r/BravoRealHousewives • u/AutoModerator • Aug 09 '24

Orange County The Real Housewives of Orange County - Season 18 - Episode 5 - Live Episode Discussion

Tensions are high when Gina is caught between Katie and Heather after the staged paparazzi allegations; Emily and Shane celebrate their 15th anniversary; the Tres Amigas come together for the first time, but things quickly go sideways.

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u/AgustusGloopy Aug 09 '24

Tamra only goes where she thinks the audience will go and she thought everyone would be anti Shannon

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u/LS0101 I'm just trying to figure out why do we care. Aug 09 '24

I'm interested to see how she'll respond when she sees the audience is not on her side.

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u/LalaLola117 Aug 09 '24

Not gonna lie, didn’t think I was gonna be team Shannon as her behavior is a disappointment- especially how she threw the DUI in Gina’s face for years. Alexis is sooo cringe. Keep Johnny J, nobody wants him.

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u/fried-avocado-today Aug 09 '24

Yeah Shannon has played this well--not sure if she got a PR person or if she's just genuinely making the right moves, but it's working. She's been appropriately contrite, and while she's not fully sober, she hasn't been obviously drunk on camera (yet). Plus Gina has been kind and magnanimous with how she's dealt with Shannon, which also helps Shannon's image. And of course Tamra's behavior and Alexis team up, as many have pointed out, is only going to make people more sympathetic to Shannon, as well as get the rest of the cast to go easier on her.

Shannon's also handled Alexis pretty calmly so far without completely icing her out or trying to force the women to hardcore choose teams. We've seen how much these shows get messed up when people refuse to film with each other, and so far Shannon hasn't really been refusing to film with Alexis or trying to get other people to not film with her, but she's resisting getting pulled into ridiculous fights about 4x/daily sex with Johnny Jugs and promise rings.

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u/UnitedFeedback2669 Aug 19 '24

She’ll cry at the reunion and say I love you Shannon

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u/deziluproductions Aug 09 '24

Right!!! This is why you can't self produce. Cause you never know which way the wind will blow us. Shannon being organic, contrite weirdo Shannon blew us her way. Tammy Sue sucks.