#3527 Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip S505 One: Baby Late-geous

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2:12Ben Mandelker: okay everyone before we get into this bravo chaos for today um we have to address something that just arrived here in our studio, our home studios. We just got a delivery. And actually, it's not just any delivery. Look, it's in this bag. It's not just any delivery, Ronnie. Do you have one also? Oh, yeah. Deb and Lynn sent us a gift. The Deb and Lynn. All right. The Butterball Gals. I think I've seen them doing like turkey meatballs. And apparently, they're Watch What Crappens listeners. And they wanted to show their appreciation in the most Deb and Lynn way possible. With food. and a hat oh my god maybe i should have put my my other thing on there's an apron there's an apron wait do you see it has my name on it does that have yours is yours say ronnie yes oh my god you look so adorable wait hold on i'm putting mine on i'm putting my apron on because everyone knows the first step to podcasting is to wear an apron okay safety first this hat is actually amazing look at this wait hold on wait does the hat fit over my headphones i'm putting it on it says the hat says turkey is my love language that's so true by the way my shirt actually matches this butterball stuff it does yeah you came themed and branded today this segment is brought to you in partnership with butterball and the timing could not be more perfect because labor day is here which means that barbecue season is having its final moment and deb and lynn made sure that we are ready for it because these women care hard and cook easy and apparently they also have excellent taste in podcasts so we're going to unbox are you ready to see what's in the in the bag what do you have you got a lunch box yeah i got a lunch box it's what my hat and my apron came in and then there's a whole bag of stuff uh turkey burgers i love the turkey burgers these are with natural flavorings they're original seasoned 60 percent less fat this is actually really good because i actually really really enjoy a turkey burger i'm trying to keep it stand it up on its side it's gonna fall over oh my god guys it's gonna fall over it's gonna fall over and you know i love a mayo and nothing's better than a chipotle mayo love a chipotle mayo wait okay wait what's in this jar oh yes pickled red onions pickled red onions with a turkey burger that's a great combo the best pepper jack cheese gonna have to have that oh wait oh wait guacamole oh so you put okay oh wait you know what i was starting in my mind thinking of how these could all go together but you know what i found inside my bag it is actually it is a recipe from deb and lynn themselves look deb and lynn are on there do you see them dev and lynn watch your crap it's biggest fans okay so this is dev and lynn's chili peppers as well i love some spice i love that deb and leonard's spicing it up i know i love chipotle mayo pepper jack cheese and peppers yes this is some spicy ladies over there so do you want to know what their recipe is for a texas turkey burger okay so four butterball original season frozen turkey burgers oh my god right here in this box uh four pepper jack cheese slices four burger buns a quarter cup of chipotle mayo, a half a cup of guacamole, a quarter cup of pickled red onions, and half a cup of sliced jalapenos for some spice.

5:44Ben Mandelker: So you cook the burger patties. And then in the last one to two minutes, add the cheese slices and let it melt. Toast the buns, spread the mayo on the top bun. And on the bottom bun, you put the guacamole and then you add the pickled onions to the bottom bun and the burger on top of the onions. So I would have put the onions on top, but this makes so much more sense because when you put the onions on top they slide off so you put the onions on the bottom dip and layer geniuses and then jalapenos go on top so easy this is so easy to do and it's perfect timing because my family's in town so i'm making dinner tonight and guess what it's gonna be turkey burgers baby deb and lynn we see you and we feel seen Thank you so much for sending us this.

6:32We will be making this before the next episode just in time for Labor Day. Thank you, ladies.

6:37Ben Mandelker: Thank you for listening to this segment brought to you in partnership with Butterball this Labor Day. Or next time you are cooking for someone you care about, pick up Butterball Turkey. Butterball. Care hard. Cook easy. Find them at Butterball.com. Well, hello and welcome to What What Crappens, a podcast for all the crap we love to talk about on Yee Obes. rovs i'm ronnie that's ben over there hello you handsome man how you doing oh hello how are you how look i'm really sassy today i got my hand flopping all left and right um uh i am great thanks how was your long weekend ronnie oh it was just a joy it was it was it was good it was very good it was meaningful steep family time good stuff like that um how about you um it was very chill got some good r &r um i had a fantasy football draft on on yahoo and i actually forgot to uh join up until like like 10 rounds into it it's like a 16 round draft so i so i didn't i didn't join in until later and like anyone who does fancy football this i know this doesn't mean anything to you and this story will you will have an emotional reaction to this i believe but like the first really what matters are like the first like six rounds or so that's like the most important picks so i missed the most important part of the draft so when you don't show up to the draft yahoo will auto draft for you like the base of the robots will make the choices for you and uh and so i came in i did a few picks at the end and then what happens is that when you're done making your picks when the draft is over yahoo will send you an email with like a report card on how your draft was and like i traditionally always do pretty badly because i always pick badly i was like well this will actually be good because the robots picked and so i'll actually probably have to do way better so i got my report card and they gave me an f and i was like an f i've never got an f on the draft I've gotten like a D before, but not an F.

8:38Ben Mandelker: And I was so mad because I was like, you chose this. Why are you giving me an F when you chose this? And it was so mean to me. It was like, it was like Ben Mandelker drafts the perfect team in an alternate universe. I was like, whoa, you, why are you, don't blame me for your choices. I actually felt like I was literally, it felt like a real housewives moment. It felt like a real housewife made a draft, like did the draft for me and then blamed me for it i was furious yeah that's why you can't let the robots take over because they suck they just do things that suck anyway so what's the point although i do i do have lots i i do have to appreciate the pettiness of them though like a robot that like like could you imagine if we had known that like the terminator like skynet would be like not just evil but also like a gas lighter that's kind of funny it's like we didn't take over the world you did.

9:34Ben Mandelker: Wasn't me. Great job taking over the world, idiot. Judging themselves. You did that, Luann. You did it. No.

9:46Well, we are going on tour. That was a terrible segue, but there's no other way. We're going on tour. We start October 3rd. We will have a new schedule up tomorrow for you all to go look at, And tickets should go on sale at the end of the week. We'll bug you about that later. As usual, if you want this on video, you can get that at Patreon along with bonus episodes and all that good stuff. So join us over there. It's also where you get ad-free listening now. And today, it's The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Season 5, Episode 5, to peach their own. Ooh. What is this? Ooh. so this was a episode of a lot of people saying hello and coming into a place that happens sometimes on housewives but this show's killing me with with that this that's what this entire

10:38Ben Mandelker: season is this entire series is people walking like oh my god there's so-and-so there's so and so i will say though i do think that this was the best episode of the season because at this point, like, they've been trying to cobble together some sort of interpersonal dynamics on the show, and it's starting to come together. There was definitely some conflict, and there's definitely an issue with Lisa, but man, oh man, it's just a lot of entrances on the show. Nothing but entrances and flashbacks. Well, it was nice to see Giselle be able to get upset about something that was real. She didn't have to make shit up this time to start stuff.

11:15it was it was actually a legit thing so that was good and as we always say lisa will always give you a reason to be pissed you don't have to make up i know she will come she will do it so stop

11:28Ben Mandelker: making stuff up and just let baby be gorgeous it made me so sad for her she really um like she has like the biggest bravo icons in her corner you know when heather and angie go up to lisa and are like it's mainly heather and are really trying to go for lisa and you got theresa who just steps right behind lisa be like i've got your back that's in the world of housewives that is so significant that's like so major and to know that that lisa is going to squander the goodwill that she has i think the only thing that's going to save her is that looks like luann as a villain is ascending because she's driving everyone nuts with her constant singing uh even in this episode they cut to like a flashback in the party where luan's just standing in the middle of the party is singing like chic c 'est la vie it's like it's crazy um it's so funny but yeah it makes me sad to say they ruin it i was like they're not even playing that they're playing phil collins or something and you're still singing your song like that's what's playing on the radio i mean the delusion i love it i know it's hilarious but but i was gonna say before though is it's been really funny watching i i i watching the whole situation with vicky um vicky just showing her ass at this like oh i i feel uncomfortable here in atlanta and like just twitter just tearing her so funny it's just funny because when when they did this whole thing at bravo con about like vicky would you like your orange back it's like everyone was like so happy and people were crying on their feet And in my mind, I've just been like, what did people think was going to happen?

13:09Ben Mandelker: This is Vicky. When she left, she didn't leave on top. She left very much on the bottom. And what did people expect? Yeah. Well, that's a friendly house, BravoCon, because I didn't react that way. I was over there. I wasn't in that theater. We didn't go to that thing, but I didn't react that way. I booed audibly. I heard that shit. It's like, this? This is what you're going to do to fix things? This? Yeah. Come on, man. It's time for a commercial. It's time for a Crappins commercial. Losing weight can be like trying to roll a wheelbarrow up a hill. You can do it, but it's so much better and easier with support.

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16:32Marlo is Cruella DeVille. Marlo. Nene Leakes coming in on a freaking, I don't know why Nene gets to make a parade entrance every single week, but she did it again. She came in this time being carried on a thing by a bunch of guys. this one I will say needed some work because she didn't think about okay they carry you in on a platform like a bunch of shirtless guys then you get in there and then they have to put you on the floor yeah and then you have to get up from the floor that one could have been thought out of it

17:03Ben Mandelker: a little bit better but yeah you know it's whatever it's um you know just they just should edit around that part um that's what they should have done but yes we're here uh we're at this big party and um it's it's a lot it's funny because we're like starting to go into the notes right now and it's just it's pure chaos it's like this person that person this person that person but we do see robin and giselle oh people saying the photo yeah people saying hi uh the photos for the next season of um of potomac sneak peek of the looks etc of the of their cast photos uh that emerged today, I believe in Ebony.

17:43Ben Mandelker: And we saw what their looks are. And it looks like Monique will be with us this next season. She was in the mix. In the mix, like the Benaroni tour. So a little update on that front. Monique is back. So people are walking in and saying hello. And meanwhile, Lisa has been arguing, well, not really arguing, just kind of fending off rather Heather at the bar, who's like, What? There's not even a camera here, Lisa. What are you upset about? Once again, Lisa Barlow, sexy to challenge. Can't even get dressed for the challenge. Floating it in. You're dressed like Ramona from the Lip Sync show. Yes. Who are we getting upset?

18:29And if anyone is slacking, I mean, Lisa is slacking, but yell at Kyle, too. She's wearing the exact same outfit. Yeah.

18:36Ben Mandelker: Yeah, exactly. So she's bugging her, and then Lisa walks away, and Teresa's like, Are you good? Are you good, Lisa? She's like, Oh my gosh, thanks, Tay. I thank you so much for checking on me, but I'm good. I just want to make sure, because when I did my first girls' trap, I remember Kenya Moore had my back against the Ramona, you know? And then we see a clip of Ramona being like, You know what? It's just this Teresa girl. What is she? I call it Teresa the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz. Because what is she, like, scared? What is her hair? Is her hair straw? What is it? She's so dumb. And Kenya defends her.

19:21Ben Mandelker: I think Kenya should have been at this party. I know that NBC is probably, you know, that she's in the penalty box because of the stuff with Brit. But I think she should have been here. I don't know. like i'm i i'm is this bad that i'm like i'm ready to welcome kenya back but she's in she's in the penalty box she lost she lost a year's worth of work her her thing closed down uh she got her penalties i'm like i'm ready well we're bravo viewers so i think we've learned to just forgive more quickly you know you have because it happens inevitably you know what it is because it happens inevitably. So why make us, you're actually penalizing us more in an effort to look like you're doing the right thing.

20:09Ben Mandelker: Because obviously what Kenny did was terrible. It was wrong. It was 100 % wrong. But you're going to welcome her back into the fold eventually. So why not do it sooner rather than later? Why not give us one of our great villains? Could you just consider that, please? Thanks. Bye. Yeah, take note, fuckers. So, um, Teresa's like, Oh, you know what, lady? A lady from some other show? Let's have her back if anybody comes for her. And she's like, Of course! I'm the queen of backhavers. Um, so Derek Blanks is there shooting some pictures and stuff, and he sees Candace and checks in with her. And Giselle's still like, Oh, not, uh, I forgot Candace was even here.

20:56And we see a clip of, Not today, Satan! not today neck not today ankles the whole thing and then um guess what a garbage truck pulls up

21:08Ben Mandelker: and the back opens and out comes marlo i was concerned that marlo would not be at this party and i also feel like marlo deserves a moment and so i was actually genuinely so happy to see her and I will use this as a moment to shill the YouTube series What's Your Order that I've been doing because the new episode that I'm going to drop either later today or tomorrow morning I just have to make the thumbnail for it is going to be about the top five housewives friends of like the best friends of of all time and Christina Ariel joined me for that one so will Marlo make the list and where will she be on the list you'll just have to find out on our YouTube okay that was my shill find out tomorrow so um kyle's like oh my god who is that it's marlo he's like oh my god that looks like a lot of work like that's too much work for me we know kyle you're still cosplaying as the person you've been cosplaying for two years okay with your alter ego parties i don't want to hear it from kyle that looks like too much work for me you had a party in sofi stadium him get out of here you can show up in a dump truck if you wanted to so um then we see uh well it's a whole train I mean this dress is insane it's like crazy it's amazing and that's what I'm saying the drag people need to learn because this was a pageant this was great great work so Marlo's saying hello to people and Porsche is telling us like well I don't not get along with Marlo I mean I just don't know Marlo like do we shoot with it even at the same time i'm like lady we all sat there we all watched our whole season with marlo what are you acting like you did you shoot the same time as marlo of course you did and not just that season of seasons of course of course but then 50 cent comes in um and then there's five minutes of saying hi to her because she's stressed as 50 cent and 50 cent so then uh vicky says hi to angie and heather and Lisa sees it and she's like, there's just major trust issues with my cast.

23:16Like, we're shooting, we just, the reunion is airing right now. It's like so difficult. And like now I already have to be around them again. It's like so hard. Like I just want a day off. Like I need a break.

23:29Ben Mandelker: I mean, I do, I do feel like you probably need a break from that cast. Like that is hard. If you were, I have to imagine that if you were a real house off, you do need like a decompression after that reunion and while it's airing and all that shit, you just need to be in a protected space so then to have to come face to face with heather and angie in the middle of it it's got to be pretty difficult so um so giselle is in her defense angie's not really even doing anything to her yeah i don't think angie's doing much you know and she really turns on the like nice and not nice at the flip of a switch like she does she can get messy and fight but she's she can also just enjoy a party she's like highly hello lisa what is going She's not mad at all.

24:14But Heather. Yeah. Heather's coming. Heather's like swirling a martini around, like leaning back, squinting her eyes, making faces. Like, what is Lisa doing now? I'm gonna tell her off.

24:27Ben Mandelker: Yeah. Every time they come to Heather. Maybe this is me projecting my sort of like fan view of Heather onto this situation, which is that like she had, I think, a pretty bad season on salt lake city she sort of in my mind came off as the villain um even though i don't think she realized that's what she was doing and so i don't know i i i just get the sense that like heather coming so hard at lisa in this sort of like different show kind of reeks of someone who wanted to be on the show and is mad that lisa got the spot and i don't know if i'm just projecting something uh or if that's generally what's there on screen but like that's the energy that I'm definitely getting from her.

25:07I don't know if it's the editors on Salt Lake City or if she just fits in with that whole group of nutcases more than she does any other show, but she's always awkward on terrible, I'm sorry, not on terrible shows, on other shows. She's always terrible on other shows. Below Deck, the first time she came on with Angie H., do you remember that years ago? She was really, she seemed like she was coked up out of her mind. She was just annoying and loud and trying to get the cameras every two seconds she was annoying as hell on the next girls trip that they are not girls trip but the next below deck they just did last season she was annoying she was kind of annoying on uh the girls trip she did in thailand um she was but i think she she never works the same as she does on salt lake city i guess it's my i know she's not really a

25:57Ben Mandelker: great guest star yeah and you know like i think heather this last season of salt lake city is I really, I felt like this last season, maybe season and a half, I felt like Heather has really declined. But that being said, I think she's like one of the very top housewives that's out there. And I kind of wish she would like kind of be in her, I don't know, like be more comfortable in like in the reality that she was like the anchor for Salt Lake City for many, many years. And that when she goes on to these shows, she doesn't have to like generate a moment. she can just be Heather and she will probably then shine.

26:36Ben Mandelker: And I think that she's sort of like, it seems like she's lost sight of that in some ways, right? And that's why she's now really kind of descending like on Salt Lake City while others like Lisa are ascending, or Angie Kaye, or really so many others, you know? Yeah. I miss Heather from season one, eating a meatball while people are fighting. well that one that's fair but um the past couple of years me so heather and mary uh yeah she's just so into the receipts the brief timeline there's that whole that was the tipping rise to ascendancy and the post gen shaw where she's like i'm taking this over and the keep the obviously keeping the um blogging thing until the very last episode and being like what?

27:28I just found out that this person is a blogger! Which led to one of the greatest season finales ever. But it's just a little, I don't like to see you working that hard. You know what I mean? You're supposed to make it look effortless. And so that's kind of my problem with housewives when they just get to be too, trying too hard and trying to stir too much. Just relax into it.

27:54Ben Mandelker: She teetered in, she went from being heather gay to playing heather gay on tv and i think that's where i think the disconnect began with the audience and i think it largely started to really happen after the receipts proof timeline because it was such a big moment it was such an iconic moment it was like an amazing quote like when it happened like there's a reason why it's famous is because it blew us all away it was like it was just like oh this is amazing but then she's sort of i think been like chasing that high in a weird way and i don't know it's just like not been the same heather that i feel like I fell in love with all those years ago.

28:24Ben Mandelker: And that sometimes happens with the big stars. It's what happened with Nini, honestly. I think Nini, like, you know, now we've been gone with Nini for a long time, so the nostalgia's kicked in. And, you know, we appreciate Nini for, like, that she is the number one housewife of all time, most likely. But, like, she wasn't great all those years. She wasn't. I think we see the same thing with Heather. And the point is just that when we see her here on this show going after Lisa, there's part of me that's just like, Heather, you are, no matter what we think, like Heather's always been the center of Salt Lake City.

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32:07Ben Mandelker: Like the fact that they're like, they're like, what? Wait. Hello, young man. Have you ever been with a Countess before? It's like, it's me, Cynthia. What was that? What was that? You feminine sounding man. It's like, that's Cynthia, Luann. It's Cynthia. Oh, well, she took off her glasses. Now I see it. Cynthia also really leans into the acting part of it. She doesn't smile ever. There's no smile. And I'm used to seeing smiley model Cynthia. And she's really like, hey, She's carrying around a bottle of tequila or something. She bottled chains all over her. So yeah, Lisa says hi to Robin and she's like, oh my God, do you remember Robin?

32:51Last time I saw you, we were stuck in a van together. And do you remember what you said to me? It was so hilarious, you guys. She's gonna remember, you tell him. She's like, yeah, I don't remember. Go on, tell him, it was so funny. I don't remember you really. Yeah, it was so good. She said, you talk too much. It was so funny.

33:14Ben Mandelker: And then we have this amazing, stupid scene, which I loved, of Heather and Luanne talking. And Heather goes up to Luanne to endear herself. And so she starts speaking French to Luanne, but she does it as well as I do, as well as I speak French, which is not well at all. Even though I was, famously, the president of French Club in high school, I have lost my skills. And this is like, I feel like Heather probably also has not kept up with her French since high school. Because she's like, Luanne, je veux voyager à France avec toi. And she's like, oh, tu veux voyager à France avec moi. They're saying, I want to travel to France with you.

33:56Ben Mandelker: But they both have like this terrible, terrible French accent. And they're just speaking this clunky French. I'm like, I know my French isn't good, but I'm watching these two. And I apologize to all the French people tuning in to watch The Real Housewives for this conversation, because this was painful watching them use French in this way. Your French is good enough to know that there sucks. You just know enough French to be able to judge other people. And that's why I feel like people should be well-read and well-versed in everything, because you want to be able to be judgmental to people from all professions and walks of life.

34:31I know.

34:31Ben Mandelker: and i think that even if you don't speak french you knew that they were doing it wrong because i think most people when you when you hear like a french person french people talking it's like truly just beautiful it's beautiful sounds like

34:47Ben Mandelker: it all sort of sounds like that whereas these two were like but i was like oh my god this was like a typewriter Well, you don't even have to know French to see how just awkward it is. Because Heather's like,

35:12Swirling her glass, like, oh, God, who are you performing for? She's standing right in front of you. For Christ's sake, we hear you. So Lou wants to go out for a cigarette. And Heather says, oh, I don't like, I don't like the cigarette, Lou. She's like, well, but I have one. So we're going.

35:31Ben Mandelker: And by the way, later on, the way I was like, you know, I think Heather's fabulous, but her French sucks. Later on, when they were outside smoking cigarettes, some eagle eyed person on Twitter took a still of Heather was also smoking a cigarette, but actually she wasn't because she was just holding it. And like she was not ashing it. so it had this like like an inch of just like burnt up cigarette at the end of it and people are like you know heather's such a pose or why are you pretending like you know even how to smoke a cigarette when you're sitting there with like the whole tip of it just like in that kind of like delicate ashy state oh delicate ashy state enter kim hello what an entrance for kim zolciat i know Kim Zolciak comes in like, ha ha ha, it's me, Kim Zolciak.

36:24Yeah, it's me. Yeah, what, are we having drinks or something? What, are they putting them in a cup? We're just having beers? What do we do? Do I have to take one out of my purse? I got one if I need them. Need me to show you how to smoke a cigarette? Fucking poser. I can do that.

36:37Ben Mandelker: And Heather's like, you don't know me, but I'm a huge fan. Who says that to Kim Zolciak?

36:48Ben Mandelker: how does how do who leads with that with kim zolciak it could be like oh my god you don't know me but i love to watch you on the show whatever but who actually announces on camera that they were a kim zolciak fan and kim doesn't say oh yeah i know who you are too or anything like that she's like oh yeah nice to meet you whatever all right we're going what are we doing taking pictures what's our second pictures there's so many people here who are these bitches you know i haven't seen kim zolciak in years she was married she had kids like yeah unfortunately we know about that and then she's i love it she's tardy for the party you know so it's fitting i'm so glad that she decided to to get into a time machine after i sang my song on real houses new york and go back a few years prior and then sing her song so people think she sang it first but we all know i was the first one thank god for time traveling technology ha

37:48i'm your inspiration yes me i'm canvas louann you know the person you were copying

37:57Ben Mandelker: 1997 whatever year that was everything i do i do it for you oh sorry i was just singing the song that Brian Adams ripped off of me and then went back in time and released in 1992. What were you saying? You ain't nothing but a hound dog crying all the time. You know, they do say that Elvis stole a lot of his music from a very important community. Me, the Countess community. You know I'm bad. I'm bad. You know it. I'm bad. That one was for you, Michael. It was always an honor to inspire you to write that song in the future. You know, I went to see the Michael Jackson movie for Michael Jackson. You know, I went through it and I thought, where's Janet?

38:46Turns out Janet went back in a time machine just to try and beat me to my first single. She couldn't do it. Yeah.

38:55Ben Mandelker: She took my first single. We asked what? Tell me about Janet Jackson. Did you know Janet Jackson's not in the Michael movie? My niece, or someone told me this weekend. I saw Michael and they cut out Janet Jackson. I did not know that. Mainly because I don't watch biopics anymore. Just in general. It's my line in the sand. Yeah, I refuse. I think they're all boring. Which one drew that line for you? yeah that's a great question I don't know it feels like it must be one that you're like there must have been one that just broke me I don't I have to I have to go after I have to think about that it obviously doesn't stand out it was like it was like a growing gnawing feeling and then eventually I was like no more no mass they're all boring yeah they're literally all so boring Well, listen, if your life doesn't fit in an Instagram post, I don't want to see it.

39:55Okay? You're talking too much.

40:01Ben Mandelker: So Sheree and Lisa Wu arrive, which is exciting. And then Portia saying, it really is important to have the OGs here. Kim Zolciak, Sheree is here, Lisa Wu. You know, I really want this party to be a celebration of Atlanta. and there are people who opened the door, came in, shared their life first. So of course they had to be here tonight. I'm like, is Deshawn busy? Where is Deshawn? Poor Deshawn. Deshawn would come in like, we're raising$10 million tonight for my charity. Bet my life on it. That's right. Yeah. She's the only OG that wasn't there. Oh, she was the only one? Right? Who else is missing from that cast?

40:49I don't know, but I guess you're right. So Kim goes to say hi to Vicky, and she's like, you good? You're all right, right? There's a lot, right? Who are all these bitches? Who is everybody in here? And Vicky's like, I'm just exhausted. I want to leave right now. Nobody would even miss me. Who am I? Who am I? Nobody's even looking at me. I feel ridiculous.

41:10Ben Mandelker: I hate this. Kim is like, yeah, right, dude. You know, you're one of my faves, man. One of my faves. So there it is. everyone we found it all makes sense so then vicky is like i just feel like yeah yeah thank you so much i have a lot of people too yeah i remember when you were doing that receipts timelines you know receipts receipts that was so good that actually wasn't me that was that woman over there no i don't know that bitch i don't know her yeah i don't know what you're talking about but vicky is feeling out of place i don't feel comfortable why am i dressed like this i don't wear wigs this hat is crooked i don't have anybody that i'm close with i i don't know i don't know what i like i don't know why i'm here i think i'm invisible well then i'll make yourself visible go talk to people you know the people on your cast go like chat around introduce yourself speak with people geez she thinks everyone's gonna come up and kiss her ass nobody cares okay nobody cares make an effort for christ's sake yeah so now nini comes in on her throne and uh everyone's cheering and screaming for her.

42:13Kyle's jumping on the throne. Like, oh my God, it's my best friend. I know her. I know her. Yeah. This is basically my throne.

42:19Ben Mandelker: We're friends. We're friends. We're friends. And then Nene gets on stage and she's like, excuse me, excuse me. And then Luanne goes, attention.

42:32Ben Mandelker: That's French. That was for Heather. I love Luanne shouting at play. That means in case someone is choking, just reading science. Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? So, uh, Nini. That's how you say, be careful in French, but in German. That's how Germans say, be careful in French. so nini gets up there and she's like i just it's like you know i just want to say it's a privilege to be in a room with all you guys tonight thank you so much for loving me and welcome me back with the open arms this is atlanta and i could not and i could not have done atlanta honestly without kim zolciak and sheree whitfield and porsche's like thank you geez just yes the ogs and you know i've had a lot of friendships through this whole thing and a lot of friendships i had dissolved and came back so portia williams i love you will you come to the stage oh wow i feel i'm just so happy that all the ogs are being celebrated and those are specifically kim zolciak and sheree whitfield and no one else so portia comes up to the stage and she's like thank you nini atlanta by the way lisa woo is here she's like lisa woo wow lisa who lisa lisa what uh so lisa's you know what the nini thanks thanks thanks nisa thanks nini thank you baby thank you yeah at least who's not happy about it i mean i would also feel a certain sort of way of her i I'd be like, I'm literally standing in the front row.

44:18Ben Mandelker: I'm here. Like, what the fuck? So Portia, like, gives everyone their flowers. Well, Charay's there, too. But Charay gets... Did she say Charay? She says Charay and Kim, but she doesn't say Lisa Wu. Oh, yeah. She leads out Lisa Wu. God, I'm dumb. That happened five seconds ago in recap time. I'm like, what? What is this? Is this a biopic? Okay, so Portia gives kind of a little speech, too. And she's like, we're going to celebrate. I mean, the speech. Nene, this is your second speech, and you still don't have anything. It's like, I'm here. I got a dress. I had a dress, and four men carry me in. Okay?

44:54That's my speech. You're welcome. So Giselle is so excited to see Nene and talks about how important Real Housewives of Atlanta was to her. And they opened the door for Potomac, everybody. And so Nene goes to talk to Kim. it's like kim it's like how are you you look beautiful i'm happy to see you yeah it's me it's me it's you it's both of us it's amazing how only one of us got better wigs as all the years go

45:24Ben Mandelker: on all right eddie's like you look great she's like oh my god sheree whitfield you look beautiful tris like i'm loving this i'm loving all this she's like yeah you look great they're all ed became like yeah we've been friends for 23 years you know and she's like yeah our children's our adults our children are adults and lisa's like well uh since you don't know another original damn nini what's up with that and nina's like well i didn't know you were here i didn't even see you you know it's a speech people forget shit she's no no because she didn't you know she didn't even say lisa i'm just i'm just saying respect disrespect that's all i'm saying she's like do you need me to repeat it i forgot i forgot she's like do not raise your voice at me, Nini.

46:07She's like, don't raise your voice at me and don't keep telling me something that doesn't make any sense. I forgot.

46:14Ben Mandelker: Lisa's like, it doesn't make any sense. She's like, I'm in a very good place and I don't want to sit up here and talk about how I forgot you. I didn't forget you, okay? It's not that serious. It's not that deep to me. She's like, how could you, Nini? I've been a friend to you. She goes, well, okay, bye. I'm not doing this scene. I don't do these kinds of scenes with people like you um so uh charade's like well you should give her some respect nini you know it's natural for somebody to just need a little respect she's like whatever i told her i'm old like what do you want i don't even know what i did a few minutes ago i'm with you i'm with you on that one yeah i mean to be fair if if anyone knows anything about forgetting to give a shout out to people that like we know and love like it's definitely been us we've done that a million times but it seemed kind of crazy i mean lisa was just right there um so then ashley's also very meany to be like whoops sorry sorry like you would think she'd be like oh my god i'm so sorry i was so flummoxed but nini's like yeah oh well sorry lisa so ashley pulls luann to the side i almost said ashley pulls darby to the side but ashley pulls the land she goes guess you texted me yesterday And she's like, who?

47:31Ben Mandelker: She's like, Ralph. Oh, I thought you were going to say Tommy Toon. I guess that was just me. Ha ha.

47:38Ben Mandelker: So Luann reminds us that she and Ashley did Love Hotel together, which made me really miss Love Hotel. I really hope that comes back. And so then we see flashbacks of Ralph, which, of course, I'm sure made all of America so happy. Yeah.

48:00I choose you to leave the love hotel with me. Okay. Congratulations. You win. Wow.

48:13Ben Mandelker: So Ashley says that Ralph invited her to go to Barcelona for the week. And I was like, go. She's like, I can't. She's like, I'm going to LA for work. Well, I'm like, go. Job do it. It's crazy. Go for it. Go on a flight. sit next to a man with hairy arms and get yourself some crabs get on it girl don't forget you know ralph's the one of the original ones that i went who howdy duty i got a big howdy duty for me so i say jump on it run to barcelona do what you gotta do i mean i wanna mean i kind of feel like that's luann's way of saying listen i wanted him first and you guys took him so you better follow through with this.

48:58Ben Mandelker: Otherwise, I'm going to go for him. Yeah, Lou Anne's legs. You know Lou Anne texted right after. Like, oh, so you're going to Barcelona. Thanks a lot for the invite. You're lucky. I'm not busy. I'll see you there. Barcelona. I just made that song up. So then we see Lisa Barlow, and she's talking to Candace. She's like, isn't this fun? Candace is like, oh, yeah, I love it. 20 years. Yeah. It's like of 20 years of freaking Housewives. And you know what's crazy is like, we're all, I always say that like, we're sort of like on the other side of the legacy and like, we're carrying it forward right now.

49:34Ben Mandelker: And Lisa's like, yeah! So then, um, Portia and Sway come over to talk. They join them and, uh... This is so good. Portia's like, oh, so Sway is Frankie tonight. I'm Lucy. And Gantus is like, Lucille Ball? Yeah. You know, I love Lucy. Oh, okay. Well, who's Frankie? This is Frankie. It's right here. Sweet. No, but who's Frankie in the show? Oh, that's her husband. She's like, no, that's Ricky. Uh-uh. Portia's like, uh-uh. Frankie's his real name. Then they show him on the screen. It's like, uh, not Desi R. N. Arnaz. It's good to see if Portia still has a few tricks up her sleeves. And thinks that Lucy was blonde still.

50:27Ben Mandelker: This is great. Yeah. And then Ashley and Giselle are talking about Portia and Candace and if they're good. And Giselle says they're not. But they seem to be okay. And Portia tells us that she thinks Candace is a fun girl and she just thinks that she has to play housewife. And she's like, so I'll play it with you too. I mean, how you doing, girl? But when Portia said that, did you interpret that as like candace is always on for camera is that what that means to play housewife yeah i think that's what she meant but they got they fought with each other because porsche stood up for monique right in the fight because they had that after what was that show called the bravo breakdown or whatever it was called oh right right she was on with giselle and Kate Chastain.

51:19Yeah, chat room. And she took yes, and she took Monique's side. And then they also had

51:28Ben Mandelker: continued beef on their girls' trip together. So then Drew asked Mary she's like, so who are we tonight? And Mary's like, I'm Wonder Woman. I just made her up in the car on my way here. And Drew's like, oh, I thought you were Michael Jackson. because she's like wearing like a marching band thing she just made up she says i just made her up on the way here i just i don't even it's wonder woman i made her up and then she's gonna be huge but when you see derrick jay this is i love that they included derrick jay and so kim goes up to derrick jay she's what you've been doing motherfucker which is so kim he's like um i literally was just talking about you know i was just like i was like tv does that bitch no fucking justice oh thanks baby thanks so much motherfucker it's great to see you

52:28congratulations you've reached the end of part one of a two-part recap for part two go look for

52:34Ben Mandelker: the recap that says part two see you over there suckers watch what crappens would like to thank

52:45Ben Mandelker: It's the Foster and the Furious. It's Amanda Foster. It's Always Automatic with Ashley Otto. Put your hands together for Carly Clapp. She's not just a Sheila, she's a Daniela. Itchles! We never miss her call, it's Diane Call. Big yay, it's Emily Gauthier. Erin McNicholas, she don't miss no trick-a-less. Hala Nagila Weber. You'll never hide from Heidi Eleanor Jones. It's no BS. We love Hugo ES. Jamie, she has no last namey. Sips some scotch with Jessica Trotch. She's our pal-a-ger. It's Karen Gallagher. She's our favorite streamer, Caroline Peacock. Kristen the Piston Anderson. Let's give a kisserino to Lisa Lino.

53:30Fresh as a daisy, it's Maisie McHenry. Come again? We're obsessed with Margaret O 'Halloran. Megan Berg, you can't have a burger without the berg. I love a y 'all Olivia Williamson. She's the lady of the house. It's Rachel Sherouse.

53:44Ben Mandelker: She sure is swell. It's Raquel. Yes, we canna. It's Sadana. Cast a spell with Shannon Spellman. Let's share with Sharon Eldridge. Darn skippy. It's tippy. And our super premium sponsors. She's VVIP. It's Amanda V. Somebody get us 10 cc's of Betsy MD. We're taking the gold with Brenda Silva. Let's get real with Caitlin O 'Neill. Put us on a stretcher. It's Charlotte Fletcher. Don't get salty with Christine Pepper. Can't have a meal without the Emily Sides. Who, what, why, where, and Gwen Pentland. Nobody holds a candle to Jamie Kendall. We got our wish. It's Jen Plish. My favorite Murdo, Karen McMurdo.

54:25Ben Mandelker: Let's get savage with Laura Wildman. In the study with a candlestick, it's Leslie Peacock. We're ride or die for Lisa Ryder Barron. She's a whiz. It's Liz Sarthy. Always Killing It, it's Lola Alkalani Roger That, it's Marlis Rogers The Incredible Edible Matthew Sisters She Eases Our Woes, it's Melissa St. Rose She's Our Princess, it's Rebecca Prince She's The Queen Bee, it's Sarah Lemke We Cannot Tell A Lie, it's Sarah Tell of Son Yes We Canna, it's Savannah Shannon, out of a cannon, Anthony Please Don't Stop, it's Soli and Pop Let's Take Off with Tam La Plane Strike a Pose, it's Tori Rose She ain't no shrinking Violet Kuchar.

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