#3294 RHORI S1E01: Rhode Rage

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1:20Ronnie Karam: Well, hello, and welcome to Watch What Crappens, a podcast about all the crap we love to talk about on Yeel Bravs. I'm Ronnie. That's Ben Unis over there. Hello, Ben.

1:31Ben Mandelker: Hi, Ronnie. How's it going? Good.

1:34Ronnie Karam: What's going on with you?

1:35Ben Mandelker: Not much. It's a big day for us. We don't often get a brand new Real Housewives franchise. So, you know, the time is now. It's special when we get to launch a new one, and today is the day.

1:48Ronnie Karam: The gods are smiling down on us. It is Real Housewives of Rhode Island episode one day. If you want this recap on video or you want bonus episodes, this week was a Survivor recap. It was super long and super fun. Or you want ad-free listening or you want the Discord server or our free weekly blog recapping all of the stuff that happened on Bravo. Join us over at patreon.com slash watch what grubbles. And now today, Real Housewives of Rhode Island 101.

2:20Ben Mandelker: What did you think about the premiere, Ronnie?

2:24Ronnie Karam: I thought it was pretty fun. Really liked it. A lot of the women look exactly the same, which is super weird. It's going to take some time to differentiate them all. But I did like them. They seem to get a lot of crazy people on the show, which is strong. None of them are shy. That's for sure. And I love all the aunties.

2:44Ben Mandelker: Oh, yeah. We need to see more of them for the rest of the season. I want all the aunts. I want all the older generation on this show just trickling through. Yeah.

2:54Ronnie Karam: What'd you think overall?

2:56Ben Mandelker: I liked it. I thought it was good. I thought it was fun. The accents are hilarious to me, of course. Actually, the only one that I didn't really love was the girl from The Bachelorette. She just felt like she didn't fit in for me. She felt very like someone who'd been on reality TV before. But I thought she was fine. It wasn't like she was bad. She wasn't as inherently interesting, I thought. But yeah, I thought it was a pretty...

3:25Ronnie Karam: She was like the straight man to all the crazies.

3:28Ben Mandelker: Well, she just was like a little generic, you know? Like there was something about her that was like, I don't know. I don't know. It was like a different vibe. I felt like she and her man felt like there was like a slickness that felt like they had been on TV before. But maybe I was just bringing that to the... Maybe I was just bringing my own prejudices. But I think overall, it was a pretty good premiere. I liked it. Yeah.

3:48Ronnie Karam: All right. Well, let's get into it lukewarm praise beginning. I was with you too. I'm expecting so much from this that I don't know. I don't know where it's going to go because I'm really expecting a lot. I mean, the previews for it were so good and I think it's a pretty good start. I mean, they're all cuckoo and their lives are like, what? And I do love that they know each other. They all know each other. From high school, Like someone used to fuck the sister's boyfriend and now it's her husband. And I mean, there's a lot of that going on. Not a lot of sister fucking, sister boyfriend fucking, but a lot of like inter, you know, things that can only happen when you've known each other for a really long time.

4:32Ronnie Karam: So I like that. So we start with the typical.

4:35Ben Mandelker: I was also going to say, I like how they have this like idea that the things that happen in Rhode Island happen nowhere else in the country. They're like rumors are a big part of Rhode Island society. Yeah. Yeah. We have a thing in Rhode Island called Rumors. People talk about each other. In Rhode Island, people eat food. We have three square meals a day in Rhode Island. Yeah.

5:00Ronnie Karam: When people in Rhode Island are hungry, we drink things. It's like, ooh. I guess that would be a little weird because you eat, right, if you're hungry. But so we start with the ladies, you know, the intro to the ladies. And first up is Alicia. And she's like, don't fuck with me. You're a ritual. Welcome to Rhode Island, bitch. This is how we roll. I was like, okay. Strong first line. Yeah.

5:22Ben Mandelker: And Liz, we see Liz, who's the fake Dolores. And she's like, you're the Lulu. I'm scary. Boo. Like what? Huh? And then.

5:31Ronnie Karam: Then they're describing each other. And someone's like, Rosie. Rosie is brave. She's not afraid to call people out. She's, and we see Rosie on like weird little bouncy skate things. What are those? They're like rollerblades, but instead of wheels, they have things that you bounce on.

5:45Ben Mandelker: Yeah. we see that and we see that again later on it's like these pink kind of like diamond shaped springy things that are i guess probably to help your glutes or something and rosie's like she's with an old guy and she cheated with an old guy with a new guy and the new guy is paying for it

6:02Ronnie Karam: but i'm the problem i'm trying to look up what these bouncy roller skate things are you know what this is going to ruin my life i'm not going to do it um yeah so then um we see joe ellen um what'd you say oh yeah okay so then we see joe ellen and she's like if i'm gonna call the fbi i'm gonna call joe ellen because she knows everything so joe we see joe ellen sitting with her husband and she's like every morning he goes to her house and you know what he's at the gym every morning and she goes does brian look like he goes to the gym i don't believe these rumors have you seen him

6:36Ben Mandelker: yeah yeah and then we we also there's someone named ruler who's not in the first episode and And she's like, everyone tells me I run a tight ship. And the husband goes, I let you track me. You know where I am every second. So it's basically, this is like all kind of like trailer stuff. Describing the girls, you know.

6:54Ronnie Karam: Kelsey's stunning. She's beautiful. She's smart. Then we see Kelsey and she's like, oh my God, why would you give someone flowers? Like flowers go away and die. Chanel is for life.

7:06Ben Mandelker: Chanel also does not. Chanel is not for life either. I hate to break it. Dude, did you ever see The Simpsons where Marge Simpson gets a Chanel outfit? Did not last. So then Kelsey's like lying around on a pool floating. She goes, I don't look at myself as a sugar baby. My boyfriend is actually attractive. The money is just a plus. Oh, God. You're a sugar baby. Spoiler alert.

7:30Ronnie Karam: She's a sugar baby. Yeah, you're a sugar baby. You're still a sugar baby. I mean, it doesn't matter if he's hot or not. I mean, that is definitely a plus. The hotness is a plus for sure. so then um we hear that ashley isn't from here so she's actually new to the group and um ashley's like oh my god i'm tired of everybody yelling and fighting all the time so eventually we sort

7:52Ben Mandelker: of land at alicia's house and so we see alicia with her her guy billy and she's like i would love a glass of wine i'm just so stressed and he's like you want a glass of red wine now she's like yeah just wine i don't care about i don't care the color my family's coming over i'm stressed you know because the thing is that like if her sentence ends with a consonant she just doesn't say it she'll be like you know what i want i want a calculator i need you know what i'm i'm so hot i'm really hot right now so her daughter's in there she's setting the table and

8:26Ronnie Karam: her daughter is like deck the halls with they're like why are you singing deck the hall she goes because the last time i set the table it was christmas so it's true oh my god my daughter Selena, she's my mini-me. We'll be shopping and she'll be like, oh, this is cute. And I'll be like, oh my God, no, this is cute. And also she loves Britney Spears. I love Britney Spears. We're basically the same. Hey, basic. We're the crackers.

8:51Ben Mandelker: I know. We're the crackers. Okay, they're here. Relax. You're in the restaurant biz. I thought you'd be better at this. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Billy owns a bunch of restaurants. My fave is Pizza Mama. Okay? And

9:06Ronnie Karam: we see pizza mama and there's like a big poster like a sexy poster for in the pizza shop she's like yeah pizza mama i'm thinking of a new picture he's like yeah you were the one that made me do

9:18Ben Mandelker: the girly pizza place so uh yeah whatever you want and we see the pizza place it is not girly

9:24Ronnie Karam: it is just a regular pizza place and then a sexy picture of his wife like you know what if you really love me you'd sexualize me in a pizza shop all right and then we get a call um she's on the

9:36Ben Mandelker: phone with nikki uh is nikki her mom because or one of the aunts because nikki's like we're all in the car on the way over we're coming over yeah it's one of the aunts she's like how far are you

9:47Ronnie Karam: i don't know how am i supposed to know what we even are we're in a car trying to come to your godforsaken house and you just hear the background in the van it's like kids squawking and ladies He's squawking. And Alicia is wearing, or Alicia. I'm sorry. We say Alicia because that's below deck, which we just did. So Alicia is sitting there in like a big beaded crucifix. It's like huge. And a big black lace booby top. She's like, I got a big Italian family. I got six ants and we all live in Rhode Island. And then we cut to the car with all the ants in there. And she's like, yeah, Alicia wants to move back to Cranston something really bad because she misses me with family.

10:24Ronnie Karam: Oh, yeah. Well, it's just so far. You got to pack a lunch to go over there I would be to your house four times Nikki, back and on back Four times there and back already Where we going?

10:36Ben Mandelker: You know, when I was eight months pregnant Billy had us move all the way to Providence It was terrible And then we see it's 15 minutes away from Cranston Oh my god

10:45Ronnie Karam: 15 minutes

10:46Ben Mandelker: You have to drive by six Starbucks just to get to Providence It was terrible

10:51Ronnie Karam: And her cuties in the back drinking out of a flash She's like, alright, it's time to go in hold on all right i'm ready i'm ready so they've all got like 19 look out like 19 trays of food each geez my grandfather opened superior bakery in lots of

11:08Ben Mandelker: other places he was well known on rhode island yeah for his girly bakeries how quiet billy so then they're like oh billy love the house don't get me wrong but i said you know we could build a beautiful one in cranston you got to come to cranston she's like yeah billy what a wedding you guys could have out there. God, if you had, you could come to Cranston, you could have the most beautiful wedding out here. Why we gotta go to Cranston for a wedding?

11:31Ronnie Karam: We could do it right here. You got a beautiful house here, huh, Billy? Let's have a wedding here in this house. He's like, oh my God, a wedding. Talk to your niece.

11:40Ben Mandelker: Me and Billy got engaged when I was seven months pregnant. That was nine years ago. And Anita's like, well, Billy, I want you to get your swagger back. Bang on against the wall or something like that. Oh my God. Oh, my God, Anita. It's like, hey, can we eat? It's like, okay, let's go. Oh, my God. So we brought over sauce with a side of sauce on top of sauce. And before that, we do have a nice appetizer. We have sauce. Oh, and for the salad, we made a Caesar salad without the lettuce, just the dressing. So enjoy.

12:10Ronnie Karam: Just give me a straw. So Aunt Anita's like, Alicia, you seen Liz? She's got a big fear of frogs.

12:18Ben Mandelker: Congratulations, Liz. That's how you're being introduced to America. fear of frogs. Guess what we don't have in Cranston? Frogs. I don't know. Think about it.

12:27Ronnie Karam: I've known Liz since I was born. I remember her being beautiful. She was older than me. She's always made me nervous. She was the queen. Queen Elizabeth. God, we all love Elizabeth.

12:38Ben Mandelker: Yes, and as we soon find out when we meet Liz, when you look at her, you think, God, she reminds me of Queen Elizabeth.

12:49Ronnie Karam: She just lives in the most gorgeous castle. and so we go see the castle and it's in cranston and liz is i do see why they call her a queen liz has like knight armor in her house yeah like a knight armor and she drinks out of like silver goblets like from medieval medieval times what's like a mansion with some she has a mcmansion

13:12Ben Mandelker: with like some kind of like gothic elements more like chateau elements or whatever i remember i i I can't visualize it, but I remember looking at it and being like, this doesn't really look like a castle. It's just like a house with some pointy elements.

13:25Ronnie Karam: And they're like the medieval props. Like she's got a braid around the top of her head. It's medieval times. It's like a new medieval times. And she taught, I can't even do a voice. By the way, voices are going to take a while on this because they're all so different. And there's so many people. But she sounds to me exactly like Meredith Marks. not our imitation of Meredith Marks, but how Meredith Marks actually talks. Like she has the same exact voice. It's freaking me out.

13:52Ben Mandelker: Did you know? To me, it's like Dolores voice because she and Dolores, when they talk together, they sound the same as so on, so on. But it's like, if Dolores is like this, she's like, she's like this. She's like Dolores and Meredith Marks mixed together. She's talking like this because Alicia is more like, she talks a little bit up here. She's like, okay, whatever, whatever. I don't have to get married. I don't want to go back to Quanson. But then Liz like, hi, look Gange look it's a beautiful day Gange look Gange look how beautiful this is look how blessed we are Gange which I think is her cat whatever I don't remember what her cat's name is

14:25Ronnie Karam: it's her cat on a leash she's got a cat on her leash named Gange because she sells weed so she named her cat Gange so she's like walking the cat down the dock outside of their house and she's like isn't this gorgeous isn't that gorgeous okay you know everyone says I'm blonde and I bite people's heads off and I get this a lot lately you know I could be scary. Hey, Jerry, Jerry McGraw, you want to drink something or what? Yeah, I met Jerry at a bar. It was when this whole ancestry thing was taken off. You look at Jerry and you look at me. No one's going to say we're related, but we are related somewhere down the line.

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17:12Ben Mandelker: Yeah, somewhere down the line, we were related. I don't know, it was maybe like one generation ago, something like that. Anyway, he's got three kids. They're my aunt daughter. They're my niece daughters, I call them. And I was not prepared to be a mom. I mean, school, uniform, hair, bags, lunches, leashes. I got, you know, but I got to drive away. And they're like, oh, God, stop. Like, Skylar's not in the car yet. Skylar's one foot from the car. Like, I don't even know who these kids are. Okay?

17:37Ronnie Karam: So we go into her closet And it does look like A dressing room in Branson, Missouri It is all sequins and feathers Basically And she's like, Jerry, can we discuss the date? Jerry, come into the closet So he comes, and she's like, I'm not going to do the bundle bag This year, Jerry Jerry and I own a cannabis dispensary That's right

17:59Ben Mandelker: Yeah, we were one of the first On the east coast I like to believe that we trailblazed Emphasis on the blaze, if you know what I'm saying And my husband slash brother is kind of a cannabis. So kind of cannabis king, you know. So by proxy, I'm the queen of weed, right? And Liz is like, I'm going to take the dinghy, by the way, to lunch. Okay. It would be nice to meet Kelsey while it's a nice day, huh? So she gets on this like little inflatable thing that like, like a life raft. She's like, all right, here I go.

18:30Ronnie Karam: And rock music is playing. It's like dinner, dinner. It's like, yeah, I'm on the dinghy. That's right, motherfuckers. All right. I'm not nice. By the way, the talk

18:40Ben Mandelker: on Twitter is that Liz has mob connections because I guess there was like over a thousand phone calls between her and this like guy who, like a New England crime boss who's currently like under trial or whatever and they're like, yeah, Liz. Liz has got ties to the New England mob. I'm like, yeah. Duh. What else is new? We already know this. We just met her. We know this.

19:11Ronnie Karam: Yeah. So she's going to meet Kelsey, and we see Kelsey. She's being brought to lunch in a black car, and she's like, thanks, Don, or whatever her chauffeur is. She's like, thanks. And she's like the hot young one or a hot young one. There's a couple on this one. And Liz is like, I know Kelsey because I grew up with a boyfriend. Kelsey and a boyfriend, they've got the age disparity, but I didn't think he's that old because actually he's my age.

19:38Ben Mandelker: So then Liz is on her dinghy Like going across the harbor She's like yeah I'm Liz I'm in the mafia And I got a dinghy Oh god my hat Alright well

19:50Ronnie Karam: Kelsey's like oh god my armpits I already have swamp ass waiting for you What's going on Nothing wrong with a little swamp ass Here or there Dolly I'm gonna put this napkin down So my ass doesn't sweat Dolly, what do you want? Let me guess. Gin? What are you going to have? Gin?

20:10Ben Mandelker: And she's like, Gin was mother's mouth to her. I was like, wait, what was that?

20:16Ronnie Karam: You said it? I said it. I said you said it? I said it. Come on, what are we, sisters?

20:21Ben Mandelker: I didn't know that that was from My Fair Lady, because of course I looked it up. I knew they were alluding to something, but I don't know My Fair Lady very well, and I just thought it was funny.

20:29Ronnie Karam: Past Act 1.

20:32Ben Mandelker: I just was like, I can't believe that this lady, this like super spray-tanned, mafia-type ganja queen who looks like Dolores, who just took a dinghy to lunch and lost her head along the way, is now sitting here quoting my fair lady.

20:51Ben Mandelker: They call me Queen Elizabeth for nothing else. The rain in Spain falls mainly in Rhode Island, right, guys?

20:59Ronnie Karam: I'll have a Hendrix, a spicy tuna, and extra lemons, please. and then we see Kelsey and she's messing with her lemon. She goes, oh my God, I got to take all the lemon seeds out of here. God, this is disgusting. She goes, oh, that's right. You got a crazier version to lemon seeds. Kelsey, am I right? This one.

21:18Ben Mandelker: Does Kelsey know that if, that like she doesn't have to drink the lemon seeds that they fall off in her water? Did she know that? It's like, it's not mandatory. They have to eat them. In fact, you don't even have to, in fact, most people don't. It's an aversion.

21:32Ronnie Karam: It's an aversion. but what are you going to do?

21:35Ben Mandelker: Yeah, so the 4th of July, what are you thinking? She's like, um, I don't know. Well, I mean, he's not going to be able to be in town, but when I get my free time and I'm solo, I really love it, you know? Yeah, I mean, look at you. You got everything. You got everything that everyone could ever imagine. Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop. Bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop. And then we see shots of Kelsey's mansion.

21:59Ronnie Karam: And Kelsey, we meet Kelsey now. Liz, can you not do the flashback sound effects?

22:02Ben Mandelker: Thanks so much. It just doesn't sound good with you.

22:04Ronnie Karam: Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So we go to her mansion. She's like, I've been a Lady Alicia for 10 years now, living in a 16 ,000 square foot home. I mean, the house has literally everything I need. Four kitchens, 79 TVs. I mean, the closet, that's the best. 79 TVs. Could you imagine having to go to a different room to watch your peacock? And it's like, could you sign in? Sign in on this one. now sign in on this one you want to watch your netflix again i don't think you're in the same household you want to pay another 30 a month yeah seriously also that's like a lot of tvs

22:42Ben Mandelker: so then um there's a painting of her with the miss rhode island she got to be miss rhode island so that's exciting and she's like you know you have to go to a different zip code just to get to the bedroom my boyfriend's family is probably one of the most prominent families in the state of rhode island and he has allowed me to live a life of not being allowed to work

23:03Ronnie Karam: i have the privilege of not being allowed to do something yeah and uh we see pictures of them as a couple but his face is ripped out of everyone like did you guys do this after the breakup where is this guy also mob connected because i have a feeling so she's like yeah i saw him when he was nine when i was 19 i mean the guy's tall he's dark he's handsome we made out for two hours straight i didn't even come off the air but when we started dating 10 years ago here's the reason i became miss rhode island wow if i didn't have that push from him and those judges didn't have a threat of a push from him i wouldn't have ever had the balls to do it like how many judges died in the making of you i know miss rhode island how many of them were approached in parking lots like

23:49Ben Mandelker: hey, if you don't make Kelsey miss Rhode Island, then you're going to be sleeping in Rhode Island, if you know what I'm saying, like in the water around Rhode Island, because it's not that really an island, but you know in the beach.

24:03Ronnie Karam: I want Kelsey to be bigger than Mrs. Mama Pizza. You got it?

24:09Ben Mandelker: Listen, we watched Game of Crowns. That was the first show on Bravo that took place in Rhode Island, partially, and that was about Mrs. America pageants, and that there was literally a storyline of someone threatening to murder someone's because of the pageant so like we know this shit happens yes rhode island and mob connections

24:30Ronnie Karam: they've got it going on in that town they really do so we see her plaques like her numerous plaques one says first runner up and then another one says most photogenic oh i feel so sad for kelsey Why?

24:43Ben Mandelker: She seems the saddest of all of them. She's so sad. She's living a very sad existence. She looks so bored. And she's like, you know what? He's a good man. And for five months out of the year, he's gone. I'm in a literal empty house with 79 TVs. And it's just me. Me watching Love Island from room to room to room to room. Imagine what it must be like to be in a villa with even just one other person.

25:10Ronnie Karam: Yeah. She's like, I'm bored. I'm bored in the house by myself. My relationship, she calls him. She calls him. She's like, honey, I'm bored. He's like, I don't care. Fuck off. She's like, okay, love you too. Call me soon. It's like, ah. My relationships vary in orthotics. This mandates multiple peoples. And for the first half of the year, my boyfriend's in Miami. And when he's in Miami, he's with someone else. But now, what? Girl, come on.

25:36Ben Mandelker: is this that uh is that is this that um one-sided monogamy i've been reading about from the

25:41Ronnie Karam: manosphere yeah um exactly is that a thing one-sided monogamy jeez that's what apparently

25:48Ben Mandelker: in the manosphere documentary that's on netflix the the guys are saying that like yeah we engage in one set of monogamy and then the new york times even wrote an article about like what is one-sided monogamy oh for christ's sake known as cheating so um she's like but now i'm at a crossroad where I just hit 30 and I want more for myself. I want a committed relationship, but at his age, in his life, there's nothing he's going to change and he is who he is. And if I can't accept it, I have to leave. Like, well, right. I guess you're going to have to leave your silly situation.

26:22Ronnie Karam: And it's not the, uh, I really want to leave this great relationship. It's like, I don't want to leave all this money. Like I'm bored, but shit being better is poor. Being better is being bored is better than being poured you know so kelsey's like yeah you know the good has always outweighed the bad though we're back at lunch now and liz is like i get that you don't want to be second fiddle she goes yeah i thought i'd be in his life as long as he wanted me and uh you know i'm not in control of that you know but that's okay she's like yeah and you're okay with that but now you're growing into your skin you're maturing your skin's getting looser starting to sag a little bit you got more room

26:58Ben Mandelker: to grow in there you know what i mean it's like listen this is a decision you don't have to make okay your crow's feet will make it for you you're gonna be out on the curb soon enough so don't worry about it enjoy it while you got it well why quit your job when you're about to

27:12Ronnie Karam: be laid off for being aged out anyway that's what i say i feel like a long time i don't know what

27:18Ben Mandelker: the right thing is to do you know she's like well because i do love them and that's what hurts well I know it's hard having it all and then having to make it all your own. Okay. All on your own. That's a very hard thing for someone like you who's talentless, has no skills. And quite frankly, it seems a little bit dumb, you know?

27:34Ronnie Karam: I mean, really it's going to be hard with the girl with swamp ass. I'm not going to lie to you, but you could do it. You could do it. Keep that, keep that napkin between your cheeks and march on forward. Young lady.

27:45Ben Mandelker: Yeah. You know what? There's always going to be another lemon to D seed. So go to it, ma 'am.

27:52Ronnie Karam: She's like, So then we go to Wakefield, Rhode Island, and we're in Matunek Restaurant. Matlock. Matlock Restaurant. Well, I'm just your happy next door neighbor, but I did happen to notice you left blood spider all over the front porch. Joellen and Gary are at lunch. And Joellen looks just like Jen Aiden to me. I think she is like a dead ringer.

28:22Ben Mandelker: I do not see that whatsoever to me she looked more like Courtney Frayne from Two Judgy Girls oh

28:30Ronnie Karam: okay I can see that so Gary's like we got the best seat in the house here we're gonna have a good night if we start out with shots he's got kind of the emerald voice which I like and Joellen's like I got married in high school he was his host senior and I was this innocent freshman I'd go to his locker and I'd be like hi and then he finally said oh you're Jen's little sister Oh my God, my sister loved him. She loved him. Jen Hayden, my sister. And automatically, I loved this storyline because she stole her husband from her sister. Yes. Yep.

29:04Ben Mandelker: And we see pictures of them at prom and everything. And Joellen's like, yeah, but I was going to marry this man. And so I chased him. And finally, I got him. So by the way, the sun will set and it will be beautiful. It'll be just like a wedding. I think it's funny and kind of like, I think it's funny. I think back and I kind of drifted apart from the people in the wedding party. Now that I think about it, it's like, yeah, well, I basically hang with all my guys still, all my friends. She's like, yeah, I know that. I just have so much trouble with everyone all the time. I just really don't know why anybody tells me anything.

29:32Ben Mandelker: Cause when anybody says, you know, don't tell anyone, like, of course I'm going to not tell anyone. I'm like, I'm not going to not tell anyone. Like just like my best friend and then like my other best friend. And then I tell everyone not to tell anyone. And then I tell everyone basically, I'm Joe Allen.

29:45Ronnie Karam: It's like, oh honey, thanks for loving me, for tolerating me. I know it's scary. Okay, I know I can come off as a bitch, but I'm not actually a bitch. I mean, when people get to know me, they're not as scared. I mean, not as scared. I'm pretty scary. I'm Joellen. There's nothing as not scary about someone who tells you how scary they are. Yeah, I know. I think she gets pushed into lockers a lot. That's my guess. Or do you think people are really scared of her?

30:15Ben Mandelker: I think people are annoyed by her probably. I like her, but I can imagine people be like, oh, Joellen again, talking 10 miles an hour, 10 miles an hour, 30 miles, whatever, 500 miles an hour. I was like -

30:28Ronnie Karam: Six kilometers a Dio.

30:30Ben Mandelker: I was trying to say how she talks so fast that I give her extremely low speed. I was like, she's probably talking 10 miles per hour. She's probably talking way under the speed limit. So Jo - He's like, oh, I can't wait for the oysters.

30:42Ronnie Karam: She's like, ah, you never know what you're going to get from me out of this. Well, I'm going to go to sleep. And he's like, yeah, you know, we got to get out from the kids sometimes. Yeah, having three kids might as well be having 500 children. Am I right? God, it's so hard to get them dressed, especially when they're all sick. Like I'm the type of mom who buys cookies and then I throw them on a Tupperware to make the bake sale. What? I'm Joellen.

31:05Ben Mandelker: I'm crazy. Woman of the people, you know. It's like, you know, it's been a tough year having three kids and going back to work. Like your mom is old school Italian. She didn't work, you know. You know, I'm in aesthetic sales, so I work a lot with plastic surgeons and dermatologists and med spas. And my counterpart will go in and sell devices for lasering and fat reduction and microneedling and body contouring. And then I go in and I tell them how to use it. I'm like, hey, I'm Joel and it's crazy. I like making my own money and not having to rely on Botox. Because he's like, what's this for? I'm like, probably for Botox, right?

31:36Ronnie Karam: So then we go to Alicia and she's vacuuming now. And she's like, oh, my God, what is all this powder? Oh, the powder is coming out of the vacuum No wonder No wonder Who is vacuuming a powder Come on, I can't

31:51Ben Mandelker: My vacuum has a cocaine problem So then a pink Jeep shows up And it's Rosie And so Rosie looks just like Kelsey And at first I thought they were the same person But it turns out they're not the same person So Alicia's It happens a lot

32:07Ronnie Karam: It happens a lot in this show Oh my god

32:09Ben Mandelker: Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I love. Look, we both have the pink skate. We both have the pink shoe things. I love that we have the same ones. You're like a Taurus and a model, and they're going to be asking you for your autograph. Wow.

32:22Ronnie Karam: I've known Rosie for two years now. What? I'm bad at math.

32:26Ben Mandelker: That's not math. I know. It's just understanding dates and time.

32:33Ronnie Karam: It's not math, Alicia. It's like, yeah, I'm bad at math. What can I say? the girl who does my Botox is her best friend. Anyway, she's fun. We got fun together. You know, we became real close over the last year. I knew who she was anyway because she was a newscaster. So, yeah. So I knew who she was. You turn on the news, she's casting it.

32:51Ben Mandelker: I can't remember if she was on Channel 5 or Channel 8. I'm bad at math.

32:55Ronnie Karam: I'm bad at math. So we see Rosie doing traffic news. And she's like, Hello, this is Rosie. I'm doing some traffic. You got a backed up traffic there on the 404. And that's pretty bad. No one likes traffic. Am I right? I'm Rosie.

33:10Ben Mandelker: I initially found out about, I initially found out my stepfather had a crush on her. And I wanted to throw up in my mouth, especially when one time I saw him jerking off to Rosie on the television. I was like, dad, what you doing? Rosie's like, well, I was a TV reporter and anchor on the number one TV station here in Rhode Island. Yeah, we got a solid 20 ,000 people per day. And I don't think it's a shock to anyone that the only people watching the news in the last 10 years are 50 plus. Am I right? So if I don't go somewhere and no one says my grandfather loves you, then I've had a bad day.

33:43Ronnie Karam: So they walk around on their skate things, their bouncy skate things. Bouncy shoes. Yeah. Whatever they are. And Alicia's like, by the way, happy anniversary. Oh my god. Oh my god. She's like, yeah, Rich and I have been married one year, which is probably by far my best friend, Rich. He's my biggest supporter. Rich has a million hobbies and make him money. He flips houses with his uncle. He DJs. He sings. And then we see a clip of Rich in a white tux at a party being like, hey, you want to hear a Sinatra tune? I got one for you right here. Fly me to the moons.

34:19Ben Mandelker: Does anyone want to hear my hobby I've been working on that Bravo will not pay the licensing fees for? Here we go. Here's my song. I hope you enjoy that, everyone. They're never going to play any Sinatra. like congratulations you will not be you've got to find a new artist to get behind

34:36Ronnie Karam: so he became a frank sinatra singer not an impersonator he gets very upset when people say that and uh so alicia's bouncing up and down she's like oh my god this is a vibe this is a vibe here

34:49Ben Mandelker: i do have fun with rosie this is like my favorite exercise it's good for your lymphatic system or something so rosie's like this was the most cardio i've done in a while yeah me too i almost died I was trying to do Jane's Fonda's, you know, but so much mess. Okay. So talk to me about this picnic you're doing. It's like, oh, it's an event for my TV show. So I have a lifestyle show that airs on Saturdays and Sundays. And I just do things with local businesses, you know, because in Rhode Island, we have businesses.

35:19Ronnie Karam: And we see a clip of Rosie on some in some restaurant kitchen talking to the staff. She's like, I had to starve myself for two days to do this shoot because I took Ozempic like two days ago. Could you believe it? She goes, yeah, we're shooting a picnic. It's actually a collab I'm doing with the company that does like posh picnics. So we're going to set up a picnic. We might as well shoot the segment and then have some of my friends come by so we can actually enjoy it.

35:41Ben Mandelker: I'm worried, though, because Joellen's going to be there. Do you think she'll be nice? Oh, yeah. I don't know how to put her in her place. You know, I don't know how to put her in her place a lot. You know, she goes, yeah, tomorrow you just may have to. You know, I met Joellen through Alicia and they're in a clique. And Liz and Kelly are in the clique as well. And I want to be friends with everyone But here's the thing, if you want to be in the clique You have to be friends with Joellen And I told her to her face, you can be really nice When you're not being mean, but they haven't let me into the clique So I'm bringing her to a picnic Because it sort of sounds like clique I'm going to call it the pic-click Pic-click-click I'm workshopping it still

36:17Ronnie Karam: Well, I think that Joellen, you know, she's just so insecure About being a villain in her life Well, then she should stop being one Yeah, but you know what, she's always putting the villain thing on everyone else So no one's looking at her as the villain but then she's really the villain but she's insecure about being a villain. Poor thing. I mean, it's a rough lot to live.

36:34Ben Mandelker: The reason I'm nervous about Joellen is because we just had this casual day at her house and she invited everyone over and everyone wore sweatpants and then she said nasty things about me when she thought I couldn't hear her. But I clock everything, okay? Because I'm someone who has a local lifestyle show that airs on the weekends during the worst rated time slot for the market, the Rhode Island market.

37:00Ronnie Karam: Don't talk to me about clocks I'm terrible with math I mean we've all heard the rumors I mean like it's crazy what people say about Joellen I didn't know she was a swinger Whoa whoa whoa whoa I was trying to like kind of you know Bring it out slowly there Alicia Yeah well I heard the rumor But I still want to know I'm nosy call me nosy You know why they call me nosy Because I'm nosy I want to know I hear you're a swinger Are you a swinger tell me

37:25Ben Mandelker: Nosy Rosie I knew Joellen growing up I was best friends with Jen Jen, her sister, you know Jen, right? Jen and Joellen, you know So I did communing with Gary And we had a confirmation together So I'm still really close with Gary So not as close as him and his sister's were I'm like, well, thanks for that story So the person's like, well, what do you mean?

37:46Ronnie Karam: Because she says it like, not as close as him and his sister And they're like, what do you mean? She goes, well, Jen and Gary Maybe they might have had a little thing You know, in high school I don't know. What? Who am I? Just a nosy person.

38:00Ben Mandelker: I'm like, I hate to break it to you, but Joellen already said this. Joellen already was like, yeah, I stole him from my sister.

38:07Ronnie Karam: Yeah, I know. Joellen loves how to put out a fire. That's what I like about Joellen. She comes on here and she's like, I'm the bitch of the group. Everybody hates me. And I'm fucking my, I married my sister's ex. Fuck buddy. Whatever.

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39:34Ben Mandelker: And now a new segment that may be only on this episode. Bird report. Bird report. Bird report. Hey, what's that bird? What's that bird over that long, that long bird? Is that an, is that an ostrich?

39:48Ronnie Karam: I don't know. What is that? A pigeon? What is it?

39:51Ben Mandelker: Pigeon? Pigeon ostrich? Oh my God. Is that a parrot?

39:53Ronnie Karam: It's a bald eagle.

39:54Ben Mandelker: Oh my God. it's america america's right here that's it's a flamingo it's a brown flamingo someone got mud

40:00Ronnie Karam: on the flamingo oh my god it's an anorexic swan maybe it's a swan who took osmpec oh my god is

40:07Ben Mandelker: this one that lost all its feathers it's it's a it's a featherless swan oh my god plus one and the title comes up it's like it's a heron yeah heron the entire time is like i'm a heron I'm obviously a heron. I've been a heron. I'm a gray heron. And I don't know how many times I have to walk around these beaches for you guys to know who the fuck I am. I've been here all this time. I've been here before you and I'll be here after you.

40:31Ronnie Karam: Fish report. I mean, bird report. Bird report. This has been the bird report. So now we go to Goddard Beach and Rosie's setting up for a picnic with her assistants and stuff. And she shows up in like a leopard bodysuit thing. Growing up, I wanted to be Ryan Seacrest. I would interview my teddy bears.

40:52Ben Mandelker: I even had blonde highlights that went in all sorts of different directions.

40:56Ronnie Karam: I couldn't get my jaw unhinged enough to open my mouth that much, but I'm still trying. I'm still trying. So now she puts on her news voice and she's like, hey, guys, I'm Rosie Woods. We're having a posh picnic today at the beach. This is Kara. Kara, what do you do here? And Kara's like, I'm the chief salami officer. She goes, of charcuterie relations. No, charcuterie creations. Sorry.

41:27Ben Mandelker: So you have to keep talking because my mouse just died and I can't scroll my notes. I have to plug in my manual thing. I wish my mouse would give me some sort of like, I wish like this mouse has to like tell me when it's dying. So that way I know to like charge it. Because like now I'm stuck in the middle of Rhode Island. I'm paralyzed. I'm literally paralyzed. Okay, manual mouse going.

41:46Ronnie Karam: I'm still paralyzed, Chief Salami Officer. So Alicia and Joellen show up, and Joellen's like, I'm here because Alicia wanted me to come. However, I'm not a fan of Rosie. Oh, God, I'm going to watch one of her stupid news videos right now. Oh, God, news on video. This one's about road tripping or something? Listen, oh, God, I just want you to know there's 215 views on this video. God, oh, damn it. I gave her a view. Gave her a view. i'm still paralyzed so they're checking out this picnic come on mouse get with it elisa's like oh my god it's beautiful i'm gonna enjoy i'm gonna literally die what a beautiful picnic okay well get your gift bags girl so ashley comes and she meets joellen and alicia ashley is the bachelor chick she's nude yes we haven't met her yet so uh she's like oh i brought you a little gift uh rosie thanks for inviting me and she's like well if there's one thing that will warm up a Rhode Island crowd.

42:44Ronnie Karam: It's Duncan. So I got her some Duncan for a gift.

42:48Ben Mandelker: And I feel like she was trying to set up the whole group to be like, oh my God, I love Duncan. I love Duncan. And she was like, you know what they're going to do? As soon as I say this, there's going to be like a round robin of everyone saying, I love Duncan. I go to Duncan at night. I get a culotta. No one paid attention. Everyone just kept on going. She's like, Duncan, guys, right? They're like, yeah, yeah, yeah. We got to talk about some other stuff. So Rosie's like, Ashley's my really good friend. We both love boy bands, the Disney Channel, all the dumb things teen girls care about. Except we're much older than that.

43:20Ben Mandelker: Well, other than the fact that she was on The Bachelor and Super Famous, we're basically the same person. I'm kind of like, I'm like the local news Rhode Island version of Ashley. So I'm like, we're basically the same kind of star, right?

43:34Ronnie Karam: I'm not only a non-famous Ryan Seacrest, I'm also a non-famous Ashley. I mean, they just keep stacking up. So Ashley says, I'm married to Jared Haven, Rhode Island native and very proud. And I met him on Bachelor in Paradise. And, you know, when I met him for the first time, I was like, oh, my God, this is like a love at first sight thing. And then it turned out to be true. OK, that's cutting out a lot of the story. The story was, oh, my God, Jared is so cute. He's like, I mean, I like you like as my friend. And then he would go off and make out with everybody else. And then she would be like.

44:09Ronnie Karam: and sob and then by the end if after he got fucked over by like five different girls and kept getting dumped and he still needed to stay on the show um he stayed with ashley to make it through the show another married isn't it romantic he does really seem like he sucks he also he kind of looks like nico from below deck met remember nico the bosun yes of course sort of like a bachelor version of of nico a little bit i think i think he looks like an elf in a video game and i think he's super does and he has like a really big job i've always thought jared is super cute but kind of a dick um he seems like a dick yeah yeah and uh she's like well we've been married six years so we're in like the real part of the fairy tale where real stuff is happening you know like go poopy kids does anyone have to go poopy it's hard people say our love is so inspiring and

45:05Ben Mandelker: those people are me and um just know that like we're both on the couch at the end of the night we're just going like this you know she makes some motion with her thumbs like does does she

45:16Ronnie Karam: mean eating or i think like she's like we're just in there eating and noshing i'm like

45:21Ben Mandelker: oh are people saying your love is inspiring is that a thing that's happening so then she's like i'm from virginia i met my husband the bachelor we got married at the k Chapel in Newport and then we had a reception in Rosewood and I will say that Rhode Island is different because it's so close-knit and Alicia's like yeah if I didn't see you in kindergarten it's a problem. She goes yeah.

45:44Ronnie Karam: Thanks Alicia. Feel really welcome here. Yeah if I didn't see you in kindergarten it's a problem. Whoa you gonna beat me up? God damn. She's like yeah I've never been to a state where people are so proud to be from it you know.

46:03Ben Mandelker: Yeah, I haven't really in the four years, you know, been here, made my own friend group here. I wonder if it's because I'm just like unrelentingly annoying. I don't know. Just like, yeah, I think it's just really hard to place to infiltrate because it's like if you're not from Rhode Island, it's like you're like a suspect, you know, I mean, right, guys? Like, no, we just find you is really annoying and stupid. That's it. Has nothing to do with whether you're from Rhode Island. We just say that as an excuse so we don't seem like total bitches, but we just don't like you.

46:27Ronnie Karam: so joe ellen's like oh yeah well kelsey came over she's going through a lot guys a lot and then we see a clip of kelsey being like i just rely on him so much like i just i wouldn't have to worry about how much things cost i mean i'm 31 now you know i've had like 11 years of sugar what am i gonna do you can't just cut somebody off from their sugar i'm gonna be poor and 30 31 oh god so then we cut back and she's like yeah you know she's in between what she wants and Rosie's like, so you mean a personal change? She goes, yeah, you know, I mean, she's 31 and she's Delvo. I don't know what she said there.

47:02Ben Mandelker: She's Delvo. She's a Delvo. She's a, she's a, she's a, she's a, she's 31 and she's a dumb, maybe a Dumbo, Dumbo, Dumbo, Dumbo, Delvo. It's a playback game. So Ashley's like, okay, like, okay, we're going to play a game because it sounds like you're about to talk about something interesting. So let's do the Bravo tradition of slowing down the entire scene so we can have a stupid game. Okay, never have I ever. Okay, I'll start up. Put up five fingers. Never have I ever done any butt stuff. Rose is like, oh, okay, okay. Put your finger down. You've done it? You've done it? And Joellen's like, yeah, I did it.

47:40Ben Mandelker: And Rose is like, okay, well, I like my guys with skinny wieners, you know, for butt stuff, things like that. And Alicia's like, if anyone ever actually touched my butt, I would get a gun and kill them.

47:56Ronnie Karam: Okay, never have I ever had a threesome And Alicia's like, okay, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no And Joellen goes, you've never had any threesomes? I'm like, never, Joellen, Joellen, no

48:09Ben Mandelker: Joellen, okay, I've got one Never have I ever been a polygamist What is that? I'm not good at math, I can't, what is the polyamist? I don't know shapes like that

48:20Ronnie Karam: Rosalie says, if you have like a boyfriend And a boyfriend somewhere else, you know Like, I thought Kelsey was that. I mean, doesn't her boyfriend have a girlfriend and a girl? Wait, doesn't her boyfriend have a girlfriend here and a girlfriend in Florida? And Joanne's like, oh, yeah, I don't know. You should ask her. She goes, yeah, well, there's just so many rumors. I mean, I don't know anything about it. Yeah, well, there's a lot of rumors about everybody. Aren't there, Rosie?

48:43Ben Mandelker: This is what bothers me about Rosie. She's constantly talking shit, whether it be me or Kelsey or any other friend. And I would actually pick up the phone and be like, before I embarrass you in front of people, I want to take ownership of this. But she's like, well, this person said this and I did this and only because of that. And there's always an excuse with her. So Alicia's like, I just want to know who you, who do you want to get? Who do you want to spend Christmas with? You know, what do you spend Thanksgiving with this one and Christmas with that one and another and another? Like, I get it.

49:14Ben Mandelker: You get double presents. I get it.

49:17Ronnie Karam: Rosie's like, what do you mean double presents? Because, you know, Christmas, what do you buy for both? What do you buy? What do you buy for both? She's like, but I thought her boyfriend had another girlfriend. What are you saying? She has another boyfriend too? And John's like, if you have a question, ask her. That's all I'm saying. Rosie, you constantly talk shit, and I don't love it. I don't love that, Rosie. And Rosie's like, well, I'm a nosy person. Nosy Rosie. I ask questions. I've got follow-up questions. What do you expect from me? I used to be a reporter. Almost Ryan Seacrest.

49:46Ben Mandelker: listen when you've done the hard work of asking questions of local bakers on a saturday afternoon lifestyle show you'll learn how to ask the questions okay it's called follow-up it's called journalism it's called walter cronkite she goes okay you know it's actually hilarious that you would say that because i heard you were talking shit about me and joellen's like that's not true at all she's like well and i still invited you to my picnic to be nice to you aren't you enjoying this picnic she goes like okay it's okay i'm here i'm here okay i'm here So, of course, I'm enjoying it.

50:14Ronnie Karam: Well, when we went to your house, you talked shit about me to Kelsey. And I heard you talking shit about the wine that I brought. She goes, but the wine was very cheap. It was very, very cheap. She's like, but you said I was evil and not even children would like me. Just, well, I don't think I said that to your face. But I do feel that way. I do. I do.

50:32Ben Mandelker: If you don't want me talking about what you've done to me, then stop doing fucked up shit to me. And that will be the solution. And you didn't have to come to my fucking picnic, okay? I didn't have to pay$1 ,000 for your gift bag. She goes, oh, shut the fuck up. Are you like out of your mind? Are you out of your mind? $1 ,000 for the gift bag.

50:51Ronnie Karam: Joellen likes to throw chips when she can. She's got a side to her when she switches up real quick. And if she knows something mean, she can say she's going to say it. You know, that's the beauty of Joellen. That's the beauty of her.

51:03Ben Mandelker: The beauty of her. You know, she's just always going to go for the jugular. That's the beauty of her.

51:08Ronnie Karam: That's why we love her. so Rosie's like I invited you here as an olive branch and you're literally just being like yourself and she's like I don't know what victim cards you're trying to play here but come on she goes oh god you know what this means to me just leave me alone okay all right all right don't

51:25Ben Mandelker: don't cry don't cry and so uh Rosie's like I'm just so nice to everybody I'm trying and you're like so mean and I don't like that you think I'm a bad person am I nosy Rosie yes but I'm not a bad person i'm trying really hard to be a good person okay listen rosie listen listen i'm not trying to make you cry okay let's start over let's start from here she's like but you're trying to turn everyone against me no no no no no i just want to move on i'm bored with you already let's

51:51Ronnie Karam: move on okay let's start now fresh let's start fresh now from here okay well that you didn't start then let's start fresh again right now right now right this second everybody everybody put your

52:03Ben Mandelker: hands and everyone put your hands in the center. Okay. How many hands do we got? Yes. 16 hands. I'm bad at math. I don't know. I can't do it. Okay. Put your, put your hand on top. Okay. Go ahead. Joellen, make a speech. Okay. Everyone, now that we have our hands in the center, like we're about to go play a soccer game, I'm trying really hard. Uh, and I want to start over with you. Two, four, six, eight. Who do we appreciate? Sorry, Alicia. I know that was hard for you.

52:25Ronnie Karam: Oh my God. My brain, my brain hurts. It hurts.

52:30Ben Mandelker: Do I have to answer that question? I can't follow it I lost that after four I lost count like okay look I'm having a 4th of July party Rosie included I want to invite all you guys to it okay come to my 4th of July party okay

52:47Ronnie Karam: I haven't been to a 4th of July party ever we don't have those in Virginia God Rhode Island is so unique okay you can come to Ashley and Rosie I'm here because I just want to get past the bullshit okay let's start over right now. Pretend that speech never happened. It's like, well, I'm hopeful we can move forward and go to the 4th of July party and have a good time, but I'm nervous. I'm just going to try and come up with a really cute gift though, so I have to figure that out. Boxed wine? Maybe she's never had wine in a box. I don't know.

53:15Ben Mandelker: By the way, is Ashley just that annoying that she's just never been invited to a 4th of July party in a southern state? I've never heard of that. That's crazy.

53:27Ronnie Karam: I know. I've never heard of that either. That's weird. So she's like, okay, well, I say that we say cheers to a fresh start. And I've had a great time with you, except for all the fighting, you guys. God, you guys fight so much. And they're out of champagne. They're like, Ashley, you're out of champagne. So now we go to South Kingstown, Rhode Island. And we're at Audrey's Coffeehouse and Lounge.

53:50Ben Mandelker: Yeah. Jared is the barista there, the husband. And she's like, oh, my God, I'm so happy to have my car back. Yeah, you got to have a big ass car, right? And she's like, yeah, by the way, I'm not a coffee today. Can I get a turtle? I've never heard of a turtle as a coffee drink before, but I'm already annoyed at it. So she's like, it's been four years since we opened up Audrey's Coffee Shop and Lounge. And it's been four years I've been asking, who's Audrey? So it's the second rated, just so everyone knows, it's the second rated celebrity owned restaurant in the United States with Bon Jovi being number one.

54:26Ben Mandelker: and I'm like, that's actually really cool. Who is the celebrity who owns it though? And she rates this stuff.

54:35Ronnie Karam: I don't know that any of this is true. What is that?

54:40Ben Mandelker: I would like to know who announced that it was the number two celebrity-owned establishment in the country. There's so many questions about the celebrity-dom of it and the quality of it. You know the place in Rhode Island where you can get that turtle? Yeah.

54:56Ronnie Karam: Okay. I looked up the top. Well, that's prestige Hong Kong. I don't know. Who do I look? Top chef celebrity owned restaurants. Okay. But would these be chef celebrities? I don't know. Let's see. So RPM steak in Chicago, Bill and Juliana Rancic. Pizzana in Los Angeles, Chris O'Donnell. Beer bar in Salt Lake City, Ty Burrell. Olay Red or Olred in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. Blake Shelton. Sunda, Nashville. Johnny Galecki. Little Pine in Los Angeles. Moby. Giada in Las Vegas. Giada. Swan in Miami. Pharrell Williams. Ashley, it's not looking good here. Chicken plus beer in Atlanta. Ludacris. Nobu in New York City.

55:43Ronnie Karam: Robert De Niro. I didn't know he owned Nobu. God, I feel like an idiot. International Smoke in San Francisco. Aisha Curry. Buddy V's Restaurant. Buddy Valastro. Bird Bakery. Girl, I'm not seeing Ashley is the point. Okay. I'm still going.

55:58Ben Mandelker: Maybe they just don't qualify for the category. You know? It's celebrity owned.

56:04Ronnie Karam: This is a little. Shut up. Tajine in Beverly Hills is Ryan Gosling? I didn't know he owned Tajine.

56:12Ben Mandelker: Yes, he does. Yes, he does. He opened in like 2005.

56:15Ronnie Karam: That lasted a long time. Yeah.

56:17Ben Mandelker: Yeah, I've actually never. I've always wanted to go there. For 20 years, I've wanted to go there, and I've never actually been there.

56:21Ronnie Karam: Well, who knew? So anyway, don't see you on the list, Ash. sorry so uh jared's like oh my god the ice machine's not working again fuck me it's always something i swear okay is this a huge money maker no but we did think it would make more money than it is making and she's like okay so jared so i met joelle and he goes hold on hold on ava what were you saying what were you saying about that drink okay yeah more fuzz i got it more but okay

56:45Ben Mandelker: all right go ahead honey well i just you know i want to tell you about the fourth of july party Okay, hold on one second. Ava, I've got your latte latte for Ava. Ava, Ava. A-V-A. Okay, Ava.

56:59Ronnie Karam: So yeah, it's a 4th of July party. Okay.

57:05Ben Mandelker: Carter? Carter? We have a cappuccino for Carter. Anyone?

57:11Ronnie Karam: Alyssa said she can take care of the kids, so tomorrow we have, you know, we're just going to reach out to Rich.

57:16Ben Mandelker: Reba McIntyre. Reba McIntyre. We have a hot tea. Is this the real Reba or is someone just pranking us? Because if it's Reba, I'm going to have to ask for a picture. Okay. No.

57:27Ronnie Karam: Rosie was mentioning us carpooling because she's nervous. Yeah.

57:32Ben Mandelker: Oh, I'm sorry. Were you? Oh, I don't know what you were talking about, but I'll just I heard the last word. So I'll say. Why was she nervous? Yeah, because she has to see Joellen.

57:41Ronnie Karam: Like, well, you know, from what I heard from Rosie beforehand, Joellen had this whole bunch of ladies over at her house. and Rosie brought over a$6 bottle of wine to which I totally would do the same. Okay, okay. Yeah, be quiet. Can we get some whole milk over here? Okay, everyone does not subsist on oat milk. Okay, I'm gonna do I even have a runner today? Do I have a runner? Am I coffee bar masturbating where I'm just doing this all alone? Somebody help me.

58:06Ben Mandelker: Katie, Katie, we have a flat white, flat white. Sorry, Ashley, don't get confused. I know that's my pet name for you. Okay, Katie, Katie, anyone.

58:16Ronnie Karam: So Ashley's like, well, when Jared first opened up Audrey's, he was working 100 hours a week. I mean, well, he's adjusted to his hours, but he still focuses all his time and energy at Audrey's. And there's two kids at home, and Audrey's our third child.

58:31Ben Mandelker: So this is my thing about this place, Jared. I know that you love it, but you don't light up about it. And you could be living a more enjoyable life by doing something. I don't know what it is yet. I'm just going to throw this out here. hanging out with me and your family i don't know like just i don't know i was like thinking off the

58:49Ronnie Karam: top of my head just spitballing i don't know what it is it's just that i can go weeks without seeing you smile ever and he's like i know um i'd just like to point out jared is not lighting up around you either i literally just walked in and he has not smiled once either oh my god i think i think

59:07Ben Mandelker: maybe the operative phrase to add on to that is i haven't seen you smile at me it's like i'm smiling usually a lot when you're not in here um but when you're in here there's not a lot of smiling yes

59:19Ronnie Karam: and i have to say he was like this on bachelor too she was like oh my god like i finally found my best friend we're gonna get married right and he's like

59:31Ronnie Karam: it's always been like this ashley come on man so she's like oh my god okay you're constantly thinking about audrey's and like i'm constantly thinking how am i gonna make jared happy he's like oh jesus because she cries every five minutes this girl he's just like oh god i don't want you to have to do that honey of course i don't carter get your goddamn drink it's been sitting up here for five minutes you know jared and i are influencers um uh he

1:00:03Ben Mandelker: tries to influence people i try to influence him we're not very good at our jobs i have a bigger following than him but he could still live a very wonderful life off of the following he has and the opportunities that come to him but he wanted something outside of social media and man oh man did did he get it look at that ruin up turtles turtles for his wife like can we just

1:00:25Ronnie Karam: have fun jared can we just have fun he goes yeah i guess i need to get better about it jason poor jason's been waiting on his drink jason i'm so sorry carter took all of my time don't believe what you hear about reba mcintyre okay her restaurant sucks by the way i looked up what

1:00:42Ben Mandelker: the turtle coffee drink was and uh it's a decadent dessert-like beverage combining chocolate caramel and nutty flavors typically pecan or hazelnut to mimic turtle candies is commonly served as an iced latte hot mocha or blended frap featuring espresso milk chocolate caramel syrups and toppings like whipped cream and nuts in other words uh barista's nightmare so thanks a lot ashley for yeah she's like he's got all these things he's like ava you're another latte for you reba mcattire your tea oh hold on while i stop for 10 minutes to make this decadent

1:01:12Ronnie Karam: stupid ass beverage right now i know she's like why are you so stressed i just ordered the mojito

1:01:17Ben Mandelker: of the coffee world no there is a coffee mojito at phil's and it's so good i had it yesterday

1:01:25Ronnie Karam: so you're a hypocrite because i could no but that's easy that's just like coffee with like

1:01:29Ben Mandelker: mint sprig in it uh like this one has like syrups and toppings and yada yada yada yeah yeah so uh

1:01:35Ronnie Karam: then we go over to rosie's house and she's picking up her dress and she's like oh my god do you like it doggie and the doggy's like and runs out of the room and listen listen to your dog because rosie's the way rosie dresses is crazy she's she's wearing uh in one of her confessionals she's wearing like a dress cut all the way down the middle with that ice skating in the middle and then like cuffs made out of big fake diamonds and like a feather boa type thing oh my goodness yeesh and i loved it

1:02:03Ben Mandelker: yeah just crazy yeah absolutely crazy so everybody's doing glam and getting ready for the party

1:02:09Ronnie Karam: and then joe ellen's like yeah for the party i rented a house at portsmouth on the water fourth of july you know wow rhode island but you know what i really don't know what fourth of july is about like i mean i know there's like plymouth rock and columbus i don't know plymouth rock is in Massachusetts. That's our neighbor. So it's got something to do with the Nina Pinta and the Santa Maria. I don't know. Something.

1:02:33Ben Mandelker: And so Gary is like, oh, well, you know, hey, glam person. She has a little bit of a hairy face. So make sure you take care of it. She's like, Gary! Oh my God, such an asshole. Whatever. Okay.

1:02:46Ronnie Karam: I'm going to go skim the pool. No, you don't need to skim the pool. I'm going to skim it. Don't skim the pool, Gary. I'm skimming the pool. Gary, you're hosting a party. Don't skip the plugs.

1:02:57Ben Mandelker: Skimming the pool. So then Joellen's mom comes over, Nancy, and she's like, hello, I'm here. I decided to fulfill my duty as a grandmother and take care of these children. She goes, you know, I think that maternal gene stopped skipping my mother, my grandmother. I was doing regular teenage things, you know, smoking cigarettes, drinking and driving, cheating on the exams. And my mom was like, oh, she mistook that for quote unquote bad behavior. Whatever. my mother was really hard on me i had no guide how to be a good mother so i'm doing the best that i can and i pray that my kids turn out amazing i don't know why i know this is a dangerous thing to say but i'm already on nancy's side well i mean we seek clues because first of

1:03:44Ronnie Karam: all nancy comes over she's very sweet she's like my mom what a bitch right she's like hey here i am to take care of your kids. My mom's a real bitch. Maybe stop calling your mom a bitch as she's doing you a favor, like the weirdo.

1:03:57Ben Mandelker: People get mad at me whenever I say things like this because they're like, Ben has like good parent privilege or whatever. And he doesn't realize like parents fuck up. People get so mad at me. And like, I get that. I understand parents are often very, very, very, very wrong. But I'm just saying in this case, when she's like, you know what? she interpreted things I did as bad behavior. I'm like, it probably was bad. I may wind up, I may regret saying this in like three weeks when we find out what it was. But for right now, I just sort of feel like this lady comes in with her big hair and I'm like, I'm just sort of on her side already.

1:04:37Ben Mandelker: I don't know what to say, Joellen. You're the one who wound up on the real housewives. So I think you're the one who, who's sort of messed up.

1:04:45Ronnie Karam: all we really know about joellen so far is that she's mean to new people everyone thinks she's a villain so she tries to make everyone else the villain and she married the girl that she married the guy that her sister was with so the evidence is kind of stacking up against you and from what we know about your mother she babysits when she's asked so you're

1:05:07Ben Mandelker: going to need to add a lot more evidence to this case ma 'am for sure yeah so they joellen uh that they leave joellen and gary leave to go this this house and um she's like really nervous about leaving the kids with nancy and so joellen's like it's like by the way so rosie's coming to the party rosie made a comment about kelsey having two boyfriends mind your own fucking business right even though i was the one who started talking about kelsey first at the picnic but whatever i can't imagine she yaks up and and by the way and i've forgotten that that actually was joellen who started talking about kelsey and still we started doing going through the notes because it really was actually joellen who started just being like well i think kelsey's going through a hard time right now she's sort of trying to transition between this and that so she did

1:05:50Ronnie Karam: kind of start talking about her and gary's like if she doesn't want smoke with you then she shouldn't if she knows what's good for her so then ashley and rosie are in their own car and ashley's like i do wish this was like a kids welcome party you know we could bring the kids you know and Jared's like Joellen has kids right honey you're not at the coffee shop in my mind

1:06:12Ben Mandelker: it's like rolls down his window Ava your latte we still have your latte for Ava

1:06:22Ronnie Karam: Rosie's like yeah oh my god I bought these amazing fireworks and I made a fireworks bouquet and I got her a bottle of champagne it was$60

1:06:33Ben Mandelker: I am showing up tonight with a gift for Joellen Even though she made me cry Because my goal in life is for everyone to like me And I know that deep down That is the most unrealistic thing you could ever want But it's all I want So I'm just going to keep on trying I'm like well good luck Because I feel like you're failing on a national level right now

1:06:51Ronnie Karam: So we go to the house Joellen arrives at the rented house And she's like oh my god Could you imagine if I tumbled down the stairs And the husband's like, every day of my life. So they see the food setups and Joellen's like, I may not cook. I may not clean. I may not have sex all the time, but I know how to throw a good party.

1:07:10Ben Mandelker: Then Alicia arrives first and there's like no one there and things were not set up yet. She's like, what's going on over here? So she goes, oh, this is, so then Joellen comes out. She goes, oh, it's absolutely gorgeous. She was like, thanks. There's a cannoli station over there. There's a caricature station over there. She goes, they do characters? She goes, caricatures. Billy, they've got characters. characters like he's like what character of us billy you want to get a character of us

1:07:32Ronnie Karam: it's like that's not how you pronounce it i don't do math so liz arrives wait you got chairs for your carrots i don't understand what's going on here so liz arrives with dolores it's da dolores and she's like the dolores contend yeah she owns my heart we met at a cannabis convention back when frank was just getting into the industry and i said you know what come visit just come visit Come see what it's like for a summer.

1:07:56Ben Mandelker: Come on. Of course, Liz has a Frank also. So then we have a flashback to Liz and Dolores. They're like pulling up a crab trap or something. And Dolores is like, you know what? I make a good crab sauce. I make it in the kitchen. And then I walk to the living room and back to the kitchen and back to the living room and back to the kitchen and see if it's done yet. If it's not done yet, then I go back to the living room and I clean something up. Then I come back in. It's done. It's ready. It's done. That's done. It's crab sauce.

1:08:21Ronnie Karam: last time i made a crab sauce i caught myself i was pregnant for gabby you were pregnant for

1:08:27Ben Mandelker: this is like wow that was a long time ago actually i trust delores she knows where the berries i mean the bodies are buried oh my god she knows where the berries are body oh my god i just got liz by

1:08:39Ronnie Karam: myself so delores is introduced around and kelsey is there and she says that she's known joellen since high school yeah she used to work at a tanning salon that my friend used to work at and Joellen was hooking up with the owner of the tanning salon and then the owner and his wife. She's ballsy.

1:08:58Ben Mandelker: So now the girls, they all go to like an area where they can sit and like gossip. And so Gary's like, I'll bring you guys the drinks, okay? And Dolores's like, oh my God, look at this guy. He's a good one. He's a good one, whatever your face is. It's like, thanks. So she's like, you're a great husband, babe. So Dolores, this is Joellen speaking. Tell me, what do you love about Rhode Island the most? Laura's like, um, yeah, good highways, I guess.

1:09:23Ronnie Karam: What kind of icebreaker is that? So tell me, what do you love about our state the most? I like that DJ Paul.

1:09:31Ben Mandelker: I like that DJ Paul. Yeah. Well, you know, the first time out of Jersey, I was, you know, I was 18 and I came here. So I love that this was a great place for 18 plus kids.

1:09:41Ronnie Karam: Is there even a beach in New Jersey? Come on, the Jersey Shore. Jesus Christ, Kelsey. Come on.

1:09:49Ben Mandelker: she's like oh my god i'm so sorry um not a great case for the sugar babies of the world like maybe go out there in the world and like you know experience things learn about things like the

1:09:59Ronnie Karam: fact that the jersey shore exists she's been in prison for 10 years or 11 years or whatever so uh rosie and ashley come in and we get the violins dun dun dun dun very serious and now she's like oh my god is she gonna be annoyed with you because you're wearing all red and she's

1:10:14Ben Mandelker: wearing all red too oh yeah they really tried to get that started alicia's like the devil in red i'll be right back kelsey's like you said it not us well i was just trying to be funny it was a funny thing to say for the trailer that the producer said i should say it for the trailer

1:10:32Ronnie Karam: and joe allen says drunken words are sober thoughts you know i want you to know what happened at the picnic i need you to know i stuck up for you okay kelsey so rosie was questioning in your relationship and polygamy? And Alicia was like, what is polygamy? I don't do math. And then she says, does Kelsey have two boyfriends? And where does she go for Christmas? What's happening? And I was like, you got to ask her that. I mean, my God, am I right? And Kelsey's like, well, I just met Rosie at Joe Ellen's, but I feel like I can sniff out the people that are not girls' girls. And you know how I sniff them?

1:11:02Ronnie Karam: I wait until one of my friends tells me that they're not girls' girls.

1:11:06Ben Mandelker: Yeah, exactly. So Dolores is like, is there a reason she's asking you about your relationship? are you doing something you're going through something she goes well my relationship is the only thing that makes me upset oh it's like and liz like oh don't sweat that rumors are rumors we all know that they're not all factual because no i'm a cold fucking bitch at the end of the day but when it comes to my relationship that's my choice thank rad it's sacred yeah it's sacred

1:11:34Ronnie Karam: for five months of the year super sacred i hate people talking about my relationship which is why I've talked about my relationship in every single scene, including flashbacks of this one episode that we filmed. Please don't talk about my relationship. Who the fuck cares who I'm going to date?

1:11:54Ben Mandelker: Well, I am dating. Liz goes, so the thing is you have two choices. You can either wipe it off or wipe right by it or get on a dinghy and sail away. And you can just say, fuck you guys. Why are you talking about it? you know what i'd say something when i would be ready and they don't know when i'm gonna be ready when the crab sauce is ready give it another five minutes but you know that dolores has been doing

1:12:18Ronnie Karam: this a long time because when uh kelsey's like you know i'm just so sick of everybody like talking about my relationship dolores goes but is there a reason why they're talking about it i mean like what's going on in the relationship when everybody's talking about she just ignores dolores but i was like thank you that is the question you know yeah so rosie's like oh my god joellen i got you this it's a fireworks bouquet and she goes oh that was thoughtful and creative it's a little

1:12:47Ben Mandelker: collection a little collection of fireworks which feels dangerous i feel like i don't want to bring

1:12:53Ronnie Karam: that to a party but it's very on theme it's the fourth of july and you're bringing someone a fireworks bouquet i mean that seems sweet to me and joellen's like oh gross who would do that oh I think that's a gift that I wouldn't give somebody.

1:13:06Ben Mandelker: It's like a nice party. It's like, you're not, I don't know, but you know, I have a thing with fireworks. I think, I think I have this thing, leave fireworks to professionals. I don't see the purpose of like setting them off yourself. I know we disagree on this, but I think it's stupid to set them off. Like congratulations. You now have lost a finger because you want to set up a tiny firework that looks shitty for everyone.

1:13:28Ronnie Karam: Yeah. But it's a good label to the rest of us. When you see them in the grocery store, you know, and half their hair is sticking up and there's like, a bandage on their hands. You're like, ha ha. The day after fireworks and the HEB is a good one. So everyone's having food and mingling about and they're putting caviar on wieners, which Joellen is really excited about and which sounds disgusting to me. And Gary is like, there's no way I'm having caviar wiener. I ain't doing it. She's like, go do it, Gary. No, I ain't doing it. Do it, Gary. I ain't doing it. What are you, gay? Okay, I'll do it. Give it to me right now.

1:14:01Ben Mandelker: So then Kelsey joins Alicia and Rosie and Alicia's like how are you doing by the way I noticed Kelsey you came solo and she's like yeah you okay she's like yeah I hope everything's okay yeah you okay yeah I sure you okay yeah you want to do some math I can't do the math can you do it for me okay look I like living on my own I'm used to it but I know the picnic there was like questions about like the kind of relationship I was in and if Rosie or anyone else has a question on polygamy I can answer it she goes well every man does that stuff so i don't know what the big deal is every man's a polygamist

1:14:40Ronnie Karam: polygaman okay that's that's what men are they they sleep with everything what are you gonna do she's like my relationship from day one i mean there's rules and i accepted things and that's it she goes oh okay you know what i don't get it i'm very confused by her so liz joins him and alicia is like yeah we were talking about how everyone's always talking about a situation i I said, you know what? Every man's a polygamist. And Liz is like, who's always asking? She goes, but you know, like anyone, like everywhere, like all the time. You know, I had a hot dog. It just said, is that girl a polygamist?

1:15:13Ronnie Karam: And Liz is like, you know, when you go through something in life that's sensitive, you don't want people sitting at the tables discussing it.

1:15:22Ben Mandelker: I relate the most to Kelsey. It's funny because in this group of girls, she's the youngest, as we know. I'm the oldest, and I'm the only one with the dinghy, okay? but we're very close. We protect each other. And I'm eternally allergic to bullshit. That's why it's important for me to recite one line from My Fair Lady at least once a day.

1:15:41Ronnie Karam: All right. All right, Liz. So what else have you said at that picnic? And she's like, nothing, nothing else. I mean, I didn't say one bad thing about you. Okay, stay off my ass.

1:15:53Ben Mandelker: So then Nancy calls up Joellen to give like an update on the kids. She's like, hi, while the kids are here, They're alive. They're awake. They're about to go to bed. I'm trying to get Jolie to bed. And Joellen's like, Gia's up too? Ma, her bedtime is 7 o 'clock. I told you. Oh, God. What a terrible mother. It's 7, 10 p.m. Oh, my God. All right. Well, the kids are alive. That made me wicked nervous.

1:16:19Ronnie Karam: So Joellen is still like, I just can't get over things that happened to me as a child with my mother. And I don't want my kids to feel anything that I felt with my mother. and jury's still out i'm sorry i have to i have to hear the defense first yeah so um people are getting their caricatures done their characters if you were yeah and um two of the girls get it done together and like oh my god we look so good together and kelsey is like you know what you know like i feel like we need to move past this and joellen's like well i'm waiting to see how big my teeth are i'm known for my very big teeth and kelsey says yeah i haven't talked to rosie still I talked to Alicia about it.

1:16:57Ronnie Karam: And I know Alicia comes from a place of like not ill intended, but she's just not all there, you know, and I can't be mad at a stupid person. But I still got to talk to Rosie about it.

1:17:07Ben Mandelker: Kelsey's like, I feel like you're moving past it and I'm moving. I'm moving to it because I feel like Rosie is asking certain questions because she has something calculating in her brain. And that's what I don't like. And Kelsey says that people seem to not be able to stop talking about my relationship, even though that's the only thing I've been talking to people at this party about. But Rosie, are you asking questions? Or are you already saying, no, I heard this and she is this and they are that? Because that is a bad path to go down. And it's going to end up ugly for you.

1:17:35Ronnie Karam: Yeah, but she is just asking questions. Kelsey, stop telling everybody your business and then wondering why they're gossiping about it. You know why they're gossiping about it. It's because it's ridiculous. You're living with some rich dude who's off fucking someone else half the year. everyone's gonna ask you sorry and also yeah exactly it's like it's fine for you to have a non-traditional relationship but also totally don't be surprised if people are like what the hell's going on and just clarify it and don't be a wuss don't be a wuss about it just do what you just did to alicia and say i made choices and that's it so my relationship shut up rosie's

1:18:06Ben Mandelker: talking to paulie and she's like you're gonna be here a lot this summer he's like yeah we're going to be here for three months three or four months i don't know close around the tree end but maybe four months. Don't ask me where I'm living. That's someone over there. And then they're like, over there. Oh. And then Dolores and Liz sit down for drawings for caricatures. And the guy, Don, who's like the caricaturist guy is like, you guys are sisters? We're friends. It's like, well, everyone thinks that we're sisters, though. It's like, why? Do you see us? Do we look similar? Do we look alike? We look similar?

1:18:39Ben Mandelker: We look alike? They say it like at the exact same time with the same voice. We look alike.

1:18:44Ronnie Karam: I went to Dolores the surgeon. She referred me to him and we also have the same dentist. Dolores, oh god that's why I look like him. I love that they just went to the same doctor and he gave them the same face. He's like, well, they're in different states. Just give them both the same face. They'll never meet.

1:19:01Ben Mandelker: So then he's like the sparky plastic surgery. So Alicia is now talking to Bill and she's like, look at me. You told me I couldn't have a cookie and now you're having a cupcake, you fucker. He's like, you know what, everyone? I'm having the best time because I'm standing by the cookie spot and having like five cookies. Ever since I found out that Bill had a fucking cupcake, I'm going to have going hog wild on these cookies, okay? I'm going to put my shoes right over here, by the way, everyone. For everyone who wondered where am I going to put my shoes on, I'm going to go over there and put them on.

1:19:30Ben Mandelker: Okay, good luck. Have a nice conversation.

1:19:32Ronnie Karam: So now Kelsey and Rosie are alone and Kelsey's like, I want to know what happened at the picnic. Was there anything I should be concerned about? She's like, I don't think so. oh nothing about my relationship but nothing uh what i just want you to know truthfully was it brought up by you and how my relationship is and she goes um honestly like i was just questioning stuff joe mullen brought it up she was joe ellen brought it up don't don't don't yeah she was

1:19:56Ben Mandelker: talking about it saying you're going through such a hard time and then we were like what hard time is she going through and it turned into this whole thing and i wasn't trying to come for you well yes joellen did bring it up but you were the one who was being gossipy with the never have i ever thing you're the one who when she says it turned into a whole big thing it's like you turned it into a whole thing so joellen interrupts because you guys we're doing sparklers okay sparkling sparkling is the opposite of my mother's personality fuck her so um calcey doesn't know who

1:20:28Ronnie Karam: to trust because they're in Rhode Island and you can't trust people in Rhode Island. So they do the longest sparklers I think I've ever seen in my life. And they are happy 4th of July, guys. And so Kelsey's like, yeah, rumors in Rhode Island are very typical. It's just part of the culture of our state. Our state bird is gossip.

1:20:51Ben Mandelker: And our state flower is the gossip flower. So Alicia says, yeah, I definitely know a lot about people. I just don't say it. And Ashley goes, this group, they've got big things behind the scenes. Big secrets, big cheating scandals, and extra big turtle orders. That's right. I go, Venti every single time. And Liz is like, don't lie. There's really no reason to lie. The truth always comes out. Yeah.

1:21:22Ronnie Karam: Dun, dun, dun. So, interesting show. let's see where it goes i mean they are definitely doing their they've kind of got the salt lake city like community theater thing where it's like okay we're fighting now let's fight at a picnic how dare you they're doing that a bit so it'll be uh nice to see them kind of ease into this all yes

1:21:45Ben Mandelker: um i like um but you know what i do like about this show i love when these shows have a distinct feeling of like space like a place and like the rhode islandness of it they're really really leaning into this kind of like maritime vibe like everything sort of like coastal and beachy in a New England way and I think that's pretty cool and yeah I think it was a good it was a really like a really like good first episode and I feel like it's setting the stage for what should be a fun season so we'll just see how it goes but we'll be recapping

1:22:15Ronnie Karam: it no matter what we'll see you soon alright everybody thanks so much for being here we will talk to you next time bye

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