting ready to change it when I heard Kyle was going to be on. So I let it stay to see her. As always, Tamar was her usual bratty self. She reminded me of Stassi about the birthday thing. You could tell the other hosts didn’t think she was as adorable as she thinks she is.
Tamara, please don’t subject yourself to that stupid crap for us or anyone else. I really don’t want that on my conscience.
I so agree with you. I cannot watch Tamar with all her exaggerated mannerism’s and acting like she is some perfect wife to some gorgeous man. And the who Tamartian thing is so annoying
The Real, terrible show, terrible name for a show. What a mess.
I cannot WAIT for this reunion. I love Kyle but she’s being a little dramatic about the “days in bed” when she was photographed at pump having a lovely dinner after the 10 hour slugfest.
I don’t understand why everyone thinks that because Kyle went for drinks with Lisa after the reunion she didn’t go home and collapse in the bed for days afterward. I know if I had just had an emotional 10 hour brawl with other women including my sister, I would go directly to a bar, particularly PUMP where the drinks are free and my ally on the show owned the place to have my mini breakdown over lots of strong drinks until my husband scooped me up and took me home.
Then bed. For a day or two. Makes perfect sense to me.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:24 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Kyle’s not wrong about Brandi being out to get her. Brandi is threatening Kyle physical harm on her podcast. It was clear that Brandi was using Kyle as an in to Lisa and Kim this year.
I don’t get all the Kyle hate either. I mean she’s not a saint or anything. At worst she’s pretentious and self-centered. That’s not really any different then Yolanda at this point.
I don’t think Kyle is pretentious or self centered. I do think it matters to her A LOT that people like her. She wants the viewers to like her, she wants the girls on the show to like her she has that thing that Andy Cohen has. They both can’t handle it when people don’t like them.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I can relate to that. It’s an instinct.
Kyle has always been pretty terrible to Lisa V. Why Lisa chose to let her back into her inner circle I can’t phathom.. but she’s attacked Lisa at every reunion. This season.. its a bit of karmic payback that SHE’S on the line and Brandi is targeting Kyle.. I wonder how she’s feeling now? But I have to say.. seeing Lisa and Kyle getting along has made me like Kyle again.. for I really could hardly tolerate her before since she always seemed to be trashing her friends in her talking head interviews.. always putting the “digs” in.. and I never felt she was truly loyal
Maybe she came out looking bad at the reunion? I adore Kyle, #kyleloon