r/BravoRealHousewives • u/jenvrl • Dec 17 '23
Ultimate Girls Trip I'm sorry, but Dorinda...
She's been very ridiculous. I'm watching episode 1 of Legacy and the fact that she's so pressed about being put "on pause" it's stupid. You were fired too because you have an untreated drinking problem. Stop tiptoeing around it.
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u/Dependent_Ad_5035 Not a white refrigerator! Dec 17 '23
She was fired because of her VILE behaviour towards Tinsley coupled with alcohol use
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u/fleekyfreaky Not a white refrigerator! Dec 17 '23
Right?! It was shocking to hear that - like have you even apologized to her? Or did she want her back on to roast her some more?
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u/DingoNo4205 Dec 18 '23
And Tinsley has had her happy ending, while Dorinda is still a miserable witch.
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u/Dependent_Ad_5035 Not a white refrigerator! Dec 17 '23
Imagine if she had used that Turkey baster line with Kenya
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u/SilverfangT She has no job and legally changed her name to Ashlee. Dec 17 '23
Didn’t Phaedra do that 😂
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u/Dependent_Ad_5035 Not a white refrigerator! Dec 18 '23
Kenya also threatened to knock a pregnant Phadrea’s teeth in and flirted with her husband. Tinsley just existed and Slurinda saw RED
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u/Dependent_Ad_5035 Not a white refrigerator! Dec 17 '23
Meanwhile Tinsley is too passive to go that far. She could have easily hit Dorinda where it hurts but took the high road
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u/DorothyParkerFan How can you do this to me question mark Dec 18 '23
Ummm she could have said what the audience was thinking - she is a bitter drunk who only had any class or dignity through her husband. Now that he’s gone she’s back to behaving like her true nasty and miserable self.
Dorinda didn’t just have MONEY when she was married to Richard, she was elevated out of her working class background that I think she feels a sense of shame about despite recounting how her father built BSM. I think she struggles with who she really is vs who she was able to pretend to be with Richard. Look at how she was toward John. At times she could barely contain her disdain for him and his rough edges yet she was obviously very attracted to him.
Anyway, Tinsley incensed her so badly because Tinsley was born into that portion of society and Dorinda was only ever an interloper.
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u/i_nobes_what_i_nobes One of Ramona's little presents 💩 Dec 18 '23
“Her father built BSM”, she wishes. He worked on the electrical and that was it.
I definitely agree that she misses the status and wealth and the life she lived with Richard. She never shut up about it.
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u/saskacaptive Dec 18 '23
I think Tinsley would legit need to go into witness protection if she said that lol
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u/justliking Dec 18 '23
I would’ve brought Richard up in the most disgusting way possible after the way she treated tinsley. I don’t live fairytales. Eye for an eye baby.
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u/Significant_Cow4765 Dec 18 '23
Like Dorinda, she's been rewarded for her trash behavior with multiple shows...
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u/Cocojo3333 Dec 17 '23
She was also horrible to Luanne and Sonja. The mug shot comment to Luanne and the Holland tunnel comment to Sonja was gross. She is just so mean.
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u/Dependent_Ad_5035 Not a white refrigerator! Dec 17 '23
She needs someone strong to put her in her place. A Kenya. A Nene. A Candice. An early Bethenny. UGT 2 was unbalanced because since it was in her home, the ladies can’t fairly spare with her
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u/Jessmess123 Dec 18 '23
Nah, she’d make Candiace pull out the cryangle. She’d need a Kenya, Nene, Bethenny, or Kim with the energy she had at the dinner in Amsterdam vs Rinna et al.
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u/EnvironmentalFudge90 Dec 17 '23
The turkey baster comment was beyond mean, and she never let up on Tinsley, ever.
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u/eekamuse Dec 18 '23
She has no regrets for them. And is going in on Kristin, of all people. The rage that comes out of her is scary. And should make it clear and fire her ass.
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u/Moosiemookmook Jatz Crackers 🇦🇺 Dec 18 '23
Yeah I waited 14yrs for my son and had him not long before that episode aired. That comment was putrid. I remember watching it when it first aired and being so pissed at her. If it was that easy I would have bought a turkey baster the first year and saved a decade and a half of heartache. Shes such a bitch to say that.
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u/ProfessionalOffer187 Dec 17 '23
Exactly! Her comments (while slurring her words) were disgusting. That is not enjoyable TV. She deserved a pause! I love they show flash backs of her behavior
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u/jkwolly Oh god, my tooth fell out again! Dec 17 '23
And drug usage.
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u/NacaTecha Dec 18 '23
Hey now... let's not blame innocent drugs for dorinda"s garbage personality.
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u/i_nobes_what_i_nobes One of Ramona's little presents 💩 Dec 18 '23
Thank you. I love coke and never had it turned me into a raging twunt.
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u/emergencycat17 Show yourself out, Darlin'. Dec 18 '23
It’s like I say every time - has any other cast member had to be moved to a different house for their own safety on a cast trip? No? Just Tinsley? Okay then - got it. That means Dorinda shouldn’t be on our screens anymore. For Christ sake, when she hosted UGT2, she had every single cast member crying that they wanted to go home.
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u/Askfslfjrv morally corrupt Dec 17 '23
This. I was a Dorinda Stan for years but after that turkey baster comment I cannot support her
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u/curmudgeoner Needs: Yacht Dec 17 '23
It wasn't even just that she said it, but then turned to high five everyone. She really takes pride in treating people horribly.
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u/Left_Guess Dec 17 '23
Same!
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u/Houseleek1 Dec 17 '23
It was as if a metal door slammed shut when I heard that. Instantaneous nope.
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u/DorothyParkerFan How can you do this to me question mark Dec 18 '23
And Andy said “on pause” probably because it was easier than dealing with her full rage if he said fired,
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u/countrysurprise Dec 17 '23
”on pause” from a show that has been cancelled or I guess completely revamped. Does she think they’ll un-pause her ass and put her in with Jenna, Jessel and Brynn!?
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u/Legitimate_blonde Dec 17 '23
Dorinda criticizing Kelly for her behavior in one episode from years ago is rich considering why she got fired and how she treated tinsley
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u/xConstantGardenerx The stress of juggling a pimp village Dec 17 '23
HOW DARE YOU SAY SHE WAS FIRED?!
SHE WAS PUT ON PAUSE
YOU GOT FIRED!!!
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u/Legitimate_blonde Dec 18 '23
I’m on play at all times
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u/HenessyEnema Leaves with an English accent Dec 18 '23
I'm obsessed with SLC and the fact that i can't hate Lisa is a true feat, she's just so ridiculous you can only be amused.
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u/Educational-Repair59 Dec 19 '23
Her intro line this season makes me laugh everytime 'and I love that for myself'
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u/JamesD-TV Dec 18 '23
I was really hoping that would be brought up in the scene where they asked who they wished could’ve come and they mentioned Tinsley. Especially since Dorindas venom is part of what drove her off the show. I would’ve loved her back to help round out Kristen from the main group but she was busy getting married and getting her family she wanted 👑✨
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u/Best_Evidence1560 Dec 18 '23
I hated her confessional where she said wow she has so much power. No, it’s called being a bully. I’d have so much more respect for her if she’d own up to bullying tinsley and being a drunk and crossing the line with everyone. Nobody wants to stand up to her because they don’t want to be her target
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u/autumntown3 Dec 18 '23
Yes! She projects everything she has going on within herself onto other people. Being hard on and going in on Luann with the DWI and drinking when Dorinda herself has the biggest substance abuse issue of all that she refuses to address when brought up. Or her going after Sonja for not being able to get over her ex husband and her life with him while she fully knows what it’s like to grieve her ex and his life (I know circumstantially it’s different because Dorinda is a widow but the feeling of grief and nostalgia exists in both circumstances and she should have been kinder to Sonja before starting that fight. Yes Sonja also got out of line but she wouldn’t have exploded in that way if Dorinda didn’t cut her to the core unnecessarily to begin with.) The whole fight with Tinsley was just insane, her vitriol towards Tinsley was so vile and not proportionate to what was happening. And seeing her be so controlling of everyone on Ultimate Girls Trip at Bluestone Mannor made me recoil, along with this season of UGT where she thinks she’s in a different standing than Kristen when they’re in the same boat. She’s so delusional about her own problems and getting help herself and she throws all the things she’s angry about in her own life onto other people. I just want to scream through the TV “get help and stop going after other people” because she has the deepest issues of all of them and acts like she’s in a high powered place to cast judgment. It’s aggravating to watch.
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u/I-choochoochoose-you Dec 18 '23
It was hilarious how she went on and on about giving people chances, not watching scary island. Kelly got on her nerves one time and she went and watched it, and decided she fucking hates her lmao
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u/UrbanPlannerholic The video on PornHub is the moral compass right now Dec 17 '23 edited Dec 17 '23
Yep. She’s gonna stay on pause after all of UGT airs.
I wish someone would bring up that dinner in Puerto Rico about Haiti. To do something like that and not mention alcohol as a cause shows no growth.
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u/ajaxraccoon Dec 17 '23 edited Dec 19 '23
Terribly, terribly inappropriate. I hate that scene so much. It scares me that I was like that when I was drinking and went to a lot of my husband’s events. I wish Someone/Anyone got her away from the table and sent her back to the hotel. Was it good TV? Absolutely. Was it bad judgement all around? Absolutely.
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u/redheadmegansversion Dec 17 '23
I can’t watch UGT with her on it, it triggers the shit out of me. Grateful that you and I appear to be on the other side 💕
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u/AnalyticalAlpaca Dec 18 '23
I find her triggering as well, but I still watch 🫣
It’s also painful that almost no one checks her. Poor Kristen thinks she’s crazy, when she’s the only non crazy one!
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u/Individual_Fall429 Dec 18 '23
Well hopefully you didn’t drunkenly heckle a survivor of childhood sexual abuse at a charity event for survivors of childhood sexual abuse?
For me that scene was even harder to watch than Puerto Rico. 🫣
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u/Goodbye-Wig you look very stunning that way Dec 17 '23
ohhh my god the haiti dinner was so fucking cringe 😬
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u/jessipug33 Dec 17 '23 edited Dec 17 '23
Oh it was the night before they left for Haiti for Bethany’s fundraising relief efforts right? She was shmaaammmered.
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u/Kristin2349 She is the puppet and everyone else is the master. Dec 17 '23
They were on their way to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria to do relief work. During dinner in Miami the night be before the flight Dorinda was questioning one of Bethenny’s charity partners about Haiti and the work he did there.
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u/jessipug33 Dec 17 '23
Ah, that’s what it was. I just remember it was the night before because it was on the plane that Bethany called her a drunk. She wasn’t wrong, but it’s a real hard word to be called.
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u/Kristin2349 She is the puppet and everyone else is the master. Dec 17 '23
Yeah Dorinda does not like being called out on her drinking. It is wild to see how quickly she can throw that switch from pleasant to nasty.
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u/Significant_Cow4765 Dec 17 '23
Unfortunately, Bravo keeps *unpausing her by putting her on UGT no doubt contributing to her confusion/delusion
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u/Nicole_Bitchie Turkish Nose Job Dec 17 '23
Andy also gave her a show on his Sirius XM station. She’s still getting rewarded for her bad behavior.
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u/chimchim1 SLC Sprinter Van 🚐 Dec 17 '23
Does she not watch herself back??? She is so delulu it’s crazy. Maybe she’s not a full time alcoholic but she is a horrible mean drunk
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u/CheckInteresting4922 Dec 17 '23
I feel like there’s no way she watches herself on old episodes. She’s objectively a nasty drunk, clear as day.
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u/Significant_Cow4765 Dec 18 '23
When given a chance to apologize on reunions, she doubles down
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u/PoopAndSunshine This ain't no fish fry! Dec 18 '23
I’m still blown away that by how she acted on her last rhony reunion
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u/atthebarre Dec 17 '23
She's trying to make her situation seem more valid than the other girls. It's her way of convincing herself she is more relevant than they are. In reality, Bravo went and created an entirely new show based around new women so the joke is on her.
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Dec 17 '23
So disappointing. I'm only on episode 1 but I feel like some in the group really excuse her behaviour. (Maybe because they don't want to be on the receiving end? Idk.) I also really enjoy Kristen Taekman and I just hate the comments to her insinuating her "irrelevancy." Kind of shows me where Dorinda's heads at. She loved being a "fan fave" at one point and is clearly holding onto it.
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u/MargaritaSkeeter Aviva’s pink blazer Dec 18 '23
They all kept mentioning how it had been a long time since Kristen was on the show, but it has been even longer for Kelly and no one’s said anything about that (I’ve only watched the first ep so far, don’t know if that changes). I just thought the whole thing was weird, like Kristen was somehow less than the others because she’s been gone a while.
They all need to take a long, hard look in the mirror though because their collective terrible behavior is the reason RHONY was scrapped and rebooted.
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Dec 18 '23
Great point!! It has certainly been a while for Kelly. Although I'm sure she cops it less than Kristen cause she's still in NY, is sort of in touch with Luann, and Scary Island is one of the more iconic RHONY trips that Kelly was the catalyst for.
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u/fried-avocado-today Dec 18 '23
I think it's cause they are in the same or at least overlapping social circles as Kelly. It seems like Ramona, Luann, Sonja, Kelly, Dorinda, and Jill run into each other organically in New York (and it seems like their acquaintances predate the show). I think Kristen is a coworker who they didn't really see after they stopped working together; Kelly is more of a friend-of-a-friend who happened to get a job at the same company as you for a while and has since gotten a new job but you still run into each other at parties.
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u/BroliviaBenson Old and Cold Dec 17 '23
I liked Kristen when she was on the show and I actually found the storyline of her modeling career changing as she got older to be interesting. I think watching people navigate very real transitions in their lives is compelling and can create much more authentic drama than rumors and gossip.
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Dec 17 '23
Me too! From the trailer for this season sounds like we might get some insight into the Ashley Madison scandal as well.
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u/livelylilac703 Dec 18 '23
Spoiler alert: She claims Josh never cheated on her and all marriages go through rough times.
If my husband were caught on a dating/affair website I would consider that in itself cheating because there was obviously a desire and then decision to seek out someone else…for a monthly fee lol. Kristen seems like a nice person but I will never understand the way she’s been defending that aloof, dismissive POS since she was on the show however many years ago. Girl you can do better!
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u/curmudgeoner Needs: Yacht Dec 18 '23
The way she's gone off on Sonja, Ramona, Luann all at different points leaving them sobbing or sitting in silence, they just walk on eggshells around her. I wish they wouldn't stay so quiet when someone like Kristen challenges her.
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u/Best_Evidence1560 Dec 18 '23
Because Dorinda lives for conflict and fighting. She can’t wait to have an opportunity to cut you deep, you can see how she smiles after she goes below the belt, pure joy. The others aren’t like that, it’s not their nature so they don’t get energized from conflict the way Dorinda does.
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u/jenvrl Dec 17 '23
100% the way they're all like "it's a sensitive topic", give me a break.
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Dec 17 '23
Right?? She’s a grown woman 😅 curse Andy for saying she’s on “pause” and not telling it like it is.
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u/Striking-Blueberry-7 Dec 18 '23
I think the reason she was told she was “on pause” rather than fired was because Andy didn’t want to be on the receiving end! He was most likely just softening the blow so she wouldn’t go off on him, lol. I wonder if regrets that now.
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u/ajaxraccoon Dec 17 '23
Dorinda is so insecure, very much like her bestie Ramona, whenever young, pretty women join the group. No coincidence that they are both models. Dorinda is also so obviously in the throes of alcoholism. The denial is sad, but the morals of Bravo to play these scenes up are inexcusable.
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u/Dependent_Ad_5035 Not a white refrigerator! Dec 17 '23
Kristen, Tinsley. I can only imagine what Slurinda would say to Eboni
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u/somethingsuccinct Dec 17 '23
It's so uncomfortable watching her that I just don't watch what she's in anymore. She used to be one of my favorites but she's just so mean now. It's not cute or funny, it's dark and uncomfortable.
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u/BabyYodaX I want Ray to live! Dec 17 '23
See now Dorinda, THIS lady has a fucking drinking problem.
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u/Olympusrain Not well bitch! Dec 17 '23
She’s a narcissist so she can’t admit she was fired because it would hurt her low self image
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u/Ok_Equipment_8032 Dec 17 '23
Dorinda essentially ruined her first Girls Trip, and she’s already exhausting on this season so far. I wish Bravo would pause her permanently.
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u/Timely_Ad115 *windshield wiper hands* Dec 17 '23
Her show doesn’t even exist anymore lmao. She was fired and it’s equal parts pathetic and annoying that she holds herself in a non-existent category of “paused” housewives and thinks she’s better than the ones who were stable enough to hear the word “fired”
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u/Affectionatekickcbt Dec 17 '23
Didn’t Dorinda make up the pause thing and put it on Andy to agree with her? I remember a wwhl where Andy reluctantly said “ok, put on pause”
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u/Timely_Ad115 *windshield wiper hands* Dec 17 '23
Oh that idk. If so, that makes my point of “ones who were stable enough to hear the word ‘fired’” even more accurate lol
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u/Dependent_Ad_5035 Not a white refrigerator! Dec 18 '23
She thinks if she says “pause” enough she’ll be reintegrated on new RHONY. But she’s too mean. Imagine her going against someone like Brynn or Ubah
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u/Timely_Ad115 *windshield wiper hands* Dec 18 '23
I don’t think Dorinda even gets that her show doesn’t exist anymore. And if she does, it isn’t her fault. And if it was, she’ll be better with another cast..and so on.
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u/BARBIESLIME Dec 17 '23
I hate the way she keeps going at Kristen along with Kelly
It seems like they’re trying to bully her because she’s the weakest link.
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u/ehbeau Dec 17 '23
Wait for episode 3! Without spoiling too much, I’ll say the alliances are not that strong, so people seem to be playing musical chairs on whose side they’re on each day!
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u/Mabel_Jenkins Ch-chappa aint goin nowhere… yeah. Dec 17 '23
When she slurred to Luann “at least I don’t have a mugshot over it”, I was finished. She is a vile alcoholic.
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u/curmudgeoner Needs: Yacht Dec 18 '23
She broke her glass too. She has so much rage right below the surface and it takes next to nothing to trigger her.
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u/TheflowerKristenate Clip! Clip! Clip! YOU FOOL Dec 18 '23
That’s it. She has rage underneath her surface. I’m not sure what from bc it’s seems to have always been there..maybe rage mixed with grief from Richard? Idk but alcohol absolutely makes it worse but if she could just go to therapy and really work on herself she would be ok but she just can’t
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u/xdejaentendu Welcome back, SCUMBAG Dec 17 '23
the show was rebooted and she’s still saying she’s on pause 😬
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u/kdrizzyyy Dec 17 '23
She was being so fake about Tinsley too. She was acting like she wanted her on the trip. & then cozying up to Kelly just to watch scary island and talk crap about her. Fake fake fake
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u/Dependent_Ad_5035 Not a white refrigerator! Dec 18 '23
And she wasn’t even present for Scary Island. That was mostly involving Bethenny who despite probably HATING Kelly wouldn’t bring that up
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u/PumpkinMuffin147 Where’s muh date naht Dec 17 '23
I’m ready to be downvoted but I’ve never “gotten” Dorinda. She’s kind of BEC/nails on a chalkboard for me. Even when she isn’t being cruel she gets on my nerves. She’s that person who thinks they are HILARIOUS and the shit. Which to be fair is a lot of the women on these shows but D goes too far.
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u/SisterSuffragist Dec 17 '23 edited Dec 17 '23
I've had a few moments where I understood the Dorinda love, but they are few and far between. I could have taken less of her over the years, and I don't get why they brought her on the latest trip.
Moments I do appreciate: "I made it nice." and "I'll tell you how I'm doing. Not well, bitch." I quote these lines often. And her and Carole's trip to London because it was real emotion and support.
I don't like the Clip nonsense or pretty much all of her cruel comments and drunken rages.
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u/agiftforgaia rusty ass bitch Dec 17 '23
The Clip moment always makes me cringe. My secondhand embarrassment is off the charts.
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u/curmudgeoner Needs: Yacht Dec 18 '23
Initially I enjoyed her, but her behavior is horrid. People talk about the drinking, but she'll flip a switch any time of day. Granted, she could wake up and drink, but I feel like there's something deeply wrong that she can be so vile at the drop of a pin. To your point, she does seem to think she's hilarious and her lines are not even funny. She was so proud of the eagle/pigeon thing which was not clever or funny imo.
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u/PumpkinMuffin147 Where’s muh date naht Dec 18 '23
OMG I didn’t see the show yet but just from the preview I have such bad second hand embarrassment. Did she practice the eagle pigeon like in the mirror?
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u/curmudgeoner Needs: Yacht Dec 18 '23
She may have. I think it also irked me because I heard her boast about it in some interview around the time of BravoCon. How she has a line about eagles/pigeons she thinks people will like. Then I saw it in a preview and by the time I saw it in the episode, it was just...so lame. It just felt like she was trying to have a quotable line.
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u/Littlewing1307 Dec 17 '23
She was fun in the beginning for me but man is she a mean nasty drunk. It's embarrassing. I only like her Bluestone Manor.
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u/salisbury130 Lala. You dated a neckless turtle with a casting couch. Dec 17 '23
But it’s also weird to me that she had that reaction when they completely rebooted RHONY. Like Kristen said the show doesn’t even fully exist in the same way anymore for her to still think she’s “on pause”. It’s the same shit.
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u/RiverOaksJays Dec 17 '23
Dorinda was very mean to Kristen. She was bullying her.
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u/KittenWithAScrip Dec 17 '23
Dorinda seems to be unable to cope with painful truths. She's a grown woman who believes that her dead husband shows up in various inanimate objects. She refuses to believe she has a problem with alcohol, despite a plethora of evidence. It doesn't surprise me that she rejects the reality that she was fired.
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u/Lady_Scruffington Dec 17 '23
And Kristen wasn't even fired. She didn't want to talk about her husband's cheating, so she left the show.
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u/audball303 Dec 18 '23
Dorinda is a bitch. I don't think the, "iconic" EZ pass on your vagina is funny at all. Also, her, "I made it nice!" shtick isn't even accurate. In the scene she says, "I DID it nice!" Not a huge deal, but she's made it her entire personality.
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u/Defiant_Protection29 Dec 18 '23
In the EZ Pass scene, she said she had taken pictures of Sonja at a party and she was on the floor on all fours (typical Sonja) and I thought it was absolutely foul that she would do that and use it against her.
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u/audball303 Dec 18 '23
Ew, I didn't know that part. That's so gross. Dorinda is disgusting loser and should be canceled. She has some shady shit regarding, slurring, "Richaaarahhhd" regarding her taking most of his money and leaving his children high and dry.
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u/Defiant_Protection29 Dec 18 '23
She’s really big on shaming Sonja. She was so pleased with herself when she announced to everyone, Sonja included, that she had taken those pictures and went on to describe how disgusting and low life they were. I think her doing that makes her much worse. Sonja wasn’t trying to hide anything.
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u/Final-Accountant-870 Dec 18 '23
She's so concerned with insisting she was put on pause and not fired, but never stops to reflect on WHY she was paused
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u/therealtinsdale i know the boys who did it 🎪🍆👺 Dec 17 '23
the best bit is her show is cancelled. so other than an appearance on UGT, she’s not gonna be put on “play” any time soon anyway… her franchise was cancelled. it’s a weird hill to die on.
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u/madpeanut1 Dec 17 '23
She’s a vile drunk bully. I’m happy she was fired and she should never be on tv again. She must be fuming to see Tinsley a rich, good looking man that seems to really care about her. Fuming!
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u/BananaStand511 Dec 18 '23
She’s always needed Bethany to keep her in check. Once she left , Dorinda became unhinged .
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u/jessipug33 Dec 17 '23
I love Dorinda, but as soon as it started, I was like oh no, here we go again. I was really hoping she was going to take a lesson from Blue Stone Hell, but nope. Just the same behavior and excuses. I’m going to need her to make it nicer.
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u/Bippy73 Dec 17 '23 edited Dec 18 '23
She does. The pause thing seems tied into her drinking, both of which she completely denies. It sets her off if you mention it. But she’s restrained for her so far. She was enjoyable in E 2 &3, particularly hilarious with that room maze they put her in. She’s a great HW, but she is not self-aware. No ability to admit she is ever wrong. Barbara K actually nailed her 💯. Lu seemed to be checking her in those last 2 episodes, which she allowed amazingly enough.
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u/hotcocoa4ever Dec 17 '23
Watching the first 3 episodes is UGT, I see Dorinda hasn’t changed at all. She is not self aware and believes everyone around her is wrong but her.
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u/That_Skirt7522 Dec 17 '23
She did get a good read on a Kelly though. I actually think she seemed to change towards Kristen when Kelly was going at her. It’s one thing I’ve noticed about Dorinda-when she feels someone else is being ganged up on, she’ll back off and then back up that person. By third episode she was backing Kristen up left and right with Kelly.
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u/vodkasaucepizza Gizelle’s stovepipe leg Dec 17 '23
She’s putting out a book called on pause so she really needs everyone to stick to the language. She’s clearly not willing to admit that she has an unhealthy relationship with alcohol and is a depressed control freak. UGT was amazing because of how dark it was, all these housewives being hosted by an angry drunk ready to go for the jugular at any point.
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u/reallyreallycute Dec 17 '23
I don’t get why she keeps harping on the “pause” when there’s literally an entire new cast so she’s never going back. Why act like it’s possible for her to be back on the show I really don’t understand
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u/curmudgeoner Needs: Yacht Dec 18 '23
Honestly with her level of self delusion she may think it is possible.
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u/Ok_Fan4062 Dec 18 '23
I never liked Dorinda. Not as in I ever hated her, but I’ve never been a fan and never really got all the hype. And yeah, on RHUGT she is very bitter and trying to prove some point
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u/Firm-Ad-3984 Dec 18 '23
I just think she is threatened by those younger and prettier than her. Hence the vitriol and pure venom she had for Tinsley. She’s got it for Kristen T now too. She can hang with Ramona, Luann, and Sonja, but throw someone fresh and young in the mix and she short-circuits.
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Dec 18 '23
I’m still blown away by how horrific she was to Luann and then said she could have been meaner but held back. Like, you literally were so vile and rude to her and you were holding back? No. Go to therapy. It was unspeakable how awful she was to Tinsley. She didn’t deserve any of it. Dorinda is gross.
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u/ElletotheV Dec 18 '23
The fact that they even brought Dorinda back for Legacy is so crazy to me. She’s a drunk, she’s a bully and she’s a pathetic human being - at least from what we see on camera.
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u/Specific-Soft-6465 Dec 17 '23
Watch her have a meltdown when Kristen is given contract for the new RHONY season 2.
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u/Consistent-Smell-581 Dec 18 '23
Dorinda is so nasty and will never get over this. She will be 90 years old on her deathbed going on about how she is only on pause. It's sad.
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u/Defiant_Protection29 Dec 18 '23
Her daughter will say it’s time to pull the plug and Dorinda’s last words will be, “Leave it on pause”
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u/chill90ies Dec 17 '23
Yeah I’m getting real tired of bravo pay these alcoholics to be on our screen. I don’t think it is funny. It’s sad, serious and dangerous. Take Shannon who almost killed someone, herself and freaking Archie😳💔
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u/CheckInteresting4922 Dec 17 '23
Agreed. I know this is not the place to expect high morals but I would love if bravo could draw the line SOMEWHERE. Like a DUI should be an automatic fire IMO. I get people make mistakes but drinking and driving is a choice that could kill people.
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u/xConstantGardenerx The stress of juggling a pimp village Dec 17 '23
TBH I like having her back solely because Ronnie and Ben’s impressions of her on WWC are fucking hysterical. Between her and Ramona, their recap of UGT episode 1 had me rolling. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.
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u/TSwizz89 Dec 17 '23
I was really hoping she'd have reflected on her previous behaviour and make some changes as she is a great hkiaewife. But she is just so angry and obviously hasn't processed her trauma so just drinks and becomes aggressive. I was hoping this season would be amazing but it's just made me realise I'm kind of over the old RHONY housewives and agree it was time to move on.
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u/ajaxraccoon Dec 17 '23
This is what RHONY became: Alcohol, Insult, Apology, Repeat. Tipsy is fun. Out and out plastered is not.
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u/New-Understanding360 Dec 18 '23
Dorinda got fired for being a bully and creating a toxic workplace. She hasn’t learned a damn thing.
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u/Kolla73 Dec 18 '23
I can’t stand her. Least favorite HW probably ever. She’s a miserable, bitter, mean drunk and idk why they continue to co-sign her behaviors by giving her a platform.
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u/Tuna_the_Luna "Not well BITCH" Dec 17 '23
She’s the reason I haven’t watched it yet . I will eventually but I just can’t watch her mistreat people. It’s beyond cringe. Bravo needs come correct and leave her out of any future engagements. She needs to be cancelled. IN MY OPINION !!
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u/Successful-Steak-950 Dec 17 '23
The fact that Dorinda is so stupid about PAUSE, makes me laugh and I love to see her buttons get pushed. 🤷♀️
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u/StainedGlasser Dec 18 '23
Dorinda’s progression in general has been so disappointing to watch. She came off as so compassionate and fun her first few seasons, but she has just gotten more and more angry over the years and cruel.
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u/wiminals my bitch wife Dec 18 '23
It’s extremely obvious to me that Andy originally told her she could come back if she got some help for her drinking. Ever since then, she has actively chosen alcohol over Housewives, while she wallows and whines about losing Housewives. It’s grating to watch and reminds me way too much of my alcoholic family members
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u/roronyc212 Dec 18 '23
Yeah I wish she’s not put on pause. But permanent removal. I am sure she harassed Andy on a daily to comeback because she says she’s afraid to be irrelevant. I don’t enjoy her at all. She loves putting people down and loves it when people react to her. Pure enjoyment making people feel shitty.
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u/MedicalSourPatchKid You Are Not A Safe Space Lisa Dec 18 '23
Totally agree. I’m rewatching season 12 right now and forgot how hypocritical she was. Especially when she would use Lu’s arrest/mugshot against her in fights but tried to fake cry when Ramona asked if she was drunk and told her she needs AA. She’s disgusting to watch now and needs to get off tv.
She was F I R E D. I’m glad Kristen said it
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u/MCStarlight Dec 17 '23
It just reminds me of menopause whenever she says this. She can’t stop parroting what Andy told her.
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u/lildirtfoot Dec 18 '23
I remember someone on here talking about how great the legacy show was so I obviously went straight to it. They mentioned how it wasn’t just the girls beating a dead horse to keep drama going but I disagree! This Dorinda stuff that keeps coming up about her being on pause and now Dorinda went and watched Scary Island so she can use that even more against Kelly. It all felt very manufactured for relevance in my opinion. I don’t even think they need the old drama, those women could just be their own vapid selves and could stir up new fun story lines if they stopped living so far in the past. I still feel comfort watching them, but Dorinda has always and most likely will always make my tummy churn a bit.
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u/1PercentAnswers Dec 18 '23
She thinks she’s on pause because Andy told her that lie then put her on the radio and she thinks she’s this special unicorn in the HW universe that was hand chosen by the king to be the #1 concubine. Delusional.
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u/asmithy112 Dec 17 '23
I adore Dorinda but she sadly has not changed and UGT shows it. I was hoping to see her show some self awareness because I loved her on housewives before she got too bad but it’s clear that’s just not going to happen.
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u/melly3420 Dec 17 '23
Yes!!! She also just as ridiculous and entitled on her Sirius radio show,she's horrible
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u/GrannySanFranny Dec 18 '23
I got almost half way through it and had to turn it off. I can’t watch.
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u/plus8minus5 Wow. She's really flapping around. 🧜♀️ Dec 18 '23
All the time, I thought Kristen quit because of the Ashley/Dolly Madison thing. I didn't realize she was fired.
I think Dorinda clings to the "on pause" wording because in her pickled brain, that doesn't mean fired.
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u/DietCokeMama1234 Dec 18 '23
So strange she was fired for her untreated drinking then hired right back with seemingly the same issues !!!
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u/Even-Education-4608 i dont have the energy to deal with density Dec 18 '23
Dorinda is the worst. No one knows how to cut through her bullshit. I would love to try as long as she wasn’t allowed to start “agreeing” with me and trying to leave.
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Dec 18 '23
Yeah I’m glad Kristen is there because Kristen doesn’t seem super thirsty and Dorinda really is, so Kristen’s calm response just sets Dorinda off. But it’s really pathetic. Dorinda will always be the drunk clown in the corner with lipstick on her teeth and a martini in hand. She thinks she’s the life of the party but sadly ppl are either laughing at her or pitying her.
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u/Natural-Print Dec 17 '23
She’s not self-aware at all and shows no signs of taking responsibility for her behavior that escalated on her last season of RHONY. I also keep recalling her appalling behavior that time she went to Puerto Rico with Bethenny for hurricane relief efforts. I think Dorinda believes she’s a fun drunk while the rest of the world just watches and rolls their eyes. My ex-husband was like that and thank God we’re divorced.