Through Rose Colored Glasses
This week’s episode assured me why we watch RHOBH. We never seem to get the full picture of these women’s private lives since they only share what they want the audience to see.
***Of course, with the exception of our favorite shit shows, Brandi Glanville and Kim Richards. We thank you for your service.
I believe these women are able to get away with not completely exploiting themselves and their family based on the lavish lifestyles they live. The Beverly Hills housewives are by far the wealthiest out of every franchise and its shows with their astonishing homes, massive designer closets and luxurious vacations. This alone is why I had such an issue with Kyle this episode. Practically every scene revolved around her ‘issues’ with the women being, quote, ‘fake bitches’. I’m sorry, but how has that changed since the inception of the show? When Kyle continuously shared this point of contention with the group, she was rightfully torpedoed in every direction. This brings me to this week’s MVP.
Erika Jayne
Erika has always been a truth teller, but she is bringing her A-game this season. She is completely aware of her wealth and privilege, and owns it 100%. Erika consistently calls out the other women on their bullshit (i.e. primarily Sutton, Teddi and Kyle) and doesn’t allow them to get away with anything. However, I think the narrative is about to change as certain characters begin to unravel this season.
This episode starts where we left off at Denise’s dinner party. Kyle is painfully unaware of her own behavior, causing massive confusion with the other women and the audience watching at home. Kyle is over-the-top upset with Dorit for showing up to Teddi’s retreat hours late dressed in head-to-toe glam. I’ve never seen any of these women without glam, which disparages Kyle’s point even more. Lisa Rinna, being the notorious shit-stirrer we love to hate, brings up Kyle’s sister, Kim, which is too much for Kyle to handle. She storms off to the bathroom with ass-kisser, Teddi, following directly behind her and ends up leaving without saying goodbye. This entire scene was ridiculously overblown and reminded me of my daily all-girl private high school experience. Thank you Bravo for that reminiscent trip down memory lane.
Later in the episode, Denise and Erika go out for coffee and discuss the nightmarish dinner party. Denise reveals how embarrassed she was that her eldest daughter overheard their threesome conversation. No judgement, but I was astonished that Denise took offense to this situation. Her ex-husband is a raging, self-proclaimed sex addict and her films aren’t exactly family-friendly. Pot, meet Kettle. If Denise was actually concerned about her children and their friends, why were they even there in the first place? Nothing short of savage, Erika ever-so-cleverly pointed out that she thought ‘she was at Wild Thing’s house’ so all conversations were fair game.
The arc of the episode revolved around Lisa’s two daughters and the launch of their clothing line. Lisa is the perfect combination of Kris Jenner and Yolanda Foster, sorry, Yolanda Hadid. She wants her children to be the next Gigi and Bella while also becoming momager of the year. She needs to pick a lane because currently, both roads look a little desperate. I love you, Rinna, but we’re all starting to see through your translucently plumped-up lips.
The ladies begin their night at Erika’s retro glam ‘club house’ apartment which is a Ziggy Stardust dream. Lisa announces that her daughters did a collaboration with an individual everyone knows, prompting Sutton’s already pessimistic demeanor to become even more downbeat. This uncomfortable moment isn’t addressed again until the ladies step off the party bus and make their way into the event. Sutton has what can only be described as a dissociative episode and starts ranting on how she has a bad feeling about the party and is ‘about to flip out’. She has this glazed look over her face throughout the entire event but unfortunately, doesn’t cause a scene until dinner.
At dinner, Erika, being the real-ass bitch she is, orders a shot ‘to take the edge off’ at the tension-filled table. This leads Dorit, who is sporting a 6-foot rat tail in her hair, to call out Sutton on her irrational, bizarre commentary. Sutton reveals that she had a business disagreement with Lisa’s makeup artist, Joey Maalouf. Does anyone else think that Joey Maalouf is this season’s John Stessa? I really hope this doesn’t turn into Puppygate 2.0.
Lisa and Dorit calmly discuss the issue with Sutton, who is on the verge of tears. Sutton needs to develop a harder exterior if she’s going to be dealing with these pitbulls all season. Dorit continues to repeat actual statements that Sutton said but ultimately angers (a.k.a. embarrasses) her in the process. Sutton becomes a loose cannon and starts telling Dorit to ‘shut her mouth’.
Kyle tries to defend Sutton unsuccessfully, however, the conversation then karmically gets turned to her. She makes a blanket statement how everyone at the table is a ‘fake ass bitch’ without any context. Denise doesn’t take this lying down and pushes Kyle to provide examples. Kyle brings up how Denise’s diamond ice sculpture and full glam at her party was out of character. I truly do not understand why Kyle has such a bug up her ass over these women. Personally, I think she misses LVP who always had her back during times like these. Girl, you should not have burned that golden bridge.
We are starting to see a darker side of Denise and I’m not sure I like it. I appreciate that she is standing up for herself, but it seems to be clouded with hostility. The death-look she gave Kyle in the final scene gave me full body shivers. She is clearly out for blood.
