Welcome to another episode of Husbands Watching Housewives. I'm Scott. And I'm Jeff. And we just watched a lot of Bravo liberties at Bravo com. I was like, we just watched. Oh yeah, yes. We didn't just watch anything, we spent the all day long. And we did a whole 9 to 5, like doors open at 9:00. We left a little bit after 530. Yeah, so it's been a day. It's been a day and a half, almost. To quote Marlowe today, drained. Exactly. But in a good way. Yeah. Yeah, it was. A really good day.
I am regretting bringing only one pair of shoes. You should have smacked me when I said I'm only bringing one pair. Try my shoes after we're done with this I should and see like if they will fit you. 'Cause I got little blisters forming. Oh my pinky toes. I have band aids, have a lot of band aids. Why do you have a lot of band? AIDS because there were shoes I was going to wear wing on Sunday that might hurt the back of my heels.
Well, I'm going to just probably wrap them around my pinky toe and I'll be, I'll be fine. But yeah, I am exhausted. Like today. It's a it's a lot. It's a lot, but it was a lot of fun. I mean, not to be, you know, not to downplay it. A lot of fun. It was so much fun. Yeah, like again, I yesterday I was like, I'm so anxious and I'm like, I was like anxious about this is like, you know, super
fun. Like once you get into it, you're like, oh, I'm in it. And then you like walk up and you're like everyone's here and everyone being like there's so many fans and like the lines are so long. Not for VIP. That's the one thing about VIP. It's like you're like. Yeah, let's talk about that. Do you think VIP so far is worth the difference between GA? From 2023, you know, it depends. I mean, the benefits are getting into places sooner, getting closer sometimes, right?
The old times with the Beverly Hills panel, you know you have to get there super early if you want like super close up seats. But we're still closer than we would. Those are than GY for sure, for sure. And then there's the lounge, which we'll get to in more detail later, but just, you know, nice. Yeah, but. Also, there's quicker.
I mean, I think we got to the photo OPS earlier so we didn't have to really wait in line, but it seemed like you could get to the front of the photo OPS sooner because you're VIP and all. That, yeah. So it is like a fast pass like like Disneyland situation, but I don't know. I feel like some of the people
we talked to today. So one of the things that I really enjoy about Bravo Con is that you're really there with your people and there's really few people you could start a conversation with and have them look at you funny. They'd just be like, yeah, cool, let's talk about it. Like they want to know what, what do you like? What shows do you watch? So when you're waiting in line for stuff, that really is kind of the fun thing.
And when we finished eating lunch, you know, we sat down at a table with people already sitting at it. It felt I was telling Jeff. It reminded me of like kind of a cruise where you, you know, you're on, you're on a ship with people and you're like, well, we might as well get to know each other so. We're Speaking of boats like from day moment one, we walk in and we meet the Above Deck
podcast. Oh yeah, so while we were waiting in line, we, you know, banter with people and everything and yeah, we met the Above Deck podcast, which we don't watch Below Deck, so, you know, we're not seeking that out, but they're so nice and just, you know, striking conversation. They liked shirts we were wearing 'cause we were wearing our very friends shirts. They're. Like 2 friends who like do their podcast from like as ones in Ohio.
I think it. Was in Philadelphia, maybe I forget, but either way, it was just so nice just to like, you know, meet people naturally and talk about stuff. And so they were wonderful and they put it, they put us in their stories. Thanks guys, appreciate it. Then I had to figure out how to post a story because I've really done it before. I've done it like only a couple times and it's so I know. I know some people only look at stories and I'm like I am more of a static poster.
I am too, yeah. I don't want to like have our memory or our memories from this trip go away like I want them. So we might have to put a bit together. A big actual Instagram post, right? But to quote Sutton from the Beverly Hills panel, y'all know I don't know how the the Instagram works. Yes, I think she blocked me. Yeah, I'm. Not sure, unfriended me. Sutton on Garcelle, well, she unfriended me and she blocked me. And then everyone turns in like, wait, she blocked you?
Well, I mean, is that what how it does, how it happens? Yeah. She was really like, someone teach me the Instagram didn't make laugh. But no, I got a feeling some of the people we talked to today when I was, you know, we were just sitting down with them, they were also VIP. Like for us, it was a really big deal to go VIP because it's, it's, it's an investment.
Like it's more money. Like you're already GA, you're already spending a lot of money, like more than you're comfortable, especially for all three days. And so for us to have done it, we just had to know that we're probably not going to do it again in, you know, 2020 and when they probably have another one of these. So this is our chance for a while, you know, So I got the feeling with some of those people that they're just like, whatever this money, that's nothing to us.
So we just drop this money and. We're like, oh, it must be nice. Yeah. We like kind of like we hammered how I really think about it and like, you know, for those reasons that you just said, like, you know, that's why we're doing it. But it's if we were to do in 2027, it would probably be GA and I don't think we'd do all three. Days, I don't think all three days, yeah. We like shoot for like 1 day to do everything and beat the people, have the photo OPS that
we want to have and just yeah. Because honestly, like today, I feel like I got enough. I got enough Bravo to be like, that was nice, right? I mean, tomorrow's just to be more of the same. It will also be nice. It'll also be fun, but. You know, there's a lot of interactive stuff that you can do, you know, you can see like all like there's old reunion dresses and just like, you know, the Bunny of course is there and like little pieces of history.
And then you go to like the Wayfair houses and it's like this is Shamia's house, Melissa's house, and they're gay's house. And then like, you know, Shamia was there actually. And so and then it's like you can do it like your own, like you're in a confessional. You can do, you know, like a little, you know, like an opening scene. So it's really cool to, like be in this, this housewife, you know, situations.
Yeah, Yeah. But I don't know if we're going to do them tomorrow because we already did like most of them today. Well. Yeah, and if we don't go in early, then there might be lines and everything again. But no, I mean it's definitely fun. The traders thing, yeah, yeah, we. Have some good photos, we'll definitely have to put those up. But no, the first thing when we got inside, we went through. They do have like, a lot of the Housewives reunion looks set up on mannequins throughout.
I mean, it's kind of neat because you get to see them and some of them I was really impressed, like even in person, like, oh, that's a really pretty dress. But yeah, some of them I was like, oh, that, that's what that looks like. Yeah, because they're not all designers. Some of them are like just made by someone locally. Not that like to downplay that, you know, support local businesses, but it's like they're not all like, you know, Armani or, you know, like these
big designers. So, but it's kind of like, OK, that's interesting. But the same way when you see like when they release the photos of all the ladies for the reunion in their reunion looks you're like, Oh, well, that probably looks better on on, you know, when it's moving or it looks better on camera than it does in a photo, You know, in a photo, like I'd want to see it. I felt like the other way
around. Some of these things they look, I was like, oh, wow, that looks way better on camera than it does in person. As in person you're like, oh, that's just really some sort of fabric sewn to other fabric. Some of it looked kind of cheap, but then you're like, oh, but I remember seeing that on people. Like I hate saying this, that dress that. I think it was Bose's dress that we saw in her little Wayfair room. I was like, oh, that looks kind of cheap in person.
I don't. Think it looks I think. It's more construction of it in person better than you can on TV. And so I was like, oh wow, on TV that looked absolutely amazing. And in real life, I'd be like, I would never guess that that would be a. Dress well, annoying brothers. That probably wasn't very cheap, no? Who agreed? Like this is me throwing hella shade. And why am I saying hella far? From the Bay Area.
Yeah the stress that looked cheap was freaking Gretchens in person and whoever put Gretchens dress next to Kyles reading dress should be fired. No, no, not fired, not fired. Reprimanded heavily. Yeah, have a talking to. Like just, I had like, I, I'd been asked like crop that picture because I only invited Kyles, but they're still close together and there's like. Yeah, I'd say that's an example
though as well. Like I honestly feel that Gretchen that dress on Gretchen from this last the current reunion looked better on Gretchen than it did in person. They. Looked really like greenish. Was she? Was she going for a wicked thing? She probably would. God. Probably. And then on top of that, like I think that's another example, like the boning and everything on TV it looks a little luxurious and everything, but in real life you're like, oh,
that's just cheap. You know, I don't want to cheap isn't the right word, but it just looks like run-of-the-mill. It just looks more like, oh, that's a dress, right? You know, you can say cheap with Gretchen, they don't have a lot of money. But that's, I don't, you know, I don't want to insult the designer. I'm not trying to. Again, I'm not trying to say like it. They chose to work with her. Stop it. But anyway, that was a really
interesting fun thing. And then they we, we got to take a picture with the wax museum Andy. That, that, that was creepy. We have to post that because it's like you come around the corner, you're like, oh, it's Andy. That's Andy. They should have had because they have him sitting in his little chair and they had only one other chair. They should have had two chairs set up so we could have fought over who was first chair, right? And it would have been you,
honey. You're always first chair in my life. You're the first chair my clubhouse. Oh God. So I'm sure someone had a wedding where they've said that before. Oh my God. Bravo holic wedding. Yeah, I'm surprised there isn't a wedding going like that. That's the next step of Bravo Khan is someone has their wedding there. Or someone's going to like, like, some guy's going to propose to his girlfriend there and everyone's going to lose
their shit. And it's going to be like at the photo op. Can you imagine? Like, I'm sorry, sorry, Kyle, before we do this photo op and he takes the ring out and like, the room would just, like, lose their shit collectively. Like, yeah, someone should do that. Yeah, like take your your girlfriend to the her happy place and then propose to her and right or your boyfriend, right. Right, your girlfriend's girlfriend there, right in front of their. Favorite Bravo celebrity?
Yes, that'd. Be awesome so. Senior Bravo celebrities. Oh, Speaking of our first photo op, Oh yes, wasn't I know we talked about other on TikTok, but it was really just such a one. So you're in the room. Let's set the stage. I think you know, for people who aren't there, you know, it's like you're in this very nicely air conditioned room. Thank God. It's a giant tent, like a giant wedding tent, like an, like an old Native American gaming casino tent. That's really what it is.
It's, I mean, I felt like I was at a, a gaming casino from like 1998, so. I never sprained though it's. Gigantic, but it's well air conditioned. Air condition because it's very humid today, it will probably be even worse tomorrow with. Rain, yeah. But there's like, separate stages set up. And it's just so funny that whoever made the choice, again, who made these choices, I don't know.
But you have Tamara and Katie in one stage, and then boop, boop, boop 2 down is Camille and Gretchen, which, by the way, that combo, God help you. Yeah, sure. Yeah. We met some lovely, lovely couple who were like, yeah. Or it's, you know, it's Gretchen and Camille. That's our photo op. And we're like, Oh yeah, we were. We were trying to be like, oh, oh, OK, that's a choice. But. And then he said, I know people, people don't like Gretchen right now.
She's not too popular. We're like, yeah. But it made it clear that he was really doing it for the Camille. Yes, because he said if you wanted to get the Camille Denise photo op, which is tomorrow, which I'm sure would, I would, you know, that's a good. One it makes it I I I could forgive him that because I was like, oh, he's just like an old school Beverly Hills fan and he wants the Camille and you know, he just. Feels. Trust me, I used to love Camille. It used to be my favorite. I who?
Are you? Let's get a divorce. We've had this one when I favored Camille over Kyle. It was early days. I didn't know why it was you. Were young then. We all make foolish mistakes. It was 20. It's 2009 and they're 2010. Were you 20 then? Were you in your 20s then? No. 2010. Oh, 15 years ago? Yeah, you were. You were 31. Yeah, I'm like, how old am I? So. Anyway, oh so yeah, so our fruit, our foot op again, I know we went over this and our TikTok.
It was such an interesting, it was a crazy fun moment to literally like, you know, dude, we're walking and he goes to greet Tamara and I'm Katie and she just turned to me and instantly just said, I knew you from TikTok and I was just like, what? What? Ma'am, yes, I am on the TikTok and you know, then she gestured
to Matt, her husband. He was like around the corner and you know, Matt, it's from TikTok and he's like, you know, thank you so much for what you do And I was like, thank you for what you do. And I was like, you were great last night on the on the show, you know, and they were just really lovely and just so nice. But like for like, take my hands and her hands. I was like, can you Chanel, are
we having a moment? It reminded him I Chanel Ayan moment pro 2023, which is like like this look in your eyes, like I see you shaking your hands and we're having a moment and I was like, I'm going in with a Katie Janella. It's. Just really bizarre because like it was like, you know, you have these meet and greets and you just, you know, like Tamra was very much like, oh, thanks guys.
You know, and you know, nothing against it, but Katie actually like recognized us from TikTok, from videos that we've posted, you know, of the podcast and supporting them. And we had just put out one yesterday. Maybe that's the one she saw most recently. Yeah. But it was pretty damn awesome just running into people who know who we are is just like, OK. And there's again, we're not, we're we're we're not nobody, but we're not anybody. Yeah. So for sure, yeah, for sure.
So that was definitely a nice start to the day having, you know, Katie know who we are and, you know, that sort of thing. And just just, I don't know. Yeah, I can. I can see the thrill that people have. Oh for sure, like totally made the day. You know, I think we just from then on we so we went to the
lounge quite a bit. So, yeah, the VIP lounge is something that everyone tells, says, and I don't know that it's untrue, but they're saying, oh, if you don't get your photo op, don't worry, It's a lot of the Bravo liberties will be in the VIP lounge. And what I like about the VIP lounge is, you know, there's a lot of. Lot of space, a lot of. Space a lot of bars with not a lot of lines. It's not busy. It's quiet and it is very loungy, so it's kind of dim in there. Very dead in.
There and it's chill ish compared to the rest of Bravo Con. And as a 48 year old, I'm like, I could go for a nice quiet room where we can just sit and chill and not have to like what's going on, what's going on. And there were some people in there taking photos like Zach was in there. We got our picture with not Riley with Ariana. Which is good, because we had to miss that photo op, right? Because it coincided with the Beverly Hills panel. Right.
Ariana from Jen NYC? Yes. Not apparently Ariana from Vanderpump Rolls. Ariana Arias. See, that's how much I don't know. If you keep insisting, I know, but I don't know. Everyone knows because of scandal. We all know scandal. I don't. I mean, I know of it. I just wouldn't. I didn't know who the players were. Yeah, well, she also looks a little bit different because she she dark hair, by the way. She went very dark and then Teresa went very light.
Teresa's very, very blonde, which she's done before. And I'm I don't care for it. It's all right. I mean, it's definitely not what I think of when I think of Teresa. No, it's like you think of dark hair and like that's been her thing because I'm like, why are you going so blonde? It's a whole new her because she's making up with Melissa and Joe. Hell is frozen over. Oh, it's truly frozen over. Truly one thing. Also like, and I think I remember this about last time we were here.
You forget how tiny the housewives are. Like a lot of the, a lot of the women are just small people. And, you know, that's the sort of thing like TV loves, I think, you know, exaggerated features and I think small people with big heads sometimes because it just films better. I guess that's the rumor in here anyway. But it is truly like Larsa. Like you think of. Oh, yeah, we saw Larsa a little bit in the corner of one of the activities she was doing. And, you know, she's taking
photos of people. But like, you especially, I think this is also because Larsa is like, known for having this voluptuous, curvy body. And then you see her in person and she's like all of what, 5-2 if we're lucky, you know, And then on top of that, like she's not like proportionate. She's proportionately small to the rest to her height. So it's not like she's 5/2 with this giant, you know, curvy ass. She's 5/2 with a curvy ass for a woman who's 52.
You know, it just was really, it's really interesting. But there's so many people that like you were saying with Jia from. Jia is like minute right? Like Jiju dice is like so tiny and she was standing next to Emmer. Oh, what's her face from NYC? Yes. The tall model, yes. I can never remember her name. Yes, but. She's so pretty in person, but like literally like Gia barely got to her shoulder. She didn't even get to her shoulder. My difference was alarming.
But then Jeff was saying that Gia Judice is more she's. Better. Yes, very much so. Yeah, and I think that's kind of a rare thing to say about a lot of people, you know, is that you like you, they're on TV and they're larger than life and like they're done up and just to I'm not that they're not been up here, but to see them in person, you're like, wow. It is. It was funny, yes. And like, yeah, like Katie was stunning. Tam was very pretty. I was like Teddy, who looked great.
It was so nice to to see her there and like to see her get such a warm welcome because that would not have happened two years ago, right? So let me let it just be sad. I loved Teddy before. Yeah. Let's begin with. So let's talk about the panels we went to. We went to the Potomac panel. That was the first. That was the best one of the day. That was really good for sure.
That was good. So the first year we went, a lot of the questions that like would get asked by the I don't know, I'm jumping, but no, I was going to say it by the audience. We're always like these really generic housewives questions of like if you were stranded on a desert island and you can only bring 1 housewife with you, who would you bring? And I think that of the panels we attended today, the questions were a lot better. Some of. Them. Some of them were absolute shit
just for the spite behind them. We'll get to that. Definitely better questions from. The audience, what's the Potomac one? That first one was the first or second one. But like literally the person asked, you know, about, you know, can you speak to the experience of being, you know, basically black woman on Bravo and being housewives and in this very white housewives world? And I think both Giselle and Wendy answered it and they were gave very intelligent responses.
And, you know, Giselle said, like, I'm not trying to knock the network. They definitely support us, but we are very aware that we are, you know, black women on this network. And so I don't think there's necessarily a favorite to somebody that's like, you know, just in terms of like you were saying before of like what they're marketing towards and like who they're marketing for.
It's just it just seems that like the black women, the black franchises don't get the same amount of, you know, respect put on their name as the others, you know, and they they made sure to like mention, you know, Atlanta coming before them and Wendy mentioned, you know, married to medicine, you know, so people like these franchises kind of just get like locked and is like, oh, the black girls. But it's like they bring in a
lot of audience. People were really excited to like see the Potomac women, you know, and sometimes you know, that's not them. They're like, they have a lot of great seasons and they might have been like lost their way a couple of seasons of recent seasons, you know, but like it's they're strong cast part of their way back. And it was also a very lively panel and even when they were shading each other, which was definitely add definitely. Often. Yes, and it felt very like and
people being shut down. I loved Wendy shutting down actually. Like Nope, you talk shit about me at my lowest and I'm not going to just. Talk to you backstage because I don't want to Right, right. And for Ashley to be like, OK, that's fine. It's like yeah, Ashley, you basically are like joyous about her going sorry, Joy full about her going to prison. Yeah. And since going to the pin. That was one of the questions someone asked is was. Basically glad someone asked. Yeah, someone asked.
You know, Wendy, how do you feel about or Ashley? Like, Ashley, do you feel bad for having saying what you said? Yeah, something good? It was because, you know, when Wendy's, you know, legal issues were announced, Ashley kind of gloated about it in one of her live performances. Like we always knew about this like. So Ashley did apologize publicly on stage, but Wendy, Wendy was
well. It was funny that like Stacey and Wendy Boopes or I think mainly Stacey was saying she's right here because Ashley was apologizing to the audience, not turning to her right to apologize to Wendy, which is that's why you can't really with Ashley. It was. Wild. I mean, I do think I do. I do love Wendy. I don't want to like. It was surprising. Sorry to cut you off. No, you're good.
Surprising to see her there. Like I knew she was on the schedule because she went off for a bit and she came back and I was like, I am very surprised she's at this panel because as Zuri, the moderator was saying, a lot of people would have been like, I'm going to just bow out and stay home until this all plays out. So for her, I think it's probably a conscious effort and you know, that work. I seem to be really behind her. Andy supports her.
So she definitely was like, I'm going to go there with my and she said, you know, Chen high and these are allegations and I can't speak to them. And I think maybe you well, maybe it's also too like you look more guilty if you hideaway right, right. So that's probably that was another thought. So it was just, and she wasn't supposed to do any photo OPS, just that panel.
So it was, I think it was really good for her and smart for her to like to do it. At the same time, I don't necessarily like the, you know, I well, I like, I I think the support and people supporting her through this hard time is good. I think at the same time, though, it's a little cagey to just everyone being so like Wendy's great, Wendy's wonderful and not kind of well, because I understand, I understand you can't go ahead. You know, it is innocent till proven guilty.
And so it's hard like from APR perspective to to be like, you know, well, chances are she is involved in something and this didn't just come out of thin air. So I get it. It's just a difficult line to walk for sure. And so it's a little bit weird for everyone to be like. But it wasn't everyone. I noticed the response wasn't as loud and like boisterous that she was like, of course you are not guilty. We love you Wendy. It wasn't the same.
I'm not trying to compare the situations, but Shannon came to the Bravo con right after Purge 3 Y and everyone was like tripping over themselves to support her and cheer for her. But I think it also speaks to how much people might like her versus Wendy. Right, right. You know, as we've talked to people who would think that we would, would love Wendy and they're just like, I don't like her. And she's like up her own ass and she's always been snotty and did it on and I'm like, oh,
that's surprising. So the audience reaction, it wasn't like yes, like it wasn't that strong as. Because I think it was also like what I'm I'm coming with is like, like, yeah, good for. OK. It's just like, are you not reading the same news? We're reading like that's. Well, I mean, she's right, you know, if we're going to play devil's advocate, they are just allegations and nothing has been proven. There hasn't been a a trial, you know, they've been charged.
But like anyone could be charged. So she's not going to jail tomorrow and she hasn't admitted guilt, neither she nor Eddie. So it's just, you know. No, I agree. I agree. Yeah, that was just that was like, oh, OK, we tried to rush the stage to get pictures. It was. We got some. We got some. I got the. I got to tell Angel I'm, I'm she's, I think Angel is my favorite of the season. So. Oh, really?
Yeah. And I got to tell her like, you know, because she just seems to be the most real and kind of like, this is who I am. And I like in, you know, I'll be disappointed if I find out that's not who she is. And she really is just putting on a persona. But I feel like she's really just trying to be herself and the other men are just like. That's not good enough, Yeah. It's not good enough. There was a lot of friction between her and Ashley. Oh yeah.
So I'm sure, I guess we'll see play out in the season just to see how they how they get to here. Yeah they show Gave a sneak peek at the mid season trailer. Oh, that was so good. Yeah, so good. I was like, it's all just going down in that lake. And they talked about the glass group trip, which is like as when he said catastrophic. So like yes. Very good. Yes, really good word to that. I was going to say ta da da. I can't remember. It's all right. Something that Stacy took
picture. Oh, everyone was so happy that Monique was back. Oh yeah. Like she got the loudest cheers. She did. They were just like, Oh my God, when he's back, like they just, they're just so excited. And yeah. Yeah. No, it was good.
And then I, Monique was also, she had a lot of good things to say because she was, you know, kind of, you know, talking about how she in the time since she left and came back, like the show has changed a lot and she thought she'd just kind of fall right back in. But she's like, oh whoa, even for me, this is not the same thing. Right. This is not like how we used to do it when I did it, you know? So she was like a little caught off guard by that. It was nice to hear.
It was nice to hear someone say like the show you're watching now has changed in so many ways that like, it's unrecognized to me. Right, which is like bound to happen. And it was also nice to hear her say like, no, like, I'm still focusing on my kids and like, I'm not all yeah, I'm not all about. This like was sometimes I think there was a great Monterey where some questions were kind of like, I don't know, why are you focusing on that? Like when she asked Monique, are
we going to see you dating? And it's like, no, I'm not one, I'm a friend of two. I'm not there. I'm just we're focusing on focusing on Co parenting with my ex with these three kids we have right 3/2. 333. And then when she asked, when Zuri asked Stacey about TJ, I'm like, that is so last season. That's so last reunion. Like why are you trying to like Stacey's not going to be like, well, yes, let me pull out the contracts or. Anything. Enough time's passed here. Here you go. Here's all.
Right, here's the dirt. I paid him X amount of money. No, like she was like, I can't speak to what TJ is thinking or whatever, 'cause he's not, I'm not him, right? Right. So. And somebody honestly asked why and I'm like, first of all, we don't need honest interaction. Thank you SO. So yes, love the Potomac panel. The Beverly Hills panel. I love Beverly Hills, it's my favorite franchise. It was an awkward. Panel. It was awkward because the First off they showed us like an
extended sneak peek of the news. Of I thought it was being an extended trailer. I turned to you and I was like, that trailer that we saw originally seemed short. Yeah. So I was like, oh, this is going to be more the trailer. And so we're like, Oh no, it's the 1st 15 minutes, which we didn't need. We didn't need because the 1st 15 minutes of a new season is establishing where everyone's AT and it's a little dull, right? You know, it's not a group scene.
No one's like fighting, you know, just like Kyle and her daughters and you know, Sutton's mother's there and they love each other and, you know, like to meeting with both. Give an update on PK. And an Hermes blanket. A $2000 Hermes blanket. So yeah, like why are we? I only saw Rachel styling Kathy and I'm like I didn't need any of them it. Started the panel off to kind of a snooze as well. The energy was really low.
So people laughed. Yeah. So, but when the ladies came out and everything, it was great. It was wonderful. And talk about someone getting the loudest applause. Rachel Zoe. People were losing their minds over Rachel Zoe. Absolutely. Losing their mind. Like more than any like I thought, you know, Kathy would be getting the huge applause and all. That you would think. But no, it was Rachel Zoe, hands down. Like it was they were.
So deafening, so excited. You know, she was like, oh gosh, you know, I, I enjoyed the Rachel's O project back in the day and I'm it's cool that she's coming on the show, but I wasn't like, Oh my God, this is life altering. But, you know, hopefully she's great. Yeah. I don't feel like any really of the questions or stuff that the moderator put out there were that. He was just like the best moderator either. I don't think so.
I mean, yeah, basically like the big thing there seems to be some sort of rift with Erica and Kyle versus Dorit. Something happens in the group trip to Rome that makes that all happen. And Dorit and Kyle were in a good place and they took free ships back and it was very awkward panel because I think that I was telling to you saying this you the difference is I don't necessarily there's pockets of friendship with Beverly Hills.
I actually believe Erica and Kyle are very close in their in their friends bows and threats or threat now and Rachel, but it's just like no one there's not like aside from that, like really crossover friendships where they feel like there's more of that and more of a like understanding.
And I hate to use this word because it's ever used sisterhood with Potomac, you know, and so that made for an awkward panel with like, you know, also the questions are awkward, like Sutton talk about Garcettland, how she basically dropped her ass, right, because you, you know, left three. It was just really awkward. And then even like he, you know, he asked Sutton what happened to Avi. And then it was kind of like which? I'm sorry, it's Avi, not her husband.
Right? Like why are we so focused on Avi? Right. And it was. That was the cliffhanger in the 15 minutes that we saw. Like I don't really care. And it was a little awkward, her response too, because she's obviously not trying to be like, I can't his ass, but like, well, I didn't need an assistant anymore. And that's what he was hired to do. So I don't have him, you know. I don't believe, though, that Sutton Struck does need assistance. Oh no, I don't believe she can make her own.
Desk something happened. That was what she said. Why I make my own dentist appointments. It's like, can you so? No, she's like, I can buy my own flower. No, stop it. The opening, the very first scene. Just spoil it for you. Of Beverly Hills this season. Is Sutton on a horse? Yeah, so like, gleefully like. So I feel like we're going to get another Sutton Horse season out of this. It'll be it'll be wonderful. And Kyle can be like, what did you do this season?
You got a horse. Oh, what did you do this season? You rode a horse. Right. And Teddy can be like nice form. So the audience questions Jeff. Jeff does not like to talk about this because it happened last time around too, right? So here's the thing, this guy, we know his name because he's in the Bravo group that we're in the fixed group. I'm not going to name his name.
But if you man with the scarf at last at the 2023 reunion, said Kyle. Why, sorry, sorry, reunion Bravo con Kyle, why are you keep trying to like thrust Teddy upon us? Why are you trying to make fetch happen? So anything's wrong with that one. Like, you have this moment to ask a question to Kyle Richards and you're asking about Teddy Milliken. So you hate Teddy so much, but you're asking about Teddy. You're making your moment about Teddy. OK, Sure you do.
You, Boo. And then secondly, to use fetch, Right? Right. Like did he say fetch? I don't remember being honest, but like it was that was the implication like. I think why are you trying to? Teddy happened. Why are you doing fetch? Yeah, basically it was just like it was. So it was. And her answer, then, was Teddy's my friend. No, she was like, Teddy's already happening. And then and other people were like, you know, I like Teddy,
right? And Anna Marie was like daddy because their sons played football, right? So today, so today, cut to today. And this dude shows up trying to like build off like I'm the one wearing the same fucking scarf. I gotta drop the F bomb. And just like basically try to question Kyle's existence. Like Kyle, what what else can you be as the senior OG? What else are you basically? It wasn't even senior OG. The question was as the most senior cast member of the show,
right? You know, You know, what do you still have left to offer the audience? Basically going off of what you would see online from people who are hates Kyle saying like what else is Kyle giving us? Why is Kyle on the show? Like she gives us nothing, Like she's just coasting? Right. I'm being Kyle. And also, I think trying to suggest like, are you going to be honest about what's going on with your relationships and all this stuff?
But basically what it comes down to is like you're questioning why is Kyle on the show and just saying, you know, like a a shady, bitchy kind of way. And it's like, what are you doing? What do you hope to get from this? Right, one of the questions at the Potomac panel, someone asked, someone asked Ashley. If because Ashley, someone asked Ashley, can she cite something specifically that Giselle has done to have her back, to have Ashley's back that wasn't self-serving to Giselle?
Yes. And I was like. Oh yeah. We were welcome. So that's a great way to like be critical and shady of another right person is that they did it right, Not the one where Giselle was even like who is that hoe? Yeah, she's like, excuse me? And Giselle was having fun with it too. She's like, like, what do you mean, you know, self-serving? And the one was like cursing Giselle. She was like calling her name. She was basically just like, you know, right, Saying the quiet part out loud.
It was really funny. Whereas this guy's pretty much like, you know, bitch, why are you on the show? Exactly. I'm going to come to this panel and like, criticize this woman. Like what are you doing? And I mean, I mean, I guess. What is your purpose Sir, except to ask dumbass questions? At front of someone who feels, so, you know, adamant about this, that they're going to go ahead and spin all the hats. Off this is when we're going to use. ARF sauce this.
Is where we're going to use the term low hanging fruit in the correct way. What low hanging fruit that you're going to be like a typical Reddit little biatch and say, sorry, not to criticize everyone on Reddit, but like, you know, the typical Reddit who hate Kyle. And there's like, I'm going to say this really a shady thing in the Kyle like to her face. Look at me go and it's like, what? What are you doing? Yeah. Because the audience is like, we
don't support this. Yeah, and then, you know, Kyle had of course a non answer to it because it's like, you know, what do you expect her to say? You know she. I don't think she caught it. Yeah, Erica caught it. Erica clocked it for sure. And was like, yeah. And then the second person who also said he was out, he was saying, you know, something with respect of how they talked last
night about. It was, oh, it was it was the basically who would you leave behind and that sort of thing, and asked to read who would she leave behind, thinking that she'd say Kyle and. Oh, that wasn't it. But no she. Based someone else. That's what they were talking about last night at Bravo and. Right. Yes, so. Yeah, but it was the way he was phrasing it was critical of Kyle. Then like he shipped. It was just like, what are you doing? Like the questions solved. The panel was awkward.
It was just like it was not a good moment. Everyone looked great though. Absolutely. So spoiler didn't get a photo with Erica, didn't see the lounge because she's like not going to the lounge. Got a close up shot of her, but we didn't get opposed to go together. Totally fine. She looked phenomenal. She's also wearing like a rubber dress. Pretty.
Yeah, she was not going to get down like, because what happens is that at the end of these panels, people will like, go to this friend of the stage, well, the the Bravo liberties and like, Crouch down and take photos. People rush the stage as if they're like, like starving and like this is the loaf of bread. Yeah, they're going to be throwing bread to us here. I was going to say like, it's the encore of a concert, but OK, we're starving.
They're starving, they eat bread like they're just like rushing in a polite way. No one's going to get like, you know, mowed down trample. But it's just like whoa. And it's like you kind of like you'd get stuck in it and you can't get close. And Erica, like you said, it was like, I ain't honey, I'm not getting down there on this skirt and these heels. But she looked amazing so. As we were walking out, someone was like, I don't know, Erica seemed, Erica seemed kind of mean.
And I was like, I didn't know what to say with that because she didn't seem mean. She seemed a little bit. I just wanna be there. Maybe she. Was a little bit over it, you know, but I was like, oh, maybe, you know, she's wearing. She's kind of course to then. Yeah, it was just really tight. She was kind of not feeling that. But yeah, but she looked, she looked great. They all looked good. Yeah, so everyone looked great. I got great pictures.
They all were. They all, after their panel, lined up with their backs to the audience to take a group photo. So I have a picture of everyone's backs to us, which is kind of nice. And then Tilly turned around. Tilly was great. Yeah, she was. I would love to get a picture of Tilly that would. Have been good, I know. So. The only other panel we went to after that was much later in the day we went to the Bravo Editors panel. That was. Great. That was really, really. Informative.
Yes, it was 4 different editors from multiple franchises, multiple different shows throughout Bravo, even Top Chef, you know. Like one who had like was on Season 1 of New Jersey. Yeah, yeah. You know, like one who, like, edited the table flip, you know, but they like been done various Bravo shows and, like, seasoned editors and, you know, really cool. Like, you know, two women, two men and three people of color.
It was just really like, you know, it was just, I point that out because it's like, you just don't expect that because you just, you know, just think it's a very white world behind the scenes. But it was really nice to see them. And they were like, just, you know, that we're Bravo fans and like, you know, this is what it, this is the process and, you know.
That was a very well run panel and I think that because a lot of the questions I was formulating in my head because I was not well attended panel, I thought oh, I could go ahead and get in line and ask some because I was really interested. Like what each of the editors would feel like their feather and their cap was for, you know, their editing. And they actually asked, like, that was part of the
presentation. Like, we're going to show clip, like the scenes that they feel are their best work with Bravo. Yes. And so that was interesting to see like one of the guys, you know, he told the story about how, you know, they wanted to cut the hunky Dory out. Oh, right, Beverly Hills. And he was like, he had to play kind of play stupid work politics and just be like, oh, I I know you like you ignored them telling him to take it out, left it in. And it turned out to be this
huge phenomenon, you know, kind. Of for Kathy Hilton and like, yeah, to launch Kathy Hilton. And like that might have been left on the editing floor. Right. And he's also the guy who's responsible for, you know, your ugly leather pants, all that stuff. So there's things that could easily have been edited out if someone didn't see value to them or have a true belief in what they were doing. Like if they were just showing up at work and be like, oh, I had a reality TV, whatever.
Yeah, but no, they they love it. They also were saying, you know, we're not out to give people. There is no villain at it. We're not. We're giving, we're given material and we work with that, but we're not trying to take anybody down and or paint them in a negative light. It's just like what we're giving and I'll see. It's like they're not there's story producers and executive producers. So I think the direction that a character might be taken in is really more so up to them.
So some of the editors trying to like, right, you know, pin pinhole someone, pigeonhole someone as you're the bad guy this season. Right. But they did even go so far as to say, like, when they do see someone kind of getting edited, you know, produced in a bad way, they'll try to show both sides because one of the ladies was she edited the COVID seasons of Atlanta when when Marlo was, you know, actually. A Teach at home.
And so like she was saying like, you know, things she wanted to give Marlo like a good opportunity, like a good chance, you know, and not she. Was so excited about being a housewife. I had expectations and that it didn't really go the way she thought it was going to go. Yeah. And so, like when it was kind of dissolving around, it's still like, well, you know, I want to put her in the best light because this is her time to
shine. Like, you don't want to like, have it be all like just crap around her and like really edit her in such a way that it's like womp, womp.
What did you expect, you know? So then she gave that moment, you know, of, you know, Marlo had her now iconic line of like, you know, today trained me that that woman edited that, that that singing, you know, and it was just really very interesting to like see what they and we talked about like, you know, putting, you know, how difficult can it be to like work with like cell phone footage and when cameras go down and like, that's all you have to work with. Reunions are tough.
The the one thing that they kept talking is that, you know, we can't edit you in a certain way if you didn't say it. Like if the footage doesn't exist, we you know, but we always hear about that in a lot of reality TV that they can and will create with Frankenbytes and like different audio and like. Well, they're saying that we create with like confessionals. Like Frank gave the example of like editing my life on the D list.
And Kathy's father had died and obviously they couldn't be there like in the hospital, at the funeral, whatever. So he relied on like the storytelling coming from Kathy and her confessional race. So it's like, if, if something's not happening on screen, you have to like, and I think that's also up to the producers to prod the woman to talk about it and the confessional explain what's going on.
And then the editors can take that that material and like, make it so we can understand it. But I'm getting at the point though that I'm sure there are times when they're like, well, we really do want to make this person look like they said this because we know that they did, but we just couldn't use that
footage or whatever. So we're going to go ahead and construct it out of this footage, kind of like doing plastic surgery, so to speak, with, you know, with camera footage, so. I think there's thing that I think. No, I don't think that they did.
That's what I'm saying. I don't think they talked about that when I'm sure that's something that probably does go on. I don't think that was really touched on, which is if I had had a question that that's one that I would be interested in asking about. Frankenbytes basically. Right. Even though they would have said that's not something they could do, I think it's also not always up to them.
Right, exactly. And I think it's something they probably they prefer not to do, but I'm sure it does happen. Right now, yeah, I think it's like they're not the executive producer. They don't really, they don't have final cut. You know, they they one was saying, like I tried to give like a they call fat cut. So of all this information, all this, all this footage, you know, and then let them choose what they're going to take out from it. But she's like, I want to give
as much as possible. So they both seen they both all four of them were just seeing like really interesting people. And like it was like, oh, wow. And everyone had great questions and SC Cup had great questions as the moderator and like she's just being a fan was like asking things that people wanted to hear, you know, wanted to know the answers to. Yeah, it was really good. So it was really well put together. Like that was that and Potomac were were great. Panels.
Yeah, I wish Beverly Hills had been better, but. Yeah, it is famous down to the yeah. So I think the rest of the day was just us walking around like the bizarre going back to the lounge and. Trying to catch. Different people. The bizarre is where you just, like, see everyone selling their wares, but it's like people will do a lot of photo OPS. So you. Yeah, we saw. It must have been either after or before we saw Teresa and Louis at her. Booth.
Yeah, that Joe came over and took a picture with them. Oh, probably. Yes, yeah. At one point there was like all the men of Bravo or something where had a stage. It was, that was the jersey guys, the Jersey guys, it was like Polly and Joe and Joe. All I know is we were walking over to see what's going on and I just saw Joe Gorga like shirtless walking off stage and I was like, well, what's going on over there?
And then like later on, we see on on the Instagram, the Instagram like him hugging Teresa Louie. And I'm like, I guess you kind of have to like I can see like making up with your sister, but like Louis is. Yeah, it's much. Yeah, especially with recent videos that have come out, we'll just get that they claim is AI by the way, they they think that's we're going to think that's AI. That's not AI, No, no. So. Anyhoo, it was a long day. I'm glad we did it. We get to do it again tomorrow.
What's our first thing we're doing tomorrow? Did we might do the well we I think we could do the traders panel because we have our photo op with Joe and Melissa, OK, at 11:45 or something like that. So that happened. So we'll get in there, maybe early, walk around a little bit and then go to the the photo op. There, Yeah, there's also like another panel that happens at 11 and we'll see clear that up the
Atlanta panel's tomorrow. And we have our Porsche photo tomorrow as. Well, that Porsche Sunday, so. Who's the afternoon photo? Heather Whitney. Heather Whitney. Right. So I think the only Housewives panel that were the Miami's one is tomorrow, but we're not going to do that because that coincides with Heather and Whitney. So I think it was just going to be Atlanta in terms of panels for us. But he's a good moderator. And then, yeah, if nothing else is going on there, we can come
back and take a nap, maybe. I don't think so. I think it's like, well, there's going to be an Ask Andy because we missed the Ask Andy, which I'm actually OK with because apparently Jeff Lewis showed his ass. No, no, it's a fair speech. I was. Like really he did. Why are you not mentioning that till now? I don't want to see Jeff. Lewis's ass? No. She yes. And now that you say that. I get the the Monica comment. Right, Right. Yeah. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Which is like building off when he made about her in 2023. Like why are you targeting this woman right? Such an asshole. Crazy so well, that was our very long winded recap of the day today. Yeah, thanks for listening and thanks for following. You know, if you've been liking our content on TikTok and on Instagram, thank you very much.
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