#3024 RHOP S10E01 Part 1: Breath of the Wild

0:21Well, hello and welcome to Watch What Crappens, a podcast about all that crap on Bravo that we just love to talk about. I'm Ben Mandelker, and joining me today on this very festive Monday is the one, the only, the beautiful and gorgeous, Ronnie Karam. Hi, Ronnie. Well, hello, Vin. How are you? How's it going over there in the valley? Yeah, everything's great. It's chilly over here. Very cold. I've got my little teddy bear hoodie on. and, you know, it's ready to talk some real housewives of Potomac tones. Well, I'm sorry that it's so cold over there. I'm in my t-shirt and shorts over here in Hollywood where it's like 30 degrees warmer, I guess.

1:07I am excited too because Potomac is back and it also means I think we can finally say that the Bravo drought is over. We have four housewives airing at the same time, so we're in no place to be complaining about a drought. We've got four, and I would argue that three are like varsity level housewives. And I think Orange County is like pretty varsity. To me, it's varsity. I would actually say all four are varsity, but I know some people are - I think Orange County's having a good year. Some people are really hating on Orange County. They feel like it's too toxic. I personally think it's like great.

1:42I think it's hilarious. It's the least toxic it's been. I mean, look at the stuff they're talking about this 13 years ago. That was toxic. This is just a bunch of people fighting up stupidity. It's like my favorite thing. I think anytime there's a season where you're getting emotionally invested, where you're like team so-and-so, where you're like angry at other people on the show, like you really feel the villainy. I think those are usually like, that's what I would call a good season. And those are often the seasons where people call for blood and like get people fired. And have I said on this podcast, it's time for Emily and Gina to go?

2:16Yes. but let's also remember like that is also the mark of a good season that you get so emotional that you call for those things the bad season is where you just don't care because as they say the opposite of love is not hate it's indifference so well emily and gina are outliers though because we've been calling for them to get fired since their first seasons and those were bad seasons although yeah we even love those seasons i mean we even love the covid season you know i love the COVID season. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know anything anymore. I think as you get older, you just learn to appreciate stuff.

2:50And I'm so glad Housewives are even still on and I get to watch people fighting over it, like who's invited to where. I think it's the funniest shit. I will never stop loving these shows. And so, you know what? I'm just glad to be here. I'm just glad to be fed. Yeah, I am too. So today we are going to be fed with cherry blossoms from Potomac because Potomac is back. It's our first non-Karen Huger episode. Although, technically, Karen does make an appearance. At least her shoulder does as she emerges from jail. But, in the wake of her being incarcerated, we now have two new ladies, and we also don't have Mia.

3:30And I have to say, Ronnie, I was actually surprised how much I felt the show was better without Mia. When Mia came along on the show, she was this, like, you know, basically a liar. And like, we knew she was a liar. And it was like, to me, it was like very funny at first. But I think as the seasons went on, we really, like it became evident to like everyone in the audience that Mia's just like, she just says and does things purely for like storyline. And that like starts to really wear thin. And like the stuff with her and Gordon was kind of wild to watch. And it was like dark and oddly fascinating.

4:04But like, she's sort of like a cancerous element on these sort of shows. And I think it's like good that she's gone. What do you think? I did not mind it. That's for sure. I, you know, I agree. She just went too far in her. She's like a reality star. In her last. She just went too far with the making bullshit up. But I actually had the thought last night. Were they thinking we can only have one liar at a time? Because now we have Stacey. He's like in a different league. Like she's a different kind of liar. You know? She's like. I mean, it's pretty clear that she's lying at this point, right? Yes.

4:43Well, she's sanctimonious liar, which is way more entertaining to me than like trashy trying to make a splash on reality TV liar. And we get these housewives, you know, every now and then. Yeah. It's like she's lying about stuff, but it's like, well, you know, maybe I didn't divorce my husband. But why is that your business? I just don't. It's improper to talk about it. you know, she's got that kind of attitude where me is just, I'm Mary and Eminem because, you know, I love their commercials or whatever, you know, whatever her, that was such a random thing to say, but you know, me would just come up with a random shit to say.

5:22Yeah. It felt like she was saying, it almost felt like she was saying it to be relevant, to start a fight. So that way she could get screen time. And like for when Stacey lies, it feels like it's more innately part of her, like who she is in a way that's more appealing. It's oddly enough, her lying is authentic. Whereas, you know, you get these people that come through, you get like the Brandy Glanvilles, you get the Noella Bergeners or whatever, and you get like Mia and there's like others who come through and they are provocative and they're entertaining, but ultimately they are catering their personality to, like they're basically going to be outrageous because that's going to get the cameras on them, you know, in a way.

6:00And so I think like when you have someone who's just like literally someone like Stacey, who is so blatantly lying, but is so huffy about it. That is so much more entertaining to me than Mia being like, Jacqueline and I made out in the shower. No, we actually didn't make out in the shower. Well, that's because she was making out with Gordon. No, I said that I was making out with Gordon. Jacqueline was watching. It's like, I don't care. You're just trying to get some sort of attention right now. Here's what I'm worried about. Someone who's not trying to get attention, and that is Miss Karen Huger herself.

6:37I'm on her Instagram because I'm like, well, she's been out for a while. She just got the attention. She's not ready for attention. Why don't we know what is going on with Karen? Why haven't we heard anything? I haven't seen any interviews like, oh, prison. No, I did it and I'm fine better than ever. I've got a nine bar candle, you know, just little prison bars that you light on fire. Nine bars. But I'm like, what happened to her? And surely, even if she hasn't done any press, surely she's posting home goods fines on her Instagram. But no, I came to her Instagram, which, by the way, thanks, Facetune.

7:15Facetune, can you just make Facetune real? Because I would totally subscribe if I could do this to myself. But anyway, her Instagram, her last post is from 41 weeks ago, December 17th, 2024. She's not even posting on Instagram. What happened to her in jail? because that's not normal for someone like Karen to just not be posting. It's not normal. Well, maybe, maybe what's happening is maybe she's holding out for some sort of exclusive thing. Maybe she's working with Bravo on some sort of debut. Maybe she's going to make her grand debut at Bravo con emphasis on con. Actually, no, she didn't con anyone.

7:53She just drove drunk. Sorry. I'm just so used to people in Bravo going to jail for con. Bravo Dewey. Maybe she's honestly like, this is not coming from like a catty place. maybe she's like unhappy with how she looks after jail. Maybe she'd like, maybe she gained some weight. Maybe she wants to work a little bit of it off. Cause she's a real housewife. Maybe she wants to get like a little bit of a nip and tuck. Cause she wasn't able to do her skincare. Like I would not be surprised if she's like, this car needs to go to the shop now. And you know, I'll let you like, we'll let you know it'll be ready at 2 PM.

8:26And you're looking at watching. Yeah. And you're like, straight from the County jail to the doctor and was like, Liptune, tup it, nip it. That's a good point, actually. Maybe that is. I'm worried. I'm not worried. I think she's going into her cocoon, and she's going to emerge beautifully. And I think she wants to do this right. She's like, let me get all my ducks in a row. Ray, get the ducks from the backyard. And I think she's going, she will emerge out of a giant flower. We didn't see any ducks today. We didn't see any deer. Which is what, you know, it's a question i have for potomac are you paying attention is anybody at the editing board how could you not put in the deer and the ducks like that hello i know it's a little wild however we did get a wonderful new fancy british accent which sort of implies ducks and deer so i really appreciated that like that lady fantastic too her voice is just fantastic i love her whole thing i feel like she's faking it even though she showed pictures of herself growing up in london and with rolls royces and all of that stuff i don't think she's faking the money part but the accent just sounds so crazy and i love it you know like she's like already like a top five housewife of all time for me i was like wow that accent all right she's probably up there with like bethany frankel it's interesting how they're kind of recasting because they obviously got a karen type right i mean she's more probably legit than karen as far as the she probably is like a grand day she's a princess or something so she's definitely got that stuff but you've got the new karen and then you've got the new mia who's you know the liar she's a second season though stacy also we have a new kierna who is played by kierna herself kierna's uh like decided kierna like spent a whole season sort of on the sidelines being like i'm kierna and doing nothing and i think that she probably heard from us and the audience not just us meaning like us as the audience from everyone being like who is like why is karen on this show she's a friend of at best she probably got a lot of flack from it and she decided you know what it's time for me i'm going to i'm going to uh dump toad of frog and toad and move into a new condo and i'm going to like actually make an attempt to be a real housewife and she came out like with personality and she was central on the episode and she was funny fights over nothing which i loved you know yeah coming at wendy with absolutely nothing and 100 conviction which you know i know also i love that of not really breaking up with her boyfriend just moving into a condo while they're shooting which is very funny i thought she said she broke up with him i think she's just i mean i don't know the way she said it was like she left him and now he's deciding to make an effort, I guess.

11:16Like she moved out and now he's making an effort. I took that to mean, I'm going to stay with this person, but I don't want the audience giving him shit. So I'm going to move into a condo. I blocked out that part. I'll have my independent woman storyline while I'm still dating the guy, which is very Stacey in a way too. Like how they're all kind of coming after her. So I love it. I mean, it was packed with housewives goodness. I'm not sure about the other newbie quite yet. I think I like her okay I don't trust her because she's a friend of Kierna's and I'm like why would you let Kierna cast when she hasn't been the most interesting Kierna's still working on her casting yeah like get one thing solid first like you're supposed to cast off the strongest people so that kind of worried me but even though I like her actually she's just not the most fascinating well I think Kierna I think maybe this will be her like blossoming season like she was so under the radar last season that like she's not really having a bitch flower blooming she's just having a personality flower blooming which we always appreciate too it's so rare that that happens once you know usually if a personality is a dud it's a dud so i like that she is now showing more of who she is i like the new woman i um angel i just sort of like the way she was laughing about stacy's breath um and uh yeah i think the chemistry is really why is the thing about stacy's breath like the worst slander to me i'm like this is so because you that one has to walk around and now every question she's asked on the red carpet is going to be like did you take a breath mint today or you know well you can tell honestly you can tell she has bad friends with your dragon breath you know stuff like that i don't that's just so mean i mean i think it's better to say your husband's cheating on you than to just like get out there that you stink i kind of i think the reason why it's sticking is because like we can all kind of like tell that she has stinky breath no i don't know why why do you say that because there's a way there's a way that you hear the saliva in her mouth it's like that dry so that dry stink and like uh it's actually not even shaming it's like i actually hope that she can you know get it treated i don't understand how you can say like i can see that she has bad breath that's crazy you said it during our preview recap too and it stuck with me what is that about a person roddy you you see things also about people that you shouldn't be able to see but you see them and you know that you see them and this is something that i think i see that they stink no just i can tell i don't know why i just can tell and i love stacy i think stacy is a great has been a fantastic casting choice like i think it's i think stacy is actually exactly the person they needed to cast on this show last season to write the ship that this was going down.

14:02And Stacey is the exact, she has the exact personification of everything this show was about. And it's sort of like, it's really strong run of a few seasons. And I think like, I'm so happy with Stacey, but I feel like I was able to sense that. As soon as they articulated it, I was like, yeah, I can see that that's probably a true thing. Yeah. Well, anyway, I think it's like the worst slander that you can do to somebody. And you know what? I'm too Stacey. I don't even care if she's lying. I mean, at this point, I do think she's lying about everything, except I don't know that she agreed to pay that man 50 percent of her money.

14:35I don't believe that. I still don't believe TJ. But he's a bigger liar. Yeah, I do think that she's probably, you know, lying about everything else. But I don't even care that she's lying. I still really like her. And I'm on team her over everybody else. I mean, what is Giselle getting mad about people lying for? I mean, you've had entire storylines that you've hired boyfriends. We all know that Giselle has brought boyfriends on this show that she wasn't really dating. I mean, that was kind of her thing for a while, right? The criticism of Giselle was always that she was hiring people and faking boyfriends and all of this stuff.

15:06And then she had the thing with Candace's husband for a whole year where she's like, oh, he locked me in a hotel room. Well, she didn't say locked, but like he got me into a hotel room, made me feel so uncomfortable. And this whole thing, I mean, come on now. But Giselle's hypocrisy is also another reason I love this show. So I don't know. It came back firing on all cylinders. and I hope that it stays because it looks like it's going to be a really good season. I laughed my ass off watching this. I was laughing as well. I thoroughly enjoyed it. So let's dive into the episode. So it opens up and it says like it's September 2nd, 2025, which by the way, that was like a month ago.

15:48Like literally they are so up to date. And we see it's the Montgomery County Central Processing Unit. and we see sort of like Karen's getting into her car. We don't really see her but we hear her. We see like a shoulder and we hear her like

16:05She's crying and then we see like she's going off and it's like oh my god the grand dame got out of jail and then six months later clips the news outlets. We start to see that she had to like serve actually I think it was six months earlier. She had to serve a year in jail. Yada yada yada so essentially it's like remember that for people who have forgotten, remember Karen Huger went to jail. So that's how we start. That's setting the tone for the season. Yeah. And so now we're at Giselle's house and she's putting together, you know, store-bought donuts and stuff on it. It's a very Giselle charcuterie, you know?

16:43Yeah. And she's putting together a little charcuterie tray and waiting for people to come. And she just keeps telling herself, I might need some liquor. while she waits. And then we see her feeling things. She feels a lot of different emotions. I wish this weren't happening. I wish this weren't happening off camera because I would really love to see Karen crying on her way to jail. Do I want to see Karen in jail? Absolutely not. But do I want to make sure that we don't have a fifth DUI? For sure. So shady. maybe it's like i'm just here to i'm just here to support karen and remind you that this is her fifth dui like a nut like what most people would say is like do i want her in jail no but do i hope that she addresses the like the root problems that got her into the situation do i want her to have help like absolutely but instead she's like do i want her to do i want her to have her fifth dui that's right there's been five america in case you forgot this wasn't the first five duis If I were to show Karen on my fingers how many DUIs she had, she would see 10 fingers.

17:53That is how many DUIs she has. Like the fact that she's still dunking on Karen while she's in jail is so this show. And this is why Giselle, I mean, and we know when Karen comes back, it'll be like full throttle. Oh my God. Like there's very few shows that have as special a dynamic as the freneminess of Karen and Giselle. Yeah. And I also love that she keeps saying over and over, I need liquor. I need liquor. That's the whole thing is her trying to decide how wasted she's going to get while they're talking about how sad they are about Karen's DUI. It's time for a commercial. It's time for a crappin's commercial.

18:36So Ashley comes. Ashley looks great. I love her new hair. and um just else like we've had a crazy 72 hours uh it's so intense karen's waking up in jail that's where she's waking up and now she goes in gen pop wow gen pop oh i wonder if i should send her a gift basket of uber cards but i guess you only need them in there so then just i was like whoa is this like with murderers ah she's like i don't know because i don't know but i mean I want her to be secure. I want her to be like, is there like an elderly section that I'm going to be there? Her concern trolling is so top-notch. Can we put her in fragile old people section?

19:24Literally every line. It's like, I'm so worried for Karen and her 5 DUIs. She should be in an elderly section of a jail. And Ashley's like, yeah, the AARP of the jail.

19:38So So they've talked to Kay and Wendy and Stacey. Everybody's going to get together to talk about Karen going to jail. So get out your donuts and your tequila because we're going to talk about Karen going to jail. I love this excuse for a get together. We just all need to get together because Karen's going to jail. I know. So Ashley is saying that she and Stacey recently got together with each other's kids. And she's like, Yeah, I feel like I'm giving her an opportunity just to clear the air. and then we see flashbacks of stacy and tj last year uh and all the bullshit of that entire situation which was off the charts etc i was like you know seeing tj again it's amazing how much of a visceral response i had against seeing him on my tv i was like get him off get him off just he's so gross and every line he has i mean are you some more dominant or submissive in the bedroom just because i'm not sleeping with you doesn't mean you're ever going to be more dominant than I am.

20:38And then I'm accusing her of paying him to be the love interest. And then clips of TJ saying, you know she's paying me to do this show, man. You know she is. Yeah. Yeah. This guy's just full of bullshit. So Giselle's asking what Stacey said. And she's like, yeah, well, it's the same thing. She was like, Ashley, you think I would really do that? And Giselle's like, and what did you say? Yeah, bitch. And they both laugh. Yeah, she goes, well, Giselle says, I don't think Stacy's a bad person. No, but is she dubious? What is that? What does that mean? Dubious. Come on. So Wendy and Kierna arrive, and Kierna's like, You've been in Giselle's house before, right?

21:24And Wendy's like, well, I've been outside. And then we see, go back to the reasonably shady event, where Giselle wouldn't let her go inside. The way that they remember these details, and is like how Stacy wasn't allowed into the bathroom. I'm not Stacy, I'm not Wendy. Oh my gosh, so good. So they're talking about TJ some more and how shady that is. And Wendy points out that Giselle has millions of mirrors. She was like, do you love yourself? There's a mirror in every corner. And Giselle's like, okay, well, I think Stacy's here. And why did she buy a car just like yours? Like, why would she do that?

22:05Then we see that Stacey did, in fact, buy a twin car. Yeah, which is funny, but let's be honest. The Real Housewives have a selection of three different cars that they all drive. It's always going to be... There's going to be overlap inevitably. This was an Audi, right? Usually Housewives are Range Rovers. Range Rovers is a classic, right? The classic big Range Rover. Yeah, this was white Audi. Double white Audi on this episode. So Ashley is like, no, it's her loaner car. She apparently is having a custom made one. And then Stacy gets out of her car and then we just see her feet, but then she just burps.

22:44She goes, excusez-moi, which made me laugh because like over the summer, I had this like weird, like two week phase where for some reason I kept on saying excusez-moi. And I was like, why do I keep saying that? Why do I keep saying excusez-moi? And then it made me, then I also, I have a thought, I have a question for the audience and for you, Ronnie. why did we as a society decided why why have why did we start doing this thing that when we want to like walk by someone we go excuse me like why do we do that excuse me why don't we become fay butlers every time we walk by someone in close proximity where did that come from i don't know i say pardon me pardon me pardon me yeah i feel i just feel like i'm always like it excuse me and then someone else will always be like oh excuse me it's like you're at the supermarket people are always doing that little excuse me i'm like um farnsworth you can go back to the service quarters on my mind i say pardon could you move your fat ass off of my way it's i can't keep it classy so um kieran is like well she spent tj's money on that card that's a problem right there so they're like ah so stacy comes in wiping burp juice off of her face i mean they really hate stacy this season the editors even do they're like let's just get a shot of her knees while she burps really loudly i mean that was like a simpsons burp that was like barney from the simpsons like and honestly not to be not to be conspiratorial they literally could have just taken any burp and put it in there and then added her saying excusez-moi and just made it seem like Like she just burped her ass off walking in and she probably didn't even do that.

24:29Like, like there's a chance, you know, reality TV show editors are shady like that. And we don't even see her face. So like, you know, I'm going to take it at face value that she burped in that moment. But the truth is they could, they could just be setting her up. They may be ready to trash Stacey. It could be a big lie. They're like, hey guys, Stacey's walking up. It just cuts to the scene from Stand By Me where everybody's vomiting all over each other. Yep, there she is. They just Insert a bunch of fart noises Oh here comes Stacy Oh there's another shot Of Stacy It's just like the swamp monster Like about to eat somebody She's like um I never made those noises Like I know Just to kind of liven it up Oh hey guys Stacy's coming up the walk It's just the lady from the old commercials in the 80s Like holding the hole in her throat with her finger like, don't smoke, kids.

25:30Well, I am so happy that you guys could find the time to get together during this mandated filming process because I think that with what happened to Karen, I just felt like we needed to be together so we could laugh. I mean, what's the point of Karen being in jail if you're just laughing by yourself, right? So let's get together and laugh together. Every morning I wake up and I think, Karen's in jail. And then I laugh, but there's no one to laugh with me. Wendy's like, I get it. Me too. Me too. And Wendy says, for me, the worst part is the fact that it's so instant. Like she was taken into custody right away.

26:05Like, how does she process that? Does she know? Is she prepared? Like we may have our differences. And then we cut to the reunion where Karen didn't acknowledge Wendy is one of her soldiers. And Wendy's saying, that's not my friend. Not my friend But at the core of me That was once my friend So I want the best of her So I'm going to propose Why don't we all go outside And then come back in again And go back outside And come back in again Just to enjoy having free will And being able to walk into Whatever room we want to For Karen And Kierna says Yeah you know Karen's in state jail I mean like this is no Martha Stewart Okay she has to take a shower with people With people you guys She's in jail, jail.

26:52I have to say, that was actually a profound observation by Kiana, because I didn't really think about that. I think we all thought about Karen being in jail and be miserable. But I cannot imagine the Grand Dame enjoying taking a communal shower with all these randos. I was like, that's actually, that's going to leave a mark for Karen, I think. Yeah, that's not good. So, well, Stacy's at the doorbell now. Cut to Jabba the Hutt. About to eat Princess Leia. Just off radar. Hello, Stacey. And Stacey's like, oh, I immediately started to think about Raven and how worried she must be. And they're like, yeah, oh, my God, poor Raven and Ray.

27:40And everybody's so sad about it. My heart breaks for Raven and Ray because, sorry, I went to Karen Huger voice. My heart breaks for Raven and Ray. because they only get six months without Karen. I was really hoping they got a full year. My heart breaks for them. A part of me, though, I'm going to be honest. This is the fourth DUI. Anybody want to count on our fingers? Let's do it again. So there has to be accountability so that she never does this again. Do I want to see her in jail? Absolutely not. I still can't believe she's in jail. Hold on.

28:21sorry that was me laughing uh and now she's like well it's just like it's you know it's not settling in i mean the grand dam thomas jefferson's concubine and when he's like i'm sorry what and stacy goes you know there are some phrases and names moving forward in our friend group that we will never use again and then we hear karen's voice saying i'm thomas jefferson's Oh, in the paddy wagon or whatever, when she was arrested. At the jail cell. She's like, I'm Thomas Jefferson's God-Gubon. And you know who I am, sort of a big deal. You should call Andy. He's like, who? Cohen, Andy Cohen. Who? Big network, big network, huge, huge network.

29:02You should call him. So then Wendy's like, yeah, that comment threw me. so and then ash is like she's like um yeah but by the way like what about the but about the initials tj like well i'm wondering what's going on with you because uh with the reunion when everything that happened and stacy's like well and i am sitting here as i did at the reunion sitting in my truth and what's your uh what's your truth ash goes exactly what i said at the reunion so we flash back to the reunion where she's you know saying she absolutely did not pay tj and she reiterates it now she's like i did not pay him to be on the show and she has talked to tj and he was very remorseful he wanted to come on tv and say oh my god i lied this is just awful i'm such an awful person i apologize to george glooney and everybody on the set of er and everywhere else that i've worked i'm sorry for lying they're like then why is he on Instagram claiming that he's going to bring receipts?

30:07Okay, then where are they? Where are the receipts? Why have you not seen the receipts? It's been so long and there's been no receipts, so I'm sorry. I just, I don't care if he's generating fake court documents or even if they're real. There are no receipts available. And for all the talk about that there's a lawsuit, I think that also would be part of public record. I think that would have been on TMZ by now. If TJ were suing Stacey, TMZ would be on top of that and Reality Blurbed and Reality T and everyone would be on page six. Red Dog Online. Anyone. Even Perez Hilton. People still read him.

30:48But even if she is suing her or did sue her, it doesn't mean that she's guilty. That's not how it works. People on this show are like, there's a lawsuit. I told you she was paying him the whole time. nah, no, it just means that he sued her and tried to get some money. And Ashley really should be one to talk about that, you know, after the stuff that, you know, Michael was also accused of stuff and she was very much like, well, you know, it's just an accusation. And now here she is doing the where there's smoke, there's fire. So she says, I don't know just how TJ wants to issue a retraction to his claim, but like just on Instagram, he's saying that he's like not lying and he's about to come forward with a receipt and like, is there retraction in the room with us?

31:28because no, there isn't one. Yeah, and then we see a headline. Stacey Rush addresses claims of TJ's receipts as he breaks his silence and teases earth-shattering news. Where is it? Where's this earth-shattering news? Yeah. So now they're just like, okay, you're getting scary now. Why is this scary? Something awful happened to me with TJ saying I was paying him. That was devastating. And you act like I'm some untrustworthy person. And Wendy is like, oh, listen, you called us liars at the reunion. I have to say, I thought it was funny because when Stacey said something awful happened to me, she was like, something awful happened to me.

32:10And they're all thinking like, oh, shit. Like she said it like, look, I don't want to talk about this TJ thing because something there's been devastating news. And they're like, well, what was it? Well, he TJ lied. And they're like, oh, oh, we're so so we're still talking about the same thing. Okay, never mind. We thought you were going to give us a new update on your life. so when Wendy's like well when you were at the reunion you were literally saying Stacey this is what's happening like you're the one that called us liars and so then we see a flashback to how like that like Stacey was totally indignant when when this all came up you know friendship goes both ways my friend will not say her first thought I don't believe you I don't believe you at all yeah but she was calling TJ a liar you were the one because they brought it up and she said I I don't believe that TJ said that.

33:00Right? So, yeah, I guess she was calling him a liar. Because she said, I don't believe that TJ would say that. But I think she was just, I mean, well, she says it herself. She's like, well, in the moment, as sure as you are of your friendships, that's how I felt about TJ. And I just didn't believe it. I still can't believe it. I can't believe it. And so, Kierna tries to get it out a different way. She's like, okay, well, was it just a different kind of relationship that maybe went sour over money at some point? And she's like, no, stop. Okay, do you have your Venmo cue code? Can we just look through your Venmo?

33:38No. I loved him enough to step up with him when I wasn't even legally divorced. I wouldn't do that to get on this show. I wouldn't do that for a payday. Actually, we think you do. 100 % you would do that. Kierna's like, so they said that you've been trying to get on the show for quite some time. Is that not true? And she's like, well, Kay, I've been on television for years. We see her on QVC, and I'm on this show because it was the right time, and I know it's a sensitive topic for you, which was so funny. I know that being accused of trying to be relevant on TV is a very sensitive topic for you, Kierna.

34:24But I love that she's like, I've been on television for years. And then we got to her like, this bracelet is the best heart bracelet that you could ever get for$12.99. You could have this bracelet. It's life changing. As if she's, you know, on the next season of Big Little Lies. Like, girl. I know, exactly. So Keanu's like, it's not a sensitive. No, it's not sensitive for me. And Stacy's like, well, I feel like you're being aggressive. She's like, well, you're a liar. and I'm calling out now and I'm calling you out and now I'm aggressive. What have I lied about me being on television for years and years?

35:01Hold on one second. Guys, I just found out. I'm on next season of The Pit. You're welcome. You're welcome to be in the presence of a TV star. And Kierna says, you've lied on national TV. You looked straight into the camera and tried to cry about it and you couldn't even squeeze a tear out of that little beady ass eye. And Giselle's like, ha ha ha ha ha ha. Just cackling in the background. So Stacey's like, to be met with such negativity is shocking to me, especially coming from Kay. I would say she's very vanilla, but all of a sudden you have a personality when it comes to me. Whoa. I like Stacey's shade too.

35:43I like that she reserves a lot of her shade for her confessionals too, I'd like to add. and the way she sort of like sneaks it in there between you know like her sanctimonious you know shock at things and then like has like a little jab in the middle of it is just like kind of pitch perfect for me yeah she's like wow I'm being called out by the most boring person to ever walk this earth like what the hell and Kierna is like I would never trust her because if she can lie like that then she can lie on me and Stacy tries to change it I was hurt and I'm not the first woman to be hurt by a man. Everyone here has experienced being hurt by an extra.

36:29Have we not? She's like, no, why? No, why? Tell me one woman here who hasn't been hurt by an under five actor. One, just one person. You haven't been hurt, Giselle. She's like, well, you know, I'm just seeing that. You haven't been humiliated by a man, by someone who only is commissioned for one episode of your TV show? No, that's never happened to you. She's like, Stacy, don't bring us into your shit, duh. She's like, I'm so tired of being hurt. I am hurt. I am hurt. Thank you. That was a scene from a movie that I was auditioning for on the Hallmark Channel called I Was Hurt. Thank you so much.

37:10Well, accountability is what this group is all about. and you need to think about that. And she's like, well, maybe I need to reconsider. Reconsider, excuse me. And she gets up and she leaves the room with a head held high. And like, wait a minute, we're not done with this conversation. And on her way to the car, she's like, I can't be friends with these bitches.

37:39Here comes one right now.

37:44All right. Ashley and I didn't want to do this, but now that she's gone, by the way, good job, everyone, getting someone to storm out. We can go after her all season. Okay, well, now that it's done, we were in LA at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood luncheon. And at our table sat a beautiful actress who's best friends with TJ. So she came with the receipts, honey, receipts, receipts, receipts. Somehow this person had more receipts than TJ's had. And TJ is suing her. Ah, I saw the legal documents myself. So why is this girl, whoever she is, we hear her name later. Oh, well, we don't hear her name.

38:23They beep it out. But why is she walking around with TJ's legal documents screenshotted on her phone? That is so weird. People are so fucking weird. And then goes up at a black women in Hollywood thing to show people the receipts from the show. yeah i really want to know who it is thirst i really want to know maybe it was drew sidora she's a she's an actress although i think they would not believe out her name you would do that i don't know i'm like who is taking who is taking up for tj that's it's like i like i want to do investigations i want to see pictures of tj with like established actresses and to see who he is what's his what's his last name tj do you know um max not sure housewives of Potomac TJ.

39:13Let's see. Who else does a Potomac? Thomas Anthony Jones. Okay. TJ in action. His best friend, eh? Let's see if there's any instruments. Best friend. I'm looking on images just to see like maybe a Getty image. Let's see. He is I'm looking. I'm not seeing anyone. I'm looking. I want to know. If he's best friends with an established actress, I'm sure he has pictures with her. Best friend. Oh, he's friends with one of my friends who works at QVC. Oh, I should ask her if she knows Stacy. I'll bet she does. I'm sure she does. I don't see anything here. Anyway, we're not going to find it here. Angela Bassett.

40:02What if it was? Could you imagine him being friends with Angela Bassett and not only being friends, such good friends that Angela Bassett has his court records on her phone and now is going to get messy with the Real Housewives. That would be my dream. That would be just the best. I cannot imagine anything better. Angela is way too good as someone tiny. It's a tiny it's a friend of TJ's like an under five actor. Like they're acting like oh my god a very in demand actress told us with screenshots on her phone. Get out of here you guys. So then Giselle's like well yeah receipts receipts receipts so Wendy grabs Kierna's arm and she's like don't grab me bitch and they start cackling and Giselle says that the document said per our agreement Stacy paying 50 % of her Real Housewives of Potomac check that's where they lose me because I don't think she would offer 50 % to someone she would never that's crazy I don't think so I mean we joke but she has worked on TV for a few years on QVC.

41:09So she knows what she knows, like a good deal. She knows what she's worth. And she also, you know, she's got a husband or ex-husband who works in business. You probably would advise like, I don't think that she's doing, she's giving away 50 % of her paycheck to TJ. No way. Well, that said a first season doesn't a first season personal Bravo really makes$5. So it could not, it could have been like a very small amount of money that sounds huge because it's like a whole season but that's not really much as a first year on bravo right they make you prove yourself for a couple of years before you get any real money right right yeah i think unless they've changed which i doubt it i doubt that the budgets have gotten higher but who knows um so now she's saying earnings and he's suing her for the rest of his money honey and i was trying to screenshot the legal document but i couldn't get it oh really you couldn't get it.

42:04Why? Why couldn't you get it? What do you mean you were trying to screenshot it and you couldn't get it? She wouldn't send it to you. I'm sure she would. If she walked right over to you and was showing it to you, then why wouldn't she just send it to you? Yeah. Something is not adding up in the story. I don't know what it is. I don't know if it's the actress. I don't know if it's TJ. I don't know if it's Giselle and Ashley. I believe Giselle and Ashley though. I believe Giselle and Ashley that someone came up to them. I don't think that they just make up stories like that yeah i do too my instinct is that this is like a lisa barlow dismissed versus um denied situation where tj is is like saying that he's suing and but he makes it seem like he has like a case but instead he's like just drawn up legal documents that haven't like gone anywhere like i would not be surprised if that was the case at the end of the situation yeah that could be a legal zoom for all we know anyway it proves nothing except that he wants to sue her or was trying to sue her.

43:03And even if he did, it doesn't mean that she ever agreed. Unless I see a signed agreement where Stacey says, I will give you 50 % of my earnings for you to play this role, then I don't believe it. Yeah. Yeah. Show us the receipts. Show us everything. Excuse-moi. So Giselle's like, we are gonna, we're not gonna be accountable for your lies. That's what we're not doing. So then we see May 1st. Two months later, catching up with the ladies. Here we go, everybody. First up, let's go to Wendy and Eddie's house. We meet Rhonda, Wendy's interior decorator. She's like, Miss Rhonda, here's my vision. I want a fireplace here that goes all the way to the ceiling.

43:46And Eddie's like, that's 19 feet of marble. Okay. Fireplaces are famously expensive, are they not? Like chimneys and stuff, they're like thousands upon thousands of dollars. and then also she wants to get a new island and Eddie's like, where's this money coming from? And she's like, well, happy Eddie is doing very well. Let's use the drug money, okay? And then they laugh. And then we go to Giselle and Cal, they're at lunch and Cal's saying that she looks really nice and everything and her titties are out. She's like, yes, my titties are out. God gave me these titties and God wants me to show them.

44:22So then we go to Ashley, who's with Brenda, the event planner, and Brant, her gay who we saw on Love Hotel who is now I guess going to be on all the time. They're making a little donation pile and her gays are like you're getting rid of this and they just basically throw all of her clothes because they're hideous. And they're like this is going to the ugly binge. Like wait a minute. Wait a minute. You can't get this. That's my favorite. Okay. Okay. Hideous. It's all hideous. Do we think that Ralph from the Love Hotel will make an appearance on the season of Potomac? No. Because I'm really hoping that he can show up and be like, oh, you're so sexy.

45:11Oh, gross. Yeah, you're a hot little thing. He kisses wet. He's a wet kisser. Yeah, the rumors were that she never stopped dating Beavis. So I wonder if we get to see him this season. So then we go to Stacy. And how do you pronounce his name? Timo? Timo? Probably not. That sounds Spanish. Stacy and let's see. It's Timo. I think it was Timo. Timo? Sounds sort of like an app. Timo. It sounds like one vowel away from being a decent shopping site.

45:51Timo. Timo. It's almost like Bimo and Temu had a child and it was Stacy's ex-husband. Yeah. So we don't really get to see him. We just see that they go to a Moroccan place, I think. Moroccan? I think it's actually Indian. Oh, Indian place. You know what? I'm not going to go on the record. It was a place that had lots of spices. Okay. Lots of ornate grates. So we don't see him. He's a mystery man. But then we find out, wait, is it just a block of cheese? No, it's a man. And his name is Timo, we think. So he's there. He hates being on camera. And he just stares at her and kind of smiles and nods a lot.

46:33And she's like, wow, look at us doing so great. Having dinner together. He's like, yes. Yeah. Look, it's just me and you ordering appetizers like we used to. Remember how we used to always order an appetizer? Now we're ordering appetizers again. He's like, yes. we just can't stay away from each other he's like I am just here to get the free rice please so Stacy says that this restaurant reminds me of when we were in India which is what led me to believe it was an Indian restaurant I remember that there was something where they said Indian and I was like okay this is most likely an Indian restaurant but knowing she is a reality star so there is a good chance they're in a Moroccan restaurant and it somehow is reminding her of India so I'm not gonna I'm just gonna say that the needle moves a little bit more towards Indian restaurant on this one for me.

47:24I'm over it.

47:28I'm not still wondering. Speculate on the restaurant anymore. I'm going to speculate for a little bit. I'm like, wait a second. That looks like a mango last, but maybe it's a Moroccan drink. I'm okay with whatever they're having. Good for those kids. I hope they were as crazy as that's the best part as crazy as it sounds I'm back with my husband in a restaurant of unspecified international quality not quality style do you see this glow? I'm really happy TMO and I we decided to spend Christmas vacation together as a family for the sake of Arabella and we were notified that we were in fact officially divorced while we were on vacation and we just looked at each other and I think we both knew it wasn't the end of us.

48:15We said, you know what? Let's go back to that restaurant that serves that cuisine. We don't really understand what it is. And we have got to give each other another try. And now that the divorce is final, we found our way back to each other and we're going with the flow right now. And the flow feels good. I just remember looking at him and saying, I don't care where we eat. I don't care what kind of food is there, but I would prefer it to have rectangular metal lighting. my interns of some kind all over the place i just want a lot of spices that's it so she says she likes him in blue and he's like i know isn't this nice we're doing it again we're prioritizing ourselves instead of that little bitch arabella god remember how our relationship used to be arabella arabella we shouldn't have date night we should have family night let's not even tell arabella i don't even want her to know i'm seeing her daddy screw her she's at home with some frozen mac and cheese and a nanny who doesn't care about her hilarious yeah we do not want to confuse arabella and also i'm glad that we're in this restaurant because it smells so fragrant in here it covers up your breath oh thank you so much yeah so i'm calling her arabaya bye yeah we've always just prioritized her.

49:35And I think that's saying that, like, we didn't necessarily need a date night. Like, we'd rather have family night. I just think it's so good. We've always prioritized her. And in some ways, maybe that's why we broke up. I don't know. Did I say that on the record? It's all Arabella's fault. Thank God. Oh, wait, hold on. Let me just munch on this raw onion. It's all Arabella's fault this whole time. We should get rid of her. Excusez-moi. Yeah. This is very funny. Also, you know, I also know that my real friends will always support whatever decision I am making, even if it is getting back with what they call garlic monster.

50:13Yes. Clearly Tiamo is more reserved, and I love that his energy balances mine throughout our relationship. He treats me like a lady, even though I burp in his face all day long. And it feels good to be back together, and we've just fallen right back into the step of things. Oh, finally, our food's here. Wait, why are you putting a tagine lid on my head? I'm sorry, ma 'am. smell is escaping the stable. Well, anyway, as I was saying, he's taking it off of the head. He's taking it off of the head. I thought this was an Indian restaurant. Why do you have a tajine top? It's fusion. Why are you putting a non on my face?

50:52Is it tajine or is it non?

50:58Oh, gosh. So, yeah, they're going to keep the secret from Arabella, which, I mean, I guess. I don't know if that's a good idea or not. I mean, I don't know. Yeah. I love when people keep secrets on national TV. That always works out really well. She was so crushed to know I didn't love her father anymore. I'd hate for her to think that I loved him again. He could break her. And now, isn't it funny? And now we can't stop looking at each other. I know. How is this night? I know how this night's going to go. He's like, yeah. Quiz, yeah, things have happened. Not the time you actually bought a breath mint.

51:33high five waiter high five waiter it is so confusing to me as I look into your eyes and my eyes are telling me one thing and my nose is telling me such a other thing

51:47I'm just this poor lady I was just thinking I was just trying to remember that song that was like it doesn't matter um yeah this poor lady it's this is gonna haunt her for a while I think this is it this is gonna stick yeah this is she's branded branded with this so now we go to kieran's new condo and her hot mom is there oh my god i really thought it was kieran at first i know i thought i was like oh here comes kieran walking in and she's like hi mom and i was like wait wait i was like oh my god the the genetics in this family are working very strong wow it's like Does she look like this? Is it stem cells?

52:29Is it fish oil? Whatever your secret is, please send it over, ma 'am. My God. These two are drop-dead gorge. And as gay men, it's like our duty to like bow down at the altar. Like we love a gorgeous woman. Like she is. She, they, the both of them, I'm like, this is wild. Icon alert. This is absolutely insane. Icon alert. So, oh my God, you are a mother, literally. Literally and figured. You're like double mother right now So Kierna is talking about how last year She had dark moments And those dark moments Were Greg being an asshole I wish they showed one of her dark moments Is when she wore polyester And his company t-shirt That was one of my dark moments With Kierna last year You shouldn't have to lower yourself like this for a man No I think the dark moment was also how she spent Half of her home scenes in a literal dark kitchen with like brown cabinets.

53:26Just like this sad, depressing kitchen that she had to do so many scenes with Greg slumped over at the kitchen island and pretending like they had any sort of chemistry. Yeah, so she says that Greg showed his ass on national television and she moved out ending the relationship. So yeah, that part sounds good. But then I think later she's like, yeah, we're still dating. And her mom's like, oh Jesus. Well, right here, because Michelle, her mom says, so how is Jamaica? Because you were supposed to have a breakup. And she's like, oh yeah. Just well, so about three months I got after breaking up and like moving into my own condo, Greg was like, okay, she's serious.

54:05And like, let me go get my girl back. So he was like, I want to go to Jamaica and talk. And I'm like, sure. I want to like go to Jamaica and talk. And it was like a much needed getaway for us. And like, you know, like reset the tone and like together we go blah, blah, blah. Like girl, you don't, could you have at least found a better guy in Jamaica? like why are you falling for this guy? Why are you falling for his Jamaica tricks? You are so out of his league, not just obviously physically, which shouldn't even matter because love is love, but really personality wise, like this guy, you just being away from him already this season, you're such a way more interesting person.

54:39Like he is going to destroy you. Yeah, she's not away from him. I mean, she's in her own apartment. Well, but meaning like she's not living with him. She's like, she doesn't have him constantly probably like, like stressing her out like she probably was like probably one of the reasons why she was so met last season was because a there probably was an element of imposter uh syndrome with the fact like oh she only got to be a housewife because bravo wants to stay out of trouble like that was like the big rumor and then also he probably was making her life shit because he was like don't do this don't do this doesn't be bad i'm gonna break up so she probably stressed the entire time like i don't want to get messy i don't want to be not myself because i don't want like if i get too crazy.

55:20Greg isn't getting mad because he thinks these shows are garbage anyway. And it's like, just be your normal self. And like, who cares about Greg? And I think that she's already leaning into that this season, which has been like a, like a 180 degree improvement for her. Yeah. So she says she's in therapy and, um, she's with, with Greg, she wants to feel happy and she just didn't feel that, which is why they went to Jamaica together. Just totally place you go to just talk. And so she's like, well, now we're dating and the expectation is just to be happy, you know? And it's a big step back from wanting to get married all the time.

55:56And the mom's like, well, yeah, this relationship's not good for you. You're a beautiful black woman. You're a queen. You put yourself first. She's like, okay. I just went to Jamaica when I was like, I still love him. I still love him. I don't know. I'm used to real housewives being with shit people. Yeah. You know, it's like, it's almost like you have to be, to be on this show. Yeah. It's actually really unfortunate. Uh, like, I'm sure you could probably hatch a theory that like, maybe the reason why you're drawn to coming onto these shows is because you don't get to like be your full self with in your relationship.

56:30So therefore you have to express yourself like on, like on a show like this and you wild out on your cast members because you can't fully, um, it's like all misdirected rage at the shit guy that you're stuck with. I don't know. I just workshopping that right now on the fly. I feel like it sounds good. It works for me. I only came on Real Housewives to be my authentic self outside my relationship. I mean, I don't know. There's easier ways to do it. But, hey, we all take our own roads, you know? Yeah. Who am I to judge it? So the mom's like, no. And Kierna is saying, like, it sucks because even her family hates him.

57:09And they used to love him. But he was really an asshole last year. so yeah and she's yeah and um uh they basically like we see how a flashback to two weeks ago that kieran is with um her brother and her brother's like yeah no like she's like you don't trust you don't trust him and he's like no oh no so kieran is saying you know uh michelle her mom is saying you know like this this right here this place that you're in like this is earned and you have to think about your whole happiness not today is great and tomorrow maybe no it has to be great great great i was like yes michelle the mom giving you need to think about your whole happiness and not your whole happiness another great way to put it yeah yeah so let's go over to basically kieran is not going to listen to her she just gives her that look that's like okay well thanks for giving an empowering speech on uh tv that i'm not going to listen to get the fuck out of my condo okay and take your 20-year-old looking self with you.

58:13Thank you. So then we go over to Wendy's, then when, and their kids. And Eddie, who's, of course, in a happy Eddie t-shirt, wouldn't have it any other way, is getting ready to leave tomorrow because they're expanding their weed business to New Jersey. Da-da-da. Very exciting. He's going to New Jersey, and isn't this exciting? because now he gets to go to a different state. It's a big deal. It's growing your business. The kids are like, we don't care. So Wendy's like, Camwin, what do you want to do when you get older? She's like, doctor. And Eddie's like, that's right, doctor. And they're like, yay.

58:53And then Cameron's like, like mom. But then the kids are like, but mom's not like a real doctor. And they're like, look. Uh-huh, yes, she is. And Eddie's like, she is a doctor. And Cruz is like, well, not an actual doctor. so Wendy is basically like we're witch now so happy Eddie's doing really well so we're witching back thank you yeah now did you notice this part this cracked me up this was such like this was such lazy post production right here for audio because she's talking about how Eddie's like really inspires her and it takes a lot to step out and say I'm gonna try this and then she says but come to find out he's also inspiring he's an inspiration to people within this very group except the way she really says it is they edit in these words like they literally string together different words because the audio level and the style is different with every word.

59:44She literally goes but come to find out he is also inspiration people within this very group. I was like come on you gotta do better than that. Just have her record the whole sentence over again. Why are you frank in stitching? This sentence together was like so obvious. It was like bloop bloop bloop bloop bloop bloop bloop. I was like okay bravo. Let's raise our audio, like, our fake audio together. I don't know what I'm saying. It's Monday. I'm sorry, everyone. Well, let's just keep the audio of Wendy's line and just cut to Stacy. Estella Stacy. And they cut. It's like a garbage pail, kid. Okay, and we're back.

1:00:27They say the imitation is the greatest form of flattery, so color me pink. so then um carter has decided that he wants to work at chick-fil-a it's like it's a very popular fast food chain so surely there will be a decent salary thank you and you're always off on sundays so now let's go to ashley why is this sunday the only day i ever want fries from chick-fil-a i feel like every time i see a chick-fil-a it's closed and i want a waffle fry and it's because We're in an airport or something's going on that I happen to see a Chick-fil-A when I want a waffle fry and they're always closed. I hate when things are closed on Sundays.

1:01:08Like, hello, this is not 1735. 2025 people do things on Sundays. Jesus would want me to have my waffle fry. Yes, absolutely. Okay. Like we can, we can like, let's not close everything down on, you know, it's a nightmare. Like really when, like in Europe, by the way, they do not play with Sunday. They shut everything down. It is basically like zombie apocalypse on Sundays. You cannot find anything. If you're hungry on a Sunday, if you're a tourist looking for a restaurant on a Sunday, good luck. You're eating like a pigeon on the street. Europeans. Speaking of, let's go over to Ashley. she is at a boutique and this is revenge on the lady who caused all the drama with stacy last year what was her name uh that's friends with karen and stacy that there was all that dress drama over stacy not wanting to get the viv yeah stacy didn't want ashley to wear her dress was it karen yeah she didn't want someone else to have her dress and it was like a big drama and so now Viv is out and now we get Gilda welcome Gilda welcome off the bench Gilda, Gilda's just been sitting there she's like finally it's my turn hello ladies welcome to the store what can I do you for and she just stands around with her finger kind of like pinched like this they're in my store now and while they're talking Gilda's just standing by there like I could be working or I could be listening ash is like well i'm having a second bloom ball she says that as if that makes any sense like people know what a second bloom ball is what even a first bloom ball is like she's like creating a concept like as far as i could tell a second bloom ball is like you're celebrating ordering a second blooming onion out out of a pack because i've never heard of this thing before i want to snort it whatever it is it sounds good to me um so she this is going to be a divorce party basically and um we see her she's like i'm officially divorced and we see pictures of her that she took of herself at her photo shoot for being divorced where she's like in a towel with the towel on her head reading a newspaper that says ashley darby is divorced yeah um and he says then there's a headline that says cha-ching ashley darby did cash out in divorce with ex michael's 20 million net worth um and so she's like yeah that was something i worked into my agreement and like so your girl's gonna be all right i thought it would like maybe be a little sad for me but baby i really like it here yeah so she got some money out of michael that's good how'd you do that i don't know i didn't even know he had a 20 million dollar net worth that's that's pretty wild yeah so she's gonna have a floral themed thing pastels and she's telling gilda that her friend Stacy's coming and Gilda's like, oh, alright.

1:04:07Should I pass out the masks now? Yeah, let's make it look more natural. Can you get some florals on those masks? So Ashley says that the last time she saw Stacy was a bit contentious and she figured it would be just like really nice to have some like one-on-one time with her. No offense, Gilda. No offense, Gilda. It's just one-on-one. Gilda's like, two-on-one? Two on one sounds great. I'll be here. No. Back to your desk. Go back, Gilda. I love Ashley's scenes. I just wanted to spend some time with Stacey and remind her that at heart, we're both friends. Why are you lying, bitch? Yeah, exactly.

1:04:48Also, I forgot to mention, Stacey, when she showed up at Giselle's house, like, she really set the tone for the season because she was wearing such a god-awful pattern on her dress. Did you remember that? It was like lines coming in, like rays coming in in all different directions and angles and shapes. And I was like, Stacy, come on. We have to be better. I mean, her dress was better here. The pattern was, it still was a pretty loud pattern, but it made sense. But that one that she wore at the top of the episode, I just feel like we cannot let that slip by. It has to be mentioned. I thought that was pretty.

1:05:21What the hell? We're really disagreeing on a lot of Stacy things today. I thought that was a very pretty dress. You're like, it was a lovely Moroccan dress. I was like, no, Ronnie, it's an Indian dress.

1:05:32one thing we did forget to mention though that it's coming to me right now is when she was at that dinner with her husband and she's like i just love how you're sending me evites now and he's like yes because it is so easy i could just call you but then i think no i want to make it special so i make an evite she goes yes and then i come would you please like to join for please rsvp if you're going to join at this Moroccan Indian restaurant, please. Now is the time for Moroccan Indian food. Please RSVB yes or no. He's like, I would call you on the phone, but I sometimes do fear that breath can travel through telephone.

1:06:10So, if I did better.

1:06:15I'm sick of the operator cutting us off because you are taking down power lines. Wait, I have a question. You said that we're disagreeing on a lot today. I feel like we only disagreed on whether it was an Indian or a Moroccan restaurant. And also, you said that you can tell that she has bad breath. I don't know how you can tell that she has bad breath. And now we're disagreeing on her dress. I mean, and now we're probably going to disagree on something else. I'm like, we're disagreeing on how many things we disagree on. I feel like you not feeling like you can sense. I don't know. I don't feel like that's a disagreement.

1:06:56I feel like that's just a difference of perception. But the restaurant, for sure, that's a big disagreement between us. That's going to be an issue. We're disagreeing. It's going to be an issue. We're done. Yeah, it's a problem. So we see that Ashley has been holding up the longtime tradition of crazy invitations on this show because she's having her bloom party. So she sent someone to Stacey's door who's like, You are cordially invited to be present. at the second bloom ball and i love this day she was like oh by the way your invitation was so beautiful and you think it's going to be like a card like with from pyrus or whatever that's gonna have like nice fonts and good card stock and so it's just like some guys with horns doing fanfare like like they'd be like welcome to ashley's second bloom ball excuse me and i was like This isn't beautiful.

1:07:50Are we going to agree on that? Yeah, yeah. So I love that it's so Potomac that it barely gets any airtime. It just gets one little clip. Instead of going to all the ladies' house, you know, which is normally what they do. I'm just all being like, who's on my lawn? Who's that? That is a story tradition. They're like, well, if there's no clown involved, we're just going to keep this real short. Yeah. No mime? No. No thank you. No mime? No thank you, Ashley. Okay. So we see the invitation, and it's silly. It's like a full-on wedding invitation. It's at the Josephine Parks Butler Center in the District of Columbia.

1:08:27The festivities begin at 5, tentatively concluding at 8. This occasion celebrates new beginnings in honor of Ms. Ashley Darby. Attire encouraged for your best Cinderella moment. Blacktell. Is it a Cinderella party, or is it a bloom party? I think it's like thematically a little messy here. And she also explains. I think Cinderella had to go back to being a maid right after the ball. Didn't she? Like, didn't that, didn't that get explode? And then she had to, she got covered in pumpkin and had to become a maid again. Yeah. I don't even think that like Cinderella bloomed. I think Cinderella was given false hope for a moment and then it just worked out for her, but I don't think Cinderella cosplayed her way into some money.

1:09:10That's what, that's what happened. Cinderella made a bold, she made a bold choice for footwear. And she's rewarded for it. But I don't think it was really a bloom. She just sort of like, they're like, oh, look, she's good at picking out rice from ashes. It was a catfish. Yeah, it was a catfish. That's what it was. It was a catfish a little bit. It was like the first catfisher. Yeah. Congratulations. You've reached the end of part one of a two-part recap. For part two, go look for the recap that says part two. See you over there, suckers. Watch What Crappens would like to thank its premium sponsors.

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