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Jen Shah Speaks Out From Prison Amid Explosive RHOSLC Finale

CelebrityGossipers — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 03:47:55 +0000

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City alum Jen Shah slammed the series’ shocking season four finale and responded to Heather Gay’s claim Jen gave her a black eye during season three.

Jen Shah did not think The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City‘s season four finale was Shah-mazing.

After all, during the Bravo series’ explosive Jan. 2 episode, Heather Gay finally accused Jen of giving her a black eye the season prior.

“BRAVO, if I punched Heather in her eye, you guys would have footage to prove it,” Jen, who is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for wire fraud and money laundering, wrote on Instagram Jan. 2. “It’s clear the show can’t live without me since I was brought up at the beginning, middle and end of season 4.”

The 50-year-old went on to claim executive producer Andy Cohen “is still butt hurt” she turned down an interview following her legal drama, adding, “Why would you sit down with someone who ‘gave’ another cast member a black eye? Next story.”

Heather’s revelation came to light when the cast confronted season four newbie Monica Garcia, who used to work as Jen’s assistant, of running the social media account Reality Von (Tea)se, which they claimed anonymously bullied them online for years. (

And after Monica confirmed she was previously involved with the account, Heather likened the betrayal to what the group experienced with Jen.

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“We are friends and we have been through this bulls–t before with Jen,” the Bad Mormon author said. “For years, we were afraid. We’d wake up sick that a lie would be posted and told and spread and exposed and exploited, but we were in it with her. And we are the type of girls that ride or die, and each one of us, at different times, rode hard and we shut down feelings of doubt and things that didn’t f–king add up.”

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Heather added, “I went on book tour and defended her and took s–t for the fact that she gave me a black eye.”

Even though Monica insisted she only used the account to help take down Jen by exposing her criminal behavior, she was outcast from the group following the shocking drama.

See Monica share her side of the story when The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City‘s season four reunion kicks off Jan. 9 at 8 p.m. on Bravo.

And keep reading for E!’s official ranking of every Real Housewife in Bravo history.

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150-153. The Real Housewives of D.C.

Bravo’s ill-fated attempt at highlighting our nation’s capital brought together four women so forgettable you’d be forgiven for erasing them from your memory—though their names are Mary Amons, Lynda Erkiletian, Cat Ommanney and Stacie Scott Turner—and one so desperate for fame that she gate-crashed a party at the White House. More on her later.

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149. Kimberly Bryant, The Real Housewives of Orange County

Who?

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148. Tammy Knickerbocker, The Real Housewives of Orange County

Vaguely familiar, but…

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147. DeShawn Snow, The Real Housewives of Atlanta

Once upon a time, DeShawn starred on the same TV show as NeNe Leakes. Surprising, we know.

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146. Elizabeth Lyn Vargas, The Real Housewives of Orange County

This one-season Housewife brought nothing to the Orange County table.

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145. Jennie Nguyen, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

Utah’s newest season two Housewife went out with a bang (and not in a good way). In January 2022, Jennie was fired after “offensive” and racially insensitive old Facebook posts resurfaced online. Jennie later apologized but the damage was done.

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144. Quinn Fry, The Real Housewives of Orange County

Her defining trait was “cougar.”

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143. Jen Armstrong, The Real Housewives of Orange County

The Orange County doctor was never a source of drama during season 16 and her brief marriage troubles with eternally shirtless husband Ryne (or Ryan?) were less than riveting. However, we will never forget Dr. Jen getting absolutely wasted on wine during the Dubrows’ insanely awkward—yet wildly entertaining—dinner party.

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142. Katie Rost, The Real Housewives of Potomac

Katie loved to talk about her charity work, but…didn’t do much else on screen. She was one and done, only to come back and not contribute much as a friend. Leaving the cast trip early? A Housewives no-no.

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141. Charrisse Jackson Jordan, The Real Housewives of Potomac

Her marriage problems were on full display the two seasons she was a full-time Housewife…that and her champagne room are the two memorable things about Charrisse.

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140. Shamari DeVoe, The Real Housewives of Atlanta

A one-and-done Housewife, Shamari was at least fun?

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139. Peggy Sulahian, The Real Housewives of Orange County

While it was nice to see some diversity in the lily-white O.C., Peggy ultimately proved to be a frustrating presence in season 12. The fights she chose to pick were bizarre, and often involving someone using a word she simply didn’t understand, and her decision to simply hide out in her room for an entire day during the trip to Iceland proved that she wasn’t really cut out for this Real Housewives life.

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138. Noella Bergener, The Real Housewives of Orange County

Noella spun through season 16 like a tornado of frantic energy. While her personal struggles were somewhat compelling (her husband James up and left the country and asked for a divorce right before filming started), it was her constant drama with queen bee Heather Dubrow that helped her not land completely at the bottom of the list. Maybe with more time and another season, we’ll warm up to Mrs. Bergener.

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137. Siggy Flicker, The Real Housewives of New Jersey

From peacekeeper in her first season to unrelenting complaints about a thrown cake and unfounded claims of anti-Semitism in her second (and last) season, we’re not sure we’ve ever seen a quicker Real Housewives fall from grace than this one.

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136. Eva Marcille, RHOA

The America’s Next Top Model veteran picked up a peach for seasons 11 and 12, but never really made an impression in the world of RHOA, aside from being pregnant for what felt like her entire tenure. Points for that epic read of Marlo Hampton while in Tokyo, though.

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135. Karent Sierra, The Real Housewives of Miami

All we remember about Karent is that she was a dentist and none of her co-stars seemed to like her at all. Next!

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134. Cristy Rice,The Real Housewives of Miami

This was a real person with a show on Bravo. We promise.

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133. Jules Wainstein, The Real Housewives of New York City

As one of RHONY‘s more recent one-and-dones, Jules’ tenure was too brief to rank any higher. However, she sure did deliver her fair share of drama.

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131-132. Teresa Aprea and Nicole Napolitano, RHONJ

So unnecessary they couldn’t even get individual taglines.

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130. Amber Marchese, RHONJ

Everything Amber and her husband Jim did seemed to reek of desperation. Plus, he was involved in more of the drama than she was. Not a good look.

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129. Nina Ali, The Real Housewives of Dubai

Much like co-star Sara Al Madani, Nina exemplified a multidimensional, successful Arab woman who is blending modern life with centuries-old cultural traditions. She avoided most of the season one drama and was sometimes overshadowed by her co-stars’ bigger, louder personalities.

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128. Sara Al Madani, The Real Housewives of Dubai

Sara’s positive, enlightened outlook on life was certainly pleasant, but didn’t provide for much drama (besides that one time she offered co-star Caroline Brooks some not-so-well received parenting advice). However, the tech entrepreneur shattered stereotypes of what it means to be a modern Muslim woman in the Middle East and for that we applaud her.

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126-127. Rachel Fuda & Danielle Cabral, The Real Housewives of New Jersey

RHONJ‘s season 13 newbies certainly fit the mold of your typical Garden State Housewife and quickly found themselves in a season-long fight over literally nothing that Andy Cohen deemed pointless at the reunion. We’d love to see both return for season 14 for a chance to move up even higher on the list after an entertaining first go-around.

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125. Larsa Pippen, The Real Housewives of Miami

Larsa didn’t make a big impression on season one before leaving the series. When Peacock revived RHOM for season four in 2021, her whole storyline was about being the ex-BFF of Kim Kardashian. (and selling sexy feet pics on OnlyFans…)

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124. Ana Quincoces, The Real Housewives of Miami

Ana followed up her one season as a Bravolebrity by competing on season 12 of Next Food Network Star in 2016. She didn’t make it there, either.

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123. Joyce Giraud de Ohoven, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Unfortunately, she was nothing more than a punching bag for Brandi Glanville. Plus, her tagline celebrating the icky notion that you can never be too skinny was gross.

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122. Cindy Barshop, The Real Housewives of New York City

Cindy was supposed to be the new Bethenny Frankel. Cindy was no Bethenny Frankel.

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121. Caroline Brooks, The Real Housewives of Dubai

Brooks’ gift to season one of RHODubai was a cameo from Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Phaedra Parks, who popped up on one episode to get all the tea on the co-stars’ drama. However, Brooks did cause a lot of unnecessary drama during season one (much of which occurred while she was a little too tipsy).

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120. Lisa Wu-Hartwell, RHOA

Lisa was a perfectly fine Housewife, but we don’t want just fine. Not when she’s sharing the screen with the likes of NeNe and Sheree Whitfield.

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119. Julia Lemigova, The Real Housewives of Miami

The first LGBT Housewife ever cast on a Housewives series, Julia is truly fascinating. From being married to tennis legend Martina Navratilova and raising dozens of animals on a Miami farm, to her epic Hamptons hangover, Julia has everything a good Housewife needs. She also didn’t shy away from opening up about the death of her baby son, pulling on our heartstrings and making us feel even closer to her. We love us some Julia.

Andy Cohen Claps Back at Jen Shah for Calling Him Out Amid RHOSLC Finale Scandal

CelebrityGossipers — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 02:42:23 +0000

Andy Cohen responded to Jen Shah after The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City alum called him out specifically while addressing Heather Gay’s black eye allegations.

Andy Cohen is not chill with Jen Shah‘s recent comments from prison.

After The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City alum denied Heather Gay‘s claim that she was the one who gave her a black eye during season three of the Bravo series, Cohen clapped back at Shah’s allegation the altercation never happened because there would be footage to prove it.

“I don’t want to be captain obvious here, but if we had footage, don’t you think we would’ve aired it?” the Watch What Happens Live host said on his radio show SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live Jan. 3. “Heather’s saying, ‘I don’t know how I got the black eye,’ and then don’t you think we would’ve cut to the footage with a chyron that said, ‘Four hours earlier?'”

Shah also specifically called out Cohen in her Instagram post from prison, claiming he’s “still butt hurt” she turned down an interview with him following her legal drama. As for his response?

“I had forgotten about the one-on-one with Jen,” he continued. “She is right, I did want to do a one-on-one with her. I don’t care about it anymore. I’m over it. Her stipulations were insane.”

The 55-year-old recounted that Shah “wanted us to do a docuseries of her days leading up to jail,” adding, “She wanted a lot of money and she was still professing her innocence, so it would’ve been another interview of her sitting across from me lying to my face, which we got at two reunions from her, so that’s that.”

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Cohen did however find some humor in the timing of Shah’s comments after he was recently scammed by someone pretending to be his bank.

“As someone who was just the victim of an online and phone scam where I lost a lot of money, this message comes at an interesting time,” he noted of Shah, who plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges in 2022. “I just need to predicate that I’m a current victim of fraud, which is what she is in jail for. I’m not connecting her, I’m not saying that she’s responsible for it, but I’m just saying it’s ironic.”

See the black eye drama play out when The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City‘s season four reunion kicks off Jan. 9 at 8 p.m. on Bravo.

And keep reading for some of the most explosive Real Housewives reunion moments in Bravo history.

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Teresa vs. the Gorgas, The Real Housewives of New Jersey

After feuding RHONJ‘s entire 13th season, Teresa Giudice declared she was done with brother Joe Gorga and sister-in-law Melissa Gorga…forever.

Melissa and Teresa exchanged endless jabs and the fighting got so bad at one point, Andy Cohen reprimanded the co-stars. “Stop!” he yelled. “I swear to god, you guys are like f–king kindergarteners. It’s crazy, you don’t grow!”

The reunion ended with Joe sharing parting words after Teresa made it clear she wanted him out of her life. “You know what the best thing to do is?” he proposed. “Forget about me, I will forget about you. That’s it. Do your thing, leave me alone, leave everybody alone, live your f–king lives.”

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Kathy Hilton vs. Lisa Rinna, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Kathy Hilton and Lisa Rinna came face to face for the first time since the dramatic fallout of Kathy’s alleged Aspen “meltdown” during RHOBH‘s season 12 reunion in 2022. Though Kathy apologized to sister Kyle Richards for allegedly bad-mouthing her, Kathy and Lisa had yet to settle their bitter feud and the tension was palpable through the TV screen.

Kathy denied all of the name-calling Lisa accused her of—which included insults like “stupid,” “useless” and “pieces of s–t.”

Kathy and Lisa’s heated confrontation hit a climax when Kathy accused Lisa of trying to make her look bad to save her job on the show.”You did it on camera because you’re contract was coming up and you needed some drama because you fight with everybody,” Kathy claimed. “You drove Lisa Vanderpump off the show, what you did to my sister [Kim Richards], you’ve had problems with everybody. With Camille Grammer, I mean the list can go on and on. And then saying you’ve been bullied? You are the biggest bully in Hollywood and everyone knows it. You’re mean and you don’t tell the truth.”

Lisa left the series after the showdown.

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Kelly vs. Braunwyn, The Real Housewives of Orange County

RHOC‘s season 15 reunion was heated with many co-stars coming after Braunwyn Windham-Burke. But it was Kelly Dodd‘s explosive claims that Braunwyn is a “fake alcoholic” and only using her sobriety for a “storyline” that shocked fans and Andy Cohen alike.

“[Do you know] how dangerous this is to everyone out there in recovery right now?” Braunwyn fired back at Kelly. “You are disgusting. This is vile even for you.”

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Bunnygate The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Kim Richards and Lisa Rinna‘s long-standing feud has delivered a number of iconic RHOBH moments, including Bunnygate. As uncomfortable as it was to watch, Bunnygate will forever have a place in the Real Housewives reunion hall of fame.

It all started during RHOBH season seven, when Lisa Rinna bought Kim Richards’ newborn grandson a stuffed bunny as a peace offering. Then, when it came time for the reunion, Kim revealed that she couldn’t accept the gift, let alone gift it to her grandson because “it didn’t feel like it had good energy.”

The result? A lone tear falling down Rinna’s face before she stormed off set.

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“That’s My Opinion!” The Real Housewives of Orange County

Brooks Ayers was at the center of many RHOC fights, including this one between Tamra Judge and Vicki Gunvalson in season nine. Tamra starts out calm, defending her position, but as per usual, things escalated, and it ended with Vicki and Tamra shouting at each other until Tamra infamously shouted, “Because that’s my opinion!”

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Let’s Get Physical, The Real Housewives of Atlanta

Porsha Williams and Kenya Moore have had their fair share of fights on RHOA, but the reunion where things got physical is another level. Kenya pulled out a megaphone and that seemed to be the last straw for Porsha, who then got in Kenya’s face and pulled her to the ground by her hair while Andy Cohen shouted, “No, no, now!”

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Everyone vs. Michael Darby, The Real Housewives of Potomac

Gizelle Bryant, Karen Huger, Robyn Dixon, Monique Samuels and Candiace Dillard Bassett all used the RHOP season four reunion to grill Ashley Darby‘s husband about the sexual assault charges brought against him (that were later dismissed), but Michael Darby just repeatedly shut them down.

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Star of the Show, The Real Housewives of Dallas

LeeAnne Locken and D’Andra Simmons found themselves arguing about perhaps the most amusing thing ever at the season three RHOD reunion: who the star of the show is.

More specifically, LeeAnne saw herself as the reason the franchise still existed, while D’Andra said the show wouldn’t have started in the first place had it not been for her.

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“Jesus Jugs,” The Real Housewives of Orange County

Tamra Judge doesn’t back down, especially at reunions. The RHOC cast member is quick to scream louder than anyone to make her point heard, and she even throws in insults to boot. Never forget her back and forth with Alexis Bellino over her behavior. “You are psychotic Jesus Jugs!” Tamra shouts.

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What Danielle Did, The Real Housewives of New Jersey

Travel with us back to a time of innocence, back to 2009 when RHONJ season one reunion aired. Viewers all remember Teresa Giudice’s infamous table flip, but what came next was Danielle Staub and Caroline Manzo‘s intense, tearful standoff over what Danielle “did” to Dina Manzo. What did she do? We’ve got you covered.

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“Maybe he’s gay?” The Real Housewives of Miami

During the third and final RHOM reunion, the ladies got into it about Joanna Krupa‘s sex life, then Adriana De Moura said maybe Romain was gay. This caused the two to go back and forth, hurling insults. Joanna then called Romain who said maybe Adriana wants to be with him…To that, Adriana said, “No, I don’t Why do I want a man with a limp penis?”

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Briana vs. Brooks, The Real Housewives of Orange County

Ick. Vicki Gunvalson‘s daughter Briana Culberson went toe-to-toe with Brooks Ayers a number of times at RHOC reunions, but the moment where they got heated over Brooks’ message to her husband Ryan where he told her to hit her to get her to “fall in line.”

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Danielle vs. Teresa, The Real Housewives of New Jersey

Teresa Giudice can have quite the temper on RHONJ. That was evident in the season two reunion where she jumped off the couch and lunged after Danielle Staub. Andy Cohen got in her way and Teresa shoved him. This reunion also gave birth to a very meme’d moment, Danielle saying and then Teresa repeating, “One at a time!” These days the ladies are as thick as thieves.

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“Who’s yelling?” The Real Housewives of New Jersey

Family feuds are nothing new to RHONJ, but they went to the next level with Teresa Giudice and her cousins Rosie Pierri and Kathy Wakile. Teresa and Kathy got into it over fathers. Rosie, backstage, got so heated she started screaming about wanting to rip off Teresa’s head. Her shouting didn’t go unnoticed and Tre made some very meme’d faces.

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The Sisters Richards, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Kim Richards and Kyle Richards have a complicated relationship, one that viewers have followed on screen for some time. During the season five reunion, which was pretty dramatic for just about everyone, Kyle and Kim got into it yet again, this time over Kim’s dog biting Kyle’s daughter, which started the feud. The sisters went back and forth the whole reunion, with Kim screaming, “You’re horrible! This is why I don’t like her!” and Kyle yelling, “You’re so f–king mean!” at various points of the reunion.

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“Blubber,” The Real Housewives of New Jersey

The RHONJ season four reunion was one of the record books in terms of fights. Who can forget Teresa Giudice and Caroline Manzo‘s split screen action that featured Teresa saying, “Look at yourself, you have three rolls: Blubber, blubber and blubber” to Caroline in a battle over looks.

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Stonewall Singer, The Real Housewives of New York City

Back in season seven of RHONY, Andy Cohen tried to get Ramona Singer to open up about her marriage problems with Mario Singer. She didn’t budge, and things got downright tense between the reality star and host. Then Luann de Lesseps entered the fray and the conversation got even more intense when she brought up Ramona’s past comments about her marriage.

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“Lie-ann,” The Real Housewives of New York City

Bethenny Frankel has sparred with just about everyone at a RHONY reunion. Back in season eight she and Luann de Lesseps went at it in a particularly nasty fight over whether or not Bethenny was dating a married man after Luann’s tryst in Turks and Caicos.

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Battle of the Texts, The Real Housewives of New York City

Season 10 of RHONY was a bad one for Bethenny Frankel and Carole Radziwill‘s friendship, and the reunion was even worse.

There, the two went back and forth a number of times, but there’s no forgetting when both ladies ripped out their phones in an attempt to discredit the other.

Bethenny and Carole’s debate centered on a text message from Brian in the Red Scarf Speed Dating Guy (his actual name in Bethenny’s phone), and things get so heated at one point that B jumps up and yells, “Booyah b-tch!”

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Kim vs. NeNe: Round 1, The Real Housewives of Atlanta

NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak-Biermann have had more ups and downs than we can count. The two went at it from the start during the RHOA season one reunion over what Big Papa said about NeNe and a season’s worth of comments. Things escalated quickly and NeNe coined, “Close your legs to married men!”

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Kim’s Last Stand, The Real Housewives of Atlanta

After a season-long fight, things finally came to a head for Kim Zolciak-Biermann and NeNe Leakes at the RHOA season 10 reunion. Not only did Kim face-off with NeNe, but pretty much every other cast member joined the fray over Kim and her comments that were perceived as racist. At the end of the reunion, Andy Cohen confronted a teary Kim and the two had it out in the bathroom.

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“The Lies!” The Real Housewives of Atlanta

Kandi Burruss and Phaedra Parks had one epic season nine reunion battle during season nine. Kandi was finally able to call Phaedra out on “the lies” she was spreading all season and they were some vicious lies, including allegations of drugging and rape.

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Season 5, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Season five of RHOBH had so much juicy drama, so of course the reunion did too. Brandi Glanville sparred with both Lisa Rinna and Lisa Vanderpump. Kim Richards and Lisa R. rehashed all sorts of drama and that was just the tip of the iceberg.

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Tweet Receipts, The Real Housewives of Potomac

When Andy Cohen brought up Candiace Dillard Bassett‘s social media posts about the other RHOP women—namely, Ashley Darby—he went as far as reading one of her particularly nasty tweets aloud, prompting a heated exchange between the two ladies.

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“A Fawn Amongst Sharks” The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

Erika Jayne and Teddi Mellencamp faced off at the season 8 RHOBH reunion, with the argument culminating in Erika saying, “You think you’re a fawn amongst sharks. Teddi, raise up or get the f–k out. Come on girl.”