S18.E20: Reunion Part 3

[Sweet-tea]

On 11/21/2024 at 8:23 PM, 65mickey said:

I used to like Emily but after this reunion I can't stand her. Why does she get to jump in and answer questions that were not directed to her?  I wish Andy would tell her to shut up. 

She got on my nerves too. She was aggressive and obnoxious. She also looks the worst she's looked on any reunion IMO. I hope she saw the show and realized she needs to layoff the filler as it has jacked up her face. 

I don't like how Shannon is being portrayed as a victim. I get it that John was cold in taking up with Alexis, and Alexis is annoying. But it doesn't excuse Shannon's behavior the night of the DUI. The way they are all rallying around her and coddling her bothers me. Look back at all the seasons of the show. Shannon's behavior hasn't changed. She's been screwed up and histrionic since season 1. 

On 11/21/2024 at 8:45 PM, 65mickey said:

Emily said that her dress was a medium and it was a little too big. Who is she kidding? It is so tight that she could barely walk.  

Yes. She was reaching. 

On 11/21/2024 at 9:27 PM, twilightzone said:

What a letdown of Shannon and Tamra hugging it out.  Tamra was never a friend.  I call b.s. that she has changed.  She is only in therapy because she needs the BRAVO paycheck.

I saw Jenn giving it side eye. Don't blame her. 

On 11/22/2024 at 10:06 AM, bravofan27 said:

Emily has got to go next season. I'm fine with all of them, even Alexis, but Emily is just toxic, unkind, sloppy, and her actual life is mundane.

I'm wondering what makes her so angry. She is full of rage. Was it from hanging around Tamra? I don't remember her being this angry in the previous seasons. 

Edited November 24 by Sweet-tea

[Sweet-tea]

On 11/22/2024 at 10:04 AM, Pi237 said:

I don’t see John and Alexis ever actually marrying.  She seems like she’d just say Yes to whatever he wanted, not much a challenge there. This is a man who stayed with Shannon Storms for years and years. A part of him must enjoy the chaos. Alexis is just really annoying. She has zero chill. That ‘yes, master’ stuff can only be fun for so long, right? 

What happened with the other guy she was engaged to, the one they showed on the clip? It seems like Alexis just wants to be married again. 

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Tamra made nice, because  on social  media  she took a lot of heat for being  so damned nasty, she might of thought she was out of a job. 

Hearing Tamra say she wasn't happy with how she acted this season, the first thing in my mind was, "What about all the other seasons you were a vile, nasty, horrible person? Were those ok?" Spend a day watching all those episodes, Tamra, like naked wasted. You have been awful from day one. So save me your fake contrition. And you needed therapy about 40 years ago! Why Shannon continues to fall for the serpent's lies is beyond me. I thought she was smarter than that. 

Edited November 24 by Sweet-tea

[Baltimore Betty]

Emily is a size 12 or 14, her dress was too tight giving her Michelien Tire rolls around her mid-section, if she would lean into her actual size she would look great but she is hung up on being smaller than she actually is.  What she should stop doing ASAP is fillers and lip plumping, when she was sitting there giving stink face to Alexis Emily looked like a head on Easter Island.

Shannon has a thing about giving up on toxic relationships, she cannot quit Tamra and I don't know why she feels like she deserves a toxic person in her life.

Alexis is protecting Johnny J, standing by his side, being there for her man, etc...I think it's funny how she thinks they will get married (and he told her that he will not live with her) and live happily ever after, what in JJ's past has led her to believe that she will really get married to this man? If a man tells you that they won't live full time with you after the wedding, you should rethink what happily ever after means to the other person.

Watching Heather walk in her reunion dress reminded me of Mrs. Higgins (the Carol Burnett character).

17 hours ago, Sweet-tea said:

don't like how Shannon is being portrayed as a victim. I get it that John was cold in taking up with Alexis, and Alexis is annoying. But it doesn't excuse Shannon's behavior the night of the DUI. The way they are all rallying around her and coddling her bothers me. Look back at all the seasons of the show. Shannon's behavior hasn't changed. She's been screwed up and histrionic since season 1. 

Yes, Shannon does play the victim and it is perplexing since she was in the wrong drinking and driving, (luckily she didn't kill anyone), she really expects the kid glove treatment by any and all of her castmates which shows us that she is never accepting that she effed up and Johnny J not running to her aid is called a consequence. 

 

[SweetieDarling]

8 minutes ago, Baltimore Betty said:

Shannon has a thing about giving up on toxic relationships, she cannot quit Tamra and I don't know why she feels like she deserves a toxic person in her life.

Which makes me wonder what Shannon's childhood was like that she keeps choosing to be around toxic people like David, Johnny J, Vicki and Tamra. Is she that desperate for friendship? What happened to all the charities she allegedly creates? Where are the people she socialized with before joining the show? I get not wanting to be alone, and to have someone to do stuff with and share your day with, but have some standards!

[Sweet-tea]

On 11/25/2024 at 9:03 AM, SweetieDarling said:

Which makes me wonder what Shannon's childhood was like that she keeps choosing to be around toxic people like David, Johnny J, Vicki and Tamra. Is she that desperate for friendship? What happened to all the charities she allegedly creates? Where are the people she socialized with before joining the show? I get not wanting to be alone, and to have someone to do stuff with and share your day with, but have some standards!

I've had the same thought. I've wondered if she is an Adult Child or from some other type of abusive home. She has many of the traits. 

Edited November 26 by Sweet-tea

[goofygirl]

On 11/22/2024 at 7:58 AM, 65mickey said:

I felt the same way. Why were they all summoned to the meeting so that Tamara and Heather could  say that John told them that Shannon hit him? I agree none of this is shocking, not the drunken rages, the fighting or Shannon storming out. They acted like they were going to drop a big bombshell. 

ITA.  Thought there was going to be something BIG to find out but no-o--o....  Just some bunch of horse shit.

[goofygirl]

On 11/22/2024 at 6:17 PM, Mar said:

Oh.my.Gawd.  PULEEZ just shut your piehole, Alexis.  YOU LOSER!

[ZettaK]

On 11/22/2024 at 12:43 AM, Marley said:

That was boring.

Alexis is a dumbass. Her and stupid John need to go away.

I forgot Katie was there she can go away too.

I don’t understand what the bombshell was suppose to be at the end? John hearing the crash? Shannon & him having a physical fight? None of this seems shocking at all. Who cares. 

I’m sure whoever was in that last scene will be in the next season & the ones not there won’t. I don’t care really. Katie is boring & Jen seems nice I guess but is pretty boring too.

It was both. That John heard the crash, but his daughter told him not to interfere because Shannon slapped him just before she got into the car. 

It was kind of telling Jenn and Katie were not invited by the main group of women to share the information about John.

Edited November 26 by ZettaK

[ZettaK]

On 11/23/2024 at 12:08 AM, bravofan27 said:

When Johnny J said that the only person that he will ever show the videos to is Shannon, and Alexis piped in, "And I'll be there!" to me made it seem like Alexis has NOT seen the videos and kind of knows they don't exist. Obviously, Johnny J told Alexis he had videos, who then told all the women, and now he has to create some story about it. 

We've all watched Shannon for 10 years going off the rails on TV. She lost her mind more than once because her addicted brain couldn't track what was really going on and she started screaming and running away. We watched her slam her car into a house and drive away. It's not like he's going to shatter some squeaky clean image no matter how crazy she is acting (although I am doubtful, he has any videos, because if he DID have cameras in his house, surely Shannon would know that beforehand, or is he some gross controlling abuser that records his guests). Also, isn't it illegal to video tape someone without their consent, especially audio? If he has a video of her hitting him, then he should take that to the cops. Not to social media. It's all bullshit IMO. 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/201908/living-on-video-when-can-you-record-guests-in-your-home?msockid=23123c713a0460011b802e2d3b1361d3

John's video was from an external Ring camera. There is no expectation of privacy in public places in California, so it was legal to record. They had a fight outside the house, and his daughter was present. Shannon then sped away  (there is video from another house), and drove her car into a house a few seconds after she left.

[lasu]

8 hours ago, ZettaK said:

Shannon slapped him just before she got into the car. 

This is in no way proven. 

[65mickey]

Unless it was picked up by the ring camera outside of his house. 

[RealHousewife]

On 11/25/2024 at 9:03 AM, SweetieDarling said:

Which makes me wonder what Shannon's childhood was like that she keeps choosing to be around toxic people like David, Johnny J, Vicki and Tamra. Is she that desperate for friendship? What happened to all the charities she allegedly creates? Where are the people she socialized with before joining the show? I get not wanting to be alone, and to have someone to do stuff with and share your day with, but have some standards!

Agree. I’m not saying Shannon is always a victim, but I do think she’s kindhearted and puts up with too much from people. I’d rather cuddle with Archie than hang with some of her friends. Quality over quantity imo.

[Pi237]

Come on, Andy-get your greasy mitts on those ring videos. I didn't care all this time, but they got so much airtime, Lets just see the evidence!

[bravofan27]

Shannon is a lot of things, but violent is not one of them. She was probably just running away, which she does, and got sloppy. It's not good, and I get that she got into a vehicle, which is definitely not cool. All said, I think Shannon is a little bit of a total mess, and I hope she gets some real help. All the gaslighting from Tamra all season I think made things worse. 

[tranquilidade]

I really think Alexis is trying to pitch getting her own show on Bravo showing her new life and blended family.   This was a scheme from the get go.  Getting notoriety at any price was the goal to make it possible.  After seeing this much of her, she has become so obnoxious I don't think there's a chance.

[Salacious Kitty]

If wouldn't be a blended family under the same roof as Johnny J's kids are all adults. Plus, wasn't there something about Alexis living in her own house like Shannon did? 

Their relationship would make for shitty teevee, and that's before we knew how noxious Alexis and JJ  were. 

[Sweet-tea]

How old are Alexis’ kids? Are they not shown because Jim wouldn’t give permission?

[Jst2Wld]

1 hour ago, Sweet-tea said:

How old are Alexis’ kids? Are they not shown because Jim wouldn’t give permission?

The twins are 16-ish. Not sure about the 3rd kid but he is older, maybe by a year or two. I hope the kids stay off this reality shit show. 

 

 

[ZettaK]

On 11/30/2024 at 6:27 PM, Jst2Wld said:

The twins are 16-ish. Not sure about the 3rd kid but he is older, maybe by a year or two. I hope the kids stay off this reality shit show. 

 

 

The son (James) graduated from high school earlier this year.

The twins got their first cars more than a year ago, so they are 17 now. I checked Jim Bellino's and Alexis' IG. 

On 11/26/2024 at 6:46 AM, lasu said:

This is in no way proven. 

As we know now from the third part of the reunion, John told Heather and Tamra the night before the reunion that Shannon slapped him, and most probably showed them video (this happened outside his house), the women discussed it with Shannon (Bravo showed the scene), and she accepted it without protesting (because she knew there was video). She was embarrassed. 

Edited December 17 by ZettaK

[Mindthinkr]

Goodness…how deep is this mud going to get? 

[lasu]

11 hours ago, ZettaK said:

As we know now from the third part of the reunion, John told Heather and Tamra the night before the reunion that Shannon slapped him, and most probably showed them video (this happened outside his house), the women discussed it with Shannon (Bravo showed the scene), and she accepted it without protesting (because she knew there was video). She was embarrassed.

Like I said, in no way proven. 

It might have happened, but it's in no way proven. I don't understand claiming they saw the video as evidence. No one has said they did, so why are you? And Shannon said, "what if I did?" and was embarrassed, IMO, because it could have happened, and she was too drunk to remember, and it's embarrassing to have your ex treat you like this. She didn't accept it DID happened, but that it COULD have, and that she could handle the outcome if it turned out she did.

Keep in mind, now that the "she slapped me" story didn't go anywhere, he's said he has stories even worse than this one, but he's just too kind hearted to tell us what they are. OK, sure John Jan. 

[Salacious Kitty]

@lasu I see what you did there at the end. 😂