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Previously, on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills...

I want you to come to The Hamptons with me.

I don't even need to think about it,

I will work it all out! Yes, yes, yes! Ah!

[upbeat music]

Night one Hamptons!

It feels like we're stepping into Rachel's world,

and I'm obsessed!

- We have to have some fun. - Yes!

Okay!

Of course, the plan is egg retrieval.

If this doesn't work, I worry

about Keely's overall satisfaction.

If he doesn't have a child, then what does that mean?

We had two eggs that were retrieved.

Unfortunately, neither has made it.

Boz. I'm so sorry, Boz.

Let's do a little manifesting.

I wrote down total financial freedom.

I still have civil cases that are in motion.

I don't know what'll happen to me.

In my 40 years of life,

I have never left a dinner party crying.

I thought you ran away from a cult.

[tense music]

- I'm not hiding the cult story. - The cult story.

I'm not hiding anything about my life.

Now you've got Dorit and Kyle going at each other.

I have Dorit and Kyle going at each other?

- Yes! - Yes, you do!

Girl, yeah!

You can't be such a wimp, come on!

- You know better! - Hey, you're in my home,

don't call me a wimp, please.

[tense music]

If Amanda cannot handle being called a wimp,

she's in the wrong group.

In this town, stars come and go,

but diamonds last forever.

I'd die for fashion,

but now, I'm living for me.

I turn ambition into an art form,

and I am the masterpiece.

I might live on a main road,

but I definitely bring main character energy.

I didn't marry into money, I manifested it.

Survival isn't my story, it's my superpower.

I'm unfiltered, unbothered,

and finally, unburdened.

[upbeat music]

[bike bell chimes]

- Good morning. - Hi.

Hi!

Oh, morning!

- Oh, hello! - Good morning!

Yeah, like, how we're gonna heat up our coffee?

You look really pretty and you don't need those.

I think you look pretty without any makeup on your face.

Are you okay?

I'm just heels and makeup, like, you can remove me,

and my body and everything else,

and I still have heels and makeup on.

[laughing]

So, basically, it's gonna take us

to get to Montauk at least an hour.

My friends are... [indistinct]

They're going on at 5:30,

and then, we're gonna go

and have dinner at Surf Lodge in a separate area.

- Awesome. - It should be fun.

- Amazing. - Hopefully, it's fun.

I'm gonna go put my clothes on to go on a run.

I'll tell you what I'm not doing, running.

[upbeat music]

[dog barks]

Hey, baby love.

How was your work day?

- Um, it was okay. - Yeah?

So, this weekend, I'm gonna be in Newport with the babies,

you're taking the big kids camping, right?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

And they start school Thursday.

Right.

Five years ago,

I was all about building my business,

and making money, and I am still all about those things,

but family now trumps that.

How you feel after the dinner still?

Ugh...

If I offered

to do a manifestation

journalling exercise for free,

anyone I know would jump out at it.

And it's not that I think anyone should be, like, grateful.

I didn't get participation.

- What am I manifesting? - Okay, okay.

If I could have anything, what would I let myself want?

And you want us to write that down?

That's what I would do.

I really thought this would be, like, a fun opportunity

for them to learn a little bit more about me,

but they don't take me seriously.

- They didn't show up. - Yeah.

They didn't show the f--- up for the event.

- It's annoying. - It's annoying.

[upbeat music]

Where is Sutton?

Hello!

Well, hello, darling.

- How are we doing? - I'm good!

Oh, good! Glad to see ya.

- I've never been to this park. - I know, me neither.

I've driven by 18 million times.

So, look at this, Centennial Rose,

and there's a time capsule in there.

Shut up!

That is not supposed to be open until 2114.

- We're not gonna see that. - No, girl.

We're gonna manifest it, maybe.

[Bozoma yelling and laughing]

- This is what-- - Not the manifesting!

Stop, I was thinking about this, this morning!

I've noticed such a stark difference,

between Sutton this year and Sutton last year.

We aren't friends and forget it!

There you go!

You need to pick on somebody else

whose wallet fits.

What do y'all ----ing want from me?

She listens, she's logical,

I mean, even the fact that she's giving advice to Amanda,

about how to talk to Dorit!

Amanda, I'm gonna tell you something,

you gotta cut to it, you gotta say:

"Look, I was talking about your marriage

without your presence."

Very good advice.

I'm trying desperately to forget Sutton Stracke,

because Sutton Brown, I like!

How do you balance that?

If you manifest to live forever...

I don't understand it.

Here's the thing, what she's doing is mostly telling people

how to manifest money.

By taking their money.

- Okay... yeah. - Okay, let's have a seat.

Yeah, okay.

It was cute to see her children, nice to see--

Oh, why, they were the cutest things in the world.

- Yes! - The house is beautiful.

- Yeah. - She's so funny, though,

how she has to say, it has 19 bedrooms

- and 86 bathrooms... - Oh, geez.

Like, it always has!

I counted one day. You know this house has like

nine bathrooms and eight bedrooms,

like, I've redone 17 rooms or something.

She doesn't need to, like,

- quantify her money. - Yeah.

In order to fit in the group.

[tense music]

Amanda wants to prove how far she's come

from her childhood and her beginnings.

A lot of us come from humble beginnings.

But the real merit in it

isn't by just showing off what you've accumulated,

but by showing the journey that it took you

to actually get to the place.

I have more respect for the journey

than I do the destination.

I don't know whether or not she wants to feel...

"Look, I've got this beautiful home,

I've got this amazing relationship,

I've got these beautiful kids, I've got this booming business,

so you can't tell me anything." You know?

Otherwise, you're not gonna make it very far.

No! We're all trying to help Amanda.

But, see, she thinks that she knows better.

And the old adage is true,

you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink.

And she's refusing to drink.

She's got to understand that.

She has to. She has to.

But here's the thing,

the salad course has barely been placed on the table,

and I've got to hear that it is my fault

that Dorit and Kyle had that exchange at dinner.

It's my fault.

They still wanna talk about the Dorit bullsh--?

Kyle had a really strong opinion

about Dorit talking about her ex.

I had a moment where I said, like, one thing about it

at one dinner party, you know? I don't... I don't know.

There were times, after my break-up,

where I didn't want to hear about it,

I didn't wanna hear other people's opinions,

I didn't wanna hear any of that.

[tense music]

You know, Eddie's been through a divorce,

with young children,

and he's a very compassionate, non-judgmental person.

But even with that in mind,

I don't think what I said warrants this level of scrutiny.

You just don't know each other yet.

And maybe she's intimidated...

'cause you're younger. [laughing]

[tense music]

'Cause I'm young and successful,

and I'm not financially dependent on a man,

and she outsourced her financial wellbeing

to a man, and it didn't go well?

What does Dorit care about my opinion?

If she's sure that this is her path

and this is what she wants to do,

then who the [bleep] cares? Go down your path.

Do your thing, [bleep] up your life, whatever.

If that was the decision that she made

instead of being independent, then that's on her, yeah.

Which is very different from me.

Yeah.

[tense music]

Coming up...

I'm going to dinner tonight with Sutton and Denise.

I texted Denise.

I cannot believe what she's going through.

It's a tough place to be, and it's just more chaos.

[upbeat music]

Hey, Siri?

Facetime Erika Girardi New.

[dialing tone]

Hello!

Thank you, so do you. How are you?

I'm okay.

How's it going? How's The Hamptons?

It's so pretty, look at this.

Wow. Gorgeous.

Right? What are you even up to?

Well, you missed Amanda's dinner party.

Oh, yeah, tell me about that.

It was nice, I mean...

then, of course, the conversation turned to

what happened at dinner the other night,

between you, Dorit, and Amanda.

And Sutton, you know, told her,

"Listen, you need to say exactly what you said,

have your own opinion,

stop referring to Kyle

because you caused a fight between Dorit and Kyle."

The other thing is, that I think is gonna be

confusing for Amanda, everyone's like, you know,

"You have to have your own opinion, your own opinion."

And, yeah, she may be thinking,

"Here, I voiced an opinion." And everyone's like,

"Why were you talking about Dorit's marriage?"

Like, you know, pick a ----ing lane.

No, it totally can be... Amanda could be very confused.

Like, she can have an opinion, it wasn't...

she didn't say anything horrible.

I think the women are being hard on Amanda.

I mean, she's making an effort.

So, the fact that she's trying to connect with these women

in whichever way works for her,

I mean, can you meet her halfway?

How's everything else, good in L.A.?

I'm going to dinner tonight with Sutton and Denise.

Oh! Oh, wow.

I texted with Denise,

I cannot believe what she's going through.

[tense music]

I'm sure I'll get us an update, and um...

And then there's that clip going around

of him saying, "I will crush your ----ing hand."

- Like, that's... - We were all there for that.

Yeah, at my house, so...

Denise!

Denise, it's so silly to leave like this!

- Uh... - Baby, don't say anything,

we're on the camera.

Um... We don't need to do this--

Baby, don't say a ----ing word.

I feel really bad for her because I know it's...

that's a tough place to be,

and it's... you know, it's just more chaos.

Last year, Denise reached out to me to meet up.

- I'm really sorry. - It's okay.

And I'm really sorry about how I acted too,

because it wasn't fair.

But, anyway, I would prefer to leave all of that...

We're gonna leave it. [laughing]

Leave that alone, that's all in the past,

and I would much rather be here now with you.

Thank you so much.

Even when we weren't getting along, Denise reached out to me

throughout all the Tom stuff,

and she said, "I'm very sorry for you,

I know this is very hard."

And I really appreciated that, I never forgot that.

I don't wanna see anyone hurt like that.

I look forward to seeing her

and just giving her a good old hug, you know?

Yeah. Well, say hello for me.

I will, I will.

[upbeat music]

A little more drama in there, I think,

- and then other than that... - Yeah.

[upbeat music]

Everyone, let's hit it!

We gotta go, we're gonna miss the show.

Jordy!

Do you have a jacket?

I'm not bringing one, it's killing my look.

[laughing]

- Hi, gorg! Hi, gorgeous!

Girls' night out, bitches!

Girls' night out!

I'm glad I didn't wear my whorish outfit

that I was going to wear.

Lace, this colored lace skirt to the knee,

with a G-string, lace bodysuit.

Mm!

That shows your entire butt cheeks.

- Oh. - And you're like-

I mean, Kyle, that's something

I haven't seen you in, so...

I wanna see Kyle be the Kyle

that everybody's talking to me about.

That, like, does splits at, like, clubs.

[screaming]

Yes!

- Whoo! - There you go!

- Oh, hey! - Yes!

Oh, yeah! Don't do that! You'll hurt--

Whoo!

I want to see Kyle, like...

like her best Kyle-ness.

Kyle, get in, honey.

- On what? - A photo.

My arm's big enough.

My arm's not long enough for this.

[camera shutter clicks] Oh, my God, I love this one,

- this one's my favorite. - So cute.

[upbeat music]

[screaming]

Oh, my God, I haven't seen you since Aspen.

I believe in dancing your way through life.

I'm definitely not wallowing in my separation,

I would say that I've been out for the better part

of the last year. [chuckling]

I travelled, I have been out a ton.

I mean, I've danced more than I've danced

in the last ten years.

- We don't have this in L.A.! - I know.

And we can't put it, like, on the bag or something?

No? Okay.

No, no worries. Sure, yeah, no worries!

Oh my God!

[upbeat music]

[cheering]

- Never! - Yeah.

It's been a long,

and I mean, long time since I've been out,

letting loose, dancing with the girls.

My single days in New York City,

we would go out dancing, the sun'd be coming up

and I'd be walking back to my apartment.

Hot girl summer!

Yeah!

[cheering]

- Hi! Hi. - Hey!

I'm glad you made it.

- I'm Kyle. - I'm Zander.

- Nice to meet you. - Dorit.

I do not remember the last time Dorit and I

would go out and have fun like this.

Ride the wave!

[screaming]

Ow!

[laughing]

You've been doing this all night!

And I feel like the last few years,

Kyle has just started to take herself too seriously.

But, now, she just feels lighter,

like the fun Kyle is back!

[screaming and cheering]

Coming up...

- We don't know you. - Mm-hmm.

So, we're getting to know you.

We're all curious.

We wanna know about the cult.

[upbeat music]

This is so pretty.

I know, it's so beautiful up here.

Can I put my things in your bags?

What? Why didn't you bring your own bag?

- Thank you, Mom. - You're welcome.

I thought you were going to get a job.

Um... I am! It's in the... it's in the works.

Lael, the summer's almost over,

what do you mean it's in the works?

It's... okay, well, true.

Yeah, but I'm not very excited to go back to school.

Why? It's a new year!

'Cause, it's just gonna be, like, hard.

And everyone I talk to is just like,

"Ugh, junior year is the worst year of high school."

I know, but you know what? That's their opinion.

Junior year could be like,

the most amazing year of all time!

For 16 years, Lael has been right by my side.

I have a watch on Lael, 24 hours a day.

I mean, I'm tracking that child, okay?

I'm really excited to go on like, college tours

- and things like that. - Who's going on a college tour?

[laughing]

I would hope me!

So, when she leaves, I mean, I'll still be able to track her.

Thank you, technology.

However, I won't be able to check in with her

and see her face, and see her body language,

and be able to ask if everything's okay.

I just have to trust her when she tells me!

I don't know how I'm gonna deal with that!

I need to lay eyes on my girl!

This is nerve-wracking, but exciting?

I'm like, "Oh, I don't want you to go!"

But then I want you to go.

It's like, the other weekend, when you were gone,

and I was home, and I was like,

"Oh my God, is this what it's gonna feel like?"

You know what happened with the two embryos...

- Yeah. - ...they didn't make it.

Which was... so tough for me, you know? Um...

We'll see, I mean, the doctor also

had some other options, she said we could go

with a donor egg.

- Okay. - Which...

Did... what did you...

I don't know, I don't know.

I don't know what to think about that.

I think I'm just gonna have to wait until we get there,

and see how I feel.

And I think, also, the disappointment, that I...

I can't use my eggs

would be one of the things, you know what I mean?

It's not like, oh, I just made a choice to get a donor egg,

it's like I had to make that choice

because my eggs weren't good enough.

Hmm.

[soft music]

I know a lot of people go through the IVF process

three, four, five, six, seven times.

[sighs] I have a new-found respect.

It's so devastating when it doesn't work.

At the end of the day, I wanna say

- I did everything I could. - Yeah.

You know what I mean? That I tried everything

and tried and tried and tried again.

And then, if it doesn't work...

I gave it my all, you know?

I know I can do it one more time, but after that...

I don't know. It's gonna be one step at a time.

I mean, you're a great mother to me, so I'm like,

for someone... I want someone else

to be able to experience that, you know?

- Thank you. I appreciate it. - Of course.

[upbeat music]

Is the door open?

That is not safe around here.

Can I come in? Your door's open!

- I don't know, it's just for- - Oh, you look nice!

Oh, you do too!

It's good to see you.

Not much!

Do you want a coffee? A tea?

Would love something, yeah! I'd love anything!

Do you want me to take my shoes off?

No, keep them on, don't worry about it.

Okay, so! Do you want espresso?

Love an espresso!

- You want milk with it? - Yeah.

And I gave you, "money is my mood."

- There we go. I love it. - I know, I know.

Here's the thing with Erika,

I thought she might be someone

that I never liked,

or understood, or got along with.

Can you make a mocktail of some kind?

Boo! You have to drink alcohol!

[sighing]

Each and every time I get to talk to Erika, I like her more.

I just wrote, "This or greater is for me."

Erika really A plus student--

Okay, Erika is the star people here.

She's continuously being interested in my business

and in my thoughts about manifestation!

I like this woman.

How'd you feel last night?

I felt good in moments.

My best advice to you,

and you can tell me to [bleep] off,

is that, if you say something,

say it right away, and just, you know-

Oh, I hear you. Own it quickly.

I've had a hard time in this group

because my personal life was so turned upside down,

and then there was a lot of judgment around it.

From people you've known a really long time.

Yeah, and it did not feel good at all.

- Right. - It's an odd thing

to be vulnerable and to be open.

Mm-hmm.

But we wanna know about the cult.

[tense music]

She told us she was in a cult.

So she opened up this line of conversation and questioning.

I thought you ran away from a cult.

- I did. - A cult?

What kind?

That's a whole different story.

We can absolutely get to that anytime, I mean,

I have an open book anytime.

Like, how bad was it? What was it about?

How did you get in, how did you get out?

From the beginning?

Yeah! I wanna know, like,

- what's going on. - From the beginning.

So I can go talk about you later behind your back.

- Amazing. - Yeah.

I mean, this is a new one for me,

I've known a lot of people...

well, no, that's not true, I know someone

that was in a cult. That's not true, Erika.

I do know someone that escaped from NXIVM.

When I was in high school...

- Mm! - I was very involved

in my youth group-

Wait, did you grow up, like, Christian?

Yes, but my parents are not religious.

But I was in a very religious community.

- Okay. - So I chose religion,

essentially.

Growing up in the literal

buckle of the Bible Belt,

in a family that wasn't religious, I was always

curious about God,

I loved going to church with my friends,

I was kind of...

exploring what religion and God were to me, I mean,

I don't think that was a bad thing, for me.

I moved to Florida, where the church is.

So, wait, this church is in Oklahoma.

It's in Florida.

My youth group was in Oklahoma,

he started the church in Florida.

That's what I'm getting at, so you started,

and then he moved to Florida.

He moved and a lot of us--

- A lot of you followed him. - Mm-hmm.

But the longer I was there,

the more controlling things got.

- Yeah. - So he, like, tells people

who to marry, who to date,

- who to be friends with. - Get outta town.

Absolutely.

I remember casually saying to the pastor,

"You know, I saw my older sister this weekend,

and I told her, you know, that I was kinda feeling blah and blah,

about blah-blah-blah."

"You would make your sister believe that being with Jesus

is not the greatest life imaginable?

You're not leading her to The Lord?"

Before you know it, you're isolated, you're controlled,

you're cut off from people.

Financially isolated, too.

Well, you're giving money to the church.

- That's my point! - Mm-hmm!

It absolutely controls you.

My whole agenda became not to get in trouble,

not to be called into the pastor's office

to talk about what the [bleep] ever.

After about a year and a half, I started to, like...

[groans]

...think for myself, talk to people outside the group

I wasn't supposed to talk to, call home,

where my parents are saying, "This is a cult!"

Like, I eventually just had to get the balls to leave.

- So, October 31st, 2008- - Halloween?

Halloween! I go to church that night,

so that no one would suspect a thing,

- I volunteered- - You drove off from church!

I drove from church to my sister's house in Orlando.

Thank you.

When I left, the pastor called me...

some rage and anger were definitely directed toward me.

"It was a shock that you left, how could you?"

It was, "Please, don't contact

any of the members of the church,

we would never want them to believe that what you did

is okay, they looked up to you."

Like, I was just... wanted to go

make something of myself and my life.

I'm going to get my degrees, I am gonna make my own money,

and I'm going to help people.

And that is what I'm going to do.

I think about everything I wouldn't have done with my life,

if I had stayed, you know?

That's what's crazy to me.

Is I could've just

kept listening and following that man,

and I would still be there.

This is the story you need to tell us.

This is what this group needs to hear about you.

And not get stuck on the,

"Hey, I have an opinion about your marriage."

You what I mean? Like, these things are important.

I see where you're coming from.

'Cause you know me more.

[upbeat music]

Coming up...

Guys, I saw this thing on my feed about Erika.

I'm worried about her.

What do they think? They're gonna get $25,000,000

off her back? She doesn't have that!

I don't know anything about this,

I just wanna make sure she's okay.

[tense music]

[upbeat music]

[cheering]

- Did you have fun? - Oh, my God, so much fun.

Okay, good!

Look at this sunset!

So pretty!

That was so fun.

Dorit's like, "I haven't

been in an environment like this," in how long?

- Oh, my God, you're dying! - Oh, my God!

---ing decades!

Well, this night has just begun, ladies!

Hello!

Alright, girls, we're gonna go at your pace tonight.

- Right. I love that. - Thank you.

We're gonna do a served salad, a burrata...

Definitely chicken tenders!

And make sure there's some French fries, please!

[indistinct chatter]

[cheering] Hi, guys!

- Yes! - Bravo!

- Come sit! - So great!

- So good! - Come sit down, sit down.

What is this concern over here?

Where do you guys live?

Zander, so, you're from Los Angeles?

Um, I'm from the east coast. I'm from New Jersey.

- East coaster! - You don't have a drink.

I know, I need a cocktail. Yeah.

[playful music]

It's funny because when I look at, like,

our friends in this group,

Dorit really is the one who flirts the most.

But I am an east coaster all day long.

- Yeah. - She likes to tease them,

like, she will meet somebody and talk their ear off.

Surprise! [laughing]

How old are you guys?

Twenty-six.

Twenty-six?

Same age as us.

I was in an Oscar party this past year,

and there was this guy, and we were talking

and he asked for my number.

I literally was like, "How old are you?"

And he was like, "I'm 26, how old are you?"

And I was like, "Oh, my God, same, same.

I'm turning 27 next month."

Like, I cannot. [laughing]

- Cheers, guys! - Cheers!

Cheers!

Thank you so much.

You guys, I saw this thing on my feed about Erika,

and I've texted her, I'm worried about her.

Wait, wait. I don't understand.

She's headed to trial.

What do they think? They're gonna get $25,000,000

off her back?

She doesn't have that!

I don't know anything about this,

I just wanna make sure she's okay.

This is obviously new news,

I don't know if she knew it was coming or what.

I would not want to have that looming over my head.

She said, "I'm okay, thank you."

She would say that. I mean...

I'm very worried for Erika.

It seems like just when she gets past one situation,

another one pops up.

It's ----ed up.

She's trying to get back on her feet again

and now she's gonna be spending a crazy amount of money

on lawyers.

You hear numbers like this and you think,

"What does that mean for her future?"

Forget emotionally, but financially, all of this!

It's a lot of weight to carry.

Guys, maybe we'll see you in a little bit.

- Good to meet you, guys. - Bye!

They're so cute.

- They're the cutest boys. - By the way,

he had really soft hands.

- Who did? - Zander!

Felt like he's not... lifted his figure.

That doesn't feel like your type.

She's like, "PK's my type." That's not my type.

Oh, my God, look how beautiful this is.

First of all, I don't think I have a type!

- I don't have a type. - You have a type.

- I don't think I have a type. - Let's see who you

hook up with next! I think whoever you're attracted to

is gonna be your type. I'm only attracted to my type.

I would 100% hook up with Brad Pitt now,

- are you kidding me? - Ew!

- Ew! - What are you talking about?

I would hook up with him right now!

- Really?! - Brad Pitt!

Dorit, are you okay?

- Ew! - Really?

Ew?

Are you saying that you don't

- think he's handsome? - No!

Dorit, I told you, we can roll together

'cause we will never like the same guy.

Exactly, I love it!

I don't really have a type.

It's an energy thing with me.

Charm, charisma...

swag.

But you don't want him to have too much charisma

because then...

[sighing] I don't know.

My mother always said-

Well, yeah!

My mother always said, "Don't marry

the best-looking guy in the room."

Going back to Erika again for a second.

Yeah, tell me.

I Facetimed her today, she went to Amanda's event.

She said that Amanda and Sutton

got into a little, like, situation.

- Shut up. - Sutton did?

- Got in a fight? - Well, Sutton said to Amanda,

"You weren't taking responsibility for having

your own thoughts, and like, trying to put it on Kyle,

and then you created an argument between Kyle and Dorit."

- Shut up. - Listen, I give Sutton

a lot of credit, 'cause this year Sutton

is checked in, and she really is-

- I told you, she's... - She came to my house

and was like, "I need to work on how I react to things."

Sutton and I have really made big strides.

And this just continues to prove how much Sutton has changed.

It really, really makes me excited about our friendship.

Thank you so much.

- She wasn't invited. - No, I did, she was telling me-

The weird thing is, about you not being invited-

It's weird that you weren't invited.

I'm not saying you would go,

but it's weird you weren't invited.

I don't even have an adverse reaction to her.

I'm a very easy person-

- You're a little averse. - I-

Yeah, it's a little adverse.

No, you know what?

I literally care more

about a ----ing hangnail than I do about that.

I mean, if you're really unbothered by someone,

you don't even think about it.

How would we be with her in a group, then?

When we're all together, just out of curiosity.

Great! Lovely! Great! Cordial.

But for her to be so worked up and say,

"I care more about a hangnail,"

tells me she does bother her a little bit.

Maybe a lot.

Girls, girls, hey. Hey, hey, hey.

We're gonna go dance, the night is not even close to over.

- Oh, sh--. - You're free to go home

whenever you want, but I'm not letting you.

So, we're kidnapped?

Yeah. Actually.

Like, yes, I'm in charge.

Great, let's go!

A little more dancing,

and then you can go to sleep, okay?

Coming up...

So, what happened on the fourth?

I start crying, I'm like... that's when I really knew

there's not hope at ever, ever

salvaging this marriage.

[tense music]

[upbeat music]

Hi, there.

Thanks so much.

Thank you.

[upbeat music]

- Oh! - Wow!

Okay, sparkles!

You look good! How are you?

I'm good, I thought I'd wear heels tonight.

I like that.

Nice to see you.

Rare occasion for a Saturday night out.

I have like an Erika dress situation going on.

- I love it, looks great. - It's like this big.

Um, so when was the last time you saw Denise?

I wanna say a year ago.

I sent her a text when everything happened.

Yeah, I did too. I did reach out to her

and just, like, said, "Sending you a hug."

That's what I did, because there's nothing to say.

No.

I mean, it's all so ----ed up.

No one deserves that.

No.

And I want to hear it from her.

I do too.

I wanna know what she has to say about it.

What she has to say.

[upbeat music]

- Well, hi. - Hi!

Look at you.

Hi, how are you?

Aw, thank you.

So good to see you!

- How are you doing? - I'm wonderful.

[laughing]

- Not your first rodeo. - Just...

Not my first rodeo.

- It could be better, but... - You look good.

Thank you! I lost 200 pounds,

- I got a facelift! - Oh my God!

- Stop! You did? - I did!

- You look beautiful. - Thank you.

- You did not get a facelift! - I ----ing did!

Six weeks ago! I'm still healing.

Stop it!

Am I going to be the last one? No!

I did get it, so I'm still numb and healing.

- Good for you! - Thank you!

Did they cut your ears off-

You know, I asked him, I said,

"Do you take the ears off and put them on a table?"

No, they just... cut them off, yeah.

Cut everything else around it.

I have done zero plastic surgery.

Zero.

And I had my boobs done three weeks prior.

- What? - You look beautiful.

- Thank you! - You know what looks nice?

Thank you! I'm very happy about...

- I'm still so numb. - It hurts.

Yeah.

When I moved to Beverly Hills,

it's a lot of boobs and a lot of lips.

And I didn't look like anyone else.

So, it did give me this, um,

strange feeling of inferiority.

Like, "Oh, is this what I'm supposed to look like?"

That's not what hurt for me, it was pulling the scalp back-

Oh, I can't! I can't, I can't.

Oh, I haven't had that done, no, I had it lower done.

Oh, I did the whole ----ing thing.

- No, I need to do the whole- - No, you don't!

Well, I mean, at some point, yeah.

I did not like the way my neck was looking.

It just wasn't looking youthful, and I was like,

"You know what? I can do something about this,

it isn't that big of a deal."

Father Time beats us all.

You can inject as many peptides,

you can take as many ----ing hormones,

you can do as much filler, Botox, Sculptra,

nothing beats a needle and thread.

- Hi. - Hey, how are you?

You'd like to start with some drinks?

- Do you have Mexican coke? - Yes, I do.

- I'll have one of those. - All right.

I don't drink tequila, and then-

- You don't? - Anymore, no, it's a new thing.

- Oh, okay. - How about a mocktail?

Maybe I'll try the chenin blanc.

Okay. Perfect.

Can I get it with lots of ice?

- She likes ice in it. - Yeah, I do.

- Classy. - It's summertime!

Whatever.

I love that you

are getting along so well, that's good!

- We don't know what happened! - Denise, miracles happen.

They do! No, it's good! [laughing]

- We are getting along. - It's really nice.

You know, it's long overdue.

Without the vodka,

Sutton is fun,

she is reasonable, she is not as reactive.

And because of that, our friendship has improved.

It's actually fun,

and I can't believe I'm saying that.

- I think, time... time... - Yeah.

- And understanding. - Right.

I had to come to understand my own life.

- We both did. - You know?

And that's, like, a hard thing.

And I, as well.

You were going through a lot at that time too.

Yeah. It's still going, so... still going.

I'm being sued by Tom's bankruptcy trustees,

both, his personal bankruptcy,

and the Girardi-Keese bankruptcy trustees.

- And it's exhausting. - Yeah.

To have all of that out there, unresolved.

- Right. It's draining. - It is draining.

This is designed to break me,

designed to drive me into bankruptcy,

designed to be annoying.

It's to make an example of, let's punish.

Nothing about it feels good.

And people have a different perception of things

when they have no idea what's really going on

behind closed doors.

- Zero. - You know?

- Zero. And I know... - Yeah, it's tough.

Um, I wanted to talk to you about that,

I wanted to talk to you about the black eye I saw.

[gasps] Oh, Denise.

[tense music]

I'm gonna say this, that can't be a one-time thing.

No. That's the truth.

When did it start?

It started, um, I mean, a while ago.

It was a slow burn, though.

You know, my dad asked me, he said,

"Why didn't you tell me?"

And I said, "I can't share this and stay with the person."

[tense music]

My first impression of Aaron was just that,

"Oh, Denise is with this guy... okay, cool."

She liked him, he liked her, they got together.

So I didn't see any red flags at first.

You know, I did not like the way he spoke to Teddy and I,

at Sutton's party.

Do you really wanna go there? Seriously.

- You wanna do that? - I mean, do you wanna go there?

- I can go anywhere. - So can I.

I can go up, down, around, and backwards.

Anyway, this isn't time and place-

I'm done with this conversation.

You keep poking the bear.

This is the dumbest thing ever,

find something else to fight about.

It's ridiculous.

That, I did not like at all.

Yeah, the night I had my surgery, the first one,

um... I had a seven and a half hour surgery,

and this was five hours after and I was like...

You know, after being under anesthesia for that long and...

Oh, by the way, I had some fat taken out and put in my boobs,

so I had a drain and all this s---.

And he ended up helping me to the toilet.

I couldn't even walk, you know?

- No, no. - By myself.

And while I'm sitting on the toilet,

he was trying to get my phone

and he ----ing hit me

on the side of my head.

My drain hit the toilet paper thing

and I'm like, I start crying, I'm like,

that's when I really knew there's no hope

at ever, ever salvaging this marriage at all.

So, I just wanted to get through my surgeries

and I almost rescheduled my second one

and I said, "I cannot go through-"

That again, yeah.

And here I am, I was like...

So what happened on the fourth?

Oh, that weekend was awful.

It was ----ing awful.

[tense music]

Had you just had this done?

- Were you post-op? - Oh, yeah.

- So he's hit you post-op twice. - Oh, yes.

With the facelift.

Well, that's why I filed the restraining order

and why we're getting divorced. [chuckling]

I told Charlie he's making him look like a saint.

Bullsh--. That's... [laughing]

- Denise, that's a tough one. - It's true!

- Jesus ----ing Christ. - I know!

Charlie appreciated it!

I bet!

You know, Denise, look.

I'm really sorry that this has happened to you.

Oh, thank you. Thank you for saying that.

- You know, um... - It's terrible.

You know, you were a good...

Charlie was the first one to text me and you were the second.

When I saw all of this go down,

I wanted you to know that...

Right. No, thank you.

You know, it means a lot to me

because it is an alone feeling, you know?

You're very lonely, it's a lonely,

- isolating feeling. - Yeah, yeah.

- 'Cause, um... - Just so you know,

I went through this too.

[tense music]

[upbeat music]

When I saw all of this go down, I wanted you to know,

I went through this too.

Not with any of my husbands, but recently, like, it's okay.

No one knows, you know now.

It's all water under the bridge, but...

It's hard when you're in it.

It's hard when you're in it.

I met someone and it started out fun.

There were no expectations.

Of happily ever after or this is my person,

or any of that, like, bullsh--.

And, it was several months after I met this person

that it turned into chaos.

Yeah, it's been a lot.

You know, I've tried to pull myself as best up as I can,

and keep moving forward.

[tense music]

Do you have a question?

You're in a good place with me, so might as well ask it now.

No, I was just going back to when you said,

"This happened to me."

It did.

I haven't told anybody.

I am shocked.

Erika is such a fighter, and so strong.

Never in a million years would I think Erika had endured abuse.

And it's funny, you know, you look at someone

- like you, and- - Like you, yeah! I mean-

And I feel like I'm a strong woman too.

And then, if it can happen

- to women like us... - Yeah.

It's such a big thing to share.

And, I don't know, I'm just...

overwhelmed.

It doesn't really matter with whom.

No, it just happened.

It happened, like, not too long ago.

Oh, so it was after Tom.

Oh, it was after Tom.

It had happened more than once.

Yeah, and then, like, the third time, I was just like,

"This is not for me."

I'm just gonna say one thing, I'm gonna leave it right here,

you have no idea how shameful it is to be the mother

of a police officer and have to pick up the phone

and call 911.

And then, call your family member and say,

"I think you should hear this from me first,

before you hear it from anyone else."

I forgot about that part.

The first time this happened,

I was incredibly calm.

And I put on

my best hostage negotiator voice.

And this person was ----ing mad.

I was afraid, but I was so numb inside,

that I almost felt nothing.

- Oh, Erika. - No, I get it.

- It's okay. - I'm really sorry.

It's okay. Yeah, no.

Thank God you got out.

Yeah, of course, well, look.

It stopped right... at the right time.

And that's far and away, gone. It is what it is.

And now you're dating someone new.

Life goes on.

Has he met anyone in the group?

- Absolutely not! - We cannot wait!

- Absolutely not. - We can't wait!

What does he do?

Um, he's formal military,

Denise, he's formal Special Forces!

Just, yeah, formal Special Forces!

[laughing]

Next time, on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills...

So pretty. Oh, and this is cute, you guys.

Literally Dorit just bought half the store.

She was shopping like crazy, by the way.

I don't know if it's manic or if it's OCD kicking in.

How did you come to know whatever he did

that upset you so much?

He, um... well, he told me.

Getting hit or choked,

there's a lot of shame around that.

You were very lucky that you survived.