The Real Housewives of D.C. “Reunion Part 1” Review

So tonight was the Real Housewives of D.C. Reunion, but the only shocking thing that came out tonight was that this was the first part of a two-part reunion! Seriously. My mouth hit the floor at this revelation.

Not saying that we didn’t get other “revelations”, but the hour mostly dealt with Michaele’s lying, the “Is Cat a racist?” mess (she’s not and I never thought she was), Stacie’s search for her birth father, and other miscellaneous tidbits that were tossed around with enough bickering to fill a thimble. I do know one thing for sure: Andy Cohen didn’t have to worry about being tossed like a wet tissue, but might’ve wanted to be after spending nine-plus hours with Michaele Salahi in his ear.

Despite the ‘lackluster’ sitting, the women and Andy managed to squeeze out some decent juice to tide us over.

Michaele’s Lying

As I said on my Twitter account, Michaele Salahi is the epitome and the manifestation of a lie. The Washington Redskins cheerleader incident was brought up and Andy tripped up Michaele by paying attention to the inconsistencies flubbering out of her mouth. She claimed to have an old Redskins Cheerleaders roster with her name on it, but wasn’t able to provide the document to Andy, the Washington Redskins, nor Diane Dimond (the author of their book). Sound familiar? Michaele then backtracked, saying that she never said she was a cheerleader and that cheering for two games doesn’t count as being one. What?!

Another Salahi-related moment put on blast was Michaele’s recent announcement that she has MS, which the other women called foul on. Lynda said that if Michaele has MS, then the lifestyle she’s living isn’t helping her get well, citing a specific diet someone with MS must follow to avoid sickness. The situation wasn’t solved and I doubt it ever will be.

Michaele’s defense in all these cases? A “go for the throat” attack with the other ladies. It is interesting to note that Michaele went after all the other Housewives except Stacie. Wonder if these two are still friends or not?

Cat’s Not A Racist, People

This whole scenario is a good example of what happens when someone takes something and runs with it. Cat made the umpteenth declaration that she isn’t a racist, yet the questions and comments are still pouring in asking if she is. But don’t think that Cat was the only one bombarded with questions on race. Stacie was called out for starting the whole thing, but pointed out that she never uttered a sentence that featured Cat’s name and the word “racist” in it. Even though this was answered, I bet they will still be asked this till/if the second season begins. Erica’s name was also brought up, but was quickly forgotten. Thank you for that, Bravo.

Michaele Goes For The Throat

I don’t know what crawled up Michaele’s butt last night, or if she took an extra dose of the crazy pills, but she was really letting Cat, Lynda, and Mary have it. The Cutthroat Award of the Night goes to Michaele for telling Cat that if she had more love than hate, then Charles would come back to her. Stunned silence all around. Michaele then twisted the knife by declaring that at least she still has her husband, while Cat doesn’t. I was gobsmacked.

Thank God Cat didn’t let that deter her as she let Michaele know about a thing called life and what she really thought about Mrs. Salahi. Michaele, in turn, “cried”. (Insert “sigh” here).

Cliffhanger and Other Miscellaneous Bits

Other than those three incidents, we learned that Lynda is into the “wacky tabacky,” Stacie found and met her birth father, and Mary is still dealing with Lolly being in her house. She blamed Rich this time.

Speaking of husbands, Andy Cohen decided to bring out Tareq Salahi (and only Tareq) to talk. This infuriated Lynda and Mary, who declared if Tareq comes out, then all of their husbands and Ebong should come out as well. Lynda threw a fit that Andy wasn’t prepared for and we have to wait till next week for the meat and potatoes of this event, which is bound to be all about the White House gatecrashing incident.

I wouldn’t want Tareq out on stage either, because what makes him have precedence over the other husbands? If he came, them all of them should have, which seems to be the case come next week. I’m still shocked there is a ‘next week’.

I’m eager to see what the menfolk have to say, plus it seems as if the quotable lines will be dropped next week. I also wish that we could’ve gotten a comment from Michaele’s red sari before it was sold, but it just wasn’t meant to be. Despite that last tidbit, I will be back for next week’s festivities. Will you?