Meredith Marks has issued a strong response to Whitney Rose following allegations that Whitney suggested Meredith might be dealing with substance abuse issues. This development unfolded during Tuesday’s episode of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.

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As the situation played out, Bronwyn Newport, 40, defended her choice to inform Meredith, 53, and Heather Gay, 51, about Whitney’s comments. In response, Meredith accused Whitney of projecting her own issues, while Whitney criticized Bronwyn for allegedly twisting the story.

“Whitney Rose is at it again. This isn’t new. She pulls this kind of stunt every year, often projecting her own problems,” Meredith remarked in a November 25 interview with Bravo HQ. “It’s a silly comment, but what else do you expect from Whitney?”

Whitney, on the other hand, claimed she shared her thoughts about Meredith with Bronwyn in confidence and expressed her displeasure with Bronwyn for speaking on her behalf.

According to Whitney, she said what she said about Meredith to Bronwyn “in confidence” and doesn’t appreciate Bronwyn speaking on her behalf.

“I cannot believe that she did that because she actually spun what I said,” she clarified. “I didn’t say, ‘I think Meredith has a substance issue.’ I said, ‘Meredith’s behavior was so erratic and crazy.’ And Bronwyn asked me what I thought caused it.”

Recalling their discussion, Whitney suggested that Meredith may have “mixed” something, as it’s “very common for people to take a sleeping pill on a plane and then drink wine.”

“For Bronwyn to then go behind my back and run to Meredith and spin the narrative, that was infuriating … I lost a lot of trust in Bronwyn,” she concluded.

As for Bronwyn, she stood by her decision to tell Meredith what Whitney said.

“I wouldn’t wanna have been blindsided by someone saying that about me behind my back,” she reasoned. “I feel like that’s a life-changing accusation.”

Because Bronwyn felt that she didn’t “do a good enough job” standing up for Meredith during her conversation with Whitney, she believed giving her a heads-up was the next best thing.

“If everybody thinks that’s sneaky or behind the back, then I guess I’m sneaky or behind the back,” she admitted. “I wish Meredith had valued more that I tried to give her that heads up. I was really trying to be a friend to Meredith in that moment. I didn’t know I was gonna get thrown under the bus.”

“There was a better way to handle it,” she continued. “I took the medium road. I didn’t take the one that was gonna get me in trouble with everyone. I took the road that was gonna get me in trouble with one person. It’s tricky. It’s tricky with these women.”

Also speaking to Bravo HQ, Heather called out Bronwyn for failing to take accountability for her role in the claims against Meredith.

“Bronwyn’s the one that said it too, and brought it up, so the fact that she’s passing the baton to Whitney is interesting,” she stated. “I think they did have a conversation about it. I wasn’t privy to it, and I think it’s a little bit ridiculous to bring up substance abuse at a drunken wine lunch.”

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season 6 airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.