UPDATE: Lisa confirmed on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Jack’s visa was delayed. It appears his mission in Colombia is still set to go ahead! Original report follows…
It’s not every day that we’re following rumors about the whereabouts of a teenager, but this gossip is just too good to ignore.
In Season 4 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, the major storyline for Lisa Barlow is that her son, Jack Barlow, decided to embark on a two-year missionary trip. He said, “Fudge college,” and he found another path to follow after high school graduation.
The Barlows held a huge party to announce where Jack was “called” to serve. It was like he was getting his Hogwarts invitation or something, and they all seemed excited that he was assigned Bogota, Colombia as his mission location. However, Lisa did make a bizarre comment in her confessional interview, where she said that Jack might be robbed at gunpoint every day while living there. Of course, she claimed to know someone who had that experience. Sure, Lisa.
Now, it seems like he might not have actually moved to Colombia after all. A Reddit user claimed to have seen Jack in a TJ Maxx in Tustin, California. Are Mormons supposed to be Maxxinistas during their missions?
Fudge college and fudge Jack Barlow’s Colombia mission
“I just saw Jack Barlow at TJ Maxx/Home Goods in Tustin, CA. He was wearing his LDS badge and was with another missionary guy,” the Reddit user wrote. “I’m guessing Lisa didn’t let him go to Colombia for his mission. Instead, he went to Irvine/Tustin (literally one of the safest cities in the entire United States).”
There are only a couple of logical explanations for this rumored Jack Barlow sighting. He either has a long-lost twin running around Orange County who really loves discount stores, or he didn’t go to Colombia on his mission. Which is it?
The poster on Reddit assumed that Lisa was behind this last-minute switch. Although Lisa is Mormon 2.0, it wouldn’t make sense for her to be able to call up the church and tell them to reassign his mission to somewhere else — unless her reality TV fame has earned her some extra pull around the church.
On Reddit, some users theorized that he may be stateside due to issues with his visa. It could also be as simple as the church reassigning Jack’s mission on their own accord. Either way, Lisa’s comment about the dangers of Colombia makes this all seem a little bit odd. We’re going to need Andy Cohen to clear this up at the RHOSLC reunion.
In the meantime, new episodes of Real Housewives of Salt Lake City air on Bravo, Tuesdays at 8/7c.
TELL US – DO YOU BELIEVE THE RUMOR THAT JACK IS IN CALIFORNIA AND NOT COLOMBIA? DO YOU THINK LISA WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET HIS MISSION CHANGED?
