Shannon has dinner with ‘Gene The Machine’ celebrating his 96th birthday.
She tries to talk to this 96 year old man about her Housewife issues with Tamra, as if he cares. As if. He has a blank stare. He can’t even pretend to look interested, and who can blame him?
I really think Shannon should just be cordial with Tamra during filming (as much as you can be with Tamra) but not allow any type of friendship or hanging out together going forward.
Marilyn emerges out of nowhere to serenade The Machine with the infamous Happy Birthday song.
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Gina and Gretchen meet to discuss Katie and the whole roofiegate, where if you’re like me, you think it’s so ridiculous to be reigniting this shit from almost two decades ago. I guess they needed to do this in order for Gretchen’s return to be ‘interesting.’ God forbid we just have her living her life and acting normal.
We get introduced to this Kiki Monique who is getting her fifteen minutes.
The exposure this is getting her is unmatched, so do we think this has been orchestrated? Yes we do.
You can tell she’s not used to being on TV as she’s looking like she’s trying too hard to look nonchalant when you damned well she’s excited as hell to be on Housewives.
They continue to keep referring to her as a ‘journalist.’
Oh look, what’s in her name caption as she enters the scene – ‘Radio Host/Media Influencer.’ Not a journalist.
She doesn’t seem too happy when she tells Gretchen they ‘met’ over the phone on Sheana’s podcast and Gretchen tells her “I didn’t know that was you to be honest.”
Nice of Bravo to give Scheana a little tiny shout-out. I am sure she was beside herself to see this.
That was brutal, but honest. I think Kiki assumed Gretchen remembered her. Perhaps she’s not that memorable.
To me this is all such a waste of time and an insult to viewers. It’s clear to see if Katie did share this with Kiki, it was not in a malicious way. At least I don’t think so. Maybe she was just overly excited to have her mits on some vintage Housewife tea.
I don’t really care about anything this thirsty chick has to say.
It’s sad that Katie refers to Kiki as a ‘friend’ and she’s going to sit here and throw her under the bus for a few bucks.
Gretchen is always fluffing her hair. Did you ever notice that. Like always. It doesn’t even need fluffed. It’s fluffed.
She tells Kiki she was ‘side swiped’ from this revelation. Think blind-sided is what she meant. Housewives and their constant misuses and mispronunciations of words and phrases.
Kiki matter-of-factly tells her that Katie did say this.
She looks pretty pleased with herself, but also guilty at the same time.
What’s sad is I think this woman befriended Katie and pretended she wanted to get to know her, when she was just looking for dirt. Sorry not sorry, but Katie comes off as naive and not the brightest and thinks these Bravo gossip people (not journalists) want to be her friend.
They need to quit saying ‘ 17 years ago.’ To me it underscores the complete absurdity of all of this.
To say this is old news is the understatement of the century.
As far as the ‘Asian Designer’ thing, you can immediately tell by Gina’s face she did say that, and recalls saying it. It does sound like a dig AND racist.
It’s definitely not, not racist. You can totally hear her saying it in her snarky condescending nasly Valley Girl way, “is that an Asian designerrrrrrr?” These OC’ers (also BH) just do not do well with other races represented on the show for whatever reason.
They flash on the scene of Katie complaining to Jenn about it last season.
Gina claims she thought that was initially COOL, but then realized Katie was dressing better and wearing more (non-Asian) designer duds.
Someone who dresses like she’s thirteen, should shut the hell up. This is clearly jealousy.
So riddle me this: Why do the veteran wives get so bent out of shape when a new wife has a little extra money, and starts to spend it on glam and new clothes?
Gina claims it ‘pissed her off’ that Katie was wearing bougie designer brands now.
Is she jealous or what’s the story? Katie is married, has a husband who supports her although I forget what he does exactly, and her Bravo deposits are probably spending money, whereas Gina’s is her sole income needed to pay the mortgage and support her kids. If there’s a little leftover she has to go the Shein route.
This is taking me the fuck out. Gina says TO this Kiki bitch, “thank you for being a reputable journalist.”
Gina, she’s not a journalist! She’s a gossip Bravo influencer/personality whatever.
What’s also hilarious, is how she thanks her for not putting it on blast, AS she’s putting it on blast on TV to a million fucking people.
Gina’s SO mad that Katie wanting to celebrate her Asian culture feels ‘performative.’
I don’t think Katie saying she tries to buy Asian designers means she has to wear ALL Asian designers. And what the hell is it even TO you Gina?
Have you looked at your BFF, Tacos lately? Having constant fake and ‘performative’ breakdowns about her kid having autism when he doesn’t even have autism, exploiting the child about a possible ED, that I don’t even think he has. And if he does, most people, kids especially are usually sensitive about it.
Like wtf woman? We feel uncomfortable watching it.
Like bitch you’re all performative. You’re performing right now pretending like this is such an issue in your life.
Gretchen gets really really extra and starts wailing about how mad she is at Katie.
She’s an ugly crier.
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So Heather has three entire residences they go back and forth in.
A penthouse/apartment, and a rental building where they have two separate apartments.
Heather, no one wants to hear about your ‘sexy time’ with Terry. Like so euuwww.
Heather asks three of her kids where they would like to have a ‘family house’ to spend holidays and leave their stuff…
She did have one of those and sold it to become some kind of gypsy with your kids (even though older it still probably sucks) feeling like they don’t even have a home.
Heather seems to thrive off of this chaos for some reason that I don’t get. I think it sounds horrible to be having stuff here and stuff there, and going back and forth constantly.
I think that’s even what the kids are thinking when she says that.
She says she’s going to wait until ‘the kids land somewhere and then we’ll worry about a family home.’
What? Also who says ‘family home?’ Isn’t that assumed?
And whose to say they’re all going to even stay in CA?
What if they want to live in another area all together?
This is the dumbest thing I ever heard. I don’t get why she wants this chaotic life of not having a stable household for her kids to live in or come home to. Terry has to hate this, but is afraid to speak up. They should have just stayed in that hotel house in Orange County they spent several years custom building. The profit they made they’re basically throwing away on paying astronomical rent for two apartments so they have room for their kids.
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Emily, whose mother-in-law is Iranian, is hosting a Persian new year’s party. Sort of. It’s actually just a front to bully Katie around.
Right off the bat, don’t mean to harp again, but thought Persians loved bright colors and swag, and also it’s springtime in Southern Cali, Here’s Gemily both in black and dark denim. Emily’s dress is entirely too short and tight.
I don’t get it.
Emily has lie detector tests set up for the party. Guess whose going to fail?
Gina thinks it’s a good idea. Of course you do Gina.
What they don’t realize is that viewers don’t even care about these ‘lies’ from two decades ago.
Heather arrives wearing burgundy leather pants and jacket. I have no words for these fashion missteps.
Heather announces how Tamra is so mad that no one cared if she was okay when she left the trip.
Probably because they knew she was okay. Well I mean of course she’s not okay, she’s Tamra, but also not in eminent danger.
Has anyone checked on Eddie lately? That’s who we need to see whose okay.
Emily’s concerned Tamra is going to ‘come in hot.’ Insert unnecessary extra dramatic and cryptic music here.
Katie arrives and immediately looks uncomfortable. At least she’s dressed cute and springy. As is Jenn.
Everyone else looks like they’re going to a funeral or standing on the corner.
The assignment is to write down questions that the want to ask someone in the group. I think that’s what we’re doing anyway. I’ve been busy analyzing everyone’s outfit.
So much for ‘new beginnings.’
Tamra arrives and I feel like I have to commend her for not being in black, and wearing a cute colorful outfit.
Tacos again exploiting her child and using him as an excuse as to why she ignored Tamra, when we all know that’s not the reason. This time she just says ‘eating disorder’ and not autism. This poor kid.
Tamra wants to glaze over her behavior in New Orleans. She hugs Gina and apologizes.
Tamra starts whining about Katie, and Gina tells her ‘we got her’ in sort of a mafia kind of way like she’s going to take her out.
Tacos says “don’t worry about her today is a pivotal day in this group.”
Tamra seems excited about that.
Again, no one wants to focus on the part of ‘Naked Wasted’ where Tamra pimped out her kid to see if Gretchen would make out with him and cheat on her then-fiance, Jeff who was dying of cancer.
I’m assuming everyone was ordered not to bring that up.
Katie can sense she’s in for a take down and goes to the bathroom to throw up.
Emily announces about the lie detector testing to be taking place.
Katie is the only one who seems nervous.
Did she lie? Possibly, Did she lie about anything anyone cares about? No.
Also you know this shit is fixed, so there’s that.
There are various questions being asked about things that may or may not have been lied about.
Does Gina know her shirt looks like it came unbuttoned? That happens when your clothes come from Temu.
Gretchen is clearly lying but I’m sure she’ll pass. Because it’s a set-up.
They review the results and mostly everyone passed. Tamra lied about being on the autism ‘spectrum.’
Jenn failed having reservations about marrying Ryan, but she paints it as just because she doesn’t want to get divorced again. Not that his ‘profession’ and income are sketchy.
I love this. Heather fails not having called the paps when she and Terry the Fairy went to Disney. Of course she did. ALLL you have to do is look at those stupid posed pictures. Also paps don’t hang out in Disney.
She seems really defensive. Everyone looks awkward.
This is interesting, that Gretchen whispered to Tamra in the car in New Orleans (guess she thought the mics wouldn’t catch it, if she whispered)
But now she says no, and passed that question??
I smell a fix. The administrator tells Katie she “failed the whole test very badly.” Like how do you fail a lie detector test ‘very badly.’
So they pretty much all gang up on Katie. Katie tries to get Gretchen to admit she did say this roofie shit at dinner. She refuses.
Jenn won’t corroborate. Gretchen now claims she said she SHOULD have gone to the hospital.
Supposedly Katie is taken out of filming after this.
Fucking loudmouth Tacos literally screams at Katie that she failed every question and nobody believes her.
I fucking hate Cannon Mouth Tacos. She’s such a fucking bully. Ugly both inside and outside. Shane needs to dump her dumb gold-digging ass.
Gina screams at her for insinuating the Asian designer comment was racist.
Tacos literally kicks her out of her house. What a fucking twat.
Katie cries to production outside.
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2 thoughts on “Real Housewives of OC – 8/28/25 – Ugly Crier and Ugly Liar”
Chile, I don’t even know… this lie detector thing don’t make sense It felt less like Housewives and more like a bad sitcom skit. Like… why Katie? She didn’t do anything worse than what half the other ladies been doing all season! So why they all pointing at her NOW? Is this Bravo justice or just Bravo messy? #RHOC”
no body gets it! we just don’t get it. Bravo must be making it contradictory on purpose to get everyone bitching and talking! No such thing as bad press you know!