Welcome to the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 4 Reunion, Part 2 recap. Tonight the drama continues. Andy delves into the dysfunction of Monica’s relationship with her mom, Linda. Monica reveals that when she applied for the show, Linda actually prayed she would get the gig rather than her daughter. After all the hoopla, Lisa’s son Jack ditched his mission and is surfing in California. Jokes! And Mary Cosby, AWOL for most of the season, actually shows up to the reunion. Here are some of the highlights from the RHOSLC Season 4 Reunion, Part 2.
Monica and Linda’s tumultuous relationship
When Andy brings up the dramatic dynamic between Monica and her mom, Linda, Monica says, “The only thing I can count on with my mom is that there’s nothing to count on with my mom.”
Linda actually said of her only child, “I hate your f*cking guts, you f*cking bitch.” She doesn’t seem to care how much she hurts her daughter. It’s such an unhealthy relationship. But as bad as Monica may be, Linda’s a bad person. I’ve seen people defending Linda on social media, but what kind of a mother calls her own daughter a “mother-f*cker?” That’s just crazy.
Turning to Lisa, Andy says, “You went pretty hard on Monica. You two went at each other about her relationship with her mom, about her calling her mom ‘Ted Bundy.’ Watching the show, did it make you rethink how you approached her about her mom?”
“What I observed on Easter was Monica’s mom being lovely and charming,” Lisa responds. “I said that statement [based on] what I saw … I don’t live in their house, I don’t know what happens behind closed doors. Fast forward to actually watching the show, they definitely have a very tumultuous relationship. It’s sad and it’s really none of my business.”
Linda wanted to be on the show
It was “more important to my mother to impress everyone else than to stick up for her daughter,” Monica adds.
“She sat down at the table and it felt like she wanted to be in Monica’s shoes,” Whitney agrees.
When Whitney and Heather both say they felt like Linda was trying to impress them, Andy observes, “For someone who left their 12-year-old to go pursue a career in television, do we think her mom was kind of auditioning to be a housewife?”
“When I applied to get on the show,” Monica says, “I did my final interview. The first place I went was to my mom’s.” Monica thought she’d totally messed things up and was crying that she’d bombed out, but her mom said, “Let’s say a prayer. And then she prayed that she would get it instead. She literally said, ‘Lord, if it’s not Monica, let it be me.’” Wow.
Heather is amazed that Monica would still film with her mom after that, but Monica thinks she’s just so used to her mom’s behavior that it just seems “normal.”
Did Jack Barlow bail on his Mission?
Andy mentions that Lisa’s son Jack was recently seen in California in his mission attire. “So what’s going on? Did he not go to Colombia?”
“He bounced on his mission,” Lisa jokes. “He’s not going. He’s just hanging out with friends, surfing, doing all the good stuff.” But it turns out, he simply had visa issues.
Apparently, Jack’s visa was held up because the photo he sent in was shirtless. He wanted to show off his abs and thought it would be funny, but the government has no sense of humor.
“This is why I needed to be involved,” Heather said, shaking her head.
“So, Heather, why was Jack’s mission triggering to you?” Andy wonders.
“Oof!” she responds. “In a million ways. Even just watching him read his letter … It just reminds me of what I grew up with and what I no longer have.” Heather felt “hurt and sad” that she was excluded from the celebration, especially since Whitney also left the church, but she was invited.
Mary Cosby is back
Mary told Andy on WWHL that she was returning to the show after being absent for Season 3 “to help you guys out.” That’s true altruism! The show needed her, so she came back.
“You never know what you’re going to get with Mary Cosby,” Heather says. “That’s kind of fun and makes filming with her exciting, so it felt right that she’s back.”
“Who in this group do you like?” Andy asks Mary.
“Um, I do like Angie, ’cause Angie can take my toughness,” Mary begins, mistaking rudeness for “toughness.” “I like Monica … and I love Meredith. That’s probably about it.”
When Heather gives her a questioning look, Mary adds, “I did like you until I seen [sic] your interview. You started talking about my house.” Mary felt Heather was making fun of her house.
“Mary’s décor is exactly like Mary’s personality,” Heather says in a clip from the show. “You never quite know what you’re gonna get: green carpet, Chanel pillows, Dr. Seuss chairs from Whoville.”
“With all due,” Andy responds, “you called Heather inbred.”
Lisa asks, “What’s worse? Your house comments or calling her inbred?”
Mary insists the comments about her house were worse. “She’s phony,” she says about Heather. “Don’t come to my house and say, ‘This is so pretty.’” Mary’s got to be the most self-absorbed, least self-aware person on the planet.
To her credit, Heather takes the high road and invites Mary to “come make fun of my house any time you want.”
Lisa gets the last word
Andy tells Mary that she uses the excuse of saying things to people’s faces rather than behind their backs to say some “really horrible” things. Thank you! Mary does say some awful things at times. Sometimes they’re funny, but mostly they’re just mean. As is Mary.
Lisa makes her point when she says, “I do say exactly what I mean to you, to your face.”
Mary can dish it out, but she can’t take it, saying their “relationship is done.”
But Lisa gets the last word when she fires back, “Exactly. So what?” I’ve never loved Lisa more.
Mary accuses Whitney of racism
Then, Mary says the most shocking thing of all when she calls Whitney a racist. Mary brings up that both Heather and Whitney were raised in the Mormon religion, which used to teach that Black people were “cursed” and not eligible for the Priesthood. Though the tenet was repealed in 1978, some people believe that it’s still ingrained in the culture of the LDS Church.
Even Heather admits that Mormon doctrine is rooted in racism, which Lisa, of course, vehemently denies. Whitney wants to know what she ever did or said for Mary to think she’s racist.
“It’s not anything you do or say,” Mary answers. “It’s your actions.” Aren’t actions the same as “what you do?”
“It’s a feeling, and you have to be my color to know it,” Mary concludes. Okay then. I’m not gonna argue with her, that’s completely fair.
Whitney wants to make sure she’s never done or said anything to Mary to make her feel that way, and Mary says she hasn’t. Okay, then. Don’t even try to understand the mind of Mary Cosby.
The reunion finished off with some more shouting, and Mary pleading with the ladies to hear Monica out. That’s what we’re gonna get in the third and final part, along with a look inside Monica’s Burn Book, and of course, Heather’s explanation about her black eye. Finally!
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 4 Reunion concludes Tuesday, January 23 @ 8/7c on Bravo.
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