We have not seen the last of Christine Brown—at least if her daughter has anything to say about it. In November, the Sister Wives star announced her split from ex Kody Brown after more than 25...Given Lisa Rinna’s long and strong eight-year run, many were stunned to hear about her exit from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. After being pressed about her questionable behavior at the Season 12 reunion, the housewife famously yelled at Andy Cohen to put her on pause. Some fans had been calling for her firing for a long time, and many suspected Andy and Lisa’s close relationship was essentially keeping her safe. Thus, the Bravoverse was shocked when Andy finally did put the housewife on pause January 5, 2023.
Ex RHOBH housewife Brandi Glanville shared that surprise and dished about it on a recent episode of E! News. The reality star explained, “I didn’t see it coming honestly because I do feel like she adds a lot to the show. But I do think that it was much needed. And she’s very happy about it, she’s fine with it. She’s like I look forward to the next chapter and she’s very okay with it,” Brandi added.
Given all the drama Lisa did bring to the show, and that there wasn’t an obvious misstep that led to her exit, Brandi is confident the housewife of eight years will be returning at some point.
She explained, “With Lisa we are friends and I feel like she’ll be back. I feel like she needed a pause, just because her mom passed away during shooting. She didn’t really get a chance to mourn that.” As viewers recall, Lisa expressed her mother’s passing had a huge impact on her during the latest season as she struggled through the grieving process. Much of her behavior she partly blamed on her struggle with losing her mom.
Brandi shared the sentiment, explaining, “I feel like a lot of her antics were because she didn’t have a chance to you know mourn her mom, and all of the stuff. Sometimes you do need a break, it’s a very taxing show.” If anyone can commiserate, it’s Brandi who was previously the center of drama during her tenure as a full-time housewife during Seasons 3-5.
Aside from Lisa’s exit and potential return one day, we hope this paves the way for some new (or returning?) ladies to bring something to the table. Perhaps the long anticipated and hinted at Brandi comeback is indeed in the works. Stop teasing us Andy, and make the announcement already! Either way we look forward to getting another taste of her on Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip- Ex Wives Club later in 2023.
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It must be a full moon. In the trailer for the upcoming Paramount+ series Wolf Pack, a school bus full of students bears witness to a nearby forest being engulfed in flames—which is just the...It’s time for Bravo to throw in the towel on Southern Charm, or at least have a major cast overhaul. It was just confirmed that Kathryn Dennis will be leaving the show after eight seasons. Kathryn has been the sun that Southern Charm orbits around, even though Austen Kroll and Craig Conover like to think they are. Kathryn has spent the majority of her adult life in front of the cameras. Now that she’s headed out the door, it feels like the end of a strange era.
Kathryn confirmed to Page Six that she’s leaving the show. She did not comment on the rumors that she was laid off for being difficult and not showing up to filming, but are we shocked? “It hasn’t always been easy, but I’m so lucky to have had reality cameras there, capturing so many moments that I’ll never forget (and a few, even, that I’d like to),” Kathryn’s statement reads. Girl, you can say that again. Austen and Shep Rose’s latest crop of girlfriends just cannot compare to the chaos that is Hurricane Kathryn. They’re just not built that same way.
Kathryn didn’t clarify whether or not she quit or was fired, or if she’ll be appearing as a friend during Season 9. Regardless, it’s just ludicrous. What’s next, Madison Lecroy is going to depart the show? The last thing Southern Charm needs is less funny women to make it worth watching amid all of the Peter Pan antics. It seems like an opportune time for a pause, especially considering Leva Bonaparte’s Southern Hospitality is hitting its first-season stride. Craig and Austen will get their much-needed camera time on Summer House in the meantime.
It’s hard to think of Kathryn’s future without Southern Charm. The good, the bad, and all of the ugly of her personal life have been made so public in the past decade or so. For one, her financial future is a bit of a question mark. Also, it feels sad to see her story end without major growth for her. Kathryn is always dealing with issues in her personal life, whether it be involving romantic relationships or custody battles. It would have been nice for her to stay on the show long enough to have some sort of happy ending. It’s just a prime example of real life not mimicking the stories we see in movies. Even though many of these Charlestonites like to romanticize most aspects of their lives.
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Do you ever wonder what happens to a Real Housewife after they leave/are fired/make their grand exit from the show? I do. All the time, actually. Some housewives I miss more than others, but I’m always curious about what their lives are like after being a reality star. So here are three former housewives and what they are up doing today.
[Princess] Carole Radziwill was a polarizing figure on Real Housewives of New York. Initially, she was the 50 something cool girl with quite the pedigree. She was close friends with John Kennedy Jr. and his wife through her marriage to Anthony Radziwill, who just so happened to be a Polish Prince. Much to the chagrin of a mere Countess Luann de Lesseps. Carole was also a longtime journalist and best selling author.
So the “writer girl” who refused to grow up seemed to charm RHONY fans. That is until her fall out with insta-bestie Bethenny Frankel. The fight seemed to be the catalyst for Carole leaving the show after 6 seasons.
Since then, she hasn’t shied away from criticizing her former castmates and the show that put her on the map. While she might have burned her Bravo bridge, it’s a good thing she had a back up plan. Carole went back into journalism as the Managing Editor for Town & Country magazine. She has also written for the New York Times and remodeled her well-known Soho loft apartment. Remember how much she hated those stairs?
As for her long-time boyfriend and former chef to Luann, Adam Kenworthy, the May-December romance broke up years ago, but Carole shared last year that the two remain friends.
Oh my god, good old Gretchen “Bass Lake” Rossi. Last summer, I did a rewatch of Real Housewives of Orange County and it definitely gave me a new perspective on the trophy fiancée/singer/Pussycat Doll guest star/former housewife. Previously, I couldn’t stand her. But my rewatch made me feel bad for her. Not just because of the infamous Naked Wasted episode, but because of the relentless bullying by her castmates.
Unfortunately, by the time she started dating notorious housewives thirsty boy, Slade Smiley, my feelings changed. It was hard to root for Gretchen when she stood by as Slade relentlessly tried to make himself relevant on the show. And when she popped the question after years of turning him down, it all seemed like one big ploy.
While the two are still together, they never actually did get legally married. But the two welcomed daughter Skyler in 2019 after a difficult journey with IVF.
As for a paycheck, it looks like Gretchen has focused on being a social media influencer. Which has drawn plenty of criticism given her penchant for using Facetune on both herself and her baby daughter. Sadly, it looks like both Gretchen Christine Handbags and Gretchen Christine Beaute no longer exist. But what I really want to know is whatever happened to that Rolls Royce?
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This one is a doozy. Yolanda Hadid Foster Hadid joined Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for Season 3. The former Dutch model didn’t exactly sit well with viewers. She was the uber rich wife of music writer and producer David Foster. And I’m taking RICH rich. David is reportedly worth $150 million. Prior to David, she was also married to another Uber-rich, Mohamed Hadid, with whom she had 3 children.
Those kids, Gigi Hadid, Bella Hadid and Anwar Hadid, have all gone on to have successful modeling careers. Most notably Gigi and Bella. And that’s no surprise, given how Yolanda pushed them. She caught a lot of heat for telling Gigi to eat an almond on a shoot when she said she felt weak. But her exit from the show was after her extensive yet mystifying health issues. Lisa Rinna ultimately accused her of having Munchausen syndrome, and Yolanda was done. She left the show after season 6.
Nowadays, Yolanda is divorced from David and living on a Pennsylvania farm about 15 mins from where I live. Fun fact – I ran into her at Starbucks and even if she is a monster, she is a very fresh-faced and beautiful one. She didn’t have a stitch of makeup on and she was glowing. I’m sorry to report this, Yolanda haters!
Unfortunately, for Yolanda, that reputation of being a monster has followed her, most recently with a very publicized alleged fight with Gigi’s former boyfriend and father of her child, Zayn Malik. Because of the fame of the former One Direction singer, the press was all over this one. Yolanda stayed mum on the situation and continues to post pictures of her quiet farm life on her Instagram.
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This is the Season 3 Real Housewives of Salt Lake City finale. Let’s get right to the recap!
This week’s excuse for an extravagant party was Heather Gay’s Book Cover Reveal. The book is not even out yet, but they have a cover! Let’s have a party! Who knew Heather could even read, let along write a whole book. But who am I kidding? She most likely had a ghost writer.
Hostess Heather was the first to arrive at the party’s location. Giant decals of her book’s title, Bad Mormon, were plastered on the windows overlooking the city. Heather made a beeline for the bar as soon as she walked in the door, proving right away that she is, in fact, a Bad Mormon.
In a confessional, Heather admitted to hoping that if a fight should break out (as they usually do in this group, especially if Jen Shah is in attendance), it would take place right in front of the Bad Mormon windows, which would be super on-brand for these women.
Lisa Barlow complimented Heather on how much better her formerly black eye looked. “It’s totally gone!” she remarked.
“Just like the memory of it,” Heather quipped. Although as Lisa reminded her, the memory will never go away and her eye will continue to be the topic of conversation for a long time, especially since Heather refuses to share what happened.
When Whitney Rose made her appearance, she and Heather exchanged a warm hug, just like they always do. But Heather admitted in an interview that their relationship seemed “tainted.” She really hoped they can somehow mend their friendship and get back to the way things used to be. Then why were you so mean to Whitney when you went to her house Heather? Sometimes the Beauty Lab owner seems to have multiple personalities, and they contradict each other.
Meanwhile, Angie Katsanevas told Whitney and Lisa that she was definitely planning to have a word with Jen, since she’s heard that Jen has been spreading the story that Angie was the one responsible for Heather’s black eye. (See? Lisa was right. This subject is never going away.) Sweet little mild-mannered Angie K. punched twice-her-size Heather in the eye? As Whitney said, “That’s ludicrous.”
Either Jen is a pathological liar or she’s trying to divert attention away from herself, cause everybody knows it was Jen who gave Heather the shiner. As Angie said, “[Jen’s] been the violent one, she’s been the aggressive one. We’ve all seen it.” Angie even suggested that Heather and Jen were having a sexual relationship, doing “Barbie scissor kicks” with each other and that’s how the shiner happened. Lisa and I both thank you for that visual, Angie.
And right as Angie finished her graphic tale, Jen and Coach Shah made their entrance. Great editing, Bravo. Coach and Jen were immediately pulled aside by Chris Harrington and Angie Harrington for a heartfelt and tearful apology for the fake ShahXposed Instagram account that Chris so childishly created online. Coach very graciously accepted Chris’s mea culpa (I don’t think I would have) and agreed to move on. Everybody hug!
Next, Heather’s community choir gave a performance of “Amazing Grace” in the venue’s courtyard. They wore black robes that looked more like graduation gowns than choir robes. And the “singing!” Oy vey! Lisa asked, “Am I on key? I have no idea . . . I know a lot of other people aren’t.” Listening on the sidelines, Meredith Marks’s deadpan expression reflects the pain of everyone watching at home.
In her production interview, Jen and her stupid little black hat tortured viewers with a rendition of “Shah-mazing Grace.” My ears are still bleeding.
Next Heather made a rambling speech about being a bad mormon who still hopes to be a good friend to everyone, as she unveiled the cover of her upcoming book. Hmmm, for someone who claims to be such a “good friend” to everyone, she sure gave her cousin Whitney a beatdown in her own backyard in last week’s episode.
Even though she thought it was a “great cover,” Lisa wondered, “What’s gonna go inside? . . . It’s like me having a Vida Tequila party with no tequila. It’s crazy!” Angie K. highlighted the obvious with, “Um, nothing like being invited to a book party with no books for sale.”
While Whitney was talking with Jen about how things between the two of them went sideways in San Diego, Angie K. decided to take the opportunity to talk to Jen about the rumors she’d heard. No, Angie! Don’t do it! This will not go well. Danna Bui-Negrete courageously foolishly volunteered to go with Angie to confront her. Sensing a disturbance in the force, Meredith told her husband Seth, “Let me go see what’s going on over here,” as she excused herself to join the others.
Whitney and Jen were still going around in circles about what took place in San Diego and the status of their friendship, when Angie K. butted into their conversation and bluntly told them to “wrap it up,” because she wanted to start her own fight with Jen. Heather made a good choice when she told a friend, “Go eavesdrop on that convo. I do not want to be a part of that,” as she headed off to hide in the ladies’ room.
When Angie K. told Jen about the rumors saying it was Angie who was responsible for Heather’s black eye, Jen immediately denied it, “That is a lie. I never said that . . . That is not true.”
Feeling outnumbered, Jen called Coach over for backup, so Angie directed her indignation at him. “Coach, [Jen] gets abusive and bully-like to people like me who have had her back.” Next she questioned Jen’s claims that she had been “pushed to the brink of suicide” and wanted to know if it was “all fake.” Oh, no she didn’t! That’s not cool, Angie. I’m in total agreement with Jen on this. You don’t ever question someone’s mental health or whether they tried to take their own life. That is “beyond f***ed up.”
As security escorted Jen out of the party, Angie continued to look for support from the other women. Heather wanted to know what Angie’s objective was for confronting Jen, since everybody knows there’s no winning with Jen.
Jen calmly told Coach, “Baby, let’s go.” No screaming? No broken glass? This is not the Jen we’ve all come to expect.
Four days before her trial, Jen sat on the front steps of her house and talked with her mother Charlene. She reflected, “The next time I come home, I’ll either be guilty or innocent.” Her mom assured her she’ll be innocent, but Jen looked pensive.
Her mom reminded her that in the Hawaiian and Tongan cultures that Jen is descended from, “you’re always surrounded by your ancestors.” She told Jen, “When you walk into that courtroom, before you walk in . . . you call your grandma and your grandpa and your dad and everybody, and they’ll be right there with you.” Jen’s mom was so sweet and supportive of her daughter. She truly believed she was innocent, as she waved goodbye to Jen and Coach on their way to the airport.
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Three days before Jen‘s trial, Heather and Meredith were in New York City to support Jen in court. Meredith shared that there’s really not much they can do for Jen at this point, other than just physically be present.
In a flashback filmed the day before, Jen begged Heather to keep an eye on her family for her should “the worst thing happen” and she’s found guilty. Jen confessed to Heather that she was really scared, as anyone would be facing years in prison and being separated from their family.
Heather and Meredith met with Jen and Coach in their hotel room. Coach seemed at peace with whatever the outcome would be. He talked about the difficult conversations they’d had with both their sons, Sharrieff Shah, Jr. and Omar Shah, and said, “We’re gonna be fine. We want a certain outcome, but regardless, God is with us. I know that we’ll be fine.”
Two days before the trial, Meredith, Heather and Seth Marks enjoyed an al fresco lunch together in NYC. Seth expressed how much he wanted to support his friend Coach during this process. Coach is not only a business man, but he’s an attorney, so he was reading all the legal documents and witness statements. Coach was having a tough time, and Seth really wanted to be there for him as a friend.
Seth addressed the elephant in the room, “Have either of you ever asked Jen if she’s guilty of any of these charges?” Heather and Meredith exchanged wide-eyed looks. Heather answered, “When your friend looks you in the eyes and says, ‘I’m innocent of this,’ you say, ‘Then I will support you in whatever path you’re gonna take.'”
Seth asked Heather if she would still be a ride-or-die friend if Jen is, “God forbid,” found guilty. Meredith chimed in, “If, in fact, Jen is proclaiming her innocence when she’s really guilty and not taking accountability to the victims of what she did, that’s a really big problem for me.” [Spoiler alert: Meredith is about to have a really big problem with Jen.] Heather had her arms crossed defensively and looked pissed.
Meredith also pretty smartly added that while the trial is pending, she didn’t really want to know any of the details of what happened, as that would put her at risk of being questioned by the investigators. And she had “no interest” in that.
Later back at the hotel, the three women were having some snacks while Jen told them about her day. She found out that her friend and assistant Stuart Smith had testified against her and called him a “piece of sh**.” Jen said she wouldn’t be in trouble at all if it weren’t for Stuart. So she expected him to take a fall for her? Stuart has a family, too, Jen.
These words appeared on the screen, “On July 11, 2022, Jen Shah pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. She has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison.”
A couple of days later, Heather and Lisa met for lunch back in SLC. Lisa said when she heard about the guilty plea, “I was angry. I was sad. Confused. I’m like, wow, this is who she is. This is a bad, awful thing she’s done.”
Heather admitted to being “overwhelmed with grief” about the whole situation. Both women were sad that Jen was going away “for a decade.” This was before Jen was sentenced to 6 1/2 years. She has a 16-year-old, and Lisa talked about all the family milestones Jen would miss while she’s in prison.
Heather had finally realized that her ride-or-die insisted on her innocence until she realized she couldn’t “get away with it,” and only then did her story change. Neither woman had believed that Jen was capable of her crimes or that she would ever plead guilty. They were both totally in shock.
But Heather dropped a big bombshell, when she theorized that Coach could have been involved in Jen’s scam. When he realized that she wasn’t going to get away with it, he told her, “I’ll take care of the boys, and I’ll see you in 15 years.” That sound you just heard was my head exploding.
Heather has seen the light regarding Jen Shah. And it’s a lot.
TELL US – WERE YOU SHOCKED WHEN ANGIE K. ACCUSED JEN OF FAKING HER SUICIDE ATTEMPT? WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT JEN WAS ONLY SENTENCED TO 6 1/2 YEARS, WHEN SHE COULD HAVE GOTTEN SO MUCH MORE?
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