#3360 RHORI S1E07: The Haunting of Pill House

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1:34Ronnie Karam: your bruvs i'm ronnie that's ben over there hi i'm ben and so hi ronnie what's up what's up everybody welcome to the show today it's real housewives of rhode island day we will be doing our cabaret show forbidden housewives in new york city on june 3rd and june 5th we've sold those shows out but we will be doing live streaming for those shows all three shows will have a live stream. You can get tickets for those at watchwhatcrappens.com. It's going to be a big party. There's a big chat room in there where you guys can go and talk to each other and have good time. So join us for that June 3rd and the 5th.

2:15Ronnie Karam: Also, if you want videos or bonus episodes or our free newsletter or Discord server, any of that goods or ad-free listening, that's a big one, go over to patreon.com slash watch what crap happens and today it's rhode island season one episode seven

2:33Ben Mandelker: boats lies and videotape yeah um so uh there was the bravo up fronts happened this morning and uh first of all this show has already been renewed for second season it's also bravo's number two show behind beverly hills they said it's the second biggest show wow can you believe it. Wow. Good for them. You go ladies. Way to go. Way to go. So that means that millions of people are learning about this mansion in Newport. So we're on day two at Seaview Terrace. The Seaview Terrace mansion castle, wherever. And we're in Alicia's room. Sorry. And she's looking at her dolls and she's like, Hey doll, you give me a look like you're upset, but you actually picked your room.

3:21Ben Mandelker: But you're like literally giving me a face like you're pissed. and then you just see the doll is just like, I'm a doll. I wasn't talking about anything. I was just sitting here because I can't talk. I don't know how to talk. And Ronnie, I'm going to bring you back on the screen because you're off the stage at the moment. Here you are, Ronnie. Thank you.

3:39Ronnie Karam: The doll's like, I've been a doll for 100 years. Okay? That's why I'm pissed.

3:46Ben Mandelker: My issue is about the man who left me at the altar and cursed me into becoming a doll, not with this room, to be frank. If I'm going to say anything, It's about getting revenge for that man.

3:55Ronnie Karam: So Ashley FaceTimes Jared, the other pissed off looking doll. And she's like, what am I going to see this Saturday? And he's like, I scheduled a work event Saturday. She's like, Jared, I told you. That's the day of the Jonas freaking concert. Good.

4:13Ben Mandelker: Please make this lady a one and done. Thank you so much. I like her. I like Ashley.

4:19Ronnie Karam: I think Ashley's so cute. like Ashley is upset that she doesn't get to go with her husband to the Jonas brothers. I mean, come on.

4:27Ben Mandelker: Actually. I mean, like she seems so nice. She seems like, like a truly nice person. And she is funny on this show. Is this like young and who keeps on crying. But quite frankly, I just, I just, I don't think she is. She hasn't baked in the oven long enough to be a real housewife. That's what I feel like. I think she's just,

4:46Ronnie Karam: she's in the oven right now. You know? So just leave her in there a little longer.

4:51Ben Mandelker: She's like the bread at Subway, and I'm looking for the bread at Panera, maybe. I don't know. I don't know what the good comparison is. But, you know, like the Subway bread is just kind of like spongy, and it's okay. And it supports the meats, but, like, it's not going to be the bread I go for. It's not what I'm reaching for on a daily basis.

5:14Ronnie Karam: So now we go to Joellen's room. She's FaceTiming Gary, and Kelsey comes in. And she's gossiping with Gary about Kelsey's fight with Rosie. And then we go to Rosie's room and she's talking to Rich. And she's like, oh, my God, I was puking last night. Like Kelsey was saying, I didn't quit my job. I got fired. And then like the square footage of our house edition is fake. And he's like, oh, she's obviously projecting on you because she doesn't have property or a real job. So, yeah.

5:41Ben Mandelker: And then now women are arriving in pajamas and they're sitting at the table. and Rosie's like, I'm a little shaky, guys. Like, yeah, well, you were throwing up all night, right? Yeah, did you guys hear? My dolls were complaining they couldn't even fall asleep because you were boffing so much in the bathroom. Huh? You boffed on a ghost I heard. Yeah. I was more scared.

5:59Ronnie Karam: Oh, go ahead. Sorry, I thought you were done.

6:02Ben Mandelker: No, I almost read Ashley's line as if I was Alicia, so it was actually pretty good that you jumped in right there.

6:08Ronnie Karam: I was more scared that you were going to get taken by a ghost. She's like, well, I heard giggling at 3 a.m. Did you guys? And Alicia's like, maybe it's the doors. Maybe it's the doors. It could be that. They don't like their room. They told me.

6:23Ben Mandelker: So they text Rula. And Alicia's like, I really hope Rula shows up. But I feel like there's a better chance of Brian and him in the affairs than Rula showing up at the castle. And which is true. And then we go now, Kelsey and Joellen come into breakfast. And Kelsey just ignores Rosie because they had a big fight last episode in case anyone didn't remember when Kelsey was like kind of like obnoxious at the table and then tried to act like she was giving a compliment

6:50Ronnie Karam: yeah Kelsey do you feel like you got everything off your chest yesterday like how do you feel about it and Kelsey's like um I don't really know who you are Rosie cause you're like always changing something you know I thought I was finally seeing the true Rosie and then the mask was coming off but it turns out the mask was super glued to her face

7:09Ben Mandelker: maybe that's just her face at that point you know

7:14Ronnie Karam: isn't the point to get the mask super glued to your face i mean where do i get that done

7:19Ben Mandelker: yeah you're spending a lot of money on that mask very soon uh yeah her mask was coming off and then you were so rude you're like that's the first genuine thing you've ever said it's like okay i'm gonna put the mask on because this is not a safe space so uh rosie's like well you don't believe what i have to say it's fine whatever i gotta puke anyway this morning i don't care i want to listen to you okay everyone what happened last night you couldn't brush off this morning coming down here if i'm feeling bitchy i can't do that you know i get it and alicia goes yeah yeah

7:51Ronnie Karam: like what is that like uh like such a fierce like with beyonce you know beyonce like when she's on stage and like she turns on her face was like wait can i just finish this alicia like you have to go into this who what are you talking about no no i'm saying that like that could be like rosie's all the ego. She goes, let me finish my story. Like, what are you talking about?

8:12Ben Mandelker: Who's that if you're saying, I don't even know what you're talking about. I only know the gypsy boat, you know?

8:18Ronnie Karam: Maybe if Rosie wasn't afraid of someone yelling at her all the time, she'd be able to open up more, but like, maybe she just needs more nurture, okay? You know what? Nurture skeeves me. I can't nurture. I don't like to nurture.

8:34Ben Mandelker: So Ashley starts crying for no reason. She's like, oh, God, she's going to cry again. She's like, I'm fine. I just, I feel bad for Rosie. I mean, she just, she wants to freely express herself, you know?

8:48Ronnie Karam: Oh, that's Madonna. That's Madonna and not Sasha Fierce. You ladies really don't know your music. Just feel like I'm going to throw up, you guys. I'm going to throw up. So now Alicia's like, you know what? I feel like there's spirits in the house and they're like starting to possess us. Because like some are Casper's, they're friendly ghosts. But like maybe some witches are here. Maybe they're ghosts. Maybe it's like ghost witches.

9:10Ben Mandelker: Producer goes, you mean ghosts? Yeah, ghosts.

9:15Ronnie Karam: Ghost.

9:16Ben Mandelker: Ghosts. Ghosts. There are ghosts, not ghosts. There's ghosts.

9:20Ronnie Karam: A ghost. It's a ghost. Okay, ghost. I can't say it. Ghost. Like that? She's like, my CPU has run out.

9:32Ben Mandelker: There's no more room for me to type out an S. her bluetooth keyboard uh lost connection so uh kelsey goes up to rosie's room and she's like

9:42Ronnie Karam: uh how are you doing and ashley's listening she's listening at the door and kelsey's like i just wanted to talk to you because like obviously if you're uncomfortable i'm uncomfortable like i can have an attitude or like i could be harsh but it's because like i don't feel like i understand you

9:57Ben Mandelker: well enough well it's easy to say i'm standoffish or like look at all the shit we hear about rosie but like if you're gonna do that like you can't expect me to be like want to hang out or get to know you because i will like shut down yeah but i do want to make a connection and be friends yeah i mean i want to open up and move forward too i also want to run to the toilet right now and i have to have this stupid conversation with you so yeah i'm not that happy about it

10:26Ronnie Karam: she's like you know i got a tough fucking exterior because my face is brutal okay she's like well i I mean, look, I mean, I just want to have fun today. So let's just both try and we'll go on the water slide. Okay. And so they laugh. And Kelsey's like, okay, my resting bitch face is involuntary. I hope she just sees that I want to move past this and have fun.

10:47Ben Mandelker: So back in Rosie's room, Ashley comes in and she goes, okay, the energy in this room right now is good. Oh, my God. I can't stop crying because I'm so happy about the good energy. Oh, my God. Because, by the way, Ashley was like listening in the entire time. She was like, they had this sort of amazing shot where they're in one room and then you sort of see the wall divider and just sort of see Ashley listening in on the other side of the wall. So she comes in, she's happy. And then outside someone has set up like a giant water slide. And it's just so funny because this castle is this old, old Gilded Age castle mansion thing.

11:22Ben Mandelker: And then there's just this big, goofy, ginormous water slide, inflatable water slide set up outside.

11:29Ronnie Karam: Yeah.

11:29Ben Mandelker: Just as was intended for this estate.

11:33Ronnie Karam: Alicia's like, I'm sweating like a pig at church. Did you pick a sweat and church? Those whores. Those are whores. Whore pig. I'm a whore pig. I'm a whore pig sweating at church. I don't know what it is. I'm a shirt sweating at a pig. I don't know. Who cares? Give me a cracker. So now we see Alicia and she's like, you know, with them fighting me, Liz attacking me and like Ashley crying, I feel like me and Joellen like need to get out of this house and have a girl's day. You know, because like even being in a cute castle, girls need space. so they go her and um joe allen call a car and they're gonna go somewhere alone for girls day

12:06Ben Mandelker: yeah so they're driving they're driving along and they have a chauffeur named jamie and alicia's like hey jamie you ever uh drop anyone off or pick anyone up at this castle before huh you ever been to the castle before huh he's like yeah actually uh yeah i used to live here no way yeah oh yeah what you live here yeah yeah swear to god swear to god i came to college here like We lived on the top floor freshman year. When I was going to college, we lived on the top floor of this castle. I'm like, did you squat? They told me you were just squatting there. You didn't actually live there, right?

12:35Ronnie Karam: Yeah, there's all sorts of paranormal activity going on there. And they're like, what? He goes, yeah. Supposedly, there was a nun who hung herself up on the third floor. We used to hear footsteps. It was terrible. She hung herself, and then she was walking around after? Would she use a really long rope?

12:52Ben Mandelker: Why was there a nun in this mansion? This isn't a convent. that doesn't make any sense this guy's full of it he'd never lived there this guy is a literal liar yeah yeah there was a nun and she got mauled by a circus tiger in the attic so like now that the tiger and the nun they haunt and they walk around they haunt things and that's like what they do i know because i lived up there in the attic during college the nun was being accused about lying uh

13:17Ronnie Karam: she was accused of lying about bleeding out an asshole uh because she was really fucking the guy at a news station instead. He's like, oh my God. It's all happening. It's all happening again.

13:29Ben Mandelker: I was like, what is this guy talking about? Like, that's like, I don't understand any world in which there's a nun who's so distraught that she comes to this castle and goes all the way up to the attic and hangs herself. Unless she was having an affair. Oh, that's actually getting good. She was having an affair outside the convent. And like, no one in the convent. Brian's been around that long. Yeah. Brian.

13:55it was brian's first affair a hundred years ago um so now at the mansion at the yard um rosie's

14:02Ronnie Karam: feeling bloated and she's like you know i just need a slide i don't need to be doing anything more mature than this so liz and kelsey are watching them slide and liz is like you know this is kind of the antithesis of what i'm used to at this mansion i'm seeing a big bright slide

14:19Ben Mandelker: but usually here's more spooky it's more spooky like liz does not like the vibe of this slide she doesn't like what it looks like she doesn't like the activity she thinks it's immature she wants a spooky fun time i mean look she lives in like a castle on the water as it is so she's really into like these gothic vibes etc and she's like this is kind of ruining it right but of

14:42Ronnie Karam: course it's a little best time it is a little weird that it's a it's a trip and so far they're like let's have a tea out on the patio or out on the grass next to like a rickety iron plant holder. And then we'll have dinner inside wearing masks. And then the next day we'll blow up a water slide. Like, are they not letting you shoot in Newport? Like, I don't know, go shopping.

15:05Ben Mandelker: It does feel like a little weird. It feels like, um, it's like the producers were like, how do we shoot these shows? What do they do on the other shows? I don't know. Do they do water slides? Sure. Should we try that? Okay, great. Um, it is weird, but of course, Ashes having a great time. I mean, it looks like a fun slide. Let's not be crazy here. Let's not be prudes. It looks like a super fun slide. And Ashes is like, this slide is a wild effing ride. Like you get on air on that thing. And I'm glad I laser hair removed my bikini line because that thing is going to be moving. Oh my God. And the way you go just sliding down that water.

15:38Ben Mandelker: They're like, there is no water. It's like, what do you mean? Those were your tears.

15:43Ronnie Karam: by the way this is produced by evolution so this is not some new company that's just like hey how do we do a housewife show i think they probably just couldn't get um i don't know people are probably like newport's very classy we've got castles here a hundred years old you ain't

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18:20Ronnie Karam: We go to Joellen and Alicia, and they're taking a little walk. And Alicia's like, we're going to, you know, we're so athletic. Like, I don't know if I want to take this water with me. You know, this is where I get anxiety about it. You know, like holding things like it's hot, you know, you walk and then you have to hold things. It's anxiety. I don't want to do it. Take my water.

18:39Ben Mandelker: It's like, well, you know, I'm happy we got to get away from the girls. I mean, I felt like last night got very deep. She's like, yeah, by the way, I'm going to ask you about your mom. Because like, she's always like so jovial and funny. Like when we were growing up, just like, yeah, you can tell me about your mom and everything. So now we hear more of Joellen's story. And like, I felt a bit bad because the past few weeks we've been like, your mom seems fine. She showed up, she babysat the kids. Like, like all we've seen is your mom been like really nice. And like, what's the full story? You got sent, you got sent away.

19:10Ben Mandelker: But like, I'm sure there's a full story. Now we hear more of the story and I'm like, this is nuts.

19:17Ronnie Karam: Well, in fairness to us, we did say we're reserving full judgment until we hear the whole story. But so far, what we'd heard, we're on the mom's side. But yeah, this is definitely, we definitely heard more of the story today, basically. This is definitely, this is not, the prosecution has a good case here. So she's like, my mom sent me to a behavioral facility. And, you know, she's, my mom's very triggering because she'll say, I've always loved you. But then I remind her, you didn't even like me because she sent me to places with rapists and murderers and people who stab people. and 99 % of the people in those facilities was court ordered.

19:54Ronnie Karam: And then you have me. And she said that the mom sent her because she said she didn't know how to control her. And she's like, but I didn't drink or do drugs. I mean, I was a straight A student. Her biggest problem with me was that I had big boobs and boys liked me. So she thought I was being promiscuous even though I wasn't doing anything. Okay, but if she couldn't control you, if your mom says I can't, I don't know. I'm still not hearing everything. I want to know. Just tell me the full truth.

20:20Ben Mandelker: but here's the thing so then she says that her older sister was sent away first and then joellen was sent away three different times and i think for me originally when i heard the story i was like i feel like there's something more to it i feel like the mom has a story that was like no you were out of control and you're gonna say you weren't out of control but i was the mother and i was dealing i sort of thought that was what it was gonna be but joellen was sent away three different times and the sister was sent away it kind of it's does not sound it's giving mom from Carrie where she's like, that's a sin.

20:48Ben Mandelker: You're a sinner. You better stop sinning. And also like, that's a lot of times to send away your kids. And then she tells us even more that she was sent away for the first time in seventh grade to a drug rehab and Joellen's like, I wasn't even doing drugs and then they basically sent her back. They're like, she's not on drugs. Why is she in rehab? So that's, I'm like, wait, this is no, this is not a situation where it's like a typical real housewife who's giving a sob story that's obviously very much complimentary to her experience, but maybe doesn't give the full context of what's going on. I was like, no, this actually sounds like the mom was doing some bad shit here.

21:33Ronnie Karam: It sounds full on crazy. Like, what is going on with the mom? Like, is the mom just that? Or she'd be like, oh, you didn't put the toilet lid down. You're going to rehab. Like, what?

21:42Ben Mandelker: Mm-hmm.

21:43Ronnie Karam: um it just sounds and then joellen kooky and by the way i also didn't realize it was a

21:48Ben Mandelker: going away for some reason in my mind i didn't think it was like a like away boarding school i thought it was like a instead of going to school she went to a program with kids who were really troubled i didn't realize it was a no you're going off to like brat camp or something

22:05Ronnie Karam: yeah like a behavioral center is like where they send which is a better way to say that's where i I mean, I was with the guy that I was rooming with was a gang member who had shot somebody and he had to wear these. They look like head kind of like headphones, but they went behind your ears and they vibrated. And I heard them and I said, what's that? And he's like, it's for the rage. I was like, oh, my God. So he had to keep those. And at first I was really scared. But then I realized, like, everybody's kind of the same. Like, in a way, I mean, everybody had done different things. But, you know, they're just kids, too.

22:41Ronnie Karam: and my they ended up sending me home too because they were like what i was best friends with all the nurses of course like i made friends with all the people in there i mean i actually had a great time when i was in there because everybody was so nice and you know i love a story so i'm like what would you do where are you in here you know they tell me the gang stories or whatever and i just thought everyone was so sweet and like everybody really opened up in group and stuff and they were like we love ronnie but you should probably take him home because this is he's not he's just like literally having lunch with the nurses every day and having fun he's asking for more of the sticky socks like i loved the the socks with the rubber stuff on the bottom i was like these are great why don't we have these in outside of the hospital do you guys ever think of selling these

23:27Ben Mandelker: wow um so joellen's basically saying that she was at the second place for two months which was rough and then the third place she said then the third place was the worst and she said her mom at that point gave partial custody to the state because her insurance stopped paying for it which i was like you're gonna give the state like partial custody of your child just because she's like annoying you um or like you feel like your your daughter is like promiscuous i was like okay this is this is wild and you know we said last time like well the trailer did a lot of heavy lifting for our opinion because they kept on showing that shot of the mom crying like i did the best that i could and i was like i was like she did the best that she could but now i'm seeing this i'm like

24:08Ronnie Karam: this is not the best that you could do sorry yeah i'm definitely wondering what the hell is going on with this mother i need to know i need the mother scene right now this isn't something that slow drip to me i need questions i have questions that need answered right now and then she said the third one she was at for over a year over a year she was sent there and she was only in the ninth grade That's crazy.

24:32Ben Mandelker: That's like such a big chunk of time and an informative time of your childhood. I literally cannot even imagine. That's crazy. And I understand there are people that need to be sent to these programs, that there's like a very serious need for it. But from what it sounds like, at least from Joellen's perspective, she sounds like she was basically put there because her mom just wanted her out of her hair and, I don't know, wanted to do something else. I'm like I'm I was kind of gobsmacked by this scene well she says the third one what the mom

25:03Ronnie Karam: referred to as a boarding school but it wasn't a boarding school they were kids who were like cutting themselves and trying to commit suicide and there were male and female predators and kids were restrained there and um when the state told her they wanted to take 100 custody of me she didn't want to lose full custody so that you know that day mom decided she was all better then like oh yeah she's fine she can come back now yeah that's like so i feel so bad for joelle

25:30Ben Mandelker: that's like very traumatic i i yeah that's what's wild so now things make a lot more sense now because before i was like they got sent off well meaning no meaning that like why she's so upset

25:43Ronnie Karam: at her mom like it makes more sense yeah i need i just need this mom scene right now i need to because i need the mom to say like but i thought this was happening or i thought that or you did this or you let a car on the other side because like to me just a parent saying like well my kid has boobs so i'm sending her to a rehab and then i'm sending her to another school and then i'm sending her to a boarding school for suicidal kids you know like there has to be i just need to know the whole thing i'm not saying that she's not telling the truth i'm saying i just need i need the whole story i what's happening here what is happening we're very conditioned to reality

26:21Ben Mandelker: stars in general telling stories that make them look you know like they have been like like innocently aggrieved and so we're just sort of used to being like what's the other side of this but this is a pretty compelling story and it sounds really really terrible and the mom has a lot of the mom has a lot of explaining to do and watch the mom be like you lit our house on fire

26:46Ronnie Karam: that's what i'm waiting for like because short of that i'm like this mother is horrible you know like yeah mom really needs to come in with something like you set the house on fire you killed you know your aunt you you know cut the dog's tail off and snorted it you know while you were fucking the bus driver like i it needs to be something just we need some big guns here

27:07Ben Mandelker: yep yeah we need we need we did this is we've now upped the ante here so uh let's get this mom scene going.

27:15Ronnie Karam: Yeah. As it stands right now, for sure.

27:18Ben Mandelker: Pretty, pretty wild and pretty terrible. And I've, my heart kind of bricks for, for Joellen about this. And Alicia's like, I didn't know. I'm so sorry. I had no idea. My doll's never told me. Okay. They hug and they cry. And Alicia's also talking about her dad. And now she's starting to realize that maybe the reason why she hasn't been rushing to marry Billy is because she just is afraid that the guy's going to leave. So she wants to be the first one to leave etc um so yeah and so then uh i mean i get that but also this guy

27:50Ronnie Karam: is like trying to say okay fine i'll marry you but you get nothing and a divorce so like this guy's also an asshole so like i'd love to you know i'm glad you're in touch with your feelings but like let's not blame you know past traumas for this guy also kind of being an asshole and how he's treating you. Cause that's him being an asshole. You know,

28:12Ben Mandelker: Jerome drone says, well, I don't know if any amount of therapy will make you feel better, but like, I just think like getting things off your chest will eat some of the pain in your heart. Alicia, you got to share more. And Alicia goes, Oh my God, the wind just blew when you said that. And I felt it. Oh, let's break the cycle. I need some crackers. Okay. God.

28:27Ronnie Karam: Meanwhile, it's like a windy day. It's been blowing all over the scene. She's like, Oh my God, the wind blew, the wind blew.

28:32Ben Mandelker: Let's have crackers. Okay. Like we're going to break the cycle by having a cracker. oh my God, I didn't pack my crackers today. How did I not bring my crackers? I need a cracker. You don't even know how much I need a cracker. So I get back in the car and she's literally like, if I don't have a cracker in two seconds, I like a little, I'll tell you what cycle I need to break. The non-cracker cycle. Get me a cracker, please.

28:52Ronnie Karam: She's like, we deserve some champagne and crackers. Oh God, Rula just texted me. She said, my body has been like head to toe pain. Like I was looking forward to being on the trip with you. I hope you're Jewishing everything. Crazy, right? It's crazy, right? What's in Jewishing? Enjoying? I don't know. She seems to have a lot of health concerns, right? So then Flash, we just see how Rula always has an illness. Rula ain't going to show up to work ever. But Rula is also going to make sure that when these ladies are on vacation, her husband will not have a chance to go cheat with that lady. That lady, this guy is such a pig, and that lady he's with is also a nasty piece of work.

29:35Ronnie Karam: She posted this week her going to the same restaurant they shot at last week. Joellen and Rula went and shot at this restaurant for like a heart-to-heart, and then the mistress went to the restaurant and shot herself and tagged the restaurant. Was like, sipping some tea.

29:51Ben Mandelker: I've been here too.

29:53Ronnie Karam: That is creep behavior. That is fucking psycho.

29:57Ben Mandelker: Yeah. So now we go and we see Brian and we're at Rula's house and Brian is putting together a tray to take care of Rula and he's being extra nice because basically he was, you know, caught again cheating by Joellen. So he's being really nicer and he's bringing her food and he has the kids making Rula get well cards and the kids are, of course, adorable. and so he brings this this uh this tray in and rule is like in her bed and she's like cough cough it's like full face of glam her hair is all done it's like cough cough cough

30:37Ronnie Karam: the day before the girl's trip i felt not good i couldn't walk i couldn't move i was like is my blood even moving through my veins that's where the blood is right so i went to the doctor and i said i could die and they did a cat scan a mri a blood work everything was coming back negative so they thought maybe it was you know one of those viruses you can't pinpoint and categorize no viruses they can pinpoint and categorize their viruses show up in a in a test fucking Rula I'm starting to really love Rula though it's so funny she's like you know one of those viruses they can't pinpoint it

31:24Ben Mandelker: yeah you know patient zero for they're calling it Rula I don't like being patient zero but someone's gotta be it but like I can't do anything about it I'm sick I'm sick I'm ill I need help

31:39Ronnie Karam: it hurts so much to talk Look, this is the first time I'm able to sit up. Who did your makeup? Who did your hair? Get out of here. She's like, it's so frustrating. I'm dying.

31:52Ben Mandelker: I'm dying in the bed. Tell my kids I love them. They're right here, Rula. Oh, cough, cough. Oh, my lungs, they can't take it anymore. They don't even know what's happening anymore. It's terrible.

32:03Ronnie Karam: And the daughter brings in like a scribbled picture. It's just like scribbles on a page. She's like, mommy, do you like the picture I made for you? She's like, oh my God, it's my cells. It's my cells. No, this is not the test work from the doctor. Actually, I asked the doctor for the test work, and it's a Joker card. Really, really weird. Not sure what that is. I'm dying. I'm literally dying.

32:28Ben Mandelker: It's all happening. I'm going towards the light. I'm going towards the light right now. Okay, Brian, any last words? He's like, well, so you bummed about not going on the trip? Yeah, but Alicia, she called. She's so sweet. I'm just better off here with the near and dear and also can keep my eye on you not for any particular reason but you know he's like oh cough cough cough cough oh you got the cough too I'm

32:51Ronnie Karam: sorry I'm patient zero it's very difficult so now we go down we go back to the slide and the girls are going down and now the the butlers come out Boris and Robert and they're like oh my god you

33:04Ben Mandelker: guys want to join us you wearing any underwear and they come out and they are ready to go he's

33:11Ronnie Karam: boris is wearing his butler jacket but he's got no shirt on and he's got swim trunks on so now the butlers come down and rosie's flirting with them she's like oh my god boris has a hot booty oh my god those washboard abs they are obsessed with boris boris is like a

33:29Ben Mandelker: hunky russian michael shannon and i just felt bad for the other guy because like oh my god Boris, Boris, look at Boris. Guys, I'm going to marry Boris. Boris, you have a girlfriend? Boris, Boris, Boris. The other guy's like, but what about me, Igor? They just literally act like he doesn't exist.

33:44Ronnie Karam: Yeah, and so they're flirting and laughing and giggling, and Liz is like, I can't stand here and flirt with 20-year-old models. I'm not going to do it, okay? I'm going on. It's challenging sometimes to be in a group of friends who could essentially be my daughters. You know, I'm not flirting with 21-year-old butlers. That's not really in my wheelhouse right now. All right. Now, maybe one of them said, Liz, I love you, but I got to go away for three weeks. I don't know. I'd be tempted.

34:12Ben Mandelker: But yeah, you got these guys. Do you get the feeling from Liz's reaction that there's like, she seems like, like, so not disdainful, but she's like, like, what the hell am I supposed to do now? Like, this is stupid. I kind of feel like they're, you know, they always test a whole bunch of people for these shows. And I kind of get the feeling like there were some other people that were like maybe more of Liz's peers who were like maybe in an original group. And then Bravo was like, let's not have them. Let's have like Ashley from The Bachelor. Let's have this young Kelsey girl because she's got a sugar daddy.

34:52Ben Mandelker: And let's have Rosie. And she's kind of like, okay, great. So now I'm on this show with these girls I don't really know who are like 20 years younger than me. I'm supposed to pretend like I'm friends with them. Like, okay, sure. And she's just been like trying to like connect with these girls for a few weeks now. And she's like, I give up. I'm not going to do the slide. I'm not going to flirt with these stupid.

35:13Ronnie Karam: I'm glad she said no to it. Yeah. Because then if she had done it, everybody would have been like, oh my God, that lady's flirting with a child. You know? Yeah. So I'm glad she's like, yeah, I'm not doing this. You know, you guys, the producers can make us a reservation at a decent restaurant like any other Housewives show or I'll be inside. Okay.

35:31Ben Mandelker: Yes. I like that she's like, I've got standards. So she goes to her room and then Ashley comes in to check in on her. She's like, hey, I just want to check in on you. And she's like, look, okay. I just get, I just get bored. I'm not trying to get on a fucking slipping slide at 56 and float with 21 year old butlers. It's just not what I do. It's like, okay, well, it's your right to be hellish, but I still get jealous. I'm sorry. I'm just going to – we're not going to be able to see the Jonas Brothers. I'm just so upset. I'm so upset right now.

36:02Ronnie Karam: Well, I just didn't want you to – I didn't want you to feel bad. That's all. Okay. She's like, you know what? I didn't know Ashley well, but, you know, what a sweet girl. What a sweet girl. You're a good friend, Ashley. She's like, well, I've heard from people around Rhode Island that once you get through Liz's tough exterior, she's more of a lamb. Am I seeing lamb?

36:23Ben Mandelker: Liz? Lambie Liz? Liz Lambie? You know, that's like a Mariah Carey fan, right? Mariah Carey? Huh? It's like, I still don't know who you're talking about. So then Joelle and Alicia are back. And now it's time to get ready for the evening. And whatever they're going to be doing this evening. So Joelle and Alicia, Kelsey's tanning outside. She's like in the middle of this patchy ass backyard grass. I mean, there's this big estate with this big, beautiful mansion, and the grass is like, you know, it's like brown here, shaggy over here. It's just so funny to me. I'm like, God, I really need to make sure.

37:06Ronnie Karam: It's so funny.

37:07Ben Mandelker: I love to grass shame on this show.

37:08Ronnie Karam: It's like the second week, you're like, this fucking grass. Someone needs to take care of this grass.

37:12Ben Mandelker: You're on TV. You rented out your giant-ass mansion to be on TV. I understand. Where's grass glam?

37:19Ronnie Karam: Where the hell is the grass glam? Everybody else gets glam on this show. Yeah.

37:23Ben Mandelker: I'm like, I understand you can't polish all the wood surfaces on the interior. You can't update everything. You can't like fix all the chips and the everything in the wood and the surfaces and the walls. And like, it's like a little shabby in there, but okay. It's old. You can mow the lawn though. Okay. Get Jamie, the chauffeur, give him, throw him a few dollars. Let him, let him ride the John Deere around and fix this thing. You're on TV. Do better.

37:44Ronnie Karam: Yeah. So meanwhile, the girls are still flirting and giggling outside and Kelsey gets stung on the bee by a butt or get stung on the butt by a bee sorry and um then uh back inside uh liz comes or alicia comes back and uh they're complimenting each other complimenting each other and alisa's like don't i look like a hooker do i look like a hooker yeah i love it i love it looks great

38:09Ben Mandelker: you know i've been to many hoppers on the italian riviera and the french riviera the rhode island Riviera, the Connecticut Riviera, the Riviera Casino, which was somewhere in the world. I don't know, but Newport is spectacular. Have you ever been on a boat underneath a bridge that has a bunch of trucks on it? That's what you get in the Newport Harbor. I can't wait to go and show the ladies this.

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40:42Ronnie Karam: so now everybody gets ready and gets in the cars and alicia pulls out a bag of crackers she's like want a cracker lady she's always and like i don't think she's doing it to be funny or

40:55Ben Mandelker: to have a gimmick i think she genuinely is like i'm gonna share my love of crackers with these other women they're gonna know they're gonna know about the crackers like the ones we got at Superior Bakery. You want to crack?

41:06Ronnie Karam: So in the other car, Ashley FaceTimes her mom and we find out that Audrey is her mother. Dun, dun, dun. What a twist. I guess they named the coffee shop after her mom. So... Someone's got to pay for it. Dawson's sick. So we find out Dawson is sick. And Ashley, of course, just laughs it off and she's like, he'll take care of himself. It'll be fine. That's being a mother. Just kidding. She sobs. Yeah. she, I was like, what?

41:36Ben Mandelker: Um, yeah. So the thing is that Dawson, when Dawson gets sick, he has labored breathing. And so she's nervous about this. And so she's checking in with her mom, um, as if her mom never raised a child before. Like, I think that like, like Ashley just has visions of her mom, just like one foot in the garbage can, like a teapot on her head, like a fire on the stove. Mom, just checking in. Do you know what to do? The mom's like, I know what to do. It's okay. Well, to be fair, she raised Ashley.

42:05Ronnie Karam: I mean, that's true. But I mean, I get it. Stop sobbing.

42:11Ben Mandelker: It is scary. If you have a child who has like a sensitivity, I mean, it's scary in general when your child is sick, but like when your child also has like labor breathing, I get it. But I just think it's funny. It's like, you know, I think the mom knows what she's doing. I don't know why I'm so like team mom on when we talk about Rhode Island. I Like, I don't know. When you hear the mom, the mom's like, yeah, it's okay. He's sick. If it gets worse, we'll take him to the hospital. She's like, oh. So they get on this boat. They get on a boat to go in the harbor. Newport Riviera. And it's cold. It's cold and gray.

42:49Ronnie Karam: Yeah. And so the boat driver, they're flirting. Rosie's like, oh, my God, are you single, sir? He is. Joanne's like, my sister is single. She's beautiful. You would love her. It would be great to give her something to do that's not with my husband.

43:06Ben Mandelker: We have another flashback to Jen, Joellen, and Gary sitting by the pool. And Jen just staring at Gary.

43:16Ronnie Karam: So she's like, yeah, I'm always on the hunt for Jen. Really be nice if she'd get out of my house. That would be fun. So then we go back to present. and Rosie's like, oh my God, there's pink hats. Look at all these people wearing pink hats.

43:34Ben Mandelker: Isn't this fun? They all love pink hats. And Ashley now starts crying. She gets another call and she's like, I have to go. Dawson's in the emergency room. I gotta go. So basically, Ashley's dad is a doctor and said, yeah, we should take the kid to the emergency room, which by the way, your dad's a doctor. Your dad's a doctor. I mean, I'm not saying that she shouldn't be nervous and she shouldn't go to her kid. she should absolutely, she's doing the exact thing that she should be doing. But I feel like I'd feel so much better if my dad were a doctor. I'd be like, okay, I'd take care of it. Right?

44:07Ronnie Karam: No, just leave it with dad. Dad's a doctor. He's fine. My emergency room, she's from an emergency room. Dad's a doctor. He's got it.

44:15Ben Mandelker: I would feel great about that. Anyway, no, but for real, I understand she leaves. She has to leave. Her kid's going to the hospital.

44:24Ronnie Karam: um yeah i mean i just looked up did ashley's son die and he didn't so i really don't care so then uh back to the boat um alicia's like you know what i'm upset about though like the crackers they're like all the way across the table and everyone knows how much i love a pita cracker okay that's all i eat so they could take back to the crackers and so uh joellen's like oh my favorite whole part of this trip right is right now just because there's cheese here i've got cheese and my girls and tequila. You know what? You need your girlfriends. You need your girlfriends. Cheers to a deeper connection.

44:58Ben Mandelker: Cheers. Cheers. And then Joellen announces, I never had sex on a boat. And Kelsey goes, but I think you've had sex with my ex on a boat. She's like, what? On a boat? No. I mean, I remember us, she tells us, Kelsey says, I remember my ex saying he had some sort of sex escapade with Joellen and another girl on a boat. Apparently they were very loud and everyone on the top part of the boat was like, what the hell's going on down there?

45:27Ronnie Karam: John's like, I mean, that was on land. It wasn't on a boat. I was sledding in my 20s.

45:34Ben Mandelker: Mom's like, I told you!

45:37Ronnie Karam: I told you! Mom's right behind her with a butterfly net.

45:45Ben Mandelker: She's like those cartoons on TV's Blipers and Practical Jokes.

45:49Ronnie Karam: so Kelsey is like wait that was before his brother right so then we find out that Joellen has been with Kelsey's ex as well as his brother which I think we knew in the first episode or something and Joellen's like the better brother in bed I mean Kelsey knows the answer to that wow everybody just fucks everybody in this town this is not the place for a low sexual like a low sex drive person that's for sure

46:16Ben Mandelker: yeah everyone's just like it's you're you're gonna fuck people in newport cranson or providence and that's it so liz was like oh my god look how beautiful that bridge is look at i love it i love that bridge like yeah i would love a tequila shot you know what i would love a tequila i mean why don't they have tequila with crack of flavor that'd be the best so kelsey goes on that note i'm gonna take a look at the boat they moved to the front of the split conversation so joellen and

46:45Ronnie Karam: Kelsey and are in one conversation and Alicia and Rosie are in another. And they're talking about Kelsey and Rosie making up and Kelsey is saying, yeah, you know, I felt better going to Rosie's room and talking to her today. Like you said.

46:59Ben Mandelker: Mm hmm. And, uh, that meanwhile, Joellen and Kelsey are talking and Kelsey goes, I'm going to accept her for who she is and let the past go. It's like, yeah, I agree with that. You know, she built a, she built a 75 million square foot house. Like, great. So cool. I'm excited to party there. Let her build some huge mansion that she claims.

47:19Ronnie Karam: Yeah. And so Alicia's like, you got to admit she's sweet, right, Kelsey? Right? She's sweet. She's like, yeah, but I'm a Taurus. So I don't forget things that were said because I'm a Taurus. So now we go to the mansion and there's a beetle in the room. And Alicia grabs a doll and crushes the beetle with the doll.

47:41Ben Mandelker: Thank you for your service.

47:42Ronnie Karam: A hundred-year-old antique doll. She just like slams on the ground to crush the beetle. So Joellen's on the balcony and Liz comes in to find her. And we just hear, uh-oh, it sounds like Joellen's text tone. Better go check on her. What's wrong, honey? You look upset. Did you get a text? She's like, I feel like shit. Reminds me of the other day at Polo when, you know, you and I went to Rula. And she was like saying she wants proof. Well, guess what? I got proof. Was that the sound? That was the sound. It was my text tone.

48:16Ben Mandelker: so they look and was like holy shabs okay okay i've seen enough i've seen enough it's too much i don't want to look at it it's like that's just video from the slide this morning i don't know i didn't want to i don't want to look at the slide anymore i don't want it it's not my jam 21 year

48:31Ronnie Karam: old going down the slide the video watching was kind of interesting because they're looking at And she's like, okay, nice video. All right. Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, no. I can't look anymore. I was like, okay, well, this is what happened in this video. This is long.

48:51Ben Mandelker: Yeah. So then Rosie, Kelsey, and Alicia are having snacks in a common area. And Rosie's like, I tried FaceTiming Ashley before, but she didn't answer. And I just feel really bad for her. I hope she's okay. But then Liz and Joellen come in And they look like really upset Like did you see the nun? You saw the nun Was she hanging us out with the ghost nun right? You saw was the nun doing a beer bong with the college kids up there? Oh god

49:18Ronnie Karam: More has been uncovered With Rula? Oh my gosh And Liz goes it's time Unleash the hounds Wait what's the hounds mean? What's that?

49:30Ben Mandelker: What Hounds are those like a new type of cracker? I'll try it. So Joellen's like, she brings the phone over to the group and they look at it. And Joellen goes, keep in mind everyone that we went to polo on the ninth. So here, so on the screen we see this is timestamp from the seventh, two days before the polo event.

49:53Ronnie Karam: And they said, they watch it and they're watching the video and Rosie's like, Oh, this is bad. She's so happy. She's like, Oh my God, this is so bad. So she says the video starts. They're looking through a glass door and Brian and this blonde woman are standing there. And then Brian is like consoling and caressing her. And then he's kissing her. And then he's got his hand on her ass. And there's like a long five minute hug. And Alicia's like, like, who, who hugs for that long? That's like so long.

50:22Ben Mandelker: Joellen is vindicated. She said, Brian is still a little woman. You can't deny the video footage, you know? So they're just like, wow. And Joellen's like, see, this is Brian's red interior. Look, who has a red interior? because apparently there's, well, I guess they're looking at that same photo from before on the polo day when the mistress took a photo inside the red interior car. And Rosie says, I don't think anyone doubts that Brian has cheated on Rula, but I'm more curious how Joellen got this video and what she plans on doing with it.

50:52Ronnie Karam: Yeah, that is a good question. And so Joellen's like, well, you know, Rula asked me if there's any proof, which she didn't really. You said, if you want proof, I'll work it out. And Rula just was like, And she's like, my girlfriend's friends with the mistress. So I asked her if there's any proof that this is happening. And my friend says, oh, there's plenty of proof. And I'd never asked my friend for that. But Rula said she wanted hard proof. So this is as hard as it gets. But how did you get the video? Who's taking the video outside the glass door? Is it your friend? It's clearly the friend. The friend went and took a video of the lady.

51:27Ben Mandelker: So was your friend at the same wedding as Wes Wilson this weekend? Because I also saw some footage of him dancing with a girl.

51:33Ronnie Karam: um so kelsey so messy you see joellen acts like she's so innocent but you're getting your friend to go stand behind a glass door and then is a friend in cahoots with her friend and saying oh we want proof for the husband so go do this in front of this glass door so i can get video of it

51:49Ben Mandelker: yeah it's crazy this is a yeah yeah so uh kelsey is like i can almost guarantee that rula is going to say that Brian was ending things with her, which is true. Which by the way, like that would be funny if Rula does take that point of view. Like everything's fine. Brian just ended things with his mistress two days ago. So everything is fine. I'm like, it's 48 hours since he ended things with his mistress and you'd be chill with that.

52:15Ronnie Karam: Yeah. Oh my gosh.

52:17Ben Mandelker: This is like, but the question is what are we going to do? She's like, well, I think she needs to see this video right i mean hello this will be hilarious are we not doing this no what huh we gotta show

52:29Ronnie Karam: her well who's gonna do it someone's gotta tell her they're like not it not it not it not it not it not it they're like i'm not doing it you guys rula knows her husband is cheating on her and she doesn't care she does not care and apparently i don't watch the after shows but apparently on the after show she's doubling down and getting mad at everybody else and still blaming everybody else when there's all the she knows that there's all this proof of her husband so with with people like that what are you gonna do just yeah i don't know i don't know what you can so joellen is like i'm just like they're in an open relationship you know just be like okay well she's fine with her husband cheating so what do i care just won't talk about it anymore yeah

53:11Ben Mandelker: so joellen says i'm sick of being the one who's always accused of meddling you're very close with the release just you got to tell us i mean uh i don't want to break the hat though i'm like i'm I'm so confused. She's about to die. So Liz is like, okay, well, it's just going to be more of the same if it's coming from me. So, yeah, you got to do it. Well, this is a very fucked up situation. It's like, what are we going to do, girls? What are we going to do? And, yeah, everyone's like, not me, not me, not me. But we see in the previews for next week that it's going to be Alicia. Alicia, who's going to have to sit down on this, like, double date with Brian and Rula and be like, so there's a video.

53:52Ronnie Karam: yikes alright well that brings us to the end of Rhode Island thanks so much for being with us come live stream our cabaret June 3rd and June 5th get tickets at watchwhatcrappens.com and we will catch you tomorrow bye

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