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RHOBH, Season 12, Episode 14–Shameless Not Ruthless

September 4, 2026

Dorit and P.K. go to get their teeth worked on and cleaned. Dorit tells us about P.K. being pulled over on suspicion of DUI. She says he made a mistake, and they are working through it. She is involved with a charity, “Homeless, Not Toothless,” a charity that helps homeless people get dental care. Dorit is hosting a benefit for them and has invited all of the girls, and her dentist.

Crystal and Sutton meet at Sutton’s store, and it’s weird to see them getting along after just recapping the infamous “Ugly Leather Pants” episode. Sutton tells Crystal that Rinna blew up at her at Rinna’s house the other day. Sutton thinks Rinna likes an audience, and that is a fact that cannot be disputed. Crystal shares that she is struggling with her eating disorder. I don’t like Crystal much, but I feel badly for her. Eating disorders are no joke. Know that.

At Diana Jenkins’, her fiancé is singing and it’s intolerable. Diana is intolerable. Remember when Erika told Garcelle to pee on her? That was my favorite.

We go to Kyle’s, where Erika is visiting. They are having a sound bath and some assisted stretching. It looks awkward and painful.

Kyle asks Erika about her dating life, and Erika says she mostly has friends with benefits, with older men. Older men are her jam. Mine, too. Kyle tells Erika that Garcelle has been discussing Erika’s drinking. Erika admits she is depressed, but doesn’t think she has a problem, and doesn’t think Garcelle is coming from a good place.

They discuss the “Homeless, Not Toothless” event coming up, and neither of them like the name very much. They don’t know what to expect at the party.

We see the women getting ready for Dorit’s charity party, and Sutton wants to make sure to stay away from Rinna. At Dorit’s, the table looks great, which usually spells trouble. Kathy Hilton arrives with Taylor Armstrong’s friend, Dwight. Remember him? He’s never been on the cast but somehow comes to all of the parties. It’s a good gig. He is no longer friends with Taylor, though. Nobody really is.

Everyone arrives, and there is not a homeless or a toothless person in sight, which I don’t get. The women discuss how hard it must be to not have teeth, and it’s clear that they are trying to connect with the charity, but have no idea what they are talking about.

Rinna greets Sutton immediately, but it’s a little awkward. P.K. asks Mauricio which of the wives he thinks is the best dressed, and that is a dangerous little game. P.K. chooses Erika, and I am not surprised. I think he likes her. Or at least likes the way she looks. We know he likes when she doesn’t wear panties, so there is that.

They all sit for dinner, and Erika says she is only going to have one cocktail and see how it goes. I am disappointed. Drunk Erika is also my favorite. Dorit gives a toast to her charity, and Kathy tries to clarify the name and says, “That’s great,” which is what Kathy says when she doesn’t understand or care.

Kyle, always the producer, brings up the recent fight between Sutton and Rinna, when Rinna told Sutton to get the fuck out of her house. If you watch these episodes carefully, as I do, please note that Kyle is ALWAYS the one who brings up a topic that causes trouble. It never fails.

Rinna denies saying exactly that, and says it wasn’t serious. Sutton doesn’t want to discuss it at dinner, so Kyle keeps going and asks Dorit what was said at Rinna’s. Kyle sucks. Garcelle wonders why Kyle keeps bringing it up, and so do I. Next, Kyle is screaming questions across the table at Rinna. I bet the homeless and the toothless don’t behave like this at dinner parties.

Rinna says she was just frustrated, and she is sorry if it was brutal. She tries to tell Sutton what her issues with her are. Rinna is still mad over Sutton saying that she and Harry did not pay for their table at Elton John’s charity event. Talk about champagne problems. This is supposed to be about the homeless. And the toothless.

Rinna thinks Sutton should have apologized to Harry, and Sutton says she texted him. Sutton reads us the text. It even had a kissy, kitty cat face. Rinna starts screaming. She is suddenly the expert on etiquette. Crystal is embarrassed that they behave this way, Dorit wants to reveal her surprise guest, and Rinna is going off the rails in her wig and sparkly gown.

Dorit asks them to put a pin in it. They all agree Kyle started it. Kyle giggles. Kyle is vile. She has seen Rinna try to choke her own sister, and she still pokes that particular bear. Melissa Etheridge appears and sings for the group. I don’t think Kathy knows who she is, but she thinks it’s “great.”

Rinna starts crying and blames her behavior on her mom’s death. I don’t like this. My mom died, and sure, I wasn’t myself again—ever—but I didn’t use it as an excuse to be a major twat waffle. Rinna always has an excuse for running her big mouth. I can’t feel sorry for her, even though her mom seemed like an awesome woman. I feel as though both the homeless and the toothless were lost in the craziness of this event
RHOBH, Season 11, Episode 8–The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Leather Pants

September 4, 2026

The episode opens with Sutton storming out of Lisa Rinna’s backyard, screaming at Crystal while the other women chase after her.

Then, we cut back to three days earlier, with Harry Hamlin and Rinna getting ready for a backyard party at their house. They head to the grocery store, where Harry is focused on finding the right ingredients while Rinna wanders around like a two-year-old who has never been out of the house before. She gets distracted by big, shiny things, like her lips, and Harry has to rein her in.

At Kathy Hilton’s house, Crystal and Erika play tennis, because Kathy just loans out her luxuries to friends, and I love that. I need more rich friends, and I need them to be sharers. After the game, Kathy greets them in her jammies and I love what has just happened here. She must be like, “Yeah, help yourself to my house. I will be sleeping, and will see you when I am ready.” This is the kind of hostess I aspire to be. I have twenty people coming over tomorrow, and am already thinking about sleeping through it and just leaving them to their own devices.

Erika discusses her separation and her new life, and both Crystal and Kathy are supportive.

At Kyle’s, she and her family are posing for their Christmas card photos. Kathy comes over to supervise. Kyle and Kathy sit to talk, and Kathy starts unloading her purse, which contains a bottle of moisturizing spray, shoes, hats, and a small Volkswagen. Kathy has everything. Literally.

Kathy says she has been talking to Kim a lot, and they both are worried about Kim being alone during COVID, since all of her kids are out of the house. Kyle says she has been texting Kim, but hasn’t heard back, and Kathy tells her Kim changed her number and didn’t give Kyle the new one. LMAO. Classic Kim.

Rinna and Sutton visit Erika at her new Hancock Park house, and it’s lovely. It’s like a little Barbie dream house, and they love it. They revisit the Sutton and Crystal beef. Crystal says Sutton violated her by entering her room while Crystal was naked in Tahoe. This, somehow, becomes a controversy for the whole season. The women think Crystal’s use of “violation” is too strong, and Crystal refuses to back down on it.

At Garcelle’s, she and her son have dinner together. Her son is taking remote classes in Japanese, and Garcelle keeps interrupting him. It’s funny and reminds me how very much fun COVID was. Once, I was teaching a class on Zoom, and my husband set off the smoke detectors, and my entire class heard me call him an “ass clown.” Luckily, I eventually learned how to use my “mute” button.

At Rinna’s, she is getting ready for the party, and her backyard looks great. Harry is cooking his heart out, and Rinna is mostly getting in the way.

Dorit and Kyle meet up to head to the party, and Dorit discusses her bridal wear line. It isn’t interesting, but it happens, so it goes in the recap.

At the party, Harry tells Kyle and Dorit that he and Rinna are getting a pool, with the hope that someday, their daughters will use it with their own kids. Kyle tells him she had her first child at 19, so it could happen any day, and Harry looks silently unamused.

Kathy greets Sutton as “Tomasina,” joking that she is a peeping Tom, and it doesn’t go over well. Sutton says she is at a breaking point with all the jokes about her “violating” Crystal. Sutton at a breaking point is no joke, as we have seen and shall see again.

At lunch, they discuss Rinna’s daughter’s relationship with Scott Disick, a much older father of three. Harry clearly does not approve and would rather not talk about it.

They bring out a birthday cake for Garcelle, and she wishes for a man who is hung like a horse. Don’t we all? Kathy says she didn’t know that Garcelle liked horseback riding, and I die. Kathy is a delight, at least for me. I am headed to Beverly Hills in January and I am going to keep my eye out for her!

Garcelle opens her gifts, and Sutton is clearly disengaged from the group, applying makeup and generally being antisocial. Kyle asks her what is going on, and Sutton says she doesn’t want to be there. She doesn’t like Crystal at the moment and doesn’t want to be around her.

Kyle takes Sutton away from the table to get a drink, and Sutton starts pouring vodka like it is going out of style. She tells Kyle that she can’t be fake with Crystal, who has been talking about her behind her back and is looking smug. Crystal always kind of looks smug, no? I would, too—if I had Lion King money.

Sutton wants to leave, and the women at the table hear her yelling, so they start making their way over to butt in. Everyone is at the bar, and Sutton is having a breakdown. They ask why she is crying, and she says it’s just allergies and that she prays to Jesus every day. Sutton says she can’t pretend like everything is hunky dory, and Kathy asks, “Who is Hunky Dory?” Oh, Kathy. I love you.

The look on Garcelle’s face is priceless. Garcelle asks Sutton what she needs from Crystal. Sutton wants Crystal to back down on the word “violate.” She asks Crystal what crazy planet she lives on, and Crystal says, smugly, “Not yours.” The women ask Crystal to just apologize, and she refuses. Then she starts to, and takes it back. She tells Sutton, “You’re upset because you are jealous. Period.”

Sutton looks stunned and yells, “Jealous of what?! Your ugly leather pants?!” and storms off. The women’s jaws collectively drop. Insulting someone’s fashion in Beverly Hills is the equivalent of flipping a table in Jersey. This is bad.
RHOSLC, Season 2, Episode 19–Cinco De Mayhem: Lisa Barlow’s Hot Mic Moment

September 3, 2026

We are back in Salt Lake City. I am reviewing as many iconic episodes as possible before the new season starts, so feel free to comment and give me more episode suggestions.

The ladies are still in Zion, and they were up late partying the night before. Today, they split up for a day of activities. Heather and Lisa have a little date to go horseback riding, Whitney and Jen are going to ride ATVs, and the other women are headed to the spa.

It is a very normal, relaxing day in Zion, which means we can probably expect everything to go completely off the rails before dinner.

After horseback riding, Heather and Lisa discuss Lisa’s issue with the group, most of which stem from her defending Meredith. Lisa tells Heather that she and Meredith have tension between them, and Heather says they can all sense it.

Lisa and Heather agree that Meredith does not show up for Lisa. This seems to be a recurring problem in their friendship: Lisa is expected to support Meredith through everything, while Meredith doesn’t necessarily return the favor.

After the ATV ride, Jen and Whitney discuss Meredith flipping out the day before. Meredith had been at her father’s memorial and had to come to the trip late, but now the women are all confused about exactly when this memorial happened, and for some reason this has become a major issue.

Meredith just wants everyone to leave her alone about it. Honestly, I don’t blame her. Her father died, she had a memorial, and now she’s being interrogated about the exact date like she’s trying to establish an alibi.

The women think Meredith is lying and used the memorial as an excuse not to come on the bus with them. Jen says she can’t trust Meredith if Meredith lies.

This is especially rich coming from Jen Shah, who is currently facing federal charges for running a telemarketing fraud scheme. The woman is literally awaiting trial for fraud and is suddenly the integrity police. The hypocrisy is doing Olympic-level gymnastics.

Heather and Lisa say Meredith has given them two different dates for her father’s memorial, which means they have concluded that she must be lying to one of them. I still don’t understand why this matters so much. Her father died. She had a memorial. She was grieving. Why are we conducting a forensic investigation into the calendar?

Whitney thinks Meredith has a vendetta against Jen, although she doesn’t actually know why. Jen says Mary says mean things to her, and Whitney brings up the allegations surrounding Mary’s church. They decide that Mary and Meredith think they’re better than the other women.

They probably do.

Meanwhile, over at the spa, Jennie, Meredith, and Mary are getting massages. Mary gets hers fully clothed and wearing sunglasses, which is one of the most Mary Cosby things I have ever seen. I didn’t expect to love her, but I kinda do.

After their massages, they discuss the shifting alliances and all the tension in the group. Meredith thinks the entire situation is like a bad game of telephone, which is probably the most accurate description anyone has given for this cast.

Mary excuses herself from the conversation, because she obviously hates Jennie and would rather leave than spend another five minutes pretending otherwise. At this point, the Mary and Jennie relationship has officially become one of the strangest grudges on this show.

Back at their villa, Mary tells Jen and Whitney that they are dirty and need a shower, and then calls to check in on her son, which is sad. He seemed like he had some issues, but he was a nice kid.

Everyone gets ready for dinner, and Jen is hosting a Cinco de Mayo party in honor of Mary calling her a “Mexican thug.”

Meredith tells Whitney that she is uncomfortable going to the party because Jen has told the courts she has no assets, yet is paying for this party. Meredith doesn’t want to be involved.

Whitney says the husbands paid for the party, so Meredith grabs her maracas and agrees to go.

They sit for dinner and the table looks incredible, which usually spells trouble. Seriously, though, I love Cinco De Mayo and I want a party like this—just with less crazy women. I’d like to be the only one there.

Jen passes out gifts for everyone, and they each get diamond snowflake necklaces that she had originally intended to give them in Vail. Her arrest derailed the Vail trip, but she is still giving everyone the extravagant gift.

Meredith looks uncomfortable but thanks Jen. Whitney thinks it’s odd that Meredith would even accept the gift considering how she felt about the dinner and Jen’s financial situation.

Mary still hasn’t come down to dinner, and everyone agrees that she is being a buzzkill on the trip.

Mary finally makes her entrance, and Whitney immediately asks whether she likes Jennie. Mary simply says no. She insists she isn’t trying to be rude to Jennie and thinks Jennie is actually the rude one. Jennie disagrees, and Mary basically responds that she doesn’t care. This friendship is going beautifully.

Heather points out that the situation is uncomfortable because everyone’s husbands have chipped in for the trip, including Jennie’s. Mary responds by reminding Heather that she doesn’t even have a husband.

Heather fires back that Mary’s husband is her step-granddaddy, so there is that.

And with that, the Cinco de Mayo party is officially heating up.

Mary rolls her eyes and gives the women absolutely nothing. Suddenly, Jen starts yelling at Lisa to stick up for her and be consistent, and Lisa seems genuinely confused about what just triggered this.

Lisa says she is a great friend to everyone and that she is authentic. She also says nobody is ever there for her, which is really the heart of her frustration. Jen leaves the table, and Lisa tells us she is tired of constantly coddling both Jen and Meredith.

Lisa then tells Meredith that the tension with the other women comes from Lisa always defending Meredith and taking her side. And this is where Lisa’s carefully contained frustration starts to boil over.

Lisa tells Mary she is “fucking fake,” and I am not quite sure where that came from. Lisa has clearly reached the point where every unresolved grievance from the entire trip is coming out at once, whether it makes sense or not.

Mary says Lisa still eats candy and her whole life is fake. She eats Taco Bell, for crying out loud, and Mary criticizes her for feeding it to her kids.

Lisa calls out Meredith for not sticking up for her, and Mary calls Lisa a liar. Lisa fires back that Mary’s church is fake and then starts speaking about herself in the third person, which is always a sign that a conversation is going well.

They proceed to attack each other’s character, with Lisa repeatedly circling back to Mary’s church. Mary finally tells Lisa that she will never be welcome there.

Jen comes back to the table, and Heather attempts to make peace between her and Lisa. Meanwhile, Mary and Jennie get into it yet again and once again establish that they do not like each other. I believe this is approximately the hundredth time they have had this conversation.

Whitney expects Mary to be more godly and love everyone. Mary brushes Whitney off, as she does.

Mary says she doesn’t really feel like she is friends with any of the women other than Meredith. Whitney asks how Meredith can be friends with Mary when Mary is so mean, which seems like a perfectly reasonable question at this point.

Lisa is furious when Meredith sticks up for Mary. She storms away from the table, forgetting that she still has her microphone on, and calls John. Lisa proceeds to completely lose her mind over Meredith, unaware that she is about to provide us with one of the greatest hot mic moments in Housewives history.

Lisa says Meredith can go fuck herself, that she is a whore who cheats on her husband, and that her family are a bunch of posers.

Girl, shut your mic!

This shit is going to blow up when Meredith hears it. Lisa says Meredith can’t own a house because her husband changes jobs every five minutes. She is absolutely losing it, and I am living for every second of this.

Back at the table, Whitney asks Meredith if she even had a memorial for her father, and I can’t believe we are back to this. I just want to hear Lisa go off some more!
15 Most Iconic Real Housewives Lines Ever

September 2, 2026

Some Housewives moments are forgotten by the next commercial break.

Others become part of the English language.

From Beverly Hills to New Jersey to Salt Lake City, these are the lines that have survived the reunions, the feuds, the divorces, the lawsuits, the table flips and approximately 47 different cast shakeups.

1. “Be cool. Don’t be all, like, uncool.” — Luann de Lesseps, RHONY

Luann was trying to give Heather some very simple advice about how to behave on vacation. Instead, she accidentally created one of the most quoted lines in Housewives history.

2. “Mention it all!” — Bethenny Frankel, RHONY

Bethenny wanted the whole story, and she wanted it NOW. The phrase has become the official Housewives demand for receipts, details and maximum chaos.

3. “I’ll tell you how I’m doing: Not well, bitch!” — Dorinda Medley, RHONY

Dorinda was asked how she was doing and decided that a polite “fine” simply wasn’t going to cut it.

4. “Prostitution whore!” — Teresa Giudice, RHONJ

One of Teresa’s most explosive insults, delivered during the legendary table-flipping era of New Jersey. It is difficult to imagine a Housewives list without it.

5. “Go to sleep!” — Bethenny Frankel, RHONY

Bethenny’s increasingly frantic command during Scary Island became one of the most unforgettable moments in RHONY history. At that point, the entire vacation had completely gone off the rails.

6. “You’re such a fucking liar, Camille!” — Kyle Richards, RHOBH

Kyle Richards entered Housewives history with this accusation, delivered during one of the earliest and most memorable Beverly Hills fights.

7. “Beast? How dare you.” — Eileen Davidson, RHOBH

Eileen’s response to being called a beast was somehow even more devastating because of how controlled it was.

8. “The morally corrupt Faye Resnick.” — Camille Grammer, RHOBH

Camille didn’t simply dislike Faye Resnick. She gave her a title.

And it stuck.

9. “Jesus Jugs!” — Tamra Judge, RHOC

Tamra managed to turn a bizarre nickname into one of Orange County’s most memorable insults.

10. “That’s my opinion!” — Tamra Judge, RHOC

Tamra’s argument-ending declaration became a Housewives catchphrase all by itself. It doesn’t matter whether anyone agrees with you. It’s your opinion.

11. “I made it nice!” — Dorinda Medley, RHONY

Dorinda decorated. Dorinda cooked. Dorinda hosted. And Dorinda was NOT going to let anyone forget it.

12. “You can leave.” — Meredith Marks, RHOSLC

Meredith delivered three simple words that somehow carried the force of an entire courtroom verdict. Calm, controlled and completely dismissive, it became one of her most memorable Housewives moments.

13. “Receipts. Proof. Timeline. Screenshots.” — Monica Garcia, RHOSLC

Monica came prepared for the Reality Von Tease fallout with what may be the most efficient four-word legal brief in Housewives history.

14. “I have worked with the toothless and the homeless.” — Kathy Hilton, RHOBH

Kathy Hilton casually delivered one of the strangest humblebrags in Housewives history, proving that sometimes the most memorable lines are the ones you absolutely could not have predicted were coming.

15. “I’m from Paterson, did you forget?” — Teresa Giudice, RHONJ

Teresa’s reminder that she came from Paterson is pure early Jersey: defensive, proud and delivered with the kind of energy that could turn a perfectly normal conversation into a Housewives argument.