So here we go – Season 20! Wow time flies when you’re having NO FUN!!
I didn’t watch OC in the early years. I forget when I started tuning in. Maybe like Tamra’s first season or second season? Whoever the other Tammy was, I wasn’t watching then. I think I only watched one season of Jeana Keough. What stands out to me about her, was how horribly the older son spoke to her.
Vickie was downgraded to friend several years back, which she DID NOT LIKE at all. After that, not sure if she quit, or was let go. But at any rate, she’s back with an entire orange.
If you were watching or went to BravoCon, Vickie was presented with it, and told she was going to be a full-timer. It was such a tear jerker. That’s a joke. I am kind of surprised she’s so gung-ho about being a Housewife.
If I were her, I feel like I’d be over it. She’s one of the few with an actual REAL job, and still has said REAL job, that she had when she first became a Housewife 20 years ago. Most of them are living off of men, have podcasts, and/or depend on Bravo for income. Not the case with Vickie.
First scene is Vickie and Shannon on the beach in Mexico, where Vickie bought a house.
She’s actually talking like she’s retired from the insurance biz, saying she hangs at the beach all day, but then says she’s still plugging away with 10 – 12 hour days. That math doesn’t seem to math.
She claims she’s so changed and so chill. Didn’t Tamra say that last season?? And then at the reunion she actually thought that she was so different, and asked Andy, “couldn’t you see a difference?”
He was like “uhh no.” I foresee the same scenario with her.
These two klutzes take a tumble when Shannon loses her balance carrying two chairs in one hand and knocks down Vickie who has a bum knee.
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Heather is back and has a scarf dyeing outing with Tamra and Gina. Heather is too hyper aware of the cameras. Just like walk and act natural. Thought she was an actress. She definitely walks like she has the proverbial stick up her ass, right? Like unclench your asshole. She constantly looks like she has to shit.
Don’t worry you’re the prettiest, skinniest, and have the most money.
Fashion police moment: I wish Gina would have stayed with the blue-blonde bob she had like three or four years ago. I see she’s back to the long platinum straggly extensions. I don’t like it. She does look good though, overall.
Another fashion police moment: why is Tamra wearing a nightgown?
About Gina’s engagement, SUPPOSEDLY – he made a ‘prototype’ fake ring of what the actual real rock is supposed to look like to make sure she liked it first. Yeah okay. Gina, that’s your ring.
They sit down to gossip. We get filled in on the podcasts and SM posts during the offeasons, which is what drives the story lines now. Whatever. It’s stupid but what choice do we have?
Tamra said on Jeff Lewis’ pod that she’s going to “blow things up this season” and “oh my God they’re NOT my friends!” They roll the podcast clip, and she was NOT joking, as she claims.
How does she look drunk already? They just popped the champs. Or is that just her face with all the weird shit she’s doing?
So they get more into Tamra’s ‘tude, and it appears she’s all in her feelings about last year’s reunion. She was upset about getting accused of some online crap to set up Gretchen, and everyone basically ignored her when they wrapped up, and were taking pictures. AND – did not invite her to dinner.
Tamra thinks Heather purposely excluded her.
Gina just simply says “I’m sorry you felt hurt.” There. How fucking hard was THAT? Jesus fucking Christ. Why is that so hard for people???
Tamra and Shannon are still at odds, as they were last season.
There as some altercation at The Quiet Woman, where the Housewives are NEVER quiet women.
What’s with this ‘lighter’ thing they keeps saying? Yeah they always are in the first one or two episodes before all of shit storms start.
Apparently Gina seems to think Tamra is ‘lighter??’ No she isn’t at all. She’s already all riled up about Shannon, and looking three sheets to the wind. Whatever.
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What do we think of Vickie’s new dude? He seems nice and normal, but the last guy seemed nice and normal. The one before that, Brooks, yeah he never seemed nice nor normal.
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I’m convinced Emily only likes Jenn now because she’s not overweight (at the moment.)
Her weight does tend to fluctuate because she does the GLP shit. I feel like when you try to get off of it, you start to eat unhealthy again, so the weight comes back. Then I guess you gotta start back on it again. I’m sure that’s horrible for your body.
The commercials for it are funny. They “stop the food noise.” They don’t just ‘stop the food noise’ they make you think you’re not hungry so you eat nothing all day.
Emily obsessively talks about her weight, her body and going to the gym EVERY DAY. I’m just saying, (I’ve already been scolded by her on my FaceBook post, thank you very much) being that doctors are still learning and studying PANDAS, we don’t know if it’s related or not. It certainly can’t help matters.
Emily loved to scream in Katie and Jenn’s faces about how they’re stupid. I don’t think either one are the sharpest tools, but you don’t scream in people’s faces calling them stupid. How would she like that if someone did that to one of her kids, even as adults? How does she think that looks when her kids see that?? It’s bullying. I have a hard time respecting Emily because of that and a lot of her other general behavior.
She does a lot of bragging about being wealthy, when she merely married into said wealth. It does appear Shane’s parents are contributing to their lifestyle, so it was astronomically hypocritical to me, for her to be e judging Jenn.
She was awful to Katie. She was awful to Noella. Poking her fucking pointy nose into their business like a nosy psycho. She’s just fucking awful.
So this child’s ED is so bad, he won’t even take his medication?
I feel like he was originally just a picky eater, then kept hearing ‘eating disorder’ thrown around by Emily, and decided “yeah okay maybe I ll try that, it seems to be getting me attention.”
That’s just me speculating. Before any Karens jump on me, she’s choosing to exploit this on TV, so I can therefore give my opinion.
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The Tamra/Vickie/Shannon dynamic is so dysfunctional. There is always only a short window of time that they’re all three getting along. You notice Shannon never wants Tamra and Vickie to be on good terms, because she worries she’ll then be on the outs and the third wheel.
As usual a lot of the ladies are estranged with Tamra, such as Vickie, Shannon, and Emily. Seems like she and Heather have the infamous alliance formed, meaning they’ll stick together and cover for each other, no matter what dumb shit they do. Well whatever dumb shit Tamra does.
However just to throw a monkey wrench into the alliance, Heather was shit talking her after the post reunion dinner last year, that she conveniently wasn’t invited to. Hmmmmm.
I’m sure Jenn’s daughter is excited she announced the world she’s having trouble putting a tampon in.
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Do we care whether or not Gina changes her name to Travis’ last name in the event they marry? Didn’t think so. I honestly didn’t realize ‘Kirschenheiter’ was 14 letters. That’s nuts. Her kids should honestly shorten it when they turn 18. That needs to stop. How about just Kirshe? I looked up the origin of the name and it’s of course German, and seems Matt’s ancestors may have been cherry growers. Just a little useless trivia.
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Seems Heather moved her mom to Cali from New York, and has her on the show so she can complain how self-centered she is, and how much she sucks because she didn’t relocate or buy a second home on the west coast to be near the grands.
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Heather’s Valentine’s event gets underway. She of course had to mention the cost. Well she mentioned that it was pricey, and Bravo disclosed the amount, which I’m sure they had to drag out of h er.
So she’s getting paid like 100 grand per episode, and she spent $75,000 on a party FOR the show, and most likely wrote it off. I guess we’re supposed to be impressed.
I love how she’s all about the Espresso Martinis now. I think it was like three seasons ago, she asked a server what was in them before she ordered it. What’s ALWAYS in them Heather. Vodka, espresso, simple syrup and Kahula.
This is when they firs started being Housewife-trendy, I feel like it was the first one she ever had. Now she’s always drinking them. I’m not bragging but I liked them before they were trendy. For me they’re not a adrink you constantly drink. I have to be in the mood for one. And it has to be decaf unless it’s early in the day. That sounds lame, I know.
I almost missed that Gina’s ex-husband’s wife Brit, was in the back seat on the way to the event. I have been speculating she was going to be a Housewife. So she and Gina just like hang out together? Wow. That is co-parenting HARD as they’re saying now. She looks exactly like a softer younger Kelly Dodd.
Emily basically ignores her when she gets into the car and starts talking about herself.
I’m not judging how short Jenn’s and new Girl Carmella’s dresses are, but they are VERY SHORT.
I’m not sure a former Plaboy Bunny will fit in with this crowd, but that’s probably why she was cast.
I see Tamra’s not even pretending to not drink this season. And didn’t Jenn say she’s ditched the whole therapy thing?? She’s funny.
With Emily being so dang skinny, she looks like a bobble head. Her head is way too big for her body. I feel like she was really excited to get Tamra’s approval.
She totally needed that “you’re so skinny!!!” validation from Tamra. That’s sad.
Vickie is clearly trying to get a Housewife ruckus going by yapping to the media that Heather and Terry’s money was inherited.
I am sure there was family money involved at some point, but Terry also makes a lot of money, so it is possibly both. It does seem like a weird comment for Vickie to make. It sounds like something a jealous person would say.
Shannon arrives and there’s immediate tension with Tamra. This is a complete repeat of last season with these two. And it’s tiring. Can’t they just hate each other and call it a day? And the constant ‘you’re a drunk’ thing with Tamra towards her. Sounds like projection. Eddie even complained about her drinking last season.
Okay so the lube versus luge. Poor Carmela isn’t getting off to a great start when she calls the drink luge a ‘lube.’
First off Emily is of course the first one at the luge, and she’s like “EMILY WHAT ARE YOU DOINGGGGG??”
Heather corrects her, but I have to give her props because it was not even in a condescending way. She just said “it’s an ice luge” after Carmela called it a lube, and didn’t really say it TO her.
Bless her heart. She tries to back pedal in her yap by saying the atmosphere reminded her of a Playboy House party, so that’s why she said ‘lube.’ That was dumb. And gross.
Like just say you got the words mixed up.
Tamra, who cares that you’re getting a tattoo!! She’s so excited that no one else is, and she’s the only one.
Carmela is introduced to Vickie, and they do a whole thing where they tell her that she has to bow to her, kiss her ring. It’s all in jest, but this chick takes it way too seriously, and says in her yap how she “doesn’t bow to anybody.”
Like calm down woman. It’s not literal. It’s called a fucking joke. Just laugh.
Heather makes a speech bragging about how great her event is of course. Surprised she didn’t drop the price tag.
Getting the ball rolling on what’s probably going to be the main grievance for the first several episodes. It was touched on earlier. How Heather gossiped about Tamra at the post-reunion filming dinner last year, when OMG they are SUPPOSED to be besties!! Sounds really trivial and really fucking dumb, but here we are.
Gina and Jenn discuss it and I feel like I’m listening to the Dumb and Dumber guys talk. What the fuck are they even talking about?
Oh and by the way Tamra, Heather is also getting a tattoo, so shut it.
Like are we twelve??
I thought Vickie and Tamra were at odds. They’re practically making out. And you know that pisses off Shannon. She always feel like if they’re friends, then she’s odd man out.
Okay we have to take a pause for another Fashion Police moment with Gina. This broad NEEDS to be under arrest.
Year after year she gets annihilated for her at least two of her yap looks.
This season with the very first one, she did not disappoint.
WTF is this heavy turd colored polyester ill fitting blazer thing from Shein? Come ON Gina! You’re in Southern California! What are you DOING??
And this shot does not match the other one in this disgusting frock, if ya know what I mean. And the shoulder pads aren’t helping. She looks like a linebacker.
So Gina is playing mediator of sorts here, and talks to Heather about her not being “completely honest about her relationship” with Tamra – to Tamra.
What?
I’d almost rather talk about Emily going to the gym every day, or not going to the gym, or having a sub in her purse.
Meanwhile Tamra is talking to Vickie that Heather and Gina were giving her a hard time for being friends with her.
I’m not sure where Shannon is. Still at the buffet maybe. That’s where I’d be.
Vickie summons Heather and asks why she was being a dick towards her, and Heather lets her know she’s pissed about the inheritance comment.
She points out that they both have one living parent, therefore there wouldn’t be an inheritance per se (yet.)
Vickie’s thought is Terry’s brother, who for those of you who don’t know, was Kevin DuBRow of 80’s heavy metal band – Quiet Riot.
Heather dismisses that notion, and repeats his mom is alive so any said ‘inheritance’ when he passed in 200,7 would have gone to their mom. Well, not necessarily.
But even if he did leave Terry some coins, I doubt it was THAT much for them to have achieved their extreme wealth. I think it is mostly Terry’s practice and their businesses. Get over it Vickie.
I think Vickie underestimates how much Terry makes as a Southern Cali renowned plastic surgeon, specializing in ta-ta’s.
Tamra is confused when Heather said the party was “paid for by boobs.” You do know what boobs are right, Tamra? You’ve had yours yanked out and re-inserted like four times now.
Wow Tamra’s face looks weird AF. She looks like an alien. Whatever she’s doing she needs to stop. She looks really weird when she smiles now. Maybe just don’t smile. Something is up with the nose.
Vickie thinks she won that battle.
Jenn tells Tamra that Heather talks about her when she’s not around, saying she’s not a ‘real friend’ (because NONE of them are ‘real friends.)
Heather cannot stand any of these women if we’re being honest, and deems them all beneath her. This is an acting job for her.
Tamra gets all fake gracious with Jenn for telling her this.
Now it seems Jenn is in trouble.
