#3491 Real Housewives Ultimate Girls TripS501: Drunko Bunko

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2:00Ben Mandelker: Watch what happens when there's so much that happens.

2:18Ronnie Karam: Well, hello and welcome to Watch What Crappens! I'm Ronnie, that's Ben over there. Hello. Hi, Ronnie. How are you? Well, I guess I'm not doing as good as I thought because I'm wearing my shirt backwards. I just realized. Oh, no. I saw myself in the video and was like, wait a minute. Let's just go with it. It's a new style. It's inside out.

2:43Ben Mandelker: It's sort of cool. Like it's got some ribbing.

2:46Ronnie Karam: wow uh welcome to the show everybody today it's very special because it is the entwance of the real housewives ultimate girls trip season 20 spectacular with every housewife you've ever seen coming back to your screen so that's exciting um also there was real housewives of last night, House of the Dragon finale. It was a big TV night over at our house, says. Our house says. Very action-packed. Very, very action-packed. Today, we've got an Amazon Live at 1.30 Pacific time, and then we've got a crappy hour, which is where we hang out with you for an hour and talk about Bravo headlines. That's at 5.30 p.m.

3:31Ronnie Karam: You can find that on our Patreon page. It's for free, and you can also find it on our YouTube page for free. and we simulcast it on instagram sometimes that works sometimes it doesn't so go to patreon and youtube okay that's where we'll be tonight having fun with you guys and that's about enough of that um here we are what do you think of this ultimate girls trip well you don't really want my opinion

3:58Ben Mandelker: really what did you think what else am i here for what do you think i'm here for to get my pants guys i thought that was i thought it was boring as fuck i'm not gonna lie

4:10Ben Mandelker: it was it was cute it was cute of course i love seeing my housewives the flashbacks were very entertaining but i was kind of like what are we doing here this it was there was just like no glue holding it together you know it's just it's i'm sorry i was not feeling it but you know

4:30Ronnie Karam: whatever i actually really felt it i liked it i thought you know your worry which was a valid one as it turns out was that this was just going to be a clip show and it is that it's a clip show but goddamn those clips are still so funny and i was still saying them back to the tv and i was thinking it's kind of like housewives karaoke you know like your song comes on and you sing it but then there's always that awful person who sings the awful song and you just want to go You know, it's like it ruins the whole karaoke night and it's not fun anymore. And that's Vicky. I don't want to hear fucking Vicky sing woohoo.

5:06Ronnie Karam: And last week we skipped Real Housewives of Orange County. Sorry about it. It was family stuff. But we skipped that. And I didn't even get to bitch at Vicky for her whole, who do I got to whip it up to get a woohoo around here? Which she kept trying over and over as her new tagline. Just shut up. You're a terrible human being. I can't believe you're on this channel. I can't believe you're on this channel. And on two nights a week, are you, what the fuck are you guys doing over there? What are you doing?

5:33Ben Mandelker: Yeah, Bravo has really kind of gambled and lost so far. I'm bringing Vicky back. I think I've been, I won't say I've been very vocal. It's not like it's something that's top of mind. But I have said in the past, I think Vicky has been pretty strong as a friend of. I think she's worked well as someone who pops in. And I think that's been a really good lane for her. Because I don't think she actually offers up very much on her own. I did like a scene with her and Michael about two weeks ago. I thought that was actually a very emotional, like an honest scene. But like you can see here, she's, I don't know, like she doesn't really connect with the other women in that way.

6:10Ben Mandelker: So I do think that she's sort of a weak point. I think that like there's something flawed about the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls trip as a concept. I think the first one and one or two were really great. but they have such a short timeline that they have to throw everything they don't have time for things to naturally develop and drama to naturally happen so they really have to make it happen with these fake scenes and parties and it's fine and everything but I guess the issue for me is that while it's always fun to see our various housewives together and it's fun to see these clips I'm not going to say I didn't enjoy that part I don't know if the novelty of seeing a bunch of housewives together in the same room hits the same way as it would have eight years ago when Andy Cohen had his baby shower and all the housewives were in one room.

7:03Ben Mandelker: It was like, oh my God. And since then Bravo con has just become more and more prominent. So we've had crossover moments before Bravo con. We've already had ultimate girl trip. So like, I'm actually not totally sure that like the, the selling point of this, like we're going to see more housewives than ever before i don't know if that's like really doing much for me at this point i'm sorry to say that makes sense yeah i um sorry i just kind of enjoy it for what it is

7:36Ronnie Karam: it's like some silliness so i i enjoyed it i was cracking up and all most of them are just doing their job you know it's like typical giselle is going to come in here and just make mess over nothing pretty much and exaggerated to start a fight you know and everyone kind of knows she's doing that like they all know each other's tricks so i think what'll be fun is watching them lose it anyway because like the first episode you have vicky just being disgusting as a human being as usual and annoying and obnoxious and just screaming and woohooing and then judging people It's just being a gross human being and everyone's quiet, but they all already hate Vicky, but they're all like, okay, well, we'll be polite.

8:22Ronnie Karam: We don't want to look stupid on the anniversary. We're not going to tell Vicky to go fuck herself. So, but you slowly see them start to lose it. So I'm hoping that they don't just keep it polite and they do eventually lose it.

8:38Ben Mandelker: Yeah, I think it's clear that they all don't like the Orange County women. they just keep on saying wow they're so loud they're really really loud like they all just dislike them and um i guess we know what i want for a show i i want an interesting interpersonal dynamics and like the the little the little bit that we got was giselle saying something to tamra that you know so there's like a little bit of friction between vicky and giselle and it's not like i need everyone to be fighting i just need there to be like stuff going on between the women And so like just gathering everyone and having Vicky making a speech while a extension cord dangles in her face is just like not quite enough for me.

9:18Ben Mandelker: Like I want there to be dynamic. The first girls trip was so good for me because they talked about the show, but it was also like there were personality clashes and there were issues and people had to kind of like live with each other for a week in this, in the Paris. By the way, also that first Ultimate Girls Trip had the best theme song, and I don't know why we never brought it back. Like, Housewives on the Island, baby. Like, what a good theme song. Why are we not playing that every single Girls Trip?

9:47Ronnie Karam: Was that the first one? I thought that was the second one. Yeah. Housewives on the Island, baby. Yeah, baby.

9:54Ben Mandelker: So good. Let's get the party started. So good. No, but I mean, honestly, not to be the most pessimistic person about the Girls Trip. but I think that like the clips are really fun. The nostalgia value is fun. It's fun to see people, you know, do on screen. But like, I personally was like, I just, once like the novelty started to sort of fade away from me, I just sort of got bored. I just was just watching women just be like, I don't know. Like it's like watching someone else's college reunion.

10:32Ronnie Karam: Yeah. Well, maybe it just needs some time to warm up. it might we'll see it might usually these shows get good when people really start to get annoyed with each other it starts all nice that's why you need to give a housewives usually a season unless there's an absolute crazy person starting shit all the time it usually takes a season to kind of warm up so house what the girls trips don't really have that luxury you know but hopefully by episode three or four yeah well usually also they're like they're just around each other for

11:07Ben Mandelker: like all day long and they're like trapped in a house they lose their minds but here they're just kind of like driving they're they're going to be they're not going to be in a confined area so i mean what's the point what what's the fun of the zoo if the animals can just walk out the gates right guys um so uh we begin uh we go on like a we see like sort of flash forwards of what the season's gonna have we see andy you know saying like there are 175 million women in america but there have only been just under 200 real housewives like this is the most elite status you can get as a woman in America.

11:47Ben Mandelker: So all 174 ,998 ,000 women who didn't get to be cast on it. Sorry. I lost track of the number. I couldn't do it. I might really end up playing to judge the show when I can't even do simple math.

12:06Ronnie Karam: There are so many women, but only 200 real housewives. Wow. What a goal. So we start seeing the women and Teresa's like, Yeah, I've been through lots of holidays on the show, but every time I fall down, I just get back up. Blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink. And, you know, we see all the different housewives talking and we see her famous moments. No, honey, I get my mouth shut. Is bitch better? Is bitch better?

12:46Ben Mandelker: and Giselle's like I said I was going to do five years and I'm going to go back into my life but nobody knowing me and that hasn't happened and then we see Vicky saying like not many people have a diary of the last 20 years of their life yes but unfortunately we all have a diary of your 20 last 20 years which is great for you maybe but like for us we now like know too much about you Vicky Vicky Gubelson yeah

13:12Ronnie Karam: some people shouldn't have diaries that's okay some things are just better for so then that we yeah uh that we see kyle and she's

13:25Ben Mandelker: like um the last 15 years in this town have been the craziest ride like i didn't even get how big this was going to be i mean like when you already have started in like halloween uh it's like hard to imagine that you could be on a franchise that's even bigger somehow

13:41Ronnie Karam: there are 275 million people in the world in america and there are only 200 housewives and there's only one jamie lee curtis and she's not a housewife suck it jamie lee curtis

13:55Ben Mandelker: the numbers don't lie um let me see porsha and she's like being a housewife is a sisterhood no matter where you go if another person's a housewife they know your story

14:07Ronnie Karam: yeah well you know what being on 20 years and seeing all these cities emerge now you know i'm on housewives now it's like kind of crazy it's like crazy i can't even believe i'm here lisa barlow

14:25Ben Mandelker: i know she's like the newbie i love it that she's the newbie on the block um i still think it's so fascinating that they put Lisa on this cast and not Heather Gay. I think that there is more to that story. Heather Gay has a full-on spinoff show that Bravo was trying to do for your consideration for the Emmys. They did an Emmys push for surviving Mormonism. I got the emails from the WGA or wherever. And so I'm surprised that they didn't choose Heather. And I have to imagine that either a um like they they didn't maybe they didn't like the chemistry on the last girls trip or b like i don't know like is are they like is she not not fun to work with like why why was heather not chosen i think lisa barlow is actually a really fun inspired choice because i don't i think that everyone always thinks as have heather is the center of salt lake city and lisa barlow it's sort of like fun that they they were like no we're gonna make her the representative

15:29Ronnie Karam: it's like a kooky strange choice i wonder if the rumor was that she was doing the new love hotel so i'm wondering if that had anything to do with it but also you know it reminded me that i just don't say thank you to the universe enough and this is a moment i really just need to say thank Thank you. Because we've already got Vicky, who's filming that role of, oh my God, and that's Heather's role. It's like, girls, aren't we having fun? We're on vacation. So thankfully, it's, you know, only one and not the dueling blondes both being there together. That would have made my head pop off. It's time for a commercial.

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18:30Ben Mandelker: either way uh i guess uh i guess i have to uh also hold out the idea that heather gaye might not be on the show because she actually has other things going on in her life which is funny that i did not consider that i was like well she must be a terrible person to work with and it's like she could just be busy but um either way i was surprised at least uh it was chosen for the show and i'm really happy that she was chosen i think she's actually a good choice because she's like a newbie but she's also so self-involved that she's not she's not necessarily kissing people's ass

19:02Ronnie Karam: which i like she's one of the best ones i think i think she's great on here i think porsche's great i think luann's great kyle's even great in the first episode just because it's hilarious watching kyle react to everybody else you know she's such a snot too but i think she's great The only one that's killing me is Vicky. But, you know. Yeah. Why dwell on that?

19:27Ben Mandelker: I think Vicky is, I think on this show and on Orange County, Vicky has come on and is like, I think she's like playing the role of Vicky Gundelson and she's not just being herself. And I think it's, I think it's apparent and we are not connecting to that. Yeah.

19:45Ronnie Karam: I don't need the original of everything to still enjoy it. You know what I mean? Like Wendy's fries are better now. They just are. Sorry, old Wendy's fries. That's exactly what I was going to say. You know, she starts screaming like, I'm the OG. I'm the OG. I don't care. You know, things are improved upon and we move on. Go back. Stay in the past with your family van and all that shit. I don't need her anymore. So here we are. I'm really bitter about Vicky. But you guys, if you watch this show, you understand why. Because it's nonstop. It's nonstop with Vicky. Hopefully, it's just because it's this one and it's OC.

20:20Ronnie Karam: It's the OC theme. But yeah, we see Lisa, then we see Luanne, and her flashback is, you come in in your Hermit monster shoes. Even Louis Vuitton makes mistakes. Luanne's voice, the evolution of Luanne's voice, our general imitation of hers, ha ha, boy, we got the yacht. But it's really becoming girls. I love cabaret, and I'm here for a cabaret. So girl, are you sharpening a pencil in your throat?

20:52Ben Mandelker: is Philip Morris having you doing product testing. What is that? What is happening with poor? I mean, thank God you couldn't sing in the first place because I would be like, lady, you're a singer. Also, we should mention that everything that we're saying right here, we're at Bluestone Manor and all the women are dancing slow-mo in like a room of, it's like Housewives Prom, but they're all getting their single shots of them dancing very slowly. which is funny. And then we have Andy saying, you have dominated pop culture for the last 20 years. Hi, Andy. Cala Richards here. I just want to say it's been more like 30, 35 years.

21:31Ben Mandelker: Little House of Prairie, Halloween. Okay, get back to your speech. All right.

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21:41Ben Mandelker: Er. Maybe you never heard of a show about a nanny who gets killed and comes back and haunts the family, but it's a sitcom. I was on that. So then, what was that called? Here on Earth or Down on Earth? I don't know. I just remember seeing it when I went to Disney World in first grade. I just remember it was on TV, and I saw it, and I thought it was the best thing I'd ever seen in my life. I was like, this is so funny. It's like a ghost. She can communicate with the kids, and she's dressed like a maid. Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

22:17Ronnie Karam: Kyle tells us how famous they are. She's like, Academy Award winning actors are fans. Like, we have huge fans who are in film and TV. Big film and TV stars are our fans. It's so funny how Kyle brags about, like, wow, we're famous. I would never do that. Even real actors love me because I'm a real actor as well.

22:40Ben Mandelker: I'm like, I know. She's so basic. I mean, well, I find out, guys, I found out the cousin of Mona from Who's the Boss listens to the show. So, welcome to Crappins.

22:54Ronnie Karam: So, they're going to celebrate. They're all 20 years, everybody. 20 years. Woo-hoo. So, we start at Atlanta at Porsches. Well, we start again. There's a lot of starting. I'm going to say we start here because this show is like, every scene in this show is like, welcome to Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip. And then the next scene is like, it's Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip. And everybody kind of gets their opening now. So we go to Porsche's and the chemistry and the charisma that has been missing for years. You really don't know until it's back. Nini kind of just came in and dominated again.

23:31Ronnie Karam: Yeah. This is on here.

23:34Ben Mandelker: Yeah. This was the thing that got the most press before the show. And so they start with it. It's Nini making her grand return to Bravo and showing up at Porsche's. this is a big deal because obviously there was like some litigation between Nina and the network, or I think there was litigation or talk of litigation and accusations, and it just seemed like they would never get back together, and Nini is back. And it really is great to see Nini back. She is one of the all-time greats. Some would say she is the best housewife there ever was. And so she is here, and she is reuniting with Portia to send her off on her trip.

24:09Ronnie Karam: I'm looking up this. I'm trying to find this Nini post that I saved on Reddit, which was Nini and Portia fighting over text. I was dying laughing at this. Where is this? Come on, please say I have it. But it's her just being like, why don't you exercise, Portia? You are so fat. And, you know, they were having this fat fight. And then Portia was like, LOL, you're talking about me with those legs? You're legs in an ass or something. Just going back and forth. It's just like an old classic Nini, Portia, just ragging on each other fight over text. Yeah. I can't find it now, but I was laughing about it because Nini comes in and she's like, what's this back here?

24:48Ronnie Karam: And she's grabbing Portia's butt. And Portia's like, I'm just dragging the wagon. She's like, what is that, cornbread? Damn, Portia.

24:56Ben Mandelker: Yeah. And Portia's saying the last time she saw Nini was season 12. And she's like, that was the reunion during the pandemic? And she did the closing of the laptop? I would see a flashback of when Nini closed her laptop, the Zoom laptop, Zoom reunion, I should say. And Nini's like, I heard a lot. We've got to catch up. And Portia's like, yeah. She's like, because you're swimming in the lady pond. Portia, you got to tell me about this. Like, yeah, it's a little bit of a deep dive. You know, just kind of casual texting. Then all of a sudden there was this event that came up and it's like, hey, you want to go?

25:27Ben Mandelker: And she was like, sure. And then last time I was on, I was just like crazy. Which is cool. I mean, there's a, I feel like Portia and Sway, there's a bit of the, what's the, is it a, it's not the male gaze. Obviously it's not the male gaze in this situation, but like, I feel like we're dwelling on this so much. Like, oh my God, Portia, Portia's dating a woman now. I mean, I'm happy for her if this is like, I'm happy for her for being happy. And she does seem the happy she's ever been. I guess this is more just like a reaction to the, to the Atlanta reunion. so I'll save it for that, but I'm like, I just feel like everyone's like, whoa, a woman!

26:07Ben Mandelker: Whoa! It's crazy, Portia! Yeah.

26:12Ronnie Karam: But they talk about that a little while, and then Portia tells us the plot of the show. So they're going to be going on a trip, they're going to visit all the cities, so there are seven girls, and she names them all, and I like when she's like, and then you got Vicky, I don't know her. I don't know her. and Nini loves Vicky. She's loud, but she's cool. And then Kyle Richards, obviously Giselle. Portia says they're really close. There's Luann, of course. And so, you know, it's like, wow, this is going to be amazing. Nini's going to join them in the Atlanta version, the Atlanta week or whatever.

26:51Ronnie Karam: And basically, that's it. I really need more Nini, though, because she was hilarious in this scene. Yeah.

27:00Ben Mandelker: So then we go to the airport and now we see everyone like doing shooting little iPhone videos. And Lisa's like, I'm sitting in 5A. This is where I belong. First class always. and then everyone is like sort of arriving in orange county and vicky is telling us that this is the first episode aired march 21st 20 2006 which is 20 years ago and she's like it's like birthing a baby a big big baby and we see lots of clips of orange county and then we see a flashback uh well the producer is like you know and also you got your orange back and vicky's like well don't know why they fired me in the first place i'm pretty relevant which is um hilariously untrue i'm not a debbie dada i'm not a debbie dada and then kyle's like i can't believe i'm the longest running consecutive housewife in the franchise can you believe it even though sometimes i feel like you know like how am i even here how did i get here especially since i'm a working actress you would think i'd be pulled with all sorts of obligations to alicia silverstone and the guy

28:07Ronnie Karam: who runs er but like here i am still working crazy and portia says being here means she's reached peak housewifeism and so we see some of her greatest hits and luann's like well you know my years on housewives i started married i got divorced i got married again got divorced again went to prison all the while raising my two children but i don't feel 20 years older and hopefully i don't look 20 years older either meanwhile her voice is 70 years older um she has your vocal cords are three lifetimes later okay she has the larynx of dorian gray

28:49Ben Mandelker: like she looks the same but her larynx is like aging somewhere in an attic um so vicky is like i'd have to call you countess though she's like and part's like yeah i think we have to call the countess like you always have that title right you could just call me lou or musical icon hit it boys i sing cabaret in orange county thank you thank you that's my song called i sing cabaret in

29:16Ronnie Karam: orange county it's the only lyrics i'm really just lou from connecticut just me just it's like j-lo from where was it? Where's she from? The hood. Still problematic.

29:29Ben Mandelker: I don't care about the rocks that you got. I'm still Luann from the line.

29:38Ronnie Karam: Line. So Giselle's like, I was so excited, honored, humbled to be asked to be here. So many housewives to choose from, but they chose the best one. Mia! So we see some clips of her and then of course Teresa is like yeah you know I got the call and I asked chat GPT who's the most iconic housewife and chat GPT said Teresa Judas even chat GPT knows I know people hate the use of AI but good it's so much better than Teresa I you know I don't think there is I don't think there is an I

30:19Ben Mandelker: when it comes to Teresa well i don't think that acronym works out gpt is an improvement okay i'm asking who is the most i'm asking seeing what she says who is the most iconic real housewife oh nini leaks it says sorry it says nice try theresa the robots say uh well we don't we don't the robots say it's nini leaks and then and then of course you know ai is always like but also maybe this and so they said that said, different fans will argue for different legends. Teresa Giudice, Bethany Frankel, Lisa Vanderpump, Vicky Gunvalson. Then it says, if you asked 100 Bravo fans to pick one face of the Housewives, the answer would probably be NeNe Leakes.

31:06Ben Mandelker: So there you go. That's what the robots are saying. Sorry for people who are offended by AI. I feel like that was a good use of it right there because it was a discussion about AI and we had to show that Teresa was wrong.

31:19Ronnie Karam: yeah um so let's see then lisa is in the car with her driver and they just show one of those clips where they keep cutting it to make it look like she's talking for 15 hours to her driver she's like yeah you know i was looking for like a tequila partner for my store opening oh my god are we staring at the pacific ocean right now that's crazy you know what if it was made out of tequila it would probably be vita tequila you know vita means life i love life i love swimming you can swim in oceans you can also swim in pools i wonder if tequila's ever been swimming

31:56Ben Mandelker: i have 19 lawyers for me when i got the call i was like oh my gosh what could be better like these girls are legends like this is gonna be a pack and um then lisa is talking to vicky and And she's like, so, by the way, how do we whoop it up? Like, what do you say? She's like, I'll teach you. I'll teach you. Okay, let's whoop it up. Let's whoop. Let's whoop it up. Let's whoop. I don't get it. So Vicky says she's hosting the ladies here in Orange County because this is where it all began. And they're going to go on a boat. And then they're going to go to the quiet woman. And then they're going to whoop it up the whole way.

32:36Ronnie Karam: Okay, back in the day when somebody was really bored, I would just do this. I'm a snore. It was hilarious. And so I made all these, I made all these snore buttons for you. Okay. So here's the snore button. Take it. Take the snore button. Take it. So she has everybody these little devices. And when they press it, it's Vicky's recorded snore. But it just keeps going and going. And there's no off button. Much like Vicky. And they're like, wow, thanks. Your iconic moment is telling everybody they're boring. it's going to be used against you very quickly

33:12Ben Mandelker: each and every one of these cast members are so furious that Bravo did not have Heather Dubrow be the representative because they're like we want a gift from Heather we do not want a gift from Vicky Gunvalson our resident insurance agent and sure enough the next gift that Vicky hands out is like life insurance options she's like and guess what the next gift you'll have a clipboard and if you don't have life insurance just fill this out okay you get life insurance something like life insurance and the bro would have gotten them some sort of like you know some like little scarf like an hermes scarf each and every one of them but with vicky yeah with their names embroidered or

33:51Ronnie Karam: something yeah lisa says uh i'm just meeting vicky for the first time and already she wants my social security number my full address my banking information my height my weight my blood

34:03Ben Mandelker: type that yeah my gift to you is that you now pay me for literally the rest of your life for this

34:11Ronnie Karam: policy that's my gift they're all doing the snore buttons and portia is this your snore girl you need to see pat um so now they're gonna go freshen up because they're going to newport beach Yes. So they're like, can we ever turn these buttons off, please? So now they go to the rooms, and Giselle and Lou are rooming together. And Giselle's like, three things about Lou. One, you're going to get a song. She's going to talk about herself. And if there are men around, Lou Ann will be right there.

34:48Ben Mandelker: Cut to Lou Ann. I love being me. Where the hell is the bellhop? Because I want to blow him. wow, you're really right, Giselle. I really do all three of those things. So, by the way, I'm wondering, I do hope that they bring Love Hotel back. I literally love that show. For people who think I don't like new shit on Bravo, I don't know who thinks that, but just in case I'm being too negative here, I do want to remind everyone, I was obsessed with Love Hotel, and I hope they bring that back onto the schedule.

35:22Ronnie Karam: They should be back soon, buddy. So Giselle is, they're all just joking around. And Giselle's saying that she really feels Orange County. It's like, the wind is blowing. The sun is shining on my face. I see myself as a Kodo girl. And Kyle's like, yeah, I just really love it here. It's so much more peaceful than L.A. You know, I can like walk around without people like, oh, my God, what's Al Pacino doing?

35:52Ben Mandelker: Yeah, it's nice. I mean, yeah, do I get stopped every now and then when I go to Heidelberg Cafe in Laguna Beach and say, weren't you the girl who was in Halloween? And I say, yes, thank you. Thank you very much. Or, oh, my God, aren't you the one who's friends with Jamie Lee Curtis? What was it like for her being an Oscar-winning actress knowing a real housewife? And I said, please, privacy, please, please. But generally speaking, Orange County is just so relaxing.

36:16Ronnie Karam: We see Teresa, Kyle, and Vicky in a car, and they're just complimenting the city and how nice it looks. And Teresa goes, oh, oh, this part, this part right here, this reminds me of Jersey. And there's just a really long pause. And Vicky's like, um, does it?

36:36Ben Mandelker: Yeah, that's an interesting comparison. So they arrive at the Marina Village and there's a boat. And, like, there's crowds of people taking photos of everyone because the word has gone out that the girls trip is in town. so they everyone's taking photos and porsha's saying how like they're you know like we're very much involved with the fans because you know they're taking pictures they're taking photos and kyle's like yeah so many people have been watching for so many years and are invested in all these people lives oh my god there's sandra bullock oh sorry i just assumed she was there because i know that she's a huge fan she's written me many dms so the life of a celebrity you know

37:16Ronnie Karam: you know what the oc is so beautiful when you look around you know you just know that there were like dinosaurs here at one point because this looks like peridactyl land like if there weren't gorgeous homes like all over this insane marina i could picture it like back like a billion years and there'd be like i don't know like something out of ice age or something what are you talking about showing boats everywhere and this beautiful is it the hills what is it like

37:43Ben Mandelker: There's like Qdoba. She's like, oh my God, I can totally see a pterodactyl here. Meanwhile, she lives in Utah, like land of like prehistoric rock formations. She's like, yeah, but Orange County, Orange County is like where it's at. Like this is where T-Rex used to roam.

37:58Ronnie Karam: Is she seeing it? Is she seeing like the trees and greenery and seeing it as like a jungle? What is she seeing? It's so.

38:06Ben Mandelker: Was this supposed to be like a tie-in for the end of Oak Street, which is coming out this week? Is that an NBCU movie? What is happening? Is that a dinosaur movie? Yeah. I think from what I can gather, the logline is that Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor are a mother and father of a family, and their entire street somehow gets transported back in time to the age of dinosaurs. So when they go out, it's like suburbia, but there's dinosaurs roaming around. I mean, it makes sense. It's actually not unlike this show itself. It's like, well, we're going back in time, and we're seeing a lot of dinosaurs.

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39:56Ronnie Karam: So they get on the boat and they're all talking about how nice it is. And then there are statues of, not statues, but those big cardboard cutout things of them, like from blockbuster video and it's their original stances as housewives and like oh my god nobody needs to be confronted with this why yeah they do not seem thrilled whatsoever it's like

40:18Ben Mandelker: we've put money into ourselves to not look like this anymore and they are they are not happy but they have to pretend like they think it's so amusing and lohan's like wow look how long my Look how young my face looks. Wow. And then let's look at my cardboard cutout. Get it, girls. And then she's like, Giselle, you look like Jessica Rabbit.

40:42Ben Mandelker: Jessica Rabbit from the hood. Am I right, everyone?

40:46Ronnie Karam: Vicky says, I think the one that looks most different is Teresa. She's like, huh? Well, I don't look no different. The only thing I ever had done was, like, the tip of my nose. And everybody just stays quiet and looks away.

41:00Ben Mandelker: But Vicky is really one to say that the one who's most changed is Teresa, especially when she has a whole monologue about the changes that she had to her face later in the episode. It's like, Vicky, you should just take a backseat on this one.

41:17Ronnie Karam: Yeah, I mean, it's interesting because Atlanta, on the same night, there was a huge fight about plastic surgery and body shaming each other. And then they all body shamed each other anyway. But it was like, how dare you say this to another woman with your leaky ass and you're this and you're that. So it is a very housewives thing. I mean, it's part of housewives culture to be getting plastic surgery and stuff. Yeah. I don't know why anybody's shaming anybody about it. It's just part of what you do. You know, it's like, do you get mad at teachers for taking pencils to work? That's just what you do.

41:48Ronnie Karam: For Christ's sake, don't shame anybody. but I do think it does suck that you have to walk into a party and then like try to enjoy yourself

41:57Ben Mandelker: with your before pictures yeah that's rough and so uh and and there's a camera in your face Lisa's like we all look like ventriloquists and not like real people I'm assuming she means the dummy but that's okay because like there's like my least favorite photo I've blown up like okay I get the sentiment but like we could have passed on it wow I look pretty good with short hair I have to say Now I know why Bethany stole it.

42:23Ronnie Karam: Now they all sit down to eat, and Vicky is regaling everybody with stories of the O.C. She's like, okay, well, we were dressed like the 80s for this party, and that's what we're going to do tonight. We're going to have a season seven party. We're going back in time. Maybe, maybe, maybe we'll see some O.G.s from my original franchise, guys. yeah it's gonna be it's gonna be for the very very beginning okay so 20 years bitches we're

42:52Ben Mandelker: gonna do a bunco party yeah and they're like great yay um and then vicky is like uh then they're like why don't we talk about some of our our favorite iconic moments of ourselves so kyle's like um let's see would it be when i showed up with jamie lee curtis who won an oscar and i brought her to lunch everyone's like oh my god you know an oscar winner i was like yes i'm an actress of Of course I do. That was pretty iconic. Halloween. Of course, yeah.

43:20Ronnie Karam: Of course, Vicky starts. She's like, oh, I've got several. I've got several. They're like, oh, God. Jesus. Carl's like, could I get some non-alcoholic rosé? I'm trying to tell my moment. Okay. So everybody just looks at her awkwardly because she's already made everybody uncomfortable with the Teresa slam or the little dig she made at Teresa. So now she's yelling at them and she's giving them insurance things to fill out and a snore button. So everybody kind of is hating Vicky at this point. So she's like, well, you know, there was one moment where I was doing business college and he was expecting me there.

43:51Ronnie Karam: And then I started crying. And then I did a keg stat. It was so, so funny. Okay, what about Beverly Hills? And of course, Kyle's iconic moment isn't even about Kyle. It's Lisa Rinna and Kim Richards' iconic moment that Kyle Richards is now saying is her iconic moment, which is Lisa Rinna slamming the glass on the table and breaking it and coming for Kim and being like, you don't ever talk about the husband and kyle's like yeah that was my iconic moment because i ran

44:18Ben Mandelker: out of the room i mean that was a famous moment for sure but i think that for kyle her i think she has two iconic moments that are better and they all both from season one first is like you're such a liar camille which is an amazing line and of course it's the like the fight with kim in the and the limo like that's that to me is like the iconic kyle richards moment and then like a good number of splits and maybe there's a slut pig which is really more kim maybe there's

44:53Ronnie Karam: the only one else with kyle poor kyle she's so bland i know there was the know that your husband will never emotionally fulfill you know that but of course that was the psychic yeah there was goodbye kyle but that was ken so yeah just crying about kimosabes i don't know like

45:14Ben Mandelker: i don't know if kyle has too many iconic moments on her own right yeah that aren't reactions um and then lisa's like i think like big moments from like salt lake were probably like my hot mic i like watched it and i like cried i cried i felt so bad i had hurt meredith so i was She's like, I'm just going to take it on the chin at the reunion. I'm like, yes. When I think of Lisa Barlow, I think this is someone who just takes it on the chin all the time. Meanwhile, Lisa Barlow will be like, no, I don't say that. No, I didn't say that. No, no.

45:50Ronnie Karam: Oh, and Portia is saying, you know, we always take it to the next level on Atlanta. And then Kenya and I came on and it was just constant fighting. and her story is Kenya bringing the megaphone and screaming in her ear. I'm like, that was your iconic moment? Didn't you get fired for dragging Kenya, literally dragging her across the floor at that reunion? What an odd thing to bring up as your iconic moment. Yeah, I think, I feel like, I mean, that was a big moment.

46:17Ben Mandelker: I think like by Ashi was a huge moment for her. I feel like there's been a ton of like really big Porsche moments. The Underground Railroad. Underground Railroad is number one.

46:27Ronnie Karam: clips yeah they did play all these clips of porsche and they were fucking hilarious every single one was fucking hilarious but for her to pick this is her iconic moment it's weird yeah

46:41Ben Mandelker: so then um yeah she's talking about that and i like porsche saying that changed the history of bringing props to reunions as if like this is like a like a very important timeline that we have to follow the history of props at reunions like yeah and props are still very much at reunions

47:04Ronnie Karam: that's for sure yeah giselle and atlanta too especially this week so giselle uh giselle's iconic moment was sitting in karen's spot in the center space at at her birthday lunch which uh was pretty funny but also a weird one to pick um and they're with teresa they're like ah yours is obvious it's like yeah you know everybody thinks you know like i'm on tv and it's fun but it's not fun okay like i've gone away i signed you know like a refinance and my husband told me to sign so that was really rough and uh he used my credit and never in a million years did i think i

47:47Ben Mandelker: was gonna go to jail for that yeah and uh then they're like well oh so what happened like the it's because of refinancing. And she's like, no, it was mortgage fraud. He didn't pay taxes. The government came calling. So she's like talking about this. And Vicky interrupts. I never want to know any of this for me. I pay my taxes on time all the time. No penalties, no interest, no nothing. You might have to finish a detention lesson later sometime this week. Okay. I never, and everyone's like, what the fuck are you talking about? Like Vicky, like Teresa's telling her story and she's telling it like in a, in a way that's like more open than she normally does.

48:20Ben Mandelker: And Vicky just hijacks the moment.

48:22Ronnie Karam: i mean it is kind of bullshit you know theresa's wording of it she's very mcbee in her wording of it it's like well daddy just made a couple mistakes on some paperwork and then the government came to get him it is kind of like that but let the woman be delusional you know this is a celebration of delusional people just let her have her thing and vicky starts banging on the table

48:48I know.

48:51Ben Mandelker: So then Vicky is saying, you're the product of what happened, but it gets complicated when there's business involved and you always have to fight your taxes. And she's like, yeah, okay. Like whatever. Anyway, if Vicky keeps poking the bear, who knows? I might be flipping hell off the boat. Like we don't know.

49:12Ronnie Karam: so luannes is being in turks and caicos and bringing guys back to the room and then getting in a fight with heather and being and saying don't be on be cool don't be on cool and they're just

49:26Ben Mandelker: everyone just starts marveling at how like the new york new york they always had so much fun and and luelly well you know we're new york city girls that's what we are because kyle's like oh oh my God, and all the time on Beverly Hills, like, no one has ever met a guy and taken him home ever. I'm like, yeah, we know. We watch the show. No one on your show is adventurous. And as sassy as Erica liked to act, like, yeah, I just like the fuck, yeah. She is not bringing a single person back to any hotel room on any trip ever. She's not even talking to anyone. She's not even bringing back an ice cream.

50:03Ronnie Karam: Yeah. and uh giselle is giselle just keeps trying to cause mess which is funny so like one after the other she's like so do you feel like new york kind of took the shine from oc because like we're we're both doing really well okay we are both of us were that's like we're different women in different places and you know oc's oc new york's new york gives a fuck and uh yeah biggie's like well

50:29Ben Mandelker: everyone loves their friend chats. And Luan's like, no disrespect to the OC and Vicky, but you know, I think New York really put the housewives on the map. And then Giselle's like, well, Portia, you hold it down in Atlanta and you all put OC and New York to shame. Well, I wouldn't go that far. Okay. That's a bit much, Giselle.

50:50Ronnie Karam: You wouldn't be here if it weren't for me. None of you would be here.

50:54Ben Mandelker: Yeah, but everyone knows. Portia's like, yeah, well, you guys open the door and we kicked it down. And everyone knows that that's true. I mean, I've always, New York has always been my number one until the reboot, but everyone knows like Atlanta is the one that really moved the needle on Housewives. Like that, that changed everything and they don't want to ever admit that.

51:16Ronnie Karam: Yeah, agreed. So now they do some more shots and they dance, they have a twerk off because it's girls trip. That's what we do. Have to watch the Housewives twerk. So they do that. And Giselle's like, Like when Portia twerks, everybody moves to the side because A, we can't keep up and B, it's unfair. But I love a little Kyle twerk. Kyle has nothing back there, but she can move it. Whatever it is, she can move it. It's just Kyle's doing the cat scratching its butt up against the post move. Yeah.

51:47Ben Mandelker: So then they go back to the hotel. Yeah. And they're getting changed for dinner and everything. And Vicky is putting picture frames in bags. and one of the picture frames is Gretchen Slade. She's like, bye, Gretchen Slade. Hopefully I won't be seeing you guys in the near future. And then everyone's getting into glam. There's going to be an 80s party tonight because it's a callback to the 80s Bunko episode. And Teresa is in a Robert Cavalli 80s thing and she's excited about it.

52:17Ronnie Karam: And Lisa loves it for her. And she doesn't really have big hair. Lisa kind of is doing Teresa hair. and therese is like well there's a jersey saying well i don't know if it's jersey but the higher your hair the closer the guy so i want my hair to be real high but she doesn't make her hair really high right maybe i miss it so then we go to portia and kyle and uh i'm just sorry i'm thinking out loud i don't know everybody's just making small talk getting ready to go but giselle and lou are talking and giselle's like are you close with vicky and she says no but you know she does have a mean streak and did you see her today with teresa i mean she's pounding her on the fist on the table saying pay your taxes i mean it's a little aggressive a little aggressive all right and then she was talking about tamra today on the boat and we just hear this audio

53:09Ben Mandelker: and just i was like who are you close with vicky and is it tamra and vicky is like well i love tamra but like i always worry about her you know because and she's like because you worry what she's gonna say yeah it's like yeah just for the cameras oh i got you i understand uh so giselle is like got it finally something to hold on to to give give the people something interesting to watch

53:33Ronnie Karam: yeah and um she says giselle says vicky's being a quintessential mean girl and she's like and i thought i was going to be the mean girl i was looking forward to it but it's vicky so she's about to start shooting Orange County again with Tamara so if you're saying you don't trust Tamara then Tamara needs to know

53:54Ben Mandelker: yep so they all go downstairs and guess what pulls up to take them to the quiet woman an old family van and they're like what this is crazy like but it smells like exhaust but they just pile in like well you gotta do what you gotta do to get to the shoot so they all climb in and they like can't even all fit in there

54:14Ronnie Karam: we're on ultimate girls trip this is the first of many humiliations just crawl in the van and

54:19Ben Mandelker: don't complain about it yeah so kyle is like guys guys it's all just a joke it's a comic set piece okay you guys don't know i learned this from my favorite friend jessica chastain she talks about comedy to her friends and i'm one of them now so guys we are we're getting real cars don't worry about it. So they're like,

54:46Ronnie Karam: that is hilarious. All right, let's go to Buko. It's Buko. No one can say Buko. I know. No one will learn how to say Buko.

54:57Ben Mandelker: I know. It's actually such an easy word to say, too. Buko. So they go to the quiet woman for Buko and Tamara's on roller skates. I'm wacky bitch. If I have too many cocktails and I decide to do back trips or whatever, stop me, bitch. And Gina Keogh is there. Gina, who's 70 years old. God bless. And I know she's going through some challenges right now. So we want the best for Gina Keogh. And also Joe is there. I was hoping, you know, I guess, you know what? I would have liked, like, if they're going to do the nostalgia play, do the nostalgia play. Give us Gina. Give us Joe. Give us Lori. Find Kimberly.

55:39Ben Mandelker: Like, really do it. Give us Quinn Fry. like that's what i want to see give us a lynn give us lynn curtain now i know that lynn curtain is and like tammy knickerbocker are going to be on oc because we've seen them in the trailer but like if you're going to do this like long look back to the past like give us some real

55:57Ronnie Karam: surprises you know bring in everybody they only brought in a few yeah and heather comes in with a cake because someone stole the cake off my bow. It's hilarious. Remember, guys? She stole the cake off my bow. So this party, they all go around to each other and they do their best lines for each other. It really is. It does remind me of dinner theater in Jupiter, Florida, when it's like Robert Goulet and Debbie Reynolds, you know, doing all the greatest hits. So they're walking around doing their greatest hits. and I felt so bad for Joe because nobody knows who Joe is like nobody they're like who are you and she's like I was the first Latina housewife and I'm like uh huh and who was it she's like hi I'm Joe wasn't it Heather well Heather would know who Joe is I think it was Kyle Kyle didn't know who she was someone just went oh Joe hello nice to meet you who's Joe who the fuck is that and then Gina's like

56:58Ben Mandelker: Oh, yeah, I was the very first housewife. Yeah, the show was actually written about my family. I was the one. Yeah, so, okay, sure, I'll talk to you later. Okay, bye. Hey, I'm Gina Kiyo. I was the base, they based this entire show. You owe everything to me. Okay, no, yeah, you can walk away. That's fine, I'll talk to you later. Bye.

57:19Ronnie Karam: So, Portia is talking about Heather being a baddie, plastic surgeon's wife. She used to be a really cool actress. You know, I thought she was going to be stuck up, but I love her.

57:31Ben Mandelker: Yeah. And, oh, cause Heather's also being, she's like, she's doing, we've talked a lot about her claw hands and we don't, we don't give enough credit to her mime in an invisible box hands that she does when she's being friendly with people, which is that she puts her hands out like this, like she's a mime against, against the glass. And then she does kisses. She's like, why are you kissing people from within your mind box she also does that really intense black-eyed

58:03Ronnie Karam: smile like you're playing a game with your sibling trying to guess what the other one is thinking like okay can you guess what i'm thinking do it now

58:14Ben Mandelker: she's doing she's doing she's she turns into a mentalist yes and it's so intense just her eyes

58:21Ronnie Karam: boring into you. It's like, I don't know what you're saying. Think harder! I've studied the art of prestidication.

58:31Ronnie Karam: Ben? Well, here comes Shannon Bedore. Wearing her, I think it was her Bret Michaels wig. Which one was this? Heather said it was her Mrs. Roper wig.

58:41Ben Mandelker: Oh, well. Yeah, she's, guys, this is a news break. Shannon Bedore is hamming it up for the cameras, and she's like, I got a cigarette in my in my mouth. It's not a real cigarette because that could cause cancer and it's also not a candy cigarette because that could cause calories. So it's actually just a quinoa cigarette. I had to find it and make it specially made. It's fully ancient and green in the shape of a cigarette. Okay, I'm wacky! Wacky!

59:12Ronnie Karam: Shannon is dressed like 80s aerobics and she's got the back of her outfit going up her butt, you know, kind of like a G-string. And And Shanna sees it and she's like, oh, oh, Tamara. Well, did they even have G-strings back in the 80s? Oof. Oof. She's like, yeah, I want them to work out. Lady who never went to a public in the 80s. Stupid bitch. I'm just dumb bitch, Shanna.

59:36Ben Mandelker: This is, by the way, this interaction has been hyped up on Orange County because there's been some talk all season long about like, well, something happened at The Quiet Woman while shooting Ultimate Girls Trip that was so terrible, it set Shannon and Tamara back eons, eons and eons and eons. So now we finally get to see what is going to happen between these two women that will be such a seismic shift that will carry over into the Real Housewives of Orange County.

1:00:06Ronnie Karam: Yeah, and Vicky wants to get them back together because we're the Tres Amigos. We'll make it work over Baco. So she goes up onto the stage to make an announcement, and uh tamra's like why do you look like a drag queen lou goes she looks like phil specter

1:00:27Ben Mandelker: so vicky's there and again there's for some reason there's just like a power cord that's dangling by her face and she's like ladies and gentlemen thank you all for coming to the quiet woman we are not too quiet right now so 15 years ago i filed for divorce in 2010 and really it was a really hard for year for me and i was really insecure so i was really scared and and so slade ridiculed me and said I looked like a Muppet doll, Miss Piggy. And in the midst of that, we were filming a bunco party, and Gretchen was all about supporting Slade, and I said, how can you support a man that talks awful to women?

1:00:54Ben Mandelker: I had zero respect for him, and I thought, okay, well, I'm just gonna do it. I decided to do the surgery. I'm sure everyone's like, it was a great speech. Thank you, Vicky, for regaling us with this warm welcome.

1:01:07Ronnie Karam: What a fun party speech. She's like, yeah, it broke me down. And then I changed my face for a man. An evil man. And they're like, uh, that sucks but also what the fuck kind of party is this i know right so she tells this whole story

1:01:24Ben Mandelker: and they're all appalled as they should be as we all are because slade sucks and it sucks for vicky that she was that she felt she had to do that um i mean if she's happy with everything then then more power to her but it sucks that that's that was rooted in that and uh so she's like oh So tonight I want to redo Bunko because we're all dressed like the 80s. And I want to go forward, not backwards. And they're like, yay. And Portia's reflecting that this is like, you know, Orange County, they were the first ones to sacrifice their privacy. And one of the downsides of having a camera in your life is that you open yourself up for everyone's opinions, especially for how you look.

1:02:03Ben Mandelker: Yeah.

1:02:04Ronnie Karam: And so like, don't even let it get to you, girl. Like, this is silly, you know. More power to you. fuck that guy and she just keeps going and going like she keeps on and on with the speech like okay vicky wrap it up she's like and i brought two pictures i brought a picture of gretchen and slade and i'm gonna put them on this table with candles so we can all remember how mean how mean they were to me i just want everybody to remember how mean gretchen and slade were to me and poor uh who does it luann's like fuck him and just breaks the picture yeah

1:02:36Ben Mandelker: she just breaks it um which i feel like that should have been reserved for joe they're like god could you imagine if anyone actually married this guy i'd be mortified well thank god we're in a safe space of people who've never fucked slayed smiley like uh joe is right there who joe who is he hot does he like cabaret so um kyle they're all like why the fuck

1:03:05Ronnie Karam: is this a shrine to Gretchen and Slade? Why are there candles all over the place? Lisa says, this shrine is freaking me out. Like, what is going on here? It looks like we're praying to Slade instead of, like, burning him at the stake.

1:03:19Ben Mandelker: So then Tamara starts to tell us, I want to congratulate Vicky Gamerson for recreating this 80s bunco party. And Vicky, you got your orange back so you don't have to worry today because no one's going to make fun of your looks at this bunco party. we'll wait for our show to do that

1:03:36Ronnie Karam: and Gina goes well I am that hair sucks yeah the hair is terrible it is terrible you don't have to do that to yourself anymore every day you look at yourself and you go still Vicky just live with it you know what I mean you're not gonna do nothing now so now they're looking at Tamara like why is she giving an awkward speech what the fuck is with these terrible speeches in the city Tamara's like,

1:04:02Ben Mandelker: Listen, you never have to get plastic surgery ever again, Vicky, because you've reached what they call the point of no return. So enjoy it. Enjoy it.

1:04:13Ronnie Karam: So they all cheers to Vicky and woohoo. And it's Bunko time. Okay, can I just do a rule summary for everyone? So we're going to start playing Bunko. You get three dice. For every one that you roll, you get a point. and when you get three ones, BUNCO! BUNCO! Oh my god! You start rolling on the ground, then you fall over and go, WOOOOOW!

1:04:39Ben Mandelker: And then Giselle's like, is it BUNCO? Is it BOOKO? I don't play it. I'm a black woman. We don't know what the hell this is. This is not my culture. They're like, we don't know. So they're playing it and Tamara's like, WERE IT! And then Kyle's like, oh my god like the oc people are very loud you know it's funny it's like they must be they must be they must work on the stage because those of us who like work on screen we're used to just speaking at normal voices we have microphones that pick it up actress talk sorry yeah everybody

1:05:13Ronnie Karam: is everybody from the oc is screaming for every little thing and um the rest of the ladies like okay can we please just get out of oc these people suck uh so they bring in some hot 80s

1:05:26Ben Mandelker: what's that i said they're trying so hard it's like the oc women are trying well i should say the trace amigas are trying really hard to be like we're wacky and fun and cool we're we're

1:05:37Ronnie Karam: hip and young yeah so then they bring in some hot guys and lisa just wants to use them to take good pictures of her yeah she does that gina gets a bunco so everyone starts screaming and yelling and other ladies are like oh my god my head why my head so then there's also wait if you listen

1:05:57Ben Mandelker: closely you hear a tap on the window and everyone looks and there's gina kirchenheider and emily simpson being like we've been here for like 10 years can we come in and then the owner of the white woman just slowly lowers the shades on their face it's just kelly blowing on the

1:06:15Ronnie Karam: the glass on the outside lowering her big open mouth on the glass uh so now giselle is like okay well everybody's screaming and nothing fun is happening i will start some s so shannon two and tamra hate each other and she's like oh well i i i i i i i i i Because I didn't see y 'all last season. And y 'all were communicating, right, Tamara? And she's like, I tried. I tried so hard for Shannon. You know, I really tried for Shannon to communicate. When I'm like, you're a super alcoholic, you dumb alcoholic bitch. Get in front of me. I just tried. I don't know why she's not receptive to it.

1:06:54Ben Mandelker: And Shannon's like, well, that's her story. And I'm not going to go into it. And Tamara's, so Shannon's like, you know what? I filmed with you. And I let the prior year go of you attacking me every time we filmed. and I move forward with you and I laugh with you and I film with you and we went away together. So to me, that is moving forward, okay? And Tamara's like, yeah, that was one fucking, like, that's like one fucking thing. I'm the one that's got a husband, bitch, okay? I'm the one that has kids that are going to cons, bitch. I'm the one that has everything. I'm not the one that's struggling around that, bitch.

1:07:28Ronnie Karam: Jeez. And Santa's like, Tamara, the fact that I filmed with you after you treated me so horribly, and called me one night, I fucking cut fitness 18 times at a dinner table. I'm going to walk away. I'm just, I'm walking away. Oh yeah, run away, Shannon. Run back to Lonaville with nobody to dance again. That's what Shannon does, you guys.

1:07:51Ben Mandelker: I love Tamara saying that. I love Tamara saying, that's what she does, she runs off. Well, maybe if Tamara could have been in the conversation about iconic moments, it would have been Tamara literally running off in the middle of Bali, or literally running off and winding up in bushes, who are literally running off in every single scene where she's confronted about anything. Literally running off the show last season when she was confronted in New Orleans. Yeah.

1:08:12Ronnie Karam: Y 'all never see my face again.

1:08:16Ben Mandelker: It's true. We actually never saw that face again. It was a new one next season.

1:08:22Ronnie Karam: Tamara, you are so fucking delusional, but you know what? I don't care. Oh, yeah, but I'm not the one that drinks. That's Shannon. drinking Shannon's drunk how dare you I'm taking this cocktail closer to the bar to complain about you talking about how much I drink can you believe her

1:08:43Ben Mandelker: so then Shannon just sits down with some other lady I can't I mean she's calling me a fucking drunk again all this shit someone get me a martini so Teresa is like um I use okay no no this is what I deal with every fucking time I am with her and they're like what's going on? She's like, well, Tamara, Tamara called me a drunk again. I mean, have I had a cocktail tonight? Yes. Was it only one? Yes. Was it possibly two? Perhaps. Am I on my sixth? Quite frankly, I am, but I deserve it after she called me a drunk.

1:09:13Ronnie Karam: Did I just drive my car into this bar? I sure did. Sorry, quiet woman. And Tamara's like, well, I was a good friend with her for 10 years, you guys. I was there. I was talking on the phone with her, taking phone calls in the middle of the night when she was drunk. Drunk phone calls. Lisa's like, you know, I love Tamara when she's on your side, but you don't want to be on your bad side.

1:09:39Ben Mandelker: Yeah. And then Kyle, Vicky's like, can we just have some cake? And Kyle's like, yeah, we're supposed to be here celebrating 20 years of me being known for 15 years by Julia Roberts, okay? So Kyle is like, yeah, the Trace and me guys are like, not really feeling like Amigas right now. I'm starting to feel like the Trace Enemies. I don't know that word in Spanish, but it's pretty good if you think about it, right?

1:10:01Ronnie Karam: Trace Enemies? So then Giselle is like, okay, well, that wasn't enough mess. So she tells Tamara, she's like, so earlier today Vicky told us all that she can't trust you because you like to make things up and throw her under the bus and she can't confide in you. Okay, that's not what she said, Giselle. That's not even

1:10:23Ben Mandelker: that's not even what she said that's just making shit up it's not what she said you're just making shit up and thank you thank you for doing it thank you for your service

1:10:37Ben Mandelker: so gizelle's like i don't know the dynamic here too much but i know they're loud and annoying so maybe if they just all scream with each other in the corner the rest of us can have some peace and quiet so if you're gonna talk behind someone's back do it to their face because that's potomac 101 that's how and we do it well yeah so portia's trying to make small talk with joe but like

1:10:57Ronnie Karam: nobody still knows who joe is are you dating you married what's that she's like oh yeah i'm married i love it any cheating no okay i'm really bored with you so tamra pulls vicky to the table for the chat she's like i talked to giselle it's just that you were talking shit about me today that make applies or something because i thought we were good vicky i thought we were good

1:11:22Ben Mandelker: no no i never said you make applies i get scared of being around you because of the conflict like my life is so good it's like it's so incredible and like i don't want i just i don't want conflict in my life at all i just i won't i won't have it i don't want to have it i don't i don't i don't i don't i don't i don't i don't i don't i don't uh so uh vicky's like you know i just don't like

1:11:44Ronnie Karam: when you're mad at Shannon, because I love Shannon. And with the Trace Amigas. And so she's like, oh, I'm the peacemaker. Vicky says, I'm the peacemaker. Vicky, you are the meanest person to women on this show that I've ever seen. Witness Carmela right now, who's taking it from you for literally no reason. When Vicky comes on and tries to rewrite history, like, it's just me, Vicky, the peacemaker. The one who's nice to everybody.

1:12:11Ben Mandelker: You're not a developer. but so then Luanne meanwhile is like god Osi is loud the bitches are loud and Lisa's like they're like literally giving me a high so Vicky is just saying like you know Tamara I don't like conflict with you I'm scared of conflict you know I didn't say anything bad about you I just said I don't like the way you treat us the other women I've seen it and she's like what because I got shit out of drinking it's not your place let her deal with it herself okay she's our fun drunk friend not our fun friend okay fine well that's not a problem between you and I, okay? She's like, I've never said anything negative about you, okay?

1:12:46Ben Mandelker: I'm just telling you as my friend. If somebody asks me a question and I say something that might be a little different than what, like, it comes out of, like, that's, like, that's not why I'm on this earth, okay? That's a pot stir right there.

1:12:56Ronnie Karam: Wait, is she saying she's a pot stir? I can't get to tell her about it.

1:13:03Ronnie Karam: So, she wants to make up, of course, and she's like, I want to be good with you if I can't be known each other for 20 years. I've known you longer than anybody. I'm really upset about Giselle. You know what? I don't even want Giselle to be part of my life. I mean, what's more to doing something like that to somebody?

1:13:21Ben Mandelker: Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Hello, gathered fellow women of acclaim. I am television's Heather Dubrow, and I'm here to make a speech that will bring us all together. No, Alfredo, no. Anyway, gather round, listen. What a beautiful night as the kickoff to the 20th anniversary of the Housewives. Do I wish it were at Nobu? Yes. Do I realize none of you can afford that? Also yes. Would I have paid for all of you? Perhaps. Would I have really? Only to flaunt my money? So yes, most likely. Oh well, anyway, you guys are all the OGs. Much like I was the OG of the Anything Goes production of Syracuse University of 1988.

1:14:04Ben Mandelker: The rest of us are just so thankful to all of you for paving the way and giving us this platform for this incredible sisterhood. Cheers to all except Wendy Matlick.

1:14:14Ronnie Karam: And for those of you who don't know who I am, I'm the person who is waiting for a Find My Friends acceptance on my iPhone from Reba McIntyre. Okay, enjoy the cake.

1:14:28Ben Mandelker: which has a little bit less bow as a callback to my iconic moment terry get in here

1:14:41Ronnie Karam: that is the end of the first episode of real housewives ultimate girls trips there we go well we did it look at that yeah well everyone thanks for being here thanks so much This was good times. We'll be back with a shit ton of stuff this week. So join us for the rest of the week, and we'll talk to you guys later. Bye.

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1:19:00Ronnie Karam: I mean, I just have. It is delicious. Caesar sauce is like a Parmesan, garlicky blend with some lemon in it. And you can dip anything in there.

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