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It's too bad for Rinna she is on the one show in the franchise where most of the women won't pretty much look one of their castmates dead in the eye and say, "Yeah, I said it because I don't like you and if you don't like it you can stay home from now on." Try to imagine how it would go down if someone told Nene, Tamra, Kandi, Ramona, Bethenny, Vickie, etc. that they need to tread lightly around someone who shows no remorse for being a total asshole, sober and drunk.

So Rinna is obviously lying about not remembering. However, Rinna and Kim have an openly adversarial relationship, with a very thin veneer of pleasantness. Does anyone think Rinna has any loyalty to Kim? Does anyone think Rinna likes Kim? Or that Kim likes Rinna? Why would anyone be surprised that she would talk shit about Kim? Also, Kim has been an addict for 30 years. If Rinna doesn't think she is sober (I don't either) then saying "Kim is close to death" is not completely hyperbolic. Finally, calling Kyle "co-dependent" I think is presumably the wrong use of that terminology, but I can see why someone would say the way Kyle acts so bluffly sure that Kim has done a complete 180 in the past 18 months and is completely healthy in every way is maybe Kyle being willfully blind, unrealistic and minimizing. In short, everybody talks about everybody and people who don't like each other talk shit about each other.

Of all the Bravolebrities, the Toms are my favorite. Is that faint praise or what? I do think Sandoval, in particular, is a sweetheart and supercute.

I don't get it either. How and why did modeling become the ultimate aspiration for rich girls, who could do anything they want? If you are young and rich and beautiful, you can do all of the jet-setting and not have a bunch of pervy men and paparazzi on your case all the time. It makes me sad that so many girls with every option in the world think being a D-list model, because, let's face it, other than Gigi, Kendall and sort of Bella, none of the Hamlin, Grammar (or Baldwin, or Willis, etc.) girls are heading for the big-time.

Sorry, I missed this: do Mo and Kyle own that Malibu property?! If so, get paid Mo!

Eileen Davidson is absolutely amazing looking. Lisa Rinna always look like she has a putty face on WWHL.

Rod Stewart was incredibly charismatic last night. I know he is raunchy, but, oh my God, he could have told stories for another two hours, each one more charmingly told than the one before, and I would have sat in front of the TV at full attention. What a life! And, yes, Boy George was ready to spill the beans on everything and stupid Andy kept cutting him off!

I like how Dorit is addressing the studio audience like she is on Inside the Actor's Studio.

Caroline Stanbury had a Marlboro birthday cake!

Congrats, Jerry O'Connell, on being thirstier than Jax.

Brittany has said that she didn't watch VPR, but her mom did watch it. It was either on WWHL or maybe on the VPR Aftershow with Brandi and Julie (what happened to that show?). I don't think they've ever mentioned it on VPR.

How does Ariana not cut Scheana off with, "Yes, these girls don't give a fuck about you. How many times do they have to show you that? Either deal with it as the reality or walk away from them, but I'm not having this discussion with you anymore"?

When Phaedra came over to Kandi's car and was like, "You're leaving?!" and Kandi said, "Ahhh, I think we all have other things to go do now", just totally over it and not willing to pretend, it reminded me of several seasons ago, towards the end of Kim Z's run, when Kim and Cynthia were supposed to have a sit-down to squash some beef and both of them were just like, "We aren't really friends, and never will be, so who cares?" I don't think Kandi is one to walk away from a paycheck, but I think she's about maximum drama and confrontation in the minimal time and she's not going for the long drawn out scenes!

Karl's attractive? Karl has huge ears and a dopey face. The problem with this show is that these people have real legit jobs and even career aspirations so they have something to lose. Getting drunk and hooking up is as good as it will get. No one's going to tear off a chunky sweater in a strip mall parking lot and brawl.

Ugh, really, Charlie Sheen? We are now back to thinking Charlie Sheen is charming and madcap and not an out of control junkie? And Andy is drinking with him like it's so fun and cute. Gross.

Scheana should have said she was a vegetarian and Kristen shouldn't have been grilling people about the lobster if she wasn't going to eat it. Just take the damn thing and push it around your plate and talk about something else until they take your plate. You don't have to be Jackie Kennedy to have basic manners down by the time you are almost 30. Also, Kristen thought "WASPy" had something to do with wasps? And I know a lot of people think FI is a douchebag, but I can't help it, I think he is a nice guy. He was so supportive of Mike during his rehab and when he told Brittany that nothing Jax said made her look bad, it was sweet.

It even has the same rug, right? And the same nicknacks on the shelves? I think the informal, cable access-y decor helps keep the show light and informal, but the way he talked about this I was thinking it was going to be a totally different set. Also, the deck is too far away from the set to be a good spot for doing the shotski.

So, not to be naive, but is the Kenya/Matt thing all a put on? Like, they are in cahoots, arranging for him to show up and get angry and even violent? Or are they in cahoots for him to show up places but then things go left and he gets angry and even violent? Or is he unwittingly being jerked around by her and she is playing with fire by playing games with a legit violent guy?

Jaimie and his namby-pamby, I'm Ok, You're OK way of speech is super-annoying and unprofessional. Just spit it out, for Pete's sake. Also, he looks sloppy, sweaty and unpolished all the time This doesn't mean I like Nikita or think she shouldn't be fired. But even with good staff I don't think he'd make it easy.

Haha! I just heard that. I thought it was James Vander Pump!

Usually I hate the explanation that conflict on these shows is due to people being "jus jellus", but Scheana is obviously on a pretty rigorous summer body program (which limits her alcohol intake) and Stassi is obviously moving in the opposite direction and I feel like that is a big part of the tension between them. Who was the other guy in the RV?

I thought it was telling that Stassi mentioned, "And Ariana gets out of the pool like a mermaid..." I think KKSt realize that they are in competition for screentime with LASc and those three are way more telegenic these days, they all three actually work at Sur, LVP seems to like all three of them, they have more involvement with the Sur men and Scheana has the option of bringing serious IRL with her marriage problem. All KKSt have going for them is the wedding and their complete lack of shame in making jackasses of themselves in order to stay on TV.

Mark is a horrible dickhead who would only show respect to a boss who is like Captain Lee: an older man who outranks him in a military-style hierachy and, even then, only if he knows he could be fired at any time. The only reason I would fire Nikita first is because at least Mark keeps it together in front of clients. That open kitchen is not Nikita's friend-I'm sure the clients saw her refuse to get Jamie his fork and plate. Nikita and Mark don't even need to be living in the house. Since both of them want to do only their very specific duties, they could come in, like the spiritual advisor, to do those roles and then leave. They aren't good teammates.

OMG fire Nikita.

I agree that Kandi is the one on here that puts her real self out there the most. And a lot of time it is not pretty. She's got a lot of rough edges and isn't very discreet.