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I'll have to take your word for it! If Erika was being decent towards Sutton I must have blinked and missed it, lol. Maybe she's trying something new: being nice to get Sutton to buy her something although after the elevator thing (and everything else) I doubt that will happen.

Well, I'm sure she's seen this show before; it's not exactly known for women behaving well. I didn't see Crystal doing anything remotely similar to what Erika did, lying on the floor with her legs spread - a move which I think was completely choreographed pre-show by Erica. I thought Crystal stayed seated on stage and seemed to be having fun! Full disclosure, I've been to the Magic Mike show in Vegas and no one onstage acted like Erika. She was disgusting before, and she's still disgusting. Her show doesn't sound fun at all.

Do you guys think there might really be another old wallet bankrolling this “residency”? Didn’t he hear what happened to the last one?

And for me, Rinna’s absence has made even the worst stuff not as bad in comparison. She was the one BHRH I truly needed to be gone. So now that she is I don’t mind any of the others especially when they provide snarkable material (like Erika employing an Executive Assistant in her rented pool house) but I wish they were happier.

I didn't know when this scene was filmed, but Kyle told the "therapist/life coach" her best friend took her own life on May 1st. I think the grief is real.

This is a good question. Erika's show was always a money pit; that's why it stopped when Tom finally got busted and probably (just my theory) a motivator in Tom's criminal activities. So Beverly Hills. Or at least the RH version of Beverly Hills.

That makes more sense. The producers question still cracked me up though; he and I were on the same wavelength.

Well Sutton was where the camera was and those Richard girls (and Hilton) are hard wired to get in front of a camera. I believe it was for Erika, whose major accomplishment was bagging a man twice her age and bleeding him dry of his ill gotten gains.

Oh I completely understand all of this and the opportunity costs involved in when one spouse leaves the workforce. I’ve always believed big corporate jobs take two people to be successful. I’ve never diminished Sutton’s role or had a problem with her spousal support. But when you live off alimony I don’t think that counts as “financially independent.” I mean it’s not like they built a business together . Her ex made a lot of money and hid a lot of investments that Sutton only found out about at the divorce.

Sutton certainly does not let it bother her and frankly gives as good as she gets when it comes to verbal strikes. She's stopped overreacting to minor offenses (not being in on a joke, or on a birthday present) and just seems more comfortable being on camera. Personally, I would have been out the day Erika went berserk on me. I still don't like how she speaks to her assistant (or whatever Ari's title is) but he seems to take it in stride so I guess he doesn't let her bother him either. Garcelle's grace towards Sutton impresses me. I would have thought she would be repelled by Sutton's snobbishness but she is a professional in every way and I applaud her confidence.

I'm not sure that's the same thing. If you separated from your job they would stop paying you, even if you had been there 16 years. Sutton is no longer a partner in her marriage, contributing to the success of the her husband's career. The reason is a great divorce attorney, or at least a better one than her ex-husband had and a ex-husband with a big big job.

Sutton cheering herself for having a store that she did on her own, "without taking anyone's money" and then the producer asks, "Did you use your spousal support on the store? and Sutton says, "Of course!!" hahaha. I would bet anything that store is a loss write off and a great way to travel and shop. Of course there isn't anything wrong with that (there are several of those in the beach community we frequent) but Sutton saying, thinking? she did it all on her own is the kind of hilarious. ETA: Well, that and the thing on Dorito's head in her interview scenes, lol.

Which tells us how much of these "friendships" are real or even just how much the RH support one another. Someone (Camille since she came with Denise?) should have suggested Denise skip this particular event since she clearly was impaired beyond tipsy or even a little stoned. Instead, both the show and the other women kept her there and on camera. This wasn't The Countess stumbling into the shrubs (which was hilarious) this was someone not having fun and not in control of herself and the show had no problem showcasing that fact.

I've found Erika so nasty horrible the last couple years so I just figured Denise could be talking about anything, probably more an overall thing than just one example. But then she told Garcelle that it was the thing with Erika's nasty comments around her kids, at her party.

That's Erika telling us how broke she is... so broke her Executive Assistant had to make the lemonade from the lemons on the tree in her nonexistent yard in her rented pool house. I don't think Beverly Hills broke is the same as normal broke. I do wonder how PK makes money though. And thank goodness dumb dumb Dorito isn't doing it! But she also doesn't cook or clean and probably has a personal assistant like the rest of them. Who knows how long it takes her to put together her look of the day/night and then have someone photograph it?! She's tired, lol.

I honestly don't care if Shannon quits drinking or not. Maybe she has an alcohol problem (ya think?) and maybe she doesn't BUT she must stop getting behind the wheel after having any drop of alcohol. Hire a private driver, take an uber, call a friend (or daughter) but Shannon needs a ignition lock (required in my state after conviction) on any car she has access to drive. My first m-i-l was an alcoholic. She never quit drinking for more than a few days but her kids put an ignition lock on her car and solved that problem. Until one day she had a loaner because her car was in the shop and she put that car in the ditch within a day. My first car as a teenager would not start until seat belt was on; I think ALL cars should come with ignition locks, standard, like airbags.

My reaction as well,

I know it was for effect but do people smoke indoors? At the dinner table? Ohhh, maybe it was a throwback to Allison Dubois and her ridiculous vaping at the real original dinner from hell. In that case it makes perfect sense. But I'll wait until she pulls a big ol bong out of her bag to be impressed, lol.

I hadn't thought of the price of private school... maybe this is preferable to the horrors of public school to Dorito? Dorito doesn't do much around the house but in this case, thank goodness Dorito isn't attempting to home school her children! 😆 Yep. Which is why is double dangerous to try an insert yourself in one of their sister fights; eventually they make up and you are on the outs. And because of her "society" connections Kathy is the one that cuts everyone out. I remember when one of her girls was getting married (Nikki?) and everyone in the fam was invited except Mo, putting Kyle in an awkward position. If you are on the outs with Kathy then she makes sure that means you are on the outs with her kids too.

Yes, I think PK is right on this - those kids haven't been around other children at school for THREE YEARS and just listen to any teacher to hear how damaging that can be for their growth. They saw it when schools reopened after a year. I understand Dorito's fear but if those kids don't want to go to school it's because they are picking up on their mother's anxiety/fear about it. Kids are very perceptive and Dorito needs to work on letting that go and putting her children before her fear.

Why does Erika have an "Executive Assistant", lol. She lives in a rented poolhouse, talks about how "poor" she is and besides this show, doesn't have a career/job to be busy doing. I guess she needs someone to talk to and film with so there is that but seriously I don't think we've ever seen Erika with anyone that isn't either on her payroll or Bravo's.

LOL. Well she did bag Tom, the guy so desperate to give Erika her "Stage" he stole money from his clients, many of whom were victims of horrific actions just to keep her show going. I do not believe for one minute any of those shows made a dime. Didn't she say once that she spent $30K a month on the glam squad, including Mikey.

And the editors cracked me up with the before and after jacket pics.

That's the beauty of paying a caterer.

Same. Plus Dorito is kind of a dum dum.😊