Dr. Phil starts out giving us a recap of the incident at the Beverly Hills Polo Lounge while standing in front of the Hotel. Long montage of news and entertainment shows covering the story.
Footage is shown of Dr. Phil sitting on set waiting while Kim was fucking around trying to get herself together. So she is already on the wrong foot with Dr. Phil. Kim says that she watches Dr. Phil all the time. Well then, what is about to happen to you should be no surprise, Kimberly. Dr. Phil asks Kim if she has been delaying this for some reason. Kim goes straight to her little girl in trouble face and then denies that she has.
Dr. Phil says, ” You’re a mom! What are you doing getting arrested?” Kim says she has been sober but she has not been working a program. Kim says that her namesake daughter called and she was having a hard time so Kim went down to care for her. Kim says that she had not had the opportunity, nor had she felt emotionally prepared to watch the reunion episodes. So they decided to watch them together. Already, this seems odd. I believe Kim is sent disks just like the promotional ones I sometimes receive of the episodes. So she would have had to carry them with her.
Kim drones on about how hard it is for her to watch the episodes and relieve things and then blog about it. Really? Kyle seems to manage it. She says the fans are mean to her for not blogging. Really? Is she on the Dr. Phil show to talk about blogging and how hard it is on her? Kim said the next morning her daughter had a class and she left for school and Kim decided to watch the episodes alone. But first she went on Twitter to see what people were saying. Um, we’re saying you have relapsed and need help. Kim tries the Farrah Abraham fake cry as she talks about how mean people are on Twitter to say she was drinking. Dr.Phil says “Some people say you are a mean drunk, some say you are mean sober.” So far she has blamed, Bravo and the RHOBH fans. But Dr. Phil is not moved.
So Kim goes on to blame Monty, her son Chad, her two daughters and wait for it… “she’s got a situation with her sister,” and the situation with her niece and her dog. It’s kind of like Oprah passing out cars. And you get the blame, and you get the blame!
Dr. Phil asks if she has been drunk on the show. Kim says she has not drank on the show this season, not one time, ON CAMERA. Dr. Phil plays a clip from the dinner in Amsterdam for Kim and says tell me what this is about? It’s the altercation with Lisa Rinna. I was totally expecting to see the poker party clips. And it seems Bravo released the footage to Dr. Phil. Kim says she felt very attacked by everyone and they had been lying behind her back. Dr. Phil asks her if she has been lying to everybody and Kim’s makes a shocked face. As is she can’t believe he asked that. Is she sure she has seen this show before? Kim says, “About what?” Dr. Phil spells it out for her. She says at that point she was not lying. She had not drank in over three years. She says that it wasn’t any of Lisa Rinna’s business whether are not she is drinking again.
Dr. Phil asks about “the pain pill.” Kim says well, remember, I had been sober for three and a half years so my tolerance was low. 
Dr. Phil tries to steer Kim back to the timeline leading up to the arrest. She watched the reunion shows and left Kimberly’s house and went to pick up Brooke from the airport. Brooke was returning from Dubai. I listened to this part twice. I think she is saying she and Brooke read Kyle’s blog. Kim tries to squeeze out some tears and she tells up about the relationship between her and her niece that has been destroyed. She appears to be blaming her relapse on Kyle’s blog. She says they went to sleep, I guess she was at Brooks house and she couldn’t sleep because she was thinking about the blog. So she helped herself to some of Brooke’s vodka before driving home. My question is who is taking care of Kingsley with her now being away two, soon to be three nights in a row? She says when she got to the Beverly Hills Hotel she realized she was feeling the effects of the vodka so she pulled over. Because a bar is a good place to stop when you are drunk driving.
Dr. Phil, is buying none of this. Kim really needs some acting lessons to learn how to cry on command. Dr. Phil asks her if she was drunk when she got there. She says she was definitely feeling it. She said she put her purse on the table where she always sits. Wait what? How often does she go to that bar? Kim says that she got up to talk to some people at another table and the Maître D that she had never seen before asked her to go back to her table. In other words, she was shit faced and annoying other customers. Dr Phil asks what was she doing to illicit the response from the Maître D to return to her table? She says, “I was talking to the girl.” Kim is going to maintain that the bar had no reason to throw her out. Kim says she thought she knew the girl. The bar was closed so she could not buy a drink. The place was empty. Okay to the real story is she drank all the vodka Brooke had and the got in the car to try to make last call.
Kim says it was only her and the other table left in the bar. She says she really can’t remember everything that happened next. She says the waiter mentioned the word “trespassing.”
Dr. Phil asks her if the two inches of vodka was in a five gallon paint can! Dr. Phil says, “let talk about the common sensibility of your story. Assume this was something someone else said.” Dr. Phil asks if Kim was loud, obnoxious or crazy. And I swear to God this is the first commercial! I need commercials to catch up!
Kim says she only remembers bits and pieces. At that point they called the cops who showed up and she went to the bathroom. Then Kim says they all stormed the bathroom to get her. Dr Phil asks if she was in a stall. She says she was but getting ready to come out. He asks if the door was locked. She says yes and they are all banging on the door. Kim seems very clear that she was only locked in the stall for a few minutes. Dr. Phil questions her memory and says that the officers had to physically pull her out of the stall. Dr. Phil points out that her memory seems to come and go.
So Kim tries again to cry. She says she is beating herself up over this. I think she is hoping for a “there, there it will be okay” but she is on the wrong show fort that.
Dr. Phil points out that Kim was in the bar for an hour and a half. If she just had one drink and didn’t order anything at the bar, she should be sobering up at this point. Dr Phil talks to her about her slurred speech and cussing at the cops. Kim said she was frightened and didn’t like the way they were treating her. He asks about her kicking the cops. She said she was flailing around in handcuffs. Maybe she tried to kick him, she doesn’t remember she was frightened. Dr. Phil points out for her to still be drunk in the police station she must have drank a hell of a lot. Kim maintains her one drink version of the story. Dr. Phil said, so an alcoholic who is relapsing stops at a bar for an hour and a half and doesn’t order a drink?
Kim is trying to explain why she was in a bar. Kim’s crying is pathetic. Have I mentioned that? She finally got some tears out. Why is it so hard to cry in this situation? So Dr. Phil questions Kim straight up about her claim to three and a half years of sobriety. OMG! Kim admits she had been drinking again on previous occasions. She said she was embarrassed to admit it on the reunion. Phil plays a clip of her admonishing Andy for daring to question her sobriety. Kim says she would have loved to have admitted her relapses to the girls but the way they were coming at her, she just couldn’t. Yes because gently asking if you are okay and asking if you are drinking is way too harsh. She also says that she was nervous because she had not seen Kyle in months. Phil asks if she resents Kyle exposing her about being an alcoholic. She says she did, but she got over it. Obviously.
Phil says the dog bite is not the issue. They need to talk about their real issues. He asks Kim how she thinks Kyle will react. Kim says Kyle texted her for the first time in months after the arrest to ask if she is okay.
Dr. Phil says he is not going to judge Kim for what is going on right now. He wants to look at the whole life story. He talks about her fiancé being shot in the head when she was on the phone with him and having to identify his body. Then he talks about Monty. Dr Phil says none of this ever goes away. Kim says she started drinking heavily when her mother died.
Time to bring in the kids.
Brooke says she didn’t see her mother drink. She woke up and she wasn’t there and she assumed she just went home. She called the next day on her way home from jail. Kimberly found out from tabloids. This is the first time Kim has seen her kids since the arrest.
Dr. Phil brings up Brandi Glanville and asks how they feel about her. Chad says “Toxic!” Kimberly was about to say something negative as well. Kim is shocked that they don’t love Brandi. Chad tries to backpedal. Kim defends Brandi as someone who has been a good friend to her and she never drinks around her unless they are at work. The kids all seem to back off the Brandi issue when Kim says supportive things. Brooke says the arrest is one of the best things that could have happened. It should be a wakeup call.
Dr. Phil asks if she would leave the show if she can’t handle it. She says if that were to happen she could leave. Dr. Phil is like HELLO! You just said that watching the reunion, blogging, the filming and mean people on twitter drove you to drink. Kim says she has to start going to a meeting and exercise.
Dr Phil gives his opinion. He is recapping the bullshit stories Kim gave and pointing out the inaccuracies of it all. Kim is not liking this one bit and keeps trying to interrupt and minimize the issue. Kim wants to make it clear that her drinking that she is finally admitting to never happened on the show. She really wants us to believe that.
Dr Phil says to Kim, ” You were drunk in a bar at 1:30 in the morning. That is not good mothering. That is meltdown mothering!” I think he is taking this odd tact (these are adult kids we are talking about here) because her kids are the only ones she will probably go to rehab for.
Dr Phil makes his rehab offer. Kim says she wants to go someone close for thirty days to recharge. Brooke asks if she would be willing to do 60 days. Kim says not more than 30 days. And a pass for the wedding. Kim says she has not been able to find a place that fits her needs. Phil says she needs to be focused on the process and not make diva demands. Kimberly says she doesn’t want Kim to go back home. Dr. Phil has arranged her treatment at a dual diagnosis center in Malibu! Yay! She is at the place he selected. I just knew he was going to send her to Texas. Kim realizes that this is an intervention and storms off the set.
Dr Phil wanted Kim to consent to rehab before he told her where she would go. He had met all of her diva demands. But he wanted to agree to rehab under any circumstances.
Kim has a tantrum on the other side of the door. She says “You can forget this whole thing. Here is your microphone. FUCK him, I’m leaving. He totally put me on the spot in front of all of those people!”
Brooke tries to go retrieve Kim but Kim is going off on Brooke. She is not going back in there. Kim says she doesn’t like all the secrets. Brooke is being very kind, Kim is being angry Kim..All three kids are PLEADING with Kim to take the help. The place has everything Kim requested. Kim says that the people that really know her and see her everyday know she doesn’t need to go. Kim says that she is not drinking everyday. Chad says, “I live with you. you are taking pills and smoking pot.”
Twenty minutes later Dr Phil stops by to tell Kim bye. Kim gives him a big ole fake hug.
Dr Phil says the next day Kim called to accept his offer. But then she began making demands again. She wanted to choose the rehab, she wanted a private room and the list goes on.
Oh he wanted to send Kim to Malibu Beach Sober living. It’s gorgeous. Anyway, Kim refused that help and he says he has heard reports that Kim did check herself in to rehab. And it is in Malibu according to TMZ so maybe she went there on her own after all? She may have skipped the dual diagnosis center and gone straight to the sober living place.
TT! I am constantly amazed at how fast you are. The shows barely over and here’s your recap.
I can’t wait to read your take on it.
Amazing recap. I didn’t see the show and this made it unnecessary for me to watch it. Kim is hopeless in my opinion. She is just too mentally screwed up to get help and stay sober. She needs more than rehab.I want her OFF of that show. I will NOT watch if she returns. Life is tough enough without watching this self-entitled, self-pitying train wreck of a diva.
The recap was so good that I had to see her fake crying for myself. Thank goodness for Youtube.
Gezzz please Kim stop the fake crying. It’s not working
That may be why her acting jobs dried up, Kyle cries a lot easier than Kim. Oh, and didn’t your heart just break for her children? Just sad, sad, sad!
peachteachr,
My heart did break for the kids. They looked so broken. This should be the happiest time in Brooke’s life (with the wedding)…. but no.
The fake crying turned my stomach…… literallty
Thank you for the recap! I missed setting the DVR to record. My days are all messed up. I read April 28 and thought “oh good, that’s next week,” and then realized that nope… it’s today.
As much as I dislike Kim, I hope she gets the help she needs. It’s obvious that she has relapsed and people are trying to help her.
I don’t think it is so much the fake crying, it is a poor, poor, me crying. Never mind Chad who needs you right now. On the day he gets out you have a shot (gimmeabreak) of vodka, then go to a closed bar for an hour and a half. She does not have the ability to be honest with herself. She was not honest with Dr. Phil. If we hadn’t heard Chad say that she smokes pot, takes pills and drinks “occasionally” she never would have admited to the pills and the pot. She would probably call her own son a liar on t.v. They seem like good kids. She needs to get her shite together for realz. And please don’t blame the fans, twitter, bloggers, ex-husbands or old boyfriends, your passed Mother and your sister Kyle. Everybody lives with terrible loss. We all suffer. But we don’t blame others for our behavior. Great blog.
Can someone clarify: is Kim really the caretaker for Monty? Does he live in her home? If she isn’t, someone needs to call her out on this. She shouldn’t be getting credit or sympathy if she’s not the primary caregiver — it would be an insult to the selfless people who really do look after gravely ill loved ones. Kim shouldn’t be able to use Monty as an excuse for her aberrant behavior.
I’m so disgusted by this woman. Liar, fake, bad mother, FAKE. Yuck. The way she talked to her kids in that nasty Kim voice turned my stomach.
I liked how each of her kids went there with a “role”. Brooke was not hearing any of it, Chad was honest, and Kimberly was gentle and protective.
This woman needs some serious help. That is more clear after this interview than ever before. I hope she takes this seriously or it’s going to end very badly.
How about when she said she wanted to make it clear she didn’t drink on the show and Dr Phil was like (paraphrasing)”OK Everyone! She’s totally sober on the show!!! She’s just slurring, and yelling, and angry and nasty because that’s just the way she is!!”. That was awesome.
Another big lie Kim told when Dr Phil was breaking her down why Kyle chose not to defend Kim’s “sobriety” and her nastiness at others this season… Kim gonna say “I would had defended her if she was sober” WTH. Kim didn’t even defend Kyle with the Camille stuff not a chance she would had defended her if she was like Kim.
Good point. I had forgotten that Kyle had begged Kim to back her up, since Kim had witnessed whatever had been said.
I really think she hates her sister. I can’t think of one time Kim ever had Kyles back. I’m glad Kyle messaged her on the day Kim was sprung from the slammer. I wonder if Kim responded back to her?
Holy carp… I reallllllly hope that she gets the help she needs, but I doubt it. She needs that dual diagnosis place, and needs to really confront her drug abuse head on, instead of refusing to admit that she has had and HAS a problem with pills and whatnot. I commend her son for his out loud admittance of her abusing pills and Marijuana at home daily. I also love that her kids are trying SO HARD to get their mother the help she needs…….
I just wish Kim could see this as a loving gesture from people that love her and are concerned for her wellbeing. Instead she sees this as a manipulation of her children by “Others” and that she doesn’t HAVE A PROBLEM, that her kids know she doesn’t have a problem, they are just being decieved by Kyle and Lisa R. and others. That her children are being used, and abused, by not HER DRINKING AND DRUG ABUSE, but by the people accusing her “unjustly” of breaking her sobriety.
Don’t we often see in others the things we dislike in ourselves the most?Because Kim is a hateful, snippy, manipulative friend and sister, that’s how she thinks the others will behave. They all turned the other cheek to Kim all season and on Dr. Phil she thought she was smart enough to turn he and his consultants against all of the other BH Housewives.
Do y’all think that Brandi gets that Dr.Phil doesn’t think she is important enough to consider her a problem and certainly does not see her as a healthy part of Kim’s future?
When she accused Kyle of posting pics of Alexa from the hospital to get more twitter followers, I thought that’s exactly what she was doing – accusing her of something she herself would do.
I think the reason about Brandi not being there is pretty simple: she is not one of Kim’s kids. They didnt ask Monty, they didn’t ask Kyle, they didn’t even ask Yolanda or anyone else she considers part of her “adopted family”, just her children. That was good, because their LIVES have been shaped and influenced her addictions. Dr. Phil even said at one point about the people on the show, especially her “best friend”, being a terrible choice for her since they drink socially right in front of her.
meh, hope I got across what i was trying to say….have to go trim the hedges and mow the back 40, lmaoooooooooooooooo
So, she blamed everyone, including Kingsley and Dr. Phil. Oh, yeah….this rehab is going to work. (Rolls eyes like a Bravo housewife)
By the way, I received a tweet from LVP. She says Kingsley is OK, whatever that means.
If Kingsley was indeed “confiscated” by Animal Control, he cannot simply be picked up. They will do an investigation and as a result, a recommendation. He may still be alive, but his future is far from secure.
Kyle said on Twitter that Kinsley being taken by animal control was a rumor. But that’s all she said. So what did happen to Kingsley? #findKingsley
Maybe #where’sKingsley is better.
I’m sure if LVP said Kingsley is ok then we can go off that.
She even blamed her dead mother, for goodness sake! I’m surprised she didn’t point the finger at Giggy for some imaginary sin.
He didn’t coddle her, and she didnt see what was coming half the time. I enjoyed this.
TT – I just love reading your recaps and getting your take on things.
I take back all the snarky things I thought to myself about Dr. Phil. He really did hold her feet to the fire and showed how her stories did not hold up. I was impressed.
Chad’s visceral reaction to Brandi – “Toxic”, and the truth bomb about “pills & pot”, WOW! I also noticed none of girls gave any verbal clue they were shocked by that news. I wonder if knowing that information was being shown on the show caused her to finally go into rehab.
That was the kicker to me. Toxic. I get the feeling that description of Brandy wasn’t haphazard. Like maybe Chad has seen his mother and Brandi using together. Just a guess.
Chad lives with Kim so he had to be around Brandi enough for this remark. And Kim lied again, Brandi told Jennifer she drank in front of Kim, so whose lying.
You know what is sad? Going on national TV and talking about the BH Hotel as the place you’ve gone to since you were 6, the place where you’ve spent countless holidays, the place where you have a usual table, the place where you lived for 6 months after your last rehab stint, the place where you go, as a relapsing addict because you feel safe there, etc., and this is the place that called the cops on you?
Kim explained her reasoning. She feels comfortable there for all the reasons you mentioned.
She said she started to feel the effects of the alcohol as she was driving. Wisely she pulled into the hotel and sat in her car a while. Kim then decided to sit in that booth you mentioned rather than continue driving. The one her mom always sat in.
I wonder if Kim really believes the bullshit she spews. I’m amazed that she thought she do some damage control with this interview and that anyone would believe her.
I learned a few things here. Kim is full of shit, it’s always Kyle’s fault. And, Mike is shit faced. .
The way she was talking about the hotel and bar made me feel like I was watching a Tennessee Williams play: “Ah go to the bar where Mama felt so at home. Ah’m safe there, in the company of strangers…” Not her exact words, but that’s what it sounded like. Creepy!
YESSS, lisamia! A little tragic Blanche DuBois! LOVE It. If I weren’t so sick, I would do my happy dance.
Thanks, @peachteachr :).
@tootsie Makes you wonder how bad her behavior must have really been. “Trespassing” was the one word used by the waiter that Kim was willing to repeat. So basically Kim talks about the BH Hotel like she owns the place. THEY called the cops on her. That’s pretty bad.
Indeed. I will just say that Kim’s “performance” (oh, wait, I mean interview) did not ring true.
If she went there so many times,including when her mother was alive, they had to have seen her not sober before. Wonder if she was on a list for “watch for crazy”
One time Kim said it was the maitre d’, the next time the waiter. But Kim was very careful to say “who I’ve never met before”. She laid it out like, as familiar as the hotel is, this guy didn’t know her.
Those were my same thoughts, as she was did her Sybil routine dipping into her baby voice and then the boss Kim trying to be assertive by reverse managing the conversation. She does not have a good enough memory to lie.
The diagnosis center can’t come fast enough, because I sincerely believe she has a mental illness. I hope it isn’t brain damage or early dementia due to years of alcohal/drug abuse. She is in a total state of arrested development.
Sidenote: her children showed an extaordinary amount of reserve and maturity. I would be proud to have them as my children. They truly did show grace under fire. I hope they also get help.
Oh boy, LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE!
Kim really showed her ass. Kyle did a good job mothering those kids.
Kyle didn’t mother Kim’s children. Kim did and thats is why they put up with her. Kim needs to commit to 24 months outpatient rehab post inpatient rehab with random drug testing. I hope Bravo finds it in their hearts to fire her so she can live a sober life away from the cameras.
If she has been drinking for 12-13 years, someone may have had to step in and help. As close as she seems to be to Kim’s children, it does make me wonder if Kyle helped out when Kim wasn’t able.
Im not so sure about that. Kids almost allways love their mother no matter what.
“It’s kind of like Oprah passing out cars. And you get the blame, and you get the blame!” So true.
Audge,
I love it! The genius that is TT!!
That was the best line!
Your recap was amazingly spot on!! One of the best comments from Dr. Phil when he asked how much vodka she had, her hand gesture kept enlarging the amount, and he said” 2 inches?, was it in a 5 gallon paint can?” He was not buying any of her fake acting. She is alarmingly concerned about how she appears to people. Seems like this is a “meme” she inherited from her mother, together with putting on a fake warmth to Dr. Phil and then behind closed doors saying FU. She learned this behavior.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Kim will not get better until she confronts her past. She needs dual treatment and some sober living. I’ve never paid that much attention to Dr. Phil but he was spot on! He had her ticket. Brooke knows she needs 90 days in treatment. And I think Chad wants her to just admit everything and give herself over to the process. Kim just going to mark time for 30 days in her chosen facility. I really wish her well but I don’t think she’s being serious.
She was full of shit. Having excuses. Brooke’s already married. She didn’t want to go past 30 days because she doesn’t want to deal with her emotional and mental issues not to mention she wants to sign her new contract with the show, if she gets one.
See Bravo! I went to rehab. I’m good. And Kyle it was your fault!
You can tell on her kids faces they are done with her lies.
They also want her to be well. No matter how badly someone you love fucks up you still hold out hope that it’s possible to fix it and for that person to change.
What was the place for dual diagnosis? Dual diagnosis as in mental illness and addiction?
Yep. Dr. Phil diagnosed her of having anxiety depression in addition to substance abuse/alcoholism issues. He feels her anxiety depression stems from her fiance being shot in the head while on the phone with her and she had to go identify his body. Apparently she never dealt with that. She needs to be off reality tv.
I am by no means a Kim sympathizer, but how many of you can say that you would never have become addicted to alcohol or drugs if you were on the phone with your fiancé when he was shot in the head? And, because it is so politically incorrect to say, why do peoe feel it is appropriate to flog an alcoholic/addict but not call out the looters in Baltimore with the same level of disapproval or disgust?
I think she started on the road to addiction before that happened. But incident may have caused her to spiral. I’m not going to touch the other question you posed lol. I’m in a very cynical mood.
No doubt that fiancé’s death was traumatic, but she was already known as and documented as a drunk.
puravidacostarica2 – I’m intrigued by your comment. Sometimes I wonder if public flogging of an addict is because it’s something people recognize as weakness and are aware how “easily” we could each become just like that. The comments over the months have been a testament to how many of us know someone or have themselves been addicts. It’s that caveman brain response to identify the perceived weakest and push them out onto the edges of the community. We do the same thing to mentally & physically disabled.
And for not calling out the looters being shown on our tv; people will never openly admit to doing that, much less ever say they know or associate with someone who would. Being a raging looter is too radical to understand or comprehend. (And the usual boogeyman, fear of being called racist factors into keeping quiet.)
Although I have never been on the phone with a fiance who has gotten shot, I have also never gotten myself engaged to a con artist who stole from the wrong people.
The vast majority of people have had some type of trauma in their lives. The difference is that we don’t carry it around like a Get Out of Jail Free card to destroy the lives of those around us.
The disgust with KR is not because she is an alcoholic or a drug addict. I have some of those in my own life and they are strong people who work very hard to overcome a difficulty. In many ways, alcoholics/addicts are stronger than folks like me because they HAVE TO BE.
The disgust with KR is because she is an abusive, lying, self-deluded ball of nastiness. She had and has the choice to turn that around, but has chosen not to.
I personally have resentment toward alcoholics like Kim, because I grew up with one. I see in Kim’s behavior on the show a lot of the same qualities (if you can call them that) that my dad had.
I didn’t see the interview, but from what I’ve read here, her kids are desperately trying to get their mom help. And look how she treats them!
Kids should not have to parent their parents.
I believe Phil brought that up to put her in in a vulnerable state. Kim walked into the interview with a fortress mentality and it was pretty much a sparring match until Phil landed a subject close to her heart.
To Rebel…… very well put….
I quote my cousin “yes they are strong for overcoming drug addiction. But what about all the people who were strong enough to never become an addict. Where is all their applause?”
Do you have any other cousins to get advice from? Because that one is an idiot.
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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So even the kids see BG is toxic. I would bet my life someone with bravo reads your blogs and they damn sure had to catch this show today. Adios mi Amiga Kim, take your toxic bff with you and for gods sake never get another dog again!!!!
I’m still kind of floored that Kim admitted to drinking and then driving on TV and Dr. Phil didn’t call her on it. I get that he wanted to keep it focused on getting Kim to rehab, but I have seen him react really badly to drunk drivers. so I am kind amazed that more wasn’t made of it.
Right, he’s focusing on getting her help. If he scolded her for all the stupid things she’s been doing (dog, lying, bad relationships, etc.) he would need to dedicate a whole season of the Dr. Phil show to Kim alone.
Oh I am certain he said a lot to her about everything…there just isn’t enough time to show it all. A lot of stuff has to end up on the cutting room floor. There is no telling what all we didn’t see. The show is barely 40 mins. long. He probably could have made into a three part like the reunion. 🙂 🙁
Exactly, we just went through her hijacking RHOBH, let’s not put Dr. Phil though that as well.
I love that Chad called her out so clearly and without guile. I guess that’s what happens when reality tv gets real. They probably were caught up in the moment and forget their mikes were hot. And the fact that Dr. Phil said she’s a controller and deflector…hmmm…where have I heard that???? 🙂
I think he, all of them, realized 100% that the mics were on.
Stupid lying fucking bitch
I still want the beat the crap out of her
If nothing else, I think Kim’s children turned out pretty good. They seemed well behaved and care about their mother dearly. I see where she might have taken advantage of that with her addiction. I just love Chad. He put his mother on blast that she drinks, smoke, and does pills! Kudos! Don’t hold back.
Kim was really blaming us for how she came off on the show and we didn’t buy her 3yrs sober mess. Dr Phil definitely wasn’t playing with her here. If she cares more about what completely strangers have to say about her then she doesn’t need to be on reality tv. AMEN! I’m tired of HWs particularly cry when Tweeters call them out on their bs. If we didn’t comment, they would wonder why. Kim should look how Teresa Guidice has handled tweeters. She might block negative people but she doesn’t tweet them, engage or retweet them. She handles social well IMO. Yet I find it funny Kim is crying foul about us calling her out but when Kyle is/was got killed for outting her being an alcoholic where was Kim to tell her fans and other viewers not to attack her sister… JS!
Brandi is toxic and a bad influence for Kim but I wouldn’t put all the blame on her as for far as Kim continuing to lie and do substances. Kim makes the choice alone to abuse her body no else does. Brandi when talking to Jennifer this season and even Chad today said that Kim needs to be around sober people. Which is why she needs to leave this show. These women love to drink and party. Kim has proven she can’t handle these type of situations that appears to be triggers for her.
I really hope in her posh sobriety facility, she is working on her emotional issues dealing with her ex fiancee’s death. Seems she’s never gotten over that.
Dr Phil had me giggling when he said Kim drove drunk and decided to go to the bar instead of the IHOP. LMFAO!!! Look count me in for Dr Phil to take over Andy’s job as the host of the RHOBH reunions.
WHAT A GREAT IDEA !! Can you imagine what he would say to Nene ? I giggled when thinking about it. :0
Dr Phil is the best at getting to the logical truth of the matter, and dispensing with the bull shit. He’s Kim’s worst nightmare. I love it. I think it’s obvious to everybody that Brandi is really bad for Kim, and its awesome that Chad verbalized it. Brandi is drowning her sorrows in drink and drugs and self destruction and trying to make it a cool thing. But equally harmful is her combative negatvity. She’s allways on attack mode and lashes out constantly ,instead of ever taking the high road. Kim seemed almost under a spell with Brandi. Bitter unhappy women are only too happy to drive the bus off the road with an even sicker passenger with them.
Did you see her face when Chad said BG was “toxic”? She was completely shocked & aghast that anyone could feel that way. For pete’s sake…
Sorry, I don’t have any sympathy for Kim. Every word that came out of her mouth was a lie. I am sick of her spoiled, self entitled BS. Does she really think that anyone believes her? She owes a REAL APOLOGY to everyone on that show. When it comes down to it, she needs to go to AT LEAST 90 DAY rehab and intensive therapy. I am sorry for all her trials & tribulations life has dealt her, but we ALL have problems and have to deal with bad things in life. She has been handled with kid gloves too long. GET A GRIP!!
What I find telling with Kim is that when Dr. Phil tried to get her to commit to the process she had many excuses and reasons not to comply…the wedding, not leaving the area, and only wanting to do a 30 day stint. Funny thing was Dr. Phil had already done his research on her diva demands and had covered his bases with that. He had planned to send her to a facility in Malibu. Her children even begged her to accept his help. At the end when Dr. Phil comes to say goodbye, the actress Kim is back and tells him she trusts him as do her children but she still doesn’t accept his help. He tells her it’s her only option. Now she’s in rehab in Malibu. I still think she’s gone because it is the lesser of two evils. I hope I’m wrong. I hope while she’s there someone or something will get to her. We’ll just have to wait to see.
I don’t think he was willing to go with the 30 day stay, especially if he suspects anxiety and depression on top of addiction. Even Brooke knows Kim needs at least 60 days.
I thought that was interesting…Kim commenting on a 30-day stay and Brooke countering with “how about 60.”
Brooke doesn’t want that mess of a woman at her wedding.
Sometimes it’s just that simple.
I commented yesterday about my perspective as a recovering alcoholic/addict. The interview was very interesting for me because I thought maybe I was projecting my own issues onto Kim. After 32 years of meetings-22 sober, I’ve listened to a lot of people. As I suspected and Dr Phil pointed out, one of Kim’s biggest issues is control. In my women’s meeting, we spend a lot of time talking about how as alcoholics, we need to control situations-I think it comes from feeling so out of control, “Inside” all the time. Until the addict is so desperate they’re willing to surrender their will to God and the professionals who want to help them, they are not ready to embrace sobriety. I look at alcoholism like being on an elevator-you can get off on any floor and get help-unfortunately a lot of people need to get pretty close to the basement before they cry, “Uncle!” and surrender. Giving up that control is the scariest and most freeing feeling in the world. I hope Kim cries, “Uncle” but I don’t think she’s quite there.
Well said, it’s terrifying but completely necessary.
TT, very well done, congrats on the terrific timing, and you were right about Dr Phil=- never thought I would say that.
he was ready for her and did a very good job on breaking her lies open. I hope wherever she is, that facility is embarrassed into taking this problem a great deal more seriously than she wants to.
Of course she got scared at the end about going – that’s what addicts do. It’s a terrifying prospect even under the best of circumstances.
If it were that easy, the world would be full of sober people.
I don’t understand the continual bashing of someone who is ill and in trouble. Relapse is part of the recovery process for most. Frequently multiple times. The addict who who never uses/drinks again after the first attempt at recovery is the exception. She agreed to go in the end. That is what is important. Good for her.
It’s only good for her if she admits to a relapse. I didn’t hear it. But hey maybe this time will stick.
I keep thinking how terrifying it must be to contemplate rehab, particularly if you have already done it and know what’s coming. Watching the little bit of the detox process that was shown on Celebrity Rehab was pretty bad.
Detox is pretty scary. I don’t know how it is now, but in the 80’s we’d give the drunks librium and IV magnesium sulfate to prevent siezures. If they refused detox and needed in patient treatment, we’d senx up a beer with every meal to prevent the DTs. I am sure Kim will be treated very well. Since sober living takes pets do you think she brought Kingsly. LVP did tweet Kingsley was fine.
Hello..what have you been drinking 5cats?
Pardon my cynicism, but getting sober, or rehab is you prefer that name, is often just part of how an addict gets their drug of choice. They do the sober thing, and sometimes they even intend to remain sober, but they often go to treatment because the last member of their support team says, “That’s it. I’m out.” I’m hoping that Kim means it this time, but as several of you have noted, there is no honesty on her part.
Ericzku, your wisdom and insight is right on the mark. Thank you, so much, for your valuable and truthful comments. More people like you would make the world a much better place for all.
Geez, thanks so much for writing that. I’m in recovery and it’s been hard listening to everyone bash alcoholics. I take responsibility for reading the comments knowing I’m overly sensitive and will sometimes feel hurt by what people write. I really appreciate reading something from another poster that reflects the realities of sobriety and relapse. It took me 10 years of meetings/rehabs before I finally got sober when I was 28-I’m now 51.
We don’t have to like Kim (I can’t stand her) but the constant bashing of her illness is sad.
Great recap! So much going on & it was satisfying to see someone Finally call Kim out in her ridiculous rationalizations, excuses, and lies.
Just wanted to clarify about the rehab facility. I re-watched Dr. Phil’s “update” at the end & although he made it clear that the “on the beach” facility he had chosen for Kim – specifically to meet all her demands/excuses that he was well-aware of prior to the interview – was not the facility that Kim ended up in/chose for herself.
It was a slap in Dr. Phil’s face and he clearly telegraphed his frustration & disappointment to the viewers at home as he took great care to both thank the specific facility that he & his staff had chosen (and where he continued to attempt to make arrangements for Kim as she changed her mind back & forth and piled on demands such as a private room, etc.), by showing what amounts to a mini “infomercial” highlighting the absolutely gorgeous and clearly quite costly Malibu facility that Dr. Phil felt would be the best place to help Kim with her addictions. (The ocean views were Breathtaking and it looked nicer than some of the 5-star hotels where I’ve had the great privilege to stay; Kim should’ve agreed to go just for the atmosphere & lush vistas and considered it a vacation!)
Dr. Phil punctuated his concern over Kim’s poor choices by getting in one final dig at the close of his update on Kim & her whereabouts by questioning if she was even in the/a rehab facility (that she had chosen) at all.
If Kim had gone to the facility where Dr. Phil had previously spent so much time making arrangements for her and subsequently engaged in numerous negotiations to meet her demands and get her into treatment, he would know for certain if she was checked-in as a patient and not have to question if Kim’s claim that she was in rehab was just that…..a Claim.
(And I have to say, that was the best part imho — that Dr. Phil publicly questioned Kim Richards’ **CLAIM** that she was actually in treatment as a possible / probable LIE! Wow.)
Bunch of potheads. All of them. Yolanda was the beard for Amsterdam;)
I would love to see the BH housewives smoke some reefer on the regular. They could be chill, sit and giggle, and then eat enough Doritos and pizza until their spanx cut off their air supply, lol. All of the working out and diets down the drain…
“I will do anything for my kids; I stay sober for my kids; I don’t want to lose my kids…” Really? Like going to rehab without being forced? Her children are amazing for putting up with her. It’s sad that even if they turned on her to save themselves, she would continue in her ways. Fourth, fifth sixth time is the charm?
Let’s find out if she’ll ever escape witch mountain.
Rehab is not going to work for Kim because she doesn’t WANT to be sober. What she wants is to be able to drink, take pills, and apparently smoke pot. She wants to do that without anyone saying anything about it or holding her accountable for what she does while she is using. She hates that she has to come up with deflections and lies to cover up these things, because she doesn’t think there is a problem with her doing these things. That is where her real frustration comes from. She isn’t relapsing because in her mind she doesn’t have a problem to begin with. She is just doing all of these stints in rehab to get her family off her back.
I personally think they should all walk away from her and let her use until she decides that she wants help. Because sending her to rehab when she so obviously doesn’t believe that she needs help, is wasting the time of the other people in rehab who are serious about getting sober.
You got that right girlfriend!
Agree, Paganchick. She will come out of rehab with more vocabulary to embellish the lies.
Ding ding ding paganchick! You nailed it!!!!
All completely true. She knowingly carefully selected her words to talk about not taking drinks-on camera, as opposed to in the bathroom, when her entire story has been about taking pills patches, and pot the past several years.
She had thought through every argument she made at the reunion and with Phil- and completely failed to set up cogent arguments in either setting.- I thought Phil went out of his way to give her a clear summary of what she was really doing- he stayed focused on booze only when he knew other substances were involved.
Too bad her acting was so bad- fake crying, fake apologies, fake horror at her actions- she will [probably never be hired again.
Unfortunately, Kim isn’t ready to get real. She isn’t taking any responsibility. She really doesn’t think she has a problem. She spouts off exactly what she thinks people want to hear, so she can continue doing what she wants (drugging and drinking). Blaming, deflecting, lying, sneaking,…
But it will all change eventually. I am impressed by her children. Hopefully they will not lose their mother.
I found her line “I’m only around alcohol at work” strange sounding. Then it hit me. What life coach, therapist, sponsor, or program director would tell a covering alcoholic that working around alcohol is ok? Uhh…I’m pretty sure they tell you the exact opposite.
Her comment that Brandi never drinks around her except while at work sounded off, too. Brandi herself commented that she drinks around Kim and knows it isn’t good for her. Metheenks BG won’t be happy at her inclusion in Dr. Pnil’s session.
Hey may be Brandi will be on next!
@Angel(?), Oh how I would love to see Dr. Phil go after Brandi at her delusions of thinking she’s a great mom! “You’re a mother whose ass and tampon string are hanging out of her dress for all the world to see!” “You’re on TV talking about a young mans cock and fucking him!” Dr.Phil would have a plethora of things to go after her with. Somehow I don’t think he’d find her to be the mother of the year as she so adamantly claims she is.
BG wants everyone to talk about her. That’s one of the reasons she acts the way she does. I think she’s going to be ecstatic that she was mentioned on a major channel.
I don’t even watch Real Housewives and I find myself following this story and your blogs. TT, you make me want to watch these shows.
Oh hell, I’d be glad to nurture a drinking problem if Dr. Phil would send me to the Malibu Beach Sober Living facility. Sign me up for 90 days, please.
I have a cigarette addiction that I’m trying to quit. Do I qualify for an all inclusive all expense paid trip to a malibu sober living facility?
I love how Kim acts so sweet, sorry, and shy but as soon Dr. Phil said something that she didn’t like her entire disposition right down to her voice changed in an instant. It’s clear that she doesn’t want help and still wants to continue to terrorize our lives on RHOBH.
Did you hear how she straight lied to him that she never drank on the show before! LMFAO! I vividly remember when she was drunk at Dana/Pam’s house during the game night a few seasons ago. But I keep in mind Kim can’t remember anything. Maybe the drugs and alcohol has finally did her memory a new one and along with the fact she couldn’t stop lying.
Funny also they blurred Kathy’s face out when Kim was having her diva fit. But that voice wasn’t concealed, I know that little voice anywhere.
I thought it was music to my ears when Kim said she would leave the show though but then she quickly changed her mind and said she was drunk when she read the negative tweets about her. LOL what a mess.
When the topic of her drinking on the show came up again at the end, she wanted to clarify that. She said she did Not drink on camera during THIS season.
I think she might have said that during the season she had a couple glasses of wine when she was not filming.
I noticed that too. Kim puts on an act, I mean she is/was an actress. I watched the interview and it was total BS from Kim. I did not believe anything Kim said.
So she doesn’t want to go to rehab, she wants to go to a spa (“to recharge”). And she’s not going to get better, wherever she is, because she doesn’t think she needs help. She’s doing this to get people off her back, and maybe to save her job, but she won’t be better when she gets out.
Well, the Daily Mail article was correct all the way down to the line where Dr. Phil says ” don’t cheat your kids… remember I told you that”.
I hope Kim completes her stint at rehab, but I found it hard watching her lie, lie, lie about how the women treated her on RHBH. They were nothing but concerned and only reacted when she turned into her nasty, mean , vicious self. They never attacked her first and after the way she treated each of them multiple times, they had plenty of reason to. She really needs to stop saying Lisa Rinna was mean to her and talking bad about her behind her back because she wasn’t! Of course Dr. Phil seemed to think it was justified if Lisa R. or the ladies had, which I loved!
I will say again, I truly hope neither Kim or Brandi return to RHBH. I’m done with both of them.
I don’t want to see either of them either, and I used to really like them both.
It’s going to be a real challenge to treat Kim. She wants everything her way and will probably bolt as soon as she reaches her saturation point. Also, her dishonesty is a big road block. She not only lies constantly but gets irate if everyone else doesn’t perpetuate her lies too.
I agree, Janet. Those are prime reasons Kim needs to be treated at a dual treatment center – a place where they’re trained to deal with mental and emotional problems as well as the addictions.
I’m surprised that Kim spoke about the arrest. Her case is open (four charges) and any attorney would advise her not to publicly speak about the incident. Right? And she admits to drunk driving and pulling over at a bar?
It was shocking to me that she didn’t have an attorney to advise her. She should not have said anything about anything with charges pending. And when Dr. Phil says if she wasn’t drunk at the cop station she would have behaved, lawyered up and kept her mouth shut. Ironically, she seems to still not have done any of that.
I was also surprised how argumentative and rude she was with her kids. Particularly Brooke who gave her the most pushback. The three of them seems very afraid to cross her. Why is everyone afraid of Kim Richards? Because she is mean.
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I feel really sorry for Chad, he said he lives with her and she’s using pills, etc. Can you imagine the KIm he gets to live with. Makes me shudder, poor kid.
She’s a ticking time bomb and they know it.
Brooke’s expression was stone cold anger the whole time she was on the couch. Those kids must be sick to death of dealing with this crap.
Yes, her tone she used with her children was surprising. We already knew one child was missing from the program. Did you notice all the photos were of just three kids, too? What am I saying? Of course you did lol
I’m fine. I don’t drink every day. It was only 2″ of vodka in a water glass. I don’t remember what happened, but I didn’t black out. It was only wine. I took one pain pill.
Kim is not only mean, she is dumb or she is desparate to stay in the spotlight.
I got that too. I think Dr. Phil said it best. She cares what people think, hence the mask for the public, but for family it is real mean Kim. Can’t imagine them growing up with not sober Kim, scary and mean.
Maybe we’ve only seen the top of the iceberg concerning her meanest behavior.
I also don’t believe for one second she only started drinking when her mother died. I my opinion she pickled her brain long before mommys passing.
Did anyone else think it was odd that she said she hadn’t seen her kids (at least Kimberly and Brooke) since the incident? She waited until this show to see them after such a traumatic event? Also when she used the pinch gesture to show how much she drank, it seemed like it went from 2 inches to 4 to 6. I guess it still counts as one drink when it’s in one glass? And again she frustrates me by claiming her memory of the event is foggy yet she’s ADAMANT about certain details. As I watched this, I kept thinking “she’s lost…I don’t know what could help her now.” Her lack of accountability is maddening but I think she’s so far down her path that it would be impossible for any of us to understand unless we had been close to that sad and lost place. I don’t like her at all but I really hope this story has a happy ending. I don’t know if I would have believed this behavior could be real if I didn’t see it, and it has made me want to work on drinking less after seeing how far she’s gone off the rails. God help her and her kids.
I was a little surprised how mean she was to her kids. And the guilt trip about her “anxiety”? Ridiculous. I didn’t think my opinion of Kim could get any lower but, whoops, there it went. Those poor kids.
Agreed….. sadly, from my own personal experience, there is nothing worse than a mean drunk… esp. when it is your own mother. No matter how “adult/grown” you are….when they hiss vile things at you, you automatically revert back into that little child that just wants love. A mean drunk will use every weakness you have against you and when it’s your own mom, it literally cuts into your soul.
Yes, yes, and yes.
Oops, should have posted under popcorn and vodka.
I can’t even count the number of times that Kim lied. Maybe I’ll watch the interview again just to add them up. And the forced tears were pathetic. I think she actually believes that she’s such a great actress everyone will believe her idiotic stories. I wish Dr. Phil had spouted one of his big life rules — You cannot change what you do not acknowledge. And Kim is nowhere close to that. I don’t see this 5th? 30-day detox sticking.
Terrible actress! No one believed those tears.
haiku:
A former child star
Intervention/interview
Barely whispercry
Limerick:
There once was a doctor named Phil
Who counseled her over a pill
When she wouldn’t relent
Or even repent
He gave up and said “here is your bill”
@Maisey and Xanadude, Encore, encore!!
The sober living website said clients may bring their pets. Hope it works out for Kim, but I have serious doubts. I’d like a month in Malibu with my cat. Dr. Phil buy me a stay.
Sober Living is where Dr Phil was going to send her, I doubt that’s where she wound up. My guess is it’s another Malibu program.
Sober Living is not a dual diagnosis facility. And if she didn’t got there, they would not have gotten their promotion.
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Maybe nobody was at The Beverly Hills Hotel because it’s being boycotted by a lot of Hollywood stars, due to the fact it’s owner, the Sultan of Brunei. imposed Sharia law in Brunei, which calls for stoning of gays (as opposed to stoned gays, which you can probably find at the hotel… haha).
Anyhow, I’d like to know how the decision to go on Dr. Phil was make. If Dr. Phil’s producers approached Kim, they should get a raise,
It’s quite telling that Kim Richards sat down, opened her mouth, and began her interview with a blatant lie.
Dr. Phil pointedly described how rude Kim was in being late, making him wait on her while she “fluffed her bangs”, “fooled around”, “changed her blouse/tops”, and basically acted like a diva.
Kim FINALLY comes out, greets a Clearly perturbed Dr. Phil as if there was nothing amiss, and acts completely gobsmacked when he calls her out for making him wait.
Then she goes even further (obfuscating the truth in order to gain sympathy and play the victim): Kim has the nerve to say that she was the first one there, that she had been completely ready to go “since 10 or 10:30am”, and – most incredulously – that SHE had been WAITING on Everyone Else!!
That made me want to reach through the television and Smack her!
Thankfully, the Dr. Phil Production Team inserted a nice little package of footage with Dr. Phil waiting and checking his watch, looking wholly perturbed and highly irritated, and finally like he was going to slide out of his chair after sitting in it for an intolerable length of time.
I wish Bravo would do that – insert some Truth Vignettes – to counter every single lie and force the ladies (ie: Kim Richards) to come clean to the viewers as well as the cast, and not just stick these in when the reunions are aired and there’s no opportunity for comments.
3 Points Dr. Phil!! Bam!
Sometimes Bravo does play footage contradicting what’s been said. I loved it when Brandi claimed Kyle was drinking when she picked her up at her house for the poker party, as if Brandi’s drinking that night was Kyle’s fault, and they showed a clip of Brandi emerging from her house with an armload of wine.
I don’t anything Kim said was honest.
Right, they do. I just want to see more of it. MUCH More of it – particularly where Kim Richards is concerned since she seems to have a serious issue with the Truth and an inability to correctly recall almost Everything.
It’s soooooooo satisfying to see those Bravo “Reality Rewinds”. What would make them better & take the show to an entirely new level would be to force the women (ie: KR, cough-cough) to watch the ‘Tapes of Truth’ and respond, addressing the discrepancies and lies.
But Kim is a Virgo. She’s always on time. Most of the time she is early. She would never dream of being late. -season 2 Kim
Nasty little scene on the balcony when her children are begging her to accept the help. Was that a ‘get out’ Kim yelled at her children? Same anger as in Amsterdam at the table, her kids were the recipients this time. Kim is beyond sick.
I wish Kim the best, along with her family (including Kingsley). Reality TV is not the place for many people, and Kim has reaped the benefits as well as the pitfalls of putting her life on blast.
What benefits has she gotten from the show? Money is the only thing I can think of. I am not sure if Kim can actually be sober but if she wants to give it a try, it has to start with getting off reality tv. From the sounds of it, Bravo will have to be the responsible one and not offer her a contract because it sounds like if given the chance she will go back to make a fool of herself on tv for a buck.
I think she had to. Her child support was running out, her sister got her this job for money and maybe subconsciously (or intentionally) to stop her from drinking so much. I bet ol Rich Monty must be a generous employer with his money to Kim for being his “caregiver”. Maybe someone is trying to work herself into the will???
By the way, where was Whitney? Has she already cut her off?
Monty lives off the Hiltons.
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No, the “get out” was directed towards the camera crew. She said it as soon as the camera came out onto the balcony and she saw them.
Yep, didn’t want to get caught grabbing a smoke on the hotel balcony on camera!
It really was hard to watch her and her manipulative tears. Someone needs to explain to Kim that denial is not a river in Egypt. All we heard all season is how hard she worked on her sobriety, but really she’s smoking pot and drinking occasionally…in front of her son, no less. Surely Kyle was hearing reports of this from her kids. No wonder Kyle rolls her eyes whenever Kim speaks about her sobriety.
And popping pills…
And the problem with’s Kim’s logic, is she has shown she can’t use substances in a . recreational manner. So family can’t relax and say oh what the hell mom likes a drink, smoke or pill now and then. They know what’s coming, horrid behaviour, liver failure or overdose. Even though her kids are adults mothering is for life. I’m sure they want to have her available to them for holidays visits and a relationship of some sort. They also don’t want her to die alot sooner.
Addict/ alcoholic absolutely. IMO, she suffers from PTSD. Someone shooting themselves had to be traumatic. Being a child actress, she doesnt have the emotional skills to cope. Her Mothers passing could of triggered a more complex level. Mental Health is difficult as there is no cure.
I thought that he was murdered? Did he kill himself on the phone with her? Now I have to go look… 🙂
He was murdered.
Isn’t the sober living place where someone goes after rehab? I don’t think that is where Dr. Phil was going to send her.
Dr Phil was going to send her to a dual diagnosis rehab, likely with that Sober House follow up. They rehab did not get a promotion, which I assume is because she did not go to it. The Sober house DID which makes me believe that is where she is.
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Could this be the Sober Living house that Dr. Drew pushed on his show? If so, I don’t know….that chick that always seems to be at the housewives parties runs it, doesn’t she?
I thought BG’s buddy Jennifer was the hen mother for the Sober Living, and its affilliated with Dr Drew facility. Maybe Kim jumped shows. Or I’m a conspiracy theorist!
Maybe she’s filming a spin off. Real Sober Wives of Malibu.
I was wondering if he picked up the tab . He said she called the next day and agreed but had a a list of conditions? Then changed her mind. Wherever she went it didn’t seem like it was arraigned by Dr. Phil. I thought he said she had entered a facility but didn’t name it.
Could be he did the promo for Sober House as a courtesy for arraigning for her to go there?
Great recap, thanks TT. Poor kids. Kim really freaks me out. It will be a miracle if anyone can break through the lie upon lie and she actually makes changes. I have more respect for Dr. Phil after watching this. He didn’t let her get away with anything. I might start taping his show. Most chilling moment was when we over hear Chad saying he lives with her and sees her every day and she’s taking pills and smoking pot. Poor kids.
Kim is just not ready to give up her vices. She really thinks she is fooling people that she is sober. She thinks she’s that great of an great actress. She also believes she is a great mother, even though she is a burden for her kids to worry about. I believe that going to rehab after Dr. Phil was just her feeling pressure to do it. But, I don’t think she’s committed to the process.
I remember Kim saying to Dr. Phil “this is not just ‘I’m sorry’ to my kids, this is I’m sorry to all the people who follow my sobriety and look up to me.” I have one question. Who are these people??
I see no hands.
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Guess everyone’s hands are busy holding shot glasses and joints.
The only time I believed Kim’s tears was when Dr. Phil mentioned the murder of her fiance. Then again, as many times as she has done rehab, it seems like someone would have addressed the issue. Most of us deal with our life’s traumas and move forward as best as we can. Maybe she just can’t. She has so many issues that I don’t know how a 30-day rehab stint is going to solve adequately address them, but time will tell. I do hope her kids get the return of their mother. It looks like they’ve had a poor substitute for long enough.
As for continuing with Bravo, it’s a real Catch 22. She doesn’t seem to be able to handle the stress of the show. But without the show she will have financial stress, which she can’t handle. What a mess.
She is going to have financial stress even with her Bravo bucks. A million dollar judgement is looming.
Very true. Just the thought of that judgment would make me want to take a drink or three! The friend’s hospital bill must be looking cheaper and cheaper …
My teeny-tiny apartment requires a minimum of 300k insurance coverage for on-property things like injury/accident. Wouldn’t her landlord require a larger minimum on a house? I’m not sure how judgements are required to be paid…
This was epic Kim, she tried to butter him and manipulate him, it didn’t work. The real face was revealed when she stormed off, how she talked to her daughters was very telling. And Chad who does live with her revealed she had taken PILLS, not one, and pot. I’m assuming Brandi knew about the pot so why didn’t she drop the dime on Kim instead of Kyle, isn’t Kim the hypocrite here. She desperately needs dual therapy/sober living.
what is dual therapy?
Not really dual therapy, sorry, she needs therapy for mental issues, depression anxiety, anger, and she needs rehab for her sobriety, and as revealed pills and pot.
i think they called it dual therapy on the Dr. Phil show though. I didn’t know what that meant – maybe you have 2 addictions to get off of?
A dual diagnosis/treatment means someone has more problems than just one that needs treatment. Kim has a dual diagnosis – she’s an addict/alcoholic and she has mental problems. Her emotional/mental issues need treatment and so do her addictions.
I don’t think she’ll ever be healthy without treatment for the dual problems since each problem feeds/interferes with the other one. She has unresolved issues going back even to when she was a child, resentment and anger, sibling jealousy, substance abuse, marital problems, depression, self medication leading to addiction, and more. I sincerely wish her the best. Her illnesses/behavior have negatively affected, not just her own life, but the lives of all those who love and care about her. They deserve more and better from her as does she herself.
The people with the most means, are the ones who have the hardest time getting sober, because it’s much more difficult for them to completely reach bottom and have no resources whatsoever. You can’t fully get their backs against the wall. When you still have money, enablers, fans, etc. you have the means to continue doing what you’re doing. There is always another well meaning enabler there to lend a hand, give attention and “rescue” you financially or emotionally- all with the best intentions, not knowing they are perpetuating your illness.
Addicts/alcoholics with virtually nothing, can (but don’t always) hit that bottom harder and faster, and when there is literally no more money, no more help, nobody bailing you out, no leniency- you either do it or you don’t. You reach that moment where you have to make a real choice to continue doing what you’re doing or make a new path for yourself- an addict only changes with the pain of continuing is worse than the pain and fear of change. Period. Things are too cushy for Kim, she’s coddled and her family allows her to continue in this insulated bullshit world.
I think recovery is in the only field in which wealth and means can be far more detrimental than helpful.
And Brandi told us about the patches, so we have patches, pills, booze and pot. Just not “every single night.” She made Chad take that part back.
Well to make Kyle look bad for shaming Kim not to do it, of course!
she also said on the reunion, “if i was taking pills, they would be right here in my back pocket”. so yeah she’s a pill popper too not just booze.
She is just a pathological liar. And not a good person. Not remotely. And she tries to bat her eyes and fake smile like the 8 year old from Witch Mountain to gain favor and get her way. But with the hard living, bad makeup and age, she looks like Baby Jane instead. I agree about her bad crying face thing. It’s downright infuriating that she can’t even do THAT right.
It’s weird that one of her daughters looks like Mauricio.
So Kyle takes on the Joan Crawford role? We all know what happened to Baby Jane. Thanks for the best laugh all day TeeCee.
Yeah, teecee, pretty damn funny. I thought the same thing, that her daughter looks like Mauricio. Maybe that’s where all the hatred and resentment between Kim and Kyle comes from.
Yeah, that’s my main problem with Kim (the constant lying and extreme meaness). It makes it hard to have much sympathy or hope for change. Yes the fiancee getting murdered like that would be traumatizing . But what does that have to do with being so cruel and heartless like she is? And people who lie and spin everything constantly, rarely change to become truthful this far into adulthood. It’s deeply and ingrained. And what does that have to do with the fiancee? And do we actually believe that relationship would have been any different than all the others that didn’t work out? Her kids were her cover, not her priority. Another one of Kim’s lies.
I’d seriously consider having a slip is they would take me free of charge at that Malibu sober living place. I don’t believe a single word Kim Richards says about how much and how often she drinks and drugs. Not one word.
A wise owl roosts in the tallest trees.
How come prescription drug abuse wasn’t mentioned? That’s definitely what’s been going on! Probably oxicodone, xanex. An addict can’t take anything.
I think he was told not to go there since she wasn’t seen popping pills at the Polo Lounge.
This is so sad!! I hope kim really can come to terms with her sobriety or lack thereof! When is Brandi’s intervention?
Dr. Phil decided against it because he doesnt want to utter the words tampon string on national TV.
That’s funny!! Doubt he would bring that up though! Funny how Chad blurted out toxic right away!! He doesn’t think that friendship is a good thing!! Why are they all so afraid to speak their mind?
I always get a kick out of when people refer to Brandi as toxic. Tampons and toxic shock!
I googled “Brandi Glanville” on my phone a little while ago, and the third suggestion that popped up was “Brandi Glanville tampon string” lol I guess it’s been a popular search 😉
Janshell “why are they afraid to speak their mind” IMO is just a mother daughter thing. Chad said whatever. And I know growing up and even as adults, it’s kinda like that at my house with my brother. He can say whatever-I bite my tongue. I just can’t stand for her to be mad at me lol.
Hmmm..I wonder when we can expect Brandi to give her standard “Don’t come after me, bitch” speech to Kim’s children.
I thought it was interesting when Kim said that it is not just the Kingsley thing that has her angry at Kyle. My mouth was hanging open when Kim complained that she was angry at Kyle for not standing up for her to Lisa Rinna when she asked whether Kim was still sober (after pain pill/poker night). Kim said something like if I were my sister I would have said it with “conviction!”. She said this as she sat with Dr. Phil who is doing an intervention on her. Oh, the irony.
I dont even think Kim knows why she is mad at Kyle. Kim’s brain is not well because of the addiction and I am sure Brandi constantly telling her how Kyle is not a good sister hasnt helped.
I thought it interesting that Kim said the dog bite incident destroyed the relationship with her neice and sister. You did that Kim. You showed an extreme lack of concern and caution. That dog was not family dog material, and guess what Kim youv’e got a family ! So you cared more about an animal you took in than your relations you say you love. I call bullshit on that. And you didn’t care about the dog either and about doing what is best for him. You mainly cared about yourself par usual. Could you see Lisa R. or Eileen keeping a dog like how Kingsley acted around their loved ones. Not a chance.
Toya Graham, that mom from Baltimore, needs to take Kim aside and sort things out.
Hey, what a great idea! Tough love and all that!
Stephen, Great thought!
Ooh, Kim pulled a NeNe and stormed out in a furious huff! You could see the steam rising from Dr. Phil ‘ head waiting on Kim to arrive. Her story had more holes than Swiss cheese. I didn’t know what to expect from her kids but they all clearly want the best for her especially Chad who didn’t hold back anything from Brandi to using put and popping pills. I don’t even drink but I’d take her spot at Malibu Sober Living….what a fabulous place to rehab her body, mind and life and be close to her kids for family intervention. Sadly, I truly hope she doesn’t hit another wall. ..
People need to stop giving Kim a pass in life, it seems like she has constantly been excused for her behavior since very early on in her life, I wonder what really happened between her and Kyle when they were kids. My guess is that she’s only still on RHOBH because Kyle demanded it as part of her own contract, that might be the only reason she’s on there at all actually.
Free passes aren’t good for anyone. Not good for the receiver (it encourages more ass hole crummy bad acts), and not good for the giver (it’s a cowardly and not loving yourself). Kim needs to learn some life lessons she should have learned a long time ago. To thine self be true and treat others how you would want to be treated yourself. Be kind be humble and be a positive force.
Didn’t Kyle previously state that when their mother was on her death bed she asked Kyle to watch out for Kim? Clearly Kim must have had issues before her mother died.
Yes, Kyle did say that. Even a very sick woman must have been aware she was a mess.
When the sisters were at Kyle’s new home in the desert, Kim said something about Kyle being the baby, you could tell Kim resented her for that. Well, the baby has had to look out for her for years.
I know, it’s so sad. Kyle was my favorite in season one and then I didn’t care for her anymore. This time around I really feel her pain.
I don’t know if anyone has said this, but don’t you think it was a twist of the knife for Kyle to invite Kim to her gorgeous new house in the desert? Knowing that Kim was already so bitter about Kyle supposedly “stealing” her home, it seemed the worst possible venue for the two sisters to make nice. If I really wanted to repair my relationship with a sister already so jealous of me, I would have picked a more neutral place — a lovely restaurant, which I’m sure in CA would be everywhere. There’s some really deep shit between those two.
I think it’s good the children backed off of Brandi. She would react in some cruel immature and very public way, and they don’t need that.
Good point, @Microop. Best to just stay well our of Brandi’s way.
But I’m glad they said it. It needed to be said. Brandi has divided and conquered because that’s her MO. She also has a hatred of Kyle . Kyle is everything and has everything that she wants. Not fair but that’s how she rolls. Brandi has encouraged the destruction of a sister bond. Kim’s kids know Brandi is harmful for their mom’s sobriety and family closeness. I think Brandi will get the hint and move on .
She probably would have called them di**s and mo88rt-f88888888ckers, just like she calls her children. But I’m glad Chad called Brandi out. At the mere mention of her name Chad yells out “toxic!” His mother gives him the side eye with the open mouth and they all back off Brandi.
Brandi epitomizes the word toxic. There is a small part of me that feels sorry for her. She’s never recovered from losing her family and that betrayl haunts her. I get that. Some hurts are life changing. But that being said she’s brutal and nasty to the core and relishes drama and traums. It’s the only thing that makes her feel alive. She needs a dual rehab as well. Chad knows she’s bringing out his mom’s demons.
What is a Mort-Fucker?
I would have loved to see Dr Phil hit at her as hard as he does some people. He did a great job. You can tell that, as usual, he is well prepared. He knew he could only go so far with Kim or it would be a complete fail. She’d leave after 10 minutes.
It may be a good thing her kids all came from broken marriages. At least they got to spend a lot of time away from Kim. I hope they had good parenting somewhere. They seem too normal to be her kids at all. I used to watch Brooke on her cousin Paris’ show, night and day different from each other.
Kim’s boyfriend that was murdered would probably be in prison if he had lived. He was a more upscale version of Apollo Nida, allegedly. Even Kim’s heartbreak is misplaced.
I have never loved Dr. Phil more than just now, having just watched this episode. This man is not playing. It so so refreshing to FINALLY SEE SOMEONE CALL KIM OUT ON HER SHIT and not have to sugarcoat it, involve other people, other issues, etc. This what she needs, helI, I would go to that treatment centre in a heartbeat and I don’t need it. Look at that place!! Her diva acty tears WERE entertaining but I lol-d several times at the look on Dr. Phil’s face when she was trying to feed him her BS. I just hope she goes to treatment and gets better, I only wish good things for Kim. I did really feel for her when she stood up and left- this woman is so obviously hurting. However, my empathy kinda fizzled when I saw her meltdown. #sickandtwisted
Kim is such a victim. I cannot stand her. Why is it always everyone else’s fault? Her sister, the bar staff, the cop, the viewers, Twitter. the girls, Twitter comments, the ONE drink, the Polo Lounge, ‘the bar was a safe place for me.’ and (insert new excuse/reason/deflection)
Until she gives HERSELF a reality check this nonsense and residence on Planet Delusion will continue.
Kim, it’s best not to mention SOBRIETY because sober, you are not, nor have you been in the last three years. Sorry Kim. Please grow up, you’re not the only one with problems.
Kim doesn’t need to go to rehab for alcohol, she needs to go to rehab for addiction. She believes as long as she is not drinking every day, then she is cured of her alcoholism. But like we suspected and heard her son state, the days she isn’t or may not be drinking, she is self medicating with pills and pot. Kim’s had a fucked up life from the moment she was born and she needs to get to the root of her problem and learn to cope with the pain in her life. I think at this point her children either threatened to cut her off if she didn’t go to rehab which made her change her mind, or if they haven’t done that and they need to. And that is a hard hard thing. Kim has to be extremely codependent on someone, and she can’t stand to be alone with her thoughts. She is uncomfortable in her own skin. To have all of this come out on TV and play out on TV, made me have sympathy for her. That’s horrible. She is a living tribute to pride goeth before a fall and that is what keeps her on this path. She’s done it for a long time, she has to control yet has to look for someone for control, she so conflicted inside she will always have to self medicate and less she truly wants help forward and six the help. I think she is afraid to do that. It’s just easier to self medicate.
OMG damn you voice to text!!!!:::
-yet has to look to someone for control. She is so conflicted inside that she will always self medicate and unless she truly wants to accept help or seek help. I think she is afraid to do that and it’s easier to self medicate for her. That would require reliving some painful past memories and she can’t do it.
I like though how she kept clarifying never drinking “on the show.” Ok, just before, and after, and ok maybe 2 inches, this much (spreads arms wide) of vodka. But only ONCE IN A WHILE.
Kim just cut the pills and booze and stick to weed. You’re in Cali get a medical prescription.
And maybe a nip or two in the bathroom on breaks…”BUT NEVER ON THE SHOW!”
Moron!
Amazing and super speedy recap TT! I agree with all the commenters here this evening. I love Dr. Phil and thought he did a great job confronting her regarding her behavior, story, blame game and lack of sobriety. I felt particularly bad for her children. They looked sad and defeated. Kudos to Chad for speaking the truth about her using at home.
I do not believe for one hot minute that she sat at the polo lounge for an hour and a half without a cocktail-really, who would even begin to buy that line???
For the sake of her family and those that love Kim, I do hope she stays in treatment for at least 90 days and then moves into a sober living/halfway house situation for stability and support while surrounded by those working a program. It’s never too late to begin a true path to sobriety. Kim just has to want it desperately and from this interview that doesn’t appear to be the case. But I hope I am wrong.
Finally, another wish of mine is that Bravo declines to invite Kim and Brandi to torture the viewers next season-unbearable. Apologies for how long this rant was tonight!
I am board certified in FL for addictions. I was horrified as to how this played out on RHOBH. What surprised me more, was that after seeing 100’s of alcohol/addicts that it continues to surprise me how manipulative they can be- they will steal your wallet and then help you look for it. We always say “how do you know an addict is lying? Their lips are moving. ” That being said, if one truly wants to change, it is possible. i should know, I have been sober 9 years and 8 months. I would not be ALIVE w/o my program, meetings, sponsor and SOBER friends. Life is not always wonderful and I have had my share of pain but a drunk never makes any situation better. There but for the grace of God go I.
On a professional level, I have found chronic relapsers need ATLEAST 6 months of treatment and sober living. I have never seen 30 days work after several previous treatments.
You can never predict, but my experience has shown me that until Kim gets honest… Well…
God bless her…
Thank you for your insight. I assume Kim (or any experienced addict) would be aware that 30 days won’t be close to being sufficient?
Thank you for your experienced and informative response! I, too, was horrified. Having a child who survived opiate addiction, I know and agree that 30 days is NOT ENOUGH. After many relapses, it took 90 days, then sober house living for months – and AA meetings daily – to finally get clean. And even after years, it’s necessary to stay with the AA program. I don’t think that Kim wants sobriety and as long as that’s the case, she will not get better.
So proud for you and of you for your sobriety
thank you lovinlife63! I have to say, i knew she was not sober and almost felt offended that she gives people who are sober a bad name. My sponsor would have my a** if I acted like that!!
This is very sad. TT thanks for the recap I recorded it but decided not to watch. I hope she gets help. I hope she survives this opportunity to get clean.
I am generally an optimistic person but after watching today I honestly believe Kim Richards is a lost cause. The emotional and addiction issues she has will requires years of work and constant maintenance. She has no desire to put in that kind of work and she never will. Her ‘come to Jesus’ moment just ain’t gonna happen. On the bright side – her kids turned out decent, sooooo there’s that. My heart is heavy for them though…
Its sad that her own son had to call her on her bullshit sober story. She takes pills and smokes pot IN FRONT of him. She needs some form of help. Hopefully she stays the full term but I have a feeling she is going to throw a tantrum and check out well before the discharge date.
I feel the same way about her entry into rehab as I did during the last one….I don’t believe she will really WORK the program. She has so many issues, and she wants to sweep them all under the rug so she doesn’t really have to face her issues and demons–she clearly has many unresolved childhood issues, let alone the murdered beau. But, she got publically exposed for her addiction (just like last time), so has reluctantly agreed to go. All her demands and not wanting to go to the dual-diagnosis place (which she absolutely does need to do) is another sign that she is going to treat this like all the other rehabs she’s done…she’ll go through the scenes and scenarios like an actress, never really fully immersed in the work, but going through all the movements, hitting her marks, and saying her lines. She knows enough now that she knows how it OUGHT to look, so she will do her best to make it to appear as though she is doing the work..’acting’ like she’s sober an ‘saying’ the right things….but she won’t be.
She left rehab early last time, and I thought: she’s not done, no way can she be done! And she wasn’t, clearly. If she leaves rehab early this time (and she likely will) — or before the 6 months mark, as ‘storebystore’ said — she is going to go along the same path she has always gone along.
It’s sad. It’s tragic. It hurts to watch this, so you can imagine how her kids and family feel. I pray that this is Kim’s bottom and that she really does get help and dig in and do that work that needs to be done so she can actually become sober for real and save her own life. Perhaps she will.
Kim Richards is a sad story that I pray ends well. My layman observation is that she is an addict and alcoholic with a borderline personality disorder. She’s surely addicted to drama. Her eyes (albeit through tears) light up when BF John Collett’s murder come up.
It’s hard (for me) not to believe *some* of what Kim says. For example, Kim says she thinks of Collett, the love of her life, every day.
That’s where things get muddled:
1986 (Kim has oldest girl with Monty Brinson)
1988 Divorce. Kim and Monty
1990 March. (Kim has 2nd kid, girl, with Gregg Davis)
1991 Divorce. Kim and Gregg Davis
1991 October. John Collett murdered
1991 May. (Kim has 3rd kid, boy, with Gregg Davis)
1995 (Kim has 4th kid with John Jackson)
1990-1991 confuse me.
So do the years 1998-2002. I’ll save that insanity;)
So, if Kim had her third child by Davis in May 1991 was she cheating on John who was murdered in October1991?
I didn’t know she had two kids with Davis either. I thought each of the four children had different last names.
I’m confused too and wonder when she met John Collett
@deco *That* is a great question. Monty and Kim split up after he saw her her holding hands with one of Gregg Davis siblings. Then, as you mentioned, there is virtually no time between the divorce from Davis, the dating/murder of Collett. The father of her fourth and last child (John Jackson) bought the motorcycle of her slain lover Jackson. They met 2 weeks after JC was murdered and lived together. That makes the father of that third child open to a few possibilities. This, of course, is speculation but I have found no discrepancies in the birth dates of Kim’s kids. I was never able to find anything online vabout the marriage of Kim Richards Brinson to Gregg Davis. No dates.
Well this was anti climatic because we had figured out the gist show beforehand. The only way she will be of any use to anyone is to provide true details of her struggle.
#1 rule of really wanting and seeking help, you have to realize and fully admit your way has not worked and is not working. period. it’s part of fully realizing you have a problem. That said, how do you figure you can “demand” things about your treatment or determine what your “needs” are? You, as the addict/alcoholic, are the WORST possible person for determining such things because your mind is skewed. It’s the controlling and the manipulating and the sick thinking that somehow you have things under control, when your “way” got you hauled out of a bathroom stall by cops kicking and screaming.
Ok, Kim. From one person in recovery to another (hopefully), you are truly on the wrong path. Scary as it is, you have to let go and trust professionals or you will not get well.
Most people are dual diagnosis, simply because these substance abuse problems don’t come from thin air- they are symptoms of deep underlying genetic, physical and emotional issues. Rarely do you find one without another.
She should’ve jumped all over this, she has no idea how hard it is for a regular person (non-celebrity) to get insurance to pay for such facilities, nevermind funding by self-pay. It’s almost impossible- you have to fight tooth and nail to get help and they approve the bare minimum so you don’t sue them. People die trying to get proper help, and she is concerned with private rooms and beach access. Just a tad infuriating.
If the polo club lounge was closed…. How did she have a table to sit at? ( BTW, the lounge closes at 1:30am) did she order coffee? I’m surprised the bartender hasn’t been interviewed, He or She knows what Kim ordered. If she had such a small amount of vodka and got so intoxicated….. She must have been on a lot of drugs, mixing the two (or three).
i’m sure the bartender at the polo lounge doesn’t give out interviews with all the celebrities that go there. if he did, he wouldn’t be working there and no celebrities would go there.
But why hasn’t “the girl” (or anyone in her party) talked? Hilton money, of course. Too bad. I’d like to know what really happened. >
I’m thinking The Polo Lounge has employees sign contracts not to disclose what happens on their property. The clientele has to be protected. Makes sense to me.
@calipatti: agree, especially when the police are involved. Hope you are doing well. xoxo
At this point all Kim could give her kids is honesty and truth. They must feel crazy from all her lies, deflection, and playing the victim. Their family could really benefit from counseling and al-anon. Its like being bullied I think. For myself, I can’t stand liars and enablers. Nene makes me mad, and I don’t even know her! Kim, too.
Kim always looks like shes taking Nightquil and Dayquil at the same time. Even without the addictions I dont think she knows how to act “normal”
when kim asked “is this an intervention?” did you see how fast kimberly said “no”? she was probably afraid to say yes and see one of her mother’s famous freak-outs.
I don’t think Kim is in rehab. I think she checked into a spa somewhere. If she were truly serious about rehab to mitigate the consequences of her arrest and the dog bite lawsuit, there would be an official statement from her camp that she had entered rehab. Also, she would have contacted Dr. Phil, thanked him for his support, and let him know that she had decided to seek treatment elsewhere. Given his final comments after the interview related to him “hearing” that she had checked into rehab, that didn’t happen.
Yeah …. remember when she told Dr. Phil she needed to start exercising! As if that was all she needed to get better. Maybe she’s on a treadmill somewhere instead of rehab.
Ugh. Even after reading TT’s recap, I couldn’t make it through this trainwreck of an interview.
Kim made a choice to go on a reality show–it was HER choice. Anytime we put ourselves in a public space, we can expect public criticism (and praise, for that matter). For her to blame her “relapse” on a show that she chose to be a part of and on a social media forum that she chose to read…maybe she should have made better choices.
A: No Reality T.V.
and if not
B: Don’t read Twitter. Or blogs.
I know that as humans we are all fallible–we make mistakes. But she keeps making the same ones: over and over and over.
I’m just PiSSED off about all of this. It pisses me off that my brother who desp. wanted to keep his sobriety couldn’t. Pisses me off that every month at the mental health office, he saw a different doctor that prescribed different meds for him. He was diagnosed as manic depressive when he was 19. For some people, you just know in your soul their time here is meant to be short. I always knew I’d lose my brother and knew it would be to suicide. He didn’t use for recreation, he used to dull the inner pain like many addicts do. He was a kind person with a big heart, when clean and when using. He wasn’t ugly to others, he wasn’t entitled as others can be. Kim has had access to more money, more healthcare, more uptown facilities than the average person and she wastes it with her diva demands. She’s ungrateful, she believes herself to be entitled and she is mean in her soul. I would have (as the rest of my family would have) done almost anything to provide my brother with a lists of rehabs like it appears that she was offered. Instead we were stuck with medicaid type institutions that were , well for lack of better words just filthy. After watching the Dr. Phil interview, what little empathy I had for Kim is gone. I feel for her kids, I continue to pray for her kids as I do every night for all the addicts and their families. Ownership goes a long way in recovery. She takes none, don’t know that she ever has and don’t believe she ever will because someone always cleans up behind her. There are many of us in this world that know life isn’t fair and we know not to expect it to be. Then you have the Kim Richards in the world….. it’s her world…..we just live in it. Sorry for the rant and am really sorry if I broke any rules.
The tough love my family gave me, the intolerance for my nonsense, and the loss of my job/place to live humbled me to the point where I conceded my way didn’t work and I had to do it someone else’s way. Kim is nowhere near having the humility and surrender required to get well. I pray for all addicts/alcoholics to get well, so I hope I’m wrong, but her behavior tells you all you need to know and it looks awful.
I’ve come to the conclusion that Kim’s problem is she is just MAD. She’s angry that she had to be the breadwinner as a child actress. She’s embittered that her Mother died and Kyle had to take care of her. She’s resentful because Kyle stole her house. She’s outraged that somebody killed her fiancé. She’s resentful that after being a child actress nobody wanted her to act any more. She’s pissed as hell that people want her to stop drinking, taking drugs and smoking weed because she knows she doesn’t have a problem. She’s livid that the HWs brought up her drinking/drugging on TV. She’s furious that everyone doesn’t buy her lies and won’t just leave her alone. She’s indignant that Kyle let everyone know Kingsley bit her daughter. Kim is irate that the BH Hotel would actually call the police and have KIM RICHARDS arrested. Finally she is fuming that Dr. Phil actually didn’t believe her and help perpetuate the bs story she has been trying to sell all her life. She is seething that she must go to rehab again to get people off her back. So yes Kim Richards is MAD but the other definition of mad fits much better…
Mad. 1. Disorder in mind: insane. 2.a Completely unrestrained by reason and judgement, b. Incapable of being explained or accounted for.