I know this is late and I would normally skip it, but there was some interesting stuff said, so here is a quick recap of the highlights. Much is made of the constant discussion of Jesus and Satan on RHOOC this year. Andy also clears up that Alexis sent the email and asked him to share it with Tamra. She said he could read it on the air if he wanted, but she wrote it for Tamra. Which begs the question, “Does Alexis have Tamra’s email?” Alexis says that she ws not trying to judge. She immediately tweeted that she didn’t mean it to be judgemental. She just wanted Tamra to back up her baptism with her actions. Despite Tamra saying mean stuff about Alexis when cameras were rolling, she texted something nice to her during a break in filming.
They play a bit of an advice game where the guests give their opinion on what to do in certain situations that occurred this season.
Is Brooks faking cancer? Wendi says yes. Alexis says absolutely not. Andy confirms that Alexis knows Brooks.
Thought on Tamra’s custody battle? Wendi says when all of this plays out on social media, your kids suffer. Alexis says Tamra should listen to her daughter and stop bringing it up.
Thoughts on Heather’s huge house? Wendi says there’s no reason anyone needs 14 bathrooms unless you are running an AirBnB. Alexis says she’d have to put a GPS locator on her kids to keep track of them in there.
Were you shocked that Shannon took David back? Wendi says she is shocked when anyone says divorce is not in their vocabulary. Is sanity in your vocabulary? Is happiness? Alexis says they have a lot of courage to discuss it and no one knows what they would do in that situation.
Thoughts on Tamra’s latest boob job? Wendi says her boobs were not redone, they were filled with the love of Christ.
Thoughts on Meghan playing Nancy Drew? Wendi says she likes Meghan. Alexis says she is super entertaining to watch.
The sneak peek for the reunion finale has Andy asking Vicki if she is scared of Brooks. She nods. Andy asks if he is physical with her she says no, emphatically. Brianna starts shouting, “Yes he is, I saw it!” and grinning like a Cheshire cat, as all daughters to respect their mother’s privacy would do. Vicki says, you mean that time he shook my shoulders in the hallway? Brianna recounts a story about Brooks shaking Vicki by the shoulders with Vicki’s head whipping back and forth. Vicki downplays it. Brianna says if he would do that in front of 15 people who knows what he is doing behind closed doors.
Alexis says Vicki is like a sister to her now and everyone should just but out of her business and Brooks business and if Brooks does have cancer everyone should feel really bad about what they have done. It’s nobody’s business, let them take it up with the man above.
Andy asks if Alexis is friends with Gretchen. Alexis says that she has been very supportive over the whole situation about email she sent to Tamra. Andy said she email her support tonight as well.
A fan of Alexis calls I to ask her how she feels about Heather talking about money all season after criticizing Alexis for doing the same. Alexis says they all talk about money all the time. It’s just a matter of editing who gets shown doing it. It’s fine.
The poll question is Whose Side Are You On? Tamra or Alexis 59% said Alexis. This was her first ever poll win!
So…thoughts?
just curious……any particular reason you titled this with “gretchen rossi” instead of “alexis bellino?” 😉
Just to fuck with you.just to fuck with you.
I thought I was imagining that I read Gretchen Rossi the last time I logged in. Thanks for confirming that I not delusional. Crazy, yes!
I always liked Alexis. I felt she got a lot of crap on the show that she didn’t deserve. The other ladies mocked her faith, her looks, and her habit of talking about money. Yet all the girls do the exact same thing! Tamra’s storyline was religion, all the ladies have had cosmetic procedures, and Heather and Vicki both talk about money a lot. Vicki talks about making money and Heather talks about spending it. But I think it’s fine. We want to see their luxurious lifestyle. Alexis was sometimes competitive with the other women but she was much nicer than many of the other girls. I think Tamra has always been jealous of Alexis. From the moment she came on the show Tamra refused to be nice to her. Never understood why Alexis was so disliked by the cast. I hope things are going well for her and her family.
I agree and the only thing I could come up with was that maybe the other women were jealous of Alexis.
completely agree. she got a bad rap.
Alexis was so much nicer than the rest of these women! I prefer her & the dichotomy in her than the rest of those other women jockeying for position on the show. Dichotomy resides inside all of us & it’s those who accept & acknowledge it that thrive & learn from their mistakes unlike Gretchen Heather Vicki or Meghan. People can label each other but those who look deep inside themselves ( like Shannon & Brianna ) always manage to maintain a sense of self, humor and hubris.
Tamara’s massively insecure and immediately goes after anybody blonder and prettier-she went after Gretchen and Alexis for exactly that but played it as though it were for other reasons. I feel like she’s permanently stuck in 11th grade.
Whoever that is they look LAUGH OUT LOUD AWFUL!!!!!
And at first glance I truly couldn’t tell if it was Gretchen or Alexis. Nightmare face either way.
What is funny is I was catching up and watching this episode when I got the email ping. Crazy!
Decent episode. Alexis was honest with her answers, but not mean. (Well honest except for the Kim Davis thing)
What was disturbing on many levels was the clip. Sadly, I could see Vicki putting up with that from a boyfriend. She needs to be single for at least a year.
I’ve said it many times, I’m not going to criticize Brianna BC its possible she has seen things we will never be privy to and is really fighting for her mother. But what went down with the cast mates this season was unacceptable. Meghan wasn’t coming from good place, and Vicki s friends (Shannon and Tamra) should have supported her.
I think fornwhatever reason, Brianna and Vicki’s “pickers” are broken (meaning their ability to pick good men is lacking). When she screamed to Brooks that he advised Ryan to beat her, she mentioned that he should know her history or that she had been abused in the past.
While I don’t excuse Brianna and Vicki’s inappropriate behaviors….they both have some serious baggage that provides ample reasons for said behaviors and reasons why they pick douchebags for partners.
microop, why have you forsaken me? I can’t stand the “bc” instead of because. Lesser mortals have been sent toe the WLS for that. Please. I can’t with that. I’m an old woman with strange issues. “bc” is one.
Your friend,
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Then fight for your mother at home-like a normal person and not on national TV. Brianna started out as someone with potential (season one) but has turned into a nasty twat-I wish she and her cankles would stay in Oklahoma where she belongs.
I don’t like that eyebrow shape on Alexis. It doesn’t match her face.
Alexis came off really well.
Agree. Obviously watching her question regarding the Kim Davis question she had no clue, but I’m not going to get upset about that. I’m feeling these days like going of the grid about all things political. LOL
her answer to the question
I would love to know what she did to her face. It isnt good.
I agree. If Alexis is such a good Christian, she would not be lying about what she has done to her face. If it is truly, “just a little Botox and fillers”, she deserves a refund. Maybe we will see her on BOTCHED soon!!!
In that picture I’m getting a Joan/Melissa Rivers vibe from Alexis’ face. Why would someone still so young and beautiful do that? I think Alex seems mostly like good person and she’s a consistently supportive friend, unlike most of them.
When I saw Alexis the first thing I thought was, where are the duck lips? I’ve gotten so used to seeing her with ridiculously large lips that “normal” ones look strange on her to me. There is something else that has been done there too, not sure what.
She got the Vicki chin. And I sense some fuckery around her cheeks. I’ve no fucking clue why though. I always thought she was gorgeous. She seemed as smart as a bag of hammers, but was gorgeous.
If I were Brianna, my mother would disown me.
Alexis needs to lay off the plastic surgery. I didn’t recognize her!
I think I just figured it out. Chin and cheek implants. Her lips are the same. It’s just that her chin is sticking out more. And she’s possibly had some work done on her nose. I could totally be wrong.
Minky: I think you got it! She was ALWAYS wanting her new nose! She must have done a total overhaul. Methinks she was far more beautiful before.
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I thought Alexis looks beautiful and just thought she wasn’t wearing as much makeup. But y’all know me and my facial recognition issues, so I’ll defer to those who pay more attention.
I thought Alexis looked beautiful as well. I’m surprised that so many people are being critical of her looks.
I like Alexis I wish she was back on the show. I’d like Grethen back also and ditch Maghan. I’m all for a daughter having her moms back, that being said I don’t think Brianna’s concern comes from a genuine place. Even had Brooks been The Pope he wouldn’t have satisfied Brianna. She didn’t like how the relationship started and had her mind set on disliking him. Any other man in that same place with Vicki would have met the same results. A daughter purely out to protect their mom would surely not have tried to humiliate them in the process as Brianna has done to Vicki.
I thought Alexis looked great except for the bad spray tan. She was too orange.
For God’s sake, she didn’t know who Kim Davis was or even anything about her denying marriage licenses to gay couples. I don’t expect her to follow the presidential debates or the Benghazi hearings, but damn, the Kim Davis story was covered everywhere. Even E! News. Which I always assumed is where she got her news.
I wasn’t the least bit surprised she didn’t know who Kim Davis was. I was surprised that Andy didn’t mock her for it and just moved on only mildly exasperated. I was shocked when they played the game and showed an old reunion (season two I think) and four out of the five women claimed to have voted in the presidential election. My guess was zero.
I voted for Alexis five times. I was relieved that Alexis (Young Jesus Jugs) beat Tamra (Old Jesus Jugs). When TT recapped Jill on WWHL, people talked about her “great contouring make-up” which was actually a nose job and facelift. Now, Alexis is wearing much less make-up, has a longer darker eyebrow and people are talking about her “plastic surgery.” Oi vey.
I always want to like Alexis but I can’t. She is ok but then you meet her huge douche husband and I cannot stand him and the way he speaks to her. Cannot get past how shady he makes her look also.
When did you meet her husband. And why would him treating her badly make you not like her?
True I didn’t meet him. Something about him makes me not like him and the way he treats her is rude. I can’t put my finger on why I don’t like her but its them as a couple I think. She is I am sure a nice person. I find her a great mom. Maybe she got a bad edit several times. She came off as fake a lot.
That is a terrible pic of Alexis above, but on the show I thought she looked very pretty and not at all like there were any new face surgeries. It’s funny how housewives become so much less hated once they’ve been off tv a couple yrs. She came off well on WWHL, but I didn’t care for her as a housewife because as Blaine so eloquently stated above, she seems as smart as a bag of hammers. Plus she has that Herman Munster laugh..
Alexis was my favourite HW on rhoc and the one I’d want to be friends with. i bet Gretchen will forever regret the time she teamed with tamra over her. I thought the way alexia was treated by the others dreadful and unwarranted. I wish I could see this show.