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I picture Eileen's bric a brac rattling and teetering on the shelves while the polkaing is going strong and Vince peering 'round the corner at them all. I don't think there will be too many dances for the ladies who had a hard time with the scavenger hunt. Too funny!!

Wasn't one the things that Kim was throwing in Kyle's face this year that Kyle and the ladies were treating/talking to Kim like she wasn't THREE YEARS SOBER and hadn't done her full time in a well-respected rehab facility and hadn't completed her twelve step process? Well the truth is she wasn't, she didn't and she hadn't. My first reaction through the years is to take Kim's words at face value (I know - what's wrong with me???) and then I get angry when it is shown that she is a lying liar who lies. From now on if Kim says the sky is blue, I'm checking. I no longer believe that she took/stole/was given one of Monty's pain pills. Just because she said she did. If you recall that moment was taken as a good omen by Kyle who said that Kim had never been honest about her addiction(s) and honesty was a new thing and a step in the right direction. Take a left turn, Kyle, that was not a step forward; she wasn't honest then. Monty's first comment when asked about the pill was no, I did not give Kim a pill. It was only a few days later, when it had been pointed out to him, that he was Kim's excuse de jour, that he changed his story and said oh yes that pill. I guess I did give her one for her 100% pain. Oh and the instagram picture I posted of her having a good time out at dinner with me - her 100% pain comes and goes. There is someone at Bravo who wants to see Kim get fired/fired and get better who has put out some behind-the-scenes comments on her from this season. (Probably the same person who clued us in on the Puerto Rico Kim Disaster in the hallway.) The anonymous Bravo source said that Kim often disappeared from the set and came back minutes later obviously under the influence. Lisa Rinna said that Kim came to her house on Poker Night and immediately went into the bathroom and came out impaired. What acts so fast? On season 2, she went to the bathroom so many times for so long that Kyle had to go to her and tell her that she was starting to "look bad" to all the other guests. What high needs constant replenishment? I don't think it is so farfetched that she is a huffer. Would this be the MO of other drugs (meth? cocaine?).

She decided on her own to go to rehab Kathy????? What the hell was the Dr Phil show (that you set up) about if not forcing her to go to rehab? Where's Kristin Taekman to sing "Delusional!!!!" when you need her?

For me this had the right amount of emotion and business dereliction. It was smart for Marcus to split the ownership by thirds because by all accounts they sales guy was running things. When the sales guys run things, it is never good for the business. They get too invested in sales and push the other parts of the business to accommodate them. Sales guys needs rules and push back. And they need encouragement because sales is the hardest job there. One brother may not have appreciated the others genius but other did not appreciate his brothers needs as a salesman. It's satisfying when people are ready to listen to good advice.

I think the Kim Award should be for the person who drinks the most but is not seen drinking because if we don't see you drinking then you are 100% sober. Blurred vision, couldn't hear and had been up for 7 days, I believe. Yeah, that's normal. At first I thought that Kim was just being ornery in saying that she didn't hear Brandi make that remark about Mauricio but perhaps it didn't really penetrate her effed up brain. I was also caught by Kyle being very upset that Kim didn't know that they had spoken the day before rather than that day. Something in Kyle's voice made me flashback to dealing with an alcoholic and I knew that Kyle had experienced Kim "losing" days before. Really the 5/7/9 hospital stay should have clued us all in.

I think I'll dress like Brandi. I do have a long flowy peasant-style dress. But I'm afraid my boobs don't have that special look that hers have. Maybe we could have a wine pairing with smoothies for those who don't imbibe!

Maybe Brandi's sister is like the "normal" Osbourne who wouldn't be on their reality show. Looking back over the season, I bet that Poker Night was not the first time that the ladies had questions about Kim's sobriety this year. I'm sure they glanced at each other at other times as if to say "Do you see what I'm seeing?" Falling off the wagon one time does not usually lead people to have serious talks about family members who have killed themselves through drink and drugs. Also, when Brandi said "you have no idea" in reference to what Kim is doing off set, I guess she was referring to those other substances in Kim's system the night of her arrest. The season is starting to make absolute sense now.

I was all set to write a little thank you and have a nice summer note to all who post here at the end of April. But this won't end. This train just keeps rollin' down that track. It has rolled pretty far downhill for us, the viewer. I think it has rolled gently downhill for Kim because she has been on this decline for such a long, long time. I thought it was pretty funny for the public intoxication arrest of the person who protested so loud and long throughout this long season. Supremely ironic, if you will. But this has taken such a nosedive with this new info. It's gone from a self-admitted alcoholic who slipped up a few times last fall to someone using meth/cocaine/huffing all season. Whichever substance it truly is, this is very serious. It feels like it might be life threatening due to the disparity between what she is trying to present and what has slowly leaked out. I don't think that the show/the fans/Kyle/Monty/weddings are driving her to do any of this. Therefore since Bravo is not the problem and she does not need to be fired for that reason. However, she is their liability. She will never get well if things are kept the way they are. I don't want to watch the deterioration of Kim Richards. What is the best way to contact Bravo giving them my opinion in the hopes that viewer opinion counts for something? After spending so much time enjoying my Kim snark (the bow blouse, trash can praying, the goddamned house, etc...) I feel I owe her this.

I think her agent banned her from tweeting for awhile. With two best sellers, Brandi did bring in the bucks for an agent for a time. Those days may be gone.

I had to go to wikipedia to find out about toluene. Meth is not mentioned but cocaine is "Toluene had also been used in the process of removing the cocaine from coca leaves..." Boy, the things you learn in here! I don't mind Kyle going to the wedding. It is Brooke's day, not Kim's. At least not going won't be held against her in future fights with Kim.

Good point. I can't believe she's moving again. How many different places has she moved to during the run of this show? It began with her moving (remember her coming late to Portia's birthday party after she had promised Kyle she would help set up? And "moving" that day consisted of Chad with a friend's pick up truck) And it will probably end the same way. She provides no stability for anyone in her life: Chad, Monty, son Kingsley... Maybe she can't afford it because she is having to pay for two places. Maybe Dr Phil is not footing the bill and she is at a spa-like facility. Maybe she's really at the Four Seasons waiting for the storm to blow over (thanks for putting that in my head Brandi). If that is the case, I bet Bravo has made employment conditional on 90 day rehab. Otherwise it doesn't make sense for someone already in rehab to announce that they will be going into a 90 day rehab program.

I really loved Bethenny tonight. Her talk with Sonja was so real and so necessary. Maybe Sonja will get the full gist of what B was saying later on. Also, can anyone explain what happened when they got to Sonja's house? There was so much screaming that I could not really hear anything. And then I think I tuned them all out til B peed on the street.

Was it Lisa V who spilled the beans on the dis-invite to Kyle? Did she overhear something at the reunion and bring it to Kyle's attention there? I honestly don't know where I got this notion but it stuck in the back of my mind.

I never expected for Kyle not to go. I'm not sure if she's not going because she's weak or she's strong(er). Weak because she knows that Kim doesn't want her there and Kim will ruin things more in the family in an attempt to get her way or strong because she is really drawing boundaries and sticking to them. I would like to think that Kyle is listening to NA and taking in good advise from the Umansky family but I can't get the picture of Kim and Kyle pointing their fingers at each other and shrieking "You're soooo mean!" "No, you are meannnnnnner!!!!"

Kathy looks years younger than Kim.

To me "forked tongue" means that you are making promises that you do not intend to keep. Snakes have forked tongues; a person with a "forked tongue" is snakelike or sneaky. Is there any other meaning? Brandi says she has Kim's best interests at heart. She doesn't; she has Brandi and only Brandi's best interests at heart. Speaking out now about Kim keeps Brandi in the news enough to promote the wine she's shilling. It does nothing good for Kim. You did make me google human pineal gland, though.

So no more Hilton Christmas parties for Brandi?

Jenny McCarthy looks alive; Brandi is a mannequin. And not in a good way.

Well on the one hand Kyle is "definitely ... dumb", she "unconsciously pursued" and she "misguidedly believed". She sounds dumber than a post and therefore cannot reasonably be held accountable for her actions concerning Kim. On the other hand, she "circuitously engage her own resistance by insisting on a very dramatic and televised scenario, after which she'd be forced to make some sort of decision regarding kim" which sounds a bit like she's an evil mastermind with a complicated evil plan. Can she be both of these things? Remember Kyle is a checkers player and not in the chess league. I'm going with the simplest scenario: Kyle thought this would be good for Kim as a way to make friends (she has few, if any), as a reason to get out of bed (she gets alimony and her kids, which were her world, are leaving the nest) and as perhaps a gateway to working in films, TV again. I'm sure that Kim has pulled herself together for a time in the past and Kyle thought that she could do it again. Not an unreasonable assumption. I don't think that anyone can reasonably imagine how much of your life gets affected and recorded for all to see on a reality show until one has actually lived in a show. Remember hindsight is 20/20. Was it the best move for Kim? Maybe.

Does it look like she had a golf ball inserted into one cheek to anyone else? It is definitely at the point where you say Brandi used to be a very pretty girl. Now she looks ....... interesting.

Exactly. We know that Kyle got Kim a spot on the show and that it was probably for monetary reasons because her child support had stopped the year before. But I also read many years ago, Kyle being quoted as saying that she wanted Kim to have this gig so Kim would have a reason to get out of bed in the morning. Also, putting aside the new housewives, I think Kim may be the only one without a charity that she supports. When one of my teen age children was at loose ends, I suggested putting in some time at a local animal shelter to make them him think outside of himself. He did put in some time at a soup kitchen later on (because God forbid he follow my suggestion *said in Mom Voice*) and slowly after that things began to come together for him. I still maintain that getting that check for $23,000 a month from the Davis gravy train for decades was the worst thing for Kim. She never had to learn how to deal with social situations or work situations that she did not like. She never had to do anything she didn't want to = no personal growth.

FaithsMum thank you for checking in. We like to know that you are hanging in there. Unlike Kim Richards, it is really easy to root for you. Also, I really appreciate your perspective on the life of an addict. I think it validates a lot of what we have been seeing. Best wishes for a full recovery. Always keep pictures of your girls around you. They will be watching you just as you are watching them.

What's funny is that it's Bethenny who should have been involved with the toaster oven (Beth is good at branding and product placement) and Heather who should have seen the clothing line. I wasn't totally paying attention but my head was spinning by the end of Sonja's meeting. What was there besides a (very nice) logo and some drawings on the wall? Sonja's "team" who were all smiling and assurances. The more they nodded and smiled, the more the feeling that Sonja is being taken to the cleaners (apologies John) came over me.

Very ironic that Kim's sober companion gets to go to the second wedding and Kyle doesn't.

How does a sober companion work at an event? If I was Kim's sober companion (and I never thought I'd be typing those words), I would go to the event with her and say "Go and have a good time. Just know at the end of the night you will be peeing in a cup for me. And again tomorrow for good measure." And then I'd go have fun too - dancing with those Richards and Hiltons and Fatburger people. Does it have to be more complicated than that?