Meredith Marks and Lisa Barlow have taken a stand against the notion that Meredith was behaving erratically during the recent trip to Greece with the cast of “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.” The duo has addressed these claims head-on, particularly those made by fellow cast member Mary Cosby.

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Meredith, 54, has responded by suggesting that there are certain members within the group who seem intent on driving a wedge between her and Lisa, 51. She believes this has led her to distance herself from some of them. Lisa, in turn, has stepped forward to explain Meredith’s behavior, offering insights into why she often feels the need to defend her friend.

“I have plenty going on that I don’t share with the group, because why would I be vulnerable with people who are looking to hurt me?” Meredith questioned in a December 30 interview with Bravo HQ.

Meredith maintains that she is “calm” and “composed,” despite the antics and pressures from her castmates. Her approach reflects a desire to protect herself from the turbulence within the group while navigating the complex dynamics of reality television.

According to Meredith, she feels she’s “calm” and “composed,” despite her castmates’ antics against her.

“These women have a long goal of making me get upset. And they like to poke and prod and poke and prod and poke and prod and wrongfully accuse me of all kinds of things, and they’ll set me up with this one saying, ‘You should talk more.’ So, you start talking. The next one’s like, ‘Don’t talk,’” she explained.

Meredith also called out the cast for “trying to put a thorn in between [her] and Lisa” for “years and years.”

“I don’t know why they are so afraid of us being friends. It’s so weird. I don’t care who’s friends with who. I hope they’re all friends with each other, whether I get along with them or not. You should be friends with whoever you want to be friends with. Who cares? If you’re somebody’s friend, you’re not looking to decimate them in a group,” she noted.

Meanwhile, in her own interview with Bravo HQ, Lisa denied that Meredith had acted erratically in Greece.

“When you’re in a group of girls, and you know that your friends are not being your friend, you put up a different kind of wall. She’s reacting emotionally to what they’re saying and doing to her,” she reasoned. “That’s all I see happening. She’s like, feeling your negative energy and [putting] up a wall about it.”

Looking back at the attacks she and Meredith have sustained from their RHOSLC co-stars, Lisa said that the two of them have faced similar drama.

“I’m sick of my marriage being talked about. I’m sick of my business, my marriage, my face, my faith, all of it, I’m sick of it. Put yourself in Meredith’s shoes. She’s going through the same thing. They do the exact same thing to her,” she noted, explaining, “That’s why I jump in, and I’m like, ‘This is wrong,’ and then all of a sudden, they’re like, ‘Oh, we can’t take Meredith down because Lisa’s here so now we’re gonna target our energy at Lisa.’”

Admittedly, Lisa sticks up for Meredith “a lot,” which she feels “bothers” her castmates.

“They don’t want me sticking up for Meredith. They want her isolated, alone, so she feels even more on the outs with everyone. I don’t like it. I don’t think it’s nice,” she concluded.

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