The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 11 Episode 2 Recap: Making Friends, Not Amends

After last week’s premiere party, on The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 11 Episode 2, Heather traveled to Turks & Caicos.

In the hopes of helping husband Terry reconnect with their kids, that is. How did that work? And what else went down back in the ol’ OC?

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When The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 11 Episode 2 got going, bigger issues were at stake than Terry’s home life.

Namely, Vicki Gunvalson was still on the outs with the ladies.

Before Heather left for vacation, Vicki attempted to issue a vague, blanket apology to smooth things over without admitting real wrongdoing.

You know, Sorry Not Sorry, Real Housewives Style.

Elsewhere, Tamra tried to comfort son Ryan Vieth re: his sadly failing relationship, while Shannon Beador got a pearl necklace from David.

No, get your minds out of the gutter now, people.

Meghan King Edmonds had the ladies over for pizza, at which point Brooks Ayers made a controversial appearance (in spirit) once again.

We also learned a lot about new wife Kelly Dodd and her interesting living situation, but let’s get down to business with Brooks first.

Listening to the women even try to explain him …

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Having gotten the Brooks Ayers faking cancer rundown, Kelly asked if Vicki had ever meddled in any of the other cast members’ relationships.

Tamra answered hells yes, re: her ex-husband Simon.

That situation is bad even by reality show standards, as she hasn’t seen her daughter in two YEARS and there’s no end in sight apparently.

“I sent him an email, I said, ‘Please, we need to come together and talk about this, tell these kids they need their parents,"” she said.

“And he said, ‘No."” Tamra lamented.

That’s when Kelly Dodd did her one better, or close, revealing that she went through a divorce for two years … from her current husband.

“Oh, so your husband now is not the father of your daughter,” Shannon said, confused, to which Kelly said, “No, he is. I went back with him.”

Cue crickets and awkward smiles.

Yes, after a two-year long divorce – and even an engagement to another man – Kelly Dodd got back together with her husband Michael.

“Isn’t that crazy?” she asked, noting that despite the fact that he had become “like Hitler” and a “control freak,” this was for the best.

“It was a nightmare,” Kelly said. “It made me realize it was easier being with him and having my family together than being divorced.”

“We don’t have a perfect marriage at all, but I’m going to suck it up just like my parents did,” Kelly said. “He’s a really nice person.”

So to sum up, Kelly lives with her mom, brother, daughter and husband who has been diagnosed with a narcissistic personality disorder. 

As you’ll see when you watch The Real Housewives of Orange County online, the look on Tamra Barney Judge’s face was everything.

Josh Waring: Son of Former Real Housewives of Orange County Star Arrested For Attempted Murder

If you’ve been a loyal follower of the original Housewives franchise, then you’re likely disappointed, but not shocked by this news.

Josh Waring is the troubled son of Lauri Peterson, who starred on The Real Housewives of Orange County for three seasons.

According to Buzzfeed News, Waring has been charged with attempted murder after shooting a man, then fleeing the scene in a stolen vehicle.

Cops were called to a home around 2 a.m. local time, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department.  There, they found a male, 35, with a gunshot wound in his lower torso.

Witnesses at the home ID’d Waring as the shooter, who had driven off in a stolen BMW SUV.  

A helicopter from the Orange County Sheriff’s Department found the vehicle, and when police approached, Waring tried to get away in the car, causing a traffic accident.

Waring then abandoned the car and continued to run from the police on foot, and was finally arrested after reportedly attempting to hide in a business.

Though no gun has been recovered, police did find evidence “related to the shooting” in the SUV.

Waring was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, vehicle theft, felony evading, hit and run, assault, and battery.

The victim, though in serious condition, is expected to survive.

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Peterson decided to leave the show in 2008 after Waring was arrested for possession of heroin, his latest brush with the law.

“For me, I needed to really pull back, concentrate on my emotional well being and deal with the aftermath of the arrest,” Peterson told the Orange County Register at the time.

Peterson decided to adopt Waring’s three-year-old daughter in 2015 when she and her husband, George realized that Waring and his wife were unable to care for the child.

“As most of the viewers know, I have a son and he’s had just a lot of challenges. And he and his wife had a baby almost three years ago,” Peterson told the Daily Dish last year.

“He’s really struggling and, well, they’re both really struggling. And so [my husband] George and I elected to help out and we actually adopted Kennedy, and so we’re raising her.”

Waring describes himself as a “DJ BaSS Killa, Worldwide nucklehead from Real Housewives, married to the love of my life and expecting a little one on the way :)” on his Twitter account, which hasn’t been updated since 2013.

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The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Yachts of Fun

The O.G. of the O.C. is back! But did Vicki Gunvalson manage to win the ladies back after all the insane drama she put them through?

That was her plan on The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 11 Episode 1, but it may prove easier said than done for Vick …

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Gunvalson, ostracized for Brooks Ayers faking cancer last season, was on the outs and looking to get back to being the ultimate insider.

First, though, The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 11 Episode 1 brought us up to date on what the other wives are doing.

In Tamra Barney’s case, that would be Eddie Judge. A lot.

“I scream, ‘Oh, God!’ at least 20 times!” she claimed.

So her sex life is going well. Meghan King Edmonds, meanwhile, was looking to get her baby-making on with Jim … IVF style. Not as hot.

You do what you gotta do though, are we right?

New Housewife Kelly Dodd has also been through IVF, just like Meghan’s mom and Heather had been, so she has that support system.

Shannon Beador was excited to tell viewers that since David Beador’s affair was discovered, they worked things out and are doing great!

Now for the elephant in the lavishly-decorated room …

Heather Dubrow was throwing a party and debating whether to invite Vicki, who wants to move on and be part of her friends’ lives again.

She swore she hadn’t suspected Brooks was lying, and Heather finally invited her; Vicki brought former co-star Jeana Keough as backup.

“I definitely know Jeana will have my back,” she said.

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Jenna yes. Everyone else was a question mark.

At the party, Tamra and Kelly got along great, and Kelly seemed happy to see Vicki … because they share an aesthetician. Good times.

Talking to Meghan, Kelly responded that she “seems like a lovely lady.” Meghan wasn’t having it, telling her friend to keep her guard up.

“‘Seems’ is the key word here. Be careful.”

Heather then revealed, during a toast, that Terry had endured a health scare which made them take stock of what really matters in life.

That means inviting everyone they love to celebrate living … even Vicki? That was the implication, but the two had yet to discuss things.

Finally, Gunvalson told Dubrow that she wanted forgiveness for last year, though she still refuses to admit she knew Brooks was lying at all.

Time will tell how long they drag THIS out.

What did you think of the premiere? To see it in full, follow the links above to watch The Real Housewives of Orange County online.

The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 11: What’s on Tap?!?

The Real Housewives of Orange County are back.

But will they be better than ever?

The original edition of this Bravo franchise returns to the air this evening, soon after cast member Meghan King Edmonds announced her first pregnancy.

What sort of juicy tidbits and storylines can we expect from the series itself over the next several weeks?

As those who watch The Real Housewives of Orange County online know very well, Season 10 concluded with rumors swirling over the falsification of Vicki Gunvalson’s ex’s medical records.

Was Brooks really lying about his cancer diagnosis?!?

Vicki and her fellow cast members argued over this possibility, as well as over what Vicki knew regarding the situation.

“I didn’t want last season to end the way it did,” Gunvalson tells Entertainment Weekly in a season preview.

“People had a very skewed reality of what really happened in my relationship and things, and I didn’t want it to end like that.”

The upcoming season will feature the return of Tamra Judge, Heather Dubrow, Shannon Beador, and Edmonds, all of whom are still estranged from Gunvalson, who is now single.

Look for Vicki to rely on Jeana Keough for emotional support in times of need.

Oh, yes, she’ll be back for a “few episodes,” as Keough teases to EW.

Gunvalson is vague about what fans can look forward to this summer, but does offer the following hints:

“I think that people have gotten a little more ballsy, more aggressive than it was in the previous times.

“We are strong women; we do have opinions. And I’m okay with that, but I’m not okay with hurting people’s integrity or hurting people’s businesses or what have you.

“So that’s where there’s a line that has to be drawn – this is a reality show, and let’s keep it real.”

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HA!

Sorry. It’s hard not to laugh when anyone uses the word “real” in conjunction with any of these Bravo shows.

The Real Housewives of Orange County returns to Bravo for Season 11 on Monday, June 20, at 9/8c. Will you be tuning in?

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Orange is the New Black Season 4 Reviews: The Best Season Yet?!

Weather forecasts are showing balmy temperatures and cloudless skies across most of the country this weekend, but if you’re the type who bursts into flames after ten minutes of sunshine, fear not:

You now have a perfectly good excuse for staying inside all weekend, as critics are saying Orange is the New Black Season 4, which dropped on Netflix at midnight, may be the show’s strongest outing to date.

The 13-episode run currently holds an astonishing 100% on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, and for the many fans who fear the show veered too deep into sitcom territory last season, the critics offer assurances that Season 4 is as dark as it is brilliant.

Check out some of the reviews below:

“Orange is a thing unto itself, and based on the brilliant fourth season, it’s sturdy enough to hold up for years to come.” – Joshua Alston, AV Club

“For a show that has always played on themes of privilege and power, this season’s dark trajectory is as inevitable as it is haunting.” – Bethonie Butler, Washington Post

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“While this fourth chapter in the saga of Litchfield Penitentiary gets off to a bumpier start than usual, it ends on such powerful notes that if you’ve ever been a fan, you simply have to view all 13 episodes.” – Jen Chaney, New York Magazine

“I would say that if you love Orange Is The New Black, you’re going to be pleased with the way the new season unfolds. If you’re more skeptical of its ongoing strength, you may feel, as I did, that some of the show’s irritating habits have increased.” – Ken Tucker, Yahoo!

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“Based on the first six episodes of the 4th season, OITNB remains fresh, funny/sad, smart, inventive, well-written, and particularly well-acted.” – Verne Gay, Newsday

“Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black is better than ever in its dark, dauntless fourth chapter.” – Isaac Feldberg, Boston Globe

“There might be new stories to tell, but on Orange, just like in Litchfield, the OGs still rule.” – Melissa Maerz, Entertainment Weekly

“This ambitious mix of comedy and drama is about to get more ambitious. A complex show is about to get more complex. An acclaimed series is about to earn more acclaim.” – Mark Dawidziak, Cleveland Plain Dealer

So binge away, children. The sun will be there next weekend, right?

Orange is the New Black Cast: Before They Were Stars...

Orange is the New Black is a breakout hit largely due to its diverse cast.

Many of these actresses have grown into household names since the series debuted, but click through the following gallery and prepare to be surprised over just how far they have come.

Here"s a look at the Orange is the New Black cast before they became famous…

1. Taylor Schilling

Long before she took on the main Orange is the New Black role, Schilling made her film debut in 2007’s Dark Matter. She has also appeared in such movies as Mercy, Atlas Shrugged: Part I, The Lucky One, and Argo.

2. Laura Prepon

Laura Prepon rose to fame as Donna Pinciotti on That ’70s Show. She now portrays Alex Vause on Orange Is the New Black, but her past also includes Southlander, Slackers and Lightning Bug.

3. Kate Mulgrew

Kate Mulgrew plays a Russian culinary guru nicknamed “Red,” but the veteran actress starred for a decade in the 1970s as Mary Ryan on Ryan’s Hope.

4. Dascha Polanco

Dascha Polanco plays Dayanara “Daya” Diaz on the Netflix hit. The actress actually began her career in healthcare, picking up her first acting credits in her late 20s on episodes of Unforgettable and NYC 22.

5. Nick Sandow

Nick Sandow often irritates us prison warden Joe Caputo. The actor made his acting debut over 20 years on a 1992 episode of Law & Order. In the years since then, hehas also appeared in One Night Stand, No Looking Back, Return to Paradise, Living Out Loud, Third Watch and Swimfan.

6. Uzo Aduba

Probably the biggest breakout star of the show, she picked up the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2015 for her role as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren. Prior to landing this character, she mostly starred in Broadway, in productions such as Coram Boy and Godspell.

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The Real Housewives of Orange County: First Trailer!

There will be new blood.

Bravo has given fans their first look at The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 11 and, among other key developments, the trailer introduces us to Kelly Dodd.

The latest cast member, Dodd is best friends with Meghan King Edmonds and has a nine-year old son with her husband, Michael.

But whatever. That"s not very scandalous, is it?!?

Fear not. There are plenty of tears and expletives at the center of this preview, along with the tease of an upcoming dune buggy accident.

Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Judge, Heather Dubrow, Shannon Beador and Edmonds will all return for Season 11, with one major takeaway from the following video focusing on Gunvalson.

We see her leaving a phone message for on again-off again boyfriend Brooks Ayers and then we hear her say the following;

"Brooks, this is Vicki. I believe you, and I love you."

This appears to take Judge aback because she has never been Ayers" biggest fan, most notably after he admitted last season to lying about his cancer diagnosis.

That"s a pretty good reason to dislike someone.

In another tense few moments, Dubrow is in left tears after a heated moment with husband Terry, who is having trouble balancig family with his plastic surgery business and his own reality show, Botched.

Can someone please break out the violins for these famous millionaires?

The intense promo concludes with footage of Gunvalson and Judge"s recent dune buggy accident, after which both cast members were taken to a hospital for medical attention.

Did they come out of it in one piece?

What else can we expect when we tune in to watch The Real Housewives of Orange County online or on television this summer?

The Real Housewives of Orange County season 11 premieres on Bravo Monday, June 20, at 9/8c.

Check out the first preview below:

Orange is the New Black Trailer: New Blood, New Rules

Are you ready for a return to prison?

The furlough is almost over on Netflix.

Orange is the New Black will return for its fourth season on June 17, with all 13 episodes of the comedy dropping at once. Netflix style.

In the first extended trailer for all the action and humor and drama to come, we see Piper saying how she"s more afraid than she"s ever been before.

This likely has something to do with the fact that Litchfield is now a for-profit business, which means over 100 new inmates will be coming on board.

As for Taystee? She appears to be Caputo"s new secretary, though she"s having some trouble on the job.

The preview also gives us a look at the new, violent guards… along with Blair Brown as Judy King.

She will be a full-time cast member in the role of a Martha Stewart-type of character who is stuck behind bars.

Lolly will apparently have some business at the shed, while Alex will have a big secret she needs to tell Red.

Why is Gloria hanging around a guard? Why is Suszanne in the infirmary? Is Sophia still in SHU? We have so many questions.

And we can"t wait to get the answers when Orange is the New Black Season 4 returns on Friday, June 17.

Kylie Jenner Debuts ORANGE Hair for Coachella!

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! 

Oh, wait, it’s just Kylie Jenner in an orange wig.

We’re guessing it’s a wig, anyway, since the youngest Jenner recently said she “started wigs” in the latest issue of Marie Claire.

“I started wigs, and now everyone is wearing wigs,” she said. “[Kim Kardashian] just used my wig guy last night.”

She’s a real trailblazer, that one.

Anyhoo, the famed Coachella music festival is this weekend, an event where youngsters are free to dye their hair crazy colors and dress in feathered bikini tops even if they’re not an actual hipster most of the time.

Kylie’s already rocked blue, green, blue-green, pink and blond hair, so this year, she is truly venturing out of the box by going with orange.

She calls it peach, but we’re sticking to the basics.

Earlier this year, Kylie admitted that she destroyed her hair with bleach from dying it so much, so we’re never really sure if we’re seeing Kylie’s real hair or not.

While Kylie is wigging out at the ‘ella, her big sis Kim might be in the next tent getting her smoke on.

Why would we say that?!

Well, a few days ago, Kim released her list of festival essentials, which included a weed pipe disguised as a cigarette.

And when she sees Kylie’s new hair, we suspect she’ll need that one-hitter more than ever.

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The Real Housewives of Orange County Cast Reunites: See the Pics!

What a difference a decade makes, huh?

A full 10 years after The Real Housewives of Orange County debuted on Bravo, a number of that show’s former cast members met up for a mini reunion on Sunday night.

Vicki Gunvalson – who has appeared on every season of the smash hit – shared photos to Instagram of herself enjoying dinner and drinks at Mastro’s Steakhouse with Jo De La Rosa, Jeana Keough and Tammy Knickerbocker.

Gunvalson, De La Rosa and Keough all were regular on the original season – which kicked off on March 21, 2006 – while Knickerbocker joined the craziness in Season 2.

“So good meeting up with @justjodelarosa and after 10 years since filming Season 1, it’s like no time has passed at all!” Gunvalson wrote as a caption to one of the images.

As those who watch The Real Housewives of Orange County online or on television know, De La Rosa was a key cast member for the opening two seasons of the program.

Keough’s run as a part of the lead cast concluded after the fifth season.

Lauri Peterson and Kimberly Bryant, who also appeared on the first season, were not part of this reunion.

As for the future of the popular series, which is still going strong on Bravo?

Someone named Kelly Meza-Dodd is joining the cast for season 11, although a premiere date for the new batch of episodes has not yet been announced.

Orange is the New Black Season 4: First Teaser!

Are you prepare to go back behind bars?

You"ve got a few months to make any final arrangements.

Netflix has come out and announced that Orange is the New Black Season 4 will start streaming on Friday, June 17, with creator Jenji Kohan and company executives giving fans their first look at all the upcoming action via a new trailer.

"The theme thing was hard this year," Kohan told reporters at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Los Angeles.

"Sometimes we start with political agendas, the corporatization of the prison, the stratification of the people into their little mosaic pieces within the prison.

"I can"t tell you much more than that because we want it to be a surprise but all the fun stuff like race and hate and some things from current events that we want to sort of filter through our lens. But I"m just going to be vague about it."

We do know that Blair Brown, whose character of Judy King was sentenced to time at Litchfield in the season 3 finale, will play a key role this summer.

"Alliances that happen are unexpected," she said of what"s to come.

As for Piper, who many fans turned on last season due to her treatment of Alex and her black market selling of used underwear?

"I think Piper is definitely on a journey and we work the vicissitudes of likability," Kohan said.

Visit this section of Orange is the New Black quotes if you"re in the mood to laugh and then check out the official trailer below:

Dascha Polanco: Orange Is the New Black Star Accused of Assaulting Teen

On Orange is the New Black, Dascha Polanco plays pregnant Litchfield inmate Dayanara Diaz.

So perhaps it’s fitting that in real life, Polanco has problems with young people that could land her behind bars.

According to Page Six, Polanco was arrested in July for allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old New Yorker named Michelle Cardona.

The tabloid recently obtained court papers showing that Cardona claims the attack happened inside Polanco’s home:

“Ms. Cardona observed the defendant strike Ms. Cardona about the face and head with a closed fist at least three times, pull Ms. Cardona’s hair, and strike Ms. Cardona’s arms with the defendant’s hands and nails,” the documents state.

Polanco appeared in court on Thrusday (which happened to also be her birthday) for a hearing related to the charges. Her trial is set to begin next month.

Polanco’s lawyers issued a statement claiming that Cardona is simply trying to extort money from their client:

“It’s a setup to try to get money and it was tape-recorded,” says attorney Gerald Lefcourt. “This young woman was trying to extort her to drop the case. We’re confident the charges will be dismissed.”

Unfortunately, this isn’t the actress’ first controversy this year.

Back in February, Polanco was criticized by animal rights groups after she allegedly dropped her adult cats at a pet shelter so that she could replace them with kittens.

Sounds like all that time spent with fake convicts is starting to have an effect on Dascha! 

"The Real Housewives of Orange County" Stars Respond To Brooks Ayers" Cancer Lie

Hell hath no fury like Housewives scorned, amiright?

Yesterday, E! News revealed that Brooks Ayers, who appeared on The Real Housewives of Orange County, did not receive cancer treatment at City of Hope medical center.  This revelation comes after Ayers insisted all season long that he was being treated at COH.

The Housewives cast responded to this latest development, and it seems none of them were surprised.

“I pray for him,” Meghan King Edmonds said in a statement to E! News.  “I would want to tell him that I hope he finds the truth somewhere in his life. The truth will set you free.”

Edmonds was especially interested in Ayers’ cancer story, since her husband, Jim Edmonds’ first wife, LeAnn Edmonds Horton, passed away in July from cancer.

“It’s a very sad and disgusting situation. I never believed I would be surrounded by such lies but hopefully now we can focus on the truth.”

Tamra Judge told E! that she wasn’t at all surprised by the news:

“I’ve always said, ‘If he has cancer I hope he gets better and if he doesn’t…I still hope he gets better,"” Judge said.

“From day one I called him out. I felt he was a con man. I could see it in his eyes and nothing he said was making sense. He’s a charmer, but then you get to know him and after a while his stories don’t add up. In the end, I stopped questioning him as much, started accepting him for Vicki [Gunvalson]. I knew that if I let go, he would do it to himself.

“It’s very hard to tell exactly what Vicki did or didn’t know.”

Judge found herself stuck in the middle as Ayers presented her with allegedly false medical records this season.

“My original thought was that he told her he had cancer so that she would stay with him, and at some point she figured out it wasn’t true. But then she made the decision to keep the lie going. That’s the part I don’t understand…why would someone do that?

“If someone in the public followed his treatment and his cancer was faked, and that person died, then that would be heartbreaking and tragic.”

And finally, Shannon Beador‘s reaction:

“I am still trying to connect the dots. It doesn’t make sense that Vicki would say she spent four hours with Brooks for chemo at the City of Hope when he was never treated there. The truth always comes out.”

Today, a fan asked Gunvalson via Twitter if she still speaks to Ayers after this latest development.

“I don’t talk to him nor will I ever speak to him again,” Gunvalson wrote.  “This man is sick.”

The Real Housewives of Orange County Reunion Recap: I"ll Never See You Again!

Good riddance to Brooks Ayers. That was the long and short of it Sunday night on the third part of The Real Housewives of Orange County reunion.

The three-part reunion concluded with The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 10 Episode 22, and Brooks was the center of it all.

Literally, the entire hour.

Vicki Gunvalson’s longtime boyfriend faced allegations both old and new, and by association, Vicki found herself forced to answer for her now-ex.

“I don’t have any proof that he doesn’t have cancer and he won’t give me enough proof that he does have [it],” she said of the cancer faking accusations.

“So that’s where I’m at.”

That’s an interesting position, and Heather Dubrow felt it didn’t add up: “He’s got something on you, you’re too smart for this,” she said.

Vicki then admitted part of her is afraid of Brooks, which opened the floodgates from Tamra Barney and Vicki’s daughter, Briana Culberson.

Both women claimed Ayers beat Gunvalson; Culberson said she and her husband, Ryan, both witnessed him abuse her, separate times.

Briana then claimed that since he and Vicki broke up this summer, Ayers has kept harassing her verbally, including via new text messages.

Ayers, for his part, has “categorically” denied all claims of abuse, or that he hit on Culberson and tried to show her his penis for that matter.

Shannon Beador then jumped in with logistical details of how and where Brooks said he got cancer screenings “cannot possibly happen.”

By the end of the night, Vicki said her gut was suspicious that he didn’t have cancer, and he never came clean, causing much tension.

She had been repeatedly asking him for his medical records behind the scenes, before they broke up, which did not help their relationship.

Gunvalson also admitted to “fabricating” a story about calling in Dr. Terry Dubrow to treat Ayers one night with an IV after he became ill.

“I fabricated [the story], because I really was looking for compassion from somebody,” she said, in a moment of honest vulnerability.

If you watch The Real Housewives of Orange County online, you know the strain this has put on Vicki’s relations with … everyone else.

Time may heal all wounds – Vicki and Briana say they’re in a better place now – but it will take a good amount of it to bury these hatchets.

In a separate sit-down with Andy Cohen, Ayers said that yes he has cancer, and that Gunvalson “misspoke quite a bit” about his health.

Ayers said his “numbers are normalizing” and his lymphatic legions were gone. As for his take on Meghan King Edmonds, his loudest critic?

“F–k off. How ’bout that?”

Real Housewives of Orange County Reunion: Brooks Ayers and Vicki Gunvalson Daughter Lash Out!

If you’ve spent any time watching The Real Housewives of Orange County, you know that Vicki Gunvalson’s daughter, Briana Wolfsmith-Culberson, loathes her mom’s ex-boyfriend.

And in case you didn’t know, Briana is making clear (again) on The Real Housewives of Orange County Reunion.

Briana took a seat on the reunion couch to open up about her mom’s relationship with ex-boyfriend Brooks Ayers.  

She made it clear that she despises Brooks.  And, once again, she brought up the allegations about Brooks hitting her at Vicki’s birthday celebration.

Briana said, ”And I told her that he did and she called me a liar and said that he would never want me.”

Her account of Brooks got even more disturbing when she claimed that Brooks wanted her his junk and claimed that his nickname was “Girth Brooks.”

Brooks isn’t taking Briana’s accusations very lightly.  In fact, he struck back telling E! News that Briana is trying to put Vicki in the middle of things.

“It’s a typical Briana move, creating a ‘He Said, She Said’ scenario that once again puts her mother in the middle of a no-win situation,” Brooks told E! News.

“I’m glad that I no longer have to deal with this unnecessary drama. I categorically deny having said anything like that to Briana.”

He also said, “Vicki and I dated a year prior to Briana ever meeting me. She never gave me a chance.”

“And one thing led to another and the first time I met Briana was the very night that she told her mom that she was married, and I think that Briana had some significant issues as a child growing up with some ‘Daddy issues,’” Brooks added.

On a separate interview for the reunion show, Andy Cohen sat down with Brooks.  During the interview, Brooks claimed that Briana is manipulative and is taking advantage of Vicki.

Despite Briana’s criticism about Brooks over the years, Vicki continually sided with her boyfriend.  It’s tough to tell if Vicki truly wants to defend Brooks, or if it is part of a legal agreement.

According to sources, Vicki and Brooks signed a legal contract that requires them to refrain from negatively talking about each other in public.

Vicki and Brooks split in August of this year. 

The Real Housewives of Orange County Cast: Teaming Up to Get Vicki Gunvalson Fired?!

Vicki Gunvalson, the last woman standing from The Real Housewives of Orange County’s inception, may be on her way out if her co-stars get their way.

The “O.G. of the O.C.” has been there since day one, and here in Season 10, acts like she runs the show as a de facto producer on the hit Bravo series.

That’s precisely what’s rubbing everyone else the wrong way.

“The women are all trying to have Vicki fired,” a RHOC source said.

“The [cast members] all are sick of Vicki and feel like she shouldn’t be on the show anymore. They’ve been talking about refusing to film with her.”

After spending the better part of the season fighting with Meghan King Edmonds, Tamra Barney, Shannon Beador, Vicki is shorter on allies than ever.

Yes, the whole Brooks Ayers fake cancer drama was that polarizing.

Vicki’s oft-maligned boyfriend was a lightning rod for controversy on his best day. Then he was accused of faking a life-threatening illness.

And he’s threatening to sue Edmonds, Beador, even Vicki herself.

Gunvalson does have Andy Cohen on her side, however, which is key: “Andy has always said that Vicki is his favorite Housewife out of them all.”

Who’s first, Lisa Vanderpump? Neither here nor there …

Vicki also has something else important to back her up:

“She made sure that her deal said that only she can break the contract. She is one of the creators and founders of the show,” says an insider.

“She has to quit or resign in order to end her position.”

Wow. If that’s true, give it up for shrewd negotiating.

The things you don’t realize have already taken place behind the scenes when you watch The Real Housewives of Orange County online. Anyway …

Thus, if “they really want to use the ‘she goes or we go’ card,” the source goes on, “they’re afraid that Bravo will fire all of them and keep Vicki.”

So … Season 11 Everybody vs. Vicki Feud it is?

Real Housewives of Orange County"s Shannon Beador Confronts Husband"s Mistress Nicole McMackin!!!

Even when the cameras aren’t rolling, the drama lives on for The Real Housewives of Orange County.

On Saturday October 24, The Real Housewives of Orange County’s Shannon Beador had a run-in with her husband’s former mistress Nicole McMackin at a USC football game.

According to an eyewitness at the game, Nicole was starting sh*t by intentionally walking by Shannon and David.

Shannon’s behavior on the show repeats the same pattern: try to act poised, then act like a f*cking maniac.  And this remained true at the USC game.

At first, according to the witness, Shannon tried to remain calm by ignoring Nicole as she flaunted through the stadium.

But when 51-year-old Shannon was returning to her seat and ran into Nicole, the proverbial sh*t hit the fan.

The witness said, “That’s when Shannon calmly said to Nicole, ‘You have a lot of nerve being here.’” The witness added that Nicole got “two inches from Shannon’s face” and screamed, “F—k you!”

Shannon, still trying to remain calm, said “Are you kidding me?”

Nicole replied by saying, “You’re sick and you’re crazy.”  And Shannon shot back, “Why are you describing yourself to me?”

Then, the Shannon we all love proudly displayed her true colors.  She yelled to the entire section of the stadium, “NICOLE is the woman who had an affair with my husband!” 

However, according to the witness, Nicole seemed uninterested in Shannon’s outburst.

Her husband’s affair with Nicole took a serious toll on Shannon.  At one point, Shannon blamed herself for her husbands affair.

Earlier this month, Shannon and David appeared on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live to talk about the affair that nearly ripped apart their marriage.

“I don’t think that people understand the level of hurt,” Shannon said on the show. “I’m just gonna give an example, okay? “

She continued, “When David left me for those two weeks, he would still come and pick the kids up from school. And one day he handed [our daughter] Stella his wedding ring. He said, ‘Give this to your mother, I don’t want it anymore.’”

Though the affair hit the couple hard and nearly ruined their marriage, they have been determined to repair their relationship.

“We want to give other couples hope even if there is infidelity, or something devastating in a relationship, if you both work and make the effort and love each other, you can get out,” Shannon told Us Weekly in June.

“You can get through it and get through in a better position than you started out in.”

Their drive to save their marriage is a rare attempt in celebrity culture. We wish them the best!

And we also hope for more of Shannon’s outbursts.  We can’t help but love them!

The Real Housewives of Orange County Reunion Recap: This Guy is a Filthy Piece of S--t!

A week ago, The Real Housewives of Orange County stars came together and made generally nice on the first half of their Season 10 reunion.

On last night’s The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 10 Episode 21, or part two of the reunion special, did the fit finally hit the shan?

Watch The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 10 Episode 21 Online

There are certainly plenty of fireworks to look forward to when you watch The Real Housewives of Orange County online. We’ll just say that.

Among the topics on deck here in the second inning:

• Is Jim Edmonds really as big of a d–k as he seems on TV?


• Has Shannon Beador ever run into David’s mistress?


• Does Vicki Gunvalson know what a “circle jerk” is?


• Did Brooks try to show Briana his d–k?!

We’re sensing a certain theme with these people.

Rookie of the Year Meghan King Edmonds’ marriage has been a hot topic this idea, but she revealed that she and former MLB star Jim have a prenup.

That, she says, was entirely her idea.

Meghan didn’t want Jim, or his kids, to ever feel this was about money, or that she was out to take something that was theirs. Pretty big of her really.

Not so big? Jim snapping at her in condescending fashion more than once this season. “I wasn’t really ready for TV to catch everything,” Jim said.

Meghan defended her husband, and their relationship, which was strained by Jim’s post-baseball broadcasting career and its major travel obligations.

She said she doesn’t let him get away with treating her this, and though some of what we saw were low points, on the whole it’s “not our marriage.”

Shannon Beador, meanwhile?

Her own marital troubles – her husband’s affair, their estrangement, attempts at counseling and reconciliation – have played out regularly on camera.

She said she never would have thought she would be the kind of person to stay in a relationship after the other person cheated, but here she is.

For good reason. They’re in a good place, she insists, and Shannon says she will do anything to keep her family together. Not that it’s been easy.

The “other woman” is still in their social circles, apparently. “‘David, look at her and compare, look what you got here,"” she said she told him once.

Finally, after so long defending her relationship with Brooks Ayers, Vicki Gunvalson seemed resigned to letting people think whatever they want.

With Brooks threatening to sue Vicki, she wasn’t about to sell him out – if she even wanted to – but her tone was more somber than we’re used to.

As for why they broke up?

Vicki did not say she thought Ayers was faking cancer or not faking cancer, but admitted daughter Briana Culberson’s disapproval was a big factor.

Culberson then joined the reunion party to recall the story of how Brooks hit on Briana at Gunvalson’s birthday party, back when Culberson was pregnant.

Ayers, allegedly, offered to show Culberson his penis, saying he was nicknamed “Girth Brooks.” (This first came up on the reunion two years ago.)

Brooks, for his part, appeared in a separate interview with host Andy Cohen and accused Briana of manipulating – and mooching from – her mom.

“This guy is a filthy piece of s–t,” Culberson responded after watching that footage, and we have a feeling next week’s part three will be AAB, ATT.

All About Brooks, All The Time.

The Real Housewives of Orange County Reunion Recap: What a Lovefest (Seriously)!

The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 10 Episode 20 marked the first installment of this fall’s reunion special, and oh, it was special indeed.

If you like drama, tension and occasional awkwardness – and clearly you do, if you sat through this past season on Bravo – Monday night delivered.

That being said, it looks like the real bloodbath is yet to come, and The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 10 Episode 20 was just a teaser.

If you watch The Real Housewives of Orange County online, you know what’s about to come to a head after 9-10 weeks of this Brooks Ayers fiasco.

At least by their standards, the ladies were generally reserved, polite, calm and even accepting of one another, despite the conflicts of the past.

In fact, the topic of Brooks Ayers’ cancer never even came up.

Vicki Gunvalson reflected on her mother’s death, her reaction to which was captured by Bravo cameras, and from which she has not yet recovered.

“It’s actually worse,” she said. “Our void has gotten worse.”

“It’s so stupid, but I never really thought she’d die.”

At the others’ urging, Gunvalson told a great story about her 80-year-old mother’s road rage, but she also took heat from her co-stars later on.

Vicki’s statements about how people should behave rub people the wrong way, it turns out. Not the least of which? Meghan King Edmonds.

Host Andy Cohen asked if her beef with Edmonds didn’t stem from Vicki calling RHOC “her show” and a desire to have her “kiss the ring.”

“I am the OG of the OC and I do expect respect,” Vicki said.

Vicki Gunvalson-Meghan King Edmonds Fight on The Real Housewives of Orange County

That was about it for feuding on this night, though. Edmonds revealed that she and her stepdaughter Hayley are in a good place these days.

Tamra Barney, meanwhile, is on the outs with her daughter Sidney, who lives with her father (Tamra’s ex-husband) Simon and doesn’t talk to her.

Her son Spencer, on the other hand, lives with Tamra and doesn’t talk to Simon. That’s not normal. But it’s also what brought Tamra to God.

Tamra remembered telling a woman who had invited her to church:

“I feel like I’m going to die right now. I just don’t have any help.”

Hence the Tamra Barney baptism storyline, a major focal point of this season, and the subject of the reunion show’s final twist Monday:

Alexis Bellino, the series’ former cast member, weighed in.

“I cannot sit back and watch a mockery be made of my savior,” Alexis wrote via email, taking Tamra to task for what she felt was hypocrisy.

While she was baptized as a Christian, Bellino argued that her rival did not display any new, better, behaviors in the wake of the ceremony.

Tamra’s response to the zing by Jesus Jugs?

“She’s the type of Christian that gives Christians a bad name. Sometimes you have to go through things in your life to get to a better place.”

Amen.

The Real Housewives of Orange County Season Finale Recap: Tamra Gets Baptized, Vicki Gets Torched

The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 10 came to an end Monday night, and with the finale, did viewers witness the end of Vicki and Brooks?

Watch The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 10 Episode 19 Online

If The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 10 Episode 19 taught us anything, it’s that even a baptism cannot cleanse this show of insanity.

Tamra Barney’s after-baptism party (for real) was the scene of a season finale confrontation that had been brewing all season between her co-stars.

Vicki Gunvalson, Shannon Beador and Meghan King Edmonds all came to celebrate Tamra, but their ongoing beef was too intense to suppress.

Ironically, or perhaps not, Vicki invoked religion in the middle of the event to counter allegations that her boyfriend Brooks Ayers is faking cancer.

“Satan is the author of confusion,” she said at one point last night.

“I know the truth. And I will pray for everyone that’s confused.”

That would be … virtually everyone else, as you know if you watch The Real Housewives of Orange County online or read any celebrity gossip.

As Vicki plotted to leave the party as soon as humanly possible to avoid revisiting any more “negativity,” her opponents plotted their next moves.

Those being … how to keep stirring the pot regarding Brooks?

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Shady as Brooks has been in the past, it does seem like they have it out for him by constantly harping on this, and the season finale was no exception.

Vicki’s brother, Billy, and his girlfriend, Rhonda, got into the mix, defending Brooks and telling the skeptics that yes, Ayers has cancer, move on.

When they weren’t buying it, Rhonda touched upon Shannon Beador’s marital problems, at which point she pretty much flipped her f–king s–t.

It was actually uncomfortable to watch Shannon’s vitriol at Vicki, whom she believed betrayed the secrets of what she and David are going through.

Soon enough, Vicki was bawling to the cameras about her mother’s death, Brooks’ cancer, and the fact that her quote-unquote friends have it out for her.

“You know what the truth is? I’m not doing good,” Gunvalson said through tears. “I’m really, really sad and all this stuff is just disgusting minutiae.”

“They can do all the detective work they want. ‘Let’s say he’s faking cancer, let’s just say he’s faking cancer.’ What would that have to do with me?”

In the epilogue, we learn that the Dubrows’ house is behind schedule (tragic), while the reborn Tamra is still involved in real estate, and in church.

Both Shannon Beador and Meghan King Edmonds are doing better in their marriages, and as for Gunvalson, in the aftermath of all of this chaos?!

Brooks dumped Vicki.

Will we ever know if Ayers lied or what went on behind the scenes? Will next week’s reunion be the most explosive event in Bravo history?

Stay tuned.