PhilMarlowe2

Basically, yes. Studio City - and the Valley in general - is regarded as moving to the suburbs. It's where a lot of people go to buy homes and raise families. Definitely more family-oriented. That said, Studio City is definitely the "hippest" part of the Valley, most probably because it's closest to LA proper - it's literally the first neighborhood "over the hill." You're just a stone's throw from chic Laurel Canyon. It has pretty decent restaurants, bars, gastropubs. It's "lively" for suburbia. You can definitely get more bang for your housing dollar in the valley - though, again, Studio City isn't exactly cheap. It's desirable for that area. But still less expensive than buying a home in, say, West Hollywood or Hollywood or Silverlake etc etc. Studio City is where you go when you want to settle down, raise some kids, be quieter but still be in a relatively happening area that is close to things.

I am not sure what is going on with Shannon's face because it definitely looks different from her first season, but if you see the recent full-body Instagram pics, she has truly lost a ton of weight.

Ken and Lisa.

Then why not face the group and actually take a stand? Seems controlling/ridiculous to take your stand hidden away in your little corner with your sycophantic employee - I mean, partner - by your side. But isn't this true of all couples to some degree? Would Mary be with Bob if he weren't as good looking? Or if he were a janitor? Even if he were the exact same person otherwise? I think we all have things we're looking for in relationship that perhaps don't have to do with "true love." People like Erika and Tom just make it more visible, IMO.

To me, the difference here is that Tom isn't bringing up James' coke use to be mean or to bully him. I think he was honestly try to confront James in a constructive way and, in a weird way, defend him. LVP and the other assholes were trying to attack James for having a drink here or there - basically saying it shows he has not changed at all - and Tom was basically saying, "He can have a casual drink or two, that's not the problem - the problem is when he mixes it with coke." I kind of like that Tom was willing to throw formalities out the window and call a spade a spade.

Apparently Gretchen's condo is in foreclosure. Didn't she get an inheritance from Jeff? I don't like her at all, but it's sad that she seems to have made such a mess of her life.

I agree that this should be the spirit of giving a gift. But given that Dorothy clearly has strings attached to all of her gifts, it's time for Candiace to either abide by those strings or reject the gift. At this point, she wants to have it both ways - she wants to accept Mom's checks, but then she wants to stomp her feet about the unfair attached strings. You have a choice, Candaice - Mom has shown you exactly who she is - either accept it or pay your own way. You can't have it both ways.

I think LVP has terrible taste - in clothes, in make-up, in decor, in food (judging by her restaurants).

...it could also be Lisa Vandepump and Ken - a judge found them personally liable for $100k in punitive damages to one of their waitresses who sued for sexual harassment. You may not have heard about this, however, because Lisa actually lied to the press and said they won the case when they in fact did not - but, oh yeah, LVP is never one to use the press to her advantage...

Personally, I find it very hard to believe in a scenario where LVP is a blameless victim surrounded by a whole bunch of jealous "chuckle heads" who are to completely to blame for any conflict involving her.

Conversely, if I'm on two separate reality shows for the last 10 years, and if literally almost every single cast member on both shows at some point tells me or expresses to others that they don't trust me, that they suspect that I'm doing something underhanded, that they experience me as being manipulative, that they feel I never take responsibility for what I'm doing, I'm going to seriously reflect that maybe there is in fact something I'm doing that is part of the problem - and I'm certainly not going to double-down that I am "the most honest person ever" as if all these other people are simply crazy or jealous of my amazingness. Even if I had nothing to do with leaking this particular story, I am going to be seriously reflecting on why so many people have this impression of me and what I could be doing to constantly create this situation over and over in my life.

I've literally not seen it in decades and yet remember every detail. Especially the dream-within-a-dream ending!

aka THE MOST TERRIFYING EPISODE OF A SITCOM EVER! (or, at least it was to me as a preadolescent - I've never forgotten the image of electrocuted Blair...)

As someone who absolutely believes LVP had a part in this, I still don't understand why Kyle went to LVP's house in the first place. It wasn't Kyle's fight to fight. This was between Dorit and LVP. It was such a strange, unnecessary move from someone who has been saying for seasons that she doesn't want to get dragged into other people's conflict with LVP. Except that Lisa said she was good with Dorit, and that she wasn't holding the dog snafu against her, which means - according to Lisa herself - their friendship was in good standing. And, as such, yes it is incredibly strange that she would not have reached out to Dorit but would instead give an interview with TMZ.

Finally watched the full episode. I feel like both LVP and Dorit were unreasonable. To demand that Dorit surrender to the notion that LVP is the "most honest" woman ever, and the best friend ever, and that she would *never* do anything of the sort is beyond ridiculous. That said, if Dorit is sincere in the idea that she is willing to drop it and move on, she should have been able to accept it when LVP said, "I didn't do it and I don't know who did." It may be bullshit, but there's still some wiggle room in there where perhaps someone from LVP's camp did it without LVP's knowledge. If Dorit is willing to accept that she'll never get an apology or an acknowledgment from LVP, then she should be willing to accept the remote possibility that maybe a John Sessa or a John Blizzard did this behind LVP's back.

Maybe I am jaded, but I don't think swearing on your kids' life necessarily means all that much. Just last week, Ramona swore on Avery's life and the editors promptly cut to reveal that she was, in fact, lying.

https://www.bravotv.com/vanderpump-rules/season-7/episode-21/videos/ariana-madix-claims-shell-always-be-lisa-vanderpumps Pretty much the entire main cast of "Vanderpump Rules" confirming the same issues with Lisa Vanderpump that the RHoBH cast members have with her - they characterize Ken and Lisa as aggressive, vindictive and unable to admit any fault.

Oh, I think that ship sailed this weekend!!

Ariana is definitely not the only one to mention this. Sandoval acknowledged that LVP uses him and Schwartz as her "punching bag." Stassi has said off the show that LVP doesn't show her true, authentic self - and she even publicly claimed that she strongly suspects LVP's hands are not totally clean in Puppygate. Kristen has made it abundantly clear that she feels LVP plays favorites in a way that creates big double standards. I think the VPR kids are generally less bothered by it because, yes, they are now famous because of LVP, and, yes, she is their boss (both at SUR and on the show). But it's clear (to me, anyway) that a lot of similarly-themed complaints circle around LVP regardless of the show. And I think it's very interesting that now that the VPR kids are becoming more "adult" and successful in their own right, we're seeing them less and less happy to toe the line. We'll see how it plays out.

I definitely don't feel bad for Kelly at this point. To be honest, her outrage at Vicki felt so hypocritical to me. It's okay for Kelly to loudly proclaim, "If you throw a bomb, I'm going to throw a nuke," it's okay for Kelly to take all sorts of low blows (including potshots at people's parenting), but Vicki essentially does the same thing to her and Kelly is now all morally righteous about it? Hey Kelly, feel that sting of hurt and betrayal? That's how you make people feel all the damn time. Maybe instead of trying to ostracize Vicki, you could use this as an opportunity to reflect on your own bad behavior. Don't get me wrong, Kelly can be very likable when not in conflict, but she turns into a child once there is any kind of disagreement. And I am all for her getting a taste of being on the outside of the cast again if it mellows out her high horse.

Yes, I was just watching the Season 4 episode the other day where Ken chided their housekeeper (Rosio?) for wanting one of LVP's dresses that were being donted to charity. He said to her: "You're not underprivileged; you are very, very privileged." Not only was his tone so patronizing, but it takes some nerve for a multimillionaire to lecture his housekeeper about being privileged. It definitely carried hues of, "You're privileged because you work for us!" Which might be true in terms of how things compare in the housekeeping world, but is a completely oblivious thing to say. It also reminds me of the law suit that the VP-Todd's lost - part of the testimony revealed that Pandora told the prosecution, "You're lucky to work for us." So, so superior, entitled and obnoxious. I do genuinely wonder what LVP fans make of the fact that even the Vanderpump Rules cast is getting disgruntled with her - for much of the same reasons as her RHoBH cast members - feeling like LVP wields her power in a demeaning way - and apparently when Ariana confronts her about it, LVP falls back on the old, "It was a joke, lighten up!" Is this just more of everyone in the world being jealous of LVP? Wanting to take LVP down? This is a genuine question. Because it seems wherever LVP goes, the same complaints stack up against her. And as LVP herself said to Kyle in Season 4, "Where there's smoke, there's fire."

In other words: they're all text-book narcissists 😜

Well, if that is the case, if the other women are responsible for how they react to LVP's machinations (since they can't be controlled), then Camille is responsible for how she responds to Rinna's machinations (since she too cannot be controlled).

If these items qualify as attacking, then LVP has been guilty of attacking others on the show many, many times.

I don't think there were any stares given when Camille initially stated she had a different opinion - I think the women expressed visual shock and dismay when Camille specifically said that she didn't believe Dr. Ford because if it had really happened, she would have told her friends or parents and that that omission was proof of her lying about this. Which, from my point-of-view is a comment worhty of shock and dismay. If Camille wants to make the point that Kavanaugh should be presumed innocent until proven guilty, that is totally reasonable and fine, but she was discounting someone's testimony based on nothing but her own feelings that had nothing to do with the case. I actually thought Camille was behaving more emotionally and with more reactivity than any of the other women. Someone specifically asked Rinna why Harry wasn't there - and she responded that he had been watching the hearings all day. She then made a comment about its significance - not strange given everyone was talking about it that day. Are we to really believe that Rinna strategically planned these comments somehow psychically knowing someone would disagree? Also keeping in mind it was actually Camille who got emotional and reactive (full on tears), not Rinna, and that it was Rinna who apologized? I think this is giving Rinna way too much credit as some sort of manipulative, strategic mastermind who can control the other women and I honestly saw no evidence of it on camera.