[S12.E07: Ship-Faced]

1 hour ago, Set Them Free said:

What Diana was describing with the death of her brother was an atrocity.  And Sutton came back with something like "it's hard when you don't get to say goodbye."

I think sharing that your father killed himself is a way to let someone know you understand something about how tortured and brutal death can be, how senseless, and how hard it is to have a life you valued enormously end so quickly and pointlessly, with no chance to say goodbye - and I'm almost certain Diana would've welcomed that comment from anyone other than Sutton.  

[S12.E07: Ship-Faced]

I don't believe that Erika was out of control/inebriated/drunk/etc.  I think that was just an attempt to change the conversation about her from "Dirty grifter" to "Look at Erika all fucked up & ramblin' on about chocolate chip cookies for brekkie! (and being nice to Sutton the night before, too!") Fuck that noise. Never mind Erika living in one of the biggest pill poppin' places in all of history, she seems to have forgotten she told us she first went on Lexapro in the fall of 2020  (remember her big sob story? She was stuck at home during the pandemic -  wandering the halls of her mighty mansion, a sleepless waif -  and she called a shrink in despair & went on Lexapro). She's had months upon months of experience with these meds, and she's asking me to believe either 1) The shrink never warned her about mixing different meds/booze.  2) Erika somehow never took a drink while on the meds (tea total for almost a year, thus avoiding a real life lesson in not mixing) or 3) Erika went on and off Lexapro at will whenever she wanted to drink...because she bloody well knew not to mix meds. 

Erika also knows Xanax is often used as an excuse for inebriated behaviour because back in 2020, when Brandi posted shit about Erika's  divorce from Tom on her insta, Brandi blamed it on the Xanax she took before posting.

So forgive me if I blow the biggest raspberry in the world as Erika acts all surprised that a handful of pills and booze could result in her (supposed) inebriation  ("I had no idea, y'all! Me being from a historic farm community - and not some hifalutin' textile factory down north! -  I jes' had no idea that Xanax and booze and anti-deps would be an issue! And cuz of that, here I was all day -  without a hair out of place, my lipstick perfect - playing hat the puss!") I hated this episode. You, Andy, do not get to rehabilitate that thieving bitch. You do not get to repackage her.  Erika is trash.  For years, she lived off money meant to go to people enduring the worst that life can hand a human being (and she lived very high off the hog on their money). And in the wake of all  the misery she participated in, she's not expressed a single moment of remorse (never mind reach out or repay). She's garbage, and minus an apology and amends, always will be. Stop trying to make wretch happen, Andy.

[S12.E06: High Cries and Misty Demeanors]

1 hour ago, pasdetrois said:

RDJr is rumored to be one of the long-time sources for the Hollywood attorney who runs CDAN (blind gossip site).

Yeah, I know Enty and his snaky ways ; ) I stopped reading him years ago, when it was debunked that Downey, Jennifer Lawrence, and Di Caprio were possible sources for his blind items - and Enty himself admitted he's not actually an 'entertainment' lawyer:

"He does work at an LA-based law firm but according to them, he’s not an entertainment lawyer — they don’t even have an entertainment division. Enty, it turns out, handles wills and probate."

https://nypost.com/2012/04/01/how-crazy-days-and-nights-fooled-hollywood/

[S12.E06: High Cries and Misty Demeanors]

We're not done with Diana trying to make Bacongate happen! (Although if she actually was once a madam, she herself served sausage, no? ; ) 

Joking aside - as @Emmeline posted, Downey's lawyer denied the actor had anything to do with the story, but I wonder if Diana being at the business end of inferences/hints/ comments about what she's said and done (things many people would consider proof she's a bad human being)  will instill empathy in her as to why Sutton -  after undergoing the same treatment -  feels the need to say, "I'm a good person" over and over again. (I won't hold my breath ; ) 

eta to give credit to Emmeline! 

[S12.E06: High Cries and Misty Demeanors]

3 hours ago, Shannah Banana said:

 "Mama Erika" has a terrible ring to it. 

I liked it, because for a brief but beautiful moment, I imagined that was Erika's prison name ("Mama Erika will do anything for that 1.29 CVS  lipstick...") and all was right with my world.

Garcelle - she looked stunning at dinner, and had my favourite line of the night: "Erika, you're bugging the shit out of me!" (me too, Garcelle, me too).

Diana - when you're so boring I'm actually hoping you ARE a madam, we're done  (although of course I know it's a lie: nobody would pay to fuck Rinna!) 

Crystal - once again,  I was more interested in the backstory ("My Fourteen Friends Dumped Me!") than what was actually on the show (Crystal sobbing, displaying terrifying levels of gullibility as to Erika's motives, and all but resting her head on Erika's shoulder in a way that reminded me of every segment I've seen on To Catch a Predator).  How the hell did Crystal get expelled? How was the decision arrived at? A secret vote? Fourteen rounds of "Rock, Paper, Scissor"? A Rorshach Crystal herself failed? ("Tell us what you see...no it's not the dictionary definition of violated! Begone!")  I don't like this version of Crystal, and I think we're going to be treated to more of the same; endless, angst-ridden, topic de jour rounds of Who said what to who and when about what! even as nobody watching gives a flying fuck. Andy Cohen had lightning in a bottle with Sutton, Crystal and Garcelle and he squandered it - and for what?  The exhausting, tedious bullshit brought by Kyle, Rinna, Erika, and PTSDorit.  Pfft. 

[S12.E05: In Hot Water]

6 hours ago, Ms Blue Jay said:

It doesn't seem like a fair double standard.  

I'm holding both women to the same standard: reacting to what they've said. 

If we ever see credible information/footage of Sutton actually saying something problematic, very dark, hurtful, and worthy-of-being-canceled comments,  I will absolutely roll out all the big words denouncing that. 

I will also dump this show, because I'm not interested in race being used for reality tv thrills. I'm not interested in a presentation of cast members that has been manipulated to such an extreme degree I'm suddenly being required to ask myself, "Wait - Sutton's a racist?"  And I'm certainly not interested in being expected to do so as glibly as a WWHL poll, as casually as Andy does shotskis. as easily as we once asked ourselves who was the real 'witch' (Carlton or Brandi) why Kyle loves herself a bad caftan, and whether Yolanda's "My King" was proof her marriage was in trouble.  If Andy Cohhn has decided carelessly playing-with-race-storylines is the new "Taylor yelling at a cat meme", he deserves a Maloof Hoof in his ass.

[S12.E05: In Hot Water]

3 hours ago, Hiyo said:

A true microaggression would be saying "You're very intelligent/eloquent/well spoken for a...".

You don't need to include "For a" (insert ethnic/gender identity here) for it to be a micro-aggression. Saying "You're so articulate" (period) to a Black person is based on the bigoted assumption that Black people are not routinely well-spoken, intelligent - and unfamiliar with 'big words' - so there’s no need to include "for a Black person".   (And since I've already posted three times on this topic, last word is yours.) 

2 hours ago, Shannah Banana said:

 Mikey since he has nothing to do because of her, well, ever dwindling clothes rack. 

Hmm - is it possible Erika's "Say hey, y'all,  to my pudenda" (aka pantygate ) was actually an early sign of looming financial trouble? (First they came for my undies...!) And does anybody else wonder if Mrs Girardi still has that oh-so-charming "Cunty" necklace (the one thing she deserves to keep?  ; ) 

I cannot wait for Garcelle to lay into that thieving vulture of a bone-bag next week.  Ms. Beauvais has her eye on the prize.

[S12.E05: In Hot Water]

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Except it's not really racist.

It's a microaggression at the very least, imo, and in most workplaces, anyone mocking a Black woman about her (supposed) inability to recognize a "big word"  would be in serious trouble. Garcelle handled it with her usual grace - a knowing line in her confessional about having plenty of big words at her disposal to throw Crystal's way, words she chose not to use - but Garcelle's willingness to clock the speedbump and move on (instead of turning it into a storyline against Crystal, frex)  doesn't erase the fact that Crystal crossed a line.

[S12.E05: In Hot Water]

1 hour ago, Baltimore Betty said:

If it was not the statement about how Porter had a diverse group of people in the hot tub with her that upset her (why the hell would that offend Crystal anyway), what was it?

Exactly - I also have a problem with Crystal suddenly claiming the "kids in the pool" story was fine (as she did on WWHL) because if that's the case, then nothing she did that night makes any sense.

If the "kids in the pool" story was not the issue, then why did Crystal not say, "That's not the story I found very dark and hurtful and problematic - that story is just fine" and then share  the comments that actually did disturb her? If the "kids" story is not the issue, then why were the questions Crystal asked Garcelle about that story (as was the insult: "I know! These are big words!") Why waste time asking Garcelle if she knew the details, or found the story problematic? Why announce that Sutton's story was a test of perception, a Rorshach, if this was not the story that Crystal found problematic?  That whole conversation that night was based on Crystal acting as if Sutton's story about the kids in the pool was 1) The source of the controversy  2) Very dark, hurtful, problematic, and (as Crystal previously said) capable of causing Sutton to be "canceled". 

And yet now, Crystal is claiming the story is fine -  no problem at all! - and it was yet another sooper-sekret thing Sutton said that was dark and hurtful. And we're supposed to do what with that -  not notice the vast discrepancy between those two positions? Pretend we don't see bullshit being flung like glitter? She was one of my favorites, but I'm liking her less and less the more she yammers on about this - changing her story in ways that demand we pretend she didn't do what she did, or say what she said that night - and treating Sutton like a problematic Russian nesting doll, each figure guilty of worse and worse statements, none of them ever to be openly revealed. 

[S12.E05: In Hot Water]

7 hours ago, Ms Blue Jay said:

Talking about it openly might even be helpful.  

Absolutely, but what's missing for me in this last round with Crystal is exactly that - openness. Everything she's conveyed about Sutton's "very dark " comments has been confusing, murky, and the opposite of transparent.

Frex, after Sutton shared her "kids in the pool" memory (ending with the line "That's how the world should be") Crystal said (roughly) "And of course I don't disagree with that, but it's not enough."  If Crystal is now taking issue with how Sutton shared her memory back then, fair enough - but be specific now.  If Crystal has reconsidered her agreement with Sutton back then, fair enough - but be specific about that now.  Share the "very dark" comments, share your thought process as to why they're hurtful and problematic, share how it made you feel   - mention it all! - but by keeping it unsaid, the accusation of racist rhetoric is not solved, but compounded by being implied, not clarified.

On the non CrystaSutton front:

Peace to Lois. I wish Rinna hadn't used her mother as a social media pawn (among other things, posting Lois saying "Goodbye Kyle" on insta,  a fight Lois had no part in, and should not have been forced into) but that aside, Lois herself seemed like a decent human being. May her spirit fly free. 

I think Dorit, clad as a widow (thanks, @dbell1 for making me laugh :) could audition in that very outfit to play one of Henry the Eighth's disgraced wives! ( "M'lord,  I do be stripped of mine jewels and bags of birken, but my quill and ink left handily near yonder wall - by my ethnically diverse maidservant, the one so adored by my white & right royal child - hath allowed me to hastily write unto thee a plea for mercy - in Spanish, of course....") Up next: Kyle as Henry himself, about to straddle the throne (as seen walking from behind).

Erika & Dorit's lunch:  since I imagine Erika was mesmerized by the thought of a boozy Arnold Palmer coming her way (and at least one meal not spent eating Bumblebee out of the can with her dirty paws, crouched on the floor, hissing, "But I'm the victim, here! Me!")  I can ignore her mispronunciation of niçoise (and every other word she has to say about anything, ever) but what of  Dorit's oh-so-cosmopolitan history?  How could Our Lady Of Much Hoity Toity World Travel not know it's pronounced "ni-soise" not "ni-soi"?  (Unless she was saying it in Italian...in which case, still wrong!)  

[S12.E05: In Hot Water]

15 hours ago, eleanorofaquitaine said:

I understand why Crystal found Sutton's comments problematic. Saying "I don't see color" 

Agreed,  but those are not the comments Crystal referred to in such dire terms  ("very dark" "hurtful" "would get her cancelled"  etc - all of which left me thinking Sutton had let loose with a string of ethnic slurs worthy of a Klan meeting). It was Sutton's memory of a pool and jacuzzi full of diverse kids enjoying themselves together that Crystal found so dark and troubling. 

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Crystal was also seemingly saying to Sutton, "it's not enough to live in a fantasy-world where you think that children from BIPOC families have the same opportunities as white kids."

I didn't see anything in the "kids" conversation that would lead Crystal to fairly assume Sutton was saying that - when Crystal said Sutton's memory of those kids together was "Not enough, you have to go further" Sutton didn't disagree, which doesn't seem like the response of someone living in a fantasy world blindly claiming all BIPOC kids are doing just fine.

I like Crystal, but this has revealed her to be untrustworthy, imo, and until she owns up to the impact of her insinuations, none of them should assume any friendship with her is genuine, or let their guard fully down (other than Erika:  Crystal knifing that grifting, low-down flea-bag in the back would endear Crystal to me all over again.)  Because of Crystal's lack of transparency, I don't have much patience for whatever it is (emotionally) that's driving her to throw out insinuations of dark & hurtful racist comments, further mysterious accusations on WWHL - all while respecting only her own feelings as valid -  which would not have been the case if she'd been clean-handed with this from jump.  She weaponized whatever her issues are, instead of sharing them. And it annoys me no end that she carries around her own issues, with no self awareness (see: Crystal trying to shame and mock Garcelle re: "Rorschach" - "I know! These are big words!" - beyond ugly. And for the record: you are not superior to Garcelle in any way,  Crystal,  so just zip it). 

I'm also annoyed watching promising cast members turn into assholes with no pay-off or purpose - Andy Cohen throwing nasty shit at the wall, just to see if it sticks.  This show is not built to handle that kind of freight; to genuinely take on vital issues like race, class (or trauma). It all ends up feeling glib, shallow and very disheartening, because nothing is accomplished.  The dynamic cheapens issues that should be treated with respect, kills off any possibility of light-heartedness,  and doesn't leave any room for anything fun - ridiculous moments, foolish fights that amuse not enrage,  unexpected moments of camaraderie - instead, another dining scene with yet another vicious-spirited conversation. Makes me feel complicit in dumbing down crucial issues in the world,  and stupid for watching this show. 

[Bethenny Frankel: Skinny Girl]

You always make me laugh, Happy Camper ; )

5 hours ago, Happy Camper said:

B's BTS: Bethenny was on mic ranting about her daughter Bryn… until Bryn interrupted with a tween emergency. We kept recording and you’re about to hear what happened next!

I listened to some of this episode  (two minutes, couldn't take much more) and here's Bethenny on her (ahem) relationship with twelve-year-old Brynn:

"We're co-dependent. We're like Siamese twins. She's on top of me and won't let me have one second in my life back,  she's obsessed with me and I love it. It's like living with a stalker in your home, I need to get a restraining order, I need a second to live my own fucking life in my own body." 

Nothing like riffing on stalking/a restraining order as comic fodder when you slapped one on your daughter's father in real life!

Queen of Mean B, keeping it classy as always. 

[Bethenny Frankel: Skinny Girl]

"...Bethenny Frankel will be given the Reality Royalty Award at the June 5, MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted, Variety can announce. The Reality Royalty Award began last year, recognizing the legacy of reality greatness. The first recipient in 2021 was the cast of “Jersey Shore: Family Vacation.”

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bethenny-frankel-mtv-movie-tv-awards-reality-royalty-1235281974/

Never mind Queen B being sloppy seconds to Jersey Shore in reality royalty (ouch) winning this tacky award has to burn for the woman who left Bravo to "star in shows which represent a shift in the conversation for women...I want to highlight the strength, confidence and unstoppable power that women have."

[Bethenny Frankel: Skinny Girl]

5 hours ago, SweetieDarling said:

I think Jason Hoppy might beg to differ

...as would her parents  ; )

[Bethenny Frankel: Skinny Girl]

WTF is wrong with this woman? Whatever your take on the Depp-Heard trial, the bottom line is the whole case hinges on two people accusing each other of absolutely goddawful physical and emotional abuse.  I thought abuse (as an issue) was a cause Frankel held dear - or so she's been saying for years, through B Strong - not a source of derision and mockery:

"...Johnny Depp looks like a hero only in a relationship with Amber Heard.”  She added that Johnny “is gonna be f–king anointed  Gandhi and the pope” once the trial is over. She argued, “because he was in a relationship with the craziest woman that’s walked this planet.” Bethenny continued on her rant, “I’m sure Queen Elizabeth is calling him being like, ‘Come here, I wanna give you a knighthood because you’re now the hero in this crazy villain story.’” She went on to say, “It doesn’t make any sense. Johnny Depp plus anyone besides Amber Heard is a raving MDMA cocaine s–t-in-bed-tolerating man. But here, he looks..." Bethenny then broke into singing Mariah Carey’s famous song...“‘and then a hero comes along!’ because Amber Heard is who he’s being compared to.” 

https://www.realitytea.com/2022/05/26/bethenny-frankel-says-amber-heard-is-the-craziest-woman-who-has-walked-the-planet/

What next? Making fun of mass shootings for kicks and giggles? I know she's just throwing out shit for shock value to get her name back in the news, but jesus. brutal, shallow and hypocritical doesn't even begin to cover it. 

[S12.E03: There's Sutton about Crystal]

13 hours ago, princelina said:

There was no need for Garcelle to bring it up again to be rehashed.

I think there was a need (at least for my sanity!) because Kyle clearly intended to bring up Sutton's comment on the regular, and by forcing the issue, Garcelle forced Kyle's hand. It will be much harder now for Kyle to pretend she's in empathetic need of discussing Sutton's gun comment ad infinitum with her posse of assholes - Kyle will still try to do it, but Garcelle at least pulled the keys out of the Farce Four clown car. 

The disgust I feel every time I see Erika behaving as if she's been cleared of all fraud & criminal activity is beyond measure.  The only thing she's innocent of is decency - hasn't a lick of it, anywhere - and watching her swan around as if she possesses the moral weight of Mother Theresa would be amusing, if not for the burn victims she grifted.  God bless Fancy Drew for refusing to apologize, back down,  or validate Erika's denial of her corrupt and sticky fingers - for all her supposed awkwardness, Sutton is grace personified on that front.

[S12.E01: The Break-in]

4 hours ago, MinorL said:

As far as the comforter/bedspread being used in the burglary, it’s a thing. My house was burglarized in college while I was at home for winter break. I had 3 roommates. 

God, how awful  (and what a shitty thing to return to after break). 

I don't have a problem with them using the comforter to carry stolen goods,  I have a problem with hamburglar # 2 opening the comforter on the street in full view of the neighborhood - with a security light on at the house right across from him - instead of doing the quickest/safest thing: go right to the car, throw the comforter in, and take off.  Instead, he stands exposed on the sidewalk, opening up the comforter, wasting time picking up bags/dropping them - which is why you use a comforter to begin with,  to avoid carrying/dropping shit! - I dunno, maybe they're just complete idiots who lucked out and somehow pulled off a million dollar heist (or maybe PK needs to answer the one question that's been bothering Lieutenant Columbo ; )

[RHoBH in the Media]

On 5/12/2022 at 1:31 PM, gingerella said:

I mean, what new comments could anyone actually make other than repeating the same tired observations ad infinitum for years now:

(snip only for space)

...I'm going to miss your posts, Gingerella ; )

[S12.E01: The Break-in]

On 5/12/2022 at 8:45 AM, Keywestclubkid said:

 going from IM gonna kill you and your children to ok ill leave a phone behind for you? nothing about this makes sense sorry my opinion 

I agree. These two criminals were about to blow Dorit's brains out,  then somehow turned into Kathy's butler, throughtfully leaving her phone at the ready to be used to hunt them down the minute they left. I'm not a master thief,  but after a lifetime of watching crime shows, I'd know to smash the phone or throw it in the pool.  Do whatever needed to buy myself time to escape. What I wouldn't do is leave it intact to make it super-easy for Dorit to report the crime the minute I left the property. I also find it odd they shattered glass to break into Dorit's house, but after looking in, they walked away. You've gained illegal entry, why not enter? Why wander around like Goldilocks - This smashed door is just right! - instead of getting down to business?

And what's with that bunched-up white comforter (full of stolen goods) being carried out onto the street  - in full view of any neighbor coming home late/up late - and being emptied onto the sidewalk? What thief takes time, mid-crime,  to sort and pick (and drop) items like a sit-com delivery man? ("Hmm,  rather than shove this Santa Sack in the getaway car, I'll look through it right now! I'll put this Birkin under my left arm, the other bag under my right ar - oops, dropped it! - sure hope the nabes don't see me!") The incompetence of it all, and yet they managed to easily pull off a million dollar heist. And I have no idea if this was insurance fraud or the real deal, but I do know that PK is a deeply corrupt grifter stuck in a never-ending financial shit-pit,  and I can absolutely see him hiring a couple of hamburglars to con his way out of the mess he's made.   

[Erika Girardi/Erika Jayne: Let them eat cake]

WTF? Why the hell are Erika's lady parts "squishy wet"?  Is there a medical condition being revealed here? Something involving her vulva being jampacked with marshlike clumps of wet grass? A stray Ocelo sponge finding its way up under her Cuntkins? Has she perhaps actually wet her Cuntkins? What crazy-ass woman looks at those words and thinks, Yep, red-hot fuckable is what "squishy wet" makes me sound like. (Next up: My nipples iz hard and my breastesses are squishy soft!) eta: She's spent years mocking every other woman in that cast - in the whole world! - for not being super-hawt-cutting-edge-cunty and yet here she is, thirstily begging for any and all attention in the most pathetic display of all.

[S03.E09: All the Bells Say]

22 hours ago, Pestilentia said:

I don't think Marcia gives the first crap- she got the deal she wanted for herself and both of her kids. 

I think Marcia would take pleasure in seeing Logan's kids - Shiv, especially - displaced and replaced.

[S03.E09: All the Bells Say]

6 hours ago, aghst said:

Then Connor's theory that dad was trying to father a new child, so Logan was trying to replace them.

I loved the moment between Marcia &  Kerry, when Marcia told Kerry she would eat her omelet (eggs!) upstairs - makes me wonder if Marcia knows all about Logan's (possible) decision to father another heir, and if so, what part she'll play when it all plays out.

[S11.E22: Reunion (Part 2)]

 

4 hours ago, Talented Tenth said:

 I operate from a place of accuracy, logic, facts, evidence and concrete proof whereas a lot of people operate from a place of emotion.  

Aside from all the excellent snark and jokes this season,  I've seen only posts doing exactly that - using logic, facts, and accuracy when assessing Erika Girardi's role in this (including quotes from court filings, Erika's book re: her financial status in the marriage, refs to the ABC documentary) as well as common sense as to the facts offered by Erika herself (Pasadena blizzards, cars rolling in a manner last seen performed by Evel Knieval in the late 70s,  no financial agency in leaving a horrific marriage) so none of the reactions to this woman - reactions based on those facts - seem odd to me. People are logically holding Erika Girardi accountable for what we know Erika Girardi did for years: live off the stolen settlement funds of burn victims, widows, and orphans. 

What we don't know is whether that was a retroactive realization (I'm in reception of stolen funds but not part of the theft) or an ongoing awareness making her complicit (I knew  and I'm  going to get caught if I don't bolt).  Either way,  she has not once expressed genuine remorse for having lived large off the backs of people trying to survive being screwed over by fate, and then by her husband. Not once. Not a single fucking time, even though there are lawyers who know how to craft that kind of statement in their sleep - a statement expressing empathy but not culpability,  a human reaction to a man with his skin burned to a crisp robbed of medical funds, families with mothers and fathers and children blown up mid-air, all funding her glam squad lifestyle.

Lots of sympathy expressed for Tom, though. That was not in short supply.  Yet another fact about Erika to be considered.  Because if my husband had done this to me - forced me into a life paid for with monies stolen from victims - I'd be enraged at him, not his relatives, the press, the courts, the viewing audience, and the one housewife asking logical, accurate questions. 

 

[S11.E22: Reunion (Part 2)]

 

5 hours ago, goofygirl said:

She can't pick a lane and stick with it.

Because the car keeps flipping over! ; )

What a repulsive cockroach Erika is. There are women out there hiding dollars in coffee cans, trying to build a stash to flee their abusive husbands, but Feisty Girardi can't flee her Pasadena  Prison for an hour to fence jewelry because she was just that broken? Fuck off, grifter.  And what a masterpiece of doublespeak this was: “You’re characterizing it as ‘for the money.’ I’m telling you I could not leave because I had no access to the money."

"...Plus, he never hugged me back, Andy! That hurt. Deep in my soul that hurt. See the pain in my eyes? That's the bruise on my soul because Tom. Didn't. Hug me back.  Why didn't I leave sooner? Because in spite of the affairs and excessive spending and fits of rage and emotional abuse (and that was just on my side) we had Something Special.  We had magical years together talking and laughing and moving money in and out of Swiss bank accounts. I did and did for that man (cue Celine - any tune will do - but since Erika's ship is sinking fast, My Heart Will Go On seems perfect) and I was faithful - even though I had to count backwards in my head for a minute to see if the blowjob I gave my new sugar daddy happened after I left the great love of my life - I stayed because I adored that man! And I handed him my paycheck every week (over the pie I bought him down at Mildred Pierce's diner, paid for with my tips) because everybody here and at home watching knows I've been nothing but a traditional wife since jump, the kind last seen in the 1930s - an era of thriftiness and decency to widows and orphans -  an era I have always emulated (in between miming fingering myself on stage) because that's the kind of fifty-year-old girl I am.  A hugger.  A helper.  A devoted wife.  A texter of broken bone pics. A giver of paychecks. But most of all, just another innocent victim of Tom Girardi."

[S11.E18: Del Mar by the Shade]

 

8 hours ago, Ms Blue Jay said:

Their congratulating her and saying her pain was beautiful was sickening!

Garcelle kept her dignity more than intact - how she does that, week after week, amazes me - but that was one of the most repulsive things I've ever seen on this show.  Dog dumping just fell to second place, thanks to these rabid bitches. Watching a beautiful, smart, accomplished black woman try to shake the Fucked Up Five out of their complacency and manipulative bullshit (we tried to make you feel like one of us, but you aren't behaving like a real friend - totes your fault you're feeling othered!) was sickening. 

So putrid of them,  initially denying Garcelle's feelings as completely invalid, and then feeding off her pain like ghouls.  The nerve of them doing anything but shutting up and hanging their heads in shame, given their deeply ignorant track records. Dorit shit-talking about her mother's best black friend as proof she's evolved. Kyle publicly trying to shame Garcelle about a charitable donation. Kathy - suddenly perky as all hell - claiming she's also walked into rooms and felt the same level of othering and rejection Garcelle has felt. Erika Jayne, that exemplar of honesty, who has no moral problem in having received stolen monies (and who has no moral problem in refusing to pay them back)  settlements stolen from, among others,  Indonesian women. And of course,  Rinna. Like a serial killer, Rinna got to add a trophy to her wall - LVP, Denise, and now Garcelle, the sweetest trophy of all. Because the only thing Rinna can't stop feasting on is the pain of another human being,  and nothing tastes quite as beautiful as the tears of a black woman. Better than Harry's sauce, y'all.