The Real Housewives of Atlanta ladies are all together again – and they've got plenty to say!RELATED: NeNe Leakes Throws Shade at Kandi Burruss After ‘RHoA’ Airs
PEOPLE has the exclusive First Look at the RHOA reunion, and things quickly get heated.
It's the first reunion for Kim Fields – and she doesn't get a very warm welcome from NeNe Leakes.
"Honestly I do not think Kim is a fit for tis group of girls," Leakes says.
Fireworks have exploded on the set of Real Housewives of New Jersey‘s cast trip to Vermont—and RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that Jacqueline Laurita, 45, was at the center of the epic theatrics.RELATED: Forever Frenemies? Teresa Giudice Reveals She’s Still Feuding With Jacqueline Laurita
“Jacqueline went crazy last night,” a source told Radar. “It was a fight involving Jacqueline.”
According to the source, “Jacqueline was upset at Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga.”
As Radar previously reported, the women arrived in Vermont on Monday for a group vacation and were expected to remain there until Friday.
Unfortunately, two of the cast members returned to New Jersey abruptly and attorneys got involved.
Multiple sources confirm to Radar that Laurita was one of the two women to go home.
What does it mean to gossip "correctly"? What does it mean to throw a dinner party? To build a house? To make a joke about yourself as a spider?RELATED: Lisa Rinna’s Husband Harry Hamlin Begs Her To Quit ‘RHOBH
These were some of the existential and slightly silly, yet incredibly grave, questions which framed the conflicts on Tuesday's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. As the season winds down, it is more and more narrowing in on two groups of castmembers: Those women who seem to be looking for drama in every single moment, and those women who, despite the whirlwinds of conflict, keep their heads mostly screwed on straight.
Consider the former: Lisa Rinna, who has stood supportively at the side of every other woman in the cast this year, at some point or another, took the opportunity of a beach stroll with Eileen Davidson to basically unload on Yolanda Foster.
What for? Better to ask: What not for?
"I think she's more manipulative than anybody," Rinna said of Foster, having indicted her for crimes including poor time management and ... illness-related privileges?
(If the two have beef that rises above Rinna's well-documented knack for discussing whatever will get her the most scenes, that hasn't been captured very well this year.)
That wasn't all: Rinna retold the story of her telling Lisa Vanderpump and Kyle Richards about having earlier gossiped about Foster's maybe having Munchausen syndrome. That whole saga.
Except in retelling Davidson on Tuesday, Rinna spun some new chapters:
Actually, she said, Vanderpump was the one who manipulated Rinna into even bringing any of it up to the other women in the first place, and Vanderpump and Richards had been talking about the Munchausen gossip between themselves, too.
"I've allowed myself to be used as a pawn," Rinna told the camera.
The Real Housewives of Potomac premiered on Bravo on January 17 with the network’s highest-rated Housewives debut to date across key demographics. The newest addition to The Real Housewives franchise now airs Sunday nights at 9 pm, immediately following the network’s highest-rated series, The Real Housewives of Atlanta. The two programs come together to create what Bravo affectionately calls, #ShadySunday.RELATED: ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ Episode 6 Recap: Def Jam Vendetta
With her striking looks and feisty one-liners, Gizelle Bryant has emerged as the breakout star of the newest franchise. While Bryant is never in short supply of hilarious shade – which at this point she has thrown at nearly every other cast mate – she is not just using her new platform to entertain: Bryant aims to bring social progress through both her business and activist endeavors.
With ‘nude’ having always been synonymous with a stereotypical Caucasian skin tone, the fashion and beauty industries have historically catered to white women. Bryant plans to push back against this with her new skincare line for women of color, Every Hue Beauty. She is also using her ever-expanding social media presence to advocate for revitalization efforts in environmentally destroyed sections of Birmingham, Alabama.
I spoke with Bryant about how she wound up on the show, her forthcoming makeup line for women of color, her social justice work and how she’s using social media to platform her expanding brand.
How did you end up on The Real Housewives of Potomac?
There was a good friend of mine who was doing the casting. I’ve actually known him for 20 years. They were looking for ladies, so he called me, and I immediately told him, “No I am not interested. I don’t want everybody in my business.”
But, once we talked about it, I realized I’m at such a great place in my life for this. You know, it’s just me and my girls, and I’m very proud of where I am, so I decided that it would be great to show that to the world.
When was this?
He recruited me in January, and we started shooting last April.
That was a pretty quick turnaround.
We were shocked at how fast the turnaround was. Once we started filming they were like, “Let’s get this show on the road.” The network execs were really happy with what they were seeing, so they went ahead and got us on the air fast.
Tell me about your makeup line for women of color?
The name of the line is Every Hue Beauty, and it is for women of color. It’s very difficult for women of color to find makeup that matches their skin tone. For women of color, the makeup that is out there now can make you look ashy or a lot of times the color is just not right. It’s a huge challenge.
We’re going to start with our signature product, which is going to be our tinted moisturizer. And we’re going to have 13 different shades, so everyone is matched. We’re also going to alleviate the problem of your skin looking dry or like a different color than it really is. It’s also going to have a great vitamins and minerals in it that are perfect for your skin.
So you’re going to look beautiful and your skin is going to feel beautiful, all at the same time.
Let’s hope she has absolutely nothing to do with Brooks Ayers or Cancergate. Producers have added Corona Del Mar, California, resident Kelly Meza-Dodd to the Real Housewives of Orange County cast, a source close to the cast tells Us Weekly.RELATED: 11 Times Shannon Beador From 'The Real Housewives Of Orange County' Was All Of Us
According to Dodd’s Facebook, the brunette, 40, Is married to Michael Dodd and they share one child together. Dodd is the COO of Kiss Me Mirrors, a company based out of Newport Beach, California, and her husband, 58, was formerly president of LeapFrog Enterprises Inc.
Last season, the drama revolved around OG Housewife Vicki Gunvalson’s now ex-boyfriend Brooks Ayers and his alleged cancer diagnosis. After newcomer Meghan King Edmonds suspected Ayers was lying about his health — which he initially and adamantly denied — his supposed treatment center, the City of Hope hospital, told Us Weekly that they never treated him. Gunvalson, who stood by Ayers' side throughout season 10, has since declared she “hates” him and vowed to never speak to him again.
Bravo declined to comment. So far, it’s not yet known which of the established Housewives cast — which also includes Heather Dubrow, Tamra Judge and Shannon Beador — will appear in season 11. A premiere date has yet to be announced.
Kim Richards says she "felt horribly guilty" the April night she was arrested for public intoxication at the Beverly Hills Hotel.RELATED: Kim Richards Gets Emotional While Opening Up About Her Ex-Husband Monty Brinson's Death
The former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 51, says she had been nearly 3-and-a-half years sober ahead of her arrest. A few weeks before, she'd had a glass of wine with a friend, and the night of her arrest, she drank at her daughter Brooke's home.
"I had a drink at her house. I felt horribly guilty. I thought, 'I need to go home. I can't be at my daughter's house like this. This is terrible,' " she says in a clip for Tuesday's Watch What Happens Live.
After leaving her daughter's house, Richards ended up pulling into the nearby Beverly Hills Hotel to avoid drinking and driving. It was one of her usual hangouts, but one she hadn't frequented recently.
"When I walked in, nobody knew me there," she says. Richards tried to sit in her favorite booth after being informed the hotel was closing soon.
"He said, 'If you don't leave, we're calling the police, and I really thought he was joking. And he called the police. And one thing led to another," says Richards. She later received probation in a plea deal and was ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous.
Richards also opens up about RHOBH's Lisa Rinna, with whom she has had a tumultuous relationship.
"Every time I've tried to talk to her, it's dangerous. She confronts me in a not-so-nice way. I did try to speak with her and ask her why she kind of has it out for me," Richards says of Rinna, 52. "I don't get it. It's been a whole almost two years since I've seen her, and I'm a 'vicious, vile dog' and I'm 'crazy.' It's just concerning to me."
Watch What Happens Live's one-on-one with Richards airs Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. ET.
During Aviva Drescher’s two seasons on “Real Housewives of New York City,” she was manipulated by producers, vilified by castmates, publicly shamed by her octogenarian father and berated as an “idiot” and “witch” by the Twittersphere.
And she’d do it all again.
“It helped me raise awareness for amputees, and opened up a lot of business opportunities for me that continue to come,” says Drescher, 45, who lost one leg as a child in a farm accident. Though dismissed from the franchise back in October 2014, she is vying to get back on the show.
“I have four children,” she says. “There’s never enough money in New York City.”
Since Bravo launched the “Real Housewives” franchise in 2006 with the Orange County, Calif., edition, it has produced eight spinoffs — including the NYC version, which has cycled through 14 stars since 2008. Over the past decade, the collective brand has tallied nearly 20 post-filming divorces, four arrests, one suicide and enough chatter about rehab stints, cheating and bankruptcy to occupy a year’s worth of Lifetime movies. The eighth season of “RHONY” premieres April 6 with a new sacrificial lamb: pin-thin Flatiron mom Julianne Wainstein.
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Once you make the cut, you better deliver.
“It’s not a show that celebrates women,” says Kelly Bensimon (“RHONY” seasons 2-4).
“But that’s just the nature of the beast: He who barks the loudest gets the bone."
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Alex McCord, a star of the first four seasons of “RHONY,” says the show quickly turns “ ‘Hunger Games’-ish,” with women going more and more overboard to increase their airtime and secure spots for the following season.
“It’s about who can throw the biggest, best party,” she says.
During the debut season, her husband, Simon van Kempen, shelled out $5,000 to charter a yacht for her birthday.RELATED: 'The Real Housewives of New York' season 8 update & spoilers: Bethenny Frankel confirms serious health issue, introduces new cast member
“I’m sure he thought, . . . ‘Wouldn’t it look great on camera?’ ” admits McCord, who says that, during “RHONY’s” early years, Bravo didn’t put “a dime” toward events the “Housewives” threw.
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Meanwhile, Cindy Barshop (“RHONY” Season 4) directly reached out to producers about joining the show to get some press for her laser hair-removal business (she now owns VSpot, a vaginal rejuvenation spa on the Upper East Side).
After an interview at her West Village apartment, Barshop was sent to hobnob with series Queen Bee Ramona Singer.
“They wanted to see how we interacted. I could talk to a wall, but there just wasn’t chemistry,” says Barshop, who adds that Singer “had her own agenda” for acting mute.
On her way out, Barshop and a producer got stuck in the elevator, and the beauty maven turned on the charm.
“They taped me in the elevator and sent the reel to Los Angeles, and a week later they called and said, ‘You got it.’ ”
Fans have been anxiously waiting to get a glimpse of Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker's son Ace Wells Tucker's face, and finally the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star has answered their prayers.RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Take a Tour of Kandi Burruss’ Beautiful and Eclectic Home (Red Crocodile Piano Included!)
Since giving birth to baby Ace about two months ago, Kandi has only dropped sneak peeks of her baby boy on social media, posting snapshots of him snoozing with his dad and even a few feeding time photos. However, almost all of the photos only show the back of her new son's head.
Finally the former Xscape singer let fans get a better look of Ace when she posted a picture of her her cute little prince taking a nap on his uncle. As expected, Kandi and Todd's new baby is simply adorable.
"My baby Ace is relaxing with his Uncle Ray. @acewellstucker," she wrote alongside the photo posted on March 1.
It should have been an afternoon of laughs and celebratory drinks as the stars of Real Housewives of Melbourne (RHOM) celebrated one of their own getting engaged.But in true housewives style, the delightful cocktail party along with a wedding invitation announcement quickly turned into disastrous occasion for bride-to-be Gamble Breaux.During Sunday night's episode of the reality series, the usually bubbly blonde was left in tears after and swearing at Pettifleur Berenger.Telling her to 'get f***ed', the not-so-blushing bride was seen storming off after the heated exchange.The furore was a result of Pettifleur asking the former model if she really wanted her to attend the Byron Bay nuptials, given their frenemy status.‘I don’t want to be too rude but you need to think about it before you give it to me,’ Pettifleur blurted out to Gamble.‘I can’t accept this until you have another think about why you are inviting me and why you want me to be there,’ she concluded.Gamble, who will walk down the aisle for a second time, has butt heads with the 51-year-old across season two and three of the drama-filled show.
When The Real Housewives of Atlanta headed on down to Jamaica this season, the feud brewing between Kenya Michaels and Kim Fields reached a near fever pitch thanks to Kenya's pettiness over Cynthia Bailey's commercial shoot—and it also took on some collateral damage.RELATED: Who Is Kim Fields Of ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Season 22?
You'll recall the evening spent around the pool when Kenya made some serious allegations about Kim's husband Christopher Morgan's sexuality, only brave enough to do so with her enemy far away in her hotel room, preparing for the morning's commercial shoot. It was an ugly sight, with the other ladies joining in to pile on with speculation over Kenya's insistence that "for the last 10 years, there have been pervasive rumors about Kim's husband."
"They call him Chrissy," she said to much laughter. We weren't that cool with it when we wrote about it at the time. And lo and behold, neither was Christopher. Breaking his silence for the first time since the fiasco aired last month, Chris spoke exclusively with E! News about the ordeal. What follows is our unedited conversation, wherein Chris has some particularly choice words for Ms. Moore.
I wanted to start off by asking what this whole experience has been like. You've not only lived through all this, but you've then had to watch it back on TV and relive it all over again. What's that like?
Interesting. It has been fun to watch my wife and I interact from a fly-on-the-wall perspective. We have a very funny banter and sometimes when you're just living it, you can take it for granted. That's just the way we are, you know? It's funny to go back and be able to watch it over and over again and hear some of the things she's said and go, ‘My god, that's brilliant. That just came rolling off of her tongue.' It's hysterical to me. That's been, I think, the most enjoyable part for me, is getting a chance to actually go back after the fact and really get a chance to hear some of the things that are said and enjoy some of the things my kids say. It's almost like having a living photo album.
You've also had some bad experiences too, Jamaica especially. I'm just going to jump right into it: Kenya made some pretty serious allegations that night around the pool. That must've been hard to hear about and watch. What's your response to what Kenya had to say that night?
It's interesting. When someone spreads lies about you, you can either go at them in a defensive manner and be seen as defensive, or you can just let a lie be a lie. And she kind of put me in the middle with that situation because how I would handle that situation without the entire world watching is different than I would when someone spreads a lie about you in front of the nation and world. So, I felt immediately it was going to be important for me, at some time, to set the record straight that she had fabricated the entire conversation. There is no one in the industry that calls me anything other than my name, especially to my face. Kimmy and I weren't together in the Living Single days. So, she had to stretch pretty far to get that. [Kenya claims she first learned of the rumors surrounding Chris when she guest starred on Kim's Fox sitcom, which ran from 1993-1998. Only problem? Kim was married to someone else at the time. She didn't marry Chris until 2007.]
Now, I understand, I'm a Broadway performer without a real name, as far as Hollywood goes, and when Kim and I first got together, there was all kinds of speculation about me. Was I a deadbeat? Was I broke? Was I a drug addict? Was I a homosexual? There were all kind of rumors about me because nobody knew who this guy was dating, and eventually marrying, Kim Fields. She basically took that speculation, one aspect of it, and ran with it.
You know, if that's the way she wanted to play it, that's the way she's gonna play it. But as far as how it effected me? Number one: Obviously I'd been in this situation before when the situation happened the first time. But it didn't effect me then because I'm a musical theater performer that's been in the industry for 20 years. My god, I've been married for 19 of those? If I wasn't married, I was engaged to the woman I was married to the first time. So, it's been a long time that I've been me and I've had people speculate all kinds of things about me. At this point, it doesn't bother me.
What does bother me is that she took the platform that she did to spread the lie that she did, but at this point Kenya and I have spoken. She's apologized. She's apologized quite publicly. Maybe there's some room down the road for us to actually be friends. Right now, not at all. We'll see. The people that are watching the show will have to see. I don't know where my lady stands. The bottom line with that is, I'll be completely honest, if the shoe was on the other foot and somebody spread a rumor like that about my spouse, they don't really get back on the Christmas list for a couple years.
Lisa Vanderpump's Pump restaurant has been on fire a lot lately ... and not in a good way.
The LA County fire department responded to a call for a kitchen fire at the West Hollywood joint around 10:40 AM Saturday. We're told it started as an electrical fire within the walls but was quickly put out when crews arrived.
If this story sounds familiar, that's because it is ... exactly one month ago to the day the fire department was on scene for an electrical fire in the kitchen which caused minimal damage.
The restaurant has become a huge hit for tourists, so fingers crossed it'll be back open for biz tonight.
