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The drama is back in full swing on The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, where an extravagant gathering hosted by Liz spiraled into chaos. Tensions reached a boiling point as Jo-Ellen confronted Rulla about her husband’s ongoing affair, but Rulla refused to believe the claims, despite her husband’s suspicious silence. Meanwhile, rumors are running rampant, culminating in a heated altercation between Liz and Kelsey. For such a small state, Rhode Island is proving to be a hotbed of dramatic intrigue.
In another corner of the state, Jared and Ashley paid a visit to Rich and Rosie’s modest home. It turns out Rich has a penchant for house flipping and has decided to make their current residence his latest project. While the men discussed renovations, Ashley and Rosie delved into the latest gossip, particularly Kelsey’s open admission of her polyamorous lifestyle and its potential impact on the group dynamics at Liz’s upcoming Studio 54-themed party. Rosie even expressed sympathy for Jo-Ellen amid the ongoing tension with Rulla.
Elsewhere, Liz confided in her husband Gerry about the mounting chaos. She’s weary of Alicia’s suspicions regarding a potential affair with Dino, a friend of theirs. Liz is adamant there’s no truth to these rumors, though she finds it troubling that a close friend would entertain such thoughts. Gerry’s frequent fishing trips, which keep him away for weeks at a time, have only intensified the speculation, as he often entrusts Dino to “look out for Liz” in his absence. Liz insists nothing inappropriate is happening.
Despite the turmoil, Liz is going ahead with her plans for the Studio 54 party, inviting everyone—including Jo-Ellen and Rulla. This decision is fraught with potential conflict, given the brewing animosity between Jo-Ellen and Rulla over Brian’s alleged infidelity. Brian has gone so far as to meddle in Jo-Ellen’s professional life, contacting her marketing team and reaching out to colleagues with allegations. Jo-Ellen is determined to address these issues, and her husband has vowed to confront the matter at the party.
Liz has decided to host a Studio 54 party for her husband (ala Rachel Zoe) and has invited everyone…even Jo-Ellen and Rulla. This should make for a tricky situation considering Jo-Ellen is beefing HARD with Rulla and her husband, Brian. Brian told Jo-Ellen’s job that she is accusing him of having an affair…which he is… and then Brian allegedly wrote an email to Jo-Ellen’s marketing team. He then reached out to a colleague in her company about the situation. Jo-Ellen does not appreciate them messing with her husband and family, so HER husband promises he will have a talk at the party.
Kelsey realizes that the hot topic is who she is dating and so we get to meet Bill, “Kelsey’s other man.” The don’t ask, don’t tell relationship works both ways evidently. Her parents know what her relationship is with her boyfriend, but they want her to have more for herself. She has known Bill since 7th grade and she has grilled him about his future. Bill has always known that she is in a relationship and Kelsey claims she is keeping him at arms length until she knows where her relationship is going. Bill wants Kelsey to “make some big girl moves” now, but Bill cannot offer Kelsey the life she is currently living now.
Alicia’s house is currently under construction and so HER dolls are front and center in the living room. All this time, I thought the dolls were Alicia’s daughter’s, but alas, they are HERS! Alicia apologizes to Liz about the winery and claims she is an open book. For instance, Liz has been engaged for 9 years because she is not in a hurry to get married. Alicia admits that her fears of financial help is one big reason why she is not rushing a wedding. She hates that she has to ask him for money.
Alicia changes the subject to Gerry’s party, but no one is sure what is happening with Rulla. Speaking of Rulla, she is hosting a Lebanese brunch. Rulla feels very comfortable with this group of women and she admits that the kids sense a difference in the house due to the damage from the “extramarital involvement.” Rulla shares that she has to make careful decisions, especially because children are involved. She has never thought about divorce with Brian, mainly because of her culture, but she HAS been divorced once before (shh). Rulla is not looking forward to the drama at Liz’s party once she sees Jo-Ellen.
Ashley is thrilled to be having a date night with her husband because she is a parent in the trenches with her littles. Instead of having some romantic chatter, her hubby talks about the issues at the coffee shop. His frustration is reaching a breaking point, considering he is working his butt off and not even bringing home a lot of money, thus making Ashley still have to “work” aka…influence.
Date nights continue with Rosie and Rich who are out celebrating their one year anniversary. Rosie explains that she may not be having children because of the rocky relationship she has had with her mother. Rosie is relatively certain that she will never want kids, but her husband still seems on the fence.
It’s the day of the party and everyone’s primping for the event. It seems like everyone understood the assignment with these looks. Rulla is trying to be as calm as possible heading to the party with Brian.
Dino, Liz’s “other guy,” being there instantly reminds people of the affair rumors. Kelsey thinks this is Liz’s way of showing the ladies that this is normal. Almost as normal as Kelsey’s other man rolling up to the event as Kelsey’s plus-one… but not according to Kelsey. Apparently, this is not their “hard launch,” as he is friends with Gerry separately and would have gone to the party anyway. Ok…
Alicia is happy to see that Rulla showed up, whereas Brian shows up wearing two costumes: “One for Studio 54 and then the other one: the faithful husband.” Ooph, Alicia. Rulla is denying that there was any effort to try and get Jo-Ellen fired from her job, but we all know the truth will come out…
Jo-Ellen and her husband find Rulla and her husband. The group heads to a table and right away, Brian is forced to explain the work stuff with Jo-Ellen. Brian says that certain things were being perpetuated by Jo-Ellen and his friend said he could talk to her boss. Messy, messy. Jo-Ellen’s husband is mad that Brian never came to him with the issues and Jo-Ellen reminds Brian that calling a job is crossing the line.
Jo-Ellen reminds Rulla that everyone knows about the affair, despite Rulla trying to keep it hush-hush. Rulla refers to this “indiscretion” as “water under the bridge,” but Jo-Ellen swears on her kids that the affair is still on-going, which legit makes Rulla twitch.
Brian, the guilty party, remains mum and states “we all have things we do, I’m not telling anything.” Awkward. Jo-Ellen claims she is simply trying to protect Rulla from her horrible husband. Liz interrupts the back and forth to bring the crew back to the party. Rulla continues to believe that Jo-Ellen is making things up…
As Rulla heads home with her husband, things seem tense. Brian’s calm and quiet attitude speaks volumes.
In the meantime, the party continues. Liz wants to have time with Gerry and Dino at the sea wall to show their friendship and shut down the rumors. Kelsey tries to talk Liz out of this, but Liz flips out, telling Kelsey to “f*ck off.” Welp, that escalated quickly. Kelsey runs after Liz, who is clearly mad at these rumors. Liz yells she has nothing to hide, but maybe Kelsey does. According to Liz, Kelsey has more to hide than she does. Kelsey knows Dino, but how remains mysterious. Man, these women are truly all connected. Liz and Kelsey never fight, so this is concerning.
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