On this episode of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, Liz apparently forgets that she is being filmed and denies taking her fight with Jo-Ellen too far. Jo-Ellen is aghast at the way this all unfolded, considering she thinks Liz is one of her best friends. And when Kelsey realizes her new relationship is official, her financial assistance from her ex might become a thing of the past.
The ride to Boston was absolute hell. Liz was combative towards Alicia for her homeless claim, Alicia was emotional, and Jo-Ellen was busy trying to play peace-keeper. Alicia is mortified that Liz chose to continue the homeless battle, especially because she knows firsthand what Alicia went through growing up. However, Liz remains cool as a cucumber while Alicia continues to cry, making things super uncomfortable for Jo-Ellen.
Liz is standing strong that her friend was never homeless in the general term that we think and she does not want Alicia to go through life thinking that she was. Liz wonders why Jo-Ellen is NOW being fake and phony, worrying about Alicia’s statements, when she, too, was mocking Alicia’s word choice a few days back. According to Liz, Jo-Ellen keeps saying one thing and then doing another.
Instead of reading Liz’s anger, Jo-Ellen continues to try and de-escalate the situation, but Liz snaps when Jo-Ellen tries to calmly put her hands on her arm. This is not going well and when Ashley enters, she feels the tension immediately. Alicia states that Liz is “not normal.”
Rosie walks her Sinatra impersonator husband to the stage for Sinatra Sunday and while Rich entertains, Liz exits to have a cigarette so the ladies can talk about what happened in the car. Jo-Ellen follows at Liz’s heels and Liz claims that she is once again the monster. Liz points out that she did apologize to Alicia numerous times. Liz also does not appreciate this side of Jo-Ellen, trying to play mediator. She yells at Jo-Ellen to “get the f*ck out of” her face, but Jo-Ellen continues to follow Liz, questioning what she did to receive that sort of reaction.
Liz calls Jo-Ellen a disingenuous “mother f*cker” and Jo-Ellen realizes that Liz is looking for a fight. Back at the table (whilst Rich croons), Jo-Ellen reminds Liz that, “All you do is be mean to everyone. Why are you being such a nasty human?” Liz then pulls Jo-Ellen’s hair and make it clear that Jo-Ellen is not her best friend. Liz shoves Jo-Ellen’s chair and gets in her ear, whispering something nasty enough that Jo-Ellen leaves and heads home. If only we got THAT audio…
Alicia is officially a dance mom and her family gets together to celebrate some award that Alicia is not quite sure of. That tracks. Alicia sends her daughter down to the other end of the table so she can tell her aunts about the homeless comment. She explains that Liz snapped and Alicia’s mom feels disrespected by Liz. Alicia claims that Liz demonstrates abusive behavior. Some wonder if Liz’s “medication” made her paranoid.
Kelsey and Liz head to Dolores’s summer rental. Kelsey shares that Jo-Ellen texted her in the midst of the fight and Liz gives her side of the argument. Liz continues to state that Alicia was never homeless, but when Jo-Ellen told Alicia that her feelings were validated, Liz got offended. Jo-Ellen will never be the peacemaker, but simply needs to be in the middle of everything.
Liz finds Jo-Ellen disingenuous, but Kelsey prefers to stay out of things because Liz’s problems with people stem from trust issues. Liz claims that she had no choice but to shut Jo-Devil down. Dolores feels like Alicia may not be very strong-minded and that friendship needs to be mended, but with Jo-Ellen, it’s time she shows her true colors.
Rosie loves Rich’s family so much and so she is thrilled to have a beach picnic with them. They discuss Rosie having kids, an oddly public conversation, and Rosie admits that she is not sure she would be good at mothering. She states that when they got married, Rich was cool either way, but now things seem to be shifting.
The lease on Audrey’s is up soon and Ashley and her husband have to decide what to do about the space. Ashley suggests sprucing up the menu with some cocktails to make money. Ashley thinks if they throw out more creative ideas, perhaps something might help create more income? Maybe they should just stick to influencing…
Kelsey has Jo-Ellen over to paint and yap. Jo-Ellen is unsure why Liz got so mad at her. Kelsey wasn’t there and wants to support both of them, but admits that she does not think Jo-Ellen had any malice behind her moves. Jo-Ellen thinks that Kelsey is just scared of her and she refuses to cower because Liz is inappropriate.
Liz and Rulla meet up now that Rulla is fully healed from her mysterious illness. Liz reached out while Rulla was ill and so Rulla feels a closeness with her. Liz claims that she felt “bamboozled and tag-teamed” by Jo-Ellen who continues to play various roles. Liz knows exactly what she is doing venting about Jo-Ellen, considering Rulla has her own issues with Jo-Ellen’s meddling.
Liz is doubting Jo-Ellen’s authenticity and Rulla agrees. Rulla wants Jo-Ellen to go fix her own life before she lashes out on Rulla’s life. Rulla claims that Jo-Ellen has not been the “most loyal” to her husband- pot, meet kettle? Maybe she should stop inserting herself in Rulla’s husband’s alleged affair and focus on her relationship.
Kelsey’s ex used to pay for her gym membership, but Bill is now paying for this one. Kelsey learns that Bill is ready to call it official with her and he has proven his loyalty to her over the past two years. But, Kelsey realizes that Bill does not want her to have any attachment to her ex.
The problem is, Kelsey needs some great health insurance. In 2015, Kelsey was in a car accident and they found a brain tumor she never knew she had. Her ex was adamant that she has good health insurance to be sure the tumor was at bay. Kelsey wonders how she can NOT accept her ex’s gift of payment and claims that Bill’s ego is getting in the way. Bill claims Kelsey put him through hell for long enough-it’s time to cut ties with her ex completely.
Jo-Ellen is meeting with Liz, but refuses to apologize unless Liz says it first, so this should be interesting. According to Jo-Ellen, Liz has something in her head that she thinks people are against her, even when they love her.
Things start out awkward, as Liz is unsure about accountability on Jo-Ellen’s end. Liz states that she took offense to Jo-Ellen positioning herself as the peacemaker amidst the Alicia disagreement. Liz believes that Jo-Ellen’s mediator role was poorly played, but Jo-Ellen points out that Liz was going at Alicia hard. Liz feels as though Jo-Ellen likes to escalate issues.
Liz cuts Jo-Ellen off at the knees when she interrupts Jo-Ellen, who claims they are besties. Liz shrieks, “Stop saying we are best friends. We have never been best friends.” This is news to a very hurt Jo-Ellen. Liz states she is real and that Jo-Ellen is cruel. Liz calls Jo-Ellen the devil and denies pulling her hair- so much for being real. Liz says that there is something so f*cked up about Jo-Ellen and she is over Jo-Ellen attacking her character. Liz does not believe she put her hands on Jo-Ellen…but the cameras don’t lie. Liz jumps up from the table, Jo-Ellen mutters that Liz is a “crazy b*tch,” and their issues are left unresolved.
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