I’m not even sure want to do a RHOC recap tonight. And it is not just because I’ve been up for 40 something hours straight. I don’t give a flying fuck about Braunwyn’s vow renewal. I was talking to source today and they said that Bravo is SO OVER this season just like we are. Things are now problematic for Evolution, the production company, because their only other gig is Vanderpump Rules and it is on the shelf for now. Bravo hasn’t decided what to do with it. So, to recap, This show has a limited number of episodes and Vanderpump Rules is still up in the air. So, Evolution is hurting for money, allegedly.
I’m too brain dead to do this tonight. Hopefully, I’ll be up early tomorrow if I just go to bed now. Oh, and by the way, my exclusive source says they are looking at Tamra and Heather for next season. No word on Vicki yet…Thoughts?
Same Old Same Old
Okay, I am up and at them in the morning! Maybe I will be able to stay on a schedule! Ugh. Do I really need to see Rick and Kelly in the bed? Kelly seems to really want us to know she is getting her vitamin D. Gina and Emily work out with a trainer and then they Gina’s struggle regarding testifying against her ex. She doesn’t want her kids to have a felon father. Emily agrees to go to court with her.
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Did you guys know that Braunwyn is an alcoholic? Oh and Shannon called Gina’s new condo small and sad. This is apparently the entire plan for this season. We’re just going to talk about this. Oh and Braunwyn’s second vow renewal. And her mommy issues.
Triple Date
Gina, Shannon and Elizabeth all go out to dinner with there men on a triple date. Shannon has bought out Trader Joes. I get it. I spent the last five days willing myself for one more trip to Publix and finally made it yesterday. Did you know that TOILET PAPER COSTS anywhere from $16 -$24? And that is for midrange toilet paper. The stores are price gauging toilet paper. Shannon is stocking up on Corona virus stuff. Which is smart because her whole house is about to get it. She bought a bunch of frozen food. Doesn’t she sell frozen food? No one is wearing a mask. Why is Shannon sharing what Braunwyn shared at the AA meeting?
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Shannon is not feeling any more positively about Braunwyn or her vow renewal than she was before Gina plead Braunwyn’s case for her. Gina mentions that Braunwyn’s trigger is tequila so there will be no tequila there. Shannon is going because it is an all cast. She tells us in her talking head that she will be drinking at the vow renewal. She’ll be on a mini vacation to the desert. It’s what she doe. She orders another drink at the restaurant.
Water Wars
Kelly claims her water brand is very successful. Her Expo was cancelled due to Corona virus. Kelly is pissed that Shannon is going to start her own line of water. Yet she doesn’t seem to know anything about her own brand.
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Meanwhile, Braunwyn talks with her mother prior to the vow renewal ceremony. Her mom is wearing a Be Kind necklace among her many accessories. But she is nothing but mean to Braunwyn.
It’s Like Rain On Your Wedding Day
You would think you could have a vow renewal in a California desert without worrying about the weather. But the day of the vow renewal it is raining. At least in the OC. It is weird seeing Shane and Kelly joking around with each other. When did they make up? On the van ride to the renewal Shannon says she has not met David’s fiancé. And David rarely returns her texts about the girls. Kelly fines out there is no tequila at the vow renewal. Kelly wants to go to a liquor store so they do. They buy a ton of booze including tequila. This should go well.
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The girls arrive and Gina and Braunwyn makes plans to hit an AA meeting. Everyone is staying at The Parker which is evidently a really nice hotel. Emily, Shane and Gina have room service together. Elizabeth wants to freeze her eggs and do IVF. But her boyfriend is not interested in having kids. Or apparently even having sex. Weird.
The Vow Renewal
Everyone is late to the ceremony. There are a ton of people there. Like a lot of people. No masks. Kelly confronts Shannon about her water that she is adding to her brand. She says it’s not water. It’s a tincture. Of course Kelly has no clue what that is.Shannon rants to her new man about this for quite a while. To make things even weirder, a drag queen is officiating the ceremony. First she introduces Braunwyn’s family. The drag queen starts my talking about having more cocktails. Braunwyn gave her husband one of those weird statement necklaces he likes. He gives her a ring.
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The kids give weird and inappropriate statements. This whole family is weird. Next week the tequila comes out.
TT, thanks for recapping. I actually watched this. I wanted to slap Shannon, she is jealous of anyone who succeeds or has $, since she thinks that should be her job. God, she’s a bitch talking about her needing tequila like it’s her lifeline to staying alive. Kelly too. You can’t not drink tequila for one day? A glass of wine or vodka isn’t good enough for them? Or is that their big fuck you to Braunwyn? Sick of kelly and D comments. Like high school. I’m liking Gina more and more. Emily and Shane seem more normal than usual. But the whole Braunwyn vow renewal. The son’s comment were completely inappropriate which shows lack of respect. I can’t with those necklaces. Braunwyn’s mom has an ugly heart no matter how much peace/love/new age BS she had wrapped around body. So does Shannon, she has an ugly heart. And both are filled with jealousy.
The son is 15 so I’ll give him a pass. I thought the most ridiculous and inappropriate things were funny too at that age. Even though the women aren’t friends they do have an intense bond. It would have been really great to see all of them not drink at the vow renewal in solidarity. I would have preferred watching that.
They act like it is just too much for them to go a few hours without drinking.
That’s called being an alcoholic. Kelly needs to stop with the “I’m no quitter” joke. She says it every episode. It stopped being funny 20 years ago.
Kelly is the worst kind of person who thinks she is funny but really is not
Dr Deb made a strange comment on her instagram today commenting about last nights episode. She said that she didn’t know that Brauwyn was drinking again when she made the statement that she wasn’t fun anymore. Is this why the cast is calling Brauwyn completely fake? Maybe this is why Dr Deb was being mean because she knew that she was not sober as she is preaching to be.
OK I have not heard this but that would make sense! There has to be some reason they stopped following her and are calling her a fake…..
Not that everyone has to follow the same path to sobriety but, at least from what is shown, Braunwyn really does seem authentically sober. I just don’t buy it at all.
Maybe it’s complicated by another substance, or maybe she has some underlying behavioral/psychological stuff that makes her behavior seem unusual -totally possible- but she has not addressed anything like that. She’s just saying that this is her -sober- and she just doesn’t seem like someone working through an alcohol addiction.
I don’t know what the real story is, but I really doubt it’s the one she’s trying to sell to the audience.
Also, their sons comment about the father running off with a 12 year old! Wow! He is calling out something and he does not like his parents very much. To say those comments I front of everyone and the cameras? There is something very dark going on with this family.
I agree that was disgusting to hear … Braunwyn’s mother is so rude to her I dont know why she even invited her. That was a creepy odd vow renewal that no one wanted to be at except Gina.
I was shocked when he said that about a 12 year old, such a strange thing to say…..
Former Bravo/Housewives fan but have only sporadically watched Bravo anything for a few years. (Since I decided I hate Andy and Bravo’s misogynistic programming). But wasn’t there another housewife’s mother who was a pot smoking free spirit similar to Brauwyn’s (sp) mom?
Lydia’s mom from OC- had all that glitter and crap.
Yes … Lydia’s mom was a self proclaimed pot head. She was just a more subdued “flower child”.
Braunwyn, Shannon and Kelly are all just awful. “I’m a drunk” “I let things go (while bitching the entire wedding about something she didn’t let go)” and “I have sex 800 times a day”.
Emily is snarky like me, so I like her.
And Elizabeth seems like a nice person. I wish they weren’t so hard on her. Why do the others care so much about her not having sex???
I mean maybe Covid has made us all less tolerant of fake BS but I’m darn close to being done with all things housewives.
Thanks for recapping for us Tamara. You’re really taking one for the team!?
Please no Vicki!!!! This show has been tanking since the cancer scam and her begging for casseroles. That screeching scammer will be the final nail if she comes back. This show is really past its expiration anyway. I didn’t watch, but read your recap. It’s just not interesting. I’m all for anyone trying to maintain sobriety, but it’s every episode. Wash, rinse, repeat.
VPR has also run its course. It doesn’t even make sense anymore. Most of the cast doesn’t even work for LVP anymore. I wish they would drop her and focus a show on the Tom’s & then show scenes of he friends’ married lives w/kids. The storylines of 30 & 40 something year olds partying & running to the almighty Lisa for advice grew old.
Thanks for suffering through this episode & recapping!
Tamara you’re a saint to keep posting recaps on this train wreck. Your comments about Shannon needing Covid supplies because her house is about to get it, why does she need frozen food when she sells her own and the weird necklace exchange, all had me in stitches. At this point your recaps are better than watching the show!
And I’ll take Heather but really, who would she be friends other than maybe Emily?
I think that Bravo is finally realizing that Kelly needs to go. I don’t hate Kelly as much as everyone else. Every show has a villain and on RHOC it’s Kelly. I could do without seeing her and Rick in bed though.
Great Recap. It’s funny how all Andy could say before the season started was this season has the best cast ever In the OC, such real and raw stories one of the best seasons ever, now they are starting to see and hear the fans about how fabricated it all seems.
Has anyone noticed Shannon is going back into her old annoying critical ways, not that she really stopped but I can see the needling with her and I’m over it. Yeah I’m seeing this guy jump ship in a year. I can see how she sucked the life out of her ex, shes sucking it out of me? anyway, omg like wow, let’s recycle the brand stealing storyline from NY. Yep Shannon your a cheater brand, next! Or theres the tequila storyline at Brawynns odd vow renewal, exciting as a sock! When this show makes me want to see more Shane and Emily, it definitely needs to let go a few duds.
So possibly no more Kelly and her vitamin D, do not mind that one bit! Heather and Tamra back again, seriously there are a ton of botox blondes in the OC, can’t we do better! Meh, at least there’s 2 episode of Amazing race, yay!!
Shannon is just too much. I don’t see this guy sticking around for much longer; she sucks the life out of a room. Who would stick around for that nonsense? Kelly again is disgusting, juvenile and really, really dumb. Gina surprisingly, is growing on me even though I do think she’s an idiot for having a man in her life this soon. I get that she needs money but did she have to move him and his kids in?
there was a look on his face when she was drunkenly chirping during the ceremony that made me think, whoa he is pretty disgusted with her. They are still together though
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So if they bring back Tamra and Heather who is leaving? Hopefully it’s Braunwyn and the new chick.
This show actually put me to sleep last night. It’s just not good anymore.
I know people hate Kelly, I don’t like her myself sometimes but she is exactly the same person she has always been.
I couldn’t imagine Heather rejoining the cast with Kelly there. I just rewatched season 11. It would prove ugly and meaningless.
IT IS SO EARLY to be discussing this. This never happens. But this season sucks so bad production is freaking out. I may or may not have suggested Geena? Gina? From season one… They are all up in arms.
I’m curious what suit is backing Gina’s inclusion in the cast. Though she did have the divorce narrative last year, she’s just so inconsistent with the nominal premise of affluence on which the show is predicated and a significant tonal shift from the casting trend that the show had going with Heather, Meghan, Lydia, Peggy, and their respective wealth.
Gina is my favorite on this show, I laugh out loud to her comments. Teaming her up with Emily, those two are making this crap sandwich watchable. I could care less about what’s in her bank account at least she has the scruples not to live beyond her means.
I think Gina is the foil to contrast with the fake, too sweet Cali vibe. Before that, it was Heather, who will probably replace Gina.
IF Heather comes back… and no offers have been made yet… She will likely replace KELLY. I think production is finally ready to get rid of Kelly.
Oh and Gina is a fan favorite. She lives in the OC. She doesn’t have to wear fake designer clothes everywhere. It’s about the city. And she lives in a very expensive one. She’s not poor. She’s just OC poor. Which is rich everywhere else.
May be an unpopular opinion but I think Gina is the funniest of all the housewives right now (across all cities). She just has such a relatable good sense of humor both on the show and off.
Gina is my favorite on this show, I laugh out loud to her comments. Teaming her up with Emily, those two are making this crap sandwich watchable. I could care less about what’s in her bank account at least she has the scruples not to live beyond her means.
Well then they should just hire me if they’re not going to focus on wealth. I’d be an instant fan favorite :))
I am done. I will no longer watch this show. Bronwyn is boring. The girl who got fat and lives in the small sad house is boring. Her fat friend with the slimy husband is boring. Kelly is Kelly. None of them likeable or interesting. But Shanon. I can’t do her voice anymore. Not even a tincture will help. She is not interesting without that huge mansion. I’m taking it off my DVR.
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Nice Dexter. I’m sure you are just perfect in every way. Kelly does need to go. How she hasn’t caught Covid yet is a miracle. Gina is the only normal person on this show. Vicki has no business coming back and why would Heather want to come back. It’s very hard to watch and I just hope this is the last year for this horrible show.
It doesn’t sound like it will be. They are already discussing a cast shake up. I know I am the only one. But I think Vicki should come back. Production doesn’t like her any more than y’all do. But she is THE ORIGINAL HOUSEWIFE. PeriodT. And I feel sorry for her for not being allowed to be on the show when she was involved with starting the entire housewives shows. OTOH. We probably should hate her for getting us into all of these ridiculous shows in the first place.
I’d be good with them bringing Heather back to replace Kelly and I would start watching again but if they brought back Tamra and/or Vicki I’m all set.
I don’t hate Kelly I’m just over her nonsense. She has had valid points in her some arguments with the RHOC cast (not her political and off show commentary about covid, BLM, etc) but it’s her going nuclear with her responses isn’t entertain
Was it Heathers friend who ate the bow off her cake?
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