Watch What Crappens - #3024 RHOP S10E01 Part 1: Breath of the Wild

Episode Date: October 6, 2025

This is part one of a two-part recap!There’s a lot of stink around Stacey Rusch, and it’s not just her breath. Questions about TJ have all the ladies in a tizzy in our first Grand Dame Incarceration Era episode of Real Housewives of Potomac. Yay! To watch this recap on video, listen to our bonus episodes, and participate in live episode threads, go to Patreon.com/watchwhatcrappens.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to Watcher Crappins ad-free right now. Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. Watch what happens. Who cares what happens when there's so much than crappins. Well, hello. and welcome to Watch Watch Crapins, a podcast about all that crap on Bravo that we just love to talk about. I'm Ben Mandelker, and joining me today on this very festive Monday is the one, the only, the beautiful and gorgeous Ronnie Karam. Hi, Ronnie.

Well, hello, Vin. How are you? How's it going over there in the valley? Good. Yeah, everything's great. It's chilly over here. Very cool. It's got my little teddy bear.

my little teddy bear hoodie on and you know it's ready to talk some real housewives of potomi tomes well um sorry that it's so cold over there i'm in my t-shirt and shorts over here in hollywood where it's like 30 degrees warmer i guess uh i am excited too because potomac is back and it also means i think we can finally say that the bravo drought is over we have four housewives airing at the same time so we're in no place to be complaining about a drought we've got four and i've got four and I would argue that three are like varsity level housewives and I think I think Orange County is like pretty varsity I'm to me it's varsity I would I would actually say all four are varsity but I think Orange County's having a good year some people are really hating on Orange County they are not they feel like it's too toxic I personally think it's like great I think it's hilarious toxic it's been I mean look at the stuff they're talking about this 13 years ago that was toxic this is just a bunch of people fighting up stupid they're It's like my favorite thing. I think anytime there's a season where you're getting emotionally invested where you're

where you're like team so and so where you're like angry at other people on the show like you really feel the villainy. I think those are usually like that's what I would call a good season. And those are often the seasons where people call for blood and like get people fired. And have I said on this podcast it's time for Emily and Gina to go? Yes. But let's also remember like that. That is also the mark of a good season that you get so emotional that you call for those things.

The bad season is where you just don't care. Because as they say, the opposite of love is not hate. It's indifference. So Emily and Gene are outliers, though, because we've been calling for them to get fired since their first seasons. And those were bad seasons. Although, we even love those seasons. I mean, we even love the COVID season. You know?

I love the COVID season. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know anything anymore. I think if you get older, you just learn to appreciate stuff. And I'm so glad housewashed are even still on and I get to watch people fighting over it, like who's invited where. I think it's the funniest shit. I will never stop loving these shows.

And so, you know what? I'm just glad to be here. I'm just glad to be fed. Yeah. I am too. So today we are going to be fed with cherry blossoms from Potomac. Because Potomac is back. It's our first non-Caron-Hugar episode, although technically Karen does make an appearance, at least her shoulder does as she emerges.

from jail. But in the wake of her being incarcerated, we now have, we now have two new ladies. And we also don't have Mia. And I have to say, Ronnie, I was, I was actually surprised how much I felt the show was better without Mia. When Mia came along on the show, she was this like, you know, basically a liar. And like, we knew she was a liar. And it was like, to me, was like very funny at first but i think as the seasons went on we really like it became evidence like everyone in the audience that meas just like she just says and does things purely for like storyline and that like starts to really wear thin and like the stuff with her and gordon was kind of wild to watch and it was like dark and oddly fascinating but like she's she's sort of like a

like a like a cancerous element on these sort of shows and i think it's like good that she's gone what do you think i did not mind it that's for sure um i you know i agree she just went too far in her she's like a reality star in her last she she just went too far with the making bullshit up but i i actually had the thought last night were they thinking we can only have one liar at a time because now we have stacey who's like in a different league like she's a different kind of liar you know like she's like i mean it's pretty clear that she's lying at this point right yes well she's sanctimonious liar which is way

more entertaining to me than like trashy trying to make a splash on reality tv liar and that we get these we get these housewives right you know every now and then yeah yeah she's lying about stuff but it's like well you know maybe i didn't divorce my husband but why is that your business i just don't it's improper to talk about it you know she's got that kind of attitude where me is just yeah i'm mary and M and M because, you know, I love their commercials or whatever, you know, whatever her, that was such a random thing to say about, you know, me would just come up with a random shit to say for no reason. Yeah, I almost felt like she was saying it to be relevant to start a fight so that way she could get screen time. And like when Stacey lies, it feels like it's more innately part of her, like who she is in a way that's more appealing. It's oddly enough, her lying is authentic.

Whereas, you know, you get these people that come through, you get like the Brandy Glanvilles, you get the Noella Bergeners or whatever, and you get like Mia and there's like others who come through and they are provocative and they're entertaining, but ultimately they are catering their personality to, like they're basically going to be outrageous because that's going to get the cameras on them, you know, in a way.

And so I think like when you have someone who's just like literally, someone like Stacy who is so blatantly, but like is so huffy about it like that is so much more entertaining to me than mea being like jacklin and i like made out in the shower no we actually didn't make out in the shower well that's because she was making it with gordon no i said that i was making it on gordon jackland was watching it's like i don't it's like i don't care you're just trying to get some sort of attention right now here's what i'm worried about someone who's not trying to get attention and that is Miss Karen Huger herself. I'm on her

Instagram because I'm like, well, she's been out for a while. She just got attention. She's not ready for attention. Why don't we know what is going on with Karen? Why haven't we heard anything? I haven't seen any interviews. Like, oh, prison. No, I did it. And I'm fine.

Better than ever. I've got a nine bar candle. You know, just little prison bars that you light on fire. Nine bar. But I'm like, what happened to her? And surely, even she hasn't done any press surely she's posting home goods fines on her instagram but no i came to her instagram which by the way thanks face tune face tune can you just make face tune real

because i would totally subscribe if i could do this to myself but anyway her instagram her last post is from 41 weeks ago december 17th 2024 um she's not even posting on instagram what happened to were in jail. Because that's not normal for someone like Karen to just not be posting. It's not normal. Well, maybe, maybe what's happening is maybe she's holding out for some sort of exclusive thing. Maybe she's working with Bravo on some sort of debut. Maybe she's going to make her grand debut at Bravo con. Emphasis on con. Actually, no, she didn't con anyone. She just drove drunk. Sorry, I'm just so used to people and Bravo going to jail for con. Bravo, Dewee. Maybe she's honestly, like this is not coming from like a caddy place maybe she's like unhappy with how she looks after

jail maybe she's like maybe she gained some weight maybe she wants to work a little bit of it off because she's a real housewife maybe she wants to get like a little bit of a nip and tuck because she wasn't able to do her skin care like I would not be a surprise if she's like this car needs to go to the shop now and you know I'll let you like we'll let you know it'll be ready at 2 p.m. and you're looking at watching like 2 p.m. And you're like, straight from the county jail to the doctor and was like Lippet, tump it. That's a good point actually. Maybe that is like it's not like I'm worried. I kind of, I'm not worried. I think she's she's she's going into her like a cocoon and she's

going to emerge beautifully. Like she's I think and I think she wants to do this right. She's like, let me get my all my ducks in a row. Ray, get the ducks from the backyard. And I think she's going. She's She will emerge out of like a giant flower. We didn't see any ducks today. We didn't see any ducks. We didn't see here, which is what, you know, it's a question I have for Potomac. Are you paying attention? Is anybody at the editing board? How could you not put in the deer and the ducks?

Like, hello? I know. It's a little wild. However, we did get a wonderful new fancy British accent, which sort of implies ducks and deer. So I really appreciated that. Like that lady. That is fantastic, too. This is just fantastic.

I love her whole thing. I feel like she's faking it, even though she showed pictures of herself growing up in London and with Rolls Royces and all of that stuff. I don't think she's faking the money part, but the accent just sounds so crazy. And I love it. You know, like, she's like already like a top five housewife of all time for me. I was like, wow, that accent, all right, she's probably up there with like Bethany Frankel. It's interesting how they're kind of recasting because they obviously got a Karen type, right? I mean, she's more probably legit than Karen as far as the, she probably is like a grand date.

She's like princess or something. So she's definitely got that stuff. But you've got the new Karen and then you've got the new Mia, who's, you know, the liar. She's a second season, though, Stacey. Also, we have a new Kierna who is played by Kierna herself. Kierna's, like, decided, Kierna, like, spent a whole season sort of on the sidelines, being like, I'm Kierna, and doing nothing. And I think that she probably heard from us and the audience, not just us,

meaning like us as the audience, from everyone being like, Who is, like, why is Kieran on this show? She's a friend of at best. She probably got a lot of flag from it. And she decided, you know what? It's time for me. I'm going to, I'm going to, uh, dump Toad of Froggin Toad and move into a new condo. And I'm going to like actually make an attempt to be a real housewife.

And she came out like with personality and she was central on the episode and she was funny. It's over nothing, which I loved. You know, she's coming at Wendy with absolutely. nothing and a hundred percent conviction which you know i know also i love that of not really breaking up with her boyfriend just moving into a condo while they're shooting it's very funny i thought she said she broke up with him i think she's just moved i mean i don't know the way she said it was like she left him and now he's deciding to make an effort i guess like she moved out now he's making an effort i took that to me he's not going to make an effort i'm going to stay with this person but i don't

want the audience giving him shit, so I'm going to move into a condo. I'm there and I'll have my independent, all of my like independent woman storyline while I'm still dating the guy, which is very Stacey in a way too, like how they're all kind of coming after her. So I love it. I mean, it was packed with Housewives goodness. I'm not sure about the other newbie quite yet. I think I like her.

I don't trust her because she's a friend of Kierna's. And I'm like, why would you let Kierna cast when she hasn't been the most interesting? Karen's still working on her casting. Yeah, like get one thing solid first. Like you're supposed to cast off the strongest people. So that kind of worried me. But even though I like her, actually. She's just not the most fascinating.

Well, I think Kierna, I think maybe this will be her, like, blossoming season. Like, she was so under the radar last season that, like, she's not really having a bitch flower blooming. She's just having a personality flower blooming, which we always appreciate, too. It's so rare that that happens once. you know, usually the personality's a dud. It's a dud. So I like that she is now showing more of who she is. I like the new woman.

I, um, angel. I just sort of like the way she was laughing about Stacy's breath. Um, and, uh, yeah, I think the chemistry is really actually pretty excellent. Why is the thing about Stacy's breath like the worst slander to me? I'm like, this is so, because you, that woman has to walk around. And now every question she's asked on the red carpet is going to be like, did you take a breath mint today? or you know

well you can tell you honestly you can tell she has bad breath with your dragon breath you know stuff like that I don't that's just so mean I mean I think it's better to say your husband's cheating on you than to just like get out there

that you stink I kind of I think the reason why it's thinking is because like we can all kind of like tell that she has stinky breath no I don't know why why do you say that because there's a way there's a way that you hear the saliva

in her mouth it's like that dry it's that that dry stink And, like, it's actually not even shaming. It's like I actually hope that she can, you know, get it treated. I just don't understand how you can say, like, I can see that she has bad breath. That's crazy. You said it during our preview recap, too, and it stuck with me. What is that about a person?

Roddy, you see things also about people that you shouldn't be able to see, but you see them and you know that you see them. And this is something that I see this. Not that they stink. No, just their breath. I can tell. I don't know why. I just can tell. And I love Stacey.

I think Stacey has been a fantastic casting choice. Like I think it's, I think Stacey is actually exactly the person they needed to cast on this show last season to write the ship that this was going down. And Stacey is the exact, she has the exact personification of everything this show was about. And it's early, like it's sort of like it's like it's really strong run of a few seasons.

And I think, I think like I'm so happy with Stacey. But I feel like I was able to sense that. As soon as they articulated it, I was like, yeah, I can see that that's probably a true thing. Yeah. Well, anyway, I think it's like the worst slander that you can do to somebody. And you know what?

I'm too, Stacey. I don't even care if she's lying. I mean, at this point, I do think she's lying about everything, except I don't know that she agreed to pay that man 50% of her money. I don't believe that. I still don't believe T.J. But-J is a bigger liar. Yeah, I do think that she's probably, you know, lying about everything else.

But I don't even care that she's lying. I still really like her. And I'm on team her over everybody else. I mean, what is Giselle getting mad about people lying for? I mean, you've had entire storylines that you've hired boyfriends. We all know that Giselle has brought boyfriends on this show, that she wasn't really dating. I mean, that was kind of her thing for a while, right? The criticism of Giselle was always that she was hiring people and faking boyfriends and all of this stuff.

And then she had the thing with Candace's husband for a whole year where she's like, oh, he locked me in a hotel room. Well, she didn't say locked, but like, he got me into a hotel room made me feel so uncomfortable. This whole thing, I mean, come on now. But, Giselle's hypocrisy is also another reason I love this show. So, I don't know. It came back firing on all cylinders. And I hope that it stays because it looks like it's going to be a really good season. I left my ass off watching this.

I was laughing as well. I thoroughly enjoyed it. So let's dive into the episode. So it opens up and it says like September 2nd, 2025, which by the way, that was like a month ago. like literally they are so up to date um and we see it's the montgomery county central processing unit and uh we see sort of like like karen's getting into her car we don't really see her but we hear her we see like a shoulder and we hear her like oh security she's she's crying and um and then we see like she's going off and it's like oh my god the grand dom got out of jail and then six months later

clips the news outlets we start to see that she would have to like serve uh actually i think it was six months earlier. She had to serve a year in jail, yada, yada, yada. So essentially, it's like, remember that for people who have forgotten, remember, Karen Huger went to jail. So that's how we start. That's setting the tone for the season. Yeah. And so now, we're at Chazelle's house. And she's putting together, you know, store-bought donuts and stuff on it. It's a very, it's a very Jazele sharcoutery, you know. Yeah. And she's putting together a little charcutory tray and waiting for people to come and she just keeps telling herself, I might need some liquor while she waits. And then we see her feeling things. She feels a lot of different

emotions. I wish this weren't happening. I wish this weren't happening off camera because I would really love to see Karen crying on her way to jail. Do I want to see Karen in jail? Absolutely not. but do I want to make sure that we don't have a fifth DUI? For sure. So, she's like, I'm just here to support Karen and remind you that this is her fifth DUI. Like, what most people would say is, like, do I want her in jail? No, but do I hope that she addresses the, like, the root problems that got her into the situation? Do I want her to have help?

Like, absolutely been said, she's like, do I want her to have, do I want her to have fifth DUI? That's right. There's been five America. you forgot. This wasn't the first. Five D-Ys. If I were to show Karen on my fingers how many D-E-Ys she had, she would see 10 fingers. That is how many D-U-I she has. Like the fact that she's still dunking on Karen while she's in jail is so this show. And this is why Giselle, I mean, and we know when Karen comes back, it'll be like full throttle.

Oh my God. Like there's very few shows that have as special a dynamic as the frenominess of Karen. and Jozel. Yeah. And I also love that she keeps saying over and over, I need liquor. I need liquor. That's the whole thing as her trying to decide how wasted she's going to get while they're talking about how sad they are about Karen's DUI involving alcohol. It's time for a commercial. It's time for a crappence commercial. So Ashley comes, Ashley looks great. I love her new hair. And, um, just to tell, just, I was like, we've had a crazy 72 hours. It's so intense, Karen's waking up in jail. That's where she's waking up.

And now she goes, and Jen pop. Wow. Jen pop. Oh, I wonder if I should send her a gift basket of Uber cards, but I guess you only need them in there. So then, just I was like, whoa, is this like with murderers? I don't know. Because I don't know, but I mean, I want her to be secure.

I want her to be like, is there like an elderly section? Let her be there. Her concern trolling is so top-notch. Can we put her in? Fragile old people section. Literally every line. It's like, I'm so worried for Karen and her five DUIs. She should be in an elderly section of a jail.

And Ashley's like, yeah, the AARP of the jail. So they've talked to Kay and Wendy and Stacey. everybody's going to get together to talk about Karen going to jail. So get out your donuts and your tequila, because we're going to talk about Karen going to jail. I love this excuse for a get together. We just all need to get together because Karen's going to jail. I know. So Ashley is saying how she and Stacey recently got together with each other's kids.

And she's like, yeah, I feel like giving her an opportunity just to clear the air. And then we see flashbacks of Stacey and T.J. last year. and all the bullshit of that entire situation, which was off the charts, et cetera. I was like, you know, seeing T.J. again, it's amazing how much of a visceral response I had against seeing him on my TV. I was like, ooh, get him off. Get him off. Just, he's so gross. And every line he has. I mean, are you some more dominant or submissive in the bedroom? Just because I'm not sleeping with you doesn't mean you're ever going to be more dominant than I am. And then I'm accusing her of paying him

to be the love interest and then clips of TJ saying you know she's paying me to do the show man you know she is yeah yeah this guy's just full of bullshit so Giselle's asking what what Stacy said and she's like yeah well it's the same thing

she was like Ashley you think I would really do that and Giselle's like and what did you say yeah bitch and they both laugh yeah she goes well uh Gizel says I don't think Stacy's about person. No, but is she dubious? What is that? What does that mean? Dubious. Come on. So Wendy and Kierna arrive and Kierna's like, you mentioned out of the house before right? And Wendy's like,

well, I've been outside and then we see go back to the reasonably shady event. Or Giselle wouldn't let her go inside. The way that they remember these details and is like how Stacey wasn't allowed I didn't use the bathroom. I'm not Stacey, I mean, Wendy. Oh my gosh, so good. So they're talking about T.J. some more and how shady that is. And Wendy points out that Jazele has millions of mirrors. She was like, do you love yourself?

There's a mirror in every corner. And Jazeel's like, okay, well, I think Stacey's here. And why did she buy a car just like yours? Like, why would she do that? Then we see that Stacey did, in fact, buy a twin car. Yeah, which is funny, but like, let's be honest, the real housewives have like, they have like a selection of three different cars that they all drive. It's always going to be someone's, there's going to be overlap inevitably. This was an outy, right?

Usually housewives are range rovers, like range rovers is the classic, right? The classic big range. Yeah, this is white outy, double white outy on this episode. So Ashley is like, no, it's her loaner car. She apparently is having a custom made one. And then Stacey gets out of her car. And then we just see her feet. But then she just burps.

She goes, excuse me moi. Which made me laugh because like over the summer I had this like weird like two week phase where for some reason I kept on saying excuse me moi. And I was like, why do I keep saying that? Why do I keep saying excuse me ma'm? And then it made me. Then I also, I have a thought. I have a question for the audience and for you, Ronnie.

Why did we as a society decided? Why did we start doing this thing that when we want to, like, walk by someone, we go, excuse me? Like, why do we do that? Excuse me? Why don't we become Fay Butler's every time we walk by someone in close proximity? Where did that come from? I don't know. I say, pardon me.

Pardon me. Yeah, I feel like I'm always like, excuse me. And then someone else will always be like, oh, excuse me. It's like you're at the supermarket. people are always doing that little excuse me i'm like um farnsworth you can go back to the surface quarters on my mind i say pardon could you move your fat ass out of my way it's like keep it classy so um kieran is like well she spent t j's money on that card that's a problem right there so they're like ah so stacey comes in wiping burp juice off of her

face i mean they really hate stacey this season the editors even do they're like let's just get a of her knees while she burps really loudly. I mean, that was like a Simpsons burp. That was like Barney from the Simpsons. And honestly, not to be conspiratorial, they literally could have just taken any burp and put it in there and then added her saying, excuse me moi, and just made it seem like she just burped her ass off walking in.

And she probably didn't even do that. Like there's a chance. You know, reality TV show editors are shady like that. And we don't even see her face. So, like, you know, I'm going to take it at face value that she burped in that moment. But the truth is, they could, they could just be setting her up. They may be ready just a trash, Stacey. It's like, hey, guys, Stacey's walking up.

It just cuts to the scene from Stand By Me where everybody's vomiting all over each other. Yep, there she is. They just insert a bunch of fart noises. Oh, here comes Stacey. Oh, there's another shot. There's another shot of Stacey. It's just like the swamp monster. Like about to eat somebody.

She's like, I never made those noises. Like, I know. We just had it some sizzling posts just to kind of liven it up. Oh, hey guys, Stacy's coming up to walk. It's just the lady from the old commercials in the 80s, like holding the hole in her throat with her finger. Like, ugh, don't smoke is. Well, I am so happy that you guys could find the time to get together during this mandated filming. process because I think that with what happened to Karen, I just felt like we needed to be together

so we could laugh. I mean, what's the point of Karen being in jail if you're just laughing by yourself, right? So let's get together and laugh together. Every morning I wake up and I think Karen's in jail and then I laugh, but there's no one to laugh with me. Wendy's like, I get it. Me too. Me too. And Wendy says, for me, the worst part is the fact that it's so instant. Like she was taken into custody right away. Like, how does she process that? Does she know? Is she prepared?

Like, we may have our differences. And then we cut to the reunion where Karen didn't acknowledge Wendy is one of her soldiers. And Wendy's saying, that's not my friend. Not my friend. But at the core of me, that was once my friend. So I want the best of her. So I'm going to propose, why don't we all go outside and then come back in again and go back outside and come back in again? just to enjoy having free will and being able to walk into whatever room we want to.

For Karen. And Kieranis says, yeah, you know, Karen's in state jail. I mean, like, this is no Martha Stewart, okay? She has to take a shower with people. With people, you guys. She's in jail, jail. I have to say, that was actually a profound observation by Kierna, because I didn't really think about that.

I think we all thought about Karen being in jail and, like, be miserable. but I cannot imagine the Grand Dame enjoying taking a communal shower you know with all these randos I was like that's actually that's gonna leave a mark for Karen I think yeah that's not good

so well Stacey's at the doorbell now cut to Jabba the hut about to eat Princess Leah just talk radar Hello Stacy yeah and Stacy's like oh I'm mean I immediately started to think about Raven and how worried she must be. And they're like, yeah, oh my God, poor Raven and Ray.

And everybody's so sad about it. My heart breaks for Raven and Ray because, sorry, I went to Karen Hugger voice. My heart breaks for Raven and Ray. Because they only get six months without Karen. It's really hoping they got a full year. My heart breaks for them. A part of me, though, I'm going to be honest. this is the fourth DUI

Anybody want to count on our fingers Let's do it again So there has to be accountability So that she never does this again Do I want to see her in jail? Absolutely not I still can't believe she's in jail Hold on

Sorry, that was me laughing And now she's like, well it's just like No, it's not settling in I mean the grand damn Thomas Jefferson's concubine And Wendy's like, I'm sorry, what? And Stacey goes, you know, there are some phrases and names moving forward in our friend group that we will never use again. And then we hear Karen's voice saying, I'm Thomas Jefferson's concubine.

Oh, in the paddy wagon or whatever when she was arrested. I'm Thomas Jefferson's concubine. And, you know, I am sort of a big deal. You should call Andy. He's like, who? Cohen, Andy Cohen. Who? Big network, big network, huge, huge network.

Here's the call them. So then Wendy's like, yeah, that comment threw me. So then Ash is like, she's like, yeah, but by the way, like, what about the, what about the initials, TJ? Like, well, I'm wondering what's going on with you because with the reunion when everything that happened. And Stacey's like, well, and I am sitting here as I did at the reunion sitting in my truth. And what's your, uh, what's your truth, uh, she goes, exactly what I said at the reunion. So we flashed back to the reunion where she's, you know, saying she absolutely did not pay TJ.

And she reiterates it now. She's like, I did not pay him to be on the show. And she has talked to TJ. And he was very remorseful. He wanted to come on TV and say, oh my God, I lied. This is just awful. I'm such an awful person. I apologize to George Clooney and everybody on the set of ER.

And everywhere else that I've worked, I'm sorry for lying. They're like, uh, then why is he on Instagram claiming that he's going to bring receipts? Okay. Then where are they? Where are the receipts? Why have you not seen the receipts? It's been so long and there's been no receipts. So I'm sorry.

I just, I don't care if he's like generating fake court documents or even if they're real. There are no receipts. And for all the talk about like that there's a lawsuit, I think that also would be part of public record. I think that would have been on TMZ by now. If TJ were suing Stacey, TMZ would be on top of that. And reality blurbed and reality T and everyone would be on page six, redark online, anyone, even Perez Hilton, if people still read him. But actually is suing her or did sue her. It doesn't mean that she's guilty.

That's not how it works. Exactly. People on this show are like, there's a lawsuit. I told you she was paying him the whole time. No, it just means that he sued her and tried to get some money. And Ashley really should be one to talk about that, you know, after the stuff that, you know, Michael was also accused of stuff. And she was very much like, well, you know, it's just an accusation. And now here she is doing the weather, smoke, there's fire.

So she says, I don't know just how TJ wants to issue a retraction to his claim, but like just on Instagram. he's saying that he's like not lying and he's about to come forward with a receipt and like is there attraction in the room was because no there isn't one yeah and then we see a headline stacey rush addresses claims of t j's receipts as he breaks his silence and teases earth-shattering news where is it where is this earth-shattering news yeah so um now they're just like okay you're getting scary now why is it scary something awful happened to me with t-j saying i was paying him. That was devastating. And you act like I'm some untrustworthy person. And Wendy's like, listen, you called us why is it the reunion? I have to say, I thought it was funny because

when Stacey said something awful happened to me, she was like, something awful happened to me. And they're all thinking like, oh shit, like she said it like, look, I don't want to talk about this T.J thing because something, there's been devastating news. And they're like, well, what was it? Well, he, T.J. lied. And they're like, oh. Oh, we're so. We're so. We're so. We're so. We're so. We're So we're still talking about the same thing. Okay, never mind. We thought you were going to give us a new update on your life. So Wendy, Wendy's like, well, when you were at the reunion,

you were literally saying, Stacey, this is what's happening. Like, you're the one that called us liars. And so then we see a flashback to how like that like Stacey was totally indignant when, when this all came up. You know, friendship goes both ways. My friend will not say her first thought. I don't believe you. I don't believe you at all.

Yeah. But she was calling T.J. a liar. You were the one bringing it because they brought it up and she said, I don't believe that TJ said that. Right. So yeah, I guess she was calling them a liar because she said, I don't believe that TJ. I don't believe that TJ would say that. But I think she was just, I mean, well, she says it herself. She's like, well, in the moment, as sure of you, as you are of your friendships, that's how I felt about TJ. And I just didn't believe it. I still can't believe it. Oh, I can't And so, Kierna tries to get it out a different way.

She's like, okay, well, was it just a different kind of relationship that maybe went sour over money at some point? And she's like, no, stop. Okay, do you have your Venmo cute coat? Can we just look through your vet butts? No. I loved him enough to step up with him when I wasn't even legally divorced. I wouldn't do that to get on this show. I wouldn't do that for a payday.

Actually, we think you do. A hundred percent you would do that. Kieran was like, so, they said that you've been like trying to get on the show for like quite some time. Is that like not true? And she's like, well, okay, I've been on television for years. And we see her on QBC. And I'm on this show because it was the right time. And I know it's a sensitive topic for you.

Which was so funny. I know it's, I know that being accused of. of trying to be relevant on TV is a very sensitive topic for you, Keirna. But I love this. She's like, I've been on television for years. And then we cut to her like, this bracelet is the best heart bracelet that you could ever get for $12.99. You could have this bracelet. It's life changing as if she's, you know, on the next season of Big Little Lies.

Like, girl. I know, exactly. So Keanu's like, it's not a sensitive, no, it's not sensitive for me. and says, well, I feel like you're being aggressive. She's like, well, you're a liar, and I'm calling out now, and I'm calling you out, and now I'm aggressive. What have I lied about me being on television for years and years? Hold on one second.

Guys, I just found out I'm on next season of the pit. You're welcome, you're welcome to be in the presence of a TV star. And Kierna says, you've lied on national TV. You looked straight into the camera and tried to cry about it, and you couldn't even squeeze a tear out of that little beady ass. sigh. And just I was like, Ha ha ha ha ha ha.

Just cackling in the background. So Stacy's like, to be met with such negativity is shocking to me, especially coming from Kay. I would say she's very vanilla, but all of a sudden, you have a personality when it comes to me. Whoa.

I like Stacy's shade too. I like that she's, she reserves a lot of her shade for her confessionals too. to add and uh the way she sort of like sneaks it in there between you know like um like her her sanctimonious you know shock at things and then like has like a little jab in in the middle of it it's just like kind of pitch perfect for me yeah she's like wow i'm being called out by the most boring person to ever walk this earth like what the hell and kierna is like i would never trust her because if she can lie like that then she can lie on me and stacey tries to change

it to, I was hurt and I'm not the first woman to be hurt by a man. Everyone here is experienced being hurt by an extra. Have we not? She's like, no, why? No why. Tell me one woman here who hasn't been hurt by an under five actor. One, just one person. You haven't been hurt, Giselle?

She's like, well, you know, I'm just seeing them. It's like, you haven't been humiliated by a man, by someone who only is committed. for one episode of your TV show? No, that's never happened to you. She's like, Stacey, don't bring us into your shit, da. She's like, oh, I'm so tired of being hurt. I am hurt. I am hurt.

Thank you. That was a scene from a movie that I was auditioning for on the Hallmark Channel called I Was Hurt. Thank you so much. Well, accountability is what this group is all about, da, and you need to think about that, and she's like, well, maybe I need to reconsider. Reconsider, excuse me, and she gets up and she leaves the room with a head held high. And like, wait a minute, we're not done with this conversation. And on her way to the car, she's like, I can't be friends with these bitches.

Commercials, here comes one right now. All right, Ashley and I didn't want to do this, but. Now that she's gone, by the way, good job, everyone, getting someone to store them out. We can go after her all season. Nah. Okay, well, now that it's done, we were in L.A. at the essence, black women in Hollywood luncheon, nah. And at our table sat a beautiful actress whose best friends with T.J. Ah, so she came with the receipts, honey, receipts, receipts, receipts.

Somehow, this person had more receipts than T.J.'s had. And T.J. is suing her. Ah, I saw the legal document myself. so why is this girl whoever she is we hear her name later oh well we don't hear her name they they beep it out but why is she walking around with TJ's legal document screenshot it on her phone

that is so weird what are people are so fucking weird and then goes up at a black women in Hollywood thing to show people the receipts from the show yeah I really want to know who it is thirst I really want to know who it is thirst I really want to know.

Maybe it was Drew Sedora. She's an actress. Although I think they would not believe out her name. Drew would do that. I don't know. I'm like, who is taking up for TJ? That's, it's like, I like, I want to do investigations. I want to see pictures of TJ with, like, established actresses and to see who he is.

What's his, what's his last name, TJ? Do you know? Max, not sure. Real House has a Potomac, TJ. Let's see. Real House has a Potomac. Thomas Anthony Jones. Okay, T.J. in action.

His best friend, eh? Let's see if there's any Instagram. Best friend. I'm looking on images. Just to see, like, maybe a Getty image. Let's see. He is, I'm looking. I'm not seeing anyone.

I'm looking. I want to know. If he is best friends with an established actress, I'm sure he has pictures with her. Best friend. Oh, he's friends with one of my friends who works at QVC. Oh, I should ask her if she knows Stacey. I'll bet she does.

I'm sure she does. I don't see anything here. We're not going to find it here. Angela Bassett. What if it was? Imagine. Angela, not only, could you imagine him being friends with Angela, him being friends with Angela Bassett and not only being friends, such good friends that Angela Bassett has his court records on her phone and now is going to get messy with the real housewives. That would be my dream.

That would be just the best. Yeah, Angela is way too good. Is someone tiny? It's a tiny. It's a friend of TJ. He's like an under five actor. Like they're acting like, oh my God. A very in-demand actress told us with screenshots on her phone.

Get out of here, you guys. So then, um, Joselle's like, well, yeah, receipts, receipts. So Wendy grabs Kierna's arm and she's like, don't grab me. bitch and they start cackling and Giselle says that the document said per our agreement Stacey paying 50% of her real housewives of Potomac check

that's where they lose me because I don't think she would offer 50% to some no she would never that's crazy I don't think so just but she I mean we joke but she has worked on TV for a few years on QVC so she knows what she knows like

a good deal she knows what she's worth and she also no she's got a a husband or ex-husband who works in business you probably would advise like i don't think that she's doing she's giving away 50% of her paycheck to tj no way well that said a first season doesn't a first season personal bravo really makes five dollars so it could not it could have been like a very small amount of money that sounds huge because it's like a whole season but that's not really much as a first year on bravo right they make you prove yourself for a couple of years before you get any real money Right. Right. Yeah. I think unless they've changed, which I doubt it. I doubt that the budgets have gotten higher, but who knows.

So now she's saying earnings and he's suing her for the rest of his money, honey. And I was trying to screenshot the legal document, but I couldn't get it. Oh, really? You couldn't get it? Why? Why couldn't you get it? What do you mean you were trying to screenshot it and you couldn't get it? She wouldn't send it to you? I'm sure she would. If she walked right over to you and was showing it to you, then why wouldn't she just send it to you? yeah i it's that something is not adding up in the story i don't know what it is i don't know if it's the actress i don't know if it's t jay i don't know if it's joselle and ashley though i believe joselle and ashley that that like someone came up to them i don't think that they just make up stories like that yeah i do too my instinct is that this is like a lisa barlow dismissed

versus um denied situation where tj is an is like saying that he's suing and but he makes it seem like he has like a case but instead he's like just drawn up legal documents that haven't like gone anywhere like I would not be surprised that that was the case in the situation yeah that could be a legal zoom for all we know anyway it proves nothing except that he wants to sue her or was trying to sue her and even if he did it doesn't mean that she ever agree unless I see a signed agreement where stacey says I will give you 50% of my earnings for you to play this role then I don't believe it yeah yeah Show us the receipts.

Show us everything. Excuse me. So, Giselle's like, we are going to, we're not going to be accountable for your lies. That's what we're not doing. So then we see May 1st, two months later, catching up with the ladies. Here we go, everybody. First up, let's go to Wendy and Eddie's house. We meet Rhonda Wendy's interior decorator.

She's like, Miss Rhonda, here's my vision. I want a fireplace here that goes all the way to the house. the ceiling. And Eddie's like, uh, that's 19 feet of marble. Okay. That's a that's an fireplaces are famously expensive. Are they not? Like chimneys and stuff, they're like like thousands upon thousands of dollars. And then also she wants to get a new island. And Eddie's like, uh, where's this money coming from? And she's like, well, happy Eddie is doing very well. Let's use the drug money. Okay. And then they laugh. And then we go to Jaze and Cal, they're at lunch. And, um, you know, Cal saying that she looks really nice and

everything and her tities are out. She's like, yes, my tithes are out. God gave me these tities and God wants me to show them. So then we go to Ashley, who's with Brenda the event planner and Brandt, her gay, who we saw on Love Hotel, who is now, I guess, going to be on all the time. And they're making a little donation pile. And they're, you know, her gays are like, you're getting rid of this. And they just basically throw all of her clothes because they're hideous. no and they're like this is going to the ugly binge like wait a minute wait a minute you can't get this my favorite okay okay well like hideous it's all hideous do we think that ralph from the love hotel will make an appearance on the season of potomac because i'm really hoping that he can show up and be like

you're so sexy oh gross Yeah, you're a hot little thing. He kisses wet. You said wet kiss her. Yeah, the rumors were that she never stopped dating Beavis. So I wonder if we get to see him this season. So then we go to Stacey. And how do you pronounce his name, Thimo?

Timo? Probably not. That sounds Spanish. Stacey and let's see, it's T. I think it was Timo. Timo? Timo, sounds sort of like an app. Timo.

It sounds like, yeah. Yeah, it sounds like one val away from being a decent shopping site. Timo. Timo. It's like, it's almost like Bimo and Tammu had a child and it was Stacey's ex-husband. Yeah. So they, we don't really get to see him. We just see that they go to a Moroccan place, I think.

Moroccan? I think it's actually Indian. Oh, Indian place. You know what, I'm not going to go on the record. It was a lot of origin. that had lots of spices. Okay, lots of ornate grates. So we don't see him.

He's a mystery man. But then we find out, wait, is it just a block of cheese? No, it's a man. And his name is Timo, we think. So he's there. He hates being on camera. And he just stares at her and kind of smiles and nods a lot. And she's like, wow, look at us, doing so great.

Having dinner together. He's like, yes. Yeah. Look at just me and you. Ordering appetizers. like we used to remember how we used to always order an appetizer now we're ordering appetizers again he's like yes oh we just can't stay away from each other he's like i am just here to get the three uh free rice please so stacey says that this restaurant reminds me of when we were in india which is what led me to

believe it was an indian restaurant i remember that there was something where they said indian and i was like i was like okay this is most likely an indian restaurant but knowing she is a reality stars, there is a good chance they're in a Moroccan restaurant and it somehow is reminding her of India. So I'm not going to, I'm not going to, I'm just going to say that the needle moves a little bit more towards Indian restaurant on this one for me. I'm over it. I'm not still wondering. Speculate on the restaurant anymore. I'm going to speculate for a little bit.

I'm like, wait a second. That looks like a mango last thing, but maybe it's a Moroccan drink. I'm okay with whatever they're having. Good for those. kids. I hope they were to... Well, as crazy as... That's the best part.

As crazy as it sounds, I'm back with my husband in a restaurant of unspecified international quality, not quality, style. Do you see this glow? I'm really happy. TMO and I, we decided to spend Christmas vacation together as a family for the sake of Arabella, and we were notified that we were, in fact, officially divorced while we were on vacation. And we just looked at each other. I think we both knew it wasn't the end of us.

We said, you know what? Let's go back to that restaurant that serves that cuisine. We don't really understand what it is. And we have got to give each other another try. And now that the divorce is final, we found our way back to each other. And we're going with the flow right now. And the flow feels good. I just remember looking at him and saying,

I don't care where we eat. I don't care what kind of food is there. But I would prefer it to half rectangular metal lighting. My interns of some kind All over the place I just want a lot of spices That's it So she says she likes him in blue

And he's like I know Isn't this nice We're doing it again We're prioritizing ourselves Instead of that little bitch Arabella God remember how our relationship

Used to be Arabella We shouldn't have date night We should have family night Let's not even tell Arabella I don't even want her to know I'm seeing her daddy Screw her She's at home with some frozen mac and cheese and a nanny who doesn't care about her.

Hilarious. Yeah, we do not want to confuse Arabella. And also, I'm glad that we're in this restaurant because it smells so frequent in here. It covers up your breath. Oh, thank you so much. Yeah, I'm calling her Arabya, babaya, fuck her. We've always just prioritized her. And I think that's saying that, like, we didn't necessarily need a date night.

We'd rather her a family night. I just think it's so good. we've always prioritized her. And in some ways, maybe that's why we broke up. I don't know. Did I say that on the record? It's all Arabella's fault. Thank God.

Oh, wait, hold on. Let me just munch on this raw onion. It's all Arabella's fault this whole time. We should get rid of her. Excuse me. Well, yeah, this is very funny. Also, you know, I also know that my real friends would always support whatever decision I am making, even if it is getting back with what they call garlic monster.

Yes. Clearly, T.M.O. is more reserved, and I love that his energy balances mine throughout our relationship. He treats me like a lady, even though I burp in his face all day long. And it feels good to be back together. And we've just fallen right back into the step of things. Oh, finally our food. Wait, why are you putting a tijin lid on my head? I'm sorry, ma'am.

Smell is escaping this table. Well, anyway, as I was saying, He's taking it off of the head. He's taken off of the head. I thought this was an Indian restaurant. Why do you have a tisine top? It's fusion. Why are you putting a non on my face?

Is it tijin or is it non? Oh gosh. So, yeah, they're going to keep the secret from Arabella, which, I mean, I guess. I don't know if that's a good idea or not. I don't know. Yeah. I love when people. People Keep Secrets on National TV.

That always works out really well. She was so crushed to know. I didn't love her father anymore. I'd hate for her to think that I loved him again. He could break her. And now, isn't it funny? And now we can't stop looking at each other. I know, how is this night?

And I know how this night's going to go. He's like, yeah, crazy things have happened. Night the time you actually bought a breath meat. Ha, ha, ha, ha, five waiter. High five waiter. It is so confusing to me as I look into your eyes. And my eyes are telling me. one thing and my nose is telling me such

other thing. This poor lady. I was just thinking, I was just trying to remember that song that was like, this doesn't matter. Yeah, this poor lady. This is going to haunt her for a while, I think. This is it. This is going to stick.

Yeah. This is, she's branded. Branded with this. So now we go to Kiarna's new concept. And her hot mom is there. Oh, my God. I really thought it was Kierina at first. I know.

I thought it was like, oh, here comes Kierna walking in. And she's like, hi, mom. And I was like, wait, wait. I was like, oh, my God. The genetics in this family are working very strong. Wow. It's like bonus. Does she look like this?

Is it stem cells? Is it fish oil? Whatever your secret is, please send it over, ma'am. These two are drop dead gorge. And as gay men, it's like our duty to. like bow down at the altar like we love a gorgeous woman like she is she they the both of them i'm like this is wild icon alert absolutely insane

icon so oh my god you are mother literally literally and figured you're like double mother right now so keirna is talking about how last year she had dark moments and um those dark moments were gregg being an asshole i wish that they showed one of her dark moments is when she wore polyester and um his company t-shirt. Because that was a dark, that was one of my dark moments with Kierna last year. I think the dark moment.

You didn't have to lower yourself like this for a man. No, I think the dark moment was also how she spent like half of her home scenes in a literal dark kitchen with like brown cabinets. Just like this sad, depressing kitchen that she had to do so many scenes with Greg slumped over at the like the kitchen island and pretending like they had any sort of chemistry. Yeah. So Greg showed his ass on national television.

vision and she moved out ending the relationship. So, yeah, that part sounds good. But then I think later, she's like, yeah, we're still dating. And her mom's like, oh, Jesus. Well, right here, because Michelle, her mom says, so how is Jamaica? Because you were supposed to have a breakup. And she's like, oh, yeah. Just well, so about three months, after breaking up and, like, moving into my own condo,

Greg was like, okay, she's serious. And like, let me go and get my girl back. So he was like, I want to go to Jamaica and talk. And I'm like, sure. I want to go to Jamaica and dock. And it was like a machine you didn't get away for us and like chat and like, you know, like reset the tone and like together. Oh, blah, blah, blah. Like, girl, you don't.

Could you have at least found a better guy in Jamaica? Like, why are you following for this guy? Why are you falling for his Jamaica tricks? You are so out of his league, not just obviously physically, which shouldn't even matter because love is love. But really personality wise. Like this guy, you just being away from him already this season, you're such a way more interesting person. like he is going to destroy you. Yeah, she's not away from him.

I mean, she's in her own apartment. Well, but meaning like she's not living with him. She's like she doesn't have him constantly probably like, like stressing her out. Like she probably was like probably one of the reasons why she was so met last season was because A, there probably was an element of imposter syndrome with the fact like, oh, she only got to be a housewife because Bravo wants to stay out of trouble. Like that was like the big rumor. And then also he probably was making her life.

shit because he was like don't do this don't do this doesn't be bad and we break up so she probably stressed the entire time like i don't want to get messy i don't want to be not myself because i don't want like if i get too crazy gregg isn't get mad because he thinks these shows are garbage anyway and it's like just be your normal self and like who cares about gregg and i think that she's already leaning into that this season which has been like a like a 180 degree improvement for her yeah so she says she's in therapy and um she's with with gregg she wants to feel happy, and she just didn't feel that, which is why they went to Jamaica together. It's just totally a place you go to just talk.

And so she's like, well, now we're dating, and the expectation is just to be happy, you know. And it's a big step back from wanting to get married all the time. And the mom's like, well, yeah, this relationship's not good for you. You're a beautiful black woman. You're a queen. You put yourself first. She's like, okay, I just went to Jamaica, well, like I start. love him. I don't know. I'm used to real housewise being with shit people. Yeah.

You know? It's like it's almost like you have to be to be on this show. Yeah. It's actually really unfortunate. Like, I'm sure you could probably hatch a theory that like maybe the reason why you're drawn to coming onto these shows is because you don't get to like be your full self in your relationship. So therefore you have to express yourself like on like on a show like this and he whiled out on your cast members because you can't fully, it's like all misdirected rage at the shit guy that you're stuck with. I don't know. I'm, I just workshopping that right now in the fly. I feel like it sounds good. It works for me. I only came on Real Housewives to be my authentic self outside my relationship. I mean, I don't know. There's easier ways to do it,

but hey, we all take our own roads, you know? Yeah. Who might, who am I to judge it? So, um the mom's like no and kierna is saying like it sucks because even her family hates him and they used to love him but he was really an asshole last year so yeah and she's yeah and um uh they basically like we see how a flashback to two weeks ago that kieran is with um her brother and her brother's like yeah no like she's like you don't trust you don't trust him and he's like no oh no no So, Kieran is saying, you know, Michelle, her mom is saying, you know, like this, this right here, this place that you're in, like, this is earned. And you have to think about your whole happiness. Not today is great.

And tomorrow maybe. No, it has to be great, great, great. I was like, yes, Michelle, the mom. You need to think about your whole happiness and not your whole happiness. And I think another great way to put it to. Yeah. So let's go over to basically. hearing us not going to listen to her. She just gives her that look that's like, okay, well,

thanks for giving an empowering speech on TV that I'm not going to listen to. Get the fuck out of my condo. Okay. And take your 20 year old looking self with you. Thank you. So then we go over to Wendy's, then when and they're kids. And Eddie, who's, of course, in a happy Eddie T-shirt, wouldn't have it any other way, is getting ready to leave tomorrow because they're expanding their Weed business to New Jersey. Very exciting. He's going to New Jersey and isn't this exciting? Because now he gets to go to a different state.

It's a big deal. It's growing your business. The kids are like, we don't care. So Wendy's like, Camwin, what do you want to do when you get older? She's like, Doctor. And Eddie's like, that's right, doctor. And they're like, yay. And then Cameron's like, like, like Mom.

But then the kids are like, but Mom's not like a real doctor. They're like, look. Uh-huh. Yes, she is. And Eddie's like, she is a doctor. And Cruz is like, well, not an actual doctor. So Wendy is basically like, we're witch now. So happy Eddie's doing really well.

So we'll witch is luck. Thank you. Yeah. Now, did you notice this part? This cracked me up. This was such, like, this was such lazy post-production right here for audio. Because she's talking about how Eddie's like really inspires her. And it takes a lot to step out and say, I'm going to try this.

And then she says, but come to find. out he's also inspiring. He's an inspiration to people within this very group. Except the way she really says it is she, they edit in these words, like they literally string together different words because the audio level and the style is different with every word. She literally goes, but come to find out, he is also inspiration, people within this very group. It's like, come on, you got to do better than that. Just have her record the whole sentence over again. Why are you frank and stitching? This sentence together was like so obvious. It was like, bloop, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue.

I was like, okay, bravo. Let's, let's raise our audio, like, our fake audio together. I don't know what I'm saying. It's Monday. I'm sorry, everyone. Let's have, let's just keep the audio of Wendy's line and just cut to Stacey, Estella Stacy. And they cut, it's like a garbage pail kid. Okay, and we're back.

They say the imitation is the way to form. What are we? So color me pink. So then Carter has decided that he wants to work at Chick-fil-A. It's like, it's a very popular fast food chain. So surely there will be a decent salary. Thank you. And you're always off on Sundays. So now let's go to Ashley.

Why is it Sunday the only day I ever want fries from Chick-fil-A? I feel like every time I see a Chick-Flea, it's closed, and I want a waffle-fry. And it's because we're in an airport. or if something's going on that I happen to see a Chick-fil-A when I want a waffle fry, and they're always closed. I eat when things are closed on Sundays. Like, hello, this is not 1735. Yeah.

25 people do things on Sundays. Jesus would want me to have my waffle fry. Yes, absolutely. Okay, like, we can, like, let's not close everything down on the, you know, it's a nightmare. Like, really when, like, in your. Europe, by the way, they do not play with Sunday. They shut everything down. It is basically like zombie apocalypse on Sundays.

You cannot find anything. If you're hungry on a Sunday, if you're a tourist looking for a restaurant on a Sunday, good luck. You're eating like a pigeon on the street. Speaking of, let's go over to Ashley. She is at a boutique, and this is revenge on the lady who caused all the drama with Stacey. last year. What was her name? That's friends with Karen and Stacey, that there was all that dress drama

over Stacey not wanting someone to get the... Viv. Yeah, Stacey didn't want Ashley to wear her dress. Was it Karen? She didn't want someone else to have her dress and it was like a big drama. And so now Viv is out. And now we get Gilda. Welcome, Gilda.

Gilda. Welcome off the bench, Gilda. Gilda. Gilda's just been singing there. She's like, get in there, Gilda. Hello, ladies. Welcome. Welcome to this store. What can I do you for? And she just stands around with her finger kind of like pinched like this. Like, ooh, they're in my store now. And while they're talking, Gilda's just standing by. They're like, I could be working or I could be listening.

Ash is like, well, I'm having a second bloom ball. She says that as if that makes any sense. Like people know what a second bloom ball is. What even a first bloom ball is? Like, she's like creating a concept. Like as far as I could tell, a second bloom ball is like you're celebrating ordering a second blooming onion out. I don't put back because I've never heard of this thing before. I want to snort it, whatever it is.

It sounds good to me. So this is going to be a divorce party, basically. And we see her, she's like, I am officially divorced. And we see pictures of her that she took of herself at her photo shoot for being divorced, where she's like in a towel with a towel on her head, reading a newspaper that says, Ashley Dobby is divorced. Yeah. And he says, then there's a headline that says,

Cha-ching, Ashley Dolby to cash out in divorce with ex-Michael's 20 million net worth. And so she's like, yeah, that was something I worked into my agreement and like, so your girl's going to be all right. I thought it would like maybe be a little sad for me, but baby, I really like it here. Yeah, so she got some money out of Michael. That's good. How did you do that? I don't know.

I didn't even know he had a $20 million net worth. That's pretty wild. Yeah. So she's going to have a floral theme. thing, pastels, and she's telling Gilda that her friend Stacey's coming, and Gilda's like, oh, all right, shall I pass out the masks now? Yeah, let's make it look more natural.

Can you get some florals on those masks? So Ashley says that the last time she saw Stacey, it was a bit contentious, and she figured it would be just like really nice to have some like one-on-one time with her. Oh, really? No offense, Gilda. It's just one-on-one. Gilda's like, two on one? Two on one sounds great.

I'll be here. Back to your desk. Go back, Gilda. I love Ashley's scenes. I just wanted to spend some time with Stacy, a reminder that at heart we're both friends. Why are you lying, bitch? Yeah, exactly.

Also, I forgot to mention. Stacey, when she showed up at Giselle's house, like, she really set the tone for the season because she was wearing such a god-awful pattern on her dress. Did you remember that? It was like lines coming in, like rays coming in in all different directions and angles and shapes. And I was like, Stacey, come on. We have to, we have to be better.

I mean, she, her dress was better here. I like the pattern was, it still was a pretty loud pattern, but it made sense. But that one that she wore at the top of the episode, I just feel like we cannot let that slip by. It has to be mentioned. What the hell? We're really disagreeing on a lot of Stacey things today. I thought that was a very pretty dress. You're like, it was a lovely Moroccan dress.

I was like, no, Ronnie. It's an Indian dress. one thing we did forget to mention though that it's coming to me right now is when she was at that dinner with her husband and she's like i just love how you're sending me evites now and he's like yes because it is so easy i could just call you but then i think no i want to make it special so i make an evite she goes yes and then i come would you please like to join for please RSVP if you're going to join at this Moroccan Indian restaurant, please.

Now is the time for Moroccan Indian food. Please, RSV, yes or no. He's like, I would call you on the phone, but I sometimes do fear that breath can travel through telephones, so if it is better. I'm sick of the operator cutting us off because you are taking down power lines. Wait, I have a question.

You said that we're disagreeing on a lot. today did we i feel like we only disagreed i feel like we only disagreed on whether it was an indian or a morocca restaurant and also you said that you can tell that she has bad breath i don't i don't know how you can tell that she has bad breath and now we're disagreeing on her dress i mean and now now we're probably going to disagree on something else i'm like we're going to disagreeing on how many things we disagree on i felt like i feel like you not feeling like you can sense I don't feel like that's a disagreement. I feel like that's just a difference of perception.

But the restaurant, for sure, that's a big disagreement between us. That's going to be an issue. We're disagreeing on how we're disagreeing. It's going to be an issue. We're done. Yeah, it's a problem. So we see that Ashley has been with, she's been holding up the long time tradition of crazy invitations on this show because she's having her bloom party. So she sent someone to Stacy's door who's like, you are causally invited to be present.

the second bloom ball and i love this day he was like oh by the way your invitation was so beautiful and you think it's going to be like a card like from pirates or whatever that's going to have like nice fonts and good card stock and so it's just like some guys with horns doing fanfare like like like welcome to ashley's second bloom bowl yeah excuse me and i was like what this isn't beautiful are we going to agree on that yeah yeah so well i love that it's so potomac that it barely gets any airtime. It just gets one little clip instead of going to all the ladies

house, you know? Yeah. Normally what they do. I'm just all being like, who's on my lawn? Yeah. That is a story tradition. They're like, well, if there's no clown involved, we're just going to keep this real short. Yeah, no mime, no, no thank you. No, I'm, no thank you, Ashley.

Okay. So, um, we see the invitation and it's silly. It's like a full on wedding invitation. It's at the Josephine Pox, Center and the District of Columbia, the festivities begin at five, tentatively concluding at eight. This occasion celebrates new beginnings in honor of Ms. Ashley Darby, attire, encouraged, for your best Cinderella moment. Blacktown. Well, is it a Cinderella party, or is it a Bloom Party?

I think it's, like, thematically a little messy here. And she also explained that for... Yeah, because I think Cinderella had to go back to being a maid right after the ball, didn't she? Like didn't that? Didn't the pumpkin explode and then she had to, she got covered in pumpkin and had to become a maid again? Yeah, I don't even think that like Cinderella bloomed.

I think Cinderella was given false hope for a moment and then it just worked out for her. But I don't think it was. Cinderella cosplayed her way into some money. That's what, that's what happened. Cinderella made a bold, she made a bold choice for footwear and she was rewarded for it. But I don't think it was really a bloom.

She just sort of like, they're like, oh, look, she's good at picking out rice from ashes. It was a catfish. That was a catfish, that's what it was. It was like the first catfisher, yeah. Congratulations, you've reached the end of part one, of a two-part recap. For part two, go look for the recap that says part two. See you over there, suckers.

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