OhGromit

Starting at around 4:57, in this interview with Andy from July 2015, Vicki talks about how she thought she was going to lose Brooks this year, not her mom. The notion that she was afraid Brooks was going to die was, by July 2015, a bald-faced (liar-faced) lie.

Ah, old videos still around on the internet that may come back to haunt Vicki:

I loved Shannon's spirited reply to Andy's idiotic "interview" of Vicki, but Shannon could have done a lot better rebutting the nonsense. I wish she had. Vicki is still singing many of the same songs-- Brooks had pancreatitis, but Briana misunderstood... Vicki saw Brooks have night sweats, fevers, vomiting, maybe it was eye drops? (BULLSHIT! She lied about the symptoms, or their severity, but is trying to pretend she didn't lie)... she was away whenever something serious happened... She cray. I hope Heather, who just wants to be on TV and will do or say whatever makes Heather look good, doesn't toe this new Andy Cohen line of spin. Lord knows what Tamra will do, but I suspect Tamra will eventually fall right back into the game, now that Andy's made it clear what the party line should be. Tamra needs this money like none of the other HWs, especially now that she has to support a granddaughter, a son, his wife, her other daughters...

bing bing bing, winna winna chicken dinna, ITA with this entire post, especially: "I just think they both manipulated each other for their own purposes." abso-friggin-lutely!!! Vicki was desperate for "love" and Brooks was desperate for material support. They worked each other to get what they were desperate for.

In this interview, Vicki is talking like she still thinks Brooks had/ has cancer. She talks about when he first had chemo, his second chemo treatment, his symptoms, without saying the sort of disclaimers that would make it clear that she no longer believes in the reality of those events. She doesn't say things like "when he went in for what he led me to believe was his first chemo treatment," she says "when he had his first chemo treatment." Andy is enabling her denial by not challenging her. She is really sick. Pathetic that she is now, after being dumped by Brooks, touting Donn for being an awesome husband. Desperate much?

Had to write to say I'm a fan of this post. Totally agree with your assessment of Heather. She and Terry are terrifically insecure, but at present (and probably for the future as well) they've been able to pave over their insecurities with grandiosity.

Please keep it open! I like this thread.

I feel like it's even lower than Teresa Giudice low, because Vicki threw her own daughter under the bus in an effort to protect Brooks. Teresa would never, never sacrifice her daughters for the sake of anyone, including her husband.

Vicki is spouting some nonsense about being willing to be friends with Shannon again, as long as Shannon "does her part": http://www.inquisitr.com/2572496/vicki-gunvalson-says-shes-willing-to-fix-friendship-with-shannon-beador-tamra-jude-sends-vicki-a-tweet/ If I were Shannon, my response to that BS would be um, guess we're not going to be friends again cause I don't owe you a damn thing! Seriously, Vicki can eat it, she should crawl on her knees back to Shannon. I only hope Shannon doesn't lower herself to the level of thinking she has to do anything to "earn" Vicki's so-called friendship.

Yeah, I see Vicki as lending them some down payment money, but not buying the place for them. Hell, that's what she did when she got Briana that stupid Mercedes-- she took care of the down payment on the lease and then Briana had to make the payments.

Maybe, I just don't see why Briana would even WANT Vicki on RHOC anymore. I guess I thought she had sense enough to recognize that RHOC has poisoned their lives, and that the cash isn't worth it. I also thought she might have learned how toxic her mother is, and that she needs to create some boundaries there. Seems like I was wrong on both accounts! Ugh, Briana, why...?

IMO, it's such a huge life mistake for Briana to return to the OC. She needs to extract herself from her mother's enmeshment with her, not bury herself in it. "I go to his doctor's visits, and they're reading the scans..." Wow. Methinks we have caught a liarface.

My guess is they'll have her back, and the plot will go back and forth between "did Vicki lie?" and "who's Vicki dating now?"

Details, details!

I think that was a reference to the fact that she thought Brooks seemed like kind of a con from the time Vicki started to date him. She noticed right away that he seemed to be working Vicki, that he was "affirming" her all the time, that he seemed fake. From back in Season 7 or 8, whatever season Brooks was introduced.

... and spend it on stupid shit! Forget about charity, because I've no hope they would donate that kind of cash, but Heather could produce a TV show and cast herself as the star, for all the loot they're putting into doorknobs.

I wonder if Brooks dispatched himself to Florida for legal reasons. He doesn't seem to be maintaining an address. Like I'm wondering if he wants to avoid service of process, or if Florida has lenient extradition laws... no clue, but Florida always strikes me as a place with an excess of ex-cons. Course he's still a current con, not an ex-con.

If you watch one of the earlier Brooks/ Vicki episodes, there's a scene at a restaurant where Brooks wants a kiss from Vicki, but she objects that she hates PDA. He forces her to do the kiss in a way I always thought smacked -- ever so slightly-- of bullying. When I rewatched that scene, I did feel in retrospect that I was seeing a tiny glimpse of his emotional control over her.

It's clear at this point that Vicki was so right to compare herself to Jesus. How fortunate we are to realize it now, so we can spend the rest of her life learning from her timeless message of selfless compassion.

UGH. Vicki is never going to get it. Watching her, after this, is the equivalent of watching walking awfulness. And not even INTERESTING walking awfulness. She's like a wind-up toy, utterly predictable. And I'm not pulling for her in any way, so why would I care to be interested in her life? Nor am I interested to see whether she's going to learn her lesson, because it's clear by now she's TRULY never going to.

Been rewatching Seasons 8 and 9-- which I only recommend doing if you've upped your usual dose of antidepressants!, esp with Season 9-- and my word, but Heather Dubrow was a horrendous c***. Cold, haughty. She and Terry were both incredibly arrogant.

I totally agree. The last two seasons have been really depressing.

Okay, I have been wondering about this forever-- WHAT DOES SMH STAND FOR? Sorry for yelling, I've just been dying to know! And then I finally googled it. Shaking my head. Got it! SMH at my own stupidity for not googling it to begin with...

I believe Brooks was paid $10k to do this special and interview.

And so, Vicki Gunvalson has become the Theresa Giudice of the RHOC. This really is the Hunger Games. Except that these ladies throw their lives away voluntarily in exchange for fame.