By Amanda Z.
Ah ladies in gents we are back to see what is happening with the ladies of the outer DC area. I am Amanda Z. long time reader first time recapper as it were. Let’s trudge through the layers of foundation and wig glue together shall we?
We return to the middle of another messy dinner at Nemacolon, semicolon? I don’t know some resort Bravo paid for. Cherisse who is trying to be the Marlo of the Potomac is dropping the bomb that Karen’s husband Uncle Ben asked her for a divorce. What I do not love is Cherisse bringing private conversations out over desert to keep the camera on her. No one could talk about her failed marriage but she can trot Karen’s dirty laundry out when it suits. Karen tries to wrap this up saying it was a long time ago. Way to sweep that under your wig cap Karen.
HOW DO YOU REFUSE A DEGREE!!!!! Whenever I am a step away from being on Karen’s side she always punches me in the face with her delusion. Girl you cannot refuse a degree. Your parents cannot purchase one from Neiman’s and gift it to you in a box.
Anyway Karen continues down the yellow brick road of dreams and tells the ladies about her lifestyle brand/perfume line she is going to start in the midst of her husband’s legal and financial troubles. I smell shell corporations. Karen may have never had a joint account with Ray but I am sure whatever money they have is being funneled right through her new business venture. Or Maybe Gizelle got to the heart of the issue saying Ray wants a divorce so they can divest assets.
Ashley trots out in Karen’s wig which was weirdly stored in a grocery store bag that’s probably why her hair looks so dry all the time. But she does do a pretty spot on Karen and it’s nice to see the ladies laughing with each other. Yes, Ashley call this a success especially compared to you have the ladies in twin beds during your first season.
Mini recap sequences! Yay let’s see all the ladies spin the trip their way:
New girl Candace is still agitated that people are asking about her finances after she told everyone about her finances. She gets not sympathy from me.
Monique is still trying to repeat that I was so tired I ran into a tree story. Trying to convince everyone else as much as herself. Look you have your cousin/best friend/assistant helping you cut carrots on a random Wednesday your life is not that hectic you can’t squeeze in a nap.
Ashley is drink shaming Monique which I find really rich since you rarely see her without a Corona. Ashley get your house in order and maybe get Monique an Uber next time if you are worried about her being “tired”
Gizelle pulled out her best preacher’s wife hat from her old life complaining about Sherman not talking to her in over a day. I hate the name Sherman but I would also be a tad pissed if my boo went missing for 29 hours. She is right communication is key and the news coverage might be freaking him out.
Candace Mother’s money is sure going to buy her a beautiful wedding. This ballroom is stunning. I can see this being a hard dynamic. The wedding lady is trying to be diplomatic explaining costs but what she wants to say is you need more money for what you want. Candace’s enabler, sorry Mother is bringing up old hurt I am sure she is harboring and unloads on Candace and Candace rightly gets upset and she is also right to say it is not time and the place. Broken family dynamics can be hard to look at kind of like her mom’s aggressive eyeshadow.
Am I the only one confused as to why Ashley keeps calling her Mom’s boyfriend of FIFTEEN YEARS her friend? Yall knew he was trash before you rented the house for her. If they really thought this lady was about to dump her partner of over a decade both Michael and Ashely are delusional. Ashley’s mom says her family is a hindrance to her being herself and starts crying. She is deflecting saying Michael won’t call her back but I can see how she is manipulating her child with these tears.
I am confused by this event and the accompanying outfits. I see capes, ruffles and nip slips but if they like it I love it. Who is this Sue lady? Another Assistant? A Scentertainment professional? So Karen doesn’t have scents to preview she is just having the ladies smell fragrances. This isn’t a focus group because there is no focus in this group until we get to the real matter at hand: Monique v Ashley
Here is the thing if we are being adults we all have driven home after we have had a couple drinks. Might not have been the safest of most legal thing to do but we have all done it. Ashley’s mistake was even speaking about how many drinks were had especially since you drove home too after a six pack. Moniques mistake here is climbing up her high horse and saying she is an actual business woman and Ashley gets an allowance. Let’s not conflate the two issues especially because until Monique can show some incorporation papers or some sales receipts the money she is spending is her husbands. So pot meet kettle.
HA! You see scent pro Sue tell Matt to take control of the situation, and then did you see Matt sit right back down with his glass of champagne? (Matt is a whole mood)
I am sure these ladies have been put out of better places but now they are arguing in the street. In all seriousness none of these ladies should want to fight Robyn she is from Baltimore and that is all I am going to say about that.
We are going to leave it right there for now. Come back next week to see if Karen starts to moisturize her wigs finally, if Gizelle finds matching gloves for her church lady hats, and if Cherisse continues to get more screen time than new girl Candace.
No disrespect Monique but I don’t think Robyn is whatcha want. She looks real sturdy and def looks like she can hold her own. I hope it doesn’t get to that point tho. They’re both too pretty to be scrapping in the middle of the street. I guess we willl find out next week.
I don’t know Monique looks like she can handle her own….Probably would be a good little scuffle….
Thank you Amanda, Lord I’ve wanted this recap these ladies are a trip I don’t even know where to begin it’s all a big fabulous mess that’s why I like watching this show and yes I agree with Robyn nobody should ever get her face just saying.
I do feel bad for Ashley she’s in a rock and a hard place if I was her I would just give Mom some time because it’s unfair of her mom to put her in that situation and be real with the husband letting him know that she’s giving her mama sometime and after which time if mom is still is going to use manipulation then we just rent the house out to somebody else tough love? Yes but it’s not fair to her I would never do that to my children they come first not me.
Monique Monique Monique sit down please reorganize everything take some stuff off that you don’t really need to do you’re just doing it for your ego and worry about your family and maybe you’ll have less bottles of wine in a day.
Karen you know what I’m not even touching that when she did right, I probably would have done the same thing not lying that’s all I have to say on that one. it’s nobody’s business what her and her husband personal love life is about and if she doesn’t want to share it so be it she shouldn’t have too.
I love these messy ladies of Potomac
Even if these ladies don’t have a corporation of their own, they are married and their husbands income is technically theirs as well. Saying that their husband is giving them an allowance is implying they are not an equal
partner. If that’s how their husband feels he should have adopted a pet not married a woman.
I agree totally but Ashley and monique are in the same boat so monique should pipe down
I really thought that Monique and Robyn were going to throw it down and my money is definitely on Robyn if that ever happens. Robyn does NOT play.
For some reason I thought that Cherisse wasn’t going to be on this season but she just keeps showing up. She’s messy and awkward. Hmm. Okay most of the time the ladies are messy so I’ll go with awkward. She really does seem to just be throwing stuff out in a desperate attempt to be relevant.
Karen’s fragrance thing was lame. What exactly is Matt’s purpose. Sitting around with a goofy grin?
Ashley’s situation with her mom just makes me sad.
Great recap Amanda!
What color are Matt’s eyes? Green? Who is this person?
I looked him up yesterday. He actually is in PR. I’m still scratching my head as to why he allows Karen to call him her “assistant”, but I guess Matt gets the final laugh when he chuckles all the way to the bank and scores all this national TV exposure.
At the very least, Matt’s already proven he’s a worthy cast member with those priceless facial expressions whenever the ladies go ham and cheese on each other.
Matt was working at a title company, he was on the clock, when Karen went to his ‘office’ to speak to him about the fragrance. Where did she get him from?
Love “going ham and cheese on someone.” It makes me think about Jon Hamm (it doesn’t take much to make me think of him!.)
atdleft, is that a Southern quip??
Lord have mercy, I thought that Karen had lured those women to that hotel meeting room to ply them with liquor and recruit them to sell MLM essential oils. 😂
Good Lord! These girls are giving RHOA a run for their money!! What stands out to me is Ashley’s mothers poor me manipulation. Just awful. Very uncomfortable to watch. I thoroughly enjoyed the “green-eyed blotches” reactions to the fight at Karen’s, um, event. She’s quite the piece of work that Karen.
Everyone doesn’t drink and drive sometime in their life. If anyone is telling you that they are justifying their irresponsibility. I for one drink only at home or if there a sober driver.
Both Monique & Ashley (30′ after beers is not enough) are endangering not only themselves and others. This is a very big deal to me. I have lost two friends to drivers who just had a couple of drinks with friends.
Sorry if I am being preachy.
I cannot help but like Karen. Nothing happens that rattles her off her throne. She may tell everone she has sunshine not rain and she believes it. Her crown is straight. I admire that.
Her crown may be straight but her wig is not. Sorry, I had to. 😘
LOVED this recap!
Your thoughts are pretty spot on. Monique building a business with her husband’s money is a TAD bit different than Ashley, but it’s still a bit hypocritical.
What I didn’t like is all the fake concern Ashley was pulling. I’m usually an Ashley fan, but she was dead wrong for what she did to Monique and deserved the rage. How is she up here talking about Monique driving under the influence when she had even MORE alcohol than Monique did? Her response was “but I didn’t wreck my car.” Girl bye!
And don’t get me started on the green eyed bandits. They STAY jealous. Monique is so much better than them. Not a fan of Robyn in the least bit. I don’t like Gizelle, but she gives some of the BEST shady confessionals!
This is one of my favorite housewife seasons!
Ashley opened a restaurant with her husband’s money. I definitely agree that marital money is shared I just wish monique wouldn’t try to out down Ashley when they are in the same situation.
And yes those green eyed ladies are the best peanut gallery ever!!!!
That’s true, but it’s also his restaurant. I think the projects that Monique is doing are independent (not financially obviously). That’s the big difference I can highlight. I think it was just an easy read against Ashley considering all the things she’s going through with her relationship. It wasn’t cool of her to hit below the belt. But If I were Monique, I can’t help but think I’d react the same to Ashley throwing out damaging assertions.
YES Monique’s drinking didn’t help her “tiredness”. She needs to admit that it didn’t help that she had a drink while being so tired and just be thankful her accident wasn’t more serious. The unfortunate thing is that her drinking is actually being forced onto us as a storyline. This is exactly what the producers wanted, and I feel bad for being blindsided.
This is becoming my fave franchise…TT was a hoot when she recalled one week, but enjoyed this one as well.
I agree Monique had no business saying Robyn was on an allowance – but loved that comeback nonetheless. Lol
On a network full of crispy housewives shows with storylines that just fall apart (or hardly even exist, as in RHOBH), RHOP has really been delivering! Hell, Karen’s crazy wigs are enough to keep me entertained all night long.
I feel you re Karen. Just when I start to feel some kind of sympathy for her financial mess, she tells a shit-ton of lies and hurls all kinds of condescending nonsense at the other women. Still, at the very least, she’s definitely delivering the drama this season…
As is Monique. I get that her life is super hectic right now. My life is getting more hectic this week. Still, you won’t see me working on a story while driving on the freeway just after I’ve had a couple margaritas. She really needs to work on finding the right balance for everything.
And my heart really goes out to Ashley. I also have a strained relationship with my mother, so I understand how difficult that can be. We can offer help to others, but we can’t make them help themselves. They must want to fix their own lives. And if they’re not willing to make better choices, then sometimes the only thing left to do is step away.
I am vigorously shaking my head in agreeance!
I totally agree with you on Ashley. The way to do it is not cut her off immediately but give a deadline to get it together. (like 3 or 6 months)The dependency on that amount money is crushing. Her mother needs to move into a 1 bedroom efficiency and live with her man on her own financial independence. If she wants to be in a relationship where she is the sole support system then let her. Ashley did her no favors by continuing to help her financially all this time.
But Ashley’s also worried about her little sister. She said her little sister would be living in a tent with the mom and boyfriend if Ashley didn’t support them. Possibly she chose that house because of the school district. Otherwise the house seems way too big if she just wants to keep her mom from being homeless.
If her mom is working full time, the only way she and the little sister should be homeless (in a tent) is if the mom and boyfriend and blowing the money. Possibly drugs or alcohol are involved.
Ashley’s mother is clearly a user! I come from parents that could never take a dollar from their kids, let alone ask. I can’t imagine why her mother thinks her daughters husband should support her and her loser bf. Her mother is well aware of how this is effecting her daughters marriage. How incredibly selfish. Unbelievable!!! I also took note of the text message she sent Ashley while she was @ dinner, where her mother asks for $500.
Does anyone actually believe Karen declined her college degree?!!! I’m still laughing over that one.
that was the best
Was she saying she went t college, earned all the credits and then said no thank you to the degree or that her parents offered to pay for college and she said no? It’s weird and confusing.
Thanks for the great recap Amanda Z!
It was too painful to watch Ashley’s interaction with her mother. The manipulation was off the charts. Although her mom explicitly stated that she’s not on drugs, I can’t help to wonder if some type of substance abuse is at play here.
Robyn is thug. Period. She uses her size to intimidate others (remember what she did with Ashely at the restaurant?). However, I think Monique could hold her own with Robyn if they threw down, lol. I loved the umbrella tactic!
Ashley is still my favorite but she knew what she was implying about Monique. She’s actually a master pot stirrer! Monique is no better than Ashley as far as being a “business woman.” As a matter of fact, do any of these women have any success outside of their husbands (or mother)? There’s no shame in this nor is there shame in trying to build something for yourself but let’s not pretend to be self-made here.
Was anyone else surprised what a good sport Karen was about Ashley’s impersonation? Not only did she take it with good grace, she was rolling!
I hope I never have to ask my kids for a penny. But if I do — AND I got against their terms of the agreement — you can be damn sure I’m not going to be complaining that their spouses get salty about it.
Ashley’s mother seemed so meek and mild in earlier episodes that I thought Michael was being cruel. But now I think we see what we’re dealing with. No straight answers from that mama, ever. Just a whole lot of attitude.
Ever notice how Robin has her nose in everyone’s business, and demands answers to very private questions? And, yet, gets all huffy if anyone questions her domestic arrangements. I can’t imagine any of
my friends questioning me about personal financial matters. No one I know would rudely question my
relationship with the IRS. Robin drills down on everyone’s private matters just for the fun of it, and to deflect attention from her own strange situation. I don’t like her.
^This
Just to add – She gets huffy and has the nerve to demand an apology or has Giselle demand an apology for her.
Yes, anything to deflect questions about her own strange life/
I like this show it has gotten good . I have watched from the beginning Thanks Lady C for recapping. these shows make us want to talk about them .I am truly baffled by how the RHW “s behave and pry into eachother’s business I have never had friends or family that does this to me but then I am an open book with them and do not have all the secrets these people do.
Whoever would of thought that Ashley has been going through this with her mom maybe she should get a Bravo check(the momma) she is giving Ashley a story .
I would help my Mom if she asked but I couldn’t ever fully support her.
I can not believe that her mother would in any way expect Ashley and her husband to support her why would she call Michael to ask for more time why when she insists on her BF being supported also do not blame Michael 1 bit for not allowing a grown man and woman to live of his dime .
Maybe Ashley should just sign her Bravo check over to her Mom and tell her if it doesn’t support you for a year tough crap.
Sorry Amanda Z thank you for re-capping I just read V Rules and mixed up the writers my apologies
Not a problem! And I agree with you on Ashley’s mom. If she wasnt trying to help herself then I wouldn’t jeopardize my marriage to help out
Trying to figure out what Robin being from Detroit has to do with anything…
I wanted just to say that mid-season trailer looks sooooooo good 😀