Boy do we love a twist ending. Just when we thought all our nerve endings had been fried thanks to the sh*!tshow that was 2020, there was still more to be shocked by in 2021. Meghan...Lisa Hochstein was an original cast member of Real Housewives of Miami and she’s back for their season 4 reboot. During the early seasons, we saw Lisa leading a charmed life with her plastic surgeon husband, Dr. Lenny Hochstein. But the couple experienced stressors in the amount of hours Lenny worked and also heartbreaking infertility. But once the show was off the air, the pair seemed to forge ahead with life together.
Now that we have been through a few episodes of the new season of RHOM, we caught up on Lisa’s life and marriage. And some of it was surprising. The two finally got the family they wanted when they welcomed a son in 2015 and a daughter in 2019, both via surrogate. They also started a new business, Hochstein Med Spa. Then they finished construction on their fabulous Star Island mansion.
Now Lisa is giving all the details on their life over the last few years, and where they are currently. Lisa told Entertainment Tonight about the years between seasons,”I’m almost a little relieved that I had that hiatus to kind of do all of it, because — it would’ve been great TV — but really hard on my soul and my emotional everything. I’m happy that I got all of it done and get to show it to you and it’s all complete. The kids, the house, the job, the med spa, all of it.”
But the surprising aspect of their relationship was revealed in episodes 1 and 2 of the current season. Lisa explained that back when RHOM went off the air, their relationship hit a rough patch. Lenny had an “emotional affair” during the couple’s brief separation. Which is something Lisa found hard to revisit on screen. Lisa admitted, “It was absolutely a closed wound, something I didn’t think I would ever have to rehash or speak about.”
She continued, “Honestly, it really wasn’t much of anything.” Even though Lisa referred to the woman as a “two dollar ho” in the first episode. Lisa noted, “I should have explained myself better. It was more about Lenny and I, and not so much about any other person. We were going through our own difficulties. We separated and then whatever happened, happened. We decided that we love each other so much, we want to be together, we couldn’t be apart from each other.”
Lisa went on, “The separation lasted all of about one and a half months — it wasn’t a long thing at all. It was just, we couldn’t be apart. We can’t be apart, and when we were apart — and when I was ready to just say, ‘Bye, let me sign the papers. I’m not going to be a part of this…’ — is when he realized that this is not what we wanted. We wanted to try to have the family we’ve always dreamed of and thank God we did, because if we didn’t, we would not have Logan and Elle. So thank God for us not giving up.”
Despite Lisa’s claim that all is well in the Hochstein house, the RHOM trailer for this season depicted marriage trouble. Lisa was caught off guard and said, “You know, I was shocked just like everyone else to see that we had [issues]. I don’t feel like we have problems right now. … I have an amazing relationship with Lenny right now. We hit bumps and all of that, just like everybody else. We go through our ups and downs, and there’s days where I want to, say, dislike him and there’s days where I’m obsessed with him.”
Lisa concluded, “I would like to say that we are in a very good place right now. That’s just life, that’s relationships. We’ve been together for 14 years and you can’t expect that amount of time to be perfect. There’s going to be some issues along the way.”
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK OF LISA AND LENNY’S RELATIONSHIP? DO YOU THINK HE HAD MORE THAN AN EMOTIONAL AFFAIR? ARE YOU ENJOYING LISA ON RHOM?
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I’ll admit I am one of the shameful people who thought the return of Heather Dubrow to Real Housewives of Orange County was going to be a major uplift to the franchise. I guess I’m not mad. Just disappointed. While there is still space to enjoy the pomp and circumstance of all the plastic surgeon lawsuit drama, we weren’t born yesterday. Authentic reactions and conversations between the Housewives is always best. I wonder what RHOC’s biggest fan thinks of all this…
Kelly Dodd hasn’t kept her obsession with all things Bravo and Real Housewives of Orange County very quiet since her firing from the show. She’s come forward with statements about being much happier and healthier since her time away from filming. She’s also done her best to knock Andy Cohen down a few pegs on her podcast. Most recently, though, she’s come for the ratings of RHOC altogether.
In a Monday morning tweet, Kelly shared a ratings post about RHOC. The post indicated that episode 4 of season 16 only had about 822,000 viewers. Kelly asked, “Wait, wasn’t I the ratings problem ? Wasn’t there a boycott ?? We got over a million viewers 14 out of 16 weeks last season despite HUGE competition from election coverage on the news !!! This year ? #RHOC16 under a million 3x in 4 weeks !” Kelly also called out Andy Cohen in her post saying, “Hey @Andy How’s that reboot going ???” The gall!
For once, Andy actually got down in the mud with the former Orange holder. Andy replied to Kelly’s mess on Tuesday morning saying, “Good morning! Reboot going great. Feels like a return to form for #RHOC. Look at the delayed numbers, not live. That’s what’s measured.” As they say in New York, CLIP!
Several of Andy’s followers rejoiced in the take down. One said “[Kelly] got served…stop the bitterness girl.” There were plenty of mic-drops and ‘Who gonna check me boo’ gifs to go around too.
Kelly has yet to fight back against Andy’s correction. I’m just not sure what she’s going for with all of this mess. Is biting the hand that feeds really a great strategy to finding some form of employment? Her problematic behaviors have also gotten her canned from other companies. I know that podcast she’s shilling can’t be paying the bills. Maybe 2022 will bring her some new hobbies.
TELL US – ARE YOU WATCHING RHOC THIS SEASON? WAS YOUR DECISION BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT KELLY LEVENTHAL WOULD BE ON SCREEN?
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Lala Kent continues to scramble to control the narrative of her messy breakup with ex-fiance Randall Emmett. She’s doing the podcast rounds, selling anti-Randall merchandise on her site and just all around trashing him every chance she gets. Not saying he doesn’t deserve it though. The Vanderpump Rules star has also accused Randall of “suffering from self loathing” and buying her a fake engagement ring. She most recently said about their relationship, “Every day I find out something new that makes me feel [like], ‘Lala you were so disposable the whole time. You meant nothing. … You were a possession, a shiny object and nothing more. And I have to be OK with that.”
But Lala knows that selling vibrators while shading her ex for his bedroom skills isn’t going to be a meaningful source of income. So she’s gotta keep going. She announced that she’s going to start touring again with her pod. And despite hinting at a leave from VPR, we know Lala has to stay on tv if she wants to make that coin. So apparently, she has bigger plans for herself.
As reported by Reality Blurb, Lala appeared not the podcast Not Skinny But Not Fat to discuss her possible future. And that includes a bid for being a real housewife. Said Lala, “I would love to do [Real Housewives of Salt Lake City]. Take me back to my roots. I like [Real Housewives of Beverly Hills]. But I just think the age is [an issue]. You have to think about, do you have things in common with these people? Just living in the same area is not like a [commonality].”
Can someone to take a moment to explain to Lala that her age isn’t the biggest issue – it’s that she’s not rich or aspirational enough for these shows. Having a supposedly rich baby daddy isn’t going to get you on a show with the likes of Meredith Marks or Kathy Hilton. Can you imagine? There are no BJs for PJs on these franchises. And if there is, they certainly wouldn’t talk about it.
Of course it gets worse. Lala would love to join RHOBH if they bring Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave back into the mix. She explained that it would be a “different story” because Teddi “has a young baby”. Just like Lala. Also not the strong commonality that Lala thinks it might be. Is anyone really interested in watching young babies being raised on RHOBH? I think not. Lala continued, “If they were to say to me, ‘We would like to transition you into this…’ Yes. Because I’m all about my future and what’s going to get me to the next level.” Babe, you have about 10 steps before the “next level” you’re referring to.
I guess some of Randall’s self-inflated ego rubbed off on Lala too. Then again, didn’t we always know she was this way? But in this case I’m going to have to say, please, housewives producers, don’t “Give Them Lala.”
TELL US – DO YOU THINK LALA SHOULD BE ON RHOSCL OR RHOBH? WHAT DO YOU THINK HER NEXT MOVE IS? ARE YOU TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT HER SIDE OF THE BREAKUP?
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Christine Quinn did not fair well on this season of Selling Sunset. She has admitted that she “loves being the villain”, but when you dish it out, you have to also take it. And take it she did. There were nonstop rumors and speculations about the validity of her pregnancy. She also had a traumatic birth experience and suffered from PTSD while filming. Things got worse when Mary Fitzgerald blew up her spot about her falling out with her castmates. Said Mary of Christine, “Yeah, things have happened, and I mean we are professional and cordial at the office, but outside of the office, most people don’t choose to associate with her. I think everybody will see why and understand.” Ouch.
Now Christine has a bone to pick with producers of the show, claiming they play favorites. As reported by Us Weekly, Christine appeared on Daily Pop to explain. She admitted, “I feel like there’s definitely favoritism in the editing room, and that is what it is on the show, but I do the best [I can]. There’s many times where in the show I say certain things, but they don’t want to have another person respond to me, so sometimes they’ll do an interview clip. I’m just like, ‘Why can’t I ever get a word in sometimes?’”
Christine added that she hadn’t watched the latest season but her interest piqued when the online pregnancy rumors started. “I’ve only seen little clips here and there. I didn’t know where it was coming from, and then I realized people were like, ‘I can’t believe you’re doing yoga after having a C-section!’ And I’m like, ‘What are they talking about?’”
Fans were quick to point out a yoga scene Christine was in, where her baby bump wasn’t shown. Christine said that was editing. She tweeted, “I guess people think when I did yoga in the show I was not pregnant? I was pregnant in that scene. It took me 4 months [before] I could work out again.”
As for the rest of the series, Christine mused, “I was hoping that there would be multiple sides that would be shown — my vulnerability, different things — but throughout the seasons, it just seemed to be this one-note consistency of my character portrayal. So it was hard for me, especially when I was going through a lot this season. … It’s fun, but people need to realize it’s a show.”
TELL US – DO YOU THINK SELLING SUNSET PLAYS FAVORITES? DO YOU THINK CHRISTINE GOT A BAD EDIT?
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