S11.E07: It's Kind of a Phone-y Story

[Straycat80]

Bwahahaha! Dorinda to Babs: I know you’ve woken up to things scarier than a shark. 

[bosawks]

Is the puffy, embroidered, bedazzled vest this season’s clunky statement necklace? 

[tribeca]

Tinsley made me cry.  I relate to her dad story. It is very upsetting when you feel your daddy loved the bottle more then you.  

Lu was actually kind and gave decent advice to her.  

Beth has wonderful makeup people.  Why was she breaking out like that?  Was it some sort of allergic reaction?  

[bosawks]

I kinda loathe Barbara but the gay panic thing they have going on with her is gross.

Edited April 18, 2019 by bosawks

[Straycat80]

Sonja is disgusted by Bethenny kissing Babs? This was the women who kissed a complete stranger in a bar a couple episodes ago. 

[Steph J]

I'm with you, Tins.  Dorinda and John sex talk at dinner?  No thanks.

[Suckeredin]

When my friends come over for a dinner party half the time they wear their sweats.  Never once have I had a full coterie of beauty professionals preparing me for dinner with 7 girlfriends....I must have been raised wrong....

[Keywestclubkid]

She didn’t want to do it. Get off her jock she was embarrassed and didn’t want to embarrass Scott and herself more. Someone dare Bethany to call Denise’s wife and apologize for making his death all about her. 

[nexxie]

These women are less mature than most middle school girls.

[Dance4Life]

Tinsley should tell B to call Dennis.

Wasn’t she telling her daughter to text Dennis after he died.....???

Her ring looks so fake.  Every time the camera catches it.....it reflects baby pink and baby blue colors. 🤥💍

[bosawks]

4 minutes ago, Suckeredin said:

When my friends come over for a dinner party half the time they wear their sweats.  Never once have I had a full coterie of beauty professionals preparing me for dinner with 7 girlfriends....I must have been raised wrong....

My friends are lucky if they get an actual napkin instead of a paper towel.

Edited April 18, 2019 by bosawks

[SweetieDarling]

1 minute ago, nexxie said:

These women are less mature than most middle school girls.

Right? What grown women play truth or dare? Wtf?

[tranquilidade]

Bethenny is a bully.

[Steph J]

Why does Bethenny keep saying she just kissed a woman for the first time?  Just last week they showed clips of her letting Sonja drunkenly lay one on her.

Man, Tinsley, if you describe your relationship as "like torture"... just end it. It can't be worth this.

[Thumper]

Leave Tins alone. Bullying.  Peer pressure.

[ShawnaLanne]

Barbara was stirring shit.

Oh God, Tinsley is losing it. 

[TexasGal]

Sonja’s face - so say we all.

[Neurochick]

Yikes Tinsley, is her boyfriend abusive?  If he's so upset about her being in the limelight, why is she on the show?  It almost sounds like she's being abused.

[bosawks]

Is Babs face surgically constructed to be rage inducing?

[Keywestclubkid]

Shut up Luanne god god just shut up 

[Straycat80]

Bethenny and these bitches need to mind their own business when it come to Tinsley’s relationship. 

Loved how Dorinda ripped into Babs. 

[tranquilidade]

I think Bethenny has some nerve telling Tinsely how to manage her relationship.  How would she react if things were the other way around?  All this from someone who admitted to being  engaged in a bad relationship !

[ghoulina]

Wow, Tinsley's reaction to calling Scott was so strong. I do think the girls should lay off a bit; but, "He's gonna kill me"? That's a problem. She literally said the relationship was torture. Scott doesn't seem as affable as he came across on the show. I'm glad to know they're now broken up. I think she was clinging to him because she's getting older and feels desperate. 

But overall, I'm with Tinsley. That game of truth or dare was so awkward. Can't they just play Apples to Apples?

Sonja is soooo jealous of Barbara. And Ramona wants to keep Bethenny's straw. These bitches. 

Oh. And Sonja, I'd rather be able to say it but not buy it. 

I'm still counting down the days until B tells LuAnn off. The latter sure is being callous about a friend who was really there for her in a time of crisis. 

I was sad to see the Berkshires end. This group always has a fun time. Ramona in that nightie at dinner? I guess Sonja was getting too much attention, huh?

[Bronzedog]

6 minutes ago, Neurochick said:

Yikes Tinsley, is her boyfriend abusive?  If he's so upset about her being in the limelight, why is she on the show?  It almost sounds like she's being abused.

That’s exactly what I thought.  She gets inappropriately upset whenever the group brings him up or teases her about him.  It’s very strange.  And, concerning.

[farmgal4]

38 minutes ago, bravofan27 said:

People who don't want to help, didn't want to help, felt obligated to help, hold a grudge. Grudges last forever. 

Personally, I’ve been in this predicament for the last 6 years and You. Have. Nailed. It.

[twilightzone]

40 minutes ago, LilaFowler said:

Bethenny is back to filming with the help as she has no friends.

Because Bethenny has to make everything about herself - and she hold grudges.  She's the type who would not hesitate to write you off - if you do some thing she doesn't agree with. 

[Chit Chat]

30 minutes ago, tribeca said:

Lu was actually kind and gave decent advice to her.

That's the nicest I've seen Lu Fish (tm SuprSuprElevated) be in a long time.  It was refreshing in that moment.  She actually cared about someone other than herself. 

4 minutes ago, twilightzone said:

Because Bethenny has to make everything about herself - and she hold grudges.

I have no doubt that she pulled those old cards out from Dennis so that she could once again cry on camera.  

Edited April 18, 2019 by ChitChat

[QQQQ]

22 minutes ago, bosawks said:

My friends are lucky if they get an actual napkin instead of a paper towel.

[farmgal4]

39 minutes ago, chewycandy said:

Yeah, Bethenny does look good. 

Yeah, but she looked like something the cat dragged in prior to getting glammed up.

[Bronzedog]

I am sooooo confused.  Bethenny was engaged to Dennis, but, they were broken up when he died.  She’s grief stricken but she just got back from Boston where she was vacationing with another man.  She’s getting signs from Dennis in the form of notes at the elevator, but, he’s telling her to move on and she’s all over that.  The whole thing is giving me a migraine.

[ShawnaLanne]

Re, Lu's bitchiness about the room. For me with Lu it wouldn't be that Lu wanted the room, and thought she should have it over Bethenny, it's the vitriol with which she stated it. Bethenny also immediately told Dorinda she'd give up the room and Dorinda said no. The after everything I've done for her stuf, well yeah, after all of that you could expect a decent human being not to bad mouth you, mock you, and be a general witch at the first opportunity.

Also, I think Lu's pearl clutching, Bethenny, Bethenny, Bethenny in the salon was an attempt to copy B's viral drink in the tits Ramona thing.

If Dorinda really had a problem with the room because of her last time there, and she'd taken Dorinda aside and said, hey Dorinda, last time I was in that room I was blotto, it makes me uncomfortable  to sleep here, I think Dorinda would have been fine. But that would have been showing vulnerability, Lu's all about the attack.  I think it's bullshit, that's the excuse she used, but Dorinda always thinks she is entitled to the best.

Edited April 18, 2019 by ShawnaLanne

[Thumper]

If I were Tins with these so-called "friends," I would be leery about calling Scott, too.   Not fun girlfriends, but TV "friends" looking to correct and criticize  her relationship.

"He's going to kill me" could likely be an expression of speech -- not literal.

That said, long distance relationship can be tough.  Not sure Scott is invested.

[LibertarianSlut]

Bethenny didn't just out-asshole Lu this episode, she out-assholed everyone combined.

[tranquilidade]

1 minute ago, Thumper said:

If I were Tins with these so-called "friends," I would be leery about calling Scott, too.   Not fun girlfriends, but TV "friends" looking to correct and criticize  her relationship.

"He's going to kill me" could likely be an expression of speech -- not literal.

That said, long distance relationship can be tough.  Not sure Scott is invested.

None of them genuinely care about her happiness.  They just want to force a crash and burn scene for their amusement. 

[farmgal4]

23 minutes ago, Neurochick said:

Yikes Tinsley, is her boyfriend abusive?  If he's so upset about her being in the limelight, why is she on the show?  It almost sounds like she's being abused.

I don’t think there’s any doubt that she’s being abused.  Maybe not physically, but mentally and emotionally, which is just as damaging and stays with you a helluva lot longer.

[tranquilidade]

1 minute ago, farmgal4 said:

I don’t think there’s any doubt that she’s being abused.  Maybe not physically, but mentally and emotionally, which is just as damaging and stays with you a helluva lot longer.

Well they split up if its any comfort to know.

[Pondlass1]

My hubby would be annoyed with me if I called him on camera with a bunch of cackling hags as background.  

[farmgal4]

Just now, tranquilidade said:

Well they split up if its any comfort to know.

I hope it’s for keeps this time.

[LilaFowler]

Scott has appeared on the show many times. He has sent a funeral arrangement to Colombia when he knew it would be filmed. He did commercials with some of the Housewives. NOW he's shy about being on the show? Something doesn't smell right over there.

[Chickabiddy]

After the behavior in the Berkshires, particularly with  Ramona’s hideous ribbed knit cold shoulder top and her bare ass and nightie at dinner, capped off by Bethenney telling Ramona to stick a metal straw up her vagina, and then bullying and hectoring Tinsley about her rocky relationship, I really have a hard time understanding why Barbara is so awful.

She may not deserve an apple, but as stated previously, half these bitches don’t deserve an apple. It was rich for Ramona to tell Barbara to  shut up and listen when you consider that Ramona never does. And frankly, Ramona's accent makes her sound rougher and less educated than Barbara’s Why is it ok for all of them to behave like screaming banshee trolops, but Barbara is somehow offensive? She was no more evil about the shark room than the other fishwives, but Dorinda felt free to go after her. Is it because Barbara's packaging isn’t as stylish and swank? Does that make it ok fir them to gang up up on her?

It was kind of gross to see Dorinda start winding up her drunken tirade to shame Barbara  for the work she does. Firstly, it’s honest work that makes Barbara independent and not reliant on a man, his money or his alimony. Secondly, how is Ramona’s tacky knock off jewelry business any less tacky? 

Frankly, most of these bitches just got lucky spreading their legs for the right man and striking it rich at the altar. And notice how none of them can seem to find a man or hold on to a man now in spite of all their best efforts. I am just really mystified as to why they feel so superior to Barbara. The mystery continues when they all feel like they are in a place to give Tins relationship advice, of all the crazy things.

And in an unrelated matter, I thought Beth’s dinner party outfit made her look like a cross between Morticia Addams and Cher..and not in a good way. 🙄

Edited April 18, 2019 by Chickabiddy

[tranquilidade]

4 minutes ago, LilaFowler said:

Scott has appeared on the show many times. He has sent a funeral arrangement to Colombia when he knew it would be filmed. He did commercials with some of the Housewives. NOW he's shy about being on the show? Something doesn't smell right over there.

I think there is a difference between being on the show when he wants to be on it in the context he chooses  and being called unexpectedly as part of a gag.  Perhaps they had a fight that day, who knows.  In any case she felt it was an invasion of her privacy and personally I get it. 

[tranquilidade]

2 minutes ago, Chickabiddy said:

After the behavior in the Berkshires, particularly with  Ramona’s hideous ribbed knit cold shoulder top and her bare ass and nightie at dinner, capped off by Bethenney telling Ramona to stick a metal straw up her vagina, and then bullying and hectoring Tinsley about her rocky relationship, I really have a hard time understanding why Barbara is so awful.

She may not deserve an apple, but as stated previously, half these bitches don’t deserve an apple. It was rich for Ramona to tell Barbara to  shut up and listen when you consider that Ramona never does. And frankly, Ramona's accent makes her sound rougher and less educated than Barbara’s Why is it ok for all of them to behave like screaming banshee trolops, but Barbara is somehow offensive? She was no more evil about the shark room than the other fishwives, but Dorinda felt free to go after her. Is it because Barbara's packaging isn’t as stylish and swank? Does that make it ok fir them to gang up up on her?

It was kind of gross to see Dorinda start winding up her drunken tirade to shame Barbara  for the work she does. Firstly, it’s honest work that makes Barbara independent and not reliant on a man, his money or his alimony. Secondly, how is Ramona’s tacky knock off jewelry business any less tacky? 

Frankly, most of these bitches just got lucky spreading their legs for the right man and striking it rich at the alter. And notice how none of them can seem to find a man or hold on to a man now in spite of all their best efforts. I am just really mystified as to why they feel so superior to Barbara. The mystery continues when they all feel like they are in a place to give Tins relationship advice, of all the crazy things.

And in an unrelated matter, I thought Beth’s dinner party outfit made her look like a cross between Morticia Addams and Cher..and not in a good way. 🙄

I really like Dorinda but I cringed at what she did to Barbara as it was uncalled for and just not nice and you make a really good point. 

[ancslove]

I have no doubt that Tinsley calling Scott like that would be a bad idea, but that's because it's childish and silly, and yeah, has the potential to be embarrassing (second-hand embarrassment, if nothing else).  But the way Tinsley kept saying that Scott hates to be embarrassed and gets really angry about it is really concerning.  

Bethenny and Lu have been around each other too much, and they're in the middle of getting on each other's nerves.   B is very good in a crisis (that doesn't have anything to do with her), and very good at getting the person in the middle of a crisis to listen to her and agree with her and want to do what she wants.  And now that the crisis has abated somewhat, Lu is chafing under B's control.  But I did love the bit about the lawyer.  That automatic denial, followed by "Wait a minute, yeah she did do that for me".  

[Chit Chat]

I feel so bad for Tinsley.  I've always seen her as a happy go lucky type of person in general, but it's obvious she's dealing with some heavy issues and really needs some help.  At least Lu Fish sat down and listened to her and gave her some useful advice.  The other women need to STFU when it comes to giving her advice. 

Bethenny always thinks that she's the wisest sage in the room (taking Sonja away from the group to console her about the "letters" when she wasn't even there.)   I wish Bethenny would refrain from giving advice about 90% of the time.

[Baltimore Betty]

2 minutes ago, LilaFowler said:

Scott has appeared on the show many times. He has sent a funeral arrangement to Colombia when he knew it would be filmed. He did commercials with some of the Housewives. NOW he's shy about being on the show? Something doesn't smell right over there.

Yes, the funeral flower arrangement was thoughtful, lol. 

What does not smell right is that Scott is living in Chicago and has the freedom to work anywhere (he is the boss right?) because computers are everywhere but he keeps the distance because Tinsley is not his end game and he has Chicago girls (that he is also keeping on tender hooks), he can not commit to Tinsley for whatever reason and he knows it is not fair but does not want to be without her till he is ready to move on with the girl that will be his end game.

[HunterHunted]

I felt so badly for that florist. Between set up and wrap, that scene probably took no longer than hour. However, I'm certain the 15 minutes with Sonja and Ramona were excruciating.

Tinsley says Scott is so different, but Topper was vehemently against the spotlight as was the shitbag Nico. I know many many people who aren't controlling who would be livid if their partner called up and tried to do thing the women were pushing Tinsley to do. I suspect Scott's a lot closer to Topper than Nico. Nico beat the shit out of her. He was emotionally abusive and a gaslighter too. Tinsley, have you met Russ Theriot? Ask Bethenny's hair and makeup people. His Instagram is pretty douchey, but Tinsley just needs to smash someone hot and not serious for a couple of weeks.

Barbara is an instigator.

Where is James Kennedy when you need him? I need a couple of verses about Luann's selfish ungrateful ass. Once again, this is why her children had to sue her. I don't even like Bethenny. But when Ramona is sitting there being the conscientious one, then you know your behavior is out of line.

"What has Bethenny ever done for me?"

"She was there during that intervention."

"Yes."

"She helped you get admitted into the rehab."

"Yes."

"She helped with the power attorney."

"Yes."

"What about the lawyer?"

"What lawyer?"

"Your lawyer."

"Oh yes, she did help with that. But why does she deserve the room?"

Edited April 18, 2019 by HunterHunted

[Suzannecol4]

I unapologetically love each and every one of these women (except Barbara sorry). Such a refreshing change from the nastiness of BH.  

[bravofan27]

I didn't get Bethanny's party. 

14 minutes ago, LilaFowler said:

Scott has appeared on the show many times. He has sent a funeral arrangement to Colombia when he knew it would be filmed. He did commercials with some of the Housewives. NOW he's shy about being on the show? Something doesn't smell right over there.

My thoughts is he's seeing other people. Once he makes it official with someone he'll end it for good. 

[njbchlover]

1 hour ago, Straycat80 said:

Good God Bethenny needs to stop. I feel bad for Dennis’ kids having to hear that their deceased Father is trying to contact his ex-GF from the great beyond. And Bethenny is already dating some other guy.  I would say she’s moved on. 

And, she was also dating "pretty seriously" that guy that runs the bartending service.  (BTW - he was HOT!!) 

I'm still trying to figure out if she dated him before or after Dennis passed away - Bethenny said she dated him "last summer", and I couldn't understand her speed-babble about him and whether she ghosted him because Dennis was pissed or because Dennis had died, or whatever she was going on about.

Edited April 18, 2019 by njbchlover

[Chickabiddy]

7 minutes ago, HunterHunted said:

Barbara is an instigator.

But they are ALL instigators. It’s what they do if they want to stay relevant.

Wasn’t Sonja tattling to Luann about someone telling Beth about Lu’s bitch out about the room and how hurt B was? 

Frankly, they would be more remarkable if we had an episode where someone wasn’t actually tattling on someone else or stirring the shit to stay relevant. It’s not like these howives havev any other real skills to fall back on if they lose their apples. Prostitution is still illegal. 😉

Edited April 18, 2019 by Chickabiddy