S05.E04: Livin' La Vida Housewife

[SFoster21]

There's a bit on "The Comeback," where Valerie, the main character, tries out for RHBH, and shouts in frustration, "None of you live in Beverly Hills!"

Don't know much about LA, but isn't Bel Air pretty snazzy? I heard once that movie stars lived there.

Can't see how the DUI making the show was such a biggie, since many here had heard of it. Apparently, it was public knowledge prior to the airing.

Very hard to conclude that the producers "script" the show. For myself, I think that there is a blueprint of sorts, but the creators hope that "reality" will intrude.

Edited December 10, 2014 by SFoster21

[cooksdelight]

Bel Air is indeed ritzy. The Reagans lived there, and if I had my choice I'd take it over BH anyday. The lots are bigger and the houses more secluded from those tour buses with gawking fans like myself. :)

Pure speculation about Brandi's car, but it sounds like she's put down a standard deposit at the lease signing, she'll have three years to make the monthly payments and then come up with the final whopping amount if she wants to buy it. Otherwise, she's renting a car. If it's $100,000, she's probably paying more than she pays for her apartment.

I wish they'd just get rid of her, she has nothing to do with Beverly Hills glitz and glamour.

[Lizzing]

Rinna is verging on the obnoxious for me.  She's there to deliver exposition and laudatory statements?   Nothing she's done couldn't have been done with chyrons.  The best bit about her lunch with Lisa V was Ken & Giggy taking fan selfies in the background.

[motorcitymom65]

I don't think Kyle has indicated that she grew up broke. I think she said last night that she was working when she was young bringing home the bacon, which I believe has been confirmed. As others have said, she also married someone of wealth when she was little more than a teenager (although that marriage didn't last long), so she certainly has never gone hungry. I don't think she was saying that.  I remember during the S3 reunion when the question of Prenups came up. Andy asked all the gals if they had one. Yo said "of course", and Kyle said that no, she and Mauricio didn't have one because neither one of them had any money at that time to worry about. I thought that was her point. They were just average folks trying to get by when they got married and their fortunes have greatly increased over the years. 

 

I agree with others that it is too bad that Bella is having her bad choices play on TV (although this was a very bad choice indeed). I do believe this has to do with the fact that she was being filmed when she got the news. I am hoping that we see or hear little of this when they are on the boat next week.  I will be disappointed to hear Kyle whispering about what happened to Mauricio on camera.  I figure that Kyle and Yo talked about it behind closed doors, then said little after that. I bet that decisions were made to talk more about it when Yo finally arrived home, or got news that it had hit the press big time. When she realized this, coupled with the fact she had been filmed receiving the news, she might have decided she had to address it, or everyone would have wondered what in the hell she was crying about. 

Edited December 10, 2014 by motorcitymom65

[zoeysmom]

Although drama free I did enjoy last night's episode.  For anyone wanting to recreate the experience here is contact info for Champagne O'clock http://www.oceanindependence.com/luxury-yacht-charter/yacht/champagne-oclock. Whether Kyle and Mauricio paid for some, all or none of the yacht, it was refreshing to see someone and their family excited about the yacht and the vacation in general.

 

It was refreshing to see Yolanda deal with a real life problem the way she did.  I am not a #1 fan of Yolanda but it seemed her pain was very real and I did empathize with her.  I thought juvenile arrests were sealed in California but apparently quality news agencies like TMZ will run with it.  Bella signed with a modeling agency shortly after her arrest so maybe she and her parents thought it better to address it head on.  I will say I am curious why Bella had a suspended license-she hasn't been driving all that long.

 

 

 

Bel Air is indeed ritzy. The Reagans lived there, and if I had my choice I'd take it over BH anyday. The lots are bigger and the houses more secluded from those tour buses with gawking fans like myself. :)

Pure speculation about Brandi's car, but it sounds like she's put down a standard deposit at the lease signing, she'll have three years to make the monthly payments and then come up with the final whopping amount if she wants to buy it. Otherwise, she's renting a car. If it's $100,000, she's probably paying more than she pays for her apartment.

I wish they'd just get rid of her, she has nothing to do with Beverly Hills glitz and glamour.

 

I second the motion to get rid of Brandi.  Her faux I bought a six figure car was Brandi at her misrepresenting best. Leasing is leasing. That particular model weigh in at closer to $130,000.00 if it is the limited edition.  Brandi was leasing a $1,200.00 a month Range Rover when Eddie dumped, her daddy co-signed for her lease her last Range Rover and here she is again with surprise -a Range Rover.  I would have loved to have seen Brandi lease a Tesla like the Rinna/Hamlins drive that yet another boring white Range Rover. 

[Wings]

So Brandi is renting a house and uprooting her kids on the yearly but buys a $100k car? Yep, I would say her priorities are straight.

 

That was addressed on Watch What Happens Live, last night.  She leased it.  

 

She did not say the following it is my guess. Sure it would be cheaper to lease a more modest car but she has a financial adviser so this decision was not made on her own.  There are reasons behind this.  Her PR person is probably helping her create a  "brand" and this may figure into that somehow.   Brand seems to be the buzz word these days for people wanting to make a mark in show bizz.

 

 

I thought juvenile arrests were sealed in California

   

Bella is 19 so no longer a juvenile.  

Edited December 10, 2014 by wings707

[motorcitymom65]

That was addressed on Watch What Happens Live, last night.  She leased it.  Sure it would be cheaper to lease a more modest car but she has a financial adviser so this decision was not made on her own.  There are reasons behind this.  Her PR person is probably helping her create a  "brand" and this may figure into that somehow.   Brand seems to be the buzz word these days for people wanting to make a mark in show bizz.

I don't know much about branding, but surely it cannot be good for her image or her brand (not to mention her boys) for her to keep moving to a new rental every year. I mean, wouldn't the money she spent on the car be better spent on a real home for her kids? This is something I simply cannot conceive of. She gets $1K from Eddie per month, her salary for this show (which is supposed to be over $250K), a salary for her Podcast, royalties for the books, and she did Celebrity Apprentice. What am I missing? No, she is not rich by BH standards, but she is part of the 1% and surely she can afford to actually buy a home. Yes, I am sure she has shitty credit, but there are programs for even folks with shitty credit. I have no idea, however, why I would expect more from her. Isn's this the gal who talked about being basically homeless after her divorce from Eddie, moving from friend to friend to sleep on their couch, but got her hands on Eddie's credit card and charged $12K for plastic surgery to make her vagina show-room new again? Because she wanted him to have to pay for something he would never again get to use, but would be enjoyed by countless other folks? Her priorites suck.

[Otherkate]

I'm finding it very difficult to watch Brandi at this point. Her priorities are all out of whack and, frankly, she seems pretty disturbed. I think I'm supposed to be cheering her on or something and the result is that I sit here cringing. She makes me uncomfortable and it's not enjoyable.

[MyAimIsTrue]

So far the newbie Eileen is boring. She seems to be trying too hard to be interesting and playing to the cameras. And acting bitchy to her husband is not going to win her any brownie points with me.

 

I like reading other opinions because, to me, Eileen comes across very natural and comfortable and I thought she was being playful with her husband, not bitchy.  But hey, time will tell!

[imjagain]

I got through the show pretty quickly. I ff'd through Brandi and the Lisa V and Lisa R. I can't stand Brandi. The Lisa's just kind of bored me. I kind of watched Eileen too.

I watched Kyle and Yo but tbh it was so I could see beautiful Spain.

Why isn't Yo spending more than 2 weeks with her mother who is battling cancer again. I'm sorry that just confuses me. Yo has money and freedom to spend as much time as she can with her very ill mother. I know I don't know the details so I shouldn't judge, but I guess I am.

Edited December 10, 2014 by imjagain

[WireWrap]

That was addressed on Watch What Happens Live, last night.  She leased it.  

 

She did not say the following it is my guess. Sure it would be cheaper to lease a more modest car but she has a financial adviser so this decision was not made on her own.  There are reasons behind this.  Her PR person is probably helping her create a  "brand" and this may figure into that somehow.   Brand seems to be the buzz word these days for people wanting to make a mark in show bizz.

 

   

Bella is 19 so no longer a juvenile.  

This is the same woman that just 1 episode before complained about not having enough money to start a college fund for her sons and the episode before that she complained about not being able to afford to buy her own home. She can not have it both ways, crying poor 1 minute and then buying an extravagant SUV the next. If someone is advising her that this ploy to build her "brand" is the way to go, they missed the mark by a mile IMO.

[ghoulina]

This episode kind of bored me. I did like seeing Kyle and Yo in Spain. It looked absolutely beautiful and they were both having a lot of fun and appreciating the trip. But yea, not anything riveting me to the screen. The whole thing could have been made a lot better if they did a crossover with Below Deck. 

[ottergirl]

In re the lunch with the two Lisas, when Lisa V. said that Lisa R. didn't give her a hard time, had a sense of humor, they could tease, etc., I just wanted to say, "Okay, Lisa.  Why don't you suggest that Harry is cheating on Lisa Rinna, and joke about it in front of their kids, or challenge his business ethics and integrity behind his back, and then let's see if Lisa Rinna is still quite as chill."

 

Lisa V's insistence that she has been attacked by "the other women" for no reason, that she is a victim, feels like the subtext of every single conversation Lisa has this year.  Even the way she went after Andy on WWHL and forced him to apologize for bullying her at the reunion.  This is a woman who, for whatever reason, is just determined to be an innocent, wrongly accused victim in every situation.  It makes me tired and frustrated.

 

Dear Lisa V., please read the section in Amy Poehler's book on apologies, shame and forgiveness.  It is beautiful and wonderful.  (And sidenote, in that book Amy writes two sample apologies - the apology "from the brain" is all about justifying your behavior and excusing yourself and sounds like every RH apology ever given on any show.  I think Amy watched RH to write that section.)

[Wings]

This is the same woman that just 1 episode before complained about not having enough money to start a college fund for her sons and the episode before that she complained about not being able to afford to buy her own home. She can not have it both ways, crying poor 1 minute and then buying an extravagant SUV the next. If someone is advising her that this ploy to build her "brand" is the way to go, they missed the mark by a mile IMO.

 

 

Brandi's situation is odd, for sure.  It was my speculation that there was more behind her leasing that car (not an SUV).  It was I who tossed in the branding speculation; that did not come from any facts.   I have no clue what it was, a Porche?  Anyone know?  

 

Lisa is bugging me, too, Lizzing.  She is aiming to be the good housewife and not cause drama.  We shall see if that is possible.  Previews for this season show her throwing a wine glass down and breaking it. 

 

Yolanda is desperate to be with her husband more.  He needs a loving wife to keep the home fires burning and she wants to live a grand lifestyle.  Match made in heaven!  She caters to him and requires nothing of him emotionally (my guess) and he gets good catered meals, sex and a trophy for his arm. 

 

This has been boring so far.  I am so sick of them processing (or not)  their fights from last season.  None of them are friends outside the show other than Lisa and Rina.  Stop caring about this and stop traveling.  I am not interested in their staged vacations.  I don't know what I want to see though!  

Edited December 10, 2014 by wings707

[AnnaL]

I loved the scenes in Mallorca, what a beautiful place.

 

I also enjoyed the genuine pleasure that Kyle took in soaking everything in and appreciating new places. Most times the Bravo RH behave horribly in other countries and like to act as if the U.S is the only place in the world worthy of admiration, yet here we have Kyle and Yolanda actually behaving like normal people.

 

The scenery was beautiful, the yatch was absolutely stunning and even though I can absolutely relate to Kyle not wanting to jump on the ocean I was happy she did, Mauricio jumping in first to reassure her was one of those little details that tells me that no matter what rumors are Mauricio does love his wife.

 

For everything that I saw in the phone call scene, the way Yolanda exited and then close the door , it is clear to me that she didn't intent for this particular circunstance to be part of the show, but unfortunately for her she had a microphone and Bravo was never going to miss the oportunity to captioned her conversation, there were many outlets here in the U.S that reported on the news and IMO it would have been disngenuous to pretend that it never happened when it did, after all this is a reality TV show, I think the talking heads were filmed later when Yolanda realized that she couldn't push this issue under the rag.

 

I do not like Yolanda, never have and her pretenciousness drives me crazy, but that scene when she received the news of her daughter's DUI broke my heart. As mothers we would like to believe that we have raised responsible kids but then reality has a way to smack you in the face and show you how vulnerable you really are, you can raise them with proper values, you can be there guiding all the time and yet in one spare moment of stupidity it all goes down the drain. I am not going to label Yolanda a bad mother just because her teen daughter made a stupid mistake, when I was a teen I made my own share of stupid decisions (never a DUI though because in a big city you can easily hail a cab) but I would hate if anybody would judge my mother and her mother skills just because I was being stupid.  I am raising a little girl and trying to do my best that even then that is not a guarantee that she will not make mistakes, of course she will and i will just have to brace for that.

[WireWrap]

Brandi's situation is odd, for sure.  It was my speculation that there was more behind her leasing that car (not an SUV).  It was I who tossed in the branding speculation; that did not come from any facts.   I have no clue what it was, a Porche?  Anyone know?  

 

Lisa is bugging me, too, Lizzing.  She is aiming to be the good housewife and not cause drama.  We shall see if that is possible.  Previews for this season show her throwing a wine glass down and breaking it. 

 

Yolanda is desperate to be with her husband more.  He needs a loving wife to keep the home fires burning and she wants to live a grand lifestyle.  Match made in heaven!  She caters to him and requires nothing of him emotionally (my guess) and he gets good catered meals, sex and a trophy for his arm. 

 

This has been boring so far.  I am so sick of them processing (or not)  their fights from last season.  None of them are friends outside the show other than Lisa and Rina.  Stop caring about this and stop traveling.  I am not interested in their staged vacations.  I don't know what I want to see though!  

LOL, it is a Range Rover and  I have only seen them as SUV's but I could be mistaken, her last RR was an SUV as well. I hope someone did not tell her getting that, either through out right buying it or leasing it, was a good idea. Those vehicles cost over $100K new! 

Edited December 10, 2014 by WireWrap

[Baltimore Betty]

I am stumped by Brandi's stupidity, her kids were going to be excited to see half their college fund in the driveway?  She does not have a pot to piss in but, plastic surgery, yes, a closet full of overpriced clothing, yes, renting houses and uprooting her two children every time a lease is up and leasing cars means nothing is permanent or stable for those kids she professes to move heaven and earth for.

 

I thought Kyle's description of Kim's MOB dress was spot on but I liked it and I liked her hair (from what we saw in the preview).

 

Secretly, I was hoping for the boat in Spain to be the Ohana, that would have been great, bitchy resting face and all!

 

 

[tulip555]

Yeah, how many times I have we seen 'em in beautiful locations & they completely ignore how gorg their surroundings are, while they're yelling & screaming & sniping at each other?  Sigh, I miss the yelling & screaming & ridiculous petty sniping.  Sniff.  They can't all get along.  It's just too icky nice.  Feh.  Hate it.

the more conflict the better....seeing how these diverse personalities interact is why I watch these shows.

Edited December 10, 2014 by tulip555

[Wings]

LOL, it is a Range Rover and  I have only seen them as SUV's but I could be mistaken, her last RR was an SUV as well. I hope someone did not tell her getting that, either through out right buying it or leasing it, was a good idea. Those vehicles cost over $100K new! 

 

It looked so small!  Thanks for the clarification.  My knowledge of cars does not extent beyond Toyota or Honda!  

[tulip555]

There's a bit on "The Comeback," where Valerie, the main character, tries out for RHBH, and shouts in frustration, "None of you live in Beverly Hills!"

Don't know much about LA, but isn't Bel Air pretty snazzy? I heard once that movie stars lived there.

Can't see how the DUI making the show was such a biggie, since many here had heard of it. Apparently, it was public knowledge prior to the airing.

Very hard to conclude that the producers "script" the show. For myself, I think that there is a blueprint of sorts, but the creators hope that "reality" will intrude.

IMO, no scripts are needed

[ryebread]

Yolanda is desperate to be with her husband more.  He needs a loving wife to keep the home fires burning and she wants to live a grand lifestyle.  Match made in heaven!  She caters to him and requires nothing of him emotionally (my guess) and he gets good catered meals, sex and a trophy for his arm. 

This is why I would hope Yolanda would have better expectations for her girls than just landing a rich man. Surely she has observed wealthy couples who have it all without the wife feeling it imperative that she roast chickens in a negligee in order to keep the King happy. Maybe Yo is supremely happy and secure in her marriage. I don't buy it. Perhaps all those lemons and the queen size bed on the jet make up for all the catering she does. Did. Has done. Somehow I feel she had to stay on her flipper-footed toes for Mohammed all the time, too. Probably moreso.

[Baltimore Betty]

Brandi is so short sighted it frustrates me.  I noticed when she was talking to the radio guy her speech was funky like it was at the end of last season, like her tongue is too big for her mouth. It didn't seem like that during the first two episodes of this season, wonder if she got a tune up of what ever "it" was.  Did she say she could keep her radio show family friendly then followed it up with "bitches?" Ugh. 

I actually have been lusting for a Range Rover Evoque but would never spend that much money on a car for a number of reasons, one is my daughter is graduating from college in May but plans to get her masters so my money is not quite my own yet, lol.

 

It was interesting that Yolanda spent only to weeks with her ailing mother but agreed to do a bit of yachting with Kyle and family.  Either way it is time away from her king, how could he function with out her?

[cooksdelight]

My take on Yolonda and her mom.... I am pretty sure she'd love to be able to spend time with her. But....she came on this show a few years ago in the hopes of launching her own lifestyle show.

Didn't pan out.

She signed on for a second year in the hopes of putting The King on a pedastal. He got his star on the Walk of Fame, but I think that would have happened even without her being on this show.

Didn't pan out.

Now she's on for a third year, desperately trying to look like a happily married wife to The King, who seems to be bored when she's in the room. Her kids are moving out on their own, the house is for sale. What has she got that she can call her own, or do for a career.

This show? Again... didn't pan out.

[Rhetorica]

I've never seen the Other Lisa but she always seems, to me, to be sucking up to everyone. I never trust anyone who is that gushingly nice

[poeticlicensed]

I actually give props to Yo for the way she dealt with the news. Most kids of rich parents would have been whisked away to some country club rehab to deal with their "addiction" issues. Yo said straight out that this was the result of Belle's poor choice. It infuriates  me when parents  act like their children who have issues are things that are out of their control. If I had a dime for every rich kid who gets caught doing something bad and the next thing you know the parents are saying that litle Johnny is bipolar, I'd be a rich woman. 

 

I FFed through Lisa V buying Giggy clothes. Whatever, I mean really. I wish Lisa V wold consider cutting her hair. That long hair drags her face down. 

 

There's a walk of the stars in Palm Springs? I wonder what qualifies one for a star.

 

I think Lisa R Is gorgeous, but I wish she didn't go so heavy with the liner. I was coveting her bracelets and watch.

 

Eileen is married to Vincent van Patten? Clearly I don't read gossip. I remember him from 80s TV. Now I think I can predict what is going to happen. Apparently Eileen and Vince got together before  he was divorced. I'm sure Brandi is going to have a field day with that because she's a bitch and has no other storyline other than to shit stir

 

I had yacht envy over that trip. It was nice seeing Kyle relaxed and not going at it with Lisa. 

 

I loled over Kim showing Kyle Brooke's wedding dress but not wanting to take it out of the bag for fear it would get dirty, yet the train was hanging out, dragging across the floor. 

 

ETA: who the hell is buying Brandi's book and listening to her podcast? I do not understand how she can possibly have fans or followers

Edited December 10, 2014 by poeticlicensed

[Wings]

Brandi is so short sighted it frustrates me.  I noticed when she was talking to the radio guy her speech was funky like it was at the end of last season, like her tongue is too big for her mouth. It didn't seem like that during the first two episodes of this season, wonder if she got a tune up of what ever "it" was.  Did she say she could keep her radio show family friendly then followed it up with "bitches?" Ugh. 

I actually have been lusting for a Range Rover Evoque but would never spend that much money on a car for a number of reasons, one is my daughter is graduating from college in May but plans to get her masters so my money is not quite my own yet, lol.

 

It was interesting that Yolanda spent only to weeks with her ailing mother but agreed to do a bit of yachting with Kyle and family.  Either way it is time away from her king, how could he function with out her?

 

 

She talked about this on Watch What Happens.  She had some laser hair removal done on her face.  It resulted in the right side being numb for awhile which effected her speech.  

 

Since she had her lips enhanced she has developed a habit of pushing them out and up.  Hard to explain.  It is not trying to show off her lips, it is more like adjusting them because they feel they need it.  I didn't notice it on the show so maybe she had them plumped since then.  They are not overly large like Rina, just fuller. 

[Duke2801]

Brandi is so short sighted it frustrates me.  I noticed when she was talking to the radio guy her speech was funky like it was at the end of last season, like her tongue is too big for her mouth. It didn't seem like that during the first two episodes of this season, wonder if she got a tune up of what ever "it" was.  Did she say she could keep her radio show family friendly then followed it up with "bitches?" Ugh. 

I actually have been lusting for a Range Rover Evoque but would never spend that much money on a car for a number of reasons, one is my daughter is graduating from college in May but plans to get her masters so my money is not quite my own yet, lol.

 

It was interesting that Yolanda spent only to weeks with her ailing mother but agreed to do a bit of yachting with Kyle and family.  Either way it is time away from her king, how could he function with out her?

 

One thing I kinda like about Yolanda --in spite of her annoying, endless proclamations of love for her "King" and various other annoying things--is that she seems totally comfortable showing up at many events solo. I know many women (in real life) wouldn't feel comfortable vacationing without their significant other.  Whether it's because the King is traveling for work, or he simply doesn't love appearing on the show, she does seem to appear without him a good bit of the time. 

[ryebread]

ETA: who the hell is buying Brandi's book and listening to her podcast? I do not understand how she can possibly have fans or followers

 

We are sheltered in our rational, enlightened, lemon-scented Previously TV world. 

 

In the real world there are clearly many dumbasses.

[pawsodoom]

Why isn't Yo spending more than 2 weeks with her mother who is battling cancer again. I'm sorry that just confuses me. Yo has money and freedom to spend as much time as she can with her very ill mother. I know I don't know the details so I shouldn't judge, but I guess I am.

 

Probably because she is afraid to be away from her "King" for any length of time. He may trade her in for a newer, younger version.

[parrotlover]

the more conflict the better....seeing how these diverse personalities interact is why I watch these shows.

 

Me too. I don't know if it makes me a bad person or whatever, but as beautiful as the scenery was in Spain, I was so bored by this episode because there was no conflict. I need arguments and drama to stay interested. :)

 

And for the love of God if we have one more "I don't know how I'm going to handle my child going away to college" storylines, I'm going to seriously lose it.

[motorcitymom65]

She talked about this on Watch What Happens.  She had some laser hair removal done on her face.  It resulted in the right side being numb for awhile which effected her speech.  

 

Since she had her lips enhanced she has developed a habit of pushing them out and up.  Hard to explain.  It is not trying to show off her lips, it is more like adjusting them because they feel they need it.  I didn't notice it on the show so maybe she had them plumped since then.  They are not overly large like Rina, just fuller.

Of for fuck sake. Does Brandi sit up at night and try to think up excuses to give for why she cannot talk? Didn't she give a couple last season?

I am with the person who posted above that watching Brandi has become exhausting. I will admit this is new for me. I loved her during S2, got pissed at her in S3, and detested her in S4. During all of that I found her entirely watchable. I was always interested in what she might say or do. Those days are long gone.

[poeticlicensed]

And for the love of God if we have one more "I don't know how I'm going to handle my child going away to college" storylines, I'm going to seriously lose it.

 

Agree. Add to that getting married. We had to suffer through Pandora, now Brooke. The howives are of the age when their kids are growing up and moving on. I get that. But it's so OTT. I understand when your first or your last leaves, but Kyle's daughter is not the first child to go away,  and she still has some at home. So she can save her tears, I'm not buying it. Same for Yo, although Yo doesn't seem to be upset at all about Belle leaving.  

[Baltimore Betty]

Laser hair removal left her face numb? Never heard of it happening.  I had 3 rounds of laser treatment to get rid of tiny broken veins, sun spots and other things and was never numb from it, swollen and red yes but numb, never.

We are sheltered in our rational, enlightened, lemon-scented Previously TV world. 

 

In the real world there are clearly many dumbasses.

Love this description!

[ryebread]

I am with the person who posted above that watching Brandi has become exhausting.

Imagine being her hairflufferclosetorganizerhousemoverdesignateddriver friend.  Because yes!  You'd actually be all those things rolled into one AND have to listen to her endless bullshit excuses. 

[Wings]

Me too. I don't know if it makes me a bad person or whatever, but as beautiful as the scenery was in Spain, I was so bored by this episode because there was no conflict. I need arguments and drama to stay interested. :)

 

And for the love of God if we have one more "I don't know how I'm going to handle my child going away to college" storylines, I'm going to seriously lose it.

 

 

I agree with every word.  And if we are going to have to listen to repairing relationships and moving forward I will lose it with that, too.  For fuck sake get on with some new conflicts.  

[imjagain]

"Don't know much about LA, but isn't Bel Air pretty snazzy? I heard once that movie stars lived there."

I heard a prince lived there once :)

[SistaLadybug]

"Don't know much about LA, but isn't Bel Air pretty snazzy? I heard once that movie stars lived there."

I heard a prince lived there once :)

I heard he was pretty fresh.

[parrotlover]

Regarding Eileen Davidson - I know she's only had a few scenes so far, so hard for me to judge how I feel about her yet. She seemed down to earth with the family bbq or whatever they were having. Time will tell. :) But I'm very familiar with her on soaps since my mom watched Y&R from day one, and until she died - over 35 years. The only thing I knew about her personal life was that she's married to Vince Van Patten. So when she said she'd been married 3 times, I was surprised and googled - all of her husbands were actors. First husband was Christopher Mayer who was on the Dukes of Hazzard one year when Tom Wopat and John Schneider sat out for more money. - Mayer passed away in 2011 at only 57. Second husband was Jon Lindstrom, another soap actor who was on General Hospital, As the World Turns and Port Charles. Interesting.

 

Another thought on last night's episode: I liked the dress Lisa R tried on in the boutique, and also the one she looked at that Lisa V told her was too bright or whatever. I like Lisa V but not everyone is obsessed with one color like she is for the most part. I like variety. And I really wish Lisa V would cut her hair shorter like Yolanda did, maybe not that short, but something different - I don't see that happening though!

Edited December 10, 2014 by parrotlover

[cooksdelight]

My favorite Bel Air moment on one of those Star Tours things (Yes, I did that, and I enjoyed every minute) was seeing 8 big wheelie cans of trash in front of Richard Gere's house. Must have been some party!

Maybe Brandi's screwed up tongue is the result of crappy plastic surgery to rejuvenate it as well?

I'll show myself out....

[sistermagpie]

So while I stand corrected and concede that they didn't grow up IN 90210 - I am not buying the broke upbringing that she's trying so hard to pass off, either.

 

 

Kyle's really never claimed to have been dirt poor or grown up broke. She just lacks the ability to say anything about her life at all without it apparently sounding like a lie, even if it's just the truth. She was working as a kid, her mother apparently did use the money her daughters brought in. They weren't poor, but they were aware of money. Just as it was when she and Mauricio were apparently first married. Poor people don't get on planes at all. People on their level just tried to avoid paying for kids' plane tickets as long as they could. 

 

I know Brandi was apparently leasing the car but man it was so hard to hear her even say she'd gotten a big check so she got a 6 figure car. It makes me anxious even watching somebody else be that way with their money. Stick it in a college fund and don't touch it! Just because you got a check today doesn't mean you're getting a check tomorrow. Gah!

 

Also, agreed on her mouth troubles. Hair removal in no way makes your face numb and interferes with you talking. 

[jennylauren123]

When Brandi was with the radio guy, it seemed that she was trying her best to be seductive. Which was totally weird to me, and I think to the man, too. I don't think he was buying what ol' Brandi was selling.

 

A business meeting is not the place to go all googly-eyed, ya dumb you-know-what. I guess you use what you have, and Brandi has her looks. Kind of. But I don't think she's looking too good, with that frozen mug of hers. 

 

She looks especially bad in the open, with her Bride of Frankenstein pompadour and those big brown cheeks. Yikes!

[kassa]

While Kyle has always lived comfortably, I think all the income she and Kim brought in was financing a lifestyle for their mom. She wasn't banking that money to send them to Yale, or enriching them culturally -- she was grooming them to pay the bills for the household until they landed wealthy husbands.  

 

For everything that I saw in the phone call scene, the way Yolanda exited and then close the door , it is clear to me that she didn't intent for this particular circunstance to be part of the show, but unfortunately for her she had a microphone and Bravo was never going to miss the oportunity to captioned her conversation

 

 

 

As these things go, however, they really didn’t reveal anything deeply personal.  I think we can all imagine her immediate reaction after “OMG, is she all right?” probably moved really swiftly to anger, and eventually calmed down to “I’m disappointed with her choice,” which likely was framed for the cameras.  Or even added later. 

 

Eileen doesn’t impress me.  I have to assume she’s really good as an actress, because she has zero charisma that I can pick up on screen.    Less than Adrienne, who is probably the least charismatic housewife in all franchises.  Maybe she'll surprise me.  

[jaync]

Nice episode. Seeing a bit of real drama courtesy of Bella's situation was refreshing compared to all the petty bullshit that stunk up last season.

 

I'd totally hang out with the Lisas.

 

Portia is a cutie, and seemingly well-behaved (especially in comparison to that hellion Milania). Little girl was really working the cameras, though.

 

Kimberly is gorgeous even when she's sick in bed. 

Right? Very attractive young lady.

 

Was that an identical RR parked across the street when Brandi took off in hers?

 

 

[jinjer]

Shouldn't she be mortified?  

 

Normally I say leave the kids and their misfortunes out, but this is a pretty serious bad choice.  I'm all for a bit of public shaming if it could help her learn there are consequences to actions way beyond what you may anticipate.

 

After watching Brandi on WWHL I'm not convinced it's a lease, at least not in the way I understand that where you keep it for a certain number of months.  She said she put money down and is paying what she can until she can afford it.  To me that sounds like a financed purchase and she's paying on a loan that may have flexible payments, or a balloon payment at some point.  Hard to tell with her, though.  Her ability to communicate about legal concepts isn't the strongest, historically.

Even when you lease you put down a down payment.  I bet she leases and it is a business expense.  Many people buy the car at the end of the lease period.

 

I don't think Yolanda and Kyle talked about the DUI on the boat at all.  I think it was all done in a talking head.  They turned off their mics in the cabin.  Bella's DUI hit the tabloids, so by the time they filmed the Talking Head, it was already public knowledge.  Better for Yo to address it sensibly in a talking head.  She was smart enough just to talk about being "disappointed in a bad decision."  Or using bad judgment.  I wish Yo had said that Bella also had put others lives at risk as someone mentioned above, but other than that, I have no problem with Yo talking about it since it was already public knowledge.

Edited December 10, 2014 by jinjer

[izabella]

And for the love of God if we have one more "I don't know how I'm going to handle my child going away to college" storylines, I'm going to seriously lose it.

 

There was a talking head where Yolanda said something about how she was going through the college experience again, and it took me a minute to understand she was referring to the "daughter going off to college experience" and not the actual "I had the college experience by going to college."  And it struck me that all three of the women on this show who are lamenting the loss of their babies to college never went to college, so maybe they think their babies really are being led to the slaughter at college instead of just going to get an education.  The way they moan about it, you'd think their kids were going to prison.

 

Can someone help me with Yo's timeline for her trips?  She spent a bit of time talking about going on that private yacht with David, just the two of them, and showed  a few pictures.  Did she go to her mother for two weeks, then a week with David, and then another week with Kyle in Mallorca?

[demarti]

Something I never understood with Brandi and Eddies divorce.  Why didn't she get a huge settlement ? He left her for LeeAnn Rimes for god's sakes! LeeAnn is so freakin wealthy, why didn't she pay off Brandi the same way Julia Roberts did when she stole her husband from his then wife in exchange for her keeping her mouth shut about the affair? I would have hired the best lawyer I could find to make sure I would be set for life. Stupid, stupid Brandi.

[twilightzone]

Agree. Add to that getting married. We had to suffer through Pandora, now Brooke. The howives are of the age when their kids are growing up and moving on. I get that. But it's so OTT. I understand when your first or your last leaves, but Kyle's daughter is not the first child to go away,  and she still has some at home. So she can save her tears, I'm not buying it. Same for Yo, although Yo doesn't seem to be upset at all about Belle leaving.  

At least they have the ambition to go to college - instead of trying to sponge off their parents' wealth.  Also with Kyle's, Kim's, Lisa's, Yolanda's kids - they do not come off as horrible, self-entitled, nasty young adults. 

 

Because when I think of the "kids" from the OC - Lynn, Jeana, Tammy, Tamra, Laurie - they have raised some real spoiled brats, who are directionless, sponging off their parents.

 

I give Yolanda credit that she did not make excuses for the DUI and did not try to blame others - and put the ownus solely where it belong - on her daughter.  As any responsible parent should. 

Edited December 10, 2014 by twilightzone

[TexasGal]

When Brandi was with the radio guy, it seemed that she was trying her best to be seductive. Which was totally weird to me, and I think to the man, too. I don't think he was buying what ol' Brandi was selling.

 

A business meeting is not the place to go all googly-eyed, ya dumb you-know-what. I guess you use what you have, and Brandi has her looks. Kind of. But I don't think she's looking too good, with that frozen mug of hers. 

 

She looks especially bad in the open, with her Bride of Frankenstein pompadour and those big brown cheeks. Yikes!

I'm sure this is the only way she knows how to talk to men.  It doesn't matter who the man is or what role he plays in her life, other than her father (thank god for that!) I think every man we've ever seen her talk to she starts out being vaguely flirty with them.  If they reciprocate, she moves on to inappropriate remarks like she did with Ken until Lisa wrote her off.

 

Something I never understood with Brandi and Eddies divorce.  Why didn't she get a huge settlement ? He left her for LeeAnn Rimes for god's sakes! LeeAnn is so freakin wealthy, why didn't she pay off Brandi the same way Julia Roberts did when she stole her husband from his then wife in exchange for her keeping her mouth shut about the affair? I would have hired the best lawyer I could find to make sure I would be set for life. Stupid, stupid Brandi.

This is a good point.  But, this is Brandi.  She would never have agreed to keep her mouth shut.  Ever.  About anything.  

[Higgins]

I was totally bored with the trip to Spain. Yolanda lacks chemistry with everyone. All her conversations seem inauthentic. Maybe it is cultural but, she is a real bore.

 

I thought Kim's dress was appropriate. It did look like a MOB dress and good for her for choosing it.

 

Brandi, could you be any stupider??? Your ex is not going to be impressed with your dumbass choice in car financing, he just isn't. He has real Leann money, honey.

 

I like Lisa V she is snarky and sarcastic, like any good Brit and as far as I'm concerned, Giggy deserves anything he wants....I adore that little dog....he couldn't be any cuter.

Edited December 10, 2014 by Higgins

[izabella]

I've never seen the Other Lisa but she always seems, to me, to be sucking up to everyone. I never trust anyone who is that gushingly nice

 

I still wonder if she's putting on her talk show persona.  Some of those hosts are overly-enthusiastic and gushing like that with their guests, especially on the morning shows.

 

Unless I see otherwise (some sort of unexpected melt down, I'm assuming that Rinna and Eileen are acting on this show.