Kim Richards: No Escape from Witch Mountain

[njbchlover]

And she was having so much anxiety she was "fake" crying.  Dr Phil gave her a tissue and she kept crying and dabbing at her heavily made up eyes and then cheeks yet her tissue was completely dry, and never smudged with all that black goop from her eyes and then she would immediately dab her cheeks yet no smudges or smears.  Wow.  Get me some of that makeup.    Oh wait, you have to actually have tears to mess up all that makeup.

 

I think in the first half of the interview there was a lot of fake/acting crying.  As soon as her kids came out, and Dr. Phil hit a nerve or two, it seemed like some of the crying was real (or as close to real as possible).  But, I think that Kim was crying more because of anxiety and frustration that Dr. Phil was not accepting her excuses and reasoning, and she was unsure of what was going to happen next.  Kim lost control of the situation - she didn't like that, and the tears were NOT because she was sorry and upset of what has happened, but more, that she was pissed, angry and nervous about what could happen.

[Gam2]

Wow. How sad was that? It was Kim at her best-excusing, deflecting, etc. I guess it's worked all of her life with her family and friends but now it's all been exposed. She thought since she's been able to get away with this behavior all of these years, it would work with Dr. Phil with her children in attendance. I understand, from personal experience, how hard it is to just walk away and refuse to engage someone like this. However, until you do, that person will never fully embrace recovery and you will never be able to separate yourself from that person. In defense of Kim's children, I never had to do this with a parent so I have no experience with how terribly hard that must be for them. By the same token, they must be totally over this with their mom. This is what they've seen their entire lives. I cannot imagine what my children would feel/think if I behaved like Kim did all of the years they were growing up. I feel so sorry for her kids and Kyle and her kids. Kathy? No. Look at what geniuses/world changers her kids are. 

[BlackMamba]

Even though I do feel for Kim a little with her fiancee tragically dying, Kim has been abusing drugs/alcohol for before he even came into the picture!  Now, it probably got worse once he died, I'll give her that.  But it wasn't some 24 yr thing here. 

 

I still maintain Kim and Monty probably started drinking and drugging together, which is why they all ways have been so close to each other.  Because they enable one another and probably still do.

[featherhead]

Im still trying figure out who called Kim a "hoe" on Twitter LMFAOOOO

At least it wasn't"slut pig"! LMFAO!

[notnowimbusy]

When Dr. Phil was going on about she hadn't relapsed this once, but by her own admission, several times - and Kim goes nuts to point out never while on the show.   Man, did she want to clarify that little bit of information.  I'm surprised she didn't get out that pointy finger and start with the YOU LIE!   Now when she gets canned from Bravo, she can blame Dr. Phil.  

 

When she talks about having to be there for her kids, it makes it sound as if they are small children.  They are grown, and up until recently, Chad has been the only one living part-time at home.   From all accounts their fathers have had a very active role in their lives, and it seems where they go to get away from her madness.   She is going to drink/drug herself right out of any type of relationship with her kids.  

 

How many people did she throw under the bus during that interview?  Kyle, "fans", Lisa R, the maitre'd at the Polo Lounge, the police, and the list goes on and on.   She really did go into this thinking it would be a softball interview, just to hear her side of the story.   Sadly, her story doesn't add up.  Dr. Phil was right, and he made the point several times.  If she had only had to drink what she claims, by the time the police arrived, she would have been sobered up, or not drunk enough to be able to talk her way out of it.    I can't wait until somebody comes forward to say how many drinks she had at the bar.     Oh one more thing, she kept saying that was a place she felt safe, yada yada yada.  Why not sit in the lobby?  Did she go in there, not order anything, drunk, and be expected to just hang-out and sober up???  

[njbchlover]

I'm thinking that Bravo/Andy are washing their hands of Kim.  The last thing he probably wanted to do was interview her.  I think they're going to cut her loose and an interview would sort of signal that she still has a home with them.

 

In regards to her saying she would walk away from the show - that was just talk, the answer she needed to give.  She won't leave unless they force her out.  If she truly felt that way, and the show was really a problem, she would have already left.

 

 

Your words to Brao/Andy's ears PLEASE.  I am tired of her lies and baloney.  She is not only a drug addict/alcoholic but she is a very disturbed person.

 

I have to wonder about this.  Obviously, Kim really should not be on the show any longer, but, knowing the history between Kim and Kyle, and knowing how, up until the dogbite situation with Alexia, Kyle was always there for Kim, how would it play out, if Kim was not asked to return, but Kyle was?  Would that create an even deeper chasm in the Richards' sisters' relationship?  

[Almost 3000]

I was yelling at the TV (thank God no one is home, LOL!!)..."your daughter is already fucking married, you stupid idiot!!"  Well, maybe Kim was drunk, stoned or whatever during that marriage, and y'know, her memory of things "goes in waves" when she's drunk, and y'know, it's "all a blur", and y'know she only "kinda remembers"....so, maybe Kim doesn't realize that the wedding at Kathy's house wasn't just a rehearsal??  

 

I don't understand why her kids didn't point this out to her (or, would that be breaking the fourth wall of the Real Housewives??)  

I actually get her distress over missing this wedding. This was the wedding they had all planned for and the one we saw was for Monty and I also suspect a Bravo story line. (yes, I'm that jaded) I think this upcoming wedding is the big deal, status wedding Kim wanted for her daughter and she doesn't want to miss it. That said, arrange with the facility and hire a sober travel companion to escort Kim to the event. Problem solved.

[b2H]

First, my unending indebtedness to Persnickety for the link!!!!

Secone, now I understand why Kim was flaunting her relationship with Kathy over Kyle. Kathy enables; Kyle does not. So of course the relationship with Kathy is the better one.

Lastly, Bravo TV has itself a problem: what will they do about Kim for future seasons? She will bail on the rehab within the next week or so. There is no redemption arc that is worth considering.

So where do they go from here?

And the kids were great. It is sad when the kids are more mature than the parent.

[Almost 3000]

I have to wonder about this.  Obviously, Kim really should not be on the show any longer, but, knowing the history between Kim and Kyle, and knowing how, up until the dogbite situation with Alexia, Kyle was always there for Kim, how would it play out, if Kim was not asked to return, but Kyle was?  Would that create an even deeper chasm in the Richards' sisters' relationship?  

I like Kyle but I've always thought that Kyle could have shut all this down by just quitting. Bravo would not have brought Kim back. I know Kyle has some messed up sense that Kim needs this job but Kim doesn't need THIS job. As Dr Phil would say, "how's that workin' for ya..."

[njbchlover]

First, my unending indebtedness to Persnickety for the link!!!!

Secone, now I understand why Kim was flaunting her relationship with Kathy over Kyle. Kathy enables; Kyle does not. So of course the relationship with Kathy is the better one.

Lastly, Bravo TV has itself a problem: what will they do about Kim for future seasons? She will bail on the rehab within the next week or so. There is no redemption arc that is worth considering.

So where do they go from here?

And the kids were great. It is sad when the kids are more mature than the parent.

 

Well...the past redemption arc didn't work out so well for them, did it?  

 

I do have to wonder, however, if there was some type of sobriety clause in Kim's contract.  The one point that Kim kept reiterating, over and over again, was that she did not drink while filming or on film.  If Kim did have such a clause in her contract, she wanted to get that point on record, so that she would be able to keep her job, I think.  

[AmyFarrahFowler]

He may have been in a pone both but, I had a cell phone then that charged in my car just like they do now.

 

Sorry, mine did not, though I don't doubt that car chargers existed. 

[Jack Terrier]

Ya'll, I'm 30 minutes into this Dr Phil interview and I wish it lasted 30 hours! The way he isn't letting her dance around the issues is breathtaking. I'm no Dr Phil watcher but this is giving me life.

Dr Phil for housewife reunion moderator!

(I reserve the right to delete this post if shit goes downhill in the next 30 minutes).

[AnnA]

Maybe this has been addressed, but anyone else wondering how Andy is liking this? I am betting, not much. He is used to getting the exclusive interviews, like he did with Teresa.

 

I bet he had a full on  hissy fit when he heard that little Kimmie was being interviewed by Dr. Phil on Network TV.

 

I just hope he holds a grudge long enough to fire her ass.

 

Kim being on Dr. Phil's show is great for us.  I think it means Bravo doesn't care what she does anymore.  Doesn't Andy/Bravo have dibs on HW's interviews stipulated in their contracts?.  If that's true and he wanted to interview her, he would have but he didn't.  Not only was she not interviewed by Andy/Bravo, Dr. Phil is on CBS.  CBS is a rival network to Bravo's family of NBC Universal's networks, i.e., NBC, Bravo, USA, etc.

[GreatKazu]

                 I am not blaming the kids and this was after all on Dr. Phil who I think is a joke...but not one of them said ANYTHING of value to her face during the interview.

 We only hear Chad behind a closed door when he thought he was not being heard by the crew anymore.

    

Brooke said this was the best thing (the arrest) that could happen to her mother. That was very powerful and valuable in my opinion.  I am sure over 20+ years those kids have said plenty to Kim.

 

I think what Kim said was more important -  she admitted she lied about being sober and there were other times she fell off the wagon. She can no longer claim sobriety. Of course, it took Dr. Phil to get her to admit it, but it was said.

[njbchlover]

I like Kyle but I've always thought that Kyle could have shut all this down by just quitting. Bravo would not have brought Kim back. I know Kyle has some messed up sense that Kim needs this job but Kim doesn't need THIS job. As Dr Phil would say, "how's that workin' for ya..."

 

Kyle doesn't need this job as much as Kim probably does at this point, from a monetary viewpoint.  Actually, except for maybe Kim and definitely Brandi, none of these women need this job for income.  They like being on the show, for whatever strange, narcissistic reason.  And, as long as they are okay with all that goes with it (nasty tweets, people like us snarking on them on message boards, bad press, etc.), then I'm fine with it.  

 

I have a problem with showing seriously damaged and unstable people, like Kim, on TV for entertainment value (that's why I don't watch Intervention or shows like that....).  My point was more that if Kim is "fired", and Kyle is asked to return, how will that affect an already seriously broken sister relationship.  On the other hand, if Kyle is not asked back, along with or because of Kim, that could also cause more damage to their relationship.  

 

Just my mind going around and around....LOL!!!

 

Personally, I would like to see Kyle return and not Kim.  I would like to see more of Kyle and Lisa's renewed friendship.

[phoenix780]

I have a DVR recording waiting for me but...in that clip posted...her "safe place" is a bar?  

 

Her safe place.  Is a bar. 

 

I can't even wrap my head around that, though she says it like it's the most normal thing.  

[car54]

I think I've been underestimating the acting talent Kim has retained.  I know she's not getting big parts anymore, but that was something the way she came on all submissive and apologetic, and then when the kids came on she developed ever increasing "anxiety" then she walked off when pushed to commit to the rehab plan that was arranged...but the second she stalked through that door we heard her (she obviously forgot the mike was still live) with the "fuck him" ...then when Dr Phil came and tried to say goodbye she turned it right back on like a light-switch and was all submissive and sweet again.   She's still got it.   If she wasn't alcoholic and unreliable she could definitely still be a working actress.

I wish she could drop all the fake stuff--I would have respected her 1000 times more if when she was pushed if she had "anxiety" she'd stuck right in that chair and had a panic attack and just dealt with it.   But that would have been real.   I'm sad she didn't take advantage of this.   Nobody should be living the way Kim is choosing to live--she is young enough to get herself healthy and still have some kind of life if she would drop the facade she's erected.

[Cherrio]

This is Kim's truth.    She fawns over Dr. Phil , although she keeps him waiting.   Then she walks out and says fuck him.

Sober or drunk she is a hideous piece of shit.

She lied the entire time too.

                      I read most of that book, House of Hilton and even if only 5 or 10% of it is true, than they had a beast for a mother.

I hope someone in that family breaks the cycle of madness.

[GreatKazu]

I have a DVR recording waiting for me but...in that clip posted...her "safe place" is a bar?  

 

Her safe place.  Is a bar. 

 

I can't even wrap my head around that, though she says it like it's the most normal thing.  

Kim's safe place should have been a huge dumpster to pray by.

[BlackMamba]

Kyle doesn't need this job as much as Kim probably does at this point, from a monetary viewpoint.  Actually, except for maybe Kim and definitely Brandi, none of these women need this job for income.  They like being on the show, for whatever strange, narcissistic reason.  And, as long as they are okay with all that goes with it (nasty tweets, people like us snarking on them on message boards, bad press, etc.), then I'm fine with it.  

 

 

Kyle doesn't need this gig, however, it does give her some promotion towards her store and keep her face out in case she wants to get more acting roles.  Lisa V doesn't need this job but it brings in customers to her her establishments.  You can get something out of reality tv if you use it wisely.  Had Kim used her opportunity wisely instead of portraying herself always as a drunk/high as kite all the time and showed the viewers how much of actress she was then she could had a had picked up a role or two besides her bit part in Revenge for example.  She blew it.

Edited April 29, 2015 by BlackMamba

[imjagain]

Even though I do feel for Kim a little with her fiancee tragically dying, Kim has been abusing drugs/alcohol for before he even came into the picture! Now, it probably got worse once he died, I'll give her that. But it wasn't some 24 yr thing here.

I still maintain Kim and Monty probably started drinking and drugging together, which is why they all ways have been so close to each other.Because they enable one another and probably still do.

I think so too. I think the same thing about Kathy and Kim. They are closer because they have been party sisters.

[mwell345]

 

I have to wonder about this.  Obviously, Kim really should not be on the show any longer, but, knowing the history between Kim and Kyle, and knowing how, up until the dogbite situation with Alexia, Kyle was always there for Kim, how would it play out, if Kim was not asked to return, but Kyle was?  Would that create an even deeper chasm in the Richards' sisters' relationship?

 

I don't remember where I saw this, but some time ago (seasons ago) I read that Kyle would not do the show without Kim.  It may not have ever been true, but it sounds like Kyle. 

 

But if it was true, I doubt that is still the case, because I think Kim has ruined the show for Kyle. I don't think Kyle ever wanted to go to the dark side - her outburst in the limo season 1 was just that - an outburst because she lost control.

 

But Kim (and Brandi) have taken it to a whole other level.  And if Kim is going to blame the other HW's (some of whom are good friends with Kyle) for her substance abuse, and going to blame the viewers, then Kim just gave Bravo a way out.

 

Add to that the fact that Kyle was friends with Lisa Rinna prior to Lisa's joining the show - I'm sure the accusations Kim made about Harry Hamlin didn't help.  At the very least, Kim has become an embarrassment to Kyle.

[TexasGal]

Ok, I take back all the negative things I've said about Dr Phil in the past. He was not taking her shit. Awesome. And I giggled every time that screen graphic popped up.

Where was Whitney (I think that's her other daughter's name)? Not only not present, but also not in any of the family pictures. I wonder if she's done with her mom's bs.

Oh, but whatever with his drinking at home alone is a problem insinuations. I'm gonna go back to drinking my wine now. I'm with my dogs so I'm not alone, right?

Edited April 28, 2015 by TexasGal

[imjagain]

I have a DVR recording waiting for me but...in that clip posted...her "safe place" is a bar?

Her safe place. Is a bar.

I can't even wrap my head around that, though she says it like it's the most normal thing.

Omg I know.

It can't be said enough. Her safe place is a bar???

Edited April 29, 2015 by imjagain

[izabella]

Kim really threw her entire family under the bus.  When she was crying to Phil asking. "Who have I been able to trust?  WHO?!"

 

Wow.  How about those children right there in that room with you?  You can't trust them when they tell you to go to rehab?

[mwell345]

Kim said that Kyle had texted her after her arrest - and then had to mention that it was her first text from Kyle in 5 months.

 

I wonder how many times in those 5 months, Kim texted Kyle?  I'm guessing not at all, since Kim was very quick to say at the reunion that she was fine with the estrangement.

 

But - she puts it out there hoping someone will take a seat at her Pity Party.  So pathetic.

Edited April 28, 2015 by mwell345

[BlackMamba]

I'm trying to understand, why Kim would be ashamed and embarrassed to admit she was drinking.  Hell, everyone who was there knew Kim was inebriated as hell.  So she might has well said "Im drunk. [burp]."    I dont think they would had been judgmental at all.  Lisa R been preaching all season that Kim needed to own her shit.  She could had right there but she was so defensive and lying.

[WireWrap]

I'm going to go ahead and use the "v" word - I think Kyle was vindicated more than anyone else in this interview. I'm glad about that. I hope she builds on that and stays strong.

Kyle and LisaR were both vindicated! LOL

 

I didn't hear or read anything quoting Chad as saying Brandi was "toxic."   He said that since she drinks, she's not the right companion for Kim.   Kim responded by saying that Brandi doesn't drink around her unless they're out with the group and then everyone is drinking.

 Chad says it right before Kim starts defending Brandi.

 

I was yelling at the TV (thank God no one is home, LOL!!)..."your daughter is already fucking married, you stupid idiot!!"  Well, maybe Kim was drunk, stoned or whatever during that marriage, and y'know, her memory of things "goes in waves" when she's drunk, and y'know, it's "all a blur", and y'know she only "kinda remembers"....so, maybe Kim doesn't realize that the wedding at Kathy's house wasn't just a rehearsal??  

 

I don't understand why her kids didn't point this out to her (or, would that be breaking the fourth wall of the Real Housewives??)  

The wedding we saw was a hurry up wedding because of Monty's worsening condition so that e could walk Brooke down the aisle. The "destination" wedding was the original plan.

Edited April 29, 2015 by WireWrap

[Satchels of gold]

Dr Phil sees right through her. In a blink and you miss it moment ,he said something about her "personality problem" . I'm sure that is a legally protected way of saying personality disorder. He can't give her that diagnosis because he isn't liscened in CA and probably did not give her a full work up prior to the interview anyway. But he's been around the block, he knows a personality disorder when he sees one. I don't doubt that Kim has anxiety. Withdrawl from both drugs and alcohol is awful and very anxiety producing so it's always a chicken and the egg debate . But boy she uses that anxiety as a sheild. But as she has shown us this season she is not as fragile and anxious as she claims. I think somewhere along the line that excuse got people off her back. I think Dr Phil did a very good job , I can't imagine anyone getting more out of her. He managed to be confrontational but yet supportive at times.

[quinn]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/GRLOLBravo/status/593174614429204480

[Persnickety1]

When Dr. Phil was going on about she hadn't relapsed this once, but by her own admission, several times - and Kim goes nuts to point out never while on the show.   Man, did she want to clarify that little bit of information.  I'm surprised she didn't get out that pointy finger and start with the YOU LIE!   Now when she gets canned from Bravo, she can blame Dr. Phil.  

 

When she talks about having to be there for her kids, it makes it sound as if they are small children.  They are grown, and up until recently, Chad has been the only one living part-time at home.   From all accounts their fathers have had a very active role in their lives, and it seems where they go to get away from her madness.   She is going to drink/drug herself right out of any type of relationship with her kids.  

 

How many people did she throw under the bus during that interview?  Kyle, "fans", Lisa R, the maitre'd at the Polo Lounge, the police, and the list goes on and on.   She really did go into this thinking it would be a softball interview, just to hear her side of the story.   Sadly, her story doesn't add up.  Dr. Phil was right, and he made the point several times.  If she had only had to drink what she claims, by the time the police arrived, she would have been sobered up, or not drunk enough to be able to talk her way out of it.    I can't wait until somebody comes forward to say how many drinks she had at the bar.     Oh one more thing, she kept saying that was a place she felt safe, yada yada yada.  Why not sit in the lobby?  Did she go in there, not order anything, drunk, and be expected to just hang-out and sober up???  

 

Sam scenario at Poker Night.

 

That purported single 5 mg Vicodin Monty now claims to have given her would not have continued to amp up her shenanigans as the night wore on.  It would have been wearing off rather quickly, especially since she claimed to have 100% goddamned pain.  Well, and added to that the fact this bitch is very opiate-friendly what with all of her elective procedures and ER visits, etc., and most assuredly has developed at least some degree of tolerance to the medication.

 

I don't know what she was really on during Poker Night but what we saw was not the result of a sober woman having taken a single 5 mg Vicodin.

 

Not unless she washed it down with "2 inches" of vodka out of a 5-gallon bucket.

 

And she was a lying sack of shit saying Brandi never drank in front of her unless they were working.

 

Brandi already told Jennifer on the beach that she felt bad for having even a glass of wine in front of Kim, and I sincerely doubt Brandi meant while the cameras were rolling and all of the women were drinking except Kim.

 

Poor Chad sensed the dragon in the den known as Kim was starting to breathe fire when he dared to call Brandi toxic and switched gears really fast.

 

I feel for all 4 of her kids.  Growing up with this nasty wench must have been pure hell most of the time.

Edited April 29, 2015 by Persnickety1

[Straycat80]

I love Chad.  "Mom you drink but you do pot and pills too."  Exposed!

Yes! And does anyone remember when Kim went to Dr. Nassif for plastic surgery and she told him her list of anti-depression and Anti-anxiety pills? There were a lot of them. If she is drinking and smoking pot along with all those meds it's little wonder she acts like a maniac.

I wasn't a Dr. Phil fan or watcher until I watched this interview and I agree he should be the host for all the RH reunion shows. He doesn't take any shit does he?

[Morbs]

 

The ones shown during that interview were not bad. Dr. Phil's show likely wouldn't show the ones that were vicious.  I took a peek at the ladies' various twitter pages and FB pages when the reunion finished and there were a lot of terrible things posted not only to Kim, but to Kyle, Brandi, and LisaR. I read some very disgusting and vile comments. The difference is, Kim cannot handle it.

 

It drives me nuts when celebs co-opt the word "bullying" and try to use it against anonymous people who write negative things about them on the internet.  I have seen a ton of famous people say they won't google themselves, Kim knows not to, she is just looking for an excuse to drink.  I don't know Monty's situation, but I wouldn't be surprised if Kim was subconsciously or overtly thrilled at the idea of inviting a dying man into her house so she could have that drama and excuse to drink too.  She cares so much about kids that she goes nuts on Lisa R. for questioning her sobriety because of her children and what they've gone through and then she takes them on Dr.Phil.

 

I loved when Kim was trying to act like the bartender was just being mean and telling her not to table hop.  Kim, you could probably barely even stand let alone talk.

Edited April 29, 2015 by Morbs

[notnowimbusy]

At the reunion, sorry don't remember which episode, but the others were slamming Brandi about being a mean/nasty drunk.   Andy asks her if that's true, and she says sometimes she's nice, etc.  The Kim piped up saying she's been with Brandi when she's been drinking and saying sometimes she just fine, and other times she gets a little ornery, it depends.

 

So today when Chad makes that comment about Brandi, and Chad says you need to be around people who help with your sobriety, Kim says "She's always been a really good friend to me and she's never drank around me".  (Uh hum, Gay Mixer night when they went back to Brandi's house and Brandi was having a big glass of wine)

 

Which is it Kim?  

[njbchlover]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/GRLOLBravo/status/593174614429204480

 

This part of the conversation also interested me....I wonder if Kim's excuse for not going to a rehab was that she didn't have the money, or health insurance that wouldn't cover it, etc.

 

It seemed like Kimberly was telling her Mom that now, there is NO excuse to not go to an inpatient rehab facility - someone else (Dr. Phil Show) is willing and able to pick up the tab.  And, yet, Kim still refused....until HER "diva-like" terms were met.  

[LotusFlower]

Kim being on Dr. Phil's show is great for us.  I think it means Bravo doesn't care what she does anymore.  Doesn't Andy/Bravo have dibs on HW's interviews stipulated in their contracts?.  If that's true and he wanted to interview her, he would have but he didn't.  Not only was she not interviewed by Andy/Bravo, Dr. Phil is on CBS.  CBS is a rival network to Bravo's family of NBC Universal's networks, i.e., NBC, Bravo, USA, etc.

This is intriguing. I think it might mean that Bravo had already decided that they were done with Kim after the season concluded. If the contract stipulation is true, why say ok to a rival network interviewing her, unless they didn't care? Unless they really care for her and want her to get her ass to rehab, and they thought an interview with Andy wasn't the right way to go, for lots of reasons...

[Persnickety1]

I like Kyle but I've always thought that Kyle could have shut all this down by just quitting. Bravo would not have brought Kim back. I know Kyle has some messed up sense that Kim needs this job but Kim doesn't need THIS job. As Dr Phil would say, "how's that workin' for ya..."

But why in the world should Kyle quit a show she clearly mostly enjoys doing, an opportunity to promote her husband's business and her fledgling boutique, because of Kim's shenanigans and rhetoric?

 

Their relationship had cracks and Kim had addiction issues long before this show even came along.

 

If Kim can't handle, IMO it should be Kim that quits, not Kyle.  She cannot live her life to suit Kim's pathological needs.

[zoeysmom]

I like Kyle but I've always thought that Kyle could have shut all this down by just quitting. Bravo would not have brought Kim back. I know Kyle has some messed up sense that Kim needs this job but Kim doesn't need THIS job. As Dr Phil would say, "how's that workin' for ya..."

I am sorry but why should Kyle quit a successful show because her sister can't behave?  To me that is the ultimate in enabling.  Event though Kim couldn't keep the number of months straight it is apparent that Kyle decided not to grovel back to Kim.  Nice of her to send Kim a text after she got arrested.  Sounds like Kyle has stood firm in her resolve to not speak to Kim until honest conversations can take place.

 

Kim has seriously assess three things in her life:

(1)  Alcohol and drug use

(2)  Her relationship with Brandi vs. her relationship with Kyle

(3) The fucking dog.  Way too much time and attention in this seriously screwed women's life has been devoted to this animal.  Find a permanent home and don't look back.  No visitations, no  updates-move on.

 

Somehow I think by addressing these things her relationship with Kyle, Monty and the show will clear up.  Again we have Kim leaving town and Monty alone the night of the 14th.

[Persnickety1]

I think I've been underestimating the acting talent Kim has retained.  I know she's not getting big parts anymore, but that was something the way she came on all submissive and apologetic, and then when the kids came on she developed ever increasing "anxiety" then she walked off when pushed to commit to the rehab plan that was arranged...but the second she stalked through that door we heard her (she obviously forgot the mike was still live) with the "fuck him" ...then when Dr Phil came and tried to say goodbye she turned it right back on like a light-switch and was all submissive and sweet again.   She's still got it.   If she wasn't alcoholic and unreliable she could definitely still be a working actress.

I wish she could drop all the fake stuff--I would have respected her 1000 times more if when she was pushed if she had "anxiety" she'd stuck right in that chair and had a panic attack and just dealt with it.   But that would have been real.   I'm sad she didn't take advantage of this.   Nobody should be living the way Kim is choosing to live--she is young enough to get herself healthy and still have some kind of life if she would drop the facade she's erected.

 

Yup, and in the audio for the last 2-3 minutes, we got to see her drop the facade and go back to being Mega Bitch.

 

I'm so glad Dr. Phil and/or CBS decided to go ahead and air that audio so that everyone could see what those kids have been trying to deal with all of their lives.

 

I hope Chad went golfing again, too.  I hope he goes on a fucking worldwide golfing vacation and gets away from this bitch on wheels.

[imjagain]

So, Chad is the real truth Cannon.

I love that Kim tried to use the exact same line with her kids as she did with the rh women.

"The people who know me the best, the people who see me everyday, yeah you all have seen some things. know I'm sober".

Chad--but your not sober mom.

Edited April 29, 2015 by imjagain

[GreatKazu]

Monty and the wedding, Monty and the wedding. I am 100% goddamn in pain from hearing about poor Kim dealing with Monty and the wedding!!

Makes me wonder what did she use as an excuse before it became Monty and the wedding?

 

 

I hope Chad went golfing again, too.  I hope he goes on a fucking worldwide golfing vacation and gets away from this bitch on wheels.

LOL I pray he does too. Man, for someone who was apparently experiencing mental issues, he sure looks like he is hanging on pretty good there. You go, boy. Go on and have a good ass time.

 

 

I like Kyle but I've always thought that Kyle could have shut all this down by just quitting

And again, it all goes back to Kyle. For the millionth time, it is KIM"S responsibility to own up to her actions and behavior. If she can't hang at a job that she signed up for, it's time for the bitch to call it quits. What is next? Kyle has to wipe Kim's ass???

Edited April 29, 2015 by GreatKazu

[Persnickety1]

Kim being on Dr. Phil's show is great for us.  I think it means Bravo doesn't care what she does anymore.  Doesn't Andy/Bravo have dibs on HW's interviews stipulated in their contracts?.  If that's true and he wanted to interview her, he would have but he didn't.  Not only was she not interviewed by Andy/Bravo, Dr. Phil is on CBS.  CBS is a rival network to Bravo's family of NBC Universal's networks, i.e., NBC, Bravo, USA, etc.

 

I agree, Anna.

 

I had googled earlier to see if Dr. Phil was on NBC.  I thought maybe, due to the seriousness of the interview, NBC had chosen to handle it vis a vis Dr. Phil rather than through a Bravo interview.

 

I was shocked to see Dr. Phil is on CBS.

 

And I started wringing my sweaty (yet well manicured) little hands together hoping this signaled that Bravo has released her from any future contract.

[hoosier80]

Wow Dr. Phil saw right through her line of BS.  When they panned back to him as Kim had said some other lie or outrageous statement, the look on Dr. Phil's face - just his eyes - it was like he was mentally saying, "bitch, please".

 

Then, when he kept adding on several times.........."in a bar".........."in a bar".

 

Kim was acting the way she thought she was supposed to act for the interview:  oh so sorry, I made an oopsie, look at my cute little girl face, cover my eyes (when she couldn't produce real tears), I just need to get to a "meeting", I need to exercise more, basically I've been a bad girl, but I promise to be a good girl from now on.  It was really everyone else not being loyal or supportive or they were all meanies to me or those boyfriends ex husbands, mothers dying on me.  It wasn't my fault, I'm still really a good girl, no one understands me.

 

If she's just doing the 30 days to placate her family, then it's a waste of time.

[Almost 3000]

Kyle doesn't need this job as much as Kim probably does at this point, from a monetary viewpoint.  Actually, except for maybe Kim and definitely Brandi, none of these women need this job for income.  They like being on the show, for whatever strange, narcissistic reason.  And, as long as they are okay with all that goes with it (nasty tweets, people like us snarking on them on message boards, bad press, etc.), then I'm fine with it.  

 

I have a problem with showing seriously damaged and unstable people, like Kim, on TV for entertainment value (that's why I don't watch Intervention or shows like that....).  My point was more that if Kim is "fired", and Kyle is asked to return, how will that affect an already seriously broken sister relationship.  On the other hand, if Kyle is not asked back, along with or because of Kim, that could also cause more damage to their relationship.  

 

Just my mind going around and around....LOL!!!

 

Personally, I would like to see Kyle return and not Kim.  I would like to see more of Kyle and Lisa's renewed friendship.

I understand what you are saying because I like Kyle on the show and think she is the connector wife as Jill Zarin would say  but I hope Kyle doesn't come back for the sake of her family. Really after that limo scene (and I was one of the few that was on her side) I thought she should leave. Then it only got worse, between Kim's issues and her cast mates trying to out Mauricio it was all so awful. I wouldn't participate for any amount of fame or money.

[Persnickety1]

Makes me wonder what did she use as an excuse before it became Monty and the wedding?

 

And seriously, how dare this nasty bitch pull this ploy on 2 people she claims to love so much, Monty and Brooke.

 

Can you even imagine the underlying guilt they must feel for dying and getting married?

 

Even though hopefully they're both well-versed in addict-speak and hopefully give no credence to her statements about how overwhelming their situations are for poor little Kimmie, that's still got to nag at them, even subconsciously.

 

Fuck you, Kim.  Bow out of Brooke's second wedding if it's so goddamned 100% traumatic for you and give Monty the number for local hospice care, but quit blaming your bullshit on how "stressful" their life events (or, in Monty's case, death events) are to you.  

Edited April 29, 2015 by Persnickety1

[Mrs peel]

Persnickety - way to take one for the team to find this so quickly!! I can't believe I blanked and forgot this was on today. And I was working from home today!! That damned Kyle, it is all her fault . Extra emojis in Kim's "honor." [edited because my emojis don't show - they were funny and a lot to them!!]

I will likely need to do this in groups of posts as I am on my iPad. I am struck by a couple of things right off the bar:

1. She actually said only that she hadn't had a drink "on camera," not that she wasn't drinking during times in the season when she wasn't being filmed. Also this doesn't mean she wasn't taking pills.

2. She seems to have been at home she she had the vodka? She said she had left the first daughter's house and went to the airport to pick up another daughter (who was flying in from Dubai - I don't want to think about that one). WHY does an admitted alcoholic have alcohol in her house? And she has been an alcoholic so long she doesn't realize that "pour" she mimicked was enough to get anyone drunk! I can't imagine the volume of liquor she pours down that throat.

3. She was sober for 3 years or 3 1/2 years, depending on - well nothing since none of us believe that.

4. She went over to the first daughter's house because the daughter was having a tough time yet she somehow managed to relapse from that. Nice focusing on your child Kim.

That is all for now, now back to the show!

PS - the beginning when she blamed everyone else for her being late reminded me of a friend whose fiancé made them late to their own rehearsal - the bride blamed my friend (the groom) although the maid of honor had arrived before them and loudly told everyone the bride wasn't ready.

Edited April 29, 2015 by Mrs peel

[GreatKazu]

And seriously, how dare this nasty bitch pull this ploy on 2 people she claims to love so much, Monty and Brooke.

 

Can you even imagine the underlying guilt they must feel for dying and getting married?

 

 

Tell me about it. Kim has taken so many people on a guilt trip. This is like a roaring rapids ride in Kim's world. Fuck you Kim Richards. It just makes one wonder what guilt trip she held over Kyle's head over the years. Amazing it isn't Kyle who hasn't ended up in a psych ward. So tragic it had to be Chad.  Thanks for posting the video here.

Edited April 29, 2015 by GreatKazu

[Morbs]

Dr. Phil is syndicated, CBS is only a distributor.  It airs on NBC by me.

[Persnickety1]

I'm trying to understand, why Kim would be ashamed and embarrassed to admit she was drinking.  Hell, everyone who was there knew Kim was inebriated as hell.  So she might has well said "Im drunk. [burp]."    I dont think they would had been judgmental at all.  Lisa R been preaching all season that Kim needed to own her shit.  She could had right there but she was so defensive and lying.

 

I am 100% goddamned positive that if Kim had admitted right there on stage at the reunion that she had indeed relapsed every woman present would have surrounded her with hugs and sympathy and offers to help in any way that they could help.  

 

I don't believe a single one of them would have "judged" her in that moment.

 

And it would have been one helluva epic redemption point for her stank ass in the process.

 

And Bravo/Andy probably would have had even higher ratings with a huge mea culpa from the franchise addict.

[Giselle]

I agree, Anna.

 

I had googled earlier to see if Dr. Phil was on NBC.  I thought maybe, due to the seriousness of the interview, NBC had chosen to handle it vis a vis Dr. Phil rather than through a Bravo interview.

 

I was shocked to see Dr. Phil is on CBS.

 

And I started wringing my sweaty (yet well manicured) little hands together hoping this signaled that Bravo has released her from any future contract.

Would that it were so.