Previously, on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Hi, how are you?
That is so funny.
That's really good.
Well, you guys have that, yeah.
We all got the memo.
I'm best known for my best-selling book,
"Rich as [bleep]" which has given me the nickname,
"The Money Queen".
My marriage has been eradicated from the Catholic Church.
[imitates sword slicing]
The letter came to Sutton Brown.
Oh!
Have you gone on any dates?
Oh.
Are you dating now?
I am not. I just haven't been leaving my house.
Girl, what?
The truth about if Kyle is seeing somebody,
it's like, I'm sorry, are we friends or not?
I don't feel like being asked all the time
about my private life.
I was seeing someone. Unfortunately, I'm single now.
Since separating from Mau,
I was at a very vulnerable place in my life,
and I fell hard for this person.
If it was only me I would give all the answers they want but--
Yeah, it's not just about you.
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 and 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]
Nico.
You look so pretty.
Thank you.
You look so pretty. Yes.
I'm ready. I'm in my matchmaking bag.
I know, you've got the roses.
I feel like I'm like, the hostess of The Bachelorette.
And what are the men called, the bachelors?
Yes, that's what single men are called.
I've never seen The Bachelorette.
[laughs]
I've come to a striking realization:
almost everybody is single in this friend group.
These girls are going through it.
We've got our questions.
I think Dorit is going to be the most enthusiastic.
Erika too.
No, Erika might scare them.
And secretly, I think Kyle is going to be very nervous.
I want all the girls to come out and enjoy themselves,
but I think this might be an opportunity for Kyle
to really let her hair down.
Flirt a little. I want to see that side of her.
I think the guys are already, like, comparing their resumes.
Look at them.
- Good to see you. - Cheers.
Cheers, fellas.
- Cheers. - Great to be here with ya.
Do you not have your cocktails yet? Sorry, bad timing.
I went through my contact list and found
eligible bachelors that match the interests of my friends.
We are going to describe like, keywords, okay?
- Protector. - Chivalrous.
Safe.
- Sexy. - Sexy! What does that mean?
Someone who likes sex, and you can tell by looking at them.
Oh, wow!
I have done my research.
I mean, this is a pretty good group.
They look good too.
Oh, I'm so glad everybody's here.
Thanks for having us.
Hi, so nice to see you.
Good to see you too.
Thank you for coming. Hi, how are you?
Hi, Boz, how ya doing?
Hello. Oh, so good. Good to see you.
Now, I have to tell you a secret.
These ladies are very nervous.
I can tell you, the group chat with the like,
"What should I wear?" "What should I say?"
"What am I gonna do?"
It would be really great if one or all of them
found true love tonight.
And even if it doesn't happen,
I'm still excited for them to flirt a little bit.
Because maybe it'll loosen up the old wires
that aren't necessarily clicking all the way.
They should be nervous. We are intense.
Yeah.
Look, you better cut it out, okay?
[laughing] Give 'em a break!
I wanna look like a normal human being.
Mm-hmm.
Right? Because, you know, men get scared.
- Yeah. - See?
I agree.
For the face, I think that we keep it young.
Baby doll.
Approachable, but not.
Could give you a blowjob in the alley.
[laughs]
But probably won't.
[upbeat music]
Okay, we have to make me look very pretty.
We're gonna make you look extra snatched.
[laughter]
[music winds down]
[upbeat music resumes]
I need a beverage now. Where are these ladies?
Hi!
[Erika giggles]
You look good! Why are you giggling already?
I know, I feel really weird.
Now I feel weird.
I feel weird. Hello.
How about have a seat right there,
cause they are over there.
- Oh no! - I know.
Oh, my God!
If you make me take my shoes off...
- No, no, no, you don't have to. - I will not.
This is the first time.
I was gonna bring some sanitizer.
I don't know what to make of Kyle's single state.
Is she single because she has accepted
her separation from Mau?
For somebody who's nervous, you certainly don't look it.
Is she single because she isn't dating anyone at all?
Why did you bring the most expensive bag?
See, this is clearly signaling you're high maintenance.
Oh, my God.
That means, don't mess with me.
Don't.
Hi!
Wow, you are a goddess!
Come on in.
We all look like we're going to a funeral, you guys.
Rachel's wearing black!
No, she is not. Oh, my God.
Everybody's wearing black?
Everybody's wearing black.
Hello, beautiful!
Oh, my God.
You look gorgeous.
Everybody's wearing black. Let's see what Sutton has on.
Hey.
I love this on you.
My God!
The key is you can't look like you tried too hard,
cause that reads desperate and thirsty.
Don't look like you spent three hours getting dressed.
Like, oh, I just threw this on.
I look like the---ing maid
that's gonna bend over and get it.
I do think if you wear a little black dress
on a first date, you're saying I want to have sex with you.
Oh, my God. She's wearing black.
Oh, my God.
Everybody's in black. I cannot even believe you.
Do we look like we're going to a funeral?
- Yes. - That's what I just said.
Sh--.
Our subconscious is talking right now.
Sh--.
We do not look like a group of women
that are looking to find a date.
We're all dressed in black like we just came from
some sort of witch convention.
I think it just says where we all are in our lives, is black.
It's a black cloud... over all of us.
We have to get out of our heads.
Mm-hmm. Yes.
She happens to know that they're all good guys.
- Yes. - They're all successful.
- That's right. - They're all very nice.
Don't ask for any dick pics.
What?!
Boz!
That is horrible. How dare you.
We would never.
I've gotten enough of those dick pics in my DMs.
I mean, do they really think you're gonna be like,
oh, my God, that's so great. Hi!
Can we go say hi to them?
Group: Aw.
Let's go. Let's go, girls. Let's go!
I'm rallying the troops.
Are you taking your bags in?
- I'm wearing my sunglasses. - Rachel.
Is that rude?
No. Yes. It's rude.
But they're Rachel Zoe glasses.
Hello, everyone! Hi!
Okay. Good, good job, Dorit. Oh, I'm so proud of her.
- Hi, guys. I'm Dorit.
- Hi. Ben. - Pleasure.
- Hey Dorit. I'm Chase. - Nice to meet you.
- What happened? - Go!
Let's go to Jack in the Box and get a taco.
I didn't realize how many of these women
are so socially awkward.
Come on!
Oh, I hate this.
- Oh, just, just kidding. - Yes.
Kyle, Erika.
Cheers. Weird Tuesday.
Sutton. Okay, well I knew Sutton was.
Just itching because I have neuropathy.
- It's gonna bother me. - Yeah.
- I'm Rick. - Greg, nice to meet you.
- Rick. - Rick?
- Guys... Hi, Rachel. - I'm Jeff.
- Hi. - Nice to meet you.
How are you? Nice to meet you.
- How are you doing? I'm Seb. - Hi.
- What was your name? - Rachel. Nice to meet you.
Hey, Rachel. Nice to meet you too.
- Rachel. - Rachel. Pleasure.
Nice to meet you.
Wait, does this feel like a receiving line, you guys?
Fun fact: I actually won the biggest flirt award
when I was six years old in day camp. A ribbon and everything.
Where is your accent?
- It's Australian. - Australian.
Yeah, accent has two girls already. I get it.
Always, always works, doesn't it?
They asked us to choose a husband to marry
on our camp bus.
And you know who I picked? My 18-year-old counselor.
Do you have a drink?
No, I but I think I need one.
Oh, my God, I feel so awkward. Hold on one second.
- Okay. - I gotta go to the bar.
What? I've never seen this side of Erika before.
Where's the woman who's twirling around on stage?
Making people nervous when she walks in the room?
Probably got whips and chains somewhere.
Where is she?
- Can I have a cocktail? - Yes.
I'm nervous. I feel stupid.
You want to take a shot?
No, I don't need a shot.
Erika Jayne can do anything.
She can talk to anybody.
Splits on stage, run around in a costume.
But Erika is very awkward.
I thought you had, like, some icebreaker activity?
I do, but we lost one.
I think, I know, we lost--
Or we could just do it the old-fashioned way and just--
- We lost somebody? - Yes.
How long have you been single?
Like a week. No, I'm kidding, a year.
- Uh, about four hours. - Yeah.
Okay, that's long enough for me.
No, well, I guess...
- A year. - A year.
I'm not going to suggest that I'm emotionally
in the best place to date right now.
I've never heard a lemon referred to as the carcass
when it's done.
Listen, it's just a drink that I like. It's clean, it's easy.
Is that how you would describe yourself?
Not easy. I'm definitely not easy.
[laughs]
I mean... but she is.
Make sure you tell her I told you that.
I will.
I am a little out of practice, but that doesn't mean it's gone.
I know I'm a good flirt.
[glass clinks]
It's working, right? Oh, good. I got everybody's attention?
Well, welcome. I'm so glad everybody was able to come over.
So, welcome. Cheers to you.
[Group]: Cheers.
Yes. So, we have some stations where the ladies will sit.
Some questions that I've written,
but you are free to ask your own questions.
And then we'll keep going around and around
until everybody's met everybody.
I'm game.
Okay, very good. Kyle, you can sit here.
Okay.
Erika, you're gonna go inside.
Sutton, you're going inside, too.
I've never done anything like this.
I'd be more comfortable, like, standing on stage
with no clothes.
I would like to gouge out my own eyeballs,
but I'm going to go with a smile on my face.
Let me start my clock. Okay, here we go.
Um... okay.
Oh [bleep].
Let me start my clock. Okay, here we go.
No. Uh, well... at... well, yes.
That was a little a-, wh-, ah.
So, you were a lawyer, too?
I was, but I'm not- I'm still active with the bar,
but I'm not practicing. - Thank God.
What do you do for fun?
I don't think I've had that in a very long time,
so I've almost forgot.
You have such a sexy dress. How could you not have fun?
Well, thank you.
Are you more of a dominant or a submissive?
I've learned to be a bit more dominant in life.
I think the question means sexually.
Oh. [laughs]
I've been on a lot of bad dates.
And you know, I did go on that one date with...
it was all just about the mother.
Uh, mom still lives in the house.
But I've been working from home so I can still see Mom.
I'm the only guy whose mother tried to pull
the what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas rule.
Oh.
I kind of have this fearless factor when it comes to dating.
So, show me what you got. Let's do this.
I started Comicon. So, if you're ever into superheroes.
- No. - Oh.
I can't.
I date a lot, not in Los Angeles.
Why is that?
Girls here are pretty bad.
Oh, God.
Where do you live? You live on this side?
I'm... I think we're on the west side, right?
I think we're in the east side now.
Okay. So I don't know what side I live on.
Oh.
I live in the Valley.
Okay.
- Do you know where that is? - That way.
Okay, who do you think is - ing amazing?
Maybe like Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones,
and that's like, it. I don't know.
Chris Martin?
What's that? Yeah, just Coldplay sucks.
What?!
Coldplay sucks. Dude, white women love Coldplay.
What?!
When I was younger, I was always in love with a guy
that I shouldn't be in love with.
What I've realized is I'm still her.
[laughs]
I am still her. I am still the girl that is attracted
to a very certain kind of person that is not the guy
that probably everybody, like, wants to set me up with.
Oh, my God. This is so much harder than I thought.
It is? Is it a little stressful for you?
It's so stressful.
I'm a real estate agent by the way.
My husband would die right now.
Well, I'm separated. [laughs]
I... we did a deal.
- I'm sure you did. - Yeah.
I honestly cannot get away from Mau.
I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if he was here tonight
as one of the bachelors.
I mean, he does good deals.
Have you been married?
I married a stranger in Las Vegas for a day.
It was on my bucket list.
I was just gonna say it was a bucket list.
It was a bucket list. [gasps]
Cause it's completely legal in your country. You can just--
You get married.
When I turn the charm on, I'm not the girl that's like,
oh [giggles].
Oh wow, oh, you look good. Have you been working out?
I'm more of the, it's in the eyes.
Maybe a little hair flip.
Anyway, so...
Seductive.
I've been asking the guys. Everybody loves Dorit.
Look at them right now.
I have to tell you... oh, that's sweet.
- Yeah. - Thank you, my darling.
But I think everybody likes Sebastian.
Yeah, I like Sebastian. Yes, everybody likes Sebastian.
Go, go back inside.
But look at them. This is a match made.
They both have accents. That's how I knew it was gonna work.
People say I'm loquacious, so.
Oh my, what a word.
Were you like, a big comic fan as a child?
Yeah, I grew up collecting sports cards and comic books
as a kid.
I love sports cars.
Well, baseball, basketball, all the great--
Oh, cards, excuse me.
Yeah, oh yeah, C-A-R-D-S, yes.
Mm-hmm.
I have zero game.
I can't small talk. I don't know how to do it.
Wait, you're in law, right?
Yeah, but I do other things, too.
So, you're a slimy weasel?
Sutton has a lot more game than I do.
Soft and feminine and Southern, and you know, "Hi".
Your accent's great. Just a hint of Georgia.
It's more if I go home.
Or if I talk to my mother too long.
Oh, listen, when I'm on the phone with my family
back home--
Right?
The New York comes right out, absolutely.
It'll just come right back.
I've been fortunate to work in baseball.
I've represented a bunch of players.
Oh, really?
My apologies, you are halfway through your conversation.
Oh, okay, ma'am.
Time is flying by, Boz.
I know, when you're having fun.
I like Rick. He is easy to talk to.
He seems interested in me.
He has potential, this Rick.
- Our time is up. - Okay.
Now, we're all gonna get back together.
- Sure. - Okay.
So, we can go back in here.
Okay, what's happening, you guys?
Well, everybody, I would like to say goodnight to our gentlemen.
- Oh. - Good night, guys.
It was nice meeting all y'all.
Wait, wait, this is me.
All right. Done.
So, let me know. Uh...
- All right, I'll let you know. - It's in your court.
Still got it. Obviously.
I love Boz and there's nothing I won't do for her or with her.
I need firepit.
But like, I knew full well there was zero percent chance
I was meeting a guy at a speed dating event.
Dorit, was that your first like, meet new guys moment?
Totally.
And? I feel like you did great.
Oh, I'm very good in these situations.
By the way, I feel like you were fully rolling
into each guy, right?
Tonight was a boost of confidence.
It felt like the feminine, flirty, fun Dorit was here.
And it felt good.
Who was our favorite guy?
The Aussie guy was great.
- The Aussie guy was cute. - Sebastian.
- He was really fun. - I liked Rick.
Did he give you his card? Cause he gave me his card.
- Okay. - Ooh!
Okay.
Y'all, I'm just saying, your attorney husband
didn't work out so well.
Oh! Oh sh--!
Coming up.
In order to be friends,
I want to know the information so that I can also be helpful.
Well, why don't you ask what you really want to ask?
[♪]
Okay, who was our favorite guy?
I liked Rick.
Did he give you his card? Cause he gave me his card.
Okay. Your attorney husband didn't work out so well.
Oh! Oh sh--!
I'm about to do something really important.
She's gonna throw it in the fire.
No. In the spirit of kindness, and being like, a good friend,
truthfully, this is for you.
Woo!
Erika.
It's taken a long time for Sutton and I to get
to a good place and Rick seems like a really nice guy.
Yeah, Sutton, enjoy him.
I'm gonna give the lawyer thing a rest.
Case dismissed.
- Um, Kyle. - Yes
Do you feel that you are actively looking
to meet someone?
Ooh!
Of course not.
I mean, I'm not... I'm not...
What do you mean, of course not?
No, I'm not. I mean, you're not actively looking
for anybody.
I'm not three years in.
I mean, like, is that what you want?
I would be looking for a life partner.
Whoa.
Like, I would want to get married again.
You want to be married again, Kyle?
I think I would want to get married again.
Really?
Dorit, do you want to come talk with me
for like, five minutes?
Pardon?
Come here, come talk with me for a minute.
I want to talk to you.
Oh, okay, go ahead.
I just want to catch up with you,
and how you're doing, and PK, and all of that.
Sutton, do you want to sit here?
Yeah, is that okay?
Have a seat. I was asking Dorit what's going on?
And I'm just trying to check in on her and see how the kids are.
Did they go to Florida?
My kids are supposed to go to Florida with their grandparents,
and PK is now, I got a letter today from the lawyer
saying that he's gonna block it.
They did go to Florida.
So, the kids are having a good time?
They are having the greatest time ever.
What are you doing now that they're not... are you resting?
The best thing that you can do is take care of yourself.
Yes.
- You have to. - I know. I have to.
And you don't want it used against you.
You know what I mean?
- Exactly. - Oh, no.
That's, by the way, that's by design.
Here's the thing, when you're going through a divorce,
your state of mind is, like, a big deal.
Anything and everything will be used against you
to make you look not the best.
So, you have to be careful what you say, how you say it,
who you say it to, where are you hanging out,
who are you hanging out with? Where you spend the money?
And it's a long road.
Yes.
Dudes can get away with a hell of a lot more than mothers.
The great news is this, you will come ashore.
Yeah.
- And you will survive this. - Yes.
Yeah, you will.
And your children will too.
And all for the better, you know?
You just have to get through it.
And it sucks, and I'm really sorry.
Yeah, it does suck.
Thank you.
This is really nice to see a different side of Sutton.
She's talking to me from her heart.
I know she has the experience. And it feels genuine.
I completely sympathize with Dorit.
I see a little bit of myself in this broken wing
that she's walking around with. It's so sad.
It's just the hardest thing to watch.
I want to be a good friend to everybody.
Yeah, of course.
You know? I think Kyle is somebody that I'm, like,
okay, I'm like, peeling back the onion.
Did you like anybody? Was there anything that sparked?
If not, I'm like, okay, tell me girl, what you want.
Well, I mean, gosh. My gosh!
You know, I'm not the only single one here. Um...
You don't want to just be like [clicks tongue].
- No, no. - Right.
You are not a one night only girl.
No.
So, we've got to find somebody with substance.
But how many times have you been in love?
Have I been in love?
How many times have you been in love?
Oh, in love.
Like, say, three. Three times.
- Three. - Yeah, in my life.
How many have you been in love?
- Four. - How many times?
- Three.
Yeah. Have you found love again... since?
Uh, yeah. Yeah.
- Well, that's a good feeling. - Since him?
Yeah, I have loved somebody, but--
[gasps] Okay, but now you don't.
No, and now I'm just...
Figuring it out.
No, now I'm just, I mean, I did, but now I'm...
now I'm on my own again, so.
- Okay. Okay. - You know?
Boz is acting like she's never heard anything or seen anything,
and she's asking me all these questions.
And I'm like, okay, Boz.
Was it by choice not to be in love now? By your choice?
Um... no, it's not...
...it's just complicated.
I think it's been really challenging for Kyle
to be vulnerable.
You said that you had never before questioned
your sexuality.
But when public speculation went into overdrive,
you even talked to your daughters about it.
Just a really proud moment for me, as a mom,
how my daughters reacted.
They supported you.
Oh, my gosh, like...
beyond.
And it was a real uncomfortable, hard conversation to have.
But I'm really glad that she's at least sharing a little bit
with me now.
Because I want to be there for her.
I want to be able to support in every way that I can,
as a friend.
I told you, I'm a girls' girl.
I want to, like, be in everybody's business.
You're a ladies' lady.
Not because I want to be in the business,
but because I'm like...
You're a ladies' lady.
...but in order to be friends.
Well, why don't you ask what you really want to ask?
What's that? What do you think I want to ask?
I don't know, I could go Brad, I could go Angelina.
Oh.
That's what you want me to say, right?
I mean...
Is that serious, you could go Brad or Angelina?
No, I mean, I'm like, half joking, but not,
not fully joking.
Open. Open.
I don't know. Listen, I've learned a lot about myself.
I think gender doesn't matter.
Yeah, of course.
I think it's a... I think it is a connection with a--
Yes.
...you know, a soul connection.
I think my biggest worry after Mau and I separated,
was really that I was going to maybe be alone one day.
And then to find someone that you have a lot in common with,
and you can laugh with, and have fun, was exciting for me.
Because I proved to myself, oh, you know, I actually can
meet someone after a marriage of this many years.
I've always been attracted to men, you know.
Okay.
Like, tall, dark, and handsome.
Could that apply to women?
I also felt nervous about if I go out with somebody,
like, what is Mau going to think about that?
What are the girls going to think about that?
What is the public going to think about that?
I don't really know, so.
Kyle, to be honest with you,
I actually don't think you have to know.
You have been with Mau forever.
She said 30 years.
And I think it's okay to now be like, I'm freely being me,
and whatever that feels like,
and whoever I connect with the most.
I've gone through so much in these past few years,
and it really has changed my perspective on life,
and how I want to live.
While I am sad about the relationship,
I'm also really grateful.
You get lost in being a wife and a mother,
and you can kind of forget about who you are.
And I learned a lot about myself in that time.
I'm gonna go back in my contact list.
No! No.
You know what?
I'm a fate kind of person.
[laughs]
Coming up.
Maybe I'll change my name back to Brown.
I dropped my married name, like, the day I left.
It's like, my last little thread.
It is, but you're not married to him anymore.
[♪]
Oh, can I do this?
You guys can absolutely.
Oh, Shoshe, do you want a pan?
She's right behind you. She's right behind you.
She's literally right next to you.
Oh, hi. Okay, you want to paint a dragon?
No.
Cay-Cay wants to help.
Let's go over here. Here, Mama help.
You want me to help you get the stuff?
- How do the beads stick? - I'll show you.
I've never done that activity before.
Hey, Canaan, that's my side.
What if we both paint on both sides?
And we work together collaboratively?
[laughs]
Um... okay.
So, I come from pretty humble beginnings.
We didn't really have a lot.
On Friday nights, I used to hang out at Walmart.
We would like, go walk. I would walk around Walmart.
Do you want to go jet skiing with Dada tomorrow?
We're going jet skiing in the morning.
Of course, of course.
They will never grasp that the reason
I have them in a stroller walking around Beverly Hills,
like getting ice cream, or going to lunch or whatever,
is cause I dreamed this for them.
Like, we walk the streets that I watched on "Clueless".
Like, that... you know?
It looks like I'm going to Disney on Monday.
Daddy has a new project at Disney World.
Sunday you have water polo, correct?
At 11. Yeah, I'm gonna take Liam.
And I'm gonna try to go to Pilates that day during naptime.
Eddie is my partner, and fiancé, and lover.
We met in 2019. And so, we've been together five years.
Eddie is in construction. Isn't he so cute, though?
He's like, so cute.
Okay, before Daddy proposed, like, I kept having the dream
that he got me a ring with the Smart & Final logo on it.
[laughter]
Get your Oklahoma ass outta here.
So, once Eddie and I were living together,
he asked me what I wanted, what my priorities were.
I was about to turn 36 and I remember telling him
that there was an expiration date on my ovaries
more than there was an expiration date
on my ring finger, and I thought we should get to making babies.
It did take a while for us to get engaged,
but then Daddy crushed it.
He got me the exact ring that had been on my vision board.
- Literally. - Okay.
As a financial empowerment teacher and coach,
I'm the embodiment of everything I teach.
I'm my biggest testimonial.
I remember someone who was in one of my courses,
and they're like, "Of course Amanda wouldn't come through
just manifesting a man.
Amanda comes through manifesting a whole-ass family."
I'm really thankful you cook.
Yeah. Or else nobody would eat?
No.
[laughs]
[♪]
[knock at door]
- Hi, la- - Hello.
You are so sweet. Hi. You look so gorgeous.
Hi. Hi.
I feel so casual. I'm so sorry. You look gorgeous.
Why are you-, I'm in jeans.
Okay, we're both in jeans.
- Yeah. I love your house. - Thank you.
Well, I have a penchant for white houses.
- I love white houses. - Me too.
- You drink white wine. - Yes.
So, I brought you some white wine.
And I love this. I love Pouilly-Fuissé.
Yes, well.
- I do. Thank you so much. - Yeah, you're welcome.
I know Sutton because we have, like, some mutual friends.
So, I end up seeing her at different, like, events
and lunches and parties when I do that sort of circuit.
You know, around the holidays especially,
I always see her at Kathy's.
But she was always someone who was very, like,
friendly and outgoing, invites me to all these parties,
and things like that.
I just had never gotten close with her.
Why do I feel like we have so much to discuss?
How's it going?
I mean, can we talk about Boz's house?
I can't believe we just did like, a speed dating night.
Like, I didn't know that there was a name for this.
Did you think any of the guys were cute?
Uh...
Do you think the guy with the hair...
I feel like he was good looking and cute.
Yeah.
Right? Felt like not - ed up.
[laughs]
It's all relative.
You know, I think I'm still so fresh out of marriage,
so I think I'm really enjoying not being married.
Right. Obviously.
Would you get married?
So, you know, for me, it's complicated
because I found out a little over a year ago,
my ex-husband, he asked for an annulment
with the Catholic Church.
Like, within the church, our marriage never existed.
But when I got the letter from the Catholic Church,
uh... it came to Stracke-Brown.
And Brown is my maiden name.
I think, okay. I kept looking at it, Stracke-Brown.
Mm-hmm.
And so, I thought, well, maybe...
maybe I'll change my name back to Brown.
I dropped my married name the day I left.
- Really? - Yeah.
Well, the truth is, I'm not a Stracke.
So, un-Stracke yourself.
- You know? I'm not. - You should de-Stracke.
I know, but it's like, my last little thread.
It is. It is, but you know what?
You're not married to him anymore.
I always felt that I could get Christian back
whenever I wanted to.
Sometimes when we talk I'm like, there's this little moment,
like, did I just win him back for a second?
I think I realized with this annulment,
he is not going to take me back.
It's over.
Oh, Rachel, why do you want to make me cry?
Sutton, I don't want to make you cry but I also want you to--
It's like when I think about grandchildren, I'm like uh.
So what?
Grandma and Grandpa Stracke over there, the good ones.
With all the houses all over the world.
Nope.
I'm just Grandmommy Brown...
Nope. Nope.
...over here with my four dogs and probably 18 cats.
Look, 18 cats is a problem in and of itself,
but that's a whole different story.
I know.
I know a lot of women who want to keep their married name.
And sometimes it's status,
sometimes it's because they're not over the marriage
and they want to hold on to it.
And um... I'm not one of them.
Sutton Brown's not bad. What's your middle name?
[sighs]
Oh no. What's your middle name?
It's Thurman.
'K. Harder.
[laughs]
Coming up.
Do you know about your retirement accounts?
No retirements accounts exist as far as I'm concerned.
Money's not invested?
I'm in the unknown.
[♪]
I'm excited to see flowers.
I know, me too.
Another thing we're checking off the list.
We need to get with the program.
Hi, how are you?
Hi, welcome to Orchid Republic.
We have an appointment.
Yes, of course.
Hi. Margarita.
Hi, Margarita. Nice to meet you.
Trying to get some inspo and ideas for her wedding flowers.
What is your color scheme, and what are the flowers, maybe,
that you're thinking about?
I don't have a color scheme.
I do want colorful, Bohemian.
I like, like the wild, unique-looking flowers.
You know ones like artichokes?
[music stops]
Alexia's ideas get me a little stressed sometimes
because my wedding was more traditional.
Black tie, at a country club.
I had 12 bridesmaids.
And very traditional flowers like pink and white roses.
Let's just look in here for a second,
see if we can find something like...
ooh look at that one right there.
That's too many purples.
Alexia is my earth child, free spirit.
So, I expect this to be very eclectic.
I actually like more, like, this vibe than that vibe.
Bringing some of these guys in. B-r-r-r-r.
And look at these tiny balls. I love them.
Do you guys have any like, drippys?
- This is giving artichoke. - This is perfect.
Oh! See, would those look pretty in here?
You like the more organic-y vibe.
We're getting somewhere, guys.
Woo-hoo!
I love that she has her own unique style.
B-r-r-r-r! Frozen.
But it's just trying to get her to nail down the actual look
she wants so we can just put this to rest.
This looks so pretty. Look at that.
Okay, do you like that?
I do.
This matches, like, the bridesmaids dresses
color scheme.
You said there was no bridesmaids--
Mother...
I'm still having, like, bridesmaids,
I'm just not doing the walk.
And not matching dresses.
I want matching dresses.
You didn't say that. You said colors, not matching dresses.
But that's still matching.
Dad and I are both walking in with you?
- Yeah. - Okay.
Of course.
Yeah, you're gonna walk me down.
That's so crazy.
It does feel strange now to think that my daughter,
our daughter,
is getting married, and we're not together.
I would like to take the flowers home so that Jake can give
the green light.
I always like him to have the final yes.
When I look at Alexia and Jake getting married,
I just hope that they have a long, happy marriage.
I hope that they can always trust each other.
I hope that...
neither one of them ever hurt each other.
I hope that Jake always looks at Alexia
the way he looks at her today.
But when you look back one day--
Mm-hmm.
...at your wedding photos,
as long as you look back and you're like, oh,
that's exactly what... you know, what I wanted.
And you know, that's what I wanted at the time.
Mau and me, we were also really happy.
So, do I get scared thinking, I hope one day they don't
go through what we're going through?
Of course I think like that.
I'm hoping that they have both learned from Mau and me
through all of this.
And love and respect each other as much, you know,
30, 40 years from now, as they do today.
I'm telling you, I'm going to have a very different wedding
with each of your sisters.
Yeah.
God help me with Sophia's.
[laughs]
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- Hey! - Hi, welcome to Jemma.
- Feed me, what's that say? - Feed me pasta
- and tell me I'm pretty. - Oh, yes.
- We'd love that. - That's our slogan.
- Right this way. - Thank you.
Fabulous.
Can I get you started with some still or sparkling water?
- Still would be great. - Sounds good.
Hi, how are you?
Oh, hey, honey. How are you?
I am good.
Good, good.
Can I get you started with something to drink over here?
- Can I have an iced tea? - Yeah, absolutely.
- I'll have an Arnold Palmer. - You got it.
I met Amanda at Jennifer Tilly's party.
Who's jacket is that, by the way?
This is Balmain.
This is Balmain also.
I would knock you down and put you in that pool out there,
then take the jacket and go.
Thank you. I'm taking both those things as a compliment.
She seems interesting. She's a businesswoman.
She's getting married. So, I want to get to know her better.
Did you ever start in, like, the corporate space?
No. I have no formal business experience at all.
Really? You've always been an entrepreneur.
I have a Master's in counselling.
I don't know that I had this language at the time,
but I was like, let's make this a personal development brand.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like, what do I want to be about?
So, I started putting out really good content online
every day.
I started out as a therapist and life coach,
and later a business coach.
As my audience grew and I wanted to help more people,
I began to create online courses to help people create
both the professional and personal life of their dreams.
Oh, interesting.
So, then I created a digital course called
Become a Life Coach.
Oh.
And then I found that I had a... a gift, a niche.
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Around money. But not around...
like, I'm not a financial planner.
You know, around the energetic part of money, the mindset part,
the psychology around it.
Right.
Most people who teach on money focus on the practical aspects
of money exclusively.
I think the practical aspects are really important,
but I think the foundation is our relationship with money,
which involves the psychological, the emotional,
and the energetic.
That's really what I became known for.
That's what I wrote my book on.
I have a best-selling book called "Rich as [bleep]".
Oh, yes.
So then I became known as the "Money Queen".
Yes.
But I create courses on all kinds of things.
Well, hello, miss fabulous.
- Hello. - Hi.
Hi, baby. Mwah. Love you.
You are just so gorgeous.
- Hello beautiful. - Hi, so good to see you.
Good to see you too.
Here, I'll take your bag.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Uh, I'll take her bag. [laughs]
That's not what I meant, Dorit.
I'll take her bag.
So, I've been thinking about you a lot since the party.
I really have. Sending you love and good vibes every day,
and praying you're getting some sleep.
Oh, Amanda.
I really have. I have. Every day you've been on my mind. Yeah.
That's really very sweet.
No, I mean it.
My first impression of Amanda, to be honest,
I didn't know what to make of her.
Really lovely meeting you.
For both of us. [indistinct]
But now, during her, saying how she was thinking about me
all weekend and prayed for me,
it's incredibly kind and sweet and caring.
The French fries, cause that's the most important thing.
- Yes, it is. - Absolutely.
Let's do the kale salad.
It looks like this calamari's gluten free?
Calamari is gluten free.
Well, that never happens. I haven't had calamari in years.
- I mean. - So, you have to.
Yeah, so I have to do that.
Yeah, awesome. I'll get that started.
My... what do I say? My husband? My ex-husband?
I don't know what to say.
I keep saying estranged.
Okay, yeah, no.
Estranged husband. That's your official phrase.
But in any case, he's very much an alpha male,
a businessman.
He built a very big business in the UK.
And when the world tilted on an axis in 2008...
Hmm.
...he lost his business.
When PK and I married, we did not have a prenup.
PK came into the relationship broke.
He had lost his business,
and he was really starting from scratch.
So, there was nothing to protect.
And when we got married, the finances,
he really was handling everything.
And you'd kind of delegated it out of your mind.
Yes.
You weren't thinking about how the finances were?
No. We had a business manager.
I filed for divorce a couple of months ago.
There wasn't, like, the handoff.
There wasn't, like, an agreement.
There was nothing.
I just would find out that he's not going to pay this anymore.
[♪]
I filed for divorce a couple of months ago.
There wasn't, like, a handoff.
There wasn't, like, an agreement.
- There was nothing. - Mm-hmm.
I just would find out that he's not going to pay this anymore.
So, wait, wait, wait, so you're living in the house.
Yes.
- The family home. - Yes.
And he's trying to not pay the mortgage? Like, for example.
He's currently paying the mortgage.
AMANDA: He's just randomly deciding you're on your own.
DORIT: Absolutely. He's thinking,
she's making X... No.
For the last 14 years, PK's been paying the lion's share
of our family outgoings.
When we separated,
he said that the finances would stay the same.
She's now having more financial responsibility than in the past.
But not- but right,
but it hasn't been mutually decided upon.
No.
A month later, I got an email saying that he decided
he's no longer going to do that.
And I was like, how can you change this all of a sudden?
And his answer was, "I only agreed to that for one month."
For you to have a fair position in mediation,
you have to know what you're working with.
Do you know about your retirement accounts?
No retirements accounts exist, as far as I'm concerned.
And no, money's not invested?
I have yet to discover everything.
And I can tell you, I'm in the unknown.
When Peter died, I was left with the financial responsibility
of raising Lael. On my own.
Dorit is in a similar position.
She needs to understand where the money is.
I'm hoping, I'm praying, that there's been money invested.
Like, these are things that people live off of.
How do you get here?
Like you have to turn a blind eye to your bank accounts
for a long time to be in a state where you have no idea
if you have retirement.
I mean this is, like, basic information.
Every woman should know about their financial reality.
My husband's a complex person.
Uh-huh.
He's complex. He's not a bad guy,
like a terrible, bad guy, vicious.
Does he have some bad behavior? Absolutely.
And then, you throw drinking into the mix,
and that, for someone of his character,
it gets even more complicated. - Right.
Not only that, but my name is on everything.
When I found out our house was in pre-foreclosure,
I wasn't just worried about losing the house.
The house is in my name.
So, if PK stops paying for something,
or doesn't make payments,
it's me that suffers the consequences.
I can't do anything right now.
My hands are tied behind my back.
So, you need the clean break so you can start building
everything back up.
Exactly.
What can Dorit do, like proactively,
knowing like, all of these unknowns?
Is there anything that she can proactively do
to protect herself? Or to like, help the situation?
I think you have to decide what you want,
what you're creating, and like, who you're gonna be.
Like, I know that's like, a big, overarching question,
but who do you want to be as a provider?
Who do you want to be as a woman who earns?
Who do you want to be as a woman whose husband screwed her
and now she has to fill in the gaps?
Like, who are you gonna be no matter what he does?
- Know what I'm saying? - Totally.
Cause you have to keep your mind right
to go through this battle with this man.
Oh yes.
What is this frou-frou mess we talkin' about?
I was looking for one plus one equals two.
Intentions? What kind of provider does she wanna be?
What does that even mean?
This is not financial advice.
Mm-mm, the math ain't mathin'.
The road we're going, there are no winners.
It is going to get very, very ugly.
Next on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Erika said "Boring!" I got her in that moment.
Don't think for two seconds that you got her in that moment.
Se-do-na! Here we come!
Let's go, baby!
This is hot girl summer, Rachel. See?
- I don't have my luggage. - What?
Not the fashionista with no clothes?
Did you see the picture of Erika in the tabloids with that guy?
Did he approach you?
Ooh!