#2827 RHOA S1609: Mind Your P’s and Bailey-Q’s

Summary

Watch What Crappens: Episode #2827 RHOA S1609 - "Mind Your P’s and Bailey-Q’s"

Introduction

In Episode #2827 of Watch What Crappens, hosts Ben Mandelker and Ronnie Karam delve into the latest installment of The Real Housewives of Atlanta (RHOA) Season 16, Episode 9, titled "Mind Your P’s and Bailey-Q’s." This episode examines the dynamics of the Bailey Q gatherings, highlights emerging star Angela Oakley, and dissects the intricate personal and familial conflicts among the cast members. Ben and Ronnie provide their signature blend of humor, critique, and insightful commentary, making the recap both engaging and informative for both regular listeners and newcomers.

Key Plot Points

1. Bailey Q Dynamics

   • Cynthia Bailey's Role: The episode centers around the Bailey Q, Cynthia Bailey’s signature gatherings. Ben critiques the logistical challenges, stating, “I think Lake Bailey is beautiful... but I think it's too small for the Bailey Q” ([06:15]). He points out the cramped environment, mentioning, “Everyone has to hold in their laps. I'm surprised no one stains all their dresses” ([07:26]). Ben suggests it might be time to retire the event due to these constraints.
   • Ronnie’s Perspective: Ronnie appreciates the tight setup for fostering drama, noting, “It means more mess, and that's what you need” ([07:26]). She enjoys the unavoidable interactions that the confined space creates, enhancing the show’s entertainment value.

2. Angela Oakley: The Breakout Star

   • Host Evolution: Ben identifies Angela as the standout star of the season, recognizing her as “the closest we have to a main character” ([12:32]). He praises her strong family narratives and her assertive personality, which resonates well with audiences.
   • Ronnie’s Support: Ronnie adds, “She's got the best stories... and she's not afraid of anybody,” highlighting Angela’s potential to drive the season’s narrative forward ([14:44]).

3. Portia Williams’ Personal Struggles

   • Family and Relationships: Portia grapples with her husband Charles’ questionable actions and her decision to use a surrogate. Ben mocks, “She’s essentially trading insurance for shapewear,” referencing her abrupt pivot to personal business ventures ([53:03]).
   • Dramatic Interactions: Portia’s confrontations, especially with Charles, are dissected humorously, with Ben commenting, “Portia's like, oh, my God, you called her Big Bird?” ([34:07]). This underscores the tension and misunderstanding in her personal life.

4. Brittany Elkin’s Family Conflicts

   • Moving Out: Brittany deals with the emotional turmoil of moving out of her mother’s house, leading to explosive family arguments. Ronnie jabs, “This is my child at all” ([47:14]), emphasizing the dysfunctional family dynamics.
   • Grief and Reconciliation: The episode touches on Brittany’s grief over her father’s death, with Ben noting the absurdity of reconciling through revenge porn, “Luckily, revenge porn can solve everything” ([31:26]).

5. Shamia Gellar’s Over-the-Top Persona

   • Sassy Antics: Shamia’s flamboyant behavior and incessant singing are a focal point, with Ben remarking, “Shamia is like the Anne Hathaway” ([11:00]). Ronnie humorously critiques her dramatic flair, “She's shaking her head and emphatically denying it” ([36:13]).
   • Surrogate Storyline: Shamia’s interactions with the surrogate Asha add layers to her character, portraying her as both concerned and comically clueless about the surrogate process.

6. The Dog Party Fiasco

   • Chacha vs. Mimosa: The episode features a lavish birthday party for Cha Cha, Cynthia’s dog, contrasting it with Mimosa’s more subdued presence. Ben quips, “This just looks sad... It feels like what it must have looked like in 1984” ([24:14]), criticizing the overactivation of Cha Cha’s makeover.
   • Ronnie’s Mockery: Ronnie laments, “I like that answer, too, because what if she... she doesn’t even remember?” ([25:49]), poking fun at the excessive pampering of the dog.

Host Reactions and Insights

• Ben Mandelker’s Critique: Ben consistently points out the logistical and narrative flaws within the episode, such as the inefficacy of the Bailey Q and the repetitive nature of conflicts. He humorously questions the necessity of certain plot devices, saying, “How was I supposed to know?” when discussing Portia’s revelations ([68:18]).

• Ronnie Karam’s Humor: Ronnie balances Ben’s critiques with sharp wit and humorous commentary. She often exaggerates situations for comedic effect, such as imagining absurd scenarios for Portia’s actions and mocking the over-the-top nature of the dog parties.

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Ben on Bailey Q: “I think Lake Bailey is beautiful... but I think it's too small for the Bailey Q” ([06:15]).
• Ronnie on Bailey Q: “It means more mess, and that's what you need” ([07:26]).
• Ben on Angela’s Role: “I think Angela is kind of the breakout star and the breakout main character of this season” ([12:32]).
• Ronnie on Portia’s Dog: “I feel so bad for this dog... it's not enjoying its life” ([19:33]).
• Ben on Shamia’s Attitude: “You just have one of us in your life at one time. You know, Drama” ([11:44]).

Conclusions

Ben and Ronnie wrap up the episode by expressing their enjoyment of the season’s developments, particularly Angela’s rise as a central figure. They critique the forced narrative structures, such as the Bailey Q's timing disrupting the natural flow of scenes. Their overall sentiment is one of amusement mixed with skepticism about the show’s direction, especially concerning the repetitive conflicts and over-the-top character portrayals.

Final Thoughts

Episode #2827 of Watch What Crappens offers a thorough and entertaining breakdown of RHOA Season 16, Episode 9. Ben and Ronnie’s insights provide listeners with a nuanced understanding of the show’s current trajectory, highlighting both its strengths and weaknesses. Their humorous take on the drama ensures that the recap is not only informative but also highly entertaining, embodying the podcast’s mission to mock and love Bravo programming in equal measure.

Transcript

[Ben Mandelker]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ben Mandelker]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ben Mandelker]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ben Mandelker]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ben Mandelker]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ben Mandelker]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ben Mandelker]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ben Mandelker]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ben Mandelker]

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[Ben Mandelker]

Watch what happens. Watch what happens. Who cares what happens when there's so much what happens? Hello and welcome to Watch what Happens, a podcast about all that crap on Bravo that we just love to talk about. I'm Ben Mandelker and joining me today is the one and only Ronnie Caram. Hi Ronnie. Welcome to your work week. How are you?

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, thank you. So glad to be here. It's my cookie day. Brought some cookies.

[Ben Mandelker]

Cookies. You know, Melissa Gorga randomly got a full fledged article in the New York Times this weekend about her sprinkle cookies, which is shocking because those sprinkle cookies came out like 10 years after the fact and now the article is dropping like 10 months after the fact. So I don't know, I guess people don't care about Tommy this when it comes to Melissa Gorga and her cookies. But yeah, she got the, she got a full, a full spread which is major to get in the New York Times. But you know, the cookies are pretty good. I have to say. I had some and they're, they're shockingly good. But that we're not here to talk about Melissa Gorga today. We are here because it is a day to recap Real Housewives of Atlanta. And of course before we dive into that, this is like our Texas week. Welcome to Texas week on Crappins. And it's Texas week because I'm going to Texas. I'm joining, I'm joining my work husband Ronnie in Texas. And we are putting on a show in Austin this Friday at Emos where we will recap the most recent episode of Summer House. And then the next day we are driving to Dallas. So you know, there will be a Ben and Ronnie on the Road bonus episode to come. And in Dallas we are going to the Texas theater and we are recapping the classic Vanderpump Rules episode Sex, Lies and audio tips Season 6, episode 5. So that will be a great time. And then I have some bonus Texas, which is that on Wednesday I'm going to see the Cowboy Carter tour. So I'm going to see Beyonce. So I'll be sort of like spiritually in Houston on Wednesday even though I' be in Los Angeles. So it's a big Texas week for me and I'm very excited.

[Ronnie Karam]

I'm Gel. You're gonna go see the bee.

[Ben Mandelker]

I'm gonna see my. It's my first ever Beyonce concert, too, oddly enough. I was gonna try to see the last one, but I got Covid. But also, please join us on Patreon patreon.com watch for crappins to get access to bonus episodes, like our upcoming one or all the ones in the past that we've done that have been wonderful. And also, you can watch us with Crap is on Demand. So don't just listen. You can watch. Oh, and by the way, our tickets go to watch crappins.com to get links to our tickets. And I think that's all the. The major stuff. Oh, of course. Duh. We just added two new shows, in case you missed it. Last week, we added a Los Angeles show and a Seattle show. The Seattle show is June 12, I think it's safe to say. I don't want to overstep, but I think it's safe to say the night before. Well, I don't know. I'm not gonna say anything, but June 12th is our Seattle show at the Neptune, and then June 19th is our Los Angeles show. So come join us for those. Those are gonna be great times. And that will be. We are going to. And our big tour, our own Cowboy Carter tour, the Mountain Hysteria tour in Los angeles on the 19th. So come join us. It'll be great.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's gonna be some great times, y'all. All right, let's get into Real Housewives of Atlanta. Season 16, Episode 9 blame it on the Henny.

[Ben Mandelker]

Blame it on the Henny. You know what I'm gonna blame it on? I'm gonna blame it on the Bailey Q, because I have something to say. I thought long and hard about this. You know, I think Cynthia's been doing a very nice job in the role of friend of the season. I've been really enjoying her in that position. So they resurrected the Bailey Q for this episode, which is. The Bailey queue is kind of like one of those, like, repeat events that we get that no one's, like, particularly excited about. It's not like going to the Berkshires, but, like, you're like, okay. And they sort of, like, push it on us enough that when she says, I'm doing the Bailey queue, you think, oh, wow, it's the Bailey Q episode. And then you realize, do I care about the Bailey Q episode? And I think. Here's my thought. I think Lake Bailey is. Is beautiful. It's a beautiful house. It's a wonderful piece of real estate. I think it's too small for the Bailey Q. I don't think that Kenya. I mean, I don't think that Cynthia's house can sustain the Bailey Q because they're always cramped around that sofa, and they've got no place to put their plates. And she just has this. She always has, like, wet meats, a lot of barbecue sauce, and no one. Everyone has to hold in their laps. I'm surprised no one stains all their dresses. It's just the legit logistics don't work out for me. And I think it's time that we move on from the Bailey cube because of that.

[Ronnie Karam]

I like the tightness of it because it means more mess, and that's what you need. Like, whenever they try to walk off, they can't walk off, which is hilarious. Like, I'm out of here. They can just walk to the kitchen counter, and then they have to walk back. So I actually like it. And actually I'm appreciating the Lake Bailey a lot more these days. I like, love the views. I love the size, just because it's, like, a more comfortable size to have to live in. So I like that. Here's where I think the problem is, and maybe where it's bothering you is this wasn't a messy Bailey Q. Normally she pulls out the game like, okay, now we're gonna ask questions, and then the questions are messy, and then everybody fights. But this time, she was like, since it's Juneteenth, let's talk about Black History Girl. This is Real Housewives of Atlanta. It's not that black history is not important. I want to people. I want to see people fighting. I don't want. They're not going to fight over Juneteenth quizzes. Okay? We need to see fights.

[Ben Mandelker]

I also feel like there's something very chaotic to me about the fact that they all cram in on the sofa. And because she always invites so many people, like, people that aren't even on the show, and they all have to sit on the sofa. But then there's like, this strange kind of, like, gaggle of men that got crammed into the kitchen because they're not allowed to be on camera, basically, or not allowed to be in the scene. So I always feel like there's just, like, so much activity, and people are jammed in there, and it just feels humid in there. And I just find it to be a uncomfortable place to look at. Like, I think she just. If she's going to host an event like this, she's going to have to upgrade her house or invite fewer people. It's time to make tough decisions.

[Ronnie Karam]

Tough Decisions by Ben Mandelker.

[Ben Mandelker]

Get rid of your if you want.

[Ronnie Karam]

To keep job, get a get an extra living room.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's my official note on this. Okay. So speaking of Cynthia, oddly enough, Cynthia opens up the show. They've been experimenting with different ways to do the previously on Atlanta. I mean, I, I kind of feel like, can we just get some normal previouslys? Can we just like, like, I don't need there to be a skit when we do previouslys. I just give us previously on Atlanta and show us some scenes I don't like. Last, last week was a real low with that, that song. And now Cynthia's doing a whole thing which is a little bit better where she's like, oh, I had to recap what happened in Nashville, so I had to go talk to everyone to find out what really happened. Internet trip was a little bit weird and I took my butt to BET but to bed early. So now we got to find out what happened. So then we just do.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's a Cynthia investigation. So she is going to lunch with everybody to figure out just where it all went wrong child. So we start with lunch with Kelly and Shamia. And so Kelly's like, well, we were.

[C]

Just upstairs getting our beauty rest because.

[Ronnie Karam]

We stayed up till 5am and Shami is like, we had a stinking good time. Okay, stop, stop singing. Let me tell you what happened at 4am.

[Ben Mandelker]

I think Shamia would wear me out. I never saw this side of Shamia before, but I think Shamia constantly breaking into song, basically being like an eternal drama. Drama club, the kid. It's.

[Ronnie Karam]

You've already got me. I mean, how many of us do you need? You can only really have one of us in your life at one time. You know, Drama.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, but you're a different kind. You're like, I feel like the sassy gay version. You're not even that sassy. But I think the gay, the gay, the gay theater queen vibe is one thing, but I was supposed to say.

[Ronnie Karam]

You'Re not even that gay, but you're.

[Ben Mandelker]

Not even that much of a queen.

[Ronnie Karam]

You just took away this part.

[Ben Mandelker]

There's just something. There's like the Anne Hathaway.

[Ronnie Karam]

You're still highly penis loving, but I'm going to take that sassy because I.

[Ben Mandelker]

Think you're like aware versus, you know, you sort of get that sense that every time Shamia breaks into songs, she's doing like a micro audition. And, and I don't think that you're doing that. You're trying to. You're. You're usually singing in pursuit of being funny.

[Ronnie Karam]

No, I like what happens at auditions with me. Nothing. At some point, you stop auditioning.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. I just feel like Shamia is sort of doing these tiny little auditions everywhere, and I'm. I'm. I don't know. I. I really. They really set her up to be kind of like the glue of this season, and I'm surprised.

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, they literally said. She said at the beginning, I'm the glue. I'm the glue of the season. So she set herself up to be the glue. You know what? I don't need glue. And here's the things that I don't like. Things that you have to glue. Okay. I learned that from craft. Craft night. You know, things that constantly need to be glued can get out of the way. I don't need. It gets all over your fingers. Glue's not fun. It's made out of dead horse hoofs.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's. She's like the paperclip of the season. She definitely brings things together, but easily, you know, disposed of and falls apart. And so, like, I. Yeah, I don't think that she's as gluey as I think that she has claimed, because I don't find her to be in the center of much. And I think, like, I feel like she's sort of. If anything, she's kind of fallen a little bit to the wayside. I guess maybe her storyline about how her child got an ear infection and she started to cry about it wasn't as compelling as she thought it was.

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, I think they're doing that whole let's build the show around Shamia thing, and so she's just really trying to. To give the end the star energy. It's like, I'm the center. I have all the friends. I'm the glue. I'm the singer. I got the biggest house. And she does have all of that, but she doesn't really have main character energy. You know, it's like the glue's usually not the main character, but, you know, I mean, I like Shamia. Okay.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, we like her.

[Ronnie Karam]

There needs to be kind of main characters in Housewives, and I don't think right now we've got any. I think Angela's probably coming close, but she's kind of sidelined by all the other women, so that makes it hard. But she's. She's. She's the closest, but I still don't think we have one. But, you know, it is kind of a first season of a reboot. So, you know, you gotta wait to see what cream rises to the top.

[Ben Mandelker]

Well, I think that, like, Shamia, like, her trajectory was. Looked like it was going up, up, up, and that's kind of plateaued a bit, but still, like her. I mean, look, I've always, always enjoyed Shamia, even in her. In old versions of Atlanta. I just think that, like, what I thought she was gon the season has plateaued. However, I do think that Angela is kind of the breakout star and the breakout main character of this season. And I think the producers thought it was gonna be Portia, but if you look online, it's actually amazing how so many people are. Are really coming down on Porsche and, like, really kind of universally, everyone seems to really love Angela. So I think that, like, maybe part of it is because Angela has found herself in that coveted role of kind of being as much of like, quote, unquote, the victim as one could be on this season. Well, which is funny, actually, because Britt would be the victim, But Angela somehow is the one who's, like, sort of semi ostracized. And that always works well with the audience.

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, she's also got the best stories. You know, the family is real weird. No one can kind of piece together what's going on. Did her husband impregnate somebody? I mean, there's a lot to go on, so, you know, we'd love a good mystery. We, like, think things fall apart on these shows. So she's got potential.

[Ben Mandelker]

She does. And she also has that vibe of, like, you are all children. Right? Like, she kind of has that vibe of, I'm married to a very successful former NBA player, and I don't know why you guys are trying to come for me, because I'll destroy each and every one of you one by one, and I have no problem doing it.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, she has the most entertaining husband. She's got the most entertaining extra family members kind of lying around, extra stories. So, yeah, so far, she's. And she's not afraid of anybody, which is really helpful.

[Ben Mandelker]

No one.

[Ronnie Karam]

So we skipped to Angela's version, and Angela's like, well, you know, I'm hearing voices outside my window, and they're calling me Big Bird. And then we go back to lunch with Kelly and Shamia, and they're saying, well, you know, Brit's shade was that the husband cheated and he had this outside baby on his slate. And Cynthia's like, oh, wait a minute. What? What? And so then Portia said, and then we cut back To Angela, she go. She said, well, I should, Charles. That's what Portia said, I should, Charles. And Cynthia's like, oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. We need a Juneteenth and a quiz.

[Ben Mandelker]

On black history that will fix everything. So we see the flashbacks and we see Portia saying, so you came down.

[C]

Here to tell me you heard me say Charles's name?

[Ben Mandelker]

And Angela's saying to Portia, well, I hear that you're talking about me. So I put my pajamas on and said, let's address this. So then Cynthia's like, portia, you said something about how you'd have sex with Charles.

[C]

And she's like, um, I actually don't even remember saying that. But later in the episode, I will tell you specifically why I said it and what the reasoning was in the full context, but I don't remember saying it.

[Ronnie Karam]

Are we gonna blame it on Henny? She's like, wait a minute.

[C]

As Hennessy saved me that night. Cause I was about to blow that bitch all the way up, okay? But I wouldn't fuck anybody's husband, okay? Again, I swear.

[Ronnie Karam]

So we all know that she just said, oh, really? She's so afraid of, you know, me, husbands. Well, maybe I should her husband then. See how she likes that. Which I don't think is really that bad in the end. I wish she'd just say that because we don't need multiple episodes on this.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, I actually think that this. It was probably said like, as like a joke. And I. I do think this is being. It has been blown up. So then we go back to Kelly and Shamia talking. And Shamia's like, well, when we got back, I gave her a minute and I texted. And then I guess. Then I guess Angela sent her a big text. But then we go back to, oh, no. She goes, wait, oh, did Shamia. Shamia sent Angela text, right? And. And Angela sent her a big long text, correct? Yes.

[Ronnie Karam]

Then Angela, yeah, Angela sends this big long text after witnessing the disrespectful havia behavior towards me and my husband. There's nothing to be said. And then she speaks. She's like, there's nothing to be said. And here's 10 pages of text. And they keep fast forwarding the reading of it. She's. And it's clear that our morals and values don't align. Morals, values, it's all good, though. Be blessed.

[Ben Mandelker]

They're like, wow. So Cynthia's like, well, the only thing that's open after midnight is legs, jail and the er. And that's why you need to take your ass to bed early. I'm like, well, no, because if you didn't take yourself to bed early, you wouldn't have to go around and ask, have all these conversations with people. You'd know all the information. I say stay awake and get it firsthand.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. So we have the Bailey Q announced, and there's a profit coming, which I know Cynthia thinks is some big deal, but we've already had Drew do that in a previous season. Cynthia. Okay, we had the prophet. Prophet lot. That's right. It's a lot of Christians with prophets coming. I don't.

[Ben Mandelker]

I didn't know.

[Ronnie Karam]

I feel like that's, like, spoken against in the Bible, but I don't know. I haven't. I haven't renewed my membership in a while.

[Ben Mandelker]

I didn't know the prophets were, like, a thing. Like, I didn't know this was, like, an alternative to our standard psychics and tarot card readers and. And things like that. Healers.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah.

[Ben Mandelker]

I didn't know about this. So I didn't know that, like, there was a whole. You can go down the profit route, I thought. Profits. There hasn't been a prophet in, like, a few thousand years.

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, there haven't been. That's why it's weird that they're bringing them back. And the prophets all have great makeup now, which I don't think original prophets, like, had really good makeup in here. I think they were always just in, like, sheet robes and, like, had scrabbly hair, and they, like, climbed down from a mountain somewhere where they were, like, writing tablets. Like, who the does that? Like, get a pen, you know?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, I. I like that. Like, there's. Just because you're a prophet doesn't mean you can't dress well. So I. I like this new brand.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. So Atlanta is at least, like, upping the profit game. So, yeah, now we have profits. And this one's hilarious. This one's kind of hilarious. So now we go to a birthday party for a dog, and it's Cha Cha Kelly's dog. It's her birthday party, and we see lots of, you know, drag queen dogs gathering for this party.

[Ben Mandelker]

Good way to put it. Drag dogs.

[Ronnie Karam]

And I feel so bad for this dog, not only because it's dyed and jeweled and all of that stuff, but because the dog isn't able to enjoy its own party. It's like, who's raising this dog? Fucking Bella Hadid's mom. What was her name?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yolanda.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yolanda. The almond mom is like, you can have half an almond and that is all you want. A birthday cake you can have. You can lick the. Whatever icing comes off of the candle. And that is all you got for your birthday. And that is how this dog is this. There's a dog, like, chasing frisbees and jumping up. And this dog just wants to play. And she's like, no, you will sit on your little mat, Cha Cha. And she. She brings a mat because God forbid, Cha Cha step on the grass. And Cha Cha has to, like, stay within this little. I just feel bad for the dog. It's not. Stock's not enjoying its life.

[Ben Mandelker]

Gypsy Cha Cha Blanchard. That's what she should be named. Just like, you stay here, Cha Cha. We're gonna protect you. Chacha is ill right now, I think.

[Ronnie Karam]

Has pneumonia and bone cancer and Bow cancer. She's got cancer in her dog, Bow.

[Ben Mandelker]

So, Chacha, would you like to say anything? She's still so young. I. Yeah, it is kind of funny that they got like a. They got like a dog to do, like. Like a professional dog trick dog, you know, that, like, catches frisbees quickly and stuff like that and making all the other dogs watch it. I was like, was this a shame? The dogs be like, you could be doing this.

[Ronnie Karam]

That's like, for a human party. You getting. You being like, it's a pizza party. Okay, Ronnie, we're gonna have one guy just eat pizza in front of you, and you can't eat it. Like, what the fuck kind of party is this for me? I don't have birthday parties. It's time for a commercial. It's time for a crappin's commercial.

[Ben Mandelker]

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ben Mandelker]

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[Ben Mandelker]

I just think that Chacha's dye job is so bad. So I understand, like, why Chacha has bright, vivid colors. Because that way ja cha can never be stolen and go away anonymously. Unless, of course, the person who steals cha Cha just gives cha Cha, I don't know, a shower. Um, I still think that, like, as Dijon, like, if you're gonna do a vibrant dye job, just do a good one like this. This just looks sad. I feel like this is what it must have looked like in 1984 and 1985 when people tried to kind of like, copy Cyndi Lauper or something like that. And they sort of like emerge from their bathrooms with just these hideous, hideous, like, purple or orange hair. And their parents are like, what the are you doing to yourself?

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, and I guess it's so that the dog is recognizable if it's kidnapped or. Or is it because it's too ugly to be kidnapped? Because that would explain a lot of my childhood haircuts. I mean, I would like to ask my mom, like, why would you Give me haircuts like that as a child. Well, you weren't kidnapped. Were you?

[Ben Mandelker]

An identifying haircut? Did you have a signature haircut? Did your mom get like every single.

[Ronnie Karam]

Okay. I mean, no kidnapper, even the kidnappers didn't want you. I'd leave you out in front, in front of the grocery store in that little nickel horsey. You put a nickel in, you'd bounce up and down the horsey in a parking on. I just leave you out there. Nobody took you because you were ugly, okay? I made you ugly enough that nobody wanted you.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's also, I think, statistically harder to abduct a child when they're bouncing around so much on those horses. It's like, how do I get my hands on them?

[Ronnie Karam]

Can I get a less active child? So Kelly is. Kelly's talking about this dog party and she's like, oh, my dog is fabulous. She, you know, she gets. Gets the hair still on for nine hours and gets her hair colored and gets a massage and her lashes put on. Okay, that's too much. You cannot glue lashes to a dog. But she does gets her jewels put onto her fur and sometimes she gets her nails done and it costs over a thousand dollars. Girl, pay your rent and get your clothes off rolling racks in one of your kids rooms. You know what I mean? That's when you have extra money. When you. When you have money to do your dogs for a thousand dollars, your clothes are not on rolling racks and you've paid your rent for your store. For the Waffle Empire.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, this is this. This almost makes her jump the line ahead of Brit in terms of candidate for first person to have financial legal woes from this new cast. Although Brits. Brit is hard to. Hard to beat because she definitely has like MLM written all over her MLM fraud. But I guess we'll see. But I think usually when someone's doing this kind of ostentatious display of. Of spending money, usually it's to cover up in my mind, terrible spending habits. Or it actually is a terrible spending habit.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then it's, it's.

[Ben Mandelker]

Oh, sorry. Symptom of. Thank you. Period.

[Ronnie Karam]

Symptom of bad. Yeah, symptom of bad spending habits. So then we unfortunately get to hear Britt's voice next.

[C]

Our ladies are fabulous. They live a little fabulous life.

[Ronnie Karam]

Please stop talking. Please, whatever you do. Listen, I'm not saying the whole season's about dust, but you're starting to kill me with a bread. I can't listen to that.

[Ben Mandelker]

I can't listen to It.

[Ronnie Karam]

And people are complaining to us, like, that's the most annoying thing you guys do on this podcast. I have to really forward through the. Yes, and I get it. But listen, that's the. That's the only impression we can even do of this new cast, and it's the most annoying thing I've ever heard. So get rid of her, and then you get rid of us. So you guys start a change.org position to get rid of that lady or at least get some straws implanted in her nose so she can breathe again. Because I can't take it. It hurts my head.

[Ben Mandelker]

Her. Herceptom has deviated so much, it's almost been, like, made illegal. I think that also. I think it's time for us to. We need to politely also bring an end to this mimosa agenda. We have to stop. Mimosa is not gonna happen. There are a lot of dogs on Bravo. Some dogs happen, some dogs don't. Mimosa is not gonna happen.

[Ronnie Karam]

At least chacha's in the running, right? Because chacha has the pink and the jewels and the fake lashes. And, like, Cha Cha's making. I mean, yeah, Cha Cha is making an effort. Mimosa is just like, a random dog.

[Ben Mandelker]

Okay, Mimosa. I mean, what's. What's funny about mimosa? Mimosa is really cute. Mimosa almost looks like a lamb. Mimosa is like, one of those. Is like a. It's like a fake lamb dog. But, like, you know, she brings mimosa to the. The party, and mimosa has, like, a little black ribbon on. I'm like, who is mimosa mourning right now? And I'm like, there's just nothing about mimosa that seems like that mimosa should even be called mimosa if mimosa was. Was literally just called lamb. You know, I have a thing, but pets being named after other animals. But I think in this case, I would be okay with calling mimosa lamb because mimosa is so lambie. But I just. I feel like every episode, it's like, mimosa.

[Ronnie Karam]

I agree with you. And also, when I think of the word mimosa, I just think of waste of a glass because you're pouring orange juice in a champagne. Like, just give me the champagne. Okay? If you want me to have orange juice with it, put it on the side, but don't charge me 15 for a half a glass of champagne. So I just feel like mimosa's wasting my time in general, so.

[Ben Mandelker]

And Also, like, mimosa connotes brunch. You think of, like, a Sunday being fabulous, casual, fun, drinking, all, like, bottomless mimosas. This can be a wonderful day. And then every time you see this poor dog, it's just sitting there like a lamby lump. It's like a little. A little sad lamb. There's nothing about this dog that, like, speaks of brunch. I mean, chacha speaks of brunch. Chacha should be called mimosa. If anything, not chacha, but, like, mimosa. Yeah, it's just not happening. Sorry, sorry.

[Ronnie Karam]

We're voting mimosa out, so take her with you. Britt, you're also voted out. So we find out that Brit's mom is moving in with her, which is good, because she has that unstable sister who you know is going to come make everything about herself, which she does. That's what she does in this episode. I would not speak to the sister. I'm telling you that right now. That sister's too much. You know, everything that you do, that.

[Ben Mandelker]

Sister'S like, well, what about me?

[Ronnie Karam]

Starts to fake crying. Get the out of here. We're adults. I don't have to take this. Go home. Home.

[Ben Mandelker]

That sister. I mean, look, we should have known her. Her name is Cher, and she looks like Snooki. So, you know she's gonna be dramatic, and she certainly is, and she is.

[Ronnie Karam]

So we find out that the mom is moving into Britt's house, and she's selling her house, and so this is at least gonna be funny. And then we see a flashback to Britt chatting with her mom and Angela. And the mom's. She's. The mom's like, well, I'll move into your house for a little while, but then when you have that baby, I'm moving out.

[C]

Bye. It's like, I want you to be here. Free baby here.

[Ben Mandelker]

She's like, I'm retired from. I already raised three monsters. I'm not going to. I'm not going to ruin another one. So once that baby's here, I'm out.

[Ronnie Karam]

Raise your own monster. So Shar is also going to come help them pack, as we mentioned. And Brit saying, well, you know, when.

[C]

I launched my insurance agency, my sisters worked for me. But then I sold the company, and it threw away wedge salad between my sisters and I. And gorgonzola smells.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then now the people are supportive of her again because she went through some drama with Kenya and her hoohah pics or whatever was out there. Her blowjob picks. So she Just wants everybody to get along. Guys.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. Yeah. The sisters have come back together after. After an insurance agency nearly tore them asunder, which is still, like, low key. Very funny. I'm sorry. I mean, mean, you know, it's sad when sisters are, you know, when family hates each other, but the fact that it was like the sale of an insurance company that like, drove a wedge between the three of them is, like, low key. Very, very funny to me. But luckily, revenge porn can solve everything, and it has brought them all together. So things are on the up and up.

[Ronnie Karam]

That's all you need. Just release some blow drop picks. So then we go to Portia's house, and she's going to her mother's house, actually, and she's with PJ and Lauren. And Portia's like, well, you know, it's.

[C]

Been really rough because I haven't been the best mom. I've been in a bad mood. So I got her a dog.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, she. She. This was such an unceremonious arrival of a new dog into Bravo. It was like, oh, by the way, like, here, I brought us some takeout. And mom, I picked you up some Starbucks. And Pilar here's a dog. A new dog that's already better than mimosa.

[Ronnie Karam]

A living, breathing thing. Yeah, this dog is better than mimosa because it's fancy already. That's one of those fancy dogs. Then it's named after a good thing, Peanut butter, which is good. So I. I just love Portia's whole thing. Like, I really don't have the energy to devote to my child's needs right now. So I just got her a dog, so hopefully that'll.

[Ben Mandelker]

That'll help. Yeah. Cuz she basically is like, Pilar is getting to the age where she's wondering about having another sibling, and she's like, I don't know. I don't know where the sibling's going to come from, so. Well, they always say dogs need other dogs, so why not a child with a dog? That'll work.

[C]

Right?

[Ben Mandelker]

Right.

[Ronnie Karam]

I like that. She said she wants another sibling, and I don't know where to buy one, so. So she gets her a dog instead. So now they're talking about the divorce date with Simon. And you know, of course her family's always over supportive of Porsche. Portia never does anything wrong. And she's like, well, you know, then.

[C]

I got a phone call about Dennis shooting with this girl Drew, and they're.

[Ronnie Karam]

Like, oh, my God, how could Drew do this to you? How are you supposed to navigate with this poor shop, poor por.

[C]

You know, I'm literally sitting here, and I'm, like, about to blow my cap, because in that moment, I felt betrayed because I was like, damn. But so not only did he do it, I mean, here she is downstairs, and I gotta deal with it.

[Ben Mandelker]

As we see in the. In the se scenes for later on this season, Porsche will be shooting a scene with Ralph. So normally I would say she's such a hypocrite, but I actually was. The. The. The stance I'm going to take is that's how you do it. You don't get mad. You get even. So it's like, okay, you're gonna film with Dennis. I will film Ralph. Well, thanks for getting with the program, Portia. That's, you know, welcome back.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. So then she tells them about the trip and how she is in trouble, and for all this stuff she doesn't even remember saying. And now Angela's all pissed at her, and she just doesn't get it. She doesn't even remember. She's like.

[C]

And so this heifer hears me, and she comes downstairs, and she keeps going on about her husband. And, you know, I said, you know, I'll do something to your husband.

[Ronnie Karam]

I mean, I don't remember saying it.

[C]

But then she said, who called me Big Bird?

[Ronnie Karam]

I'm like, oh, my God, Porsche. You called her Big Bird?

[C]

She goes, come on, it's my birthday. When do I get to be petty? Yeah, apparently I said some stuff or whatever. I mean, I don't even remember. I'm telling you, but I'm telling you, I did not call her a Big Bird.

[Ben Mandelker]

And Lauren's like, who's Big Bird? She goes, I caught.

[C]

I mean, I called her Big Bird. I mean, let me have my moment. But when do I get to be petty? Okay? I want to be petty.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's like, when have you not been petty, Portia?

[Ronnie Karam]

When did you take a break? Okay, so now we go over to another doctor meeting with Shamia. Shamia's. It's not a doctor meeting. This is a surrogate meeting. So now she gets to meet the surrogate, and so she goes to see Shadina, and we bring in the surrogate, and it's Asha. So she's like, well, I just want to see if we vibe.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, I want to see if Asha breaks out into song. Also, are we gonna have to compete over roles? Because it's not gonna fly with me.

[Ronnie Karam]

I mean, what, are you gonna sit there and play sackboy together? Just stick the egg in? Like, what do you need for me. I'm an oven. Do I need to sit? You do. You need to sit here and talk to the cookies while they're being made. Just leave me out of it. Give me my money. I'll push your baby out. How about that? I would be the worst surrogate if you called me while I was pregnant with your baby and you're like, how are you feeling? I'd be like, off. I'd be feeling a lot better if there was ice cream here right now that you sent through Uber Eats.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, Asha, she comes in. She seems like a perfectly nice person, and they. They basically FaceTime. But she. Shamia, does ask if Asha's dating someone, and she's like, no. But apparently, if Asha does start to date someone, they're like, you have to tell us, because my baby is gonna be in you, and I can't share. I can't share that space with some guys.

[Ronnie Karam]

I can't have some random peen poking my baby's head.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. No occupancy. Okay? It's taken. No vacancy. I should say so. Anyway, Asha seems like a nice person, and they FaceTime with Gerald, and he's like, hi. And Shamia's just talking. I honestly don't care. I really don't care about her. I don't care.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then we go over to Angela's house. Angela's like, my husband is a former New York State basketball player, and he works out every day. So they're working out, and she's talking about how hard he is on her while she's working out. Yeah, he's like, slower, deeper. Do it better. You're not good at this, are you? Have you ever done a push up before in your life? Lift that better. Lift it better.

[Ben Mandelker]

Okay. Okay. Turn it around. Okay. Other side. Other side. Charles, what are you talking about? Oh, sorry. I was talking to the corn on the cob. I'm making over here. I'm making about 45 of them for no good reason. You can keep doing your squats.

[Ronnie Karam]

He's like, balsamic oil salt. What are. What even are those moves? I'm sorry. I'm doing the Brussels sprouts for 500.

[Ben Mandelker]

People that aren't coming over. So. So she's like, so let me tell you about Nashville. So Portia was upset that I invited Drew, and she goes, well, how did you invite someone to Nashville? Why would you invite someone to someone else's trip? And she's like, listen. And I wanted Portia and Drew to kind of get along, and my intentions were Good. And that's what you would do. He's like, no, I don't do. Like that.

[Ronnie Karam]

I don't even care if I get along with you. I don't. What do I care if people get along? And so she's like, he loves to play devil's advocate so much that I look to him to get the opposing sides. Like, you know what the haters are gonna say? Tell me, Charles. And he'll tell me worse than the haters. Like, I thought you're supposed to be on my side every time. She's like, you're wrong. Why would you have done that? What a stupid thing to say. Glue your wig on. Jesus Christ. Go fix your hair. Go fix your makeup.

[Ben Mandelker]

He's always looking at her with, like, a little rise smile. Like, what did you get yourself into just to be on this show? Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

He's just constantly amused by her.

[Ben Mandelker]

So she's like, well, Portia had a dinner party, and so Portia had Brit talking for her. And so we see that clip, and he's like, well, I mean, let Portia speak for herself. I mean, doesn't she. She's got a big mouth, right? Right. Anyway, I was just like, porsche, why did you take that lady's husband? It's like, well, how do you know that she took him? Because the streets know that she took him. And I needed something to say because I didn't have anything to say at that dinner, and nothing was happening. And the producer said I had to start a fight. So I just kind of took over Brit's line and. Or Kelly's line and did my best.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, this was just a stupid move on her part. And Charles, like, well, that's the worst person to talk to. The street seats. And she's like, well, then she told me to kiss her ass. And he goes, okay, well, you were wrong for asking her that. Why would you do that? She's like, oh, okay. Beyond Portia's side, you buckled up. And he's like, I don't wear belts. And she goes, okay, well, you need to if you're gonna be on her side. Okay. Anyway, now that I heard them talking about you, Charles, that you're messing with the girl in New York. And he's just smiling. And she goes, wait, are you even on the Porsche train about this one? He goes goes, she doesn't know me. What do I care?

[Ben Mandelker]

Well, you just. You're just so easy to. Anybody can just. Charles, she can you. He goes, wow. No, she can't. People say anything.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, I'm in my 60s, I got a helicopter. That thing so long to get anything going. Why is everybody acting like it's the easiest thing? It might be easy for them. It's not easy for me.

[Ben Mandelker]

Well, I said, portia, I hear you talking about me and my husband and you got anything to say? And she politely got her ass the up out of there, cuz it got real, real fast. I'm about to go to war. Charles, he's like, and I'm about to go to war on this macaroni and cheese. Okay, the serverville. I'm about to make 45 pounds of it. Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

He's like, showing the west side of Chicago, baby. She's like, I will. So then we go back to the Porsche and family scene, and she's like.

[C]

Yeah, you know, I'm gonna get an au pair now. So that's good because, you know, this is hard, you know, know Balara needs more. So I got her a dog and a no pair.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Dennis comes over and Ms. Diane's like, well, an opair. This feels like an arranged marriage portion.

[C]

I'm getting a wife.

[Ben Mandelker]

So then Portia says, it's really important.

[C]

To me that Dennis and I have a good, cohesive, co parenting relationship right now. And that's like my priority. And that's like, that's what I'm doing.

[Ben Mandelker]

And then Dennis. Dennis joins in the confession.

[C]

Hey, what are you doing here, Dennis?

[Ben Mandelker]

So he's like. He's like, let me punch in. It's time for me to punch in.

[C]

He's like, okay, you're punched in.

[Ben Mandelker]

So basically, by the way, she's decided that she's not going to be upset about Dennis and Drew anymore. Maybe because she decided, I'm just assuming that now she's gonna go after Angela instead of Drew. I. I don't know. But she's decided to drop the whole thing.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, nothing came after that. Nothing came of that storyline. So she's like, okay, I'm gonna try and with somebody else now. Now. So they're gonna get an au pair from South Africa and she's gonna come over now. I cannot wait until this lady, we meet her and she's very sweet, very young, you know, and she's like, hello on here to be oh pair. And I was like, oh, my God, look at her now. And then imagine her in a couple seasons with a ball gown as a housewife. Dennis, take over. Take over the show. I'm rooting for you, au pair. I'm rooting.

[Ben Mandelker]

I want her to go all the way. I Want her.

[Ronnie Karam]

Come on.

[Ben Mandelker]

Go the distance. Like Lisa Barlow blue. So, meanwhile, Dennis doesn't even understand what an au pair is. He's like, what's. What's an opar. Au pair, Opal. Well, I don't even know what an au pair is.

[C]

And she's like, it's gonna. The au pair is gonna stay with you at the house. She's gonna live there.

[Ben Mandelker]

He's like, wait, a young chick is just gonna live in my house?

[Ronnie Karam]

And you're the one making this happen? Yeah.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

She comes over, and they've gotten her a welcome basket and balloons and a cake, and she's like, oh, okay. She's.

[C]

Yeah, we just want you to feel welcome. So.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, it doesn't make me feel welcome if you say that. We want you to feel special, so.

[C]

We got you a cake.

[Ronnie Karam]

Now sit down, and here's your hours.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Dennis is like, okay, so what do you like to do when you're not working? Does it involve hot dogs? Because, well, I like to read. And I also have. I also have some Opair. Two Opair friends that are here. They're like, oh, that's cool.

[C]

You're friends. Great.

[Ronnie Karam]

Their names are Brit and Kelly. It's like, wait a minute. I like that answer, too, because what if she. They were like, hey, what do you do when you're not working? She's like, coke. How about you?

[Ben Mandelker]

Hard drugs.

[Ronnie Karam]

So they sent her away. They send Lauren away to train her, and she talks about how Dennis is an honorary house husband, but she's going to move on from this Drew thing because she just wants a good relationship with Dennis, and Dennis needs to have good relationship with Peanut Butter, and Peanut Butter needs to have a good relationship with Phoebe. And if all this works, maybe Pilar will be happy. Yeah.

[Ben Mandelker]

And then. And so. But Portia's still going to roast him a little bit about filming with Drew, and he's like, I wasn't filming. I just. I came to a session. Cameras just happened to be there, which is filming with Drew. And then he said. But then he says, I respect how you feel. Drew's not even signed to me anymore. And now there's nothing else to talk about because you obviously scared murder. So this was kind of like a casual and, I feel like, important detail that was glossed over. So Dennis and Drew are suddenly not working together anymore. Maybe after she got. She signed with that major record record label known as Sign Here for a rev Share Plan. Maybe she dropped Dennis after that.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, maybe. I don't know. I don't know that. I believe it, though.

[Ben Mandelker]

I don't believe it either.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then Portia's like, well, you guys.

[C]

Need to take accountability.

[Ronnie Karam]

And.

[C]

And especially if she tried to sleep.

[Ronnie Karam]

That's what you said. And he's like, what? I didn't say that. She goes, aha.

[C]

Look.

[Ronnie Karam]

And he goes, please, I've never even been in front of this lady. And so Portia pulls out her phone, and she's like, okay, well, you said.

[C]

Well, all you had to do was say, yeah, so that means she tried you.

[Ronnie Karam]

He's like, no, I'm not the one hitting that. She goes, who is? Then he goes, not me.

[C]

She's like, okay, sir, you're gonna do a breakup song, too, about your relationship. Whatever.

[Ronnie Karam]

I'm done with it. I'm done with it.

[C]

Okay?

[Ronnie Karam]

Now we're friends, brother.

[C]

Right?

[Ronnie Karam]

We're friends, right? And she tries to, like, shake his hand. He's like, I'm not going out like that. No, you're in.

[D]

Here comes one right now.

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So now we go over to Brit, and she's packing up her mom's house with her mom, her grandma, and her sister Cher. So Brit's, like, growing up in the.

[C]

Edie household, my dad was, like, always the light in the glue, and I miss my family being close, and I feel like ever since my dad's been gone, we haven't been as close. And back at my mom's house, it does bring back a bunch of memories.

[Ben Mandelker]

And she's just talking about how, you know, he built this house and whatever, and so this is, like, a special place. And now they're packing it all up.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. And Cher's really upset about it. It's like, how could you move out of your mother? You're so selfish.

[C]

This is my child at all.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's like, oh, God. Jesus. Oh, could you throw that rolling pin away, Mother? This is my. Oh. Like, shares doing the most for the cameras, you know, and they're teasing her, and they're like, mom's ready to hoe now. And so they're just kind of going through stuff. And then Britt talks about how Sharon, her mom are always at each other's neck, which. What is happening right now? Because Angela, she's like, how dare you? How dare you throw daddy's stuff away? She goes, well, how dare your daddy leave me because he left you because he died. And she's like, exactly. He started it. So we're packing this.

[Ben Mandelker]

The mom's like. Because they're all. They're all, you know, Shares being Sharon. Britt are very upset, but the mom's like, I want to get out of this place. I don't want to live. Clearly, she doesn't want to live in this place with all these memories. Right.

[Ronnie Karam]

She literally says, because now you guys can't come home. Home. Meaning I don't have to. She's like, every time something goes wrong in one of your lives, you move back in here. Most likely, Cher, let's face it, because Cher is a Sharest. She's an emotional Shareist. And so the mom's like, I'm gonna move into a place so tiny that nobody can come Move in, okay? I'm old, and I don't want to have to deal with your anymore.

[Ben Mandelker]

So they. They're fighting, and they're bickering, and they're going back and forth, and finally, Glad as the grandmother, she has a cane, and she's like, I'm the grandmother and.

[C]

You all to stop it.

[Ben Mandelker]

I love Gladys. She's like, I'm sick of all these people. Shut up and turn on Matlock.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. So then they facetime their sister Tiara, and Tiara does not even want to be on the phone with these people. She's like, wow, wish I could be there today, but I do think about you guys. And she was like, even me?

[Ben Mandelker]

You even love me?

[Ronnie Karam]

Why don't you answer my call then? Because, Sarah there, you're a drain on literally everybody in this family. I'm sorry that I have to be. I'm sorry that some random on the Internet has to tell you you're a brat and you're draining the out of your family. Okay? That's why nobody wants to call you, and that's why your mom is moving, so you can stop moving in with her. Fix yourself.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. And then Tiara is like, well, we all deal with grief differently, which is why I haven't been calling shows.

[C]

I get it.

[Ben Mandelker]

But I've been dealing with grief a long time, and it's not fair. So then they're crying, and Brit's like, okay, okay. It's not fair that you shot me out like that. This. So Brit's telling us about how Cher really took her father's death the hardest, and she's been really having a hard time, and she's just not ready to move forward. And Tiara's like, okay, love you all. Oh, I think I'm breaking up. Okay, bye.

[Ronnie Karam]

Bye. Bye. Bye. Yeah. She's like, we have bad reception. It's like, it's FaceTime. We can see you doing that. She's like, bye. I'm going down the stairs. Timing.

[Ben Mandelker]

Grief. Grief over here. Deal with some grief. Bye.

[Ronnie Karam]

She's like, I'm stuck behind a wall. I can no longer hear. You must go.

[Ben Mandelker]

And so finally, grandmother Gladys goes, you know what? You have a good God upstairs. He takes care of everything. That's why you'll have to stop fussing and acting like fools all the time now. Come on. Let's put on some Kathy Bates.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. And they're like, that's right, Grandma. She's like, can I move in with you, Grandma? No, no, no, no. So then the Bailey Q. She's like, I usually do my Bailey cues for the fourth of July, but now it's Juneteenth and it's national holiday. So now we're going to do it for Juneteenth. So Cynthia, it's raining. So she's like, oh, and I'm bring. Bringing a profit, by the way. So Brit's first there. Cause she's in the new cast, and that's what newbies always show up first. First. So then other people come and we meet Dr. Natasha, intuitive life strategist.

[Ben Mandelker]

I would love to know where she got her advanced degree from.

[Ronnie Karam]

And she's like, okay, Intuition University, where.

[Ben Mandelker]

The tuition is what you're actually learning. So. So Dr. Natasha sits down with Britain because she's like. She's like a very. This prophet is kind of. I won't. Sassy is not the right word. It's kind of like she's like your girlfriend. She's like, I'm a prophet, but I'm also your girlfriend. She's like, okay, it's you. So you've been choosing other people for, like, so long, and now it's time to choose yourself. Especially when it comes down to your business, if that makes sense. And there's a new business venture too. I was like, very about as vague of a prophecy as could be. And Brit's like, oh, my God.

[C]

Shane went my life in that moment.

[Ronnie Karam]

And she's starting a new business, guys, because she's putting a pause on everything. Agency and insurance. Probably because she's being investigated. I mean, canceled. I mean, investigated for whatever.

[Ben Mandelker]

State Farm did not appreciate the rumors going around into his brand.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, she's like, not into dick pick insurance anymore. So now I'm doing my new business.

[C]

Which is, of course, barren bacon.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, I'm already barely naked.

[Ronnie Karam]

Like, I could do that for free.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, Shapewear. She's gonna do shapewear. Even though there's nothing in her bio that indicates that she would be like that. She's not, I'm not, say, qualified, but, like, there's. There's nothing in her bio that's like, I have passing interest in. In fashion or shapewear, things like that. Although, to be fair, same could be said for really so many people who go into shapewear. So I guess I can't really hold her feet to the fire too much. But she's doing the classic insurance to shapewear pivot. And this is what's keeping her forward.

[Ronnie Karam]

I would like to see an original Real Housewives business. You know, I'm sick of the same old Things like shapewear. I'm gonna do some, like, wig pieces. I'm gonna do candles. How about, like, sense phone mounts or, like, a phone charger? I don't know, like, Tupperware. Tupperware. Fun throwback.

[Ben Mandelker]

Or, like, why does everyone have to be an entrepreneur? You know, phone cards. What about. I'm. I've decided to focus on my new passion, which is I'm going to be a waitress at a nice restaurant.

[Ronnie Karam]

Sloth hunter. Hunting.

[Ben Mandelker]

Sloth hunting. I'm gonna be a zookeeper.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, Something. I mean, give me something new. Shapewear makeup. Moisturizer. Do something new. I'm bored.

[Ben Mandelker]

I feel like it's also so pigeonholing. Not that that's even a verb, but it's kind of like. It kind of is like, cementing this idea that if you're, like, a woman who wants to have a job or business, like, you have to just slot yourself into some of these, like, feminine categories, and that's that. And I just feel like the world of employment and also entrepreneurship for women is so much bigger than Bravo presents, and it's just kind of like the same thing every single.

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, this is stuff that they can sell online to housewives audiences. Right. I think that's super important. Like, you need to be able to talk about it on. Have people order it.

[Ben Mandelker]

Everyone's chasing this, the skinny girl thing, and. And they're hoping to get, like, dildo.

[Ronnie Karam]

Dildos is the best one. Candy is. Candy is dildo. MLM is my favorite one because that's, like, unique, you know?

[Ben Mandelker]

How dare you? When we live in a universe where Sonia's toaster oven is a thing that.

[Ronnie Karam]

Never came to fruition, though, so it doesn't count.

[Ben Mandelker]

But it was a great. But it was a. It was a disruptor.

[Ronnie Karam]

It was saying, like, what's my thing? Well, I'd make things in the toaster. I'm going to come out with the toaster oven.

[Ben Mandelker]

It was pretty good. That's usually what all these are. It's like, okay, I almost wonder, is there, like, a consult? Is there, like, a business consultant that works with Bravo where they say, okay, we want to give you an entrepreneurial storyline this season. Here are your options, and whichever one you choose, we will connect you with someone who's going to help you make this come to fruition over the course of the season? I almost wonder if they do that because it's always the same. Can we get it? Like, how about someone's like, I want to open up a business that's sells sailboats.

[Ronnie Karam]

You know, or like, yeah, just anything. Anything new. That's boring. So, Natasha, Dr. Natasha. Sorry, Dr. Natasha is saying. Okay, Kelly, you need to focus on new beginnings. Kelly, everything new for you, right? Because you know, you went through a bad depression after your marriage ended, right? Your marriage ended. Yep, I know about that. I know about that. And what did he try to do with the car? He did that to be vindictive. That's why he sold it. And she's like, oh, no one knew about him. Him selling the G Wagon he bought me for our 10 year wedding anniversary. Nobody knew that. Only Brit. You're a psychic. You're a G Wagon psychic.

[Ben Mandelker]

I know what a specific use for psychic abilities. I have a prophecy. A prophecy? That's more of a question. Why did he try to sell your G Wagon? Well, you're supposed to answer that. You're the Prophet.

[Ronnie Karam]

I think he took it back to the place that you leased it from because he was no longer going to be paying for that, is what I think. Because who pays for a G Wagon outright? Nobody. Yeah, it's like a quarter of a million dollars. I'm not paying for that. You nuts?

[Ben Mandelker]

By the way, did the, the Prophet. Did the Prophet actually have any prophecies? The Prophet was just basically flexing that she knew something about these people. And really, she didn't even do that. She just said she sort of sprung a bunch of traps that they could fall into and then be and, and divulge information to her.

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, yeah, and I like that. She's like a psychic who knows about your finances. She's like, ronnie, you're behind on your Gem Members membership that you never go to.

[Ben Mandelker]

Now, why did you switch from LA Fitness to 24 Hour Fitness? I didn't tell anyone. I just did that this week.

[Ronnie Karam]

Ronnie, your credit score went down two points again this month. Are we going to take care of this? Okay, let's make.

[Ben Mandelker]

Question. Question. I noticed that you just refilled your Starbucks card. $20. Why not go a full 50?

[Ronnie Karam]

Just wondering, honestly, how much is Starbucks? I feel like I'm refilling that car a card every two days. It's 20.

[Ben Mandelker]

Expensive.

[Ronnie Karam]

They're like, well, you're out of a cart. I just filled that up with 25. What are you charging for this these days? My God, it's milk in a cup. That's all I have is chocolate milk. Well, I get, I get a two pump mocha with no ice. So it's basically like chocolate milk for adults. I'm like, why is that over 50 I'm not doing that anymore. Making it from. Now you can suck it. Okay, Come up with that. Starbucks psychic.

[Ben Mandelker]

The Prophet has a question for you, Ronnie. Why do you do two pumps instead of one pump? It's like, wow, you're a very specific profit. You really. You really. It comes in on.

[Ronnie Karam]

So that's my way of showing that I'm, like, making an effort, and so I'm putting it out with the universe.

[Ben Mandelker]

By the way, I think this is just a note for all these. For all these coffee shops that, like, do pumps, like Dunkin and Starbucks and other. When you want to do modifications, could you at least put something in the app that shows what, like, the default pump level is? Because sometimes it'll. It'll. I'll be like, I want to add, like, two pumps to something. And then you go. And it says it's three pumps. And I'm like, so does that mean I want a total of five pumps? Is that too much? I'm always sort of unsure about the pump situation. And I wish.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, you have to ask. You have. That's something you have to know about.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, I wish they would clarify, like, what. What I need to, like. I need to have, like, some pumpkin pump regulation and some pump standardizing. That way I can know my adjustments.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, well, that's. I think that's a fair request. I don't think you're gonna get it.

[Ben Mandelker]

No, I won't. But I think it's not in this economy.

[Ronnie Karam]

Not this economy. Your nastiness. I ain't buying that for one damn cotton picking second, y'alls.

[Ben Mandelker]

So with that being said, we now move to Shamia arriving. And Shamia is like, first of of all, she. She has a full, like. She has a whole, like, sort of. It's not like a necklace. I don't know what you would call that kind of, like, brass gold thing that sort of goes around the neck and around sort of the clavicle. But she is. She has some African garb. She has the. The headdress and everything. And she is like, first of all, you're not going to tell me I'm invited to a Juneteenth. Juneteenth barbecue, and I'm not going to wear my African clothes. I mean, do you know my husband is Kenyan? Does she give me. So she's in full dashiki mode. And Cynthia's like, okay, I want you to feel Angela's energy and give her some insight. So Dr. Natasha is basically like, okay, question. Why do you still have your Blockbuster card? Wow. She really knew me. She knows me.

[Ronnie Karam]

I think this. When was she wearing the big earrings? Was that when she was in the Shamia?

[Ben Mandelker]

At this moment right now, Shamia had enormous earrings on.

[Ronnie Karam]

They're like. They're like drums. I mean, they're. Well, they're not round, but they're gigantic. And then at one point she had one turned around and I was like, that's embarrassing. I was like, there. Are they ping pong paddles? This is too much. And then what if some. What if somebody asks you something and you shake your head and emphatically to. To deny it? You're going to poke your goddamn eye out and then you're going to be in the hospital again. And then we're going to have another scene of Shamia the doctor.

[Ben Mandelker]

Okay, Shamia's earrings were like clean energy solutions. I swear, like, they were. They were powering a turbine somewhere with the amount of times they were twirling and, and catching wind. So anyway, Dr. Natasha is giving a prophecy to Angela and she's like, well, something that's going on in terms of an individual, and this could be a spouse. You all need a vacation or something because, like, they got comfortable. The comfort. The comfort has to stop, okay? And tmi, you know, us women, we get consumed with work and life and all that stuff, and like, sometimes we lose our sexual commitment. And Angela's like, okay, so where's my phone? Let me go to Victoria's Secret real quick. Okay. And another thing, Victoria's Secret, they owe you a discount. You've been shopping there a lot. She's like, wow, you know my shopping history.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then we go to Angela and she's like, well, let me see. You're too comfortable. I see something about Brussels. Brussels sprouts. A kitchen's never cleaned and you bought six stamps from the post office last week. She's like, oh, my God, that's really good. So Angela's like, why? Let's listen. Of course there's issues in my marriage. We've been married for 10 years and he's in his 60s or something, so. Yeah, do you want to have to do the helicopter? Every time you try and climb on top of someone, his love language is cleaning the kitchen. I'll take it.

[Ben Mandelker]

So then Dr. Natasha, she. She did so well with her G wagon strike. Like, she. She hit gold with that one when she did the why'd you sell your car? And then Kelly's like, oh, my God, that happened. So she tries it a second time. Girl, don't go back there.

[Ronnie Karam]

You, you, you.

[Ben Mandelker]

You did it. You don't try it. She goes, okay, now who here has a Porsche? Am I right? A Porsche. And everyone's like, I don't. I don't have a Porsche. Okay, well, there is a Porsche in our group.

[Ronnie Karam]

There's a Porsche. And so they're like, hahaha. Oh my God, she guessed Porsche. So then she tells Dr. Natasha, 2025 is her money making year. And I don't think that means that music is successful because I don't think music makes you money anymore. Right. How do you make money from music?

[Ben Mandelker]

I. It. I think it's hard. And I think especially like, I think Shamia. I applaud Shamia deciding that she's going to give it a full shot to become a pop star. But there are just certain rude aspects of the music industry, and one of them is that if you're like, over, over, I don't know, 23, you're basically an old hag and you will not be accepted in music. And so I just think like, she has an uphill battle.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, but ain't all. Ain't all, Bill. Ain't all battles kind of uphill. At some point, man, sometimes you got to just go up that hill if it's worth it.

[Ben Mandelker]

Maybe they should stop fighting battles on hills. I mean, find a. Find a flat surface. Everyone make your lives easier. Am I right?

[Ronnie Karam]

Fight only in the plains.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Dr. Natasha says to Shamia, as you. As you said, she said, you know, 2025 is your money making year. So Shamir responds by going, what? I'm gonna make some money. Money, money, money.

[Ronnie Karam]

So now Portia comes over, and Angela's not gonna speak with Portia until they address the elephant in the room, which is Nashville, the place we just went to. It's like, okay, we know the elephant. So Portia's like, am I headed for a divorce?

[C]

Oh, no, everybody knows about me. Because all you have to do, read the press. I'm in the press all the time.

[Ben Mandelker]

And the Prophet's like, really? Porsche? You going to kind of step on my gig here? Okay, come on. It's called yes. And okay, just go with the profit thing. So then Drew arrives, and then Dr. Natasha is basically. Well, Kelly is like, well, Drew is an actress, so you have to be really careful with her because you don't know what you're going to get. And she's like, oh, well, I'm going to talk to Drew in private because I know she doesn't want to share hair like, Drew, Drew. Like, I Said she's an actress. If she can take the stage, she will take it.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, she's gonna take it. And then they're like, well, you know, Drew. I need to speak with Drew privately, guys, because Drew's extremely depressing. She would prefer that I do my end of this reading from a basement. Do you have a basement I can go down into?

[Ben Mandelker]

Just makes her feel more secure.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. And so porch is like, that girl's so extra. Yeah. Because Drew's like, yeah, I don't want to do my. I don't want to do this in front of certain people. You know, I just want to have some alone time.

[Ben Mandelker]

Oh, gosh. So Portia's like, oh, wow.

[C]

It's like she wants to tell lies in front of everyone, but she wants to tell the truth in private. Girl, just go ahead and get right in front of all of us.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Kelly's asking Angela how she's feeling because she hasn't seen her since Nashville. And Angela was like, you know, I've been living a good vibe. It should be noted, by the way, that Angela is fully fanning herself, because once again, she's overheating. And then, so Angela says she's been giving it, living a good vibe.

[C]

And Brick goes, well, you receive what you give.

[Ben Mandelker]

Well, last time I checked, Brit, by the way, Angela gave a very good vibe to you at that whiskey tasting. And then you guys hugged and seemed like everything was good, and then you immediately turned around and became a. Yet again.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, Britt's just. Again, just trying to. To start something because she's on tv, and it's kind of exhausting. It's like another new girl attempted a war. We already had last week's massive fail. So it's like, oh, God, Brit, here we go. So she's like, yeah, you need a good vibe.

[C]

Start at home.

[Ronnie Karam]

And Angela's like, all right, well, let's talk about it then. So Brit's like, well, I think the.

[C]

Prophet might have been spot on. What do you guys think about Charles, about her terrible man marriage?

[Ronnie Karam]

And Angela's like, well, do you have something you need to tell me about something? And she goes, do you not read.

[C]

The words coming out of my mouth?

[Ben Mandelker]

Calm down. That big ass mouth. I should be able to.

[C]

Oh, big mouth. It sounds like you need to use that mouth more often.

[Ben Mandelker]

Angela's like, oh, I do. Not as much as yours with the stretch marks around it, though. So Brit stands up.

[C]

She's like, show me.

[Ben Mandelker]

Goes, you got miles on your mouth.

[Ronnie Karam]

I'm married, Brent.

[Ben Mandelker]

You're A. I just like that Angela goes from, like, you know, shading to alluding to just blatantly saying, yeah, you're a. She's like. She's like, yeah, you've got. You got miles on your mouth. You're using your mouth a lot. What I'm trying to say. You're a.

[Ronnie Karam]

You're a.

[Ben Mandelker]

You're just basically a. You. You. You give a lot of fellatio.

[Ronnie Karam]

And so since he's like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Not today. And Brit's like, well, maybe you need.

[C]

To be a whore in your bedroom and keep your man.

[Ronnie Karam]

Okay. You know, I don't love this again. It's like, every time the man is accused of having a baby or cheating, everyone's like, well, it's your fault. You didn't him enough.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

Like, come on. Stop being gross. So then Drew is saying that she can't be with the group because she just has to protect her peace. Okay?

[Ben Mandelker]

Oh, yeah. Whatever that means. And she's like, the ancestors are turning over. Over. And, Angela, it's like, you might need to revisit your marriage, Brit.

[C]

Well, your husband hasn't even acknowledged that he's been married to you for the last 10 years.

[Ben Mandelker]

Well, the world knows.

[C]

Like, the world knows about that baby.

[Ben Mandelker]

And Kelly's like, the world knows about that baby, though, huh? Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Kelly's trying to come back up. Brit. Kelly, you've chosen the wrong side on this. And at least it looks like she figures that out soon. But it's hard to like Kelly as much because she's just so hard for the wrong side every time.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Shami is like, well, listen, if someone said my husband had a side baby, I'd be excited. I wouldn't have to pay a surrogate. I'd be like, where's the baby? Put an air tag on the baby. That's my.

[Ben Mandelker]

Take the baby. It's my baby. So. Well, so this is all very entertaining. Like, I'm chuckling along because it's silly. I thought Angela was being really funny. I'm like, this is fun. I enjoy. Enjoy this. I'm really enjoying the season. Cynthia's like, everyone I know, we're having a scene where we're being kind of spicy and shady and being kind of funny. Let's stop it all. It's time to do. It's time to do a quiz. I was like, oh, God, not questions.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yep, it's time for a June 19th or Juneteenth quiz.

[Ben Mandelker]

So at least it wasn't never Have I ever. To be fair.

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, this made us miss that. This made me miss those games, you know, because this one was just like. It's not that. It's not important is that this is a housewives party. Okay?

[Ben Mandelker]

So we're just talking about people being. And mileage on mouths. And then to go to, like, you know, something educational. I mean, it was. It was like. Look, it was. It was not a very serious moment. Everyone was laughing and still having fun. But it's kind of like, Cynthia, let. Let the scene play out. Like, this is. You should have done this before the Prophet. I feel like now, because now we're in the messy part of this. Of the episode. We don't have to stop everything and have, like, you know, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter whether it's about Juneteenth or whatever. It's just like you're having a moment where you're sort of like, throwing in, like, a structured, scripted moment of, like, we're going to play a game when there's already a good flow in the scene.

[Ronnie Karam]

Although it is kind of funny when Portia gets a question wrong and she.

[C]

Goes, I have never been so loud and so wrong in my life.

[Ronnie Karam]

And then they flash back to 2013, when she thought there was a literal railroad underground. That was the. And Cynthia saying. Saying her grandfather is a civil rights hero. So then we go to eating time, and Cynthia's like, okay, now I need to see Portia Williams and Angela Oakley in the tiny entrance room with two chairs.

[Ben Mandelker]

Okay.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's the profit room. We're gonna call it the profit room. So she's gonna try and broker peace. So she says, okay, I wanted to have space for you guys to have a conversation. And so you guys talk. So Angela is saying, well, initially, when I invited Drew, I just wanted you guys to make up, but I felt attacked.

[C]

And she's like, well, she wasn't invited. And you blew past that.

[Ronnie Karam]

And so now it's not even on Drew anymore.

[C]

You know, you went toe to toe.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. And so Angela's like, well, I don't know. I don't know what you're talking about. You know, with. With all that. And Angela is. They're basically just, like, hashing it out. They're kind of having, like, kind of a. It's not. They're not really having a fight, and they're not really having a make nice. They're just kind of like, well, I said this and you said that, but I said this and you said that.

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, I think because they've already done this 5,000 times. And that's a problem with this season. They're trying to pull the Beverly Hills where they have one thing happen and they fight about it all season and this show just can't withstand that. We need fresh things. So they've already fought about this multiple times and now they're being made to fight about it again in. And they're both just like, I don't agree with you, so let's just make up. So they agree to make up even though they still disagree with each other. So they both half ass apologize and then it's done. So now Portia tells us it was a stupid comment about making, you know, the Charles thing. And she's just like, it's, it's alcohol, you know. But how was I supposed to know?

[C]

Well, Dumbo was up there with her big old ears listening, but since he was, I'm sorry.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Cynthia's like, okay, all right, okay, so we've done that. All right. And now Shamia, you and Angela can speak now. And she was like, let's do it. I was like, I didn't know that Shamiya and Angela even had an issue. So. But I guess, I guess we, I guess they do. So fine. So now it's like time for sit down number two with Angela in, in the profit room.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yes. So now Shami is like, well, I just wanted some closure on the text that you sent me because I don't even know why I made you feel some sort of way. And then I get 10 pages of words and she's like, well, your best friend says to you I should her husband. I was looking to you as a married woman to check her. And she's like, but you guys were fighting and she was talking. I'm not saying it's okay, but it's not my fight. So why are you talking to me? Okay, but then why do you need a private conversation about it as well? About that?

[Ben Mandelker]

Right, right. And she's like, but, but still, she's like, I don't know, I'm just, I was just like kicking with everybody, you know, I was laughing and funny and I think, you know, I think laughter is healing. You know what else is healing? Singing. I mean, hell, I laughed him at my uncle's funeral because they buried him looking like a pastor. And he never stepped in front of a church a foot in the church. And just like, I don't really know what's going on here, but like, look, I don't think the converse. This conversation is Necessary because it's going to lend itself. So it's like, okay.

[Ronnie Karam]

And I think it's fair to say, like, this girl was being an to me and you're supposed to be my friend and you just sat out there laughing at all these jokes about my husband having a baby and her, my husband. Like, it would have been nice to stand up for me instead of just being like, well, that's just Porsche. I think that that's kind of uncool, but whatever. I mean, I don't know why anybody would expect Shamia to do anything but stand up for Porsche at this point. That's all. That's how she got on here.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. So basically Shumi is like, yeah, well, they're both kind of ended in a place of like, well, we'll just agree to disagree. I feel like we should be mad at each other, but I also don't understand why we're, why we're sitting here having this conversation in the first place. Let's just go back and enjoy the rest of Juneteenth whatever we can. Let's see what the prophet has to say for. For ourselves. So they're like, we. Absolutely. So then they go back in and the party continues and the profit is.

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Just like, Angela, don't forget to pay your your Instacart yearly membership. You're gonna have to pay for delivery. She's like, all right, profit.

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Angela, are you aware that you included a Showtime add on to your Paramount plus membership?

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