The Real Housewives of Orange County have apparently been told to keep the ratings up for the upcoming reunion. Meghan is attacking Vicki nonstop on Twitter while retweeting comments from deranged fans about what great parenting skills she has. (I’m not kidding, that is really happening). Heather told ET that she is done with Vicki because she said on WWHL that no one reached out to her during filming. Heather admits on ET that she does not hang out with Vicki in between filming, thus agreeing with Vicki that she is just a TV friend and says that she called her right before WWHL so she did reach out. Dear Heather, a carefully timed call just before Vicki goes on WWHL is not reaching out to someone who lost their mother and was dumped by their boyfriend. That’s just trying to butter her up so she won’t speak ill of you on the show. Did you see how Vicki looked on WWHL?
Tamra has once again deserted Vicki and had Instagram pics up of her with Shannon and of her with Meghan. Because despite Vicki taking her back every single time she betrays her, Tamra has flipped again. It was just one month ago, after all filming had wrapped except the reunion that Tamra was Vicki’s cheerleader at WWHL with Jeff Lewis. Meanwhile this weekend Vicki is having a PJ party in Laguna Beach and Shannon is in Michigan with the whole family for a Trojans game while discussing the pros and cons of the vodka in Michigan on Twitter. (Again I feel the need to say I am not making that up.)
So let’s look at Vicki’s blog. It should be pointed out that Vicki did not blog that much this season because she had a few things to deal with, like her mother dying, her boyfriend leaving her, and all of her TV friends behaving more like enemies than friends.
Excerpts from Vicki’s blog below, my comments in purple pen.
As I write this blog, I have so many mixed emotions, but mostly it’s sadness and betrayal.I don’t know how or why the season ended the way it did, but all I want to share with you at this time is my perspective and what I went through this year AFTER the death of my mother. The constant subject line of Brooks’ cancer, his choice of treatment, and if he was “faking” it or not has gotten out of control. My stance is I do not believe he faked cancer, as there are way too many people involved, way too many doctor visits and way too many doctor reports which would be very difficult to falsify. As I said at the reunion, I didn’t have enough information that he does have cancer, and I didn’t have enough information that he doesn’t. Brooks became very private with his health information the last few months of our relationship, which made it difficult for me to discuss this with him. For the love of God, can we FINALLY stop talking about Brooks’ cancer?
When the season started filming he had already finished two rounds of chemo and was going to start another one after we returned from Puerto Vallarta in January. (And normal people would not be asking for proof of this. Also, contrary to what Briana, medical expert on all things cancer says, lots of people travel when they have cancer. My sister went to Italy with stage four breast cancer in between chemo and surgeries. Sure she went to urgent care in Italy, but she went. Not everyone lays down and dies) We discussed about my involvement in his treatment and how difficult it was going to be for me to attend everything. Due to my busy schedule of filming, running my insurance business, and going to OKC to see my daughter a lot, (Yet whiny ass Briana claims she was putting Brooks before her) I wasn’t around for many of his doctor visits. Brooks understood my schedule and had many people around him who were there for him when I couldn’t be. Let’s hope they were not requesting to see his medical records.
As the season progressed, I could see the women starting to question me more and more about his cancer. One of the things that I agreed with him was to not discuss it without him present, which brought on more controversy. This is not normal friend behavior. Friends would say, I completely understand Brooks wanting to keep his cancer treatments private. It’s none of our business. Please let us know how we can help. Unless of course production told them to pry and try to destroy the primary relationship of someone who is grieving the death of her mother. But that would be despicable. Oh wait, it’s Bravo.
The hardest part of all of this is that I know the ladies initially were coming from a good place, but unfortunately my emotions were heightened due to many personal reasons and I couldn’t see that. Hindsight, I didn’t handle things always in the calmest manner which I am sorry for that, but I was extremely frustrated having to always be questioned about him. It’s kind of Vicki to give them the benefit of the doubt, but there is no kind way to antagonize a friend about the medical treatment of someone they barely know. This was pure evil behavior likely done at the behest of production to grab ratings. They have no boundaries.
The lunch with Shannon was a very difficult one for me to watch and have. That was the beginning of her and I having a “falling out” which breaks my heart. I know Shannon had Brooks’ best interest in mind when she referred her doctor, but in the end it was Brooks’ decision to stay where he was with his current team of physicians not mine. I removed myself from his health decisions, as it was starting to cause too much conflict. And yet, Shannon flat out refused to remove herself from his health decisions, just like Meghan. This whole cancer story with Brooks really has made me upset. I mean who questions someone’s private health and their treatment plan? Is this normal behavior by grown adults? No it is not. It is the behavior of media whores who will do anything for camera time. Anything. To be fair, Vicki, you’ve done some pretty awful things yourself to get attention. But this is a new low for Bravo.
I remember back in 2012 when Tamra disclosed she was diagnosed with cervical cancer while on the Dr. Oz show CLICK HERE TO WATCH (scroll through to 2.20 minutes to hear Tamra reveal she had cervical cancer). It was the first time any of us had heard she was diagnosed with cervical cancer and we were all in shock that she had never talked about it prior to that. (Except on the show, she says she only told Vicki) No one at that time ever asked her for her medical records, and since then we haven’t heard anything about it after that does that mean she was faking it for attention?? I mean if you are diagnosed with cervical cancer isn’t that pretty serious? I also pulled up this article that said Tamra wanted her breast implants removed to “taking back control of her body” to now only a few years later put the implants back in. So…should we ask Tamra for her medical records to see if in fact she really had cervical cancer and lumps in her breasts? No! That would not be normal behavior and we trust that Tamra told us the truth. Just interesting we haven’t heard anything about it since then. It is interesting. And from the treatment Tamra described it sounds more like she had HPV which is genital warts and a pre-cancerous condition that was sandblasted off her cervix. Cervical cancer itself would require chemo. Can you even have lumps in your breast if they are silicone? I mean I know you can still get lumps in your actual breast tissue, but could you feel them if there are implants on top? I dunno, I’m just asking.
The finale episode where Shannon feels I betrayed her by telling my brother and his girlfriend about David’s affair was wrong. I never betrayed her, she was just embarrassed that it was exposed again when it was supposed to be about badgering me. She wasn’t embarrassed. She was broadcasting the infidelity far and wide. She was pissed that Rhonda called her out on her hypocrisy. Which is kind of crazy. Because if eviscerating your husband, dragging your kids on TV to tell them about what Daddy did, and talking about her husband fishing an enema nozzle out of her ass, didn’t embarrass her, who would think pointing our her hypocrisy would. I guess Shannon wants to be blameless in all things and the victim. I knew what David and Shannon shared this season, and it was Shannon’s decision to reveal the affair so I didn’t think it was a secret to tell my brother. All the ladies already knew, so for me to tell my brother privately was NOT betraying her. He had met David and Shannon the year before in Puerto Vallarta so he was aware of their marriage struggles as they were discussed there. When I told Billy and Ronda that they were able to reconcile their marriage and that they filmed their journey, I was proud of them and was their biggest supporter. I was not being malicious by any means. I think it is perfectly normal for a sister to tell her brother the lay of the land while walking in to filming with this coven of witches. I also think it is normal for said brother after a few drinks to let the others know they had hurt his sister’s feelings.
What you don’t know is that last year Tamra actually told the group about David’s affair at a dinner we were all at, and even disclosed the woman’s name and information about her. Notice how Tamra is connected to all the drama and backstabbing in this group and Vicki forgives her over and over. Bottom line here is Shannon knew that Heather, Tamra, and Lizzie all knew and by me telling my brother privately in my home was not any secret. Me telling my brother about the affair before the baptism was not a betrayal, the fact is the other ladies were well aware of the affair. Yet Shannon is still tweeting that nobody else knew at that time. I could have sworn one of the housewives was on WWHL and said she and the rest of the ladies all knew at last year’s reunion. I don’t remember who, and I can’t find a recap. Does anyone else remember that?
I stood by my word with her and kept this secret she told me last year, as I promised Shannon I would. I never told any of the ladies or discussed the affair the entire time we filmed this season because I didn’t want to hurt Shannon and wanted her to trust me with this very serious information.
Regarding the IV issue – I addressed this at the reunion. After Brooks’ first treatment in October, he was extremely sick and dehydrated. I talked with one of my friends who said he should get an IV with fluids to hydrate him and she had a doctor friend that she was going to call for me. I told her not to do that, as I was going to call Briana to get her opinion if she thought Terry Dubrow would know of someone that could come to the house. You had someone on the phone who was going to call a doctor for you, but you wanted to call your kid in Oklahoma to ask her if she thought Terry would know someone? In the middle of the night? And you wonder why people question your stories? I told Briana when I hung up with her and I was going to call Terry to ask him. When I asked Brooks if it was okay to call Terry, he said “no and that he would call his own doctor in the morning”. I failed to tell Briana that I didn’t call Terry and she assumed I did. When she met with Tamra for lunch without me, she told her of this IV situation which then was told to Heather/Terry by Tamra. This was not Briana’s fault or Tamra’s fault and I take full responsibility for this. I learned a big lesson here, it’s really to clarify everything I say, especially if it’s not followed through, as you never know when it comes back to you. My apologies on all of this and should have never gotten Terry/Heather involved. You should have never called Briana for anything about Brooks. Or talked to her about Brooks treatment at all. That was your mea culpa.
As for me, my opinion remains the same. I have no reason not to believe that Brooks does not have cancer. I would never question someone who says they have cancer. I would especially not interrogate a friend who says their partner has cancer. If my friend’s mother died, I would be supportive and not interrogate her about anything. If my friend’s boyfriend dumped her, I would not scream far and wide about what a scumbag the boyfriend was. The behavior of these ratchet harpies this season does not align with anything I consider friendship. If I were a producer of reality TV show, I would choose someone else for a turn in the hotseat as soon as my initial target’s mother died. But, hey. That’s just me.
It seems that Bravo is being rewarded with great ratings for this disgraceful mess. And hey, that is all that counts, right?
P.S. Shannon just filmed new talking heads for the Secrets Revealed episode. I find that very interesting.
So I was checking you out on Twitter and saw this new post. Great for old dogs to learn new tricks. smile.
I still find myself in Vicki’s corner. I can hardly believe I could even type this. As far as Shannon filming new talking heads, here’s a hint for her. When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.
Watching this episode has made me realize that Shannon is flat-out crazy. Shannon lets the Universe know what is going inside of her rectum, and her marriage, and then gets mad when Vicky tells her brother. That’s just flat out crazy. And the indignant ramble on her facebook page…………………… This explains a lot. She is insane so I guess we should have pity for her? Bravo sure knows how to pick ’em.
TT -maybe you are thinking about the WWHL with Shannon and Dorinda? Shannon stated that everyone knew but her.
Yes they knew – but Shannon did not know that they knew. Shannon states in her blog that she told Heather and Tamra in the days following the “baptism.” Again, Shannon didn’t know that they knew when Vicki’s brother’s girlfriend made her comment. Regardless, IMO Shannon did over react but Rhonda’s analogy about Vicki not asking her for “records on David’s affair” is a bit absurd. Nevermind – this entire storyline was absurd. Pfft – this entire SEASON has been absurd! I wish they were all more like the RHoNY. I thought this past season of RHoNYC was the best of any RH season of any RH franchise in a very, VERY long time. I’m holding out hope for RHoBH as well. I do hope that the few incidents of Atlanta’s filming that hit social media aren’t indicative of their upcoming season. Unfortunately, Porsha has the capability of ruining every scene she’s in. I’d almost rather have Brandi in BH than Porsha in Atlanta. Hmmmm – what could be interesting is Brandi in Atlanta; I’d LOVE to see Kenya chop Brandi down to the size of a pea (to match her brain).
Vickie’s brother’s girlfriend is just sucking up to Vickie. What she said about Shannon showing proof of David’s affair was stupid and made no sense.
Shannon is a bit nuts, but that girlfriend had no business saying what she said.
Vicki’s Mother died!.. Tamra’s mother is alive. How would she handle it if her mother died suddenly and THEN Eddie dumped her? What happened to compassion? Even if you have personal thoughts on a person’s partner. you are there for great losses. The death of a parent is huge. I’m still apalled and my heart goes out to Vicki and her brother.
I love your take on this season of RHOC. Vicki was maligned. I felt terribly for her. Losing your mom, your man is sick and dumps you, and your family members are spread across the country: that’s a lot for anyone. Then have a bunch of women you call friends turn on you. When it rains… And most of the fans hate Vicki too.
Not me. I love that crazy woohooing lady!
Ah, you are at the right place, Marie. Although we reserve the right to hate Vicki again next season, this season, she was the least offensive of a nasty bunch of shrews. 🙂 I hope you hang around and have a thick skin because I can be a nasty perimenopausal bitch when I wanna be, but I pretty much have amnesia an will forget all about it the next day.
Tamara was the one on WWHL that told Andy that they all knew that he was cheating on Shannon. I remember clearly because I was sitting on the bed with my mouth hanging open. Even Andy was shocked. As I think back on all the times Vickie was mean there was something major going on in her life. She had fights with Jesus Jugs when Briana was sick, she had fights with the other girls when Don was divorcing her, she had fights when Brooks was sick and her mother died. Maybe Vickie isn’t as bad as we thought she just had a lot of bad things going on which happened during filming. She seems like the kind of lady that will bury her head and work, then lose it when she can’t take anymore. I’m the same. She’s always the champion for having girlfriends and I think Tammy Sue took advantage of her weakness.
Has Vicki patched things up with Jeana? They seemed like genuine friends. The kind that you can turn to during a difficult time. Jeana seemed like good people to me.
I love Jeana and Kara. Too bad Vicki used to claim Jeana wasn’t her friend and was mean as shit to her. Jeana is so nice to continue to deal with these sociopaths.
B.T.Dubs., Where was all the shopping this season? What happened to our peak behind the gates of Coto? Remember the escape of watching the trivial “problems” of rich women who were real friends with too much time and money, their light-hearted family dynamics, and their real vacations they paid for? Remember when the closets were what our dreams were made of and how the most dramatic break-up resulted in an ex hilariously taking back his benz?! Now its all manufactured by Bravo. From baptisms by bravo, vacations by bravo, friendships by bravo, parenting by bravo, and of course, cancer by bravo… Its no longer an escape. In fact, it makes me appreciate my real, average friends, family, and life. We need some balance by bravo.
Thanks for the love!
I believe it was Heather on WWHL who stated that she knew about the affair prior to filming this season. I have never been a huge fan of Vicki, but this season my heart went out to her. The rest of these women and Brianna are horrible! I used to think Heather was a decent person but she is as low as the rest of them. Lizzie is my fave! She seems to have a kind spirit. Which is probably why she is only a FOHW 🙁
Yes they knew. They all knew last season too. However, Shannon wasn’t aware that any of them knew about the affair last season OR this season until after the finale. (I just can’t get myself to refer to this “event” as a baptism. However, I ADORE saying it was the finale! ;-))
Heather talked about a friend of hers at a dinner party, did she not? Who mentioned the affair? This was last season, Heather talking to Shannon about a friend who had said something…my memory is failing me. So this “friend” was Tamra?
As always Tamara you are spot on about Vicki’s Blog. This season was horrible and I don’t think I’ll be watching next season. I will just read your blog and that should do for me. Hope your having a good day!
I believe it is possible that production, while filming Vicki and Brooks, thought something was off regarding Brook’s cancer and treatment. That is when they maneuvered the “psychic dinner party” and encouraged the others to get involved. It was after this dinner, that Brook’s cancer became the theme for the rest of the season. In my view, production was behind it all. I don’t think any of the ladies would have behaved the way they did without production prodding them.
Please delete or not approve my comment above. I should not have said anything at all. In fact, I am sorry for my other two comments I have made in the past on your website. I read you every day, but I am better off not commenting. Thank you.
Even so, you couldn’t pay me enough to be that big of a dick on national TV. Even if Brooks is healthy as a horse (which I don’t believe just by looking at him he has lost weight and looks ill) and Vicki knew it the whole time (again, I don’t believe it) and production had hard medical proof that Brooks was not ill (They don’t) you would still not see me on TV or anywhere else spreading rumors that he was not ill. That makes you an even worse person than the person faking it.
Thank you for this blog. I have seen so many haters online going after Vicki and calling her awful names, etc. I too would never accuse someone of lying about cancer and I was a nurse who worked on an oncology ward among other connections to the disease. I don’t think that Vicki is always right or that she always behaves well but those other women and her own ungrateful daughter should truly be ashamed of themselves. I was embarrassed for all of them. Dog-piling on one person is never a good thing and that’s exactly what they did.. Bravo is also complicit. It’s time for a new cast and for Vicki to move on from these people…they are not her friends.
Brooks has been juicing that is why he lost weight, juicing will make you lose weight.
Think it’s more like eagle eyes production closely monitored early reception of their and completely their cancer storyline. The whole demeanor and plot suddenly seemed to lose all sense as they decided that efposing Brooks would make a better story. All the heavy editing and frakenbyting made the show completely senseless.
This is exactly what I thought, as well. Production caught something hinky with Brook’s cancer diagnosis, and they shot a scene with the psychic in order to introduce the topic. I think the women are all totally convinced that Brooks does not have cancer, because of information given to them by Evolution producers. For Heather and Terry to jump in on the bandwagon, they would have to feel pretty secure in that premise.
I think it was Tamara that said she knew about the affair at the reunion.
I wasn’t on the reunion!
She said she knew about at the reunion but she told Andy that she knew on WWHL. She was also kissing Vickie’s ass on that episode.
I’m sorry, didn’t mean you. I meant Tamra. My bad, auto correct.
This reads to me like a woman stuck in the middle. She probably disagreed with some of Brooks’ decisions but couldn’t mention them to a single woman (including her daughter). They would have used that info as more evidence that Brooks’ was conning her.
“We, the entire country, are tired of hearing about your damn cancer!” – Bernie Sanders
I thought I should let you know, I had cervical cancer. I also had my pap smears regularly, so it was caught early. They were able to do what they call a cone biopsy and lucky for me they got it all. So I did not need chemo for that cancer. Just followed up with pap smears every six months for two years to be certain they got it all. After that, I was able to go back to once a year. I was lucky, lucky, lucky!!
As for the mess call RHOOC, I am still flabbergasted that Vicki and Brooks were questioned repeatedly about his cancer. Especially after her mom died. It is all so very cruel. Meghan was the main shit stirrer, getting back at Vickie for being mean to her…but the rest of them sure jumped on the band wagon. I did have a moment of doubt when I realized Vicki was not blowing up at all the comments. Was starting to wonder why after seeing her for all these years having a major screaming fit when accused for things not true. She would stay weirdly calm…for Vicki. But I suspect she simply felt beaten down, especially after the loss of her mother. They should all be ashamed at themselves. I don’t even know her and I feel kind of bad for having that moment of wondering. With friends like that…..
Thanks, Riley. Sorry to hear you went through that. I’ve never heard of such. I have heard of HPV being treated that way. Biopsy and then cervical ablation.
Thanks Tamara, We are talking almost 30 years ago. I have always felt so lucky. I had just lost my mom to ovarian cancer the year before. I was terrified and expecting the worse. So yeah, lucky and blessed.
She looks beaten down. I felt so bad for her, and I was mad at myself at first for that. Then I started to remember all the times Vickie was mean, that lady went through a lot in the last few years. Her daughter was ill, divorce, lawsuits, sick boyfriend, mother dying. I would have thrown all those bitches under the bus before this. Tamara is the biggest piece of shit she sucked Vickie back in every time. Friends during taping and when she needs something like her son getting married in her backyard. I notice its been radio silence for Tamera on her “cancer” scare. She probably had a yeast infection. If she had cervical cancer she would be all over the place trying to be the “hottest” face of cervical cancer. I would have loved to watch this show about Vickie and her business, Lizzie and her business, etc. women that started at home and built something. Not this crap.
Wow, poor Vicky. Tamra is such a horrible, evil creature. She would do better on AHS. It will be interesting to see who is rehired and then who returns. Who will be in the hot seat next season? If Vicky does come back, my two cents is on her reconciling with Shannon and maybe Heather. I can’t see her returning if she is completely isolated from these bitches–but why would anyone want them around–except for the paycheck?
When are they gonna gang up on Tamra? She’s got tons of shit they could talk about.
Isn’t that what they did last year?
Some how at the reunion, Andy never really put her on the hot seat. She basically told him you pay me to shit stir and keep the drama coming. I hate Tamra.
I just hope that after the reunion we never have to hear about Brooks Ayers again! Vicki should of said from the beginning that he was very private and did not want it discussed out of his presence. Of course producers would push. She could of said “I’m too stressed to discuss it coherently” whenever it was brought up instead of insisting she knew everything or flipping out.
It was a terrible idea to talk about Brooks at all. Would have been better to leave him in the back ground like the other men. This whole season was a lie, that there would be some big revelation to come out, and it was just a big old manipulation. The only thing to come out is Brooks “might” be not really sick after all. Big deal, alot of people dont trust the guy period and this is nothing new. I allways thought Breanna should have given up trying after a while, to convince her mom about Brooks. Was never going to work anyway, and if hes as bad as she says, it will reveal itself, and I bet would have been over a long ass time ago by now. Instead ,its drug on and been off and on and a waste of time for Vickie. Vickie is a very slow learner about men and has to learn the hard way. Most of us take the hint when people tell us whats up and that someone is using us. Not Vickie and Breanna became the scapegoat for this relationship not going anywhere. Breanna didnt help it, but shes also not the cause either.
Even if it was proven to the nth power that Brooks was lying about cancer, so what? He’s NOT a Real Housewife! What the fuck? He isn’t even the husband of one. His cancer (or not) should have NEVER been the number one storyline of the season no less the ONLY storyline!
To clarify, I’m not saying it’s no biggie to lie about cancer but that’s not my point. It’s not even as if Brooks was asking for money for medical bills or whatever. Some suggest that because Brooks was lying about cancer and chemo (without proof he was lying mind you), blah blah blah that viewers with cancer may DIE because they’ll “stop their chemo like Brooks did.” Give me a fucking break! If someone stopped their chemo SOLELY because Brooks did, they deserve any possible ramifications that come their way. Sorry if that’s harsh, but that just shows how ridiculous it is for anyone to suggest Brooks would be responsible for anyone doing something so stupid. When it comes right down to it, it wouldn’t matter if Brooks was lying or not lying, Brooks stopping chemo sure as hell doesn’t mean he’s lying about having cancer. In actuality, If anyone is to blame for anything, Meghan suggesting that chemo is the ONLY treatment for cancer, and it clearly is NOT the only treatment, could be more damaging to cancer patients taking “medical advice” from a reality show.
Ugh. I’m tired of talking about this crap. Dear Lord, help me STOP!
It was Tamra on WWHL. She said she almost blurted it out at the reunion and that all the women knew and Andy said something like – that was the first time you ever held anything back.
Heather admitted she knew about the affair before she ‘kindly asked Shannon’ to leave her house.
@msdc well said. I enjoyed reading your passionate comment. Remind me to contact you if I ever need a defence lawyer!!
Oh, for fuck’s sake. Tamra is the devil.
No, no Lady CoCo. Apparently everything Tamra did before her dunk is erased like magic. Because, baptisms by Bravo.
I wonder if Teresa is next for dunks in pools I mean bastisms by bravo.
Also only Tamra could have an std then call it cancer.
Jen: why would Teresa need to be cleansed? She’s dine nothing wrong. She just tricked by her attorney, her cpa, a judge, financial documents, bravo, her brother….
Mmm hmm. AND Teresa is already a rosary swinging Catholic. I can say suit like that because I grew up Catholic myself. Remember that trite little scene where Teresa’s praying, asking god to protect her family. My stomach turns just thinking about it. Ew.
God shakes his head at Bravo. Purgatory, by Bravo.
Sign away your souls on the dotted line for the seven circles of hell on earth, by Andy.
HPV causes cervical cancer. Tamra’s was caught early and was treated.
As I posted earlier, she can excuse her behavior by saying Christians aren’t perfect just forgiven. Kind of reminds me of that dreadful person who refuses to give marriage licenses to gay couples. Pre conversion, she had quite a checkered matrimonial past. What if someone refused her a marriage license because divorce wears against their religious beliefs.
Tamra, Shannon, and Meghan are gorgons.
LOL I love it… Baptisms by Bravo! When Tamra was in the pool with the pastor, I kept thinking of the scene with wasted Tamra, Vicki and Shannon in the pool in Tahiti. 🙂
Exactly, and Bavo loves her for it! Lizzie called Tamra out on it last season and she was demoted! AllI can say is these women must be DESPERATE to be on T.V. It looks like only Tamara needs the money, Heather, Shanon, Megan…they must bE hooked on the spotlight.
So Tamra is behind spreading the Terry/IV story. Brooks (very smart of him) did not want to involve other cast members in his medical care.
Tamra is going to continue to stab people in the back but wear a Christians aren’t perfect just forgiven T shirt. She and Meghan and Shannon deserve each other. They make a nice little coven.
Real friends cry with you when your mom dies. Real friends send flowers, soup, and other presents when a friend is ill. When they see the sick person at a party they say I am so glad to see you. No questions about treatment.
Briana absolutely hates Brooks. I still say Briana is a married woman with her own family. Vicki has a right to her own life and her own friends despite Briana’s objections. Vicki has bent over backwards to fly out to OK to see her daughter.
Shannon is more of a Queen Bees than Vicki. When they agree on everything- like Shannon and her problems are the center of the world, things are fine. Shannon went after Heather last year. She went after Meghan this year, but when Meghan kissed her ass she liked Meghan. I wonder what feng shui color Shannon has in her Bitch corner?
Shannon “went after” Heather? Shannon “went after” Meghan? I never saw Shannon go after either one. I’m not even going to talk about last season, but as far as I’m concerned, Meghan went after Shannon more than Shannon went after Meghan – by far.
Its all about money. Theres never too much of it I guess. Vickie is getting treated like shit and I guess she has to decide if the money is worth the cost. Goes to show you family should allways come first, Vickie threw Donn under the bus for this show, and now she doesnt have even one decent friend on it anymore. A spouse is going to be thereca hell of alot more than a friend would anyway, but geez these women are complete assets. Notice theyre piling on the one single gal on the show, these married bitches now. Poor Vickie. She should probably leave but I bet she wont and will probably have Breanna on it too. Its like a drug.
Brianna is on the show because she likes the attention, and the money.
she is a spoiled brat, and thinks mom should jump thru hoops if she says so.
I cannot stand brooks, but maybe Vicky does not like or approve of Brianna
husband. but she keeps the peace. yeah, Brianna husband is a control freak
loser, w/ a married past of abusing women. why do u think he keeps Brianna pregnant and fat. I am sure he doesn’t turn down anything Vicky does/gives
to him. Brianna does not belong on this show.
I have sympathy for Vicki and my heart goes out for her on the loss of her mother. She is going through a lot. But Brooks wise, he is faking a current cancer battle. At some point Vicki figured it out, and I fault her for all this bullshitting she is doing now. She knows she did not attend any chemo or doctors’ visits. She knows she didn’t sit in on any discussions of prognosis, treatment plans like you would do for your partner. Otherwise she wouldn’t be splitting hairs about she doesn’t have enough info to know if he does or doesn’t have cancer. You would definitively know if your partner was in the fight of his life or not.
Yep, you’re right, a person (or the people I personally know, anyway) would know the details if the love of their life was battling cancer, but that begs another question — was the relationship between Brooks and Vicki love or was it a storyline for a reality tv show and something they had to contractually continue? And, if it’s the latter, why would anyone put themselves thru the absolute hell of the scrutiny, negativity, rumors, and bashing they’ve experienced to uphold a reality tv image to collect a paycheck? No thank you – it’s not for me!
IDK what’s really true anymore, only that Brook’s condition is none of my business other than to wish him good health and to say that the ugliness of this season and the absolute viciousness of some of the women (I can’t call them “ladies”) is not entertainment and I’ll not be tuning in next season. I’ll come here for TT’s recaps and that’s as much of the RHOOC as I can stomach.
I think at this point Vicki should just move on with her life. Be happy. Let these stupid bitches go on. I bet she would be happier. I truly wonder if she can stand not doing the show.
Tamra is the devil.
You know… Used to be that the Housewives were fun fluff to watch and see how others lived, sometimes a travelogue on the vacations but ….some of the franchises..ATL was the first one to go south for me, no pun intended., now OC…have just become unwatchable. I live in the OC and these ladies behaviors are just an embarrassment. I’m embarrassed for the OC as most people are not like this and embarrased for them. Seriously…do you need the paycheck and/or attention that badly to make or allow yourselves to be made a fool on a public stage? Rhetorical question I imagine.
Erkain: I used to be irritated there were no asians being represented on the housewives, but then I realized how thankful I am. (Because, Disgrasians!)
I cant watch this show anymore. Thinking on WWHL when Andy asks Vicki if she could trust Tamra, and Vicki said “yes”. What a fool. Why do these rich ladies want to befriend Tamra so badly? Who hasn’t she two-faced?
My thoughts are that Tamra must keep blackmailing people, or something similar. To me, Vicki seems like she’s almost afraid of her. Like she has no choice but to “forgive” Tamra. There’s no other explanation for her not having been excommunicated yet.
In previous seasons, Tamra and Vicki had to come together during filming to go after others in the cast. In the past couple of season, they’ve come together because each would rather have the other as an ally rather than an enemy. This is only my opinion of course. It’ll be interesting to see what happens next season. Yes, I’ll be watching. Why not? They never cease to amaze me. It’s not like I have to give up any of the shows I REALLY enjoy – I just record it and watch whenever.
ADMIN EDIT: PLEASE STOP POSTING IN ALL CAPS. READ THE COMMENTING RULES BEFORE POSTING AGAIN!
Hey do yall remember last year when we were so damn tired of hearing about “the cancer” on RHONJ and we we all sighed in relief when the season was over? We were so fast to say that even though you never know what to expect from from bravo that NOTHING would be talked about like “the cancer”!
When do we get our trophies for being the biggest suckers in bravo history? Hahaha
I wouldn’t be surprised if Andy made “cancer” the secret word for the drinking game on WWHL.
Jesus. That would be just the sort of thing he would do.
When you hear this word, drink until you feel like you had chemo
I love Vicki!! Every other HWs are twats ! I love her blog txs for blogging and putting in your opinions also puts everything in perspective
I just want say thank you for such a thoughtful and humane post. The comments were, for me, inspirational. I know I sound a bit over the moon about a reality show post. But I am impressed. It is so rare to read something on the internet, especially about reality tv, that is so real and empathetic. A woman is going thru hell, we see it and support her. She’s surrounded by a coven of evil. We see that too. There isn’t the usual pile on, on the victim. Just wanted to say “thank you”.
Tamara get your groove back. At risk of being thrown out, I just wanted to say, what the hell? You’ve lost your edge. I think the move has broken something. I know it broke my computer. I can’t be on your site for more than 30 seconds before I am locked up and have to get off. I’m sorry you beautiful sarcastic heart ripper outer, where did you go? I ran out of ADD pills. That is my excuse. my computer will probably shut me out before this gets posted, (I hope), been drinking!!!… but you’ve not been yourself lately. I’m sorry. I’m sure this is a monster of a job and I am just saying give em hell bitch. You are the woman. Light the fire. Bring these bitches to there knees. Just kidding. Just do your thing. I hope I am not the first to be brought to her knees. Your to late for that. I’ve been on my knees for years. (Not that way.) (countdown to anihlation (spelling!!) 10, 9,8,7,6…..0 BOOM)
Donna,
A few things to tell you, first, you are on a laptop with Internet Explorer as your browser. So am I. I’ve had the same problem commenting on my blog since the move. Ist get Spybot Search and Destroy it’s free on sites like CNet. Delete everything they tell you too. Make sure all your drivers are up to date. Then when you pull up a new page, don’t try to scroll or comment until all the videos load. Never type when a video is playing.
As for my “edge” I just call it like I see it. YMMV.
tt
3rd try to comment. Free Cnet wants me to pay 20 to 50 dollars. Had to google YMMV and only got your mileage may varie”. Don’t understand any of it but I appreciate your help. I cannot afford $50 free downloads.
@Donna I Googled Free Skybot search and destroy CNET – that may help.
Wait I am confused, didn’t I read on here a hypotheses suggesting that Brooks had cancer but it was in remission. For the sake of the show he/Vickie reenacted the situation for the current season and Brooks did it for Vickie. TT, I thought that was your stance and if I that is your stance, what made you now are sympathetic to Vickie? I agree she has had some bad situations lately, her mother dying and Brooks leaving her. Do these things balance all the fowl things that she has done or is a pass because she has had a lot of heartache. I’m done with this show. It was too dark and the people were too mean to one another.
Should have read…..If that is your stance, what made you now sympathetic to Vickie? I don’t know how that came out the way it did……
The moral of the story is, if you don’t want your life (pretend life or real life) don’t go on reality TV.
I think vicki is a terrible person. I don’t feel sorry for her at all. She expects from her friends and family things she has never given in return. Viewers line her pocket with a bravo check and took her business from her spare bedroom to a multimillion dollar book of business. I don’t feel like I owe her anything. I think she reaps what she has sewn.
I’m with you.
BG: it might just be us here. I think vicki and Tamra are birds of a feather. I also find it telling that Heather has announced her distance to vicki and how all the cast are adamant that Brooks and Vicki purportedly lied. That is not an opinion you would want to be wrong about. You would have to be quite sure. Especially someone like Heather, who has a normalish personality/character and husband whose profession requires him/his wife to be pragmatic, respected, and not a drama queen.
I would never want to be the one to questions someones illness. Here comes the BUT… Does anyone else find it odd that in her blog she has suddenly went from being adamant that Brooks has cancer, to “I BELIEVE Brooks has cancer…” and “…I didn’t have enough information…”
I sure as hell know if MY partner had cancer, I’d bloody well know about it. Is she trying to dig herself out of a hole incase it all comes out? Discuss:
I’m with both of you. Hate to say it but looks like this is my last season. I don’t care enough about any of these women. I was sympathetic to Vicki losing her mother. When my grandmother died (she raised me) I developed double pneumonia and went straight into the hospital after the funeral, none of which I have any memory of. The thought of allowing that information to be filmed while it was happening would be lower than low.
Mark, all I know for sure, is something in the buttermilk ain’t clean. It’s so convoluted at this point, who really knows? We all have out suspicions (which is the whole point) but I can’t, beyond a reasonable doubt, say whether Brooks had cancer…or has cancer…and how much Vicki knew or didn’t know. I don’t know. I think TT said something in a previous blog, that this would all go unresolved (or something close to that) and I had to agree. I think if Vicki doesn’t talk, Brooks won’t talk, and I will never know for sure. For some reason, unbeknownst even to me, I’m going to give Vicki the benefit of the doubt for whatever her reasoning was though. I think mainly it’s because she had a shit year and it showed.
i don’t think Vicki is a terrible person, and understand how painful it has been for her to lose her mother, but I’ll never understand why she’s continues to risk everything — divorcing her husband, alienating her daughter and her other family members, threatening financial stability and embarrassing herself season after season for that loser/grifter Brooks? What is it? Is he that good in bed? Is it that he kisses up? Or is he abusive?
Absolutely, yes, the man is capable of faking cancer because that’s what he’s about and has always been about.
Why is it when Vicky ( Troll ) cries she sheds not one TEAR! REEALLY
I think Folks should STAY OUT of someone’s medical business! It was nobody’s business whether he had cancer or not. When Meghan kept playing “investigator” I just shook my head! When someone tells you they have cancer…offer your sympathy and LET IT GO until THEY ask for your help! Heather should have been too busy with her house being built, Shannon should have been busy trying to work on her marriage, Meghan had her hands full with her step daughter, her husband and finding a place to live and Tamara was suppose to be working on her “inner” self…so how in the hell did they have time to question someone’s medical condition!…smh. After Vicki lost her mother..it should have been about HER…not the man no one could stand! I was surprised at Heather’s cattiness this season since she was so “Above Reproach” season’e before! And can Tamara get baptized and an hour later gossiping…
I will be tuned in for the reunion and next season too…I’m a fan but the ladies were ridiculous this season.
In regards to Heather, I have felt she has been the one to back off the cancer question the most through out the season (besides Lizzie, who wasn’t forced to attend these functions where Megan, Tamra and Shannon made it the main topic)
BUT, honest mistake or not, Vicki actively involved Heather and Terry and Terry’s standing as a doctor. If Brooks is faking, then she is mixing Terry up in that controversy. If he isnt… then there is a matter of not contacting his primary cancer doc, etc out of professional courtesy.
I don’t think Heather is that aggressive of a fighter, and certainly hasn’t been a screamer like ANY of the others (except again, for Lizzie, and of course Lynn) But I get the feeling you mess with her family, she’ll cut a bitch.
Cancer may have risen to the superficial surface as a storyline but it really comes down to the fact people don’t like feeling like they are being lied to.
I’m relieved to be nearing the end of the season with the OC ladies. I’ve found it difficult to watch much of this (and have turned off or fast forwarded through many episodes) as I know two people who have faked terminal illness. I’ve been moved here reading other people’s experiences with this same problem. Both folks had family histories of the diseases and manufactured medical evidence; one was convicted of SSDI fraud. One of these was a work-colleague who manufactured a neurological condition that ran in her family; now ten years later, this still irritates me because of all the work that fell on me when she took sick and then disability leave. The other was the sibling of a friend; they lost their mother to uterine cancer when they were in their early 20s and their mother her early 50s. The sister had a hysterectomy for fibroids and decided to fake having cancer for all of the care and financial support she received from her relatives. They figured it out after about a year and it’s obviously a terrible, sad situation.
I’ve never been a fan of Briana’s, but I’ve felt for her the past few years. I mean, how could she really be expected to get past Brooks advocating violence towards her? And her mother staying with that person and turning around and accusing her of being a “shit stirrer” — yuck. And then we learned about Brook’s previous pancreatitis confession, and that he did not in fact have pancreatic cancer with its super-low survival rate.
I can only assume that much of the dynamic in Vicki’s WWHL was to preserve revelations coming at the reunion. She looked like a hostage, but I can’t say I felt much sympathy for her. She made this bed.
That said, I have much sympathy for Vicki for the loss of her mother. Those episodes too were difficult to watch.
She was not, however, being nailed to a cross. (sigh)
I was actually cheering as I read TTs purple pen commentary.. cheering! I couldnt agree more.. and im shocked at how many idiots out there feel otherwise.. in the Twitterverse.
As a long time housewives viewer, I believe the story lines are not interesting any more, to the point
of tedium and excessive “mean girl” intrusion. I do not enjoy any group ganging up endlessly on one person. On OC Vicki is not alone in her honesty being questioned but they sure act like each is blameless.
I do not enjoy it so this fan is OUT.
A person can have non-Hodgkins lymphoma and not require any chemo until the white blood cell count goes above a certain number. They can lives for years and only require blood transfusions. The only cure is a bone marrow transplant. My opinion is that Brooks doesn’t have cancer. His proof would have been a copy of his blood work with his wbc count. Not a CT scan. A friend of mine has it, travels, takes medication and has lots of bruises. If you really have NHL then you know tons of info about it. I never doubted my friend because her explanations make sense and she answers everyone questions no problem. She said Brooks doesn’t have it. You have to visit doctors every month for blood work, iron counts etc. If your wbc count is high enough for chemo then you don’t just stop it without getting very sick.
Not a big fan of Vicki . But im with her on this. Meghan shutup! Mind ya buisness. You look like a fool right now. Growup!
Love the purple pen! ?
On the Jul 13 wwhl Tamra said to Andy that she knew about David’s affair as far back as the previous reunion. As usual, the little shit stirrer is pulling the strings.
As for Shannon and her betrayal from Vicki, Lizzie said in her latest bravo blog that Shannon had told her too. So basically Shannon confided to the kids, family, Vicki, her dry cleaners, her manicurist, her hairdresser and half the town and swore them all to secrecy but did not want Tamra and Heather to know until after the finale. WTH?! The vodka has pickled her brain.
Shannon is the biggest fool in the world to think Tamra and Heather are her friends.
Heather didn’t say she knew about the affair until SHANNON said that Heather knew about the affair and didn’t say anything. (Actually, not sure if I have heard Heather admit that she knew.
It really did not look good that Vicki played 100% dumb when questioned about that IV story, if in fact, she did know what it was about and what her role in it was. She could’ve implied it was a big misunderstanding, without explaining in detail given the situation of her wanting to leave- but to play like she never heard anything about it and had no idea? That’s odd and definitely makes people wonder what else she played dumb about but there is actual story behind.
I get it, she’s been through the wringer, truly, but she hasn’t done herself any favors with how some of this was handled. It’s a shame.
The IV part of the blog was the part that gave me pause. I was like, okay, Vicki is going to call Brianna, her daughter that HATES Brooks guts, in the middle of the night? Brianna doesn’t seem particularly nice during the day, I can’t imagine waking her in the middle of the night over Brooks. There is definitely a rat here, although I don’t know who or what Vicki is covering for. Anyway, it’s bullshit. Of course, she’s quick to take responsibility so the whole thing will blow over sooner. I like Vicki, and actually support her, but come on…
Watching these group of “ladies” always makes me feel better about myself and my friendships. As the countess would say Money can’t buy you class and these stellar ladies are living proof of that.
I posted that all the ladies knew about the affair at the reunion–In the first episode Shannon said she found out about the affair on April !st ( reunion filmed July 14) Tamra was on WWHL (believe the night the episode aired) and threw out she already knew about it—Shannon was on the following week (w/Dorinda) and Andy brought it up–Shannon said not only did Tamra know–But all the ladies knew before she did.
The Beadors were so very deceptive and braggy about their marriage at the reunion–We’re closer than ever–We don’t even know if he was living w/her when it filmed—
I had never posted anything anywhere until I was aware of this–People needed to know their favorite housewife was a calculating, manipulative deceiver and I blasted the timeline out weekly since August, not much response–I still believe viewers should know the truth, maybe you can get that out there. Thanks for your time
I have been posting about Shannon knowing about the affair since the first episode–She found out about the affair on April 1st–Reunion shot July 14th (Was David still moved out?) They sat there and proudly told all of us how great their marriage was. Tamra on WWHL that same evening said she knew about the affair at the reunion. Shannon was on WWHL the following week (w/Dorinda) and said all the ladies knew before she did–I’ve tried to find out if production knew about the affair when they shot reunion. I suggest watching it again, Shannon is so deceptive. I’ve never posted anything-anywhere until I realized Americas fav housewife was full of crap–Please don’t delete me again and try to find out if Bravo knew about the affair and wanted the big reveal, or if Shannon and David wrote their own happy script. Andy did seem surprised when Tamra said she knew. Thank-you
Might I have occurred to you that I might be sleeping between 4:30 and 6 am when you went on your posting rampage?
I’m very sorry, it didn’t occur to me that posting would wake you. {perhaps my age is showing and I only use desktop computer that’s powered off when I sleep} And no rampage– I thought the first post was gone and re posted. I was so glad to see after months, someone besides myself write about The Beadors faking a 3 part reunion. I clock in at 5;00 and I do sincerely apologize, there was no intent to wake you
No problem Patty! I just thought you were complaining that your comments were all in moderation. You didn’t wake me you can post anytime of day or night, I just usually go to bed very late and don’t get to moderating again until noon or so depending on what crises await me in my morning mail. Just a misunderstanding. 🙂 You should be fine to comment without moderation now.
If vicki doesn’t come back, I will not watch this show. The other women need to get over themselves!!!