RHOSLC: Monica's Mission Impossible

a production experience. Twice a week on Reality with the King, we'll sit down with my friends across the entertainment industry, recap our favorite reality shows and revisit unforgettable moments that we are still talking and tweeting abouts. On today's episode of Reality with the King. Oh, baby, doll, I have to do this episode solo. Yes, my loves, we are going to recap Monica, featuring the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Bitch. Yes, that to me is going to

be the new name of the show. She's Diana Ross, She's Beyonce, She's Michael Jackson, She's Lionel Ritchie, She's glad as Knight. If you know where I'm going with this. You can tell that I am naming members of groups who have a math an amazing solo career. Look, I know Monica's fate on the show is still up for debate, so we will figure out what that means after part three of the reunion, where now I'm part two. But I must say, to sheet to sheet to sheet, Monica,

I love you, But what the fuck is toochet? I know about tochet, and I know about two pays. Honey, No I don't wear one, but I have never heard of too chet. But if that's the language of Monica, I'm signing up forward. So Part two of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Reunion aired, and again it's the Monica Show. It really is the Monica Show. And one thing I have to give credit where credit is due is the fact that Monica really set on that couch and took all of these daggers from these women

and did not cry. She did not get up and leave, She did not make excuses. Now, she may have made up some names, child, but we'll get to that in a second, honey. But I think what we all learn learn from this reunion is the fact that look, all jokes aside. You can say what you want about Monica, but to hear the backstory of her childhood and the backstory of her relationship with her mom, you can't help but feel sorry for her. And I'm not here to

judge people. I'm not judge Judy or Tamar judge. Okay, not saying Tamar judge judges people. So I hope you know it's a plan on words child, okay, because Tamara is a good friend of mine. So when you have a force multiplier like Monica, like a Kenya Moore, Anini Leagus of Teresa Judais Giselle Bryant, when you have forced multipliers, one thing I always tell my producers on my shows where we have forced multipliers is you have to really dig deep into their childhood so that you can understand

who they are as women. And in this case, we have to talk about female reality stars. Right. So that's why I named the force multipliers of women I either have worked with or have watch on television. Monica is a complex character, and knowing that her mother prayed for her to be a housewife was sad. And do I

believe the story? I do? I mean, look, Monica must be the female Ted Bundy if she is going to make up something like that out of thin air, I just don't think Monica would make up something to that degree, especially because we saw the dynamics of her relationship with her mother. And remember Monica even said that her mom was making out with a guy in a car while Monica was in the back seat. And again not judging, but for a little girl to see that, that's quite disturbing.

And when you have complex women joining reality television, always go down the road of their childhood and when you make the pit stop at their mother, the relationship they have with the mom, it will always explain why they're as complex as they are. Nini Leaks, Kenya Moore. You know, those are just two examples of women who are the best at what they do, but both having very complex

relationships with their mothers. Knowing what Monica had to experience as a little girl, we were privy to this season and part two of the reunion, we're now learning that, Wow, your mother wanted your job, and it appears that your mother wants to your life. The complex relationship with mother and daughters are very sensitive because as a little girl, you look up to your mom. She's your best friend, she's the one who you idolize, she's your first example

of a role model. In some situations, the mother can oftentimes can become resentful of the daughters. Resentful meaning sometimes their daughters may have a better relationship with their father, which is their mother's husband, right, and that could cause a complex relationship. We're seeing a complex relationship between Paris Hilton and Kathy Hilton. We all assume that Paris and Kathy were close, but after watching Paris in Love season two, you really got a chance to understand that they have

a complex relationship. And from what I saw, a lot of it had to do with the fact that Paris obviously was a wild child, but she was also very close to her dad, and I under if that played a part in the distance relationship that Paris and Kathy had.

So when it comes to Monica and her mom, it appears that Monica's mother always wanted her life and to get down on your knees and pray to the Lord above for you to have your daughter's job is very sad, and I know that we like to, you know, make jokes about the complex relationship she has with her mother, but similarly to us understanding Kenya Moore's backstore with her mom. It allowed even Kenya's haters to really understand that. Look, I mean, I like Kenya, but I now understand who

she is. I now understand why she's a woman who is complex. I now understand why she's a fighter. I now understand why she's so tough. She had to deal with the fact that her mother ignored her while they were all living under the same roof for a girl to deal with. So then you have Monica who auditioned to be on the Real Housewatch of Salt Lake City, and then all of a sudden she is crying to her mom, and her mom prays that if my daughter

doesn't get the job, I want to get it. Like, that's fucked up, and you can tell that Monica is still very damaged by that. Monica is a beautiful woman, but you could tell she's damaged inside courtesy of her complex relationship with her mother. And this episode made me fall in love with Monica even more. What we have to do, though, is really try our best to understand the complexities of this woman and what is so fucked up about this cast on Salt Lake City nobody was

checking for this show. Guys were on the radar of the Real Housewives of Dallas level of attention span that we had on this show, And instead of putting your foot forward and saying, at least after reunion, like, okay, this woman is really telling us who she is. I may be met about the blog situation, so I'll get to it, but this is fucked up. Let's kind of

like understand her more. The only person who was trying to me was Whitney, and I appreciate Whitney for trying to be human in that moment and putting her feelings about Monica's side, but watching Monica share her story and to see the skowl of Heather, Lisa and Angie made

them so unlikable to me. I just don't understand how you can sit up here and claim to be a part of this Christian, Mormon faith or whatever you are right now, and this woman across from you is telling you about her childhood and you don't have any empathy or sympathy for her. This woman is giving us something that you girls aren't giving us at all, and instead of you guys being there for her at least in

this moment, right. What you ladies are doing is what to me is just wrong with some of the women who are part of these franchises where we're dealing with Potomac, where Candace is crying for help because she's realizing that the rest of the women are trying to get her fired, that they're trying to ice her out. Candace, in my opinion,

is being iced out on the show. I hate to say this, I think Candace is aware that she's not going to be asked back next season because the queen Bee of the show, Giselle, doesn't want her there, and it's painfully obvious, and Giselle has Robin and Ashley to be a monks of the crowd to say she must go. And my fear that is looking like a reality is enjoy Candace while you can, because this may very well be her last season because these ladies do not warn her on the show, and at the end of the day,

they're going to choose Giselle over Candace. And you can quote me on that, because that's what's going to happen to candas unfortunately, and I think is fucked up. What I saw on part two of the House Wall to Salt Lake City. That's what these ladies are trying to do to Monica. As Monica is telling you her real life story, these women are saying, do not give her any ounce of sensitivity, remorse, love, because our mission, and my Tom Cruise voice, hey, impossible. Their mission is to

get rid of Monica. And what these women know is this show, in my air quotation marks, is allegedly built on real friendships, which to me is bullshit. Nobody on the show or across this franchise has a real friendship. Besides Robin and Giselle on Potomac and Alexis and Marisol on Miami. The rest of these girls met on set, or they met months before filming, or they knew of each other a little bit, but then getting on the show,

they have that common ground. You guys are the same ones who think Sutton and Garcel are the Paris and the Coal of the simple life in the nine to two to one zero. And I love Garceil and I love Sutton. But let's call a spade a spade, not the case spade purse. Let's call a spade of spade. No black folks, not the car game. Let's call a spade a spade. This show wants to give off of this this air that's about real friendships and it's not.

And I love Tamar Judge. She brought Tamara. Don't kill me, it's fuddy, But Tamar Judge brought her friend Jen On, and I know Tamar is saying she need to bring her on, and Tama's gonna kill me for this, but I love you, Tam tawm. Tama brought Jin on and read her for film. It's like, well, damn, Tamera, did you have to read Jay like that and throw a napkin in her face? Geez? But Tamar says, somebody gotta save this sinking ship, and baby Tamar did it. Thank you, Tam,

tamp and Jen I love you. I think you're a great cast member, by the way. But even deeper than that, what you're also seeing is when Tamara was fired, Shanna Badore stopped talking to her. But you guys want to read me when I tell you that certain women on

these franchises are friends. Tamra and Shannon were besties. Tamarck gets fired, Shanna says, I'm still on this show, so I gotta fucking make friends with the Queen of Chili's, which is Gina, and then she has to be friends with Gina and Emily and she's like really, so, you know, she dissed Tamera. So when it comes to Salt Lake City, what they're trying to do is not show any empathy

for Monica's story. And that was so evident in this part two reunion and it made me just realize that I have a strong feeling they're going to ice her out to where there's no point of no return. And if that happens, how unfortunate would it be When you guys were on the chopping block that karate Kid would practice his moves on and break shouldn't have And now you guys are breaking this cast in half because Monica

was a blogger. It's weird to me. Nothing's more weird though than the word too shed, But hey, I digress. One of the other things that we saw on Part two reunion is the fact that Lisa Lisa Lisa. First of all, I think Lisa Barlow is one of the most beautiful women on television. I think she's stunning to look at. But Lisa is full of shit and I love Missa and Lisa Barlow. You can sit up there and say to Monica about all the nasty things she said to these other women. She said it, she said it,

but she owns it. Monica did not have to get caught on a hot mic talking to the showrunner of Salt Lake City for you to be exposed of talking about your and Eric Crow's best friend, Meredith. The stuff you said about Meredith behind her back. I am shocked that Meredith can't forgive you. I'm shocked the things you said about her was so disgusting that if you got

gonna kick off Monica, then fuck kick off Lisa. Because if Lisa can say that about her girl, Meredith behind her back on a hot mic, imagine what she is saying about the rest of y'all when she is at home spending sixty thousand dollars on a ring getting makeup done, to go to brunch down the street, or to go to Sundance Film Festival. But none of y'all cared about that because y'all felt that Lisa belonged in this affluent

eliti's life that you women live. So Lisa is like, you talk about women too, Lisa, you said crazier shit about these other women as well. Why is it that when Monica says it. It's the worst thing in the world is because Monica's delivery is better. Call Monica Pisa hut because the bitch delivers on time and it's hot. So are we upset that her delivery is much stronger? And now it's another reason why see guess what lady,

this is Lisa. I'm mocking Lisa at this point. Hey, guys, guess what, Like, We're gonna make sure that you know, when it comes to you know, Monica and everything she's saying, we have to make sure that she understands that we're not fucking with her. So that's what we're going to do. And all of your girls fall in line. I don't mind a housewife working for the check. But Heather, you have to be the most bored woman in Salt Lake City. What do you do? You have more time on your

hands than a Rolex watch tick tick boom boom. You literally sit on ready. You are so bored and have nothing else going on in your life that you sit there and have to Nisha with her curling iron and her bundles work with you allegedly to dig up things on people. You literally have a pamphlet and encyclopedia on every single thing Monica has done since she was twelve years old. You now are playing some audio of Monica

talking shit about Mary. By the way, Monica love you, But girlfriend, it doesn't bear you were talking shit about Mary. But guess what, it's bye again. I just don't think we watch reality TV for the moral compass of it all. I think we're sort of like, okay, Monica called Mary a bit, like, guys, are we seriously going to make

this a big deal? But the reason why it was highlight it for me is because it showed that these women were trying to get married to come to their side, because they kind of saw that Mary had sympathy for Monica, and because they know that Mary is the fan favorite. They were like, no, Mary, you cannot get Monica to be on your team because if you want Monica, that means we are forced to film with her next season. And I'm gonna tell this to you guys again. Their

mission this reunion was to ice out Monica. That's why Lisa kept saying, no, you said this, and She's like, Monica's like, no, bitch, you said that too. They're all like, no, but Monica's yours worst, and then you had ANGIEK. And again, I love Angik. I think she's a great comedian, but we call her Hurricane Angie. Cue the hurricane sound Sierra, what's the forecast today, Lisa? Are we doing a tornado on Monica today? Heather, what's the forecast today? This is

Hurricane Angie reporting for duty. I just go where the windblows. Thank you. Yes, that's who Angie K is. So then Angie K was able to of course be on Lisa's side shockingly and also come from Monica. And then they're both like, know Mary Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary Mary. No, she said that that's her voice. Mary, are you listening? See what I'm saying? Guys. Their intention was to we have to get everybody to be on our side. And that's the reason why Meredith, who's sit in the middle

looking gorgeous in her rid, didn't say a word. Meredith didn't say two words this reunion because deep down inside, Meredith likes Monica. Because Meredith was like Dick, some more sit up on Lisa, because let's be clear, Meredith will never ever get over what Lisa said about her on a hot mic that is embedded in Meredith's brain. Meredith wants Monica back, but Meredith, who doesn't know how to drive a vehicle, can't drive herself to go against Queen

Heather and her minions. I'm telling you how it works. And because Whitney doesn't mess with her cousin Heather, that's why you saw Whitney really try to sympathize with Monica because she's kind of like Monica, I'm trying to help you. I'm trying to get you at least at least I'm trying because I believe the donna's side. Whitney's like, Monica's good for the show, Like, I don't care what your

lady say, Monica's good for the show. So what you saw was Mary trying to have Monica's back, understand her a little bit, but the other girls were not going to have it. They just weren't going to have it. And then you have Monica claimed that Whitney's a racist, which I'm like, damn, that's whoa. I was not expecting that, not at all. That blew me away. It blew me away. I don't know Whitney like that, so I can't tell you whether or not she is. Listen, I watched TV

like we all do. Child, I don't think she is based on what I saw on the TV show, but I don't know what Mary knows, honey. So Child, that's a very strong accusation. And look, honey, Child, I don't know. But it was very interesting to really see race play a role in the party reunion because Monica also said when she was going over her names, because Monica changed her name a couple of times, I'm like, what in

the true crime is going on here, Monica? So Monica changed her names a couple of times, So I think it was Monica Darnell, then it was Monica Garcia, then it was Linda Monica Garcia, which apparently Monica and her mom have the same name, and that whole thing was weird. And then you had Monica claim that Lisa said the reasons why Monica changed her name back to Garcia while she was auditioning for the show is because she wanted

to appear to be a Latina. Now, I'm sure you guys want to know what's the big deal, So let me explain it to you. For the past couple of years, there has been this call to action to have more diversity on these shows. That's why within one calendar year, child, you had Ebony as the first black housewife in New York City. You had Garcilles the first black housewife in Belly Hills. You had Crystal as the first Asian American on Beverley Hills. You had Tiffany Moon as the first

Asian American on Dallas, and the list goes on. Oh, and then you have the first black housewife on the OC, which was Noela. So what Monica was telling us is Lisa felt that Monica was so desperate to get on the show that she wanted to appear as Latina. Since Lisa knows that they believe in diversity and inclusion, and if Monica can appear to be a Latina, then she has a better chance of being on the show, so that they all can say, look, we have diversity. Of

course Lisa did, and I did. Now look, I don't believe anything Lisa says. And I like Lisa as a beautiful woman, and I love her, her kids and her husband. Lisa Barlow is gorgeous and so is her family. But Lisa, you are a liar, liar pants on fire. And that's okay. Well it's not okay. It's housewives who cares. But it goes to show you that I strongly believe Lisa Barlow said that because once again, guys, not to toot my own horn. Thank you Sarah for the horn sound effects.

But I try to tell you, guys, these women have an elitist attitude towards Monica because they don't feel like she belongs on the show. And the other reason why they want to ice out Monica is because Monica knows a lot about these women. And one thing I always tell you guys about these housewives, some of them have a pact to where they will never say anything so vile publicly on the show because they don't want to open up those can of worms. Listen to me, and

listen to me. Clearly, every last Salt Lake City housewife has secrets. No, not secrets the Orderant, not Barry White's the Secret Garden. These women have very deep, dark secrets. And the reason why they want to push Monica out fast is because they know Monica knows it all. And because Monica had a blog, they know that Monica is capable of exposing them. So what do you do when someone has dirt on you? In the movies, you kill

them off the show. Ladies and gentlemen, what you witnessed on the Part two reunion of Salt Lake City was just that. Thank you for listening to Reality with the King. New episodes drop on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Share, comment, follow,

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