She tries a bite of Gretchen’s foie gras, gags, and spits it into her napkin. Vicki, one of reality TV’s most prolific dry-heavers, begins retching at the very thought that Alexis could have thrown up. After five to six minutes of loudly gagging in the crowded dining room of an elegant restaurant, she declares that Alexis is “classless.”
Vicki’s daughter Briana, the most loved member of this franchise, joins the group after dinner to celebrate a negative biopsy and the audience sighs with relief. However, Gretchen breaks down in tears at the thought of her fiancé, a relationship the other women have never let her have a moment of peace about, dying of cancer.
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Housewives A-Team Vicki and Tamra stayed at home on this trip, while B-Squad Gretchen, Alexis, Peggy Tanous, and Fernanda explored a cornucopia of bull-centric activities. They ate BBQ and listened to Alexis describe her eating disorder. They watched bull riding.
It was a girls weekend. A weekend for the girls. And Tamra’s husband Simon. And Gretchen’s boyfriend Slade. And Alexis’ chin-challenged husband Jim Bellino.
Later seasons of Housewives would be invited to stay in opulent hotels in far-flung locations, but on this trip to Vegas, the ladies are staying off the strip. Seventeen miles off the strip, in Red Rock.
In 2007, every single person living in Orange County, California was “in real estate” (unless, of course, they were in energy drinks) and so it’s to be expected that before the gals even reached San Diego, Jeana Keough and Vicki Gunvalson are barking at each other across the limo about a security deposit.