Since Andy is on tour with Anderson Cooper, none of his shows lately have been live. This one was filmed several days ago. Rumors immediately began to circulate that Vicki had thrown a fit over being second chair to Rita Wilson. The rumors claimed that VIcki was furious both before the show when she found out she was second chair and after the show when Andy treated her like shit. This is where the Vicki is fired/demoted came from. Those rumors are not true.
Let’s see how badly things went. Steve is the bartender and so far things look fine. Andy introduced Rita Wilson as his good friend Rita.
Sadly, we have a montage of RHOOC. Rita Wilson has a very strong opinion on Peggy’s cancernotcancer. She says that she had breast cancer and initially she was told that it was not cancer but her friend pressed her to get a second opinion on the pathology report and the second opinion said it was cancer. Rita says it is breast cancer awareness month and she thinks it is important that we all get second opinions and also believe someone when they say they have cancer. Vicki points out that last part did not work so well for her.
Next we get to see the RHOD clip where Leeanne loses her mind on Cary. I am so team Cary on this but you should check out Becky J’s recap and share your own opinions. I just don’t see why anyone would not like Cary. I don’t play a lot of attention to the show, I am basically just figuring out what photos to choose and where to insert them, so what do I know?
Andy basically says that going into Iceland, everyone hates Vicki. She says not everyone and Andy rolls some shady footage of housewives trashing her this season. It’s basically just Tamra and Shannon with the occasional Meghan.
Andy says that throughout Rita’s career she has worked with a lot of great faces, not unlike Vicki who is had a lot of great faces. #shade But it seems lighthearted and Vicki laughs. Andy asks her if she remembers debuting her new chin? Andy seems like he’s in a great mood and Vicki points out they have been through a lot. Or maybe that was Andy. Everyone seems to be in a great mood. Vicki helps Rita play her game where she has to guess former co-stars based on baby photos. I have zero facial recognition and Tom Hanks looked exactly like Tom Hanks in is INFANT photo!
Rita Wilson is an excellent guest. She is smart, funny and a housewives fan.
After the break, Andy introduces Vicki as being on the outs with everyone. She again corrects him and says it is only two people and they are trying to get on her side. Well it’s more like three and only Tamra is likely to jump back to your side. When Andy asks Steve how long they have been together and if it is love, Steve says 18 months and those words have been used. Hmmm… Andy actually covers for Steve saying he is shy and being respectful.
It’s time to unleash the callers on Vicki. A caller asks why she can’t be the bigger person and apologize to Tamra. Vicki says we only saw what we saw. She went in fully vested in apologizing for anything she has done to hurt Tamra. Tamra on the other hand came in with a “whats up?” attitude and didn’t seem to have remorse for anything she had done. Vicki said Tamra didn’t stay long and pretty much just stormed out. Well, Victoria, there were reasons why she did that.
A Vicki fan calls in and asks Rita who should apologize first, Vicki or Tamra. Vicki is irked by this question. She literally just said she went in willing to apologize. Vicki’s perception of the situation is not the same as what the audience felt while watching it. Rita says if you really care about someone you have to compartmentalize stuff and move forward.
A viewer asks what Vicki is most wanting to address at the reunion. She says you never know what direction the reunion will take but she is in a really good place in her life right now with her kids being back home and her relationship with Steve. She says there are two of the girls that she still has issues to work on (I think it is Shannon and Meghan) and they have to be willing to move forward as well.
A caller asks Vicki if she has talked to Kelly since news leaked she wanted a divorce. She says she just talked to her before flying to NYC and Kelly has sold her house and is getting ready to close. I love Kelly’s beach house! But should Vicki be the one announcing this news?
A caller asks Rita which star left her starstruck. She said there were two. First Princess Diana who came to a dinner after the premier of Apollo 13. She says she got up to go to the ladies room and then entire restaurant went dead silent as they all watched her walk to the ladies room. She had to cross the entire restaurant in dead silence as everyone watched her walk to the bathroom. The other person was JFK who was just a great guy who lived a very normal life.
Andy asks Vicki if he pissed her off at some point. He thinks she is irritated. She says no, she’s not upset with him but she feels like he whole Tamra and Shannon thing has her down and she feels like it has been blown way out of proportion. Vicki wants to move the show up from a show about conflict to more whooping it up and having fun!
It is interesting to note that Andy did not mention Vicki’s heart issues (which I for one believe she has) at all on this episode.
A caller asks Vicki why she can’t stop bringing up the Eddie is gay rumors. Rita give a side glance to Andy. Vicki claims that they are the ones that keep bringing it up. And Vicki, I try to support you, but didn’t you bring it up at the failed détente meeting with Tamra and then follow up with “maybe he just married you so he could own a gym?” Girrrrrl, you have to take some accountability.
Andy’s Mazel is for a dog with the longest tongue. I immediately thing that dog has nothing on Banjo. But then, Andy says he can give the dog a run for his money because he once won a longest tongue contest and proceeds to show us his tongue.
I hope this puts the Vicki being fired or demoted rumors to rest. The show was one of the best of the season and things were perhaps better than normal. Someone leaked that Andy said Vicki seemed pissed off and that lead to the fake stories about what seat she was sitting in and all sorts of nonsense. Don’t believe everything you read. That site that rhymes with my gaydar is fine is reporting that Nene was fired. Equally ridiculous.
I think Andy is trying to steer WWHL away from Bravolebrities hence why Vicki got the second chair (seems to be happening more often these days with Bravo guests)….I doubt Andy will go far in building rapport with regular celebrities…he is void of any genuine emotion
Andy already has “ins” with regular celebrities. Not so much his social media (Instagram) account, but others show that. Hell, his friendship alone with Sandy Gallin and to a lesser extent, Bill Persky (both of whom, I believe, had a mentor relationship with him to some degree) would provide that “in” without him being in front of the camera.
Now, I will say that I think he is trying to make sure WWHL survives without the Housewives. But it still gives me joy when you have someone as delightful as Rita Wilson (and I get the feeling she is that nice in real life) is a Housewives fan.
So Andy deserves the Mazel.
I think Vicki’s time has come. She really is a toxic and narcissistic person, beneath the woop it up. I no longer get any joy from watching her special brand of crazy. In the past there was enough authenticity and humanity to keep me supporting her and finding her funny in an absurd way, but I dont see that coming across anymore. If someone were to say the same about Tamra I wouldnt disagree either. Continuing to mention her daughter on the show long after her daughter and ex husband begged her not to…unacceptable.
Rita Wilson was great. Loved her side eye when AC asked Vickie about her bringing up Eddie being gay . VIckie lied again about not bringing it up. Everyone knows. Yes AC was hard on VIckie. I think she deserved it.
Steve as bartender… really… he never watched RHOC?
SHady answer if VIckie and Steve are in love..
I enjoyed Vicki and Rita last night. I don’t think it matters who is the the first seat. The outer seat is the best because 1. Farther away from Andy 2. Get to show off your dress, shoes and legs. 3. Closer to the bar 4. More room to stretch out 5. Easier to greet unexpected guests 5. Farther away from Andy ( I had to open and close with that one) I enjoy Vicki and would prefer her to always be on RHOC. Shannon is kinda aggressive, loud and passes the blame for everything. She has never done anything wrong, never yelled at people because she is angry at someone else. She knows it is public record about David’s domestic violence, she called the police! Having mediums,fortune tellers and anything along those lines is a big no no for Christians. Tamra could go to a Bible study group and just ask about that. I can understand Tamra’s anger at Vicki over the Eddie thing. However Tamra says she forgives easily and moves forward. Actions speak louder than words. I think Vicki has apologized enough, if I were her I would give Tamra and Shannon the cold shoulder right back to them. I hope they go the way of Heather Dubrew. I will never forget Tamra screaming at the top of her lungs into Vicki’s ear those vulgar obscenities , not a good look for a new Christian or any human being for that matter.
Are you really watching OC? You can’t apologize for something you don’t admit to.
ITA
I don’t know if Vicki threw a fit, but Andy did ask her if he upset her at one point. She denied it. But the thing with being the OG of the OC which is the original HW show, Andy has known her long enough to know her body language. I think he was checking her a little when he told her to check out Rita Wilson’s IMDB.
Frankly speaking, when you work for Andy like the HW do and there is a celebrity like Rita on, you should EXPECT to be in the #2 seat to provide support and keep the conversation going (in case said celeb doesn’t bring the goods. Not the case with Rita, but it has happened).
I completely agree. I hope Vicky wasn’t upset about the seating because the seating was correct. Rita Wilson has been in Hollywood forever, long standing marriage to John Travolta and still does one woman sold out singing gigs.
You ever notice Jeff Lewis always takes the outside seat no matter who the other guest is? I don’t think he wants the middle chair. Personally I think it would look weird if Jeff and Andy sat next to each other.
ROFLMAO…. I can’t breathe…
Yeah me!
Right as rain! But I think her hubby is Tom Hanks? I always get their wives mixed up.
Oh your right sorry
I got them mixed up
OK Kelly Preston but same difference except as Tom Hanks wife Rita probably has more standing.
I get them mixed up too, but either one you are so right.
Well, at least she isnt his beard.
(I kid, I kid! )
Rita is not married to John Travolta. She is married to Tom Hanks.
Poor V
Vicki can go join Nene @ her Pity Party. ?
I am so over Fake Vicki! She lies about everything. She’s never wrong, ha! If which chair a guest sits in denotes their importance in “the industry” then Andy had it right! I’m sure vicki was bothered about the seating because she has quite the high opinion of herself (unwarranted, in my opinion). The Eddie is gay story was unforgivable, especially if she ever wanted tamra as a friend again. Not to mention that her boss is gay. Sorry, I think that she’s an idiot! I would love it if she left the show. Its doubtful that she would though. She thinks it’s “her show”.
I have been watching rhoc since the beginning & I think that it has run its course. It’s hard to like any one of them at this point. I find myself fast forwarding thru a lot, especially kelly & vicki. I love how kelly said that she “was a millionaire by” some age. I think the phrase should have been “I married a millionaire by” some certain age. She seems like a very unhappy, nasty girl with a nasty mouth.
It just seems to me Vicki lives in an alternate universe. She never, ever acknowledges her part in anything. Also, she is crazy like a fox. After Andy asked her if she was irritated with him for some reason (he is Mr. Shady),she made sure she made one more pitch for: I want to move forward and have fun, I want to bring the show up to a positive place. She clearly wants it understood if anyone is to blame for this season it is Tamara and Shannon. She should not be blamed, fired or demoted but they should.
There was clearly animosity between her and Andy. First chair means something to HER and she made that known in her attitude.
And the last two comments said it all. It is absolute IDIOCY that VIcki would have any reaction other than honor to be in the same session with Rita Wilson- let alone think of herself as deserving a better seat. ( Not that I think much of Rita Wilson, but if Vicki ever was the OG of the OC, and a D list celebrity ,she is now off the list all together after these past four seasons.)
She is DELUSIONAL to think she has anyplace in TV other than that of a reality bit player who was lost and desperate, and never found her way. After several years of choosing, funding and “falling for” a loser who would not pay his child care bills, except with her own money, driving her car, as she paid for his teeth. Her business judgment, integrity and self worth were missing, as she allowed this scum bucket to manipulate and use her, in an ugly attempt to lie about having cancer to gain sympathy and money in cancer scams. She lied , and still does , and fails to acknowledge any of it. Now she plays up physical accidents to garner sympathy and casseroles-exaggerating and overindulging herself to get more attention.
She has been dragging the show down with her as she fell so low. And she does not even see it, At this point, after all the terrible decisions she has made, and the lousy judgment she has displayed, I would be shocked if Vicki’s business is more than a shell corporation. When we met her, it was a two man production office and she was using a secretary to try to generate business. It was certainly not generating millions. Ever partnership has led to lawsuits and tangled out of court settlements,- in each case she thought she was smarter than her partners; in each case, she was not.
Has she done more surgery to change her face and enhance her body every single year in the off season? As I watched the pictures last night, I was reminded just how thoroughly she has
resculptured her face-eyes, nose, cheeks, chin, all of it. She has spent these years attempting to recreate herself ,to be something better than she was, and never found it.
What a shame-no sense of self.
Vicki needs a good deal f therapy to get her arms around how she has destroyed her reputation ,and her life. I wish her well but don’t want to hear her name ever again.
Yes! This!!
All of it!!!
Innocent people are literally being mowed down by gunfire at country music concerts, churches, schools, movie theaters, etc. and Vicki is bent out of shape about inferior chair placement next to an A-list celebrity on a late night talk show. I just can’t, it doesn’t matter, Vicki.
I know this is reality tv, and we need you to be somewhat superficial and entertaining, but please. Don’t get your panties in a wad about shit like this.
Vicky looks FAB this season…..and when she asked Kelly a couple of episodes back if one could die from a broken heart (or there abouts), it made me feel so sad for her….
She’s playing the sympathy card now and you fell for it. Broken heart? She has Steve. Only reason she wants to move on with Tamra is for future seasons of Bravo money.
Doesn’t need the money, all about the fame, I’m the OG of the OC.
Vicki really doesn’t seem like the diva type. That is something Nene would pull.
She needs to marry Steve, he seems wonderful.
Steve is a real catch….and he seems like a great family man, the way he tends to her grandsons.
I’m not so sure about Steve. He appears great at first glance but I am hearing some condescending tones such as with Ryan about the gun gift. Something like “Yes I have always carried a gun while we go out. ..’. Very much reminded me of Brooks macho conversations with Ryan. As though Vickie (or women in general) are idiots.
Then I read that he tried to pass himself off as hispanic to gain the Latino votes in his failed election to sheriff.
He may be of hispanic descent, but the way he tosses in Spanish words with his strong American accent is inauthentic.
Sorry for posting too soon. Here’s the scoop:
1) In 2012 he ran for Anaheim City Council he requested that his name appear on the ballot as ‘Steve Chavez Lodge”. It’s not his legal name. Nor is that the same under which he is registered to vote or the name under which he owns property.
2) He then moved OUT of the district
3) When he ran again in 2016, he “moved’ into an apartment in the district, without any furniture!! The neighbors say they hardly ever see him.
It sure looks like two scams: 1) Trying to appear Latino and 2)faking residency.
Think we knew he was shady year ago.. VIcki goes for anyone who calls her beautiful.
She is so needy to be loved IMho.
….oh, and am I the only person who would PAY to whoop it up with TT and Vick???? Who’s in?
TT, we can represent the ghettos of ATL and Columbus, OH….(looks for some tequila vapors from my bar that was depleted 6yrs ago….)
Tamara and you? In a heartbeat…. Vicki never.
You just made me have an “aha” moment.
There isnt really anyone left on the OC that I would want to go drink with. Maybe Megan, but only if I had to pick one. I am at least 3 episodes behind and I dont really miss it.
Atlanta? Not total fans, but Id gladly have a drink with Kenya and/or Kandi. (Cynthia could be out DD) Id party with Melissa and Joe just because I think they would be fun. Id party with any and all of Bev Hills except Dorit.
Vicki was never a sympathetic character and now she’s just jealous morphed into a self absorbed unaware pathetic character.
Many here who Know hersay she is very arrogamt but then South Orange County is known as the land of entitlement
I see her arrogance shine through and it’s a turn off. Vicki is very affected by what other think of her and always feels like she needs to defend herself and her actions. Very quick to cut deep when she is crossed. That is someone who is basically very insecure. Some of the biggest arrogant people I have known have that basic flaw of deep insecurity that they cannot consciously i.d. and they defend their ego through arrogance.
And the whole Steve thing feels fishy. They skip around hard core statements about their true relationship commitments, using fluff words, and vague idioms when either of their feet are put to the fire about their relationship and its future. I am always left with a feeling that I am only getting half the story and that half of the story is about what they want the perceptions on their relationship to be rather than what it is.
no chemistry whatsoever…at least with Brooks, you could see that she was totally into him. She looks at Steve with blank eyes.
Jeff Lewis, who seems to be particularly influential with AC at least, has said several times that it’s time for Vicki to go. Kelly seems to see the writing on the wall, which is why she tried to make amends with the other side. I just think Vicki lacks the ability to even understand why they are mad at her, which is why she doesn’t feel she needs to really apologize.
Vicki gets the jackhole. Her face is a constant cancer scam reminder. Shove the shotski up her ads then we can Whoop it up.
I saw Vicki at a restaurant in Laguna Beach a few months ago. I remember when she looked really strange a few years ago after having fillers or whatever. Well whomever is her plastic surgeon now, he’s good! She looks amazing..natural, young. I just wish I knew who her cosmetic person was!!