This week we start off with Olivia and Tia. They’re meeting up to discuss the events that took place at Marcedes’ casino night charity event. One thing they don’t do on this show is waste time with pleasantries. Olivia just dives right in on Tia telling her how inappropriate she acted and how uncomfortable she made things for Olivia meeting Marcedes’ mom for the first time. Then we get to the classic reality show line where both people want an apology, and both people can’t believe the other person has the audacity to ask for an apology. After not too long they fake apologize and cheers to a truce.
Then they have some really annoying banter with the bartender about which of them is picking up the bill. Hint: E! is.
Then we’re with Nicole and all 3 cousins at a restaurant drinking sangria.
I know they talked about something, but I was, again, so distracted by this heinous hair trend I keep seeing.
I don’t get it. What is the deal with this half top knot half hair down scenario?
Anyways, Olivia briefly recaps her meeting with Tia before the conversation turns to Natalie’s birthday. Historically, Shaun has thrown Natalie a party in Las Vegas every year for her birthday, so the ladies decide that this year they’ll plan the trip and invite Shaun along. A major red flag of this relationship is that Las Vegas is where Natalie and Shaun first met each other. For some reason, that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Then all the ladies head out to a group dinner, and everything went left real quick. I guess Sophia wasn’t officially signed on full time yet when this dinner was filmed, because Autumn thought she wasn’t going to be there. They start having a really awful conversation about farting in front of their men and different ways they mask it, and then all of a sudden we hear this shrieking laugh coming from Sophia, and that’s when it all started.
Autumn says, “She is driving me nuts,” under her breath about Sophia, and because Sophia was still trying to get a contract at this point, she immediately piped up and confronted her.
While Sophia and Autumn are yelling at each other, Sasha is talking to nobody in the corner trying to get the cameras to pay attention to her, and Barbie is just trying to get a drink. Then Autumn takes it to the edge and calls Sophia a “stupid ass cunt.”
Besides Nicole’s shocked expression, Autumn’s use of the c-word isn’t even mentioned by anyone else at the table, in interviews or otherwise. If this was The Real Housewives, the rest of the season would have been set in motion by that one comment, but clearly these “ladies” are a bit less tactful, and that’s saying something.
Without that issue being resolved, we transition to the ladies getting ready for their trip to Vegas. Sophia has a boyfriend, Jason, who she hasn’t heard from in 4 days. Nicole started convulsing at the thought of not speaking to Larry for 4 hours, let alone 4 days. Also, Natalie invited Shaun to go to Vegas, and he said yes.
Before leaving for Vegas, Barbie and Sasha meet up at a hat shop to shop for hats(?). They’re really running low on locations that’ll allow them to film.
Sasha brings up how she and Barbie used to be good, close friends, but recently “time” aka this show, came between them. Barbie basically lays down for Sasha that this group is now split, and you need to pick the side you want to be on, however Barbie also doesn’t want to lose Sasha as a friend. At the end of the day, it seems like all the other girls are trying to get rid of Autumn.
Then Sasha, with longer hair, is shopping with Nicole at an overpriced home store. Sasha finds a really hideous bedazzled ball decoration and mentions it would be perfect to get for Barbie as a wedding gift.
What even is that?
Anyways, Sasha is wondering where they’re registered, and Nicole, in all of her infinite wisdom, tells someone who isn’t invited to a wedding that the link to the wedding registry is on the invitation.
Uhh…oops.
Sasha finds out that Nicole got her invitation in the mail about a month ago, and Nicole, horribly trying to cover her tracks, suggests Sasha should have her house keeper “check all the piles,” because it could have been easily misplaced. Who just has piles and piles of mail sitting around their house? Do people still get paper bills mailed to them?
Sweet Lord.
Then it’s off to Vegas, and they’re staying, of course, at the Palms, in the same suites they stayed in last season. Larry has already arrived, so as he is coming down in the glass elevator, Olivia flashes him. For someone who is so insecure about her relationship, Nicole seemed surprisingly cool with it/she suggested it. Interesting.
Also joining us on the trip is Natalie’s sister who informs us that she swipes a credit card between her ass cheeks after she puts her pants on to make sure she has a attractive wedgie situation going on.
Not at the party is Shaun, so Natalie attempts to have a clandestine phone conversation with him in the bathroom, but conveniently forgets that she’s mic’d.
We hear what sounds like crying coming from the bathroom, but when Natalie emerges, she appears to have not shed a single tear, and you know with all the makeup she wears, you’d be able to tell.
Nicole decides to take matters into her own hands and texts Shaun who starts to respond, but then doesn’t.
While all the fun girls are in Vegas, Sasha and Autumn are back in California drinking red wine with ice. They also let us know that they prefer doing shots, because if you’re drinking and not getting a buzz, then you’re just putting wasted calories into your body. I mean, that’s true.
Then out of nowhere, Sasha tells Autumn that they’re not invited to Barbie’s wedding.
Autumn and Sasha think that Barbie would be better off being friends with them since they’re wives, and eventually when she has marriage related questions, they’d be good people to ask for advice.
We’re back in Vegas, and since no restaurant will let them film (I’m assuming), they’re having dinner in the room. Then Larry shows up, and guess who he brought with him!
Oh, Shaun finally made it. Now, I don’t know what Barbie knows about this relationship that we don’t, but her reaction to Shaun showing up made my take many pauses.
Side Eye ‘Till I Die
Natalie seemed less than excited at Shaun’s arrival, and she barely even perked up when he gifted her with a pair of diamond(?) earrings.
So, after being at the table for about 3 minutes, Shaun gets up and leaves, because he has a big meeting at 7 AM. (???)
Then it’s time to hit the club.
Everybody’s drinking and having a good time, but Sophia clearly isn’t used to bottle service, because homegirl got real lit real fast.
After Sophia’s drunken behavior, Natalie just wants to go back to the room and chill, but as she’s rounding the troops to leave, Larry shows up.
Where the hell he been at?
Anyways, as Natalie is walking out of the club, Nicole is trying to get her to stay and makes the mistake of telling her that she just texted Shaun to try and get him to come to the club.
Natalie launched into a rant about how uncomfortable it makes her for Nicole to be texting Shaun, and apparently she’s told Nicole this before.
This issue also doesn’t really get resolved. Natalie just walks off, and after the commercial break we’re back in LA with a crying Sophia who was just dumped by her boyfriend.
On the heels of Sophia’s breakup, Natalie and Shaun go out to dinner and rekindle their “flame.”
For the final scene of the week, we’re at lunch with Barbie and Sasha. Sasha tells Barbie that Nicole spilled the beans on her not being invited, but Barbie whips out an invitation, and all is forgiven.
Autumn, however, is still not invited, and apparently it’s up to Sasha to tell her that.
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