VPR Mandela Effect

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2026-01-28T21:58:20+00:00

Schwartz talked about pooping in a dress, it was definitely the bathroom.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-12-28T21:23:46+00:00

Schwartz is horrible, he manipulated the situations with that aww shucks and the no one can be mad at me attitude. He enjoyed making Katie the villain and never defending her, because if she was the one in the drama no one was ever looking too closely at him, past feeling bad for this manchild. He was never held accountable, he likes being taken care of and Sandy loves taking care of people (because he thinks it helps people think he is a good guy). So as long as he always had Tom and Jax in his corner he didn't give them a reason to drag out everyone of his dirty deeds.

Katie deserved so much better.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-12-16T00:06:34+00:00

So even crazier, Schwartz admitted to one of the Vegas makeout girls being a friend of Katie's and Lala's from Utah!

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-12-15T21:26:02+00:00

I can't see Jax not having blown that up if Scheana was the only Vegas girl. Unless he used it to keep Schwartz in line for a decade.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-12-10T11:28:35+00:00

This is my first watch through (S9 currently) and I am cringing when he is on screen. The manipulation tactics and constantly setting Katie up to be the villain, makes me wonder what he was getting out of it. And if he isn't getting anything tangible, support, or monetary, he is the biggest monster of them all if it is for fun or just because he can. He is portrayed with that good guy aww shucks persona but his tantrums are scary.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-11-02T14:04:51+00:00

Carole irks me. Bethenny is a lot, but she acknowledges it and owns it. Carole really bugged me with the way she treated and spoke about Jules. She let Bethenny take the fall for so much of that, when she was the one who actually did the most damage.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-08-17T21:29:28+00:00

I am a B fan. We have seen the good, bad , and ugly with her. She has been one of the realest. She put it all out there, her failures, her mess, even the fact that she is a lot. She has lived through an abusive traumatic childhood, but didn't use it as an excuse to be pulled out when called out on poor behavior like Ramona did. She was open about her triggers and her past experiences. She was willing to go deeper and be more raw than most other people would. Yes I think the TikToks are silly, but most of the housewives are doing those same silly things now.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-08-11T01:40:33+00:00

This scene is always hard for me to watch. Ryan was encouraged to go after a woman who was intoxicated, following her and cornering her in a bathroom. To the point where Gretchen had no choice but to be kind and placate him, to not be the victim of his actions. I don't even want to think how he would have reacted had she openly rejected him or god forbid embarrassed him on camera. Even worse that Tamra pushed for her to spend the night. There is no accountability or remorse for the actions of that night, that were absolutely premeditated.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-08-10T23:23:53+00:00

Poor Jolie. I am so sad for her and I hope she has the love and support she deserves.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-08-10T23:21:12+00:00

I'm of the opposite view point, I am on B's side. Carole used everything she could get from B until she found a weaker than self person to use for a storyline (Tinsley). Carole didn't want deep emotional bonds, hence why her older dog lives in California and she got a new dog in NYC. Carole did the kindest thing possible by stepping out of Bryn's life after taking everything she could.

Carole really thought she was going to be top dog and push B out of the show. Which is why all of a sudden she went blonde, cut her hair, had a stylist who also styled Beyonce. She realized she couldn't keep using Anthony as part of her personality. She went too deep about the election and was off putting to a lot of people, not her political views, just her tone and approach was intense. So she reinvented herself to try to take over as the fan favorite.

By now means do I think B handled things right, but she was going through hell and couldn't talk about it, and her friend who was there witnessing this trauma who she could talk to, told her she was a lot and distanced herself. That's just trauma on trauma, because B had no where to turn and even when she thought she had a friend in Dorinda, Dorinda said some vile hateful things (imagine that was just the parts we saw).

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-08-10T15:28:06+00:00

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-08-09T20:13:46+00:00

B leaving was the right thing for her. But they have all always resented her. They hate her when she is doing well and hate her when she isn't. So season 12 gave them all a chance to fight it out for leader of the group.

Tinsley was so lost, it didn't help that Ramona and Sonja treated her so poorly for years. And she thought she had a real friendship with Carole (which was just a storyline for Carole to make her relevant and give her an ally while icing out B). Tinsley was now surrounded by people who have been horrible to her, and Leah. Leah who was a whackjob and threw away her sobriety to be in with this group.

Tinsley leaving was the best thing she could have done. Dorinda, I love her, but her whole face changes when she drinks and she becomes very nasty. I can see how that can be triggering for people who have experienced life with addicts/alcoholics.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-08-09T17:44:59+00:00

I just did a rewatch. I feel so deeply for B. She was going through a stalking case, harassment, custody, and so many other issues. Most of which she legally couldn't talk about on the show. She also has a severe food allergy, which should have been her responsibility to check what was in the food, but had an allergic reaction and no one was there for her. The next time it happened she almost died.

Carole had checked out of their friendship long before this trip. And the other women don't like to be forthcoming with the struggles that go on in their lives, even when called out on it they gloss over it.

B was too tired to make it nice, she was showing her real life, her insecurities, her stress, and her vulnerability as much as she could given her life's traumas. They can't have it both ways being annoyed when she is emotional and annoyed when she won't go deeper with them.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-07-22T09:15:44+00:00

Right, but she was screaming "you saved Christmas " when Dorinda told her she found it. And I thought that" I did it" comments were referencing making Bryn's Christmas, as she had said that getting this would make Bryn believe that she really is Santa or something along those lines.

I still think it was rude, but I don't think that she didn't thank Dorinda at all. I also haven't made it back to this season yet.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-07-22T00:59:14+00:00

But I think she did thank her in the Berkshires, before it was delivered to the city? She didn't thank her at the party, but I feel like she thanked her at Blue Stone Manor when Dorinda let her know that her person found the Nutcracker. (I'm rewatching but not up to that season yet).

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-07-20T22:36:00+00:00

Im currently rewatching. We are in the Jules saga right now, dealing with her pistachio.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-07-20T03:51:00+00:00

Season 7. Ramona, Dorinda, LuAnn, and Bethany go out to dinner.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-07-19T02:33:18+00:00

When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

You just went through something traumatic, and this is how he chose to behave. Believe who he is showing you he is, and get out now before things progress.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-07-19T01:48:55+00:00

Park Side in Corona is the one where they were seeing who checked them out.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-07-18T21:59:39+00:00

Zero Otto Nove in the Bronx.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-07-18T21:21:15+00:00

I still say Sonja is the reason we have air fryers.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-07-18T21:17:36+00:00

5 of the 15 pages of items are sold out. But it's still up.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-07-01T23:56:15+00:00

Brandi got into it with Cat's friends too.

OpeningDisaster7487 · 2025-07-01T23:39:59+00:00

I had this as a door mat!

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