S5.E7: The Huzzbands

[heatherchandler]

On 11/1/2024 at 4:31 AM, Crazydoxielady said:

Justin and his massive face make me think of the Macys Thanksgiving Day parade blow up characters. He’s got these tiny little beady eyes and features with an odd upturned nose surrounded by a massive doughy face.

Ha!  It is a weird doughy face.  He also looks like such a dork with the Gucci sweaters, and the hoodies and ball caps.  He is trying so hard to look hip and young.  I’m sure Whitney dresses him, she is making him look foolish.

[princelina]

This is who Justin always reminds me of.  If you don't know - he was called "Tubby" 😃

[SweetieDarling]

I still think he looks like a Care Bear

[JenE4]

On 11/9/2024 at 12:41 PM, princelina said:

This is who Justin always reminds me of.  If you don't know - he was called "Tubby" 😃

 

22 hours ago, SweetieDarling said:

I still think he looks like a Care Bear

Close. But the dimples are all Cabbage Patch!

Edited November 10 by JenE4

[RealHousewife]

Now I'm wondering if despite the not so great beginning of his relationship with Whitney, the massive age gap, MLM work, the raunchy scene he and Whitney filmed I can't unsee, Justin reminds me too much of characters I find adorable to get the full ick I should feel. 

 

Edited November 11 by RealHousewife

[Book Junkie]

On 11/8/2024 at 12:33 PM, Palimelon said:

Not true. Atlanta had many couples trips and none of the women who were single during those seasons were excluded.

There's other ways to exclude people. Even if Bronwyn had invited Heather, she would've been the 5th wheel, especially since it looks like the play couples games on this trip. Like I said, this isn't The Real Couples of SLC.

On 11/8/2024 at 12:33 PM, Palimelon said:

Not true. Atlanta had many couples trips and none of the women who were single during those seasons were excluded.

There's other ways to exclude people. Even if Bronwyn had invited Heather, she would've been the 5th wheel, especially since it looks like the play couples games on this trip. Like I said, this isn't The Real Couples of SLC.

On 11/8/2024 at 12:33 PM, Palimelon said:

Not true. Atlanta had many couples trips and none of the women who were single during those seasons were excluded.

There's other ways to exclude people. Even if Bronwyn had invited Heather, she would've been the 5th wheel, especially since it looks like the play couples games on this trip. Like I said, this isn't The Real Couples of SLC.

[Palimelon]

She still would have been on the trip though.

If anything she could be the designated scorekeeper, which would have included her in the events, and given her something to do besides being the official bone collector.

Like I said, other shows have done it and managed OK.

Edited November 11 by Palimelon

[princelina]

18 hours ago, RealHousewife said:

Now I'm wondering if despite the not so great beginning of his relationship with Whitney, the massive age gap, MLM work, the raunchy scene he and Whitney filmed I can't unsee, Justin reminds me too much of characters I find adorable to get the full ick I should feel. 

Haha I think you're right! 😂

[Yours Truly]

On 11/3/2024 at 11:35 AM, SemiCharmedLife said:

I completely agree.  And, if its her "thing" to pick up her hubby in crazy costumes, I wouldn't be surprised if she wanted it filmed/documented.  She may have recreated a look or two for the show, but I believe the others were authentic.  

Heather is definitely rubbing me the wrong way this season.  I think Bronwyn offering an olive branch so she could invite Heather on the trip was the right way to go, though it wasn't successful due to Heather's defensiveness and unwillingness to meet her halfway. Many of the Housewives invite their feuding frenemies on cast trips without trying to resolve issues first- how uncomfortable!  Bronwyn seems like the type of person who wants to lay everything out on the table and work through it.

Exactly! And I find her very refreshing. The only thing is that coming on a show like this and thinking that you will be able to outsmart the running recipe of mayhem and chaos usually bites them in the butt. I am absolutely rooting for Bronwyn and thinks she's got a good shot at being the first to actually succeed being that she seems to be able to keep a cool head for the most part while she's in the middle of these ridiculous "moments" the others are completely desensitized to. Heathers awkward distain and haughty distress over the idea that a person would handle a housewife conflict with such straightforward maturity was very fascinating to watch. She was practically sputtering in disbelief at the novel concept of actually talking things out and resolving a conflict in such manner. 

You could practically read it all over Heathers face that she resented the idea that they smooth things over before the trip and thus denying her the opportunity to have their inappropriately timed outburst moment during the trip. The funny thing is (and this goes back to the idea that any housewife can sidestep these imposed "real" moments on the show) is that there still was the tacky and inappropriate moment because LISA brought it to the episode by facetiming Heather. They really DO NOT allow for any semblance of smooth sailing when it comes to these trips.  It is not allowed and Bronwynn found out the hard way.

You can totally see that Bronwynn fancies herself capable of out witting the machine and she most likely promised, promised, promised Todd that she would be clever enough to avoid the typical circus of embarrassing outbursts and arguments over the course of filming. There was something in Todds tone that leads me to believe that he hesitantly agreed to her appearing on the show with the condition that she had better make sure things don't spill over and interfere with real life functions and routines and most of all his peace.  

[ladle1]

On 10/31/2024 at 7:18 AM, bosawks said:

As annoying as I can find them I would enjoy this franchise so much less without Heather being a gossipy hack with no social awareness

One of the reasons I "like" Heather -- as a character on a reality TV show -- is because I think what we see on our screens is pretty much exactly who she is. Yes, clearly she's amping it up a bit for the cameras, as they all are, but I don't get the sense that this is a cultivated persona. She appears to be someone who is very much fueled by the desire to sit at the cool kids' table, and I get the sense that that's true both in life and on the show.

It's interesting because I feel like the amount of self-awareness one has is inversely proportional to how good of a RHW she is. The ones with low self-awareness -- Vicki G, Teresa, Jessel, to a lesser extent Luann and maybe even Bethenny -- make for really good TV because they don't try to conceal their flaws. Often, because they don't see them as flaws. Others, like everyone on the RHONY reboot except Jessel, make for boring or uncompelling TV because they are too self-produced.

Now, I have no idea what happened with production and the black eye -- was that discussed on the show?? And maybe I'd really hate her for it, but I'd probably still "like" her as a reality TV persona. 

[ladle1]

On 10/31/2024 at 12:15 PM, heatherchandler said:

Lisa’s sister was there to prop her up.  That is sad about Henry not having many friends, and not having anyone go to his party.  But if he sent out a late invite and the kids were already rsvp’d to another party, Lisa should have rescheduled.  I would have my kid go to the party they already rsvp’d.

But also, she mentioned how sad and embarrassed Baby Gorgeous was by the lack of party attendees, which made Lisa feel so awful for him that she shared his embarrassing story on national TV WHAT. 

I would never put my child's embarrassment on display like that. Poor kid! 

Lisa sucks.

[ladle1]

On 11/1/2024 at 1:30 PM, princelina said:

Sorry, but Bronwym has done that many kooky airport pickups with a camera crew in tow?  Not buying it 😄

It seemed like some of the shots were photos, or possibly filmed on a phone? I could see Bronwyn getting passersby to take photos/footage of her in the getups, even before she was on the show. She is very, "LOOK AT ME!!!!" 

So, I suppose reality TV is the perfect place for her. 

[heatherchandler]

4 hours ago, ladle1 said:

But also, she mentioned how sad and embarrassed Baby Gorgeous was by the lack of party attendees, which made Lisa feel so awful for him that she shared his embarrassing story on national TV WHAT. 

I would never put my child's embarrassment on display like that. Poor kid! 

Lisa sucks.

She’s a narcissist.  I was watching season 1 and she was crying about her kids at the reunion.  Not going on and on about how much she loves them, but she kept saying over and over, “my kids love me.”

[Natalie68]

22 hours ago, ladle1 said:

One of the reasons I "like" Heather -- as a character on a reality TV show -- is because I think what we see on our screens is pretty much exactly who she is. Yes, clearly she's amping it up a bit for the cameras, as they all are, but I don't get the sense that this is a cultivated persona. She appears to be someone who is very much fueled by the desire to sit at the cool kids' table, and I get the sense that that's true both in life and on the show.

It's interesting because I feel like the amount of self-awareness one has is inversely proportional to how good of a RHW she is. The ones with low self-awareness -- Vicki G, Teresa, Jessel, to a lesser extent Luann and maybe even Bethenny -- make for really good TV because they don't try to conceal their flaws. Often, because they don't see them as flaws. Others, like everyone on the RHONY reboot except Jessel, make for boring or uncompelling TV because they are too self-produced.

Now, I have no idea what happened with production and the black eye -- was that discussed on the show?? And maybe I'd really hate her for it, but I'd probably still "like" her as a reality TV persona. 

She opined maybe it was someone in production as part of her 'I have no idea how I got this black eye'.  There was an investigation. She could have ruined someone's life with that accusation.

[ladle1]

6 hours ago, Natalie68 said:

She opined maybe it was someone in production as part of her 'I have no idea how I got this black eye'.  There was an investigation. She could have ruined someone's life with that accusation.

Yikes! I feel like I missed some episodes somewhere though (or maybe I’ve mentally blocked them out) because I remember her saying she didn’t know how it happened, then she said it was a cabinet door I believe (?), then finally I remember (maybe on UGT) she blamed Jen but did she ever actually say what happened?? Did Jen literally slug her in the face??

[Natalie68]

14 hours ago, ladle1 said:

Yikes! I feel like I missed some episodes somewhere though (or maybe I’ve mentally blocked them out) because I remember her saying she didn’t know how it happened, then she said it was a cabinet door I believe (?), then finally I remember (maybe on UGT) she blamed Jen but did she ever actually say what happened?? Did Jen literally slug her in the face??

Still hasn't fully admitted how she got it.  She also said maybe it was a stranger who broke in.  Which would have effed with the AIRBNB, so she sorta blamed them as well.   Production being listed as possibly responsible by her was the absolute worst thing she could have done.  She has NO shame.  Her relationship with production had to change.  I would think.  They can't and shouldn't trust her.

[princelina]

I think she finally did admit that it was Jen and was accidental when they were drunkenly horsing around.  As we all suspected.

[Jel]

On 10/31/2024 at 9:25 AM, 65mickey said:

I think it is pretty rotten to have a cast trip and let the newbie cast member exclude 2 cast members. Usually if it is a cast trip on bravo's dime everyone is invited. Did she mention if she was inviting Mary?

I also thought that Bronwyn was excluding Heather and Britani because they are not married. What a high school thing to do.  I am pretty sure that this happened on OC years ago when the married couples went to Miami and the single women were excluded. And Carole Radziwili planned a dinner evening out with her boyfriend and Aviva and her husband while they were on a cast trip to St. Barts and excluded the unmarried ladies. It didn't go over well. Unless Bronwyn is paying for this trip I don't see how she can exclude cast members and invite the husbands. 

That situation had a bit of  a fake drama stink I thought, but that doesn't change the fact that the new girl is coming in way too hot. I don't know if it's true that Bronwyn has been gunning to get on the show for years, but it wouldn't shock me to find out she has. 

I liked her at first, but I like her less with each episode. Her clothes, her house, her furmiture makes me think of The Emperor's New Clothes. 

She should have invited Heather. It's what one does!