Mention It All - That Was 17 Diarrheas Ago (RHONY)

Episode Date: May 22, 2020

Dylan and Bari kick off the holiday weekend with the exciting news that Phaedra Parks is returning to reality TV. Actually, is it exciting news? Perhaps. After celebrating Kandi’s Masked Singer victory, they get into this week’s episode of RHONY. The ladies’ trip to the Russian bathhouse was pure comedy, but Ramona and Dorinda are bringing the drama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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With Dylan Hafer Who gonna check me boo? And Barry Rosenfeld I need to start drinking alcohol Now go to sleep week Hey guys welcome back to the Mention at All podcast I'm Dylan Hafer

And I'm Barry Rosenfeld It's Friday It's Friday We're going to a holiday weekend And What does that even mean? I don't know. I actually, I took the day off today.

And so I'm here doing this because it's my favorite thing to do in the world. But after this, I have a four-day weekend with not a single plan in seven. So it's like, you're welcome for doing this today. Because other than that, you'd have just like one more episode of TV to watch. That's it. What are you going to do? Well, so Monday, Memorial Day is my birthday. which I'm not like a big birthday person,

but this year feels like especially weird. I'm just going to call people I like and whatever, but I'm not going to do like a Zoom party because honestly that's like my worst fucking nightmare. Yeah, that's nice that for your birthday you're going to call people that you like. That's like, you know, not the way it's supposed to go. But also like I don't want anyone that I don't like to call me.

So I don't know. I might have to schedule out some calls. Okay. It's going to be a really festive birthday, clearly. Are you going to get drunk? Like, yes. Okay. Honestly, okay.

My face broke out terribly in the last two weeks, and it's cleared up because I experimented not drinking every night of the week. And I think that might have had something to do with it. so no I'm not kidding I was drinking every single night like whether it be like a sip or a glass or not a sip but or like taste testing I was like ooh can I schedule another Zoom happy hour I don't know so I haven't drank this week or last week and I'm ready to start again my wine delivery came to my apartment so I'm going to pop open I'm going to celebrate your birthday for you guys this is now a skincare podcast and the one thing you need to know is just stop drinking. No, don't do that. I'm just

saying I'm trial and erroring. I'm trial and erroring. It's happened before, but I think it's because I was mixing. I can't. It was the, you know what? We could talk about this. DM me. I will let you guys know what happens next. So we're going to talk about Real Housewives of New York today, but before we do, we have some very, I don't know if it's very exciting news, but it's an intriguing news that Oh, I was going to say random. It is definitely random. Fager Parks is making her return to reality TV this summer on marriage boot camp hip hop edition. And she's going to be on the show with her boyfriend, rapper, other things person, Medina Islam, who she's been with for about a year.

So it's marriage boot camp, but she's not married to him. Apollo is not going to be on the show, sadly. I do have to say, though, when I saw this and sent it this morning, thank God we saw it before we started recording. Because we wouldn't have this one thing to talk about. No, I'm kidding. Hot gosh. Fedra was one of my favorite housewives of Atlanta.

Yes. Like, I was a fan. I liked Fadra a lot because I think she was so, she caused good drama, but also she was just so ridiculous. Like her whole, her whole, like, way of being is so outrageous. The way she talks, the things she says, her whole mortician storyline, like, all of that is just...

That was not a real... That was like fager fading out, the mortician thing. Oh, my God. And then obviously her tragic downfall in season nine, but I'm... I don't know if she should come. come back to housewives, but I do think that she is a great reality TV personality, so... Me too. I love her presence. Like, it's such a... A different energy that she brings, but I don't know

if she'll be the same character on this show as she was Housewives. You know, we've never seen her relationship with Medina, so I don't know, but judging from the trailer, she's not in it very much, but they really hype up her appearance. And they make it seem like people are like, the other people in the house are like, oh, damn, Fadra is here. So, you know, they're bringing in the big guns on marriage boot camp hip-hop edition. That premieres on July 2nd on Wii TV. And normally, I would never consider watching. But given the fact that we might have meager TV offerings starting later this summer, maybe I will tune in. Dylan, now this is the second show. I'm holding you accountable for because that you're not first was the YouTube series and now it's this like let's be

real you're watching the show okay so tune back in in July to see if I've started watching marriage boot camp hip hop edition or Candy Burris's YouTube channel plus July 2nd is going to be our second holiday weekend which we won't have anything to do oh my god sorry I don't want to be the one to tell you guys, but we might not have anything to do that weekend for four days. Whatever. We don't have to think about it. Oh, we also didn't mention Candy Burrs won the Masked singer. Woo! I don't watch that show, but I saw it all over and like... I don't watch the show, but weirdly, it is one of the highest rated shows on TV right now. It's kind of like... Interesting. American Idol early 2000s vibes. People are loving it at home, tuning in,

and everybody kind of knew that it was Candy. It sounded like her. It just... seemed like it was her for sure. And then she won. And so she was unmasked this week. And I feel like she is just on top of her game. She is winning in business. She's winning in her acting career. Candy-coated nights.

She's a better than your motherfucking brain, bitch. And I ask you a question, though, about this show. Is it literally anyone in the world to choose from that you think is singing under that mask? Yeah, so it's funny because, like, generally, so they're all, like, quote-unquote celebrities, but they all, the judges every week, but they're not really judges, they're, like, panelists, and they always make guesses about who the different singers are, but they're, like, purposely wrong. So, there will be, like, I think Latoya Jackson was on one season, and she would sing, and they would literally be like, is that Beyonce? And it's like, no, it's not Beyonce. You know it's not Beyonce But they always do that

Where they guess somebody like really, really famous Or kind of like adjacent to who it is So yeah I mean it technically could be anyone But it's always somebody within the same like realm of Celebrity if that makes sense Thank you so much for that This is not a Masked Singer podcast though

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Watch only on Prime. Let's move on to Real House District New York. This was a fun episode. It wasn't quite as crazy as last week at the winery. That was a little much for me. Yeah, which like, thank God. Yeah, we're back in the city this week. So we are kind of dealing with the aftermath of the winery.

So we see Leah at lunch with Luann and Tinsley, and they're talking about how Durinda was wrong. And also, everyone is sick at this lunch. And they're all just sitting there coughing into their hands and sneezing and sniffling. And oh, boy, it was triggering. literally during during that i got i started taking deep breaths because i was like oh my god oh my god and then and that was just through the tv people doing that and i was like oh my god i hope i don't act like that in real life next time i hear or see someone sneezing but when they were all the

mucus i was like oh lea coughs and then she's like tinsley do you want some of my orange juice and i'm like no you can't have the orange juice also going out and drinking anything when you're sick is the worst feeling. It's not enjoyable. But it was funny because they went to this bathhouse, which Leah actually talked about with us on our interview last week or two weeks ago.

And I've always wanted to go to a place like this, but all the women show up and it is in like, it's not the fanciest place from the outside, but these women are acting like they are going to like, a third world country, you know, and they're just going to a spa in Manhattan, and it's just something they're not used to. But I had enough of it last night.

All of they do, these Upper East Side women, is talk about below 14th Street. Like, it is jail. And I'm like, guys, it's not like, like, Sonia's like the graffiti. Oh my God. I was like, I'm embarrassed watching it. I don't even live below 14th Street.

And I'm like, guys, it's one sit. Like, come on. Let's. It's such a. tired thing to complain about, especially when production is paying for your car to get there. Like, nobody's making you walk all the way to 14th Street or, like, pay for an Uber. Like, you're literally getting in a van that production's sent to pick you up and going to this filming event for the day. Like, what else do you have going on? But so, at this Russian bathhouse,

it's very funny seeing them kind of out of place. And Ramona, immediately, when she gets there, she says, I read the reviews and I brought towels. She also walked straight up to Tinsley and told her to drop it with Dyrinda. And then she goes, never mind, don't even bring it up. And, like, she brought it up and then argued with herself for like two minutes. Yeah. So this episode, the main kind of through line is this ongoing tension between Dorenda and Tinsley after the, like, the pumpkin patch or whatever the fuck last episode. Pumpkin patch.

What was it? The corn maze? No. Honestly, I don't know. They need an orchard. I don't know. Orchard. Oh, it wasn't okay.

Yeah, that was the word I was looking for. So we kind of see Sonia taking Derinda's side. Leah is mostly on Tinsley's side, but still kind of trying to play mediator. And Ramona still is weirdly the most level-headed one in the group who really just wants everyone to put aside their differences and move forward. And it's just, it's, it's frustrating that Derinda seems very unwilling to actually talk through what happened and maybe acknowledge her part in what went wrong. Yeah, well, that's unfortunately the worst part about fighting with someone like that is they, it's almost like Jacks, we talked about. They don't see what it is that they're doing wrong, which is fine if it was like, I don't even know when it's fine.

but it actually like I can't think of an example but it's to the point now where I think it's too so far in that she could borderline be like embarrassed because she knows she's wrong um but other than that it's like I I don't know I I liked how her and Tensley also didn't interact yesterday really at all I think that's like kind of what they need for a day right and you actually saw we saw more direct tension between Ramona and Dorenda, because Romano was trying, Romano's not really fighting Tinsley's battle, but she is pointing out to

Daryinda kind of the issue with her behavior and saying that she says that Darynda has a pattern of hitting below the belt when someone upsets her. And rather than think through if that's true, what that means, whatever, Daryinda immediately just throws it back

in Ramona's face and says, you would know because you do that all the time. Right. Which she's not wrong about in the past, but the thing is Ramona, over the whole time she's been on housewives, yes, she's done a lot of, she said a lot of messed up stuff, but she always apologizes, whether it's sincere or not. She pretty much always right away is like, oh my God, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have said that to you. I didn't hurt your feelings. And yeah, some of those apologies are probably not really

meaningful, but at least she can say, oh yeah, I shouldn't have done that. Whereas Derinda is not willing to, she's not willing to even give kind of a bullshit blanket apology to Tinsley. And I think that would clear so much of it up. Yeah. Or maybe she doesn't even know what she's mad at her for. And that's the problem, because I certainly don't. Yeah, that I would say that's probably true. One thing that I just wanted to mention, Derinda is talking about the type of bath they're at and she goes, oh yeah, like I've been to a Hamas before. It's like that.

And she is getting the word Hamam confused with Hamas. And it's just so funny because Hamas is like a Palestinian militant group. And it's like so bad. Yeah. Seeing them at this spot though is great because you can tell this is like, not someplace Ramona goes to. And her wearing that hat was amazing. Even Sonia was like trying to take a picture.

But then at the end, when, when Leo was trying to make like a nice toast, Ramona goes, take that hat off. You can't make a toast in that hat. I can't take you seriously. And when they're getting the massage, when they're getting the massages with the leaves, the lewances, if I'm going to get beaten up by a wet bush, it better be too hot guys doing it.

And then when they're taking their jewelry off in the beginning and Ramona goes, oh, thanks. Cardi. Like, they don't, they don't care. You're putting it in a locker, by the way. Okay, so moving on, then we have a scene where Leah is at her apartment and we get to meet Leah's sister. Yes. They look like they could be twins or the same person wearing a different wig. Yeah. And I even posted a story last night about it on Bravo. And so many people agreed with me as a joke, but like I'm kind of serious, that Leah's sister should be brought on as the next

new cast member for this franchise because we need another young person. We love Leah. Everyone else does. And I think this would be like kind of cool to bring back the whole relative aspect of the show. I do think that would be fun. I definitely, I could see them next season,

particularly with Tinsley leaving. Probably. I could see them bringing on a couple of people that are friends with Leah to kind of round out the cast and start moving it a little younger. So I'll be interested to see more, see if we see more of her sister.

I also love that Leah is dating a guy and their nickname for him is Pita Chip because he owns a Mediterranean food place. And we found out something else about Leah that she didn't tell us. She likes dating ugly guys. I've heard people say that before, but not in that.

terminology because when you date someone that's less attractive than you, you feel better at all times because you look better and you are more attractive than that person. So it's kind of like a self-esteem thing. But Leah is absolutely beautiful. So she wouldn't even have a problem doing that. But I liked that reasoning. She says that she's a beauty and she needs a beast. And I honestly, I respect that. And I'm not, I don't disagree with that. Not at all. I know a lot of pit my friends who have done that. Plan B is a backup birth control option that's there for you when things don't go according to plan.

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seen them in a while. Blondeurage. Can we say blonde tarrage? Elise was the only brunette and I would have been the second. That's it. That's it. I'm not kidding. There was like 12 blonde women there. I was like scared a little bit. It's funny because there are a couple of Ramona's friends that I feel like we kind of have seen over and over throughout the years. Like there's like the Joni and the Missy, but this was like the whole, the whole squad. The squad was deep. And then all of a sudden you have the housewives showing up and it's like I don't think that any of these women really know our friends with the housewives especially not definitely not Leah um wait was Leah there Leah wasn't there no but Ramona was wearing that orange again for the

second episode in a row and let me tell you I love this color and derinda was wearing like a dark maroon velvet, which I liked on her as well. No? Okay. No, I did. I just like, I'm more, I'm more, last night they showed in her interview a different color lipstick, so that was my highlight of the night. She wasn't wearing the frost anymore, so that's all I can concentrate for that. Look.

The frost needed to go. So first of all, we see Elise Grill Ramona on whether or not she has condoms in bedroom, which I loved because I feel like Ramona, Ramona obviously goes on a lot of dates and stuff, but I feel like she kind of gets a free pass when it comes to her actual relationships and stuff. So I liked that Elise got her to admit that she was dating someone at some point in the not too distant past, because we haven't really seen her have like a guy since Mario. Yeah, but we've certainly heard her talk about them, but no names. And she's, She was, she acts with these women.

Like she was like, oh my God, oh my God. Like going around her apartment, talking about condoms like that. Like she's 14. And she's a grown woman. Yeah. And we know like what goes on. But it's so funny. It brought me back to like my college days, like literally at a pregame.

Like you and all your friends talking about what happened the night before and you're ready to go out again. Ramona to me is like, she's like a 15 year old girl trapped in the body. of a 62-year-old who looks like a 50-year-old. Like there's a whole, it's kind of like a Russian doll of different ages. I don't know what age she is, whatever. I think she's 62. 60, yeah, yeah. But so then, obviously, she gets into it with Derinda.

And Derrinda accuses Ramona. Derrida accuses Ramona of having Schadenfreude. for her, which they don't seem to know what it means. That was like a very weird, like, kind of moment. And then all of a sudden, we're talking about Cartagena again. And I... But, like, what? This is a bizarre whole last few minutes of the episode.

Like, all of a sudden... I'm telling you, Dorenda doesn't know what she's... What the issue is. and it's very weird. You're right. It's bizarre. I feel like Durinda, I don't know. She's talked a lot about Richard and the house

and how she's in a tough spot. I don't know why she seems so angry in general. But this episode, she wasn't even taking it out on Tinsley. She was taking it out on Ramona. And it was just, it was strange. And I love to say. I'm sorry that Richard died tomorrow because I think the next day

It was like the anniversary of his death. I was like, wow, Ramona, that was so compassionate of you. Yeah, that was not Ramona's best moment. But honestly, at that point, they were just screaming at each other. I love when Cardahania gets brought up about how Derinda kind of gave Luann grief over her mugshot, Sonia's comment is, that was 17 diaries ago. Why are we talking about that? Like drunk in the corner.

I can't, I don't believe that Sonia has only had to. diarrhea 17 times in the two years since Cardahania. I've had like diarrhea 17 times today already. Right. So I haven't. I'm kidding. You know, air conditioning makes Sonya poop. So she's had plenty.

But also that so it ends with them just like literally, I don't even know how they flocked to the hallway. Then they flocked back in just hugging and apologizing and saying, I love you. And that's how you drunkenly make up. And it was. it was wonderful it was very chaotic because Ramona basically kicked

Durinda out and Sonia left with her and then all of a sudden they're in the hallway and Ramona comes out and then they're just crying and they do Ramona to something we're just like I'm sorry I didn't what blah blah blah blah blah and it's like

then they're back in well Elise Elise come on come back in and I was like all right we're seeing more of Elise and now she really is becoming more of like a presence in the show yes

which I like do I like I think Elise makes more sense when she's kind of in Ramona's world because that's the world that she's in. It doesn't make so much sense when she's with Tinsley and Leah and them

but like in that Upper East Side kind of world that we don't see so much on the show anymore. I think Elise kind of works, but I still don't think she's like a vital part of the group, but whatever. Right. And

that's about it. Real quick. Who's your number one Bravo Lab in the group? Oh my God. Like, okay, you go first. I'm going to go with Leah. We don't have one this week. I liked that she brought them to the Russian bath

because I thought that was just an amazing setting to see these women in. And I liked seeing her sister and hearing about pita chip. No, I agree with that. Okay, I'm going to give it to Ramona because this is the second episode where she wore that beautiful orange shirt. And that's literally all I can give this week. Ramona was my second choice.

So I super- Oh, okay. Okay. We literally alternate anyone with Leah every single week. We're like, Leah, we need to give it to someone else. We stand, Leah. Okay, guys, thank you so much for listening. Have a great holiday weekend. We will be back on Tuesday to talk about part three of the Atlanta reunion.

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