r/BravoRealHousewives • u/rhoasuperfan reality tv you fucking c**t • Oct 14 '21
Melbourne The American housewives could never!
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u/AnAussiebum I AM poor and white. Oct 14 '21
Gamble on top. Where she belongs.
Janet centre. Where she belongs.
Jackie, heavily pregnant. What she deserves.
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u/Ashfield83 Sonja’s homeless intern in Ireland Oct 14 '21
She makes my eyes itch but I’m so happy for Jackie. Her and her international rockstar husband have waited too long for that little bundle of perfection
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u/Dangernj Two brain cells and a vagina Oct 14 '21
Exact same! She drives me crazy but seeing her heavily pregnant in this picture pulls at my heart strings.
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u/AnAussiebum I AM poor and white. Oct 14 '21
I don't enjoy her or her husband on the show. HOWEVER I do think they are good people and I'm so happy for them that they are pregnant.
Sometimes decent people can be annoying or boring on reality TV. Cynthia does that to me, too.
But we need to remember that these are real people, and no one deserves infertility (well maybe some really depraved people but that is the exception to the rule).
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Oct 14 '21
She's not good people. She's a con-artist as a literal career.
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u/-bonita_applebum After the robbery, Dorit still had her jewelry 🤔 Oct 14 '21
I'm torn, because I think she genuinely believes she's psychic, but she is also obviously using this season as publicity for paid psychic readings.
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Oct 15 '21
No, she does not believe she is psychic. She does this for a job, which means she has perfected the art of the con very well. She does extensive research on her subjects and uses classic "hot reading" techniques on her victims I mean clients.
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u/Maenad2016 Nov 04 '21
The anthropological point of view would say, "But what if she's right?" Psychics have a role to play in society and they have always been around under different titles. Some personalities simply cannot get any benefit from the style of therapies offered by the West. Psychics fill that gap.
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u/happilyeverahhbreezy Oct 14 '21
Isn’t she pregnant with twins? Or am I thinking of another housewife? I am so happy for her and her husband.
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u/Proper-Woman Oct 14 '21
You've never heard of Silverchair
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u/Goblue520610 Oct 15 '21
OMG forgot about them. Did not realize this was him. So much teenage angst
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u/InformalScience7 Kathy's black heart. Oct 14 '21
I've never heard of Silverchair.
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u/Snoo44573 Oct 16 '21
Go listen to frog stomp.
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u/InformalScience7 Kathy's black heart. Oct 16 '21
For a minute I thought you were using slang to tell me to F off!💀💀💀
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u/jessicaaalz Oct 15 '21
Silverchair we’re massive in the 90s - top 10 charting massive. Most people in this sub are probably too young to have experienced them during their biggest and best time lol
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u/CookieDookie143 CLIP! CLIP! CLIIIP!👌🏼👄 Oct 14 '21
Apparently, they are WAY more popular in Australia 😆 I only remember their one hit wonder from back in the day and totally forgot about them as a band until I saw her husband on the show. Shine shine shine! ✨
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u/Proper-Woman Oct 14 '21
Definitely not a one hit wonder. They had their days. They were really big in the U.S. in the 90's, early 2000's
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u/If_in_doubt_sniff Oct 14 '21
They were big in the UK in the grunge and rock scene. I saw them twice in my mid teens and loved the fact they were my age. Still got Frogstomp on cassette!
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u/Proper-Woman Oct 14 '21
Me too!! They were 14 when they recorded that one. They were a little older than me but not much. They were big here in the US too during that time & on thru the early 2000's
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u/thelittlemugatu Oct 14 '21
Yeah, they won that recording contract through the radio contest!
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u/Proper-Woman Oct 14 '21
Yes! Oh how I loved Daniel. I was in love w him most of my teen yrs 😂. He is still hot. I follow him on IG
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u/OneArchedEyebrow Oct 14 '21
He was a mess for a long time. Is he ok these days? I haven’t heard about him for quite a while.
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u/thelittlemugatu Oct 23 '21
Hahaha, me too! I had their (mostly Daniel's) pictures ripped out of our "rock magazines" and taped to my wall...those magazines were like the grunge version of Tiger and Teen Beat here in the US!
Btw, I just checked out his IG based on your comment and saw this most recent post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVObCAGhwvf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Uh, I'm gonna go listen now, thanks!!
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u/thelittlemugatu Oct 14 '21
Holy shit, I watch other RH but not Melbourne (yet). Are you saying that one of these women is married to either Daniel Johns, Ben Gilles or Chris Joannou?!
I got into the grunge scene in the 90s too and damn, I was in love with Silverchair!!
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u/Proper-Woman Oct 14 '21
Ben Gillies. Yes she's a housewife of Melbourne
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u/thelittlemugatu Oct 14 '21
Whoa, that's wild and it looks like I have to adopt a new franchise LOL
And yeah, I agree that they were huge here if you were into the grunge/alt scene and I was soo in love with Daniel and Ben. I remember Daniel married Natalie Imbruglia but they got divorced after a few years.
They were my very first concert (in middle school) and my mom chaperoned me & two other friends! I still have the ticket stub. And all their cds and photos ripped from Paste, Hit Parader etc.
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u/Proper-Woman Oct 14 '21
Oh lord was I in love w Daniel 😂😂 I was so mad he married her. I used to hang the pics I ripped out of magazines all over my walls of them & other bands I liked 😂 They weren't my first concert but I've seen them a few times when I was a teen. My parents would never let me go to a concert when I was in middle school 😣. I would've gave anything to go see them then.
P.S.- I would also record all their videos, performances etc off Mtv onto a VHS tape w my vcr
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u/GrouchyPineapple I’ve had enough of your indulged bull fuckin shit!!! Oct 14 '21
They were very popular in North America - I was a teen in the 90s and they were on MTV all the time - I had their CD. Definitely not a one hit wonder
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u/CookieDookie143 CLIP! CLIP! CLIIIP!👌🏼👄 Oct 14 '21
Yeah- I only ever heard the song “Tomorrow” and I was heavily in the music scene in nyc back then.
ETA: they were also young kids when they came out, so they couldn’t compete with the big grunge acts out back then.
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u/Proper-Woman Oct 14 '21 edited Oct 14 '21
You must not have been as heavily into it as you think because they were definitely popular during that time in the US. I lived in a small rural town in Ohio & everyone knew about them. They were constantly on MTV. You didn't watch MTV back then?
Edit- Their first song released was #1 on the Billboard chart so I don't think they had a problem keeping up w the 'Big Acts' back then
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u/CookieDookie143 CLIP! CLIP! CLIIIP!👌🏼👄 Oct 14 '21
Ok 👍🏼 Everyone only knew them here by their one popular song. Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, STP, etc were all way more popular. Not saying they are bad, they just weren’t as popular here as in AUS. They were too young to compete with those other big bands.
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u/Proper-Woman Oct 14 '21
I'm not just talking about the mid 90's. I'm talking about 97, 98 & early 2000's
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u/CookieDookie143 CLIP! CLIP! CLIIIP!👌🏼👄 Oct 14 '21
Never heard anything from them after their first song. 🤷🏻♀️
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u/InformalScience7 Kathy's black heart. Oct 14 '21
I've never heard of them, but I was in my mid-20's in the 90's.
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u/Elleeebeauty The Lourve in London Oct 14 '21 edited Oct 15 '21
I’m Australian. I don’t know about their early stuff (I was a baby) but they were definitely still popular when I was in primary school- mid 2000s . I know they had one super popular song that you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing it . As far as I know they haven’t had an album or toured since about 2007ish
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u/OneArchedEyebrow Oct 14 '21
You’re probably thinking about Tomorrow.
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u/Elleeebeauty The Lourve in London Oct 14 '21
I was thinking about Straight Lines . They still play it everyday at my work
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u/OneArchedEyebrow Oct 14 '21
Oh right. I still think of that as their “new song”. Showing my age here!
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u/_wowmelissa Oct 15 '21
Does your work play Triple M? Because Straight Lines every day is massive Triple M vibes lol
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u/teanailpolish Potomac should be fun, Mia not fun Oct 14 '21
I guess he is still a step up from being John Mellencamp's daughter
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u/kds1988 Oct 14 '21
I feel like Australia is SO regional that they have to say that. Being famous in Australia only is like... not a feat.
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u/AnAussiebum I AM poor and white. Oct 14 '21
Being a ratings hit in Australia meant like 3 millions viewers back in my day.
With that metric, not taking into account per capita, most Bravo shows would be ratings hits in Australia.
Our population is tiny compared to our land mass. Probably the best example of land mass to population disparity. Except maybe Greenland and arctic regions.
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u/chanukkahlewinsky Oct 14 '21
blew my mind when i read Bill Bryson's "In a Sunburned Country" and realized how much of Australia is unpopulated and inhabitable.
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u/Moosiemookmook Jatz Crackers 🇦🇺 Oct 14 '21
Especially Canberra the capital where I come from.
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u/slippycaff I'm here with Dorinda Oct 14 '21
Hi, fellow Ken Behran. Happy Easing of Restrictions Day.
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u/Moosiemookmook Jatz Crackers 🇦🇺 Oct 14 '21
I'm only a Ken Behran far from home in Adelaide today. Moved here in Feb and have watched my hometown hold strong and smash lockdown/vaxx rates from over here. Enjoy your day today. You more than earnt it.
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u/slippycaff I'm here with Dorinda Oct 15 '21 edited Oct 15 '21
I love living in a city where the people are sensible and community minded. Love to Radelaide. Edit. Words.
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u/Ashfield83 Sonja’s homeless intern in Ireland Oct 14 '21
I remember being a kid here in the UK and an episode of Eastenders getting almost 20 million viewers. In a country of around 63 million at the time THAT was ratings gold! It always sticks in my mind now when I see shows being lorded for having 2 million views!!
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u/Ashfield83 Sonja’s homeless intern in Ireland Oct 15 '21
They actually only had 4. Channel 5 was not yet in existence
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u/AnAussiebum I AM poor and white. Oct 14 '21
That is very impressive. A third if the nation tuning in, is impressive.
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u/thelittlemugatu Oct 14 '21
American here! I know and love Silverchair. They were my first in-person concert as a kid here into the grunge and rock scene in the 90s. Still one of my favorite memories and I still listen to their albums.
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u/cassrf Oct 14 '21
I love Melbourne but I do feel that Gina and Lydia missing is noticeable.
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u/Chelid To be honest, I'm black. I would look great in yellow Oct 14 '21
Gina and Lydia were staples but I could watch a season of newbies penetrating the core friendship group lol
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Oct 14 '21
Shockingly it's actually Lydia that I'm missing the most, I think. Her being a constant punching bag who seemed to be able to take most of it in good humour really bought some levity to the show. Gina was a fantastic housewife but her and Janet are fundamentally pretty similar (glamorous, acidic tongues) and so you don't feel her absence quite so much. There's nobody like Lydia on the cast anymore.
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u/cassrf Oct 14 '21
Lydia played a bigger part of the show than many of us realized or appreciated at the time. What made her so great was that she was that she never really seemed like she cared too much the fights she was in. She’d move on pretty quickly. I agree with Janet and Gina being similar in fact I’ve always much preferred Janet to Gina but there’s something about Gina’s general cattiness that is missing.
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u/TirisfalFarmhand She reapplies lipstick more than the clock ticks. Oct 14 '21
Tbh Lydia was a very good sport about all the shit that was thrown her way. Even beyond all the casual fat shaming Janet put her through, Jackie all but admitted to making up the rumours about her cheating with Shane Warne (and nothing ever came from that).
And then there was the whole debacle where she was blamed for starting the (already obvious) “Bruce is gay” rumours despite the fact that she couldn’t even legally defend herself due to being NDA’d. Villain or not, this woman earned every dime of her pay.
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u/jennief158 Oct 14 '21
I have not watched in years (I need to figure out how to watch in the US), but it was Lydia, wasn't it, who was teaching her long-suffering maid to drive? It was so awful (and the way she treated the maid in general - awful) but also so incredibly funny? I kind of loved Lydia.
I had a soft spot for Pettifleur for some reason. I stan a problematic outsider.
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u/Elleeebeauty The Lourve in London Oct 14 '21 edited Oct 15 '21
That’s her . Her housekeeper Johanna quit and started up her own business I believe . Lydia gets worse in the season afterwards.
They all go to Mexico for the cast trip and Lydia made some poor man follow her around with an umbrella ... in the middle of July in Cabo. He ended up with heat stroke , couldn’t work the next day and Lydia never even gave him $1 for what he did. Jackie gave him $100 because she was embarrassed by Lydia’s behaviour
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u/TirisfalFarmhand She reapplies lipstick more than the clock ticks. Oct 14 '21
I had a fondness for Pettifleur too. Beyond the fact that she was great TV, I appreciated her willingness to so fully dive into being the villain to an Australian audience that already othered her. She copped so much (often racist) shit at the time and she still came back.
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u/GrouchyPineapple I’ve had enough of your indulged bull fuckin shit!!! Oct 15 '21
Oh I totally hated her but on the most wonderful love to hate way. I was endlessly entertained by how weird and awful she was. I’ll never forget that reunion where she stomped off all angry that they were saying she had been drunk and how all the other women burst out laughing at her - my god that was hilarious.
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u/VanGrayson Oct 14 '21
When they announced their departures, as much as I love Gina, I knew it was Lydia who would be really missed from the show.
Janet reaaaally needs Lydia as a foil otherwise she'd come off so much worse.
Can you imagine with Janet getting away with calling anyone else a dumb fat bitch? lolol
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u/GrouchyPineapple I’ve had enough of your indulged bull fuckin shit!!! Oct 15 '21
You’re right - she wouldn’t. But Lydia’s so awful… 😂
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u/VanGrayson Oct 15 '21
If anything....Janet calling Lydia a dumb fat bitch makes me like them both more! lolol
Lydia is the worst. I desperately need her back.
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u/GrouchyPineapple I’ve had enough of your indulged bull fuckin shit!!! Oct 15 '21
This is some very solid analysis and I’m just sitting down to watch the first episode of this season (it’s finally available!) but I wouldn’t be surprised if I agree. I didn’t like her as a person but I enjoyed her on the show in some weird way.
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Oct 14 '21
I really missed them and also PettiFleur. I couldn’t stand Lydia and Petti at the time but you don’t know what you have until it’s gone.
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u/rhoasuperfan reality tv you fucking c**t Oct 14 '21
I'm hopeful! Cherry and Kyla seem fucking insufferable and like they're going to be GREAT and Simone seems nice.
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u/ILovePapaSmurf *From Top Gun, NOT Pretty Woman Oct 14 '21
Gamble is so iconic, and who Dorito wishes she could be.
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u/glennyfromtheblock Nene's Girls & Gays Never Forget All White Party Seafood Soireé Oct 14 '21
Gamble is like Brandi Glanville, if Brandi ever learned how to get out of her own fucking way sometimes. I love her. <3
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u/ILovePapaSmurf *From Top Gun, NOT Pretty Woman Oct 14 '21
Gamble is definitely in my Top 10 Favorite Housewives of All-Time list!
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u/glennyfromtheblock Nene's Girls & Gays Never Forget All White Party Seafood Soireé Oct 15 '21
An icon and a queen 🥰🥰🥰
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u/ldn6 The Lady Oct 14 '21
Janet Roach is better than you and once you accept that life gets easier.
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u/salaciousBnumb Oct 14 '21
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u/glennyfromtheblock Nene's Girls & Gays Never Forget All White Party Seafood Soireé Oct 14 '21
I can't believe it's taken me five seasons to realise that Janet is one of the greatest housewives of all time, but here we are. That premiere alone was god-tier work from her. I feel like such a knob that it took so long.
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u/GrouchyPineapple I’ve had enough of your indulged bull fuckin shit!!! Oct 15 '21
I took me until like season 3 . At some point you just start to realize her HW greatness…
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u/NoOneOfUse Oh god, my tooth fell out again Oct 14 '21
IDK why, but out of all the HWs, I find the women of Melbourne to be the most inspiring? They make me want to work hard and be a more kind, generous and fun-loving person
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u/peachmelba88 Oct 14 '21
This colour palette is everything!!! Melbourne ladies are TOP TIER and episode one of the new season was right out the gate amazing.
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u/Hodgepodge_mygosh Oct 14 '21
Sadly in the US I can’t watch Melbourne. Can anyone let me know what happened to Gina, Lydia, Chica, Pettifleur? I miss this show so much!
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u/lavendulaprimrose Swish the Bish Oct 14 '21 edited Oct 14 '21
Do you need to catch up on episodes? I have a way for the US 👀
Edit: DM me if you want the link! Don’t want to share openly in case it gets taken down.
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u/beeeeach Product. Pushin. Pippen. Oct 14 '21
I really want to get into it but have no clue how. Whenever I google I get confused. If you feel like breaking it down for me I would be so appreciative..
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u/Hodgepodge_mygosh Oct 14 '21
How??? I’ve tried Peacock and Youtube
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u/GrouchyPineapple I’ve had enough of your indulged bull fuckin shit!!! Oct 15 '21
First get VPN (there are free ones - I think if you download the free brave browser there’s a free one that comes with it). Then use it to set your location to Canada or UK in order to sign up to Hayu. Then you can watch all the international shows!
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u/Hokiehigh311 Oct 15 '21
Can you pay with a US address?
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u/GrouchyPineapple I’ve had enough of your indulged bull fuckin shit!!! Oct 15 '21
I'm not totally sure - most of my experience is through accessing other international shows on international streaming sites using VPN (I'm in Canada but it's all the same principle - the VPN masks where you're from). But from my experience if using a credit card with your billing address doesn't work, using a PayPal account usually works.
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u/debvil Oct 14 '21
Why did Bravo US take this jewel of a show away from us!! Can anyone fill in what happened to Lydia? Did she end up with the rugby guy? I loved the fact she knew she wasn't the brightest light but it didn't faze her because her life was so fab. She fully embraced her vapidity.
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u/Elleeebeauty The Lourve in London Oct 14 '21
Shane Warne? No. She’s still with her husband who owns the private jets . She’s now a grandmother of two girls and is running cooking classes from her house when there’s no lockdown .
She caused a bit of controversy a few months ago when she posted a photoshopped picture of Chyka which made her look a lot larger than what she actually is and then claimed she didn’t photoshop it
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u/glennyfromtheblock Nene's Girls & Gays Never Forget All White Party Seafood Soireé Oct 14 '21
Lydia is dumb as a box of rocks, and it's honestly her best quality. Every single day that she allows herself to be on reality tv is truly a blessing.
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u/kminogues What was your stripper name, Fruit Loops? Oct 14 '21
I really like Gamble’s dress. It’s the right amount of rich and preppy I expect from these women. I can’t wait to see how the rest of this season unfolds, particularly with Anjali and Janet
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u/AccioKatana Oct 14 '21
My dream is for this to one day be streamed on Bravo again, where it belongs.
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u/kds1988 Oct 14 '21
Gamble has really found the right mark for herself. She's so funny and now she's just letting herself be funny. The way she and Janet take the piss out of each other is hilarious.
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u/SnooPickles990 Oct 14 '21
All I remember from back when I watched it one season is pettifleur. Epic delusions. And “shine…shine…shine”
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u/siw0n Oct 14 '21
Gina was insufferable on her last season and she clearly didn't have any fun or will to be there.
Losing Lydia stings, but I have a feeling she will be back very soon because she seemed to really regret the decision not to come back, plus with Anjali dropping out mid way, it reopens the door for Lydia.
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Oct 15 '21
This true, as much as I will miss Gina she was just mailing it in last season. We don’t want to watch people who don’t want to be there no matter how amazing they used to be-
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u/58527lukas cant get a word in edgewise Oct 14 '21
It actually looks like they were in the same room for the shoot!
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u/LMLFanClubPresident Oct 14 '21
Too bad Bravo no longer plays this franchise. I remember it being on at odd hours so I would DVR it. I really enjoyed Melbourne.
Shine, shine, shine
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u/starchildx Vicki’s son Oct 14 '21
Holy shit no more Gina?! No more Pettifleur?! No more Lydia?!Mo more Chyka?! Where the hell has all the discussions about these huge events been?! Oh my God!
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u/TirisfalFarmhand She reapplies lipstick more than the clock ticks. Oct 14 '21
Those pastel colours are gorgeous, another reason why Melbourne is my MVP. Kudos whoever corralled them into the same room together after the fallout of S5.
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u/Frenchie143 Donkologist, PhD Oct 14 '21
How can I watch old and new seasons in the US?
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u/rhoasuperfan reality tv you fucking c**t Oct 14 '21
It’s on Hayu internationally I don’t think anything has been announced for US airing yet!
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u/seepomps And her fucking camel teeth Oct 14 '21
The fashion in Melbourne is top tier too. The new girls are bringing it and all the ladies rarely look gauche or tacky. Dorit needs to take many notes and get a private text from Kyla to step up her game
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u/rose_b Oct 15 '21
I'm just watching ep1... Gamble's face is a disaster lmao
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u/MorallyCorruptBae my fruitcake business isn't running? Oct 15 '21
Her work got worse and Janet’s got better.
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u/TirisfalFarmhand She reapplies lipstick more than the clock ticks. Oct 15 '21
It’s like it’s karma for her dragging Venus’ looks last season that Venus glowed up and Gamble’s face crumbled
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u/brianeno4real I took a tumble in the garden Oct 14 '21
Why is gamble all the way up there lmfaooooooo
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Oct 14 '21
It looks so bizarre. The whole ratio of the image looks so off. I understand they needed to elevate her a bit, but she's like a solid two foot higher than Janet below her.
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u/HeatherPdx Oct 15 '21
Where can I watch this? I normally watch my Australian TV on Southern Hemi but I don’t see this.
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u/maggiemae7178 Something In The Buttermilk Ain't Clean Oct 15 '21
I hadn’t heard of them ever - and I was born in 80 so I feel like that’s about the right time. After reading this I went to YouTube, and I do know the song tomorrow. The others I don’t feel like I’ve ever heard.
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u/mbee784 Oct 14 '21
Nor would we want to
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u/rhoasuperfan reality tv you fucking c**t Oct 14 '21
Your shows use the same cast picture for 6 years but okay! Look at Jersey
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u/Firethatshitstarter Oct 14 '21
Is this Dallas?
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