I was so down for the count the last week or so I didn’t even realize I missed part one of the RHOC reunion until now. So I’m going to do a brief RHOC recap of part one now. And I am going to watch it online so that will be a PITA.
Okay this whole small sad, house storyline is ridiculous and WAY too time consuming. No one cares. Okay I do sort of remember watching this and making an open forum about it. I really don’t have much of anything to say about this episode. I’m pretty sure I fell asleep during it the first time. And watching these people traveling and living their lives during Covid annoys me most of the time. But doing it while sick was just irritating.
Can We PUHLEASE Mute Braunwyn So The Others Can Speak?
Elizabeth is so emotional about her relationships on part one. She’s crying. Everyone is being nice to her. Andy asks if she is still in love with her ex. Elizabeth gets even more emotional. And then for no reason, Braunwyn starts telling Elizabeth that her ex is engaged and has been with someone for five years. Can we put Braunwyn on an island with Leva somewhere? I can’t think of any worse punishment for Braunwyn. That’s really all I have to say about episode one. I did kind of like Kelly giving it back to Andy a little bit. He was fine to ask all the questions about her bad behavior online. But it just went on and on and on. Clearly, there is nothing to have a reunion about this season.
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Now on to the second and final reunion episode. Will we hear from anyone other than Braunwyn? And do we really care? Nothing really happened this season. I’m shocked there are two episodes of this. Anyway, we ended last week with Shannon revealing that Braunwyn offered one of her daughter’s drugs when she was 14. So we pick up there and at first Braunwyn gives a two word apology. Then someone wonders if she said things like that to her own kids. She says she doesn’t remember saying it to Shannon’s kid. And doesn’t know if she said it to her own. Then, she realizes that everyone is looking at her like she is a monster so she starts fake crying and apologizing repeatedly. Is anyone buying this act?Well, Emily is buying this whole routine. So is Shannon. Kelly is not.
Even More Braunwyn Dramatics
Oh Hey, Gina! You haven’t had a chance to say three words so far. Here is your moment. Directly after a package about Matt abusing Gina, instead of asking the obvious question, “What’s the update on that situation?” Andy puts of photos of her many hairstyles over the short season and asks her to rank them in order. This is starting to feel like an episode of WWHL. Are they going to play Dick Pong next? Gina says that Matt and his girlfriend were at family Thanksgiving and it went well. Gina says the co-parent very well. Gina is very emotional. Matt’s case has not been to court yet. He has a plea deal where he would be on home arrest for a few months. He hasn’t taken it yet. I think he needs real jail time.
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After that heavy topic everyone asks for a bathroom break. Apparently, they have to clear the way first or something. So as they wait for the all clear, Braunwyn has another dramatic moment. As everyone walks off Emily goes to comfort Braunwyn.
And Just Like That We Go Back To Kelly
Oh Kelly, Kelly, Kelly. What a hot mess. Kelly and Shannon are now BFFs! Kelly and Shannon’s boyfriend know all the same people. Rick and Jolie are best friends. Sounds like everything is perfect with Kelly. Which to me means, what is she hiding now? (Sidenote: I live near an AFB and there has been an insane amount of air traffic the past couple of days. Steady traffic as I write this. #Anxiety) When asked about her wedding, Kelly got a bit bitchy again. She only had 28 people at her wedding (because 30 people or less) and none of her cast mates were invited at first because of that. Then at the last minute, a couple dropped and she invited Gina and Emily. But they couldn’t get child care that late.
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Someone on Twitter asked about having a wedding during a pandemic. Elizabeth said she thought it was fine if everyone got tested first. Kelly said people think she shouldn’t have a wedding but it is okay to protest. Another Twitter question for Kelly asked why she was calling protesters looters. As a person of color shouldn’t she be more supportive? Kelly who never apologizes said she understood why people were upset over the Drunk Lives Matter hat. She threw a couple of lies in there first but she came around. Braunwyn, this seasons BLM spokesperson thanked her on behalf of BLM advocates everywhere. Really? It more offensive to me that Braunwyn from Newport took a professional photographer to a BLM march and made it all about her.
We Interrupt The Shouting About Politics…For More Braunwyn
Why is Kelly shouting from the rooftops that she is black? She is NOT BLACK! Shall I remind you that I called out Kelly Dodd for being racist before she shot her first scene? I also think she will be the next one fired for racism. The streets are talking.
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Emily calls out Braunwyn for always playing the victim and also saying horrible things about all of them. Kelly points out that Braunwyn goes on TV and says horrific things about all of them. They play a clip of an interview with Braunwyn on ET. She basically said she can’t get any support from her cast regarding BLM and LGBT issues. Another all out screaming match occurs. She basically called them all racist and homophobic. Andy has completely given up moderating this shit show.
MAKE IT STOP!
Braunwyn starts screaming that she is not sexually confused. She’s the poster child for sexual confusion Elizabeth blurts out that she is bisexual but doesn’t need to announce it every time she enters a room. Andy is intrigued and finally wakes up. Elizabeth clarifies that she is a non-practicing bisexual. Oh for the love of God! Can someone please get these people a Kinsey Scale? BTW, I called Elizabeth as gay early in the season. But bi it is! Baby steps. Andy draws this segment to a close saying that with all that Braunwyn has going on in her life, she’s really not ready to be anyone’s role model. That may be the smartest thing I’ve ever heard Andy say on a reunion show.
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Who wants some more Braunwyn? Me neither. But she is about to publicly humiliate her husband on national TV. What is the point of announcing to the world that you have never been attracted to your husband? I’ll just be over here banging my head on the wall.
Jesus, Kelly Dodd. We are really quite busy at the moment being disgusted with Braunwyn. All you had to do is shut up for the last few minutes of the show. Instead you are going to say that what you learned this season was not to live in fear of Covid and just go live your life? YOU HAD A FREE PASS and you just put your foot in your mouth AGAIN! Shannon learned that family is important. Emily as well. Braunwyn learned she has a lot of work to do. Elizabeth said she learned it’s not about material things. Emily has learned to trust herself.
Just went to post this on Twitter and here was the first post I saw…
As the only minority on the cast who grew up actually experiencing racism first hand it’s a trigger for me when someone attempts to weaponize racism against me. ~ Kelly Dodd
Wow. just wow. i remember the tmz video of her before she aired.. kelly dodd completely disgusted by black men.. now look at her. disgusting vile bitch.
Yeah, she’s grasping at straws alright. The more she talks the deeper the hole she digs. Just shut up, Kelly. My bet is she already knows she’s done, but is going out playing the victim card (even though I definitely think Andy used her for virtue signaling purposes of his own during the reunion).
What a cunt.
TT, I well remember that column you did about Kelly before she ever aired. It made me pay special attention to her because of that. Once again, on the money.
I left RHOC because of her and Vicki and Tam but decided to watch this year again because 2 out of 3 were gone. Although I am thrilled not to have to hear the shrill screaming voices of V and T. There is no joy in watching anything Kelly Dodd. I am sick of hearing her talk about her love live and sick of her acting like she knows what she is talking about because she seems kind of dumb.
Brawyn is just a HOT HOT MESS. I feel so sorry for her husband and yet then again I don’t. He is like a battered man (emotionally) I cannot imagine what people who work with him, are friends with him or know him think. I would almost rather listen to T and V then hear from Brawyn again.
As an OC native, I’m more than ready to say this: Bravo just needs to pull the plug on RHOC already. To say that RHOC jumped the shark is an understatement IMHO. Nothing on this show makes any sense, and that’s not really a compliment.
I wish they would drop RHOC and bring back Miami. I am SO sick of Vicki in some article daily acting like this group ruined the show. It’s been a shit show since the cancer scam. I didn’t think it could get much worse after that, but I was wrong. I cannot stand Braunwyn. She changes identities like I change panties…..straight, bi, gay, alcoholic, etc. In one season she went from a vow renewal w/her husband to gay and claims she has never been physically attracted to her husband. I’ve never really liked Kelly, but compared to Braunwyn, I love her. I just think she’s an attention whore.
I RHOM reboot would not have the same cast. It just would not be the same. They never should have cancelled that franchise.
on a lighter note, Resident Alien on the Sci-Fi channel is pretty good. i’m entertained.
What can anyone say? Kelly has no filter. Yes, she is a small percentage of black but has not lived her life as a black woman. Hispanic? Yes. And I am sure she had some shit thrown her way but she’s lived a pretty privileged life as far as I can tell and I used to live a few blocks from her. Shannon had too many fillers, that’s all I see. Gina is the winner. She’s the most normal. Not sure where her husband will be tried but if it’s in OC, he will get more than house arrest. If LA, then house arrest. Different departments between these two counties. Sean has stockholm syndrome. He thinks this is normal? He thinks his kids have a normal upbringing? The entire family needs therapy. Braunwyn is using Sean and he’s either too much of either a pussy, gay himself and won’t come out or needs to be freed. Talk about being in a cult. The cult of Braunwyn. All she wants is publicity and she’s not going to stop until she is off this show. Andy needed to press harder on her hitting Sean. I am sick of this show.
Kelly doesn’t have any black in her. Click the links in this post.
Add Kelly to that island with Leva and Brauwyn. That would be soooooo entertaining.
Leva would loose her mind if she was even stuck in an elevator with Kelly. They would HATE each other. But in my head, I see them coming together in the common cause of throwing Braunwyn to the sharks.
Who of the three would you rather be stranded with? I’d take Kelly. In between her foot in mouth disease, Kelly has brief periods where she is fun and normal. The other two only have one speed. Kelly has fits and spurts of normalcy. They are short, but they exist. The other two do not.
Who would you pick?
Well that is a tough one. I guess I would go with Kelly too because Brauwyn is just crazy. She really is out there.
It is all probably a mute point anyway. Leva would be the kind of crazy to kill them all and have a Jeffrey Dahmer moment. Yeah, I could see that.
Thanks Linda! I was hoping more people would play this game. lol.
Thanks for the recap!
The most gut wrenching thing I’ve watched on one of these shows was Gina, a domestic violence victim, look over at Sean and see herself. I could not dislike Brawnwyn more. For me, there will be no redemption.
For me, the season wasn’t bad at all. I like Emily and Gina. I think I could like Elizabeth. Shannon is good to make fun of. Kelly is a perfect villian.
Yes, yes ,yes and YESSIR!!!
Me too! I felt so sad for Sean.
at least he is getting some! I was glad to hear that
Me too. He seems like a great guy. Plenty of women will ignore the 7 children ans crazy ex wife.
He has to have a basketful of issues living with all of that. Hard pass.
Braunwyn’s constant “Kim Zolciak” style hair extension stroking/petting was driving me nuts!
Me too! Khloe Kardashian does that too. It drives me crazy to watch.
I was trying to figure out if it was a lying tell, or a sign she was uncomfortable or something.
She is weird and it’s uncomfortable to watch.
For me it is a nervous tic. I do it when I am really uncomfortable. For job interviews I literally have to slick it back into a bun.
Yes! I was so frustrated watching her so that!
Before the show aired Kelly tweeting a Drinking Game Alert for every time Braunwyn stroked her fake ponytail. LOL.
I couldn’t get past her frozen face. There was absolutely no movement in her forehead/upper face even when she crying. Could be a combo of tons of Botox and that super tight ponytail but either way her forehead and eye area was frozen in place.
Most boring reunion ever ….. Whole season sucked.
All I can say regarding the reunion’s as I don’t watch OC, is Wow just Wow! There are some people that are really mucked up.
I am done with RHOC. I can’t with them anymore. I don’t believe a word that Elizabeth or Braunwyn say. How many women can back up an 18-wheeler? Or even drive one? And now she’s Bi? Those two are just grasping at straws to stay on this sinking ship.
Elizabeth showed receipts on the whole cult thing to production. News articles etc. It was shut down by the FBI after she finally told someone about the abuse. I do understand that it is hard to believe her because we don’t know much else about her really.
Me neither. Are we to believe that her mother boarded up a cattle rig and escaped or the other story where she told a little boy and the FBI shut them down? I was mad at Andy for putting the suggestion in her head that she wasn’t having sex with Jimmy because of her past abuse. She said that they had sex once and when he found out she was still married, he said no. Does anyone seriously believe that for one minute? They’ve been having sex people. Come on guys, this woman is playing everyone just like Braunwyn is.
I don’t think they have had sex even once. I think she is gay and he is her beard. On the reunion I think she was taking baby steps out of the closet. Just my opinion.
I think she’s gay too.
Your Kinsey Scale comment made my day! Spot on. I know Andy has probably always been smarmy and manipulative with his questions, but he’s really getting to me now. Kelly is transparently racist (since the beginning), but I got the feeling that his relentless line of questioning (that went on and on) was more about an attempt to make it APPEAR that he (and therefore Bravo) were going hard after her right wing stances. Since Bravo has been in the news (well, blogs, etc.) lately about racism.
He knows that Kelly has foot in mouth disease, and is inarticulate (comes off pretty dumb) on her best days, but he played her like a fiddle. It just felt like he was beating her up in a sense because of his belief that RHOC numbers are down because of the Kelly boycott. I think just as many people (if not way more) stopped watching due to Braunwyn. Unless Bravo did a survey of all people that stopped watching RHOC to find out the actual reasons, blaming Kelly exclusively for a drop in numbers is purely an ASSumption (and I dislike Kelly, but she was his whipping post).
My source said that Kelly was on her last legs this season months ago. But the purpose of my contact was to BEG for Braunwyn to get the boot. That is when source said it will probably be Kelly. And replied well why not both? Today Andy tweeted that RHOC needs to be “rebooted.” Um dude, that was what THIS SEASON was supposed to be!
I am over RHOC and it is sad. I hear that theme music and automatically think of Coto insurance, evil Tamra, Gretchen, and how you never knew what was going to happen. Kelly and Braunwyn literally make my skin crawl, and the others are not strong enough to carry a show. Either scrap it and start over (which they have never done) or put it to bed.
Braunwyn said that comment to Elizabeth because Elizabeth makes it seem like she had some grand love affair. She has delusions of what her relationship was. It was nothing more than a temporary arrangement and she made out well in the end. Her ex’s girlfriend has publicly told Elizabeth to stop harassing them. I hate Braunwyn but I get why she brought that up. Move on Elizabeth! You look pathetic.
Braunwyn knew that Elizabeth is heartbroken over her divorce and went in for the kill.
She sure did. I think if someone called me a narcissistic two faced bitch and the worst lesbian ever, I’d go in for the kill also. I don’t like either of them.
Get off Elizabeth. What the fuck? Elizabeth took a risk and was vulnerable with Braunwyn (in front of cameras). Braunwyn thanked her by trying to humiliate her on the reunion by speaking about her ex-husband. Thanks, Braunwyn, you asshole. Elizabeth, not everyone is like Braunwyn. As you work through this shit in therapy, you’ll become an expert at finding trustworthy people. Work all the way through it. I’m sorry that you didn’t want this on tv. I think it’s going to help a lot of people.
Get off Elizabeth. Were you there? Were you married to Elizabeth and her ex? She’s not pathetic. Do you have any heart? Any empathy? Look at what she’s been through. Wtf?
I agree with you, Jayne. I don’t get why anyone would not have compassion for Elizabeth.
Thanks, Tamara. We’re lucky Elizabeth made it this far and is still alive. I’m glad she’s working with a therapist.
Because I don’t believe her and I think she’s batshit crazy.
For some reason I like Elizabeth and think she’s a decent person. If she can stop trying too hard, I think she’s got potential. I hope they keep her.
I really like her too. I think she didn’t get a fair chance because it was such a weird season. I hope she gets to come back.
Braunwyn saying she’s never been attracted to Sean, yet has 7 kids? Ummm…ok. Sure. I don’t buy their whole story. I think they are in some type of arrangement to keep try her on the show. They’ll end up on Marriage Boot Camp once her Bravo time is up.
Exactly! Braunwyn is nothing but an attention seeker and at this point will do anything to remain “relevant” even if it means humiliating her husband and family.
I agree. Why would Braunwyn and Sean bring 7 children into the world in a loveless marriage with addiction issues? They are both selfish and lack self- reflection. They are both busy dating others and obviously lack the time and attention needed to devote to raising their children. The nannies must be raising the kids. Ugh.
Why would they both air their very dirty laundry on T.V.? That negatively effects the children. The only reason I can think of is the salary they make from the show is needed to maintain their wealthy lifestyle. I think it’s abusive to the children and shows they both lack morals. What is wrong with BW’s twenty- something year old girlfriend getting involved with a mother with 7 young kids? She must be looking for her 15 minutes of fame. Seems like they pimped their family out for money.
Braunwyn is so full of shit.
Braunwyn is ugly, inside and out. An attention whore like mommy, who is by the way an overt racist. Her fake crying and hyperventilating are disgusting. She will say and do anything to keep the focus on her. I was done with her when (among other things) I saw that she brought a photographer along when she “protested” and stated on national tv that her cast mates are racist and homophobic. Her get up — the long fake hair, naked dress, and combat boots were laughable. She is always playing a role.
If Kelly gets fired and Braunwyn (the domestic violence queen) stays, the show is over.
Couldn’t agree more. I have no doubt that her entire look was just her playing up the “I’m a big fat lesbian” role she’s trying to portray.
Didn’t Braunwyn and her mother do some racially problematic stuff last year? I thought her mom called the Black promoter of that weird fashion show a racial slur and Braunwyn defended her. And her mom also said something very disparaging about a Mexican woman who owned a shop she stole from and again Braunwyn defended her mom. But she wasn’t asked to reconcile any of that with her current “activism”. Also, I thought it was disgusting to out Shari on national TV. Braunwyn really strikes me as a person looking for an easy fix and is quick to grab on to identifying labels rather than develop a personality.
Why is it okay for a Bravo cast member/employee to suggest and offer drugs to a minor child? Haven’t other people on Bravo shows been let go for lesser things? It’s kinda brushed off, and I don’t think that’s okay. Drunk or not, who does that? As I said last week…if any adult offered my young child illegal drugs, they would be knocked out.
Locked up is what should happen to her.
Braunwyn has an addiction problem. And now she is trying to substitute alcohol with the adrenaline of drama. Sean likely feels guilty for his complicity in her alcoholism and seems to be overcompensating by supporting “her truth.” He mentioned several times “with so many kids …” which I found to be a puzzling refrain. For all of her “activism” Braunwyn isn’t considerate of her husband or her cast mates- especially Gina who has the ongoing domestic abuse issue. She chooses what can elevate her own status into transcending her “unenlightened” cast mates.
I enjoy Kelly on the show. She is uncouth and unfiltered, and I don’t agree with a lot of what she says. But it’s a counterpoint, and that gives me pause to evaluate my own thinking. Minorities- even those who are more privileged- have to deal with more than many realize.
I’m not sure which Kelly comment annoyed me more. Kelly’s claim to be black so she couldn’t be a racist. Kelly saying she has black and gay friends so she can’t be racist or homophobic. Kelly’s final, “what I learned this season,” comments. The rest of the women, except for Gina, are useless. I’d love to see the show either scrapped or completely recast because this group isn’t doing anyone any favors. I can always tell I’m done with a series when I’m relieved that the season is over.
I must have missed some info on Gina and her ex-husband. I get the impression there was domestic violence in her marriage. Did her husband physically beat her or was it emotional abuse?
Her husband brutally beat her last year in the off season. They were trying to reconcile at the time. He broke into her home and dragged her into the street. At last year’s reunion she chalked it up to him drinking (which DV survivors often do to protect themselves). I’ve worked with domestic violence shelters and I can tell you that DV seldom begins with an attack like that. It’s usually an series of escalating acts of violence. If I had to guess, she was likely abused long before.
While looking for your answer… I first found HOW MUCH MONEY SHE GOT IN THE DIVORCE!
https://tamaratattles.com/2019/08/20/food-poisoning-at-sur-big-money-for-gina-kirschenheiter/
Now wonder she isn’t going hard on Matt.
Here is her final divorce info. It also includes details on Matt’s VERY VIOLENT PHYSICAL ATTACK. 🙁
https://tamaratattles.com/2019/08/15/gina-kirschenheiter-reached-final-divorce-agreement-with-matt/
Do any of them live in OC? All they talk about is Newport Beach…….I think Gina should stay and the rest be replaced.
Because Gina was not raised like these other nut jobs. She comes from good parents who are still together and was not raised with lots of money either. She has different values, therefore, isn’t good for this series. These women are supposed to be rich and she’s not. She’s nice but doesn’t belong in Orange County.
I agree that Gina has a better sense of right or wrong than most of these “ladies”.
Most of them did not come from money. I think only Shannon did on OC. The only series that even has a precentage of being raised wealthy is Dalas. D’Andra, Kam and Kary all come from money.
Everybody else “married well” or earn their quasi wealth by prentending to be upper class on one of these shows. With the exception of Kandi who worked her way up.
You know, that’s happening on all of the shows. And they seem to be stretching the ability to live in the outer outskirts of the town advertised farther and farther. I know the areas pretty well in RHOP, and these ladies live pretty far out from Potomac (cept Monigue).
Kelly, Braunwyn and Shannon live in Newport Beach. Gina lives in and Emily live in South Orange County. I wonder if Dina would consider joining the RHOC ?. She lives here in San Juan Capistrano
Dina Manzo
Also Taylor Armstrong lives in South Orange County now.
I believe she by something from Atlanta does that too.