It’s the finale of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 15, but it also feels like the finale of some of these friendships. Dorit is aghast that Sutton, Kyle, and Erika would dare to miss her book cover event (even after all the negative exchanges between them), and so she lets them know her frustration in a big way. If events can’t bring this group together, nothing can. It’s an ending that will leave you wondering if these (very) fractured friendships can ever be fixed…
Instead of going to Dorit’s book cover party, Sutton hosts Erika, and they get busy having cocktails. This is a wild duo considering the history between the two of them. Sutton shares how things last left off with Dorit.
Dorit is not the only one with things going on — Sutton is also going through a tough time, considering she just dropped her youngest son off at college. Even when Sutton tried to talk privately with Dorit to share her feelings, Dorit talked down to her. Despite it all, Sutton admits she wishes she were a fly on the wall at this party…
The party is going well until Jennifer’s $40,000 purse takes a spill and breaks. That doesn’t stop Bozoma and Dorit from trying to figure out why Kyle chose not to attend. Boz is getting sick of defending Kyle’s motives. And at the end of the day, if Kyle was truly concerned about Dorit’s financial situation, she would be there to celebrate her financial gains. But Dorit is still sort of holding out hope that Erika would be attending.
Erika shares that she went back and forth about going to support Dorit, but once Dorit left her and Kyle in the Italian town + all the words exchanged at the dinner table + claiming that Boz treats her better = Erika opting out. She has reached her limit and muses, “Maybe PK isn’t wrong?”
Amanda, a self-proclaimed girls’ girl, realizes that this is a stream of revenue for Dorit, so she is happy to support her success. Amanda goes on to say how important it is not to rely on a man for financial support.
Before Dorit gets up to make her speech, she mutters that she is “surrounded by a bunch of f*cking c*nts.” Ooph. Her two kids join her as she rambles about “grace and grit and choosing” herself. Her children pull off the curtain and reveal THE book cover, proving that Dorit is truly unburdened. Kathy jokes that this memoir will take the entire summer to read…
Dorit’s mind is blown that Amanda can show up to support her, but two of her closest friends cannot come to share this moment with her. FINALLY, after much ado, Dorit gives the floor to Boz, who announces her engagement. The ladies flip out over the ring (and the news), and Dorit is happy to share the excitement of the moment with Boz.
Kyle’s daughter Alexia’s wedding is impending, and although it is such a joyous moment, the fact that she is no longer with Mauricio is weighing heavily on her. All of these big life moments happening are really rocking Kyle now that she is on her own. She opens up about her fears and worries and shares that she is not quite ready to pull the plug on her marriage.
The day after the book cover party, Rachel recaps with Dorit. Rachel realizes that Sutton, Kyle, and Erika missing the event was most definitely a statement. However, because Dorit and Kyle are not in a great place, it makes sense that Kyle would skip the party. Dorit feels like Kyle always shuts her down any time she tries to have open dialogue with her.
Dorit explains that she has a “deep pain in her heart” about the Erika of it all. This friendship has been a decade-long, and Dorit wonders what she did to deserve the wrath of Erika (guess she forgot she called Erika a c*nt??). Dorit muses that Kyle got in Erika’s ear, and therefore, their friendship is not as strong as Dorit once thought it was.
Kathy is having a garden party for her daughter, Nicky’s jewelry launch. The brand is called Theo Grace, after Nicky’s kids, and it is an EVENT. Erika explains she didn’t go to Dorit’s party because she “didn’t want to,” and Rachel lets her know that they were, indeed, talking about her there.
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS Season 15 finale -Closing Chapters,” Kathy Hilton and Nicky Hilton — (Credit: Griffin Nagel/Bravo)
In the meantime, Boz tells Dorit that Erika went to Sutton’s house instead of her party and that Erika was trying to get Dorit’s attention. Dorit feels like what Erika did was the “ultimate friend betrayal.”
At Kathy’s party, Amanda joins Erika and Kyle on the sofa, and she shares that she went to Dorit’s because she is a woman who supports women. Erika FaceTimes her new man-friend, John McPhee, and it seems like it is a hard launch.
Erika Jayne FaceTimes boyfriend John McPhee on RHOBH finale
Jennifer refers to the group of ladies as a “coven, a gathering of witches,” which tracks. And Dorit refers to them as the lion’s den, but corrects herself, claiming that she only sees cowards. Kyle audibly sighs when she sees Dorit making her entrance.
Boz gets congratulated by the ones just finding out about her engagement, while Denise Richards chats with Dorit. Denise gives Dorit some sound divorce advice, and then she dips out to go to Charlie Sheen’s premiere. It’s like she knew sh*t was about to go down…
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS Season 15 finale — Rachel Zoe, Denise Richards, Sutton Stracke, Amanda Frances, Kathy Hilton, Kyle Richards, Erika Jayne, Natalie Fuller, Bozoma Saint John — (Credit: Griffin Nagel/Bravo)
Kyle breaks the ice and wishes Dorit well on her successful event. She then goes on to say that even if things were great between them, it would have been a struggle for her to attend due to exhaustion (yet here she is at Kathy’s party, but I digress…). The fact that Dorit is not talking to her adds to it. Kyle reminds Dorit that she always came to her defense, even when people said Dorit had a fake accent, but Dorit shuts that down, forcing Kyle to focus on the now.
Kyle cannot believe that Dorit is solely upset with her when everyone in the group has also said much of the same about Dorit’s behavior. Kyle lets Dorit know that she is not the enemy and demands that everyone speak the truth right now. Dorit claims that Kyle is getting a gang together to go against her.
Erika lets Dorit know she needs to tone it down and have a civil conversation. She reminds Dorit that she called her a c*nt and that Dorit does not want to hear anything that she is saying. Erika doesn’t want Dorit to keep giving it to everyone, but Dorit wonders who the real Erika is.
Dorit refers to herself as a single mother who is hustling and reminds the world that she is looking for support during this trying time. Erika feels no remorse for skipping out on Dorit’s event and remains cool as a cucumber as Dorit reams her out.
Erika has most definitely gotten Dorit’s attention now, and it makes you wonder, who is the unburdened one now?? Dorit does not want this kind of friendship from Erika, and Kyle is over this unproductive conversation.
THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS finale, Kathy Hilton, Kyle Richards, Erika Jayne, Natalie Fuller — (Credit: Griffin Nagel/Bravo)
Kyle worries that Dorit may lose all her friends when all is said and done. She is tired of friendships being hard when she has other tough things going on. Luckily, her daughter Alexia’s wedding was a bright spot. Despite Dorit showing up for the wedding, it didn’t help fix the issues in their friendship. Kyle and Dorit haven’t spoken since.
Rachel’s divorce is still pending, and she is trying out a new romance, while Erika is also thriving with her boyfriend, John. Despite the $25,000,000 trial looming over her, she is having a grand old time with her DJ career.
Boz plans to have one more round of IVF while planning two different weddings on two different continents, and Sutton BROWN may become her official name in due time! Although Sutton may be struggling with her empty nest, there’s always her pets and Reba. Amanda is finally legally married, but she is manifesting a big wedding and another NY Times best seller.
Before the filming wraps, Sutton takes a minute to talk to Dorit. Dorit speaks so viscerally to Sutton, and then she gives a fake-a*s apology. Sutton feels quite dismissed, and she is over it, especially when Dorit tells Sutton to try to “wrap it up.” Dorit claims that what Sutton has to say is “irrelevant to” her, and she claims Sutton is now “out of lives,” aka, she is giving her no more friendship chances.
Sutton tells Dorit that she has witnessed her treat her friends like dirt all summer, but Dorit states that she is not interested. Dorit is on a mean-girl bender and can’t seem to stop. She goes as far as mocking Sutton’s bow on her dress and sits smugly as Sutton leaves.
While Dorit’s divorce is still pending, she has lost more “dead weight” in her friendships. For a woman claiming to be so “unburdened,” she sure is putting a lot of effort into these fights… Dorit claims the friendships are fractured right now, but anything can change. Let’s see what the reunion brings.
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