When I stopped watching or recapping RHOC this season, I meant to give it a few episodes and check back in on the ladies. Then apparently, when This Is Us came back on, my DVR started recording that instead. Because my DVR is smart. If you had to choose between This Is Us and RHOC…I mean duh. Bravo is stupid to even program against that show. I literally forgot RHOC was even airing. What I don’t understand is why none of you guys emailed me to tell me all of the stuff going on! Now I am having to rearrange my schedule to record last weeks episode tonight!
So I am trying to fix my sleep schedule and actually get up IN THE MORNING and do sane things and pretend to be a sane person. So I am drinking my coffee, and wondering if there is anything to post about. It’s been a very slow news cycle. I head over to Daily Mail and browse their front page and there is a story about Braunwyn having threeways with he husband. I figure Vicki is sharing this information with them for a dollar or something. Nope. It was on the RHOC episode.
Can we talk about this? It’s a milestone birthday present for her husband? And she is sorta kinda friends with the third lady? I mean Katie Maloney eats a burrito for lunch and I get emails. But Braunwyn and her husband having threeways and it’s radio silence? What do y’all think about this? Plus, apparently Braunwyn and her husband think Tamra is “really pretty.” REALLY? My mind is BLOWN!
BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE!
Gina left the Miraval trip and quit the show? First of all, how long was that trip and are they still there? Oh, I just watched the after show and she “quit” RHOC during some sort of mental breakdown after a fight with Emily. On the after show it seems like Gina has totally gone to the dark side. I really need Gina and Emily to be friends!
EDIT BECAUSE I LEFT OUT CRUCIAL INFO. Gina “quit” RHOC in a fit of …. overwhelmedness. She was talked down once she got back home and calmed down.
So I am starting to think I need to recap RHOC tonight! TELL Me EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW!
I thought about asking you about Gina quitting RHOC, but I didn’t want to risk triggering you or going OT on another thread.
I broke down last week (well, in more ways than one) and caught up on the show. I’m still wrapping my head around Gina quitting, but it may truly be for the best. She doesn’t need that psycho shit in her life.
As for Braunwyn, perhaps we’ve been so desensitized by all the other crazy shit on all the Bravo shows (including what Vicki and Tamra have been saying about Kelly on this very show) that her speaking openly of ménage à trois/three-way hardly raises eyebrows. I’m just spitballing here, and I guess I’m glad you’re giving us a space to talk about this show that some of us still love to hate-watch. (I swear I’m trying to quit Bravo, and I don’t even turn on my TV on some days, but I occasionally break down because I’m just too curious.)
Sorry, I left out a key portion regarding Gina quitting. After she went home and had a chance to calm down she resumed filming.
PS My sanity is starting to try to return. Since our meltdowns often coincide, I’m visualizing a good day for you today.
I usually don’t like when my appointments get moved all over the place, but maybe it’s a blessing in disguise that I have to see my therapist today. I shouldn’t go into further detail, so I’ll just say these past 24 hours have been particularly difficult.
So wait, is Gina quitting the show or not? When she made the announcement on the RHOC after-show last week, the ensuing media coverage made it sound like this season would be her last. So she’s now planning on staying? I do fear for her on that show, but OTOH she probably has the most compelling storyline.
Hang in there. Today is a good day for doing things you don’t want to do that will make you feel better. I just loaded months of dirty laundry in the car and am headed to the fluff and fold. In a minute. Really. I’m about to do this. Probably. xo
atdleft I’m sorry that you’ve been having a tough time lately. I hope things get better for you soon 🙂
I always enjoy reading your comments, hope the day gets better.
Cheers- Sliceo’pie aka Christina ; )
I quit watching after Kelly’s first meltdown. Her screaming drives me to drink…which may be ok for some, but then I don’t work well with others.
I want to like Braunwyn, but my hinky meter goes off during some of her scenes. I think she’s trying to hard and I wouldn’t be surprised if she made that crap up.
Wait. WHAT?!My DVR keeps recording this even though I know I deleted it. I watched this episode late at night and fell asleep not very far in. Deleted it instead of trying to watch bc I already have enough negativity without this damn show. Plus, Guyger trial is solid work. But, did Gina actually quit for real? If so, that deserves its own post! Just saying. OMG! I hope for her sake it’s true!
As an aside, TT, your cable company needs to up their game. I can record 4 shows in same time slot on each tv. Ashamed to say how many TVs I have. Lol. And This is Us is still holding my attention.
Just a general comment about braunwyn and her interest in Tamra
I wonder why it’s so scandalous for Eddie to kiss a man (if he indeed did this) but not at all an issue for braunwyn and Tamra to flirt and Braunwyn state she would have a threesome with Tamra!
Sounds like Brauwyn wants to dip a toe in the lady pool and is using her husbands birthday as an excuse. Maybe not though… I didn’t watch the show because screaming old hags give me anxiety.
You’re funny TT! For whatever reason I thought Braunwyn and her husband were Mormons the beginning of the season. Maybe I just assumed because they had so many kids. Lol
But yes when she said that they do threesomes for milestone birthdays I was like ‘wait, wtf did she just say?”
She is actually pretty entertaining. On last week’s episode near the beginning, Kelly, Gina and Emily are standing up having a conversation and Braunwyn is off to the left doing all these exaggerated hand gestures and talking to God knows who. They turned her mic off so you can’t hear her, but it was so hilarious.
My two cents: threesomes are rarely a good idea for committed couples and far too often bring way more anxiety into a relationship than they do any kind of relief.
I remember in the 1970s, a therapist — breaking from the “cool” attitude that was then prevalent — saying “The problem with open relationships is that the important things fall through the opening.” So true.
I have the same thought. Through experience I can tell you it either changes your relationship with your partner or the friendship with the 3rd. Not worth it just for the sexual thrill. I eventually realized that you need to express your needs with your partner, because a third muddies the water.
Thank you for being willing to come back to recap this shitshow TT, we missed you! I was beyond shocked when Braunwyn admitted the threesome because I thought she presented herself as very conservative and family oriented, at least compared to her mother Dr.Deb.
I have always been on board the Vicky train, (pun intended), even through her rough times, but she just will not learn her lesson when it comes to spewing unfounded rumors. Now if she would have said that a while back Kelly got into a nasty physical fight with another mother at Jolie’s school that would have been another matter because it was true. Either way, the kids should be kept out of it. Every single one of these Housewives has spread rumors or half-truths about other Housewives at some point but the absolute QUEEN of rumor-mongering was Lauri Peterson when she’d just throw something out there without exactly giving details, knowing people would think the worst…e.g. she said Vicky had a threesome and kept saying that Vicky was in bed with another woman and a man but also kept saying she didn’t see them having sex but rolling her eyes .She knew that the other woman was actually Vicky’s sister and there was absolutely nothing going on but Vicky’s sister didn’t even want her name mentioned on the show so Vicky couldn’t defend herself at that moment. Then Lauri’s own daughter’s got very upset with her because she said on the show that Brooks was dating one of her daughter’s teenage friends who may be a porn star and she didn’t know if they were having sex but they were certainly dating hand he was giving her money and going to breakfast together. Sheesh. They ALL do it!
I think people are tired of Vicki and Tamra and aren’t watching. Those of us that do watch do so in a half-assed way and recognize a HW’s attempts to be a hot topic and secure their orange. The 3-way does not interest me as a topic in any way shape pr form. That Gina quit temporarily is interesting tho and I think speaks to how very real her relationship with Emily is. Not many HW’s would consider walking away over an argument with another HW.
This!
I watch more out of habit than interest, plus my hubby is a ‘if there is sport on tv I’m watching it’ type, so unless I want to watch every single team playing rugby, or football, or cricket, or darts….. this list goes on, so I just stick my headphones in and tune out all the goddamn sport.
What is wrong with Braunwyn? She doesn’t just express her preference for the same or opposite gender, she actually goes into detail about the sexual act she participated in. It was gross beyond belief. Why would a mother of 7 children think it’s a good idea to divulge such details on national TV?
I thought the same thing about the kids. Then again, her mother wasn’t a very good example either…
I feel that it us her way to be revelent. Three ways sound thrilling but Eddie will not agree. He knows it opens a door and leads to too much. They need to act their age. I truly miss Heather! Classy and smart, with a adventurous spirit.
People in threesomes is nothing unusual, not my preference, but NOT shocking whatsoever. What does shock me is that people in committed relationships still think bringing in another will enhance their (failing?) relationship. Except in extremely rare cases, IT DOESN’T WORK. Humans are JEALOUS creatures. Often, as Demi Moore’s memoir details, it is one person trying to please/keep their partner. Braunwyn gives me those vibes. She is trying too hard to be all “Carlton” (of RHBH) about it.
I am so tired of reality ladies acting the “lesbo” for shock value (Tamara, Sonja) — it’s old and tired, but it seems a common male fantasy. In my carousing days, many guys said “I was just thinking … I’d really like to see you getting it on with another chick.” It bewildered me until I came up with “Funny, I was just thinking … I’d really like to see YOU getting it on with another GUY,” and watching them scramble for words as they ran away.
I couldn’t bring myself to watch last season. After the trainwreck of having Lydia and Peggy in season 12, then having 2 more newbies (Gina and Emily), the whole show was trying too hard, IMHO. Thanks largely in part to Vicki being demoted, I decided to give this season a shot, and so far have been pleased. Gina is even becoming one of my favorites, with Emily not far behind. Tamra and Shannon act like they rule the show, especially Shannon who will do anything to make others feel like they’ve seriously wronged her for something unforgivable (how she berated Braunwynn on the bus in Hollywood). While virtually every housewife plays it up for the camera a bit, T&S take it to the extreme with their table/countertop dancing and being overall obnoxious in public settings. Tamra is definitely scared of losing her spot to someone else that is far more interesting (which isn’t hard because she’s so dull) and Shannon probably just wants to show David and the world she’s just fine on her own.
OC will never bring the same level of drama or entertainment that Atlanta does, and I’m OK with that. I was different franchises for different reasons. Even though OC is the original, their attempts at bringing it back from life support have been pretty unsuccessful, if you ask me. Kelly is incredibly entertaining for the most part, albeit very crude and cuts below the belt at times. But at least she’s herself and doesn’t hide much on or off camera. Braunwyn came in with a favorable outlook, although clips of what’s in store make me feel like she was definitely playing nice at the beginning. I can absolutely see her making up stories to seem more interesting.
My main takeaway so far is that I’m perfectly happy seeing less and less of Vicki. She’s done and said some pretty disgusting things over the years and she never learns how to change her ways. Whether she’s back in full force next season or not, I’ll probably keep watching in hopes that Gina and Emily keep stepping it up and proving new blood has more to offer than the tres amigas.
I’d love to get back to the usual TT reviews, and hopefully once you’re up to speed you’ll be glad you got back into this franchise.
Brawnwyn is a self admitted people pleaser and was desperate enough to move her family to get on this show, is a threesome really that shocking of an admission? We accidentally watched at the kids house last week and as a 50 yo woman, the talk made me uncomfortable- not about the 3some, but it was juvenile and attention getting. Glad you’re feeling better! Had 2 unpacked suitcases sitting by my front door for 3 weeks, decided today’s the day to tackle that so I moved them into another room where I don’t see them as frequently!
Love this and can’t stop laughing. Thank you!
I feel for Emily. She’s the only likable person left. She deserves better, much better, than her asshole husband and asshole friends. Especially Gina. Emily has really been there for Gina, but Gina desperately wants to be one of the”cool kids,” (barf), so she’s turned her back on Emily time and time again. It’s pathetic, as those women treated Gina like shit.
When Brown Wind said “Tamra is really pretty,” I threw up in my mouth a bit. Gross, gross, gross. Now Tamra is saying that she and Eddie enjoy having threesomes too. So I guess that will be Tamra’s and Brown Wind’s new storyline.
Tamara, I don’t know if you’ve seen the teasers and previews and WWHL, but is appears that (by now in real life and soon in filming) just about every one of the ladies can see what we viewers have seen for years — Tamra is the main shit-stirrer.
Shannon admits it in an upcoming scene. Vicki admitted she was the one who told Tamra about the train rumors but Tamra was the one who brought it up to others AND ON TV. I think they show Kelly finally realizing that her “pal” Tamra is a two-faced liar. Emily has known it since Day One. But they stick around her.
In “REAL reality,” there comes a time when many of us make a decision to cut the toxicity from our lives. Whether people or behaviors, it must go. If everyone on this show did it, Tamara would be on her own. And that storyline gets tired very quickly (unless you have a Dr. Frankenstein in your corner). I wish her storyline would be that Eddie leaves, for HIS sake.
OMG. I live for the mess these woman have made of their lives, TT. I can hang out now in any bar in Newport / CDM and never feel bad for going out in public in my 2017 Fall cruise Louboutins.
( forgive me if I am repeating whats been said.. sorry if its dull. but I love this sh.tshow and this post is really just for you cuz you make me giggle so often)
SO. Kelly was supposedly banned from her daughters (private) school after an altercation. turns out, she and the new GF of her Ex fiancé had a tete-e-tete on a back to school night. and the new GF/now wife filed a restraining. the restraining order, however, did not cause the exFiance dude to delete all Kelly’s pics/check ins from HIS profile. and the school honored the restraining order on behalf of the new GF during events. it was dropped the following yr (as best I can tell) Insider info – I went to troll the new GF/now wife’s FB profile. we share lots and lots and lots friends. (HUGE STUNNED RAMONA EYES) and the (how do I say this nicely) ‘character’ of a great deal of those friends is just about the kind of character everyone accuses Kelly of being. one must note, however, that there has been no sign of bad behavior since they married. (but, seriously, who posts vlogs of Skiing in my Living Room these days)
and lets not even go there about Vicki’s Foul Boyfriend #2. fiancé… whatever. that guy has The. Worst. Reputation. in Orange County. I have no idea how he makes a living these days – claimed to be a private investigator once or twice, but I am pretty sure his checks are all signed by Bravo. he was charged with brutality more than once during his police career. and got into all kinds of trouble when he falsified living addresses/Changed his last name to run for city council as a Mexican in Heavily Latino neighborhood. (when I just went to verify some of this, the stories are gone. Nice Scrub, mr. CHAVEZ) as for HER ‘let me sell you crap you really don’t need’ business? I know now of 2 ppl (one for certain) who are supposedly working for her full time, but drive HOURS WEEKLY of UBER on the side. self explanatory, that is.
the THREESOME. yah. so that’s not as uncommon here as you would have ever expected. one of the first things that happened to me when I moved here was that I was invited as a guest to a ‘private club’. you cannot imagine anything worse than what is the truth in that scenario. and the member list is as elite as any country club/William Morris Xmas party invitations. I got home after that conversation around 1am and called literally everyone I knew in Minnesota. WAKE UP. YOU GOTTA HEAR THIS.
god. I love these idiots <3 <3 <3
Have your vitamin D checked or just start taking 10,000 IU a day. It helps with depression and sleep and joint pain etc etc..l
Married women who have three some’s with other women are just trying to please their man. Good luck with that in about 20 years when you feel like dirt because of what you’ve done just trying to keep a guy interested. What woman in her right mind wants to watch her husband having sex with another woman?
My take on it is that he watches her and the female, he doesn’t actually have sex with the other woman.
Yeah, that’s what I thought I heard Brauwyn say. And, again, I’m not sure I believe her.
OMG such a lie. Trust and believe that is not what actually happens. They are desperate, this only leads to dissatisfaction and woe.
Sorry Adleft. It sounds like you are working yourself to death. You need to set some limits or you will burn out and crash. Gina will never quit this show because she is another one who set herself up to be on this show, I believe. For starters, She had her family move way the hell out in Coto de Casa which in in the bone docks in North East Orange County near nothing important and unless she watched this show, she would have never heard of it. Then she joined Eddie and Tamara’s gym and became friendly with them. I believe she planned this. Just my opinion. Now we have Brawnwynn who moved near Laguna and uprooted her family to try for this show. She is a pig with her showing her leaking, lactating breasts at the dinner table to all the women..gross, and threesomes and so is her disgusting Mother who looks like a clown. Emily is the only one I care about because she works hard and deserves to have that family that she has always wanted. Plus, I think she is a good person and tries to bring harmony to that house and make peace even though Shane is a little twerp. My heart broke for her when I saw her shopping cart filled with diet food. You haven’t missed much. The show still Sucks.
Braunwyn’s mother’s clown appearance is bad, but the least awful thing about her. A perfect example of refusing to be accountable for any of the selfish things she did when she had a young child. Then disparaging her feelings as an adult. She is a classic narcissist. And mean and petty. I hope she doesn’t darken my screen again.
I quit watching. Tamra with her gleeful grin every time she throws information out there that is hurtful and her shrill helium voice are not worth my time.
I get Kelly is mad at the cocaine and train comments and how she says it effected her daughter but Kelly is not helping by jumping in the hot tub naked on camera and announcing she has her lady parts pressed up against the jets. Seriously? How did that little performance for attention effect her daughter?
EXACTLY! Kelly is low class trash with daddy issues and she thinks that makes her “accomplished”. SHE is affecting her daughter.
TT- Nice to have you back! You were missed!
My take is that braunwyn’s husband and Tamara’s husband have something in common other than their wives and this story is some cover or rouse.
you seemed so anti-RHOC, I was terrified of upsetting you I didn’t want to comment on anything, even the discussion posts. The season has really picked up the last 3 episodes. Brown Wind being so attracted to Tamra is WEIRD.
Let’s see, what did you miss? Another boring episode where Kelly, once again, steals stupid middle school sayings from her middle school daughter. Last week’s gem was peanut butter and jealous. Can’t wait to see what tonight’s gem is… 🤪 🔫
Did anyone else notice Braunwyn was wearing the same dress for picture day as Katherine Dennis wore to Patricia’s Stag Ball ?
I don’t care if they have a threesome. But having one with someone they know? Just no.
One the after show Braunwyn said is was a friend of a friend who lives on the east coast. It sounds like it is the same women every five years.
Braunwyn gives me Taylor Armstrong vibes. Not as unhinged but she seems like something is off and she’s hiding something. I hope she’s ok.