S5.E15: Smile, You're Being Recorded

[goofygirl]

23 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

According to Angie, wind on your face causes wrinkles and it causes split ends? 

Mary's white dress with the black body design reminds me of that pool coverup that has a cartoon body in a bikini so it looks like the person wearing it is wearing a bikini.

Angie was channeling Princess Leia's gold bikini.

Bronwyn looked like a mess, too much stuff in her hair, bad makeup, and some muu muu from the Mrs. Roper collection.

I really wished that Britani had announced her doing it with Jared like she makes all of her announcements. 

Meredith is nuts.

 

 

Me too!  Like at her house party where she gave Angie a hard time for bringing WINE....  Go ahead and announce to your mormon friends that you and Jared OSMOND are fornicating BEFORE MARRIAGE!!!  Perfect!

[Pi237]

The producers must be pushing them hard to include Britney cuz she just doesn’t fit. She’s too obvious, and none of her conversations seem organic in any way.  She’s like that drunk woman at the wedding, who keeps sitting at your table and loudly and obnoxiously keeps jumping into your conversations like she’s known you her whole life, and you’re annoyed and not sure who she is, But you be nice and act like she’s in your group, then, breathe a massive sigh of relief when she walks away only to: uh oh, here she comes again! Just be nice. She’s harmless. And She could be the brides best friend. Who knows? 

[albarino]

I'm still trying to follow Meredith's logic when she said she was surprised Brit could hear her in her room when Meredith couldn't hear the other women in their rooms (hence the suspicion of a bug).  

Isn't Meredith hard of hearing?  Did we just skip over that part?  Of course she would have more difficulty hearing the other women in their rooms and she was probably talking/coughing/emoting loudly in her own room....

Am I being ne-far-ious? 😎

[dmeets]

1 hour ago, albarino said:

Isn't Meredith hard of hearing?  Did we just skip over that part?  Of course she would have more difficulty hearing the other women in their rooms and she was probably talking/coughing/emoting loudly in her own room....

Am I being ne-far-ious? 😎

Careful! Meredith might accuse you of making fun of disabilities.

[Sweet-tea]

On 1/8/2025 at 9:00 PM, ZettaK said:

YOU CAN LEAVE!

You have to say it with a slur. 

On 1/9/2025 at 12:51 AM, swankie said:

I think Meredith is suffering from some emotional issues she's not sharing with the group.  She seems really paranoid about everything.  I don't know why anyone would want to hang out with her.  She's about as much fun as stepping on an anthill barefoot. 

I think it might be drug-related, specifically benzos or perhaps opiods. 

[Jel]

On 1/9/2025 at 6:26 AM, JenE4 said:

Right? Was Brittani just supposed to barrel roll out of a moving vehicle?!

Oh like any one of us would complain if she did ;)

[ZettaK]

Meredith overreacted, and was unhinged (especially in the sprinter van) as others mentioned. It's possible she was afraid someone (like Britani) would record embarrassing conversations with her husband for example, and expose them on social media, blogs, etc. Her relationship with her husband is not the best possible, as she herself said, and I wouldn't be surprised if they got divorced. 

[b2H]

After all of this, I wondered why someone didn’t patiently and calmly explain to Britani what happened with Monica, including the part where Monica is no longer on the show.  I understand the over-reaction to the recording but only through the prism of last season.  Britani is too dumb to see the connection so it does have to be pointed out rather carefully and clearly.

I have to wonder if this was why she wasn’t offered a full time housewife role.  She probably isn’t back next season.

[Yours Truly]

On 1/9/2025 at 1:23 PM, angelamh66 said:

 

And Bronwyn... oh dear. I liked her initially, but her need to "come clean" (i.e. throw everyone else under the bus) is going to be her undoing. Nobody will want to have a conversation with her knowing she is reporting back to whomever is being discussed. Geez, Whit, Angie and Heather were trying to be supportive. And, for what its worth, I think they were spot on with everything they said. 

 

I dunno, I still like Bronwyn's come clean attitude. I find it absolutely hysterical and to be honest I feel like she doesn't really take herself or the cast or the show for that matter too seriously but not in a snobby Carol Radzwill way (uggghhh). I feel like she's having fun with it and the women because they really do run around full of themselves and their ridiculous slights that THEY ARE ALL guilty of. 

Browyn's brand of messy is the most honest if you ask me. She doesn't let the narrative spin too far from the intention and if that means she has to refer to conversations had amongst them at different times then so be it. I like her diplomatic yet messy role. She not saying she won't have a little harmless fun playing in the dirt but she ain't about to be the only one with mud on her and I respect her for that. LOL. 

I also think that she brings a bit of lightness to the gossip and the snarkiness by being real about it. Now granted, it is obvious that her having conversations and trying to be neutral or "playful" during is a tactic to somewhat keep her hands clean but at the same time of course she's going to participate. That's why she's on the show, duh. Her stance is that the women need to take chill pills about the "severity" of it all when in all honesty that's what they are there to do and it's silly for them to pull out the whole "heart palipitations" and damaging accusations towards one another when they all pull the mean girl card when it suits them. I think her point is that it's crazy for them to be so high and mighty and above reproach when they all take their turns playing in the mud. 

And she enjoys shining that light on them and so do I. LOL

[princelina]

12 hours ago, Yours Truly said:

I dunno, I still like Bronwyn's come clean attitude. I find it absolutely hysterical and to be honest I feel like she doesn't really take herself or the cast or the show for that matter too seriously but not in a snobby Carol Radzwill way (uggghhh). I feel like she's having fun with it and the women because they really do run around full of themselves and their ridiculous slights that THEY ARE ALL guilty of. 

Browyn's brand of messy is the most honest if you ask me. She doesn't let the narrative spin too far from the intention and if that means she has to refer to conversations had amongst them at different times then so be it. I like her diplomatic yet messy role. She not saying she won't have a little harmless fun playing in the dirt but she ain't about to be the only one with mud on her and I respect her for that. LOL. 

I also think that she brings a bit of lightness to the gossip and the snarkiness by being real about it. Now granted, it is obvious that her having conversations and trying to be neutral or "playful" during is a tactic to somewhat keep her hands clean but at the same time of course she's going to participate. That's why she's on the show, duh. Her stance is that the women need to take chill pills about the "severity" of it all when in all honesty that's what they are there to do and it's silly for them to pull out the whole "heart palipitations" and damaging accusations towards one another when they all pull the mean girl card when it suits them. I think her point is that it's crazy for them to be so high and mighty and above reproach when they all take their turns playing in the mud. 

And she enjoys shining that light on them and so do I. LOL

I might be able to buy into this if she hadn't dramatically and tearfully "outed" her husband as a cheater, and then taken it back on WWHL.  I'm sticking with "she thinks she's better at this game than they are".  And that I think she's mistaken about that 😃

[Yours Truly]

14 hours ago, princelina said:

I might be able to buy into this if she hadn't dramatically and tearfully "outed" her husband as a cheater, and then taken it back on WWHL.  I'm sticking with "she thinks she's better at this game than they are".  And that I think she's mistaken about that 😃

Well so far I think she's better than a lot of them across the franchises. Oh and that whole tearful bit about the husband was to guilt the women and play to what they respond to. DRAMA! Granted I'm not sure if that particular move doesn't bite her in the ass but I guess we will see. 

She's very tactical. I'm here for it especially if she can kept it from spiraling into typical housewives hysterics. It's her first season so even the clever ones tend to morph into a cast "character" eventually I just hope it's not some ridiculous jump from what we see now to some extreme housewife cliche'.  

 

[princelina]

2 minutes ago, Yours Truly said:

Well so far I think she's better than a lot of them across the franchises. Oh and that whole tearful bit about the husband was to guilt the women and play to what they respond to. DRAMA! Granted I'm not sure if that particular move doesn't bite her in the ass but I guess we will see. 

I hope it does bite her in the ass!  He may be unlikeable to us, but he's a human being, not a tv character.  Unless she's actually divorcing him for infidelity, it should not have been said!

[Yours Truly]

1 hour ago, princelina said:

I hope it does bite her in the ass!  He may be unlikeable to us, but he's a human being, not a tv character.  Unless she's actually divorcing him for infidelity, it should not have been said!

I said it in a previous post. As much as I like Browynn the whole thing about her daughters grandparents read a bit manipulative to me and I believe she wanted it to be a part of her storyline. I'm happy to see that it looks like there's been a shift away from that but boy oh boy there were really setting it up to be front and center this season. I don't know if maybe it was Todd that shut that down but by the looks of it I'm inclined to believe that's exactly what happened. 

With all that said, what I'm seeing is an absolutely made for TV reality character. I'm hoping she stays out those type of deep waters (it looks like she did some damage control and was able to stay out of the dog house with Todd regarding her claim) and just stick to giving the other wives a run for their money. Aside from the whole infidelity sympathy grab/distraction she been pretty fun with the way she's handled the ho wives drama so far. 

Edited Wednesday at 08:46 PM by Yours Truly

[princelina]

31 minutes ago, Yours Truly said:

With all that said, what I'm seeing is an absolutely made for TV reality character. 

I can't argue with this! 😄. I don't mind having her on the show, although I dislike her, but those feelings of mine tend to change from season to season (just like the other housewives!). Mary can leave at any time - that would be good riddance to bad rubbish!  I'm okay with the rest of them whether I "like" them or not.

[Rahul]

On 1/10/2025 at 1:01 AM, SemiCharmedLife said:

Everyone was angry at Brittani for recording them (though they were all being recorded by Bravo losing their minds in the van), so Brittani's answer (after 5 or 6 different excuses) is to admit her and Jared are doing the deed?  Talk about an attempt at misdirection...and it seemed to work for the moment.  Mind boggling.

As soon as Brittani mentioned she hadn't been completely honest with the group, I knew she was going to mention something Jared. Ostensibly, there is nothing else going on in her life and feeble mind other than the state of her vacillating relationship with discount Donny Osmond. 

On 1/8/2025 at 9:57 PM, JenE4 said:

But, man, Meredith really pulls out that, “You can leave!” business whenever someone does/says something she doesn’t like. You can leave, too, lady. She really thinks Brittani bugged her room?!?  

As amusing as I find Meredith's impromptu imperatives which has seemingly become her catchphrase over the years, I also view it as classist and condescending.

It may offer a glimpse into her privileged life as the daughter of  very well to do real estate developer as the genesis may have been her parents yelling this command lesser individuals in their presence they grew tired of, be it house help or an infuriating colleague.

[Ms.Lulu]

Wrong place.

 

Edited Saturday at 04:00 PM by Ms.Lulu

[princelina]

12 hours ago, Rahul said:

As soon as Brittani mentioned she hadn't been completely honest with the group, I knew she was going to mention something Jared. Ostensibly, there is nothing else going on in her life and feeble mind other than the state of her vacillating relationship with discount Donny Osmond. 

As amusing as I find Meredith's impromptu imperatives which has seemingly become her catchphrase over the years, I also view it as classist and condescending.

Hahahahaha discout Donny Osmond - DDO for short 😄

I find it amusing that, just like she thinks she owns bathing, she also thinks she needs a "catchphrase" - you're on a RH show, honey, not Friends or Seinfeld!

[SemiCharmedLife]

8 hours ago, princelina said:

Hahahahaha discout Donny Osmond - DDO for short 😄

I find it amusing that, just like she thinks she owns bathing, she also thinks she needs a "catchphrase" - you're on a RH show, honey, not Friends or Seinfeld!

Did you notice that at the end of the finale, the summary said Meredith is now selling a recording device.  She really knows how to market every little thing that happens to her on the show.  She's got jewelry, caviar, bath bombs and now recorders.  (Doesn't everyone already have a cell phone for that purpose?)

[SweetieDarling]

6 minutes ago, SemiCharmedLife said:

Did you notice that at the end of the finale, the summary said Meredith is now selling a recording device.  She really knows how to market every little thing that happens to her on the show.  She's got jewelry, caviar, bath bombs and now recorders.  (Doesn't everyone already have a cell phone for that purpose?)

I was a little surprised she didn't have one of those devices that you can use to scan hotel rooms and rentals for hidden cameras etc.