Sometimes, the best of friends have to air out their issues to move forward. That’s certainly the case for Emily and Gina on this episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County. But some friendships cannot be salvaged, especially when defaming one’s character seems to be the only goal. Tamra is busy cozying up to Alexis, the same woman threatening that the “gloves are off” and Johnny J. will now expose Shannon‘s DUI night video for all the world to see…
Plus, a bombshell is dropped about John having video footage of Shannon allegedly almost running over his daughter with her car while drunk.
During the episode, Emily brings her boys along to hang with Katie and her son. Katie fills Emily in on the Big Bear trip, and Emily talks about the “dramatic moments.” Katie is realizing that Gina is really only a girls’ girl for Heather. Katie then goes on to say Alexis is ready to release the Ring footage of Shannon allegedly almost running over John’s daughter with her car.
“John ended up calling her right before we left, and Shannon did something, and he said ‘All gloves are off’ and they’re going to release these videos of Shannon,” Katie says to Emily. “There’s Ring footage cameras of her almost running over his daughter.”
Why, if John and Alexis are so happy together, do they feel the need to drag Shannon further? Yikes…
But back to the beginning of the show as the La Quinta crew awakens after a tense night. Gina feels like unresolved issues are brewing between her and Emily. Emily agrees; however, she is waiting to talk to Gina, so as not to be reactionary, which is exactly the behavior Gina claims Emily demonstrates lately.
Over breakfast, Shannon states she had no intention of bringing the friend group into the fact that John is threatening to sue her. According to the ladies, on a surface level, things don’t look great for Shannon, but Shannon claims to have proof that she has paid for things throughout the relationship with John. Emily wonders if perhaps Shannon was attempting to buy John’s love, but Shannon tearfully blames her actions on being in love. Heather realizes that there are three sides to every story as Shannon gives an extreme example of funding a 10-grand trip for John and his daughter.
Shannon lets the women know that she is already paying an attorney and that she refuses to just offer John money to make this go away out of principle. Shannon gets emotional in front of the ladies as she shares how overwhelmed she has been lately, and she cries into Emily’s arms. She talks about how grateful she is to have this particular group of women to lean on, and Tamra is noticeably absent…
The Big Bear ladies reflect on their evening: “We laughed, we cried, we talked sh*t.” Pretty spot on. I mean, they danced on bars and attempted to set up an OnlyFans for Jenn. But they did talk about heavy things, like Jenn’s ex-husband and her divorce. We learn that Jenn’s ex has been dating one of her friends for almost three years and that the lack of communication is making co-parenting nearly impossible. When Tamra shows Jenn her ex’s social media (since Jenn is blocked and unable to see), Jenn gets upset seeing him so “full of life.” Jenn wants to be let in more, and the rest of the ladies commiserate with her over divorce and the issues that come with it, including estranged children (cough cough, Tamra).
Meanwhile, Emily and Gina (attempt to) play pickleball. Gina takes this opportunity as a chance to talk to Emily about last night. Emily admits to essentially saying Gina is kissing Heather’s butt, and she points out that the minute Gina had a sitdown with Heather, she changed her tune about Katie. Gina tells Emily that she is up Tamra’s a*s and that she doesn’t want to see Emily be known as the aggressive one in the group. It’s not cool to be a*sholes with Tamra, but Emily thinks it’s not cool that Gina is just trying to appease Heather. Gina storms off shouting that everyone is mad at her and she is over it.
Emily runs after an upset Gina and explains that it hurts her feelings when Gina thinks less of her. Gina is tired of feeling like she tiptoes around Emily, but she needs Emily in her life since she has been going through a lot lately. Emily reminds Gina that she asks about her and Travis because she cares and because she understands how fragile Gina is right now. Gina sees what happened between Shannon and Tamra and gets upset since she doesn’t want her friendship to end up like theirs. Luckily, they hug it out before things get worse. Heather is aghast with this version of Gina, but she chalks it up to stressors at home bringing out this behavior.
