Thread by @KyleRichards

Have you seen The Real Housewives? The Real Housewives follows a group of women’s lives and how they navigate through their friendships . We are followed by cameras that capture what we say and do. We are expected to be honest and say how we feel about any given situation.

The Real Housewives is NOT Lifestyles Of The Rich and Famous. It is not Sex In The City. It is not scripted. It’s our reality.
I have been on this show many years now. We just finished season 9 to be exact. There have been many tears and a lot of laughter over these 9 years.

Some seasons were so stressful it seems I cried the whole way through ( hence the internets nickname for me “Kryle” -ironically, that makes me 😂) I have made mistakes, made good choices, made bad choices, learned a lot and grown as a person.

This season has left me so frustrated at times. Frustrated that people don’t always seem to see the obvious. No, It’s not editing. It’s people who are good at “the game”. Bad people can be good at it and good people can be bad at it.

People who have spent their entire life treating life as a game and “winning” at it have had lots of practice. When I was told to go to Vanderpump Dogs way back at the beginning of the season, I knew right away what was going on.

I was brought there to unknowingly be a part of making Dorit look bad for entertainment purposes I suppose. Trust me , I know you think she didn’t need much help. I read the comments, see the preception of her from people that have never met her.

But that’s part of reality television. You get to decide who you like , love or hate. Even though we have never met in person. We “signed up for it “. When I was a child on Little House On The Prairie I worked with many amazing people.

I was often so confused how so many people would tell me how they disliked Mrs. Olsen or Nellie Olsen because they were “mean” when I knew they were SO nice. And the people the audience loved were the ones that actually were not that nice (NO, not Michael Landon. He was amazing)

Oddly enough reality TV can be like that too. Dorit made a mistake. She should have turned the dog back into Vanderpump Dogs. There is no disputing that. Maybe it was the $5,000 return policy that made Dorit think finding a good home for Lucy on her own was a better choice.

I don’t know. I only mention that because Ken referenced it in his “birthday tweet “ I do know that a dog not working out in someone’s home does not make them an “animal hater”. And I am an animal lover. Now let’s get back to what the #RHBH is about and Ken’s “birthday tweet”

Ken is angry because the cast “bullied” Lisa when she was going through a hard time. Forgetting the fact that being honest isn’t bullying AND the fact that I resisted using any adjective in that realm when Ken got up in my face .

However , I DO understand that was a difficult time for Lisa. I had many conversations with her over this time .I also understand that she signed up for 2 realty shows during that time and one of them she had already shot.

With that said ... if you’re going through a hard time then you would think you would be coming from a different place. Not scheming about how to make your friend look bad. Your close friend. The problem is it was not new behavior due to her having a hard time.

It was a pattern that you would think would stop because she WAS going through a hard time. This pattern many of us had seen for so long it was hard to ignore.
That combined with the fact that we ALL “signed up” to be honest about what is going on in the group.

If we aren’t being honest then we get called out for not being honest. If we are honest and you don’t like what someone is saying , you’re being “mean”.

It’s ironic to me that Ken said in his birthday tweet , that we were all talking about Lisa and what she did because we didn’t want to talk about what’s “really” going on in our lives. Let’s talk about THAT... we talk about what is going on in our GROUP.

Amongst the women in the cast. We talked about something that happened ON CAMERA. Something that couldn’t be ignored because it changed the dynamic of the group.
Our children and husbands are not signed up or paid to be on the show. Sorry, Ken - Only women the get to hold 💎)

Over these 9 years we never discussed Ken’s and Lisa’s lawsuits (one came up briefly last year and I actually defended Ken and shot it down) we also never got into Lisa’s family , where she comes from or her background.

It seems Ken bringing up all of this stuff is to distract what started all of this in the first place. But bringing up things that are not relevant to what is going on in the group is a cheap shot. Especially when bringing up what someone’s child has gone through.

Once again, they did NOT sign up for this. Where Ken is right is regarding comments Camille made about Lisa on camera that were mean and humiliating. Did we laugh? Yes. Nervous laugh. Like when you laugh in church - when you know you shouldn’t laugh but you can’t help it.

I am sorry for that. I honestly could not believe my ears and then was even more shocked when I saw the complete 180 Camille made when interacting with Lisa. HOWEVER, I never said “keep going Camille, it’s true ...”