Heather Dubrow and Alexis Bellino Brought Together Through Their ‘LGBTQIA+ Kids’

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Alexis Bellino is returning to Real Housewives of Orange County for Season 18. This time, she won’t have an orange. But she will have a “gem” of a friend in the form of Heather Dubrow.

Even though they’ve “known each other for a very long time,” they “didn’t always see eye-to-eye,” says Heather.

But now it’s a whole new ballgame for the former frenemies. They’ve put their issues aside and become reacquainted “through some of our older kids,” adds Heather. She and Alexis have bonded over love for their LGBTQIA+ kids.

Heather’s rainbow family

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Heather has four children with Dr. Terry Dubrow: twins Max and Nick, Kat, and Ace. Of Heather and Terry’s four children, three of them are LGBTQIA+. That’s kind of amazing and shows what great parents the Dubrows are. Their children are free to be themselves.

Their eldest daughter, Max, came out as bisexual in 2020, while their youngest daughter, Kat, came out as a lesbian the following year. The Dubrow’s youngest child, Ace, came out as transgender in early 2023.

When Heather returned to RHOC in 2021, she realized that she could do some good in other people’s lives. “I thought, ‘Hey, we’ve got this great platform, they’re asking us to come back. Wouldn’t it be nice to show our very normal family and maybe start conversations in other people’s families?'”

“Our job as parents is to give our kids a safe and supportive environment so they can grow up as healthy, happy, confident, independent humans,” Heather wrote in an Instagram post for National Son’s Day. “All we can say is Ace, we love you so much, and we are proud to be your parents. Your brother and sisters love and support you too.”

Alexis’ transgender son

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Alexis shares three children with her ex, Jim Bellino: James and twins Miles and Mackenna. One year before Ace came out as transgender, Alexis announced in her own Instagram post that she was also “extremely proud” of her son Miles, who came out as trans in October 2022.

“Hey world, this is Miles. My transgender son,” Alexis wrote, alongside a photo of her and Miles. “Miles … has asked me to do this post … I cannot imagine the strength and courage it took for my baby to do this, but I’m extremely proud of him, and I want everyone to understand that love doesn’t change in these situations. It’s unconditional love.”

Regarding her newfound friendship with Alexis, Heather told The Daily Dish, “Having LGBTQIA+ kids definitely brought us closer.”

All episodes of Real Housewives of Orange County are now streaming on Peacock.

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Kyle Richards Wants Tips for Dating After Divorce

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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kyle Richards needs our help. The mother of four separated from her husband Mauricio Umansky just last year. One can imagine being single after a decades-long relationship would make it challenging to be back on the dating scene. Swipe left, right, up, or down. It’s all so confusing. And this is why she needs advice!

Kyle is ready for some dating wisdom

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A lot of the RHOBH crew could give Kyle dating advice. During season 13, Sutton Stracke decided to hire a matchmaker to help with her dating life. Although she was overly perky, she did set Sutton up on some quality dates. Cat sweaters and mommy issues aside.

Erika Jayne also hit the dating scene after filing for divorce. Last season Erika proudly proclaimed she’d been quite active in the boudoir. Between Erika and Sutton, they could definitely give some good tips. Let’s just hope Dorit Kemsley doesn’t chime in. Her advice is not wanted from Kyle anytime soon.

But the door is open to fans as well. According to Heavy, Kyle was asked a lot of questions about her dating life during an Amazon Livestream. One viewer wondered if she had any dating tips to share. Kyle responded, “I don’t have any tips. If you have any, let me know!”

Kyle also shared that she is not a fan of using technology for dating. She noted, “I am not a dating app kind of person.” Hard to believe Kyle isn’t on Raya just yet!

And finally, a fan named Christina tried to get Kyle to spill the tea about who she was dating. She asked, “OK here’s a big question, are you dating anyone, and if you are would you say? LOL.”

Kyle responded, “I say, ‘LOL,’ Christina!” So, Kyle is definitely open to some advice, but she’s not quite ready to spill the tea on her dating life. We will be waiting with bated breath!

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is streaming on Peacock. 

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Captain Lee and Carl Radke’s Friendship Explained

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When we are little, our friendships tend to form by pure happenstance, deriving mostly from our shared classrooms, clubs, or even the locations of our homes. As we grow, however, our mindsets on who we allow into our personal spaces typically change. We begin seeking out those with similar values, personalities, and also, dare I say it, shared traumas. Bravo stars are no different than us on this, as Captain Lee Rosbach and Carl Radke have proven.

That said, there is an age gap between these two. Also, they starred in totally different shows on Bravo. And yet, these two still bonded, and a friendship was formed in the year of 2020.

So how exactly did this kinship happen? And what does a 74-year-old Below Deck alum have in common with a 39-year-old Summer House star? Also, are they still close these days? Let’s dive in.

How their friendship first began

In the year of 2019, Captain Lee lost his son to a tragic overdose. For twenty long years before his passing, Joshua Lee Rosbach had been battling an opioid addiction. His dependency first formed after an accident, which left him in the hospital for a while. Here, he received pain medications, which he then found himself unable to cease taking.

The following year, Curtis Radke, Carl’s brother, also passed away from an accidental drug overdose. When this news broke, Captain Lee reached out, knowing exactly what this massive loss must felt like for Carl. Immediately, these men formed a bond, because nothing brings two people closer together than their shared life experiences. No matter how dark they might be.

On a 2021 taping of Watch What Happens Live, Carl reflected on Captain’s Lee first point of contact. “We share kind of a similar story,” he began, adding “My brother and his son passed from addiction. [Lee] reached out to me last year during a really hard time, and having someone else from the Bravo family reach out meant a lot. Especially Captain Lee, who, I mean, he’s a legend, and also he’s a male figure, so I think coming from him, it was super important.”

I love a good DM story. Especially one that involves a touching subject matter, not a subject matter that someone wants you to touch.

What Captain Lee and Carl have said about the other

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On that same episode of WWHL, host Andy Cohen asked Carl who the first person he confided in was, in regards to sharing his then-emerging feelings for his Summer house costar Lindsay Hubbard. “I had actually talked to Captain Lee early on,” he shared, adding, “I think he laid the groundwork for me to really feel confident in wanting to move forward with Lindsay.”

At this point, Captain Lee and Carl had never actually met each other in person. This all changed at BravoCon in 2022. During their meetup, they snapped a sweet photo together, which Carl later shared online, to help him acknowledge Captain Lee’s birthday. “Thank you for your kindness, warmth, strength, and guidance. I’m so fortunate to have you as a friend,” Carl penned to the BD alum.

At this same event, Andy asked Captain Lee a fan question, wondering whether or not he would be the one to officiate Carl’s then-wedding to Lindsey. “I am absolutely considering officiating his wedding. I would be honored to do that,” the captain answered. He also explained that it was great to finally see Carl in real time, noting that he gave “him a big hug, and [said], ‘It’s gonna be OK. We’re gonna get through it.’”

Their pulled podcast episode

Network didn’t, Carl did. https://t.co/QQrkbKQPrD

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Recently on his podcast, Captain Lee let us all know that this friendship wasn’t doing so well right now. Following Carl’s broken engagement, Captain Lee invited his buddy onto his podcast, to share his story. However, this podcast never aired. Carl nixed the entire thing.

“I’m going to say something. Carl and I used to be close,” Captain Lee began. “I gave Carl an opportunity to be on the podcast and tell it as he saw it. [If] there was a question he wanted taken off, we took it off. If there was something he didn’t want to answer, we didn’t put him on the spot,” he explained.

Captain Lee also made sure to note that he “didn’t hang” Carl “up to dry — it was a softball interview if I have ever seen one. Because I never would have done anything intentionally to put Carl on the spot.” Even still, things fell apart after this taping.

“Usually we release a tease on Tuesday, which we did. Then I got a phone call from Carl and he just went off on how I was taking advantage of him and trying to put him on the spot,” Captain Lee claimed. “His publicist was there — as was mine. I was blown away. I don’t know what made him go off the way he went or what he was thinking,” he further lamented.

Even still, Captain Lee placed the feelings of his friend over his podcast. “I told him he didn’t want it aired so we didn’t… So Mr. Radke, you were not deceived by me,” Captain Lee ended.

A final word from Captain Lee

In speaking to US Weekly, Captain Lee noted that he still has not spoken to Carl. “He’s been pretty busy,” he explained. On this, consider me sad.

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Jenn Fessler Jokes She’ll ‘Kill’ Margaret Josephs for RHONJ Comments

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Jenn Fessler may be at odds with Margaret Josephs during this season of the Real Housewives of New Jersey. However, she still has love for her. But before they move past some of the negativity surrounding them this year, Jenn might have to set her straight.

Jenn will move past her issues with Margaret … after she handles her business

During her interview with Access Hollywood, Jenn discussed her massive fallout with Margaret this season. She mentioned some of the nasty things Marge has said about her, including calling her “Judas” — the man who betrayed Jesus in the Bible. But it doesn’t stop there. Marge has said more, like calling Jenn “weak sauce” and a “social climber.”

Now, I know what you’re thinking. Weren’t they best friends last year? Yeah, they were. However, things shifted this year when Jenn snuggled up to Teresa Giudice and Jennifer Aydin. Prior to the season airing, Marge spoke poorly about Jenn and even Jackie Goldschneider (who has also gotten close to Teresa), saying they “disappointed” her this year.

Despite all of that, though, Jenn said they’ll move past it because that’s what friends do.

“I’m going to kill her for all of the things she’s been saying about me,” she said. “But that’s for another day.”

It’s understandable why Jenn would be hurt by Margaret’s comments, considering she almost quit the show for her. Jackie also confirmed this.

“Margaret wanted, if [Luis Ruelas] was coming back to the show, she didn’t want me and Jenn Fessler to come back to the show,” Jackie said. “She wanted to leave, and she wanted all of us to leave together.”

Jackie continued, saying Jenn was willing to quit; however, she was not. “‘I love you,’” Jackie told Marge. “But I’m not leaving my job because you don’t like somebody.’”

There won’t be a Jersey reunion this year since none of the cast are speaking to each other. However, Andy Cohen said they’re working on something that could take its place. Whatever it is, hopefully, Jenn and Marge will be able to address this because we have a LOT of questions.

Real Housewives of New Jersey continues on Sundays at 9/8c.

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