It feels like it has been ten million years since I have done a RHONY recap. I thought maybe Nanette did the last one, but nope it was me! Today was a good day except for when I accidentally caught the news. I discovered Gordon Ramsey’s Uncharted show on Nat Geo and watched five of the six episodes and then it was prime time and I could not watch the last one because I can’t watch On Demand if I am taping two shows because Spectrum Sucks! So now I am watching MAFS Couples Cam on DVR and so far it is kind of cute. It’s a Quarantine show. I’v also eaten well today. I had a lovely watermelon and feta salad with crispy jamon. And now I am eating a salad with one of my first home grown tomatoes. I had blue cheese on the salad and Duke’s on the maters. Yum. Okay, moving on…
Leah Has Some Comments On IG Before The Show
Leah has a lot to say in advance about this episode. “Hurricane season is here and tonight it’s “Hurricane Leah”. I want to preface this episode by saying I went on this trip to Rhode Island not really wanting to even go. I didn’t know the women that well at this point, and I was in an already-vulnerable mood. So, I wanted my sister there for support. She was also six months postpartum and looking forward to her first baby-free overnight trip. Moms: haven’t we all been there?”
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“But enough about me. Tune in tonight for Ramona. Watch her get embarrassed by MY “bad” behavior. Yes, you heard it right: the woman who defecates on hotel room floors (and expects others to clean it up), who calls her own friends fat, and who tries to flex on IG during a pandemic is supposedly embarrassed that I got shitfaced. Please!#illsavetherestforthereunion” Dorinda agreed with Leah. And Elyse said, ” Love you and love your sister! Glad we got to meet her! I made some mistakes on that trip, and you know I felt terrible about it. Ramona told me to have her back, so I did… Big Mistake!!!” This sounds like it will be good!
A Three Hour Tour…
Okay, here we go! The ladies are going on a three hour drive to Newport, RI. Leah tells Ramona she looks like she is 25 years old. She’s very sweet to Ramona. Dorinda is riding up separately because it is some sort of anniversary of her dead husbands. Oh great. She’s going to be an even bigger PITA than usual. She probably had to pick up some coke to snort on the way. Allegedly. I’m just guessing. But something in her buttermilk ain’t clean. She arrives first and checks in to the Inn. She mentions that she and Richard used to stay there. Oh, this is going to be bad. Meanwhile all the girls are bonding on the ride except Ramona who is on her phone the whole time.
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Leah brings up that she wants to invite her sister to stay in her room with her. Somehow, Ramona thinks this is up to her. No one believes that the housewives plan the trips anymore. And it’s an Inn not a house rental so the sister can come if she damn well pleases Ramona. Once they all get to the Inn, Leah convinces Ramona to allow her sister to come. At least for one dinner. Then she immediately changes her mind. Sonja agrees with Ramona. These two bitches want everyone else to just sit there like a lump on an log and say nothing. You know, like Elyse. Has she said 25 words all season? Dorinda tells Leah to just sneak her in her room. Eventually the sister is allowed to come.
The First Dinner Brawl—Can I Give You A Hug?
By dinner time Ramona has decided Leah’s sister cannot come and convinced Sonja to flip to her side. Also, Sonja is wearing her Morgan Crest flats which will likely send Dorinda over the edge. Dorinda napped in the afternoon and Leah drank. This is also not good. Luann is pretending that she is not drinking again. Or still. I forget. Luann is joining forces with Ramona and Sonja against Leah. Leah asks for two more shots of tequila in her drink. This isn’t even the final brawl of the episode! Dorinda is team Leah. Ramona calls Leah a recovering alcohol. Since when is Ramona the responsible drinker? Elyse might be dead. It’s hard to tell. The bartender looks mortified. Dorinda randomly gives Ramona (who is pouting) a peck on the lips. Twice!
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Leah and Sonja are drunkenly frolicking together and having fun. Ramona is seething because Sonja previous agreed to be on her side. Leah keeps referring to Ramona as “mom” and that also pisses her off. Ramona grabs Sonja and tells her to come with her so she can disinvite Leah’s sister. This should go well. Tinsley tries to make up with Dorinda who is amazingly calm at this event. She is very sweet to her and tells her she knows she is having a hard time and she understands and she is sorry. She wants to give her a hug. I do NOT appreciate the spectacle. Dorinda wants a reset with Tinsley. But Tinsley just wants a hug. Dorinda just wants to have a drink and watch Leah act a fool. All of this and dinner is just now being served.
Leah may be the most insane drunk ever to be on RHONY. And that is saying A LOT. Elyse says about fifteen words to stick up for Ramona! Is that a record? I miss Barbara. Is Countess Lu really trying to say she has never acted like Leah? We get a montage of her crazy drunkeness. Still Leah is worse. Leah needs rehab. Ramona tells Leah that her sister can come. She is suddenly super nice.
There May Or May Not Always Be A Morning After
Dorinda is always the first one up. She calls Leah to check on her. She doesn’t remember anything from the night before. Dorinda is a good friend to Leah. Why can’t she treat Tinsley like this? Elyse is very judgey of Leah. She might be up to fifty words. What is this episode nine? Oh in the van with just Ramona and Sonja, Elyse does a pretty spot on Dorinda impression. So maybe she is at 100 words. Elyse is suddenly very judgmental. Dorinda points this out as well. Clearly, she’s not a fan of Elyse. I can’t remember the last time I had a bloody Mary. Those look strong, they should be redder and in a proper glass. With a lime.
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There were a lot of locals there for this scene and I remember them reporting on how horrible everyone’s behavior was. I can’t even with all of this screaming and blaming. You really should click that link. There is a lot of tea there on Elyse in particular and this trip specifically.
Next week is MOTS with Leah’s sister arriving. And throwing ravioli?
Jesus CHRIST. I am sitting here trying to finish up this recap to get to Top Chef and there is a heavy THUD on my front stoop. It’s 10:30 at night and pitch black. I look outside only to hear some plain white van screech off. IT’S A BOMB! Nothing good comes from a plain white van!
But it was Lawn kid’s work boots. Dude, you better screech off. you can get shot for this kind of shit.
So agree about the unmarked white van!
Always on suspicious news reports, even back in the day.
Lawn Kid is going to be so excited!
Did the van have “free candy” scrawled on the side?
If not, it’s probably Amazon.
I remember them using a lot of rental vans for deliveries in Miami when they were super backed-up, which I understand they pretty much always are these days.
I don’t shop with Amazon. Clearly it was some sort of delivery service. This delivery was ordered from a local store. But who the HELL THROWS A HEAVY BOX on the porch and roars off AT 10:30 at night?
Lawn Boy is getting an Amazon box Monday. I hope it doesn’t arrive at 10:30 pm with a thud.
YAY! Thanks! He is overly spoiled at the moment. Teenagers are EXPENSIVE!
Someone who is behind schedule? 😁
Spectrum has Dvrs that can record 4 shows at a time and watch one. I have 2
What??? Guess I will be making a call first thing tomorrow morning!!!
Ramona is a cunt! Ramona invited her man friend to the “girls” weekend at her house. Yes it was her house but like TT said Leah had her own room in Rhode Island. Ramona has left the group multiple times to go on “dates” LuAnn brought the pirate back on the trip yrs back. There’s too many examples to count. Ramona is a control freak. I like Leah, and this group should be the last to judge drunk, crazy, or anything else.
This show is horrible. I’m out.
I’m with you! I didn’t think any part of this episode was entertaining, fun or cute. That said I will plan a trip to Newport 🙂
Going forward I’ll rely on Tamara’s recaps to see if I need to get back in.
That link about Keah and Elyse was only in October? It seems like it was 2 years ago. Time has lost all meaning out here where we went from winter to 100+F in two weeks. The guinea pigs are back in the kitchen. The show has started. Finally!
I thought the same thing! So much has happened in such a short amount of time!
Leah is the most hyperactive drunk I’ve ever seen. She can’t sit still for two minutes – she’s doing cartwheels, and throwing herself on the ground. I cracked up when Sonja said “maybe she has a split personality, I seen it on TV.”
This was a tough show for me. Our family married into a RI family so we had some great trips out there.
Unfortunately, the married in family member passed away, under 40 years old due to side effects from alcoholism.
So as we watch Leah drink, who has needed rehab in the past, justify her drinking based on others bad escapades, I hear echoes of that relative, the people who tried so hard to save them and the illness that deprives even the most intelligent people of logical thinking, because it is part and parcel of the addiction.
I feel bad for Leah and those who love her.
Sorry your family member died of what you call a disease. I was married to an alcoholic for over 10 yrs. Abuse, both kinds adultery,other drugs besides alcohol. Always acting like a drunken fool at parties. It took him another 30 yrs to die at. 62. He could never be a real father or husband. In my case he tore us apart & destroyed our family without an ounce of guilt or caring. That’s my experience with the ‘”disease” called alcoholism. He was intelligent, had 2 degrees. Only went to rehab when his job was threatened, I was long gone by then.My children told me. Fought me for almost 3yrs in court trying not to pay child support & kept the family home to move his gf & her kids into .No sorry here.
What is going on with Sonja? She looks terrible this season.
It’s such a pity that Leah didn’t drink for nine years, and now this. This is terrible. The inn set up such a stunning dinner on the beach, and these women act like this. I just kept thinking of the poor wait staff, having to wait on women acting like this.
I felt so bad for the staff of that dinner. I hope they took those lobsters home. They set up that absolutely gorgeous table and bar and those fools ruined it all. It would seem that, as lovely as that inn is, they don’t need the free publicity. If I were the owner, I would have told production to pack your bags and gtfo of my inn. What a bunch of entitled twats. How many of us would literally sell our kidneys for a weekend like that right now?
That inn runs about $1000 per night for a room in the summer. It’s very exclusive and has a high class clientele. This was an embarrassment.
Leah’s actions had my jaw on the floor. The fact that she feels she must in some way justify her behavior or divert attention to Ramona in advance of this episode airing is classic alcoholic behavior. This show needs Bethanny back. Otherwise it just seems like one big competition to see who can be the most obnoxious drunk.
could well be one of the reasons bethany left. she is the face of skinny girl cocktails after all.
I loved every minute of it! I watch to be entertained and I laughed so hard I was crying at that dinner scene. Listen, I can’t invest in these women’s personal lives. My own life is enough of a see saw. I just want them to entertain me and this chick Leah? Love her. I checked out her IG story last night and she is blowing up Ramona. She said at next week’s dinner, Ramona actually poops her pants AT DINNER, then continues to stay at the dinner with shit stained pants and flirt with married men at the bar. I am all in for this reunion.
Oh my God. That is so disgusting. These women have no shame and I see why Tinsley left.
I don’t find Leah funny at all. I find her horrifying — she broke 9 years of sobriety to get/keep a role in this show; she behaves is a monstrously destructive way when drunk (unless she is acting, which someone suggested to me) and has no concern for others’ property; she blames others’ for her disgusting behavior (no own apparently has told her that two wrongs don’t make a right); and she not only refuses to take responsibility for her actions, she revels in her bad behavior. No wonder her mother and BF were upset. Her kid must be real proud of mom too.
I find it sad, sickening, upsetting… you name it.
(And don’t get me wrong, the others were not exactly examples of propriety, but Leah took the cake.)
I couldn’t agree more!!! It hit me last night that Leah is tyring way to hard and I wonder if this her way of trying to get a spin off with her sister.
Same thought here. I think inviting a plus one on the way to a destination is shitty and I assume Leah sprung it on Ramona to get her sister some air time (rather than getting shot down if she asked in advance).
The crazy, drunken stuff isn’t all that fun when it’s done solo. Leah should be cringing, but she’s doubling down on Instagram. I like Leah, but it all seems odd/calculated to me.
Damn it! I wish I had seen that story about the pooping pants AT DINNER. Can you imagine flirting with poopy pants.
I hope that the episode title after Hurricane Leah is Shitstorm Ramona!
Her sister commented on one of Ramona’s Instagram posts about it and Ramona had deleted the comment… but not before Leah took a screen shot of it and posted it! She said that Elyse was covering for her and saying that her pants were just “ soiled” or something like that.
i always knew ramona had it in her! you go girl!
I’m right there with you, Mo. I have never laughed so much at a RHONY episode. The noises she made when tearing the tiara off Ramona’s head! I was dying of laughter. Had to rewind just to hear the noise again! 😂 Is it horrific behavior? Yes. Is she a hugely problematic drinker and should stop drinking again? Yes. But man is it entertaining to watch. And that’s the only reason I watch these shows.
Every episode is the same, lets get together, lets act horribly, lets get drunk. Let’s say we are sorry and do it all over again.
I actually like Leah. Yes her drinking causes her to get out of control, but otherwise she’s a breath of fresh air and calls it like she sees it and you can tell none of these ladies impress her. I think she’s a great addition and doesn’t take herself too seriously like the rest. I saw yesterday Ramona’s daughter put out a video saying that she was embarrassed for her mother and people went after her saying her mother has done many things that she should be more embarrassed about and Ramona deleted any comments on her IG that had anything negative to say about her or her daughter (she must have been up all night deleting). I think Dorinda is trying to take Bethany’s place as being the mean call and fighting with everyone. I for one do not miss Bethany and her mean ways.
I agree, I still like Leah and I don’t miss Bethany even though I thought I would
I totally understand why Leah’s mom was so upset to find out she was drinking again…
I was kinda liking Leah at first. Now……not so much. God, I miss Bethany. Also, Luan falling into the bushes on a tequila trip is NOT Luan screaming, rolling around on the ground, picking up chairs, destroying a vase of flowers, etc. all while the staff is trying to serve dinner.
I agree with you! I was so embarrassed for Leah even though I have never met this women in my life. The way she was sobbing and screaming and destroying everything in her path was so cringey. Someone needed to throw a bucket of cold water on her head.
Tsk Tsk! Judgmental about someone’s drinking? Disappointing. I bet she is a lot more fun/entertaining drunk than you? (Don’t worry…I don’t expect my comment to be posted) 🙂 Cheers!
Yes getting out of control and destroying property is young and fun! If Leah wasn’t on RHONY she’d be in jail acting that way in public.
I love Newport! I was last there about 3 years ago and it is such an amazing place, those huge houses, the beautiful water, great seafood, and they completely ruin it by getting piss-drunk and screaming at eachother. I wish they would have let Leah go, holding her back seemed worse, watching them struggle was maddening.
Cringe worthy and painful to watch.
I’m drunk in the afternoon. I don’t think I can quarantine with my Mom anymore. She’s Ramona and I’m Leah right now, except when I drink I just listen to music or watch videos and go to bed early lol I’ve never been a wild and crazy drunk.
Same here. I’ll add I read here and sometimes comment 🤪
Ok this is judgy but my mom passed away 7 years ago and I’d give ANYTHING to be quarantined with her despite going crazy. Just appreciate your time with her. 🙂
Leah’s behavior was totally crazy and out of control. She literally seemed mentally ill. It was very uncomfortable to watch, and I’m grossed out that some viewers found it entertaining. A lot of people were annoyed by Elyse’s “judge-y” comments, but I found her to be the Greek chorus voicing on the screen what I was thinking at home.
Bravo’s producers love to sign on cast members with addictions and mental health problems, but I don’t love hysteria, blackout drunkenness, and destruction. It ain’t cute. I have alcoholics in my family, and I’ve seen enough of it up close.
There is a continuum of drunk behavior on these shows. I’ve found Ramona and Luann on the mild end, where they generally act silly and harm only themselves (Luann falling in the bushes and laughing and banging Johnny Depp lookalike pirates, Ramona’s “Turtle time!” slurring, etc.). Those scenes were hilarious and still make me laugh even now. Then as you slide further down the scale, there is Sonja’s hyper sexual drunkenness, where she makes an ass out of herself, and I hope she stops simply for her own sake. Then further yet down the scale there is Dorinda, who goes off on whoever is her latest target and is totally, brutally cruel. Leah, at the farthest end, was screaming, crying, tearing apart the flowers, tearing the curtains, falling down, having a complete, utter meltdown.
The fact that Leah continues to be defensive and make bullshit excuses about her behavior just tells me that she is in deep denial of her alcoholism. And Leah has balls to rage at others for judging her, when her behavior is so awful. I hope she checks herself into rehab again. It’s no wonder her mother isn’t speaking to her.
It’s a shame, because when she is sober, she actually says some pretty insightful things.
I did not enjoy this episode for all the reasons you’ve listed. Leah was a mess, and not a fun “be cool” Countess drunk, she was out of control.
It struck me when Leah picked up the chair and tried to pull on the drapes that she is amping up her behavior for effect. When she was instructed to put the flowers back and put the chair down, she did. If she were that inebriated I would think that she wouldn’t have heard or processed that information enough to comply. IDK Is Rhode Island enough of an island to be referred to as “Scary Island part two?”
I was in Newport on a girls trip a week after the RHONY were there. They have a good 30 years on ha (well except for Leah) and we definitely behaved better. We went to the same restaurant they were at bad food good drinks!
So LuAnn can bring a pirate back to the house and no one cares yet Leah’s trying to have her sister stay one night. Shows what their priorities are. Last year Tinsley had her sister join her at the Florida rental house for a party and no one said a word. Leah’s drunken behavior was crazy. Not sure if that happened all within 15 minutes or over a 5 hour period. I’m curious whether she still thinks she should be like that all the time. She destroys property and is too touchy-feely. And didn’t have a good time. I like her. She is not mean or petty like nearly all the others, the exception being Tinsley.
They went to Newport in October? Interesting. We usually spend more time there in the summer/early fall. I’m only at the point where they are drinking at the Black Pearl. but there are so many amazing restaurants, hole in the wall places, and rich history in that area- It would’ve been nice to see them delve into some of it. The black pearl is outdoor seating at picnic tables on the docks. I’m not quite sure why they’re acting like they should be proper ladies at a bar likely crowded with tourists in casual clothing.The square they were walking around/shopping in is also mostly tourist shops, with some higher end boutiques here and there.
Would’ve been nice to see them in The Breakers so they could come to terms with their money vs. real old money. The mansions are truly amazing pieces of art. Although it might’ve sent Sonja into another Morgan breakdown.
I really like Leah when she’s sober but when she gets black out drunk, she throws me more emotions than I can juggle. That’s not the kind of footage you want to exist, more specifically be in hands of Bravo. The ladies in NY love to get lit and have their turtle time, but Leah takes it to another level. Sonya, and Dorinda have had moments that have come close, but Leah becomes destructive (in a bar fight kinda way). It was hard to watch and at the same time hard to turn away from. And this why I could never go on a reality show, also no has asked me to. I’m sure she was beyond embarrassed watching it and hopefully it’ll be one of those life lessons she grows from.
Oh people. Yesterday I had a biopsy on a tumor in my breast. And yet watching this episode, I just laughed to beat the band. The glorious escapism. The weaponization of ravioli. The flaming corn husk. The peace scone extended for the jam accord. Laughter is power, and I’m in hysterics.
Welcome back, friend! Hoping for a clean biopsy for you!