The Bravo Site really didn’t give us anything for tonight’s RHOSLC recap so I am not exactly sure what to expect tonight. The men are apparently going to have a guy’s night so that should be interesting. Especially, if Sharrieff is there.
Well, speaking of Sharrieff, Jen goes outside to check on her husband who has been shoveling their parking lot of a driveway for several hours. He’s not even wearing a coat. But, when she brings him one, he’s pretty much done. And doesn’t seem happy to see her.
The Requisite Real Housewives Car Crash Story
Lisa talks to her husband about the betrayal she feels from Whitney for talking to Angie about things she has told her in confidence. Since when does Lisa treat Whitney like anything but dirt under her shoe? Let alone tell her any deep dark secrets. Wait, Lisa thinks Whitney is the toxic energy? Wow. Then, Mary shows up at Whitney’s house with cookies for her family. All the kids are in the kitchen and she tells a story about one of her cult member’s daughters having a nasty car accident and being ejected through the sunroof. She fell thirty feet off a cliff into a neighborhood. Whitney’s young daughter asks if she is alive. Mary says no and for some reason Mary thinks it is a really funny story. Not an ounce of sympathy there.
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Whitney pulls Mary downstairs to talk away from her impressionable children. It’s kind of late for that. Mary is there to gossip about the situation between Whitney and Lisa. Mary has nothing to do with this situation. I don’t think Whitney is super close with anyone. But I feel like Heather should have been there in Mary’s place. Mary didn’t offer any support at all. She basically just called her young and immature. Speaking of Heather, she is logging online to see if he daughter got into UCSB and she did. That was her first choice. Heather is thrilled.
Jen Shah Apologizes To Brooks
First of all, any derogatory comments about Brooks or speculation about Brooks sexuality are NOT TOLERATED on this website. Jen is meeting Brooks for lunch so they can talk privately. She doesn’t really seem remorseful to me. She whines about having to always be on an “apology tour’ but doesn’t seem to realize that is her fault. Oh good, Meredith came with Brooks. He needs a witness with this one. But, Brooks asks his mother to step away so they can talk privately. Jen Shah sucks at apologies. She blames it all on “her team.” It’s clear that Brooks doesn’t believe Jen. Brooks explains how difficult it was to see the terms used about him on social media. Frankly, it’s everywhere even creeps in here a lot and it is maddening.
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No young person who is trying to find themselves needs grown ass adults speculating about their sexuality or making nasty comments. Social media can cause serious pain to the children and young adults they mock. Brooks feels like he has never really had the opportunity to full explore and understand his sexuality and here comes this bitch announcing it to the world and taking away his voice before he even knew what he wanted to say. Jen apologizes for flashing her vagina. Jen fake cries and they hug it out. Then she apologizes to Meredith. Both Brooks and Meredith accept her apology.
Meredith’s husband Seth, Whitney’s husband Justin, and Lisa’s husband John, go out for a boys night. I need Sharrieff to be at this function! Oh there he is! They all agree not to talk about the wives. Then, they immediately talk about their wives. Then, sex. Nothing interesting was discussed.
Work Life Balance
Whitney and Jennie go to meet in another empty restaurant for lunch. I’m glad that Whitney has a new friend on the show. Whitney has recently bought out her business partner so she has a lot going on. She is busy with her business and Justin is trying to do more in the home. Jennie sold four of her five medical clinics in order to be home more. Jennie’s husband wants more kids and she has let him know that ship has sailed. Whitney wants more kids but Justin got a vasectomy after their second child. So they are on opposite ends of that spectrum too. I like these two as friends. Sadly, Jennie is friends with Lisa.
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Whitney and Meredith go skiing and grab some Irish coffees. Whitney talks about sending her daughter off to college. She wonders if she needs to give Ashley the talk about sex. Her parents never had a talk with her. Meredith points out that Ashley has had a boyfriend for two years. Whitney was brought up Mormon and was a virgin before she got married. Whitney really wants her daughter to have sex before marriage. Meredith says she gave her kids condoms. Whitney is not sure she can do that.
New BeGINnings?
I guess this is where the Gin and Bear It title comes in. I honestly do not want Lisa and Whitney to make up. Instead, I want Lisa and Jen Shah both off the show. This is the first time that Lisa and Whitney have ever been out together alone. Lisa says her husband was kind of joking with Justin about Whitney and Lisa being friends. Apparently, Lisa thought they were. Whitney says her perception is that they are not friends. Lisa orders for the table even though Whitney is allergic to pecans. Then she proceeds to explain away her abhorrent behavior by saying “I didn’t mean it like that.”
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I have no idea why anyone other than Jen Shah would want to be friends with Lisa Barlow. Her own husband tries to be out of town as much as possible. We have tons of footage of Lisa being horrible to Whitney. And Lisa continues to say she didn’t mean it that way. Lisa is horrible. Next, week, Lisa punks Whitney again.
My gawd, there’s so much shady shit on this show. With Jen, Mary, and Whitney, there’s just so much to unpack. And while we haven’t noticed anything potentially illegal in Lisa’s orbit (yet?), I just can’t with her perpetually bad attitude and self-absorbed nonsense.
I still love Heather. I just hope she’s not in too deep with Jen’s shit.
I feel like I’m not this bad at telling people apart in the real world, or hell the other franchises. I feel like these women are impossible to tell apart. Ima need someone to wear a signature color or go red or wear hats or something.
Of course Jen Shah is staying on the show. Just like Erika is staying on the show. Bravo’s goal is TV.
I remember them this way— Lisa (Liquor) and Meridith (merry)
I use their lips to tell them apart. Lisa Liquor has these lips that barely move. They’re like frozen in position when she talks. Merideth Merry has a normal smile. It looks genuine.
The difference is obvious. Meridith has short hair this year and is Brooks mom.
HOWEVER, now I keep getting Heather and Whitney’s names backwards. Remember when Gina and Emily came on RHOC? I got their names mixed up too. My brain is full.
can we delete the previous comment? i dont know how my pic and link to a 20 year old blog got attached lol. sorry TT, maybe used the wrong email?
Done. And yeah it was a different email.
SAME!
I hear ya. I remember heather this way—
Heavy Heather
She’s kinda big for the usu reality TV person.
I hate to say this. But I can only recall things w pneumonic (sp?) devices.
I’m certainly not making fun of her weight. I weigh 17x more. Plus. HeavyHeather is my fave.
As for the people on the other HW show that you mentioned … I only watch BH and SLC
That is totally fat shaming, BTW.
just call me
SizeXXLSyb!:)))
Brooks really showed what a mature young man he is. He is really an aspirational person. He was so eloquent and reflective in that conversation. Meredith should be super proud.
I think it was Heather on the ski trip with Meredith, talking about Ashley..but, then again maybe I’m confused.
I think in season one, IMO, Brooks came across as entitled and wanting to be in the “mess” that is Housewives”. I definitely made snarky comments about how he came across. I never made comments about his sexuality and wouldn’t. I’m glad you’ve made it clear that those comments won’t be tolerated, TT. Yes, he is over 21 and technically an adult. However, a 40 something year older woman went after him. The issue is the age difference and knowing better as an older adult. Jen’s behavior was horrible towards him. She took it upon herself to go after him and out him because she made an ass out of herself with her vagina. That’s the point. Not if he’s a child or how he came across. It’s an older person displaying horrible behavior to a much younger adult who is also the child of her “friend”. I think Brooks handled himself so well in the discussion on the episode and, frankly, I don’t think Jen deserved his composure or vulnerability. My opinion has turned around about him and he did not deserve the attacks he’s received about his sexuality from anyone.
Lisa … UGH! I just went through a situation in a friend group (all our kids have special needs) where this woman thought that saying”it wasn’t my intention” was an excuse for her reckless behavior (it was regarding COVID and bringing her sick son to a group function and not telling anyone until 3 other kids in the group got COVID – all vaccinated btw). She kept saying it wasn’t her intention not to tell us he was sick the day after the gathering. Well … here’s what I told her. If you back up your car and roll over my foot by accident, it wasn’t your intention. But my foot is still broken. I still am on crutches. I still have doctor bills and consequences to deal with. The intention (whether there or not) has nothing to do with what I have to deal with as a result. And this situation was truly life and death. I don’t buy Lisa’s excuse. I don’t buy that it isn’t her intention to hurt Whitney with her words and actions. But even if it isn’t her intention, the results are the same. The bad intention is what makes you a crappy person. Using “not my intention” as an excuse makes you look even worse. It’s just as bad as Jen Shah hiding behind her “staff” and Twitter account activity.
BTW on WWHL Jen Shah’s answers to questions about social media make it clear she does in fact run her social media.
Didn’t see that! Thank you.
This was a pretty low density episode. Some very funny moments, like Mary describing someone’s death to Whitney’s children with a smirk on her face, but also some downers like the husband scene. Even the Meredith/Heather skiing scene was a bit too long even though it’s fun to see the snow and their conversation about condoms.
I have faith in this show though. Angie’s plot summary at the start was hilarious, the tension between Whitney and Lisa runs deep and is perfect for housewives, Mary is a mystery and Heather is just cool. The music is great too. I think they another season or two to get a good grip on things like Potomac has.
I feel like Meredith and Brooks know that’s all they are going to get out of Jen, they know she has zero class and cannot take responsibility for anything. She can leave Brooks alone now!
I loved Whitney’s comments to Lisa, she is just not having her at all.
I agree that Lisa and Jen Shah should be off the show.
I liked seeing Mary baking the cookies. I wanted to hear if they were good. This humanized her! Also, Jen’s face to face with Brooks was incredible. It seemed like a genuine apology. Sounded like she understood where she went wrong. No one needs to see a grown woman’s lady parts when she’s been drinking, and it would be traumatizing for anyone to see that, especially a young person. Hell, even me in my old age, I don’t want to see anyone’s private parts. If Jen had acknowledged her mistake from the beginning instead doubling down and not acknowledging responsibility, this wouldn’t have gone this far. Instead she was feuding with a young person on social media! So childish! Fingers crossed this is the end of that Jen/Brooks drama! The husband’s night out was fun, but RHoNJ has the best husband’s nights out! Btw- now I can tell Lisa and Meredith apart! I figured it out!
Just remembered, RHoBH, when Erika accidently flashed her lady parts at PK and he made such an issue of it and Erika was horriblly embarrassed? Jen didn’t have any embarrassment at her behavior. And Erika accidently flashed whereas Jen was putting it on display! Jen has issues.
Not gonna lie, as an (almost) older homosexual chap myself, Brooks’ explanation of how she gave other people access to comments that people have weaponised against him in the past – and brought validity to them – really hit home, and that is something I’ve never been able to vocalise so effectively. Jen must have felt awkward AF having to sit down and be schooled by someone half her age with more eloquence and maturity!
All I know is I need to go to Park City, Utah. This show is really highlighting the beauty of Utah. On another note , Lisa will never be friends with Whitney. She just needs to let it go ….
I don’t like Lisa’s constant gaslighting and deflection. She knows she was extremely rude to Whitney & didn’t even acknowledge her at the casino party. How and why would they be friends? I am used to housewives twisting the truth or giving half of the story but what pisses me off is when they try to deny something you clearly saw them doing.
I think Mary filmed with Whitney because almost of Whitney’s scenes are with Heather and all of Mary’s are at home on FaceTime. They could have been scene partners but I think they are arguing in the trailer about the church stuff.
I don’t think Jen meant her apology because just an episode or two ago she was backing up her behavior. I get some of her reasoning but what she did was wrong.
This recent excuse by housewives about not running their social media is laughable. Both Jen & Mia have used it (I think there was a third person). A year ago nobody was checking their social media and you can tell by the lack of curated or frequent posting that starts once the show has aired. I may actually appreciate them standing in their truth a bit more than the lies.
I feel like we won’t be seeing Angie again. The way how the show has barely recognized her existence makes me think she won’t be featured anymore. Even though they made her film a confessional.
I love how Jen was all “Why are you shoveling babe, just leave it to the shovelers…”
And Zaddy Shah was all “what shovelers?!”
He clocked her shady ass so easily lmao. Jen — stop thinking you’re worth $20MM or more.