S12.E02: Receipt Offender

[SemiCharmedLife]

3 hours ago, pasdetrois said:

Supposedly her sugar daddy (Vegas casino owner?) dumped her.

"160. ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 05/13 **5**
This Housewife was dumped by her sugardaddy. She would bug him 24/7 about needing more money and needing this and that and the texts and calls were incessant. Erika Jayne Girardi/"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"

Wow!  If this is true, that means:

1.  Erika was probably pressuring Tom for money for all her luxuries all the time and that MAY have contributed to his thievery. "Not so innocent."

2. Maybe she will learn from this and tone down her demands for the next guy.

3. Beware: Erika is on the prowl for SugarDaddy Number Next.

[eleanorofaquitaine]

17 hours ago, Jel said:

Have we discussed Erika's "Slaaaaaander, slannnnnder, slahhhnnnnderrrrr" yet?  

Go stand on your mat and wash your dishes, Erika.

My whole theory on that is that Erika expected Sutton to fold on that and was basically surprised that Sutton mostly just dismissed Erika. Erika thought it was last season but it's clear that Sutton is done trying to make nice with Erika. Which I think is absolutely the right tack to take with Erika. So long as Sutton doesn't allow herself to be used as target practice for Erika, she'll be fine.

[Jel]

1 hour ago, eleanorofaquitaine said:

My whole theory on that is that Erika expected Sutton to fold on that and was basically surprised that Sutton mostly just dismissed Erika. Erika thought it was last season but it's clear that Sutton is done trying to make nice with Erika. Which I think is absolutely the right tack to take with Erika. So long as Sutton doesn't allow herself to be used as target practice for Erika, she'll be fine.

Agree with you -- always stand up to a bully.  

[byrd]

1 hour ago, RoseAllDay said:

And maybe she’ll go the way of Vicki Gunvalson and Tamra Judge.

Honestly…who GAS about the GD table? Sutton owned Rinna on this, and if Rinna keeps doubling-down on it, then her sell-by date had officially expired. And no, I don’t believe she and Harry HAMLIN are great buds with Elton John. Sorry.

Kyle also needs to mind her own business. This should be between Dorit and Sutton. I still can’t understand why Kyle is so bothered by this.

True, but Kyle knows exactly what she is doing, she's trying to set Sutton up to be the fall guy this season. This is what vile Kyle does.  

[kassa]

On 5/21/2022 at 10:31 AM, Pondlass1 said:

She’s very wealthy, why is she putting herself through this?  Although I guess she can afford the most expensive therapy available.

Anybody who spends zillions to wear really ugly couture does it to get attention. This is just another layer of attention. (Note - she does seem to have toned it down as time goes on, but some of her early stuff made me think the designers were purposely setting aside atrocious stuff because they knew she was just buying labels and not looks)

20 hours ago, Dixie Sugarbaker said:

Rinna took the SexiestMan Alive and turned him into an emaciated joke. Anyone else notice how much Harry aged in lockdown? Rinna starved him.

Flashback to when he was given People's Sexiest Man Alive and a response letter the next month pointed out that he wasn't even the sexiest man on his own tv show. (Blair Underwood and Jimmy Smits were castmates at the time, I believe)

[Josette]

I'm not sure why Lisa Rinna is suddenly claiming Sutton didn't buy a table.  That's not what she said previously.

Quote

In honor of Throwback Thursday, she posted a photo of herself and Harry from the 27th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party in 2019. "Guests of Elton, not Sutton. But I love that Sutton bought a table, and all of the money went to the @eltonjohn aids foundation. That’s a good thing!" Lisa wrote in the Instagram post. "I loved this look!"

[SweetieDarling]

[ZettaK]

1 hour ago, Josette said:

I'm not sure why Lisa Rinna is suddenly claiming Sutton didn't buy a table.  That's not what she said previously.

Lisa, you're not a guest of Elton John if Sutton bought a table, and you were sitting at it.

Edited May 23, 2022 by ZettaK

[Cosmocrush]

4 hours ago, RoseAllDay said:

I still can’t understand why Kyle is so bothered by this.

Since it bothered me too I'll take a stab at it: Sutton revealed herself to be the opposite of the empathic person she proclaims herself to be in the talking head interview.  Kyle thought Sutton was a better person than she actually is.  Or maybe because Dorit's robbery triggered Kyle and Kyle would expect people around her to be more sensitive even if they feel differently. 

I've often thought Sutton was self-absorbed (like most of these RH) and thinks the world revolves exclusively around her.  Kyle got hit in the face with that side of Sutton.   Even if Sutton didn't care I think she should have had the smarts to act like she was concerned. 

[Baltimore Betty]

What happened to all those birthday crowns Sutton would get from Gucci or whatever designer? Those have not seen the light of day since her first on camera appearance.

[RoseAllDay]

1 hour ago, SweetieDarling said:

Followed episodes later, when she’s finally backed into a corner, by:: “Gasp! I DO remember that! I DID say it! Oh my Gawd…what did I DOOOO? I’m sorry…”

Sutton produced the receipts last Wednesday. Let it go, Rinna….

🎶Let it go-o-o.🎶

[RoseAllDay]

20 minutes ago, Cosmocrush said:

Since it bothered me too I'll take a stab at it: Sutton revealed herself to be the opposite of the empathic person she proclaims herself to be in the talking head interview.  Kyle thought Sutton was a better person than she actually is.  Or maybe because Dorit's robbery triggered Kyle and Kyle would expect people around her to be more sensitive even if they feel differently. 

I've often thought Sutton was self-absorbed (like most of these RH) and thinks the world revolves exclusively around her.  Kyle got hit in the face with that side of Sutton.   Even if Sutton didn't care I think she should have had the smarts to act like she was concerned. 

Possibly this. But she was being stalkerish about it last week, showing up at the store under the pretense of a friendly visit and then jumping on Sutton. Sutton is now well aware of how Kyle feels. So Kyle needs to back off. Apparently Dorit and Sutton talk this week so we’ll see.

[RoseAllDay]

23 hours ago, Dixie Sugarbaker said:

Rinna took the SexiestMan Alive and turned him into an emaciated joke. Anyone else notice how much Harry aged in lockdown? Rinna starved him.

He is definitely not aging well. I don’t know if Rinna’s broken his will, or if he just doesn’t care anymore. He was damn good looking back in the day, though. 

Whatever happened to the movie where he was doing a bad Tom Brokaw imitation?

[Cosmocrush]

5 minutes ago, RoseAllDay said:

Possibly this. But she was being stalkerish about it last week, showing up at the store under the pretense of a friendly visit and then jumping on Sutton. Sutton is now well aware of how Kyle feels. So Kyle needs to back off. Apparently Dorit and Sutton talk this week so we’ll see.

Agreed.   But remember if Kyle keeps Sutton in the hotseat then she stays out of it.   Not that I know of any reason for Kyle to be the target/subject of anything not great but she's really good at staying clear of it. 

[Cheyanne11]

2 hours ago, Josette said:

In honor of Throwback Thursday, she posted a photo of herself and Harry from the 27th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party in 2019. "Guests of Elton, not Sutton. But I love that Sutton bought a table, and all of the money went to the @eltonjohn aids foundation. That’s a good thing!" Lisa wrote in the Instagram post. "I loved this look!"

Didn't she claim in this episode that they "got late word" that Sutton backed out (meaning they WERE supposed to be at her table) and "had to scramble" and ultimately got an invite from IMDB for agreeing to do an interview with them?  Unless Elton's new stage name is IMDB, lying once again.

[Jel]

9 minutes ago, Cheyanne11 said:

Didn't she claim in this episode that they "got late word" that Sutton backed out (meaning they WERE supposed to be at her table) and "had to scramble" and ultimately got an invite from IMDB for agreeing to do an interview with them?  Unless Elton's new stage name is IMDB, lying once again.

Seriously, how many seats do these turkeys need? So far the count is three. Rinna is so ridiculous.

Edited May 23, 2022 by Jel

[dmeets]

19 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

What happened to all those birthday crowns Sutton would get from Gucci or whatever designer? Those have not seen the light of day since her first on camera appearance.

Probably collecting dust in a dresser alongside her face roller.

New season, new quirks.

[byrd]

On 5/18/2022 at 8:07 PM, njbchlover said:

Kind of like Kyle when talking to LVP after LVP's brother committed suicide....we all have our own stuff, right?  

That Part !!!!

On 5/19/2022 at 8:13 AM, Mar said:

Her behavior on WWHL was extremely bizarre. She seemed drunk and or high. She was extremely full of herself and constantly interrupting the other guest. She was incredibly annoying and kept playing to the cameras. Her ego knows no bounds.

Apparently that good dick knows no bounds either !!! Sheesh ! 

[byrd]

On 5/19/2022 at 11:03 AM, RealHousewife said:

Kyle seems like such a fantastic mother and loving person when she cares about someone. I'm a sensitive person and felt horrible for Dorit just watching the show, so I get Kyle's reaction given that is her friend, plus she's been robbed too. There isn't a whole lot more terrifying than being held at gunpoint. I thought Sutton's nonreaction was bizarre, but who hasn't always had a perfect reaction to something? We've discussed the multiple reasons that could have explained Sutton. 

What I still don't understand is how cold Kyle was to Lisa Vanderpump after she went through something incredibly tragic and needed her friends the most. Her tears over Dorit aren't strange to me. I don't think they're fake, especially for someone who's quick to cry like Kyle. It's just the fact she can be very sensitive and empathetic and also really cold. She actually had a lot more history with Vanderpump than Dorit but shows more heart for Dorit. I don't know if it's because the situations were different or what. 

Vile Kyle can cry on Que ! 

[Surrealist]

On 5/23/2022 at 2:16 PM, SweetieDarling said:

This was one of the best moments, ever, on the show.

Then like three episodes later, Rinna suddenly remembers, "You know, if I think about it long enough, I probably did say that."

Edited May 25, 2022 by Surrealist

[byrd]

On 5/22/2022 at 10:03 PM, ZettaK said:

Erica was arrogant and loud on Watch What Happens Live, and Andy Cohen was not aggressive with her. At least not as much as he should. I hope she is not exonerated. The viewers asked questions she didn't like, of course.

Photos of Erica when she was younger (high school yearbook?), and from the day of the premiere of the show a week plus ago when she had a delivery at home. The comment of the tabloid which posted the last two photos was that Erica looks so much different without makeup.

This doesn't look like Erika's body to me, even in the frumpy clothes.

[Nicmar]

3 hours ago, byrd said:

That Part !!!!

Apparently that good dick knows no bounds either !!! Sheesh ! 

I wonder if she was referring to a vibrator? lol

[ZettaK]

5 hours ago, byrd said:

This doesn't look like Erika's body to me, even in the frumpy clothes.

She gained a lot of weight. It was obvious on Watch What Happens Live last week. 

[Cozytea]

On 5/18/2022 at 9:04 PM, WaltersHair said:

I wonder when it's going to hit Erika that she's the 'poor' girl at the table now.

Does Erika still perform shows? I always assumed Her husband paid for that career of hers. 

Erika is just so obnoxious. 

I didn't understand why PK and Dorit were surprised that the kids weren't asking about the security people walking around. PK and Dorit realize they film a reality show  and the children have never known anything different.  New people( hair makeup camera people producers) walking around the house is probably pretty normal for them.

[RoseAllDay]

On 5/23/2022 at 8:35 AM, pasdetrois said:

Supposedly her sugar daddy (Vegas casino owner?) dumped her.

"160. ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER 05/13 **5**
This Housewife was dumped by her sugardaddy. She would bug him 24/7 about needing more money and needing this and that and the texts and calls were incessant. Erika Jayne Girardi/"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills"

This so fits Erika. I can’t think that anyone here is surprised. She’s a predator of old men — just glad she ran into one who saw through her. An APB to all well-off men over 70 (and their caretakers, as the case may be) to be on the lookout for this shrew needs to be sent out, stat.

I really don’t like human leeches.
 

[RoseAllDay]

1 hour ago, Cozytea said:

Does Erika still perform shows? I always assumed Her husband paid for that career of hers. 

Uh…no. At least not so far this year in the States.

https://www.bandsintown.com/a/280586-erika-jayne

Yes, he did bankroll most if not all of it — until he couldn’t. That was a main allegation in the LionAir suit. 

Edited May 25, 2022 by RoseAllDay
Add tour link, in case anybody wants to be the first to know if she’s coming to town when she’s back on the road.

[Cosmocrush]

17 minutes ago, RoseAllDay said:

This so fits Erika. I can’t think that anyone here is surprised. She’s a predator of old men — just glad she ran into one who saw through her. An APB to all well-off men over 70 (and their caretakers, as the case may be) to be on the lookout for this shrew needs to be sent out, stat.

I really don’t like human leeches.
 

No worries.  Old guys with the kind of money Erika wants aren't looking for 50 year olds.

Edited May 25, 2022 by Cosmocrush

[WhatAmIWatching]

31 minutes ago, Cosmocrush said:

No worries.  Old guys with the kind of money Erika wants aren't looking for 50 year olds.

Darn, I guess that leaves me out, too. I mean, I'd have to get rid of my perfectly wonderful husband first and all. 😂  Isn't her LLC suspended and all tied up in the court stuff? I obviously don't know how it all works, but to perform and earn money, wouldn't she need that active? I remember someone posting that she made a new LLC, but I am not clear on what that is for. Is it just for that hair extension business?

13 hours ago, ZettaK said:

She gained a lot of weight. It was obvious on Watch What Happens Live last week. 

The difference between the episodes, where she looked a lot thinner than last season, and WWHL was interesting. 

[ladle]

On 5/18/2022 at 10:39 PM, Lassus said:

I've lost track - is this one of those post-truth things?

Rinna - "Bring the receipts!"

Sutton - "Here are the receipts."

Rinna - "Uhhhh... I'm just speaking my truth!"

Because, I don't get what happened, actually.

Ughhhh it physically pains me to say anything that might border on defending Rinna, but Sutton’s receipt really doesn’t prove that Sutton is telling the truth. Sutton still could have canceled those tickets after the email was sent. Then again, that doesn’t explain how Sutton and Rinna ended up at a table together. But I would think that Rinna would be savvy enough not to lie about something that could be so easily disproven? I also don’t get the sense that Sutton is lying, though. 

So, like you, I have a lot of difficulty unraveling what really happened here (and not enough energy to care). 

[ladle]

On 5/19/2022 at 8:46 AM, RoseAllDay said:

It’s not Kyle’s place to be the Sympathy Police.

It’s not at all. But Sutton DID seem to have a creepy indifference in both of those conversations and then she explained herself really poorly. Yes, I think Kyle is looking for any excuse for the harpies to descend, but I also don’t think she fully grasped what Sutton was saying about trauma. Kyle can be a bit dim. This is a woman who doesn’t even know what a Francophile is. 
 

I am Team Nobody. 

[ladle]

On 5/19/2022 at 3:11 PM, SemiCharmedLife said:

An online sleuth (forgot her name) shared the records from the EJ Aids Benefit Gala and it was explicitly stated, among all the other donors, that Sutton paid around $77,000 for the table.  (I'm relying on my memory for that figure, but it's close to that.) Also, Lisa and Harry sat at Sutton's table, at her invitation.  

And, is Lisa's point  that she goes to the gala every year without donating any money for her tickets?  Not a winning look, either.  It is a fundraiser, after all.

I’m so confused by this!!! I just find it so hard to believe that Rinna made up the story about the table being canceled, out of whole cloth. Not because she’s a decent and honest person (obv) but because she never struck me as someone stupid enough to flat-out lie about something that could be easily fact checked. 

[angelamh66]

1 hour ago, ladle said:

I’m so confused by this!!! I just find it so hard to believe that Rinna made up the story about the table being canceled, out of whole cloth. Not because she’s a decent and honest person (obv) but because she never struck me as someone stupid enough to flat-out lie about something that could be easily fact checked. 

Meh... I am sure she figures if she gets busted in a lie she can claim confusion or miscommunication.  The lie gives her camera time and that is all she cares about. 

[RoseAllDay]

2 hours ago, ladle said:

It’s not at all. But Sutton DID seem to have a creepy indifference in both of those conversations and then she explained herself really poorly. Yes, I think Kyle is looking for any excuse for the harpies to descend, but I also don’t think she fully grasped what Sutton was saying about trauma. Kyle can be a bit dim. This is a woman who doesn’t even know what a Francophile is. 
 

I am Team Nobody. 

Yes, her reaction bothered me too, but Kyle’s reaction was also overboard. Tonight I guess we’ll see how this is resolved — or not.

I did get a laugh at the look on Kyle’s face as she was puzzling over “Francophile.”

[Jel]

2 hours ago, angelamh66 said:

Meh... I am sure she figures if she gets busted in a lie she can claim confusion or miscommunication.  The lie gives her camera time and that is all she cares about. 

Exactly. And then she'll just "OWN IT", like that makes everything okay.

Rinna sucks.

[ladle]

Oh, Rinna definitely sucks. It just seems like such an odd thing to lie about and such an awfully specific lie (the IMDB thing) that I wonder if maybe there’s a grain of truth in it. But, why am I straining to understand the motivations of a woman who has deliberately reconfigured her mouth to look like an anus?

[ZettaK]

9 hours ago, ladle said:

Ughhhh it physically pains me to say anything that might border on defending Rinna, but Sutton’s receipt really doesn’t prove that Sutton is telling the truth. Sutton still could have canceled those tickets after the email was sent. Then again, that doesn’t explain how Sutton and Rinna ended up at a table together. But I would think that Rinna would be savvy enough not to lie about something that could be so easily disproven? I also don’t get the sense that Sutton is lying, though. 

So, like you, I have a lot of difficulty unraveling what really happened here (and not enough energy to care). 

Rinna and Sutton ended up sitting at the same table (Rinna's video from the 2019 gala with Sutton, her companion, Lisa, Harry, and Sutton's friends sitting at the same table was posted on this forum) because Sutton bought the table per herself and the charity. Rinna said on the show that she sat at Sutton’s table. Dorit said the same (I assume she was at the event, or she knew about it). Rinna's agent claimed in an email to Rinna (according to Rinna) a few days before the event that Sutton canceled the table. The table was obviously not canceled. 

[goofygirl]

On 5/23/2022 at 3:47 PM, Cheyanne11 said:

Didn't she claim in this episode that they "got late word" that Sutton backed out (meaning they WERE supposed to be at her table) and "had to scramble" and ultimately got an invite from IMDB for agreeing to do an interview with them?  Unless Elton's new stage name is IMDB, lying once again.

Welp, she's a LYING LIAR WHO LIES!!  I heard her admit that she and Harry Hamlin were sitting at the same table as Sutton.....

Those big old lips can't tell the truth  if they HAD to!

[glowbug]

Maybe Sutton didn't purchase the entire table, however, I think the evidence most strongly suggests that Sutton did pay for Lisa and Harry's seats, which was the important part of Sutton's original point that Lisa is a hypocrite. I wonder about Sutton purchasing the entire table because it doesn't make sense that she would have to pay for Lisa and Harry separately if the table was paid for, and when Lisa filmed the table there did appear to be one or two people sitting there that weren't with their group. 

In order to believe that Sutton didn't purchase Lisa and Harry's tickets you have to believe that she cancelled their tickets the same day she purchased them or the day after (the day of the event), which I don't even think is possible. Further, I don't think she ever intended not to pay for Lisa and Harry because the foundation representative told Harry's publicist that the event was sold out on 2/22 and they would have to find tickets from someone who had already purchased a table/seats. If Sutton truly only had the four seats reserved for her and the other three guests, all three of whom were at her table as shown in Lisa's video, then how did she end up purchasing two additional tickets the following day (2/23) when the event was sold out? Also, if you believe that Lisa and Harry got their tickets through IMDB, how did they end up sitting at Sutton's table and not at the IMDB table?

The explanation that makes the most sense based on the evidence (assuming none of it is forged) is that Sutton didn't end up purchasing the entire table but she did purchase six seats, including Lisa and Harry's. There was some confusion two days before the event between Sutton, the foundation, and Lisa/Harry/Harry's publicist, but it was straightened out by the following day when Sutton has an email confirmation of her paying for Lisa and Harry. The publicist clearly did reach out to IMDB because Lisa and Harry did do the IMDB live show, but it looks like IMDB didn't have seats for them or maybe they found out Sutton had purchased their tickets and told IMDB they didn't need them, but still decided to do the IMDB show because you know Lisa does not give up any chance for extra screen time.

[WhatAmIWatching]

8 hours ago, glowbug said:

Maybe Sutton didn't purchase the entire table, however, I think the evidence most strongly suggests that Sutton did pay for Lisa and Harry's seats, which was the important part of Sutton's original point that Lisa is a hypocrite. I wonder about Sutton purchasing the entire table because it doesn't make sense that she would have to pay for Lisa and Harry separately if the table was paid for, and when Lisa filmed the table there did appear to be one or two people sitting there that weren't with their group. 

In order to believe that Sutton didn't purchase Lisa and Harry's tickets you have to believe that she cancelled their tickets the same day she purchased them or the day after (the day of the event), which I don't even think is possible. Further, I don't think she ever intended not to pay for Lisa and Harry because the foundation representative told Harry's publicist that the event was sold out on 2/22 and they would have to find tickets from someone who had already purchased a table/seats. If Sutton truly only had the four seats reserved for her and the other three guests, all three of whom were at her table as shown in Lisa's video, then how did she end up purchasing two additional tickets the following day (2/23) when the event was sold out? Also, if you believe that Lisa and Harry got their tickets through IMDB, how did they end up sitting at Sutton's table and not at the IMDB table?

The explanation that makes the most sense based on the evidence (assuming none of it is forged) is that Sutton didn't end up purchasing the entire table but she did purchase six seats, including Lisa and Harry's. There was some confusion two days before the event between Sutton, the foundation, and Lisa/Harry/Harry's publicist, but it was straightened out by the following day when Sutton has an email confirmation of her paying for Lisa and Harry. The publicist clearly did reach out to IMDB because Lisa and Harry did do the IMDB live show, but it looks like IMDB didn't have seats for them or maybe they found out Sutton had purchased their tickets and told IMDB they didn't need them, but still decided to do the IMDB show because you know Lisa does not give up any chance for extra screen time.

Thank you, Glowbug, your summary makes perfect sense of the whole thing. I wish they'd all be as clear and concise!

[JonnieUniteUs]

On 5/25/2022 at 8:07 AM, Cozytea said:

I didn't understand why PK and Dorit were surprised that the kids weren't asking about the security people walking around. PK and Dorit realize they film a reality show  and the children have never known anything different.

“No one knows who they were what they were doing
But the legacy remains………”

[StatisticalOutlier]

On 5/19/2022 at 11:11 PM, CrinkleCutCat said:

https://radaronline.com/p/lisa-rinna-sutton-stracke-receipts-elton-john-charity-dinner/

This photo is from the linked article.  That's Sutton??

Also, the article at one point calls her Sutton Strackle, and says, "Sutton appeared vindicative."  😀

[Chicklet]

I frequently feel vindicative lately so I can totally identify with Sutton.

[jinjer]

On 5/23/2022 at 2:08 PM, Josette said:

I'm not sure why Lisa Rinna is suddenly claiming Sutton didn't buy a table.  That's not what she said previously.

On 5/23/2022 at 3:32 PM, ZettaK said:

Lisa, you're not a guest of Elton John if Sutton bought a table, and you were sitting at it.

On 5/25/2022 at 11:11 AM, ladle said:

Ughhhh it physically pains me to say anything that might border on defending Rinna, but Sutton’s receipt really doesn’t prove that Sutton is telling the truth. Sutton still could have canceled those tickets after the email was sent. Then again, that doesn’t explain how Sutton and Rinna ended up at a table together. But I would think that Rinna would be savvy enough not to lie about something that could be so easily disproven? I also don’t get the sense that Sutton is lying, though. 

So, like you, I have a lot of difficulty unraveling what really happened here (and not enough energy to care). 

I just watched the WWHL clip on Youtube. Sutton first says that she invited Lisa and Harry to attend as her guests. And then she goes on to say that she paid for their tickets. After further discussion someone says, "You bought a table" and she says yes. But she also says that Lisa and Harry may not have been told that she paid for their tickets.

Lisa is all over the place. She tweets that Sutton bought the table. She knows she herself didn't pay. Bottom line, Sutton came to Harry's dinner and apologized for even bringing it up, and then when Lisa won't accept her apology and accuses her of welching on the charity and Sutton vindicates herself, Rinna then goes on and makes it about Sutton dissing Dorit when it all could've been avoided if Lisa had just accepted an apology. 

[Dr Mama]

On 5/23/2022 at 8:58 AM, RoseAllDay said:

And no, I don’t believe she and Harry HAMLIN are great buds with Elton John. Sorry.

THIS!!

It's a sold-out FUNDRAISING dinner--does Elton really need to invite anyone as his guests, unless it's people being honored by the foundation? Certainly not a couple of B-list celebrities.

I wish one of them had asked Lisa why she and Harry didn't just buy a ticket. It's a charitable contribution.