- Previously, on "The Real Housewives of Dubai"...
[screaming]
- Oh, my tits.
- You guys know each other so well now, huh?
- Yes.
- I'm so happy Akin is here.
So far, it's been going really well.
Check, check, check.
And those abs...
[bell dings]
- When are you moving to Dubai?
- I do not want to come here and depend on you.
- Growing up, my mom found out
my dad was living a double life.
The way I am as a person
is a lot because of what happened
with my parents.
- You do have a beautiful embryo.
- Oh, my God.
- Think seriously of doing it, like, next year.
- Hmm... I'm great with puppies.
- Honey, family is here!
You're not helping me, honey, a little bit? No?
- No. [laughing]
- It bothered me that you called me and said,
"You know Stanbury was talking sh-- about you."
- That's my opinion.
- Don't you feel like that's stirring the pot a bit?
- No, that's me being direct.
- I tried to be honest with you.
- But I don't care about this.
- Well, if you don't care about this,
then we're not as close friends as I thought.
- And that's fine.
**
- That's hurtful.
- Taleen, I'm not gonna let anything disturb my peace.
- I hope you guys will fix it.
- What was the fight about? - What was the fight about?
- Wait, she doesn't drink. She doesn't drink.
I'll have it. [laughing]
- Oh, my God, shots? - Oh, yay.
- After the queens dinner-- - Okay, I wanna hear this.
- I get a phone call.
Me and Brooks are talking. - Okay.
- "Caroline Stanbury was talking sh-- about you."
She said, "I don't even know why Taleen took me away
"from the table. I don't know her like that."
Caroline, can I talk to you for two seconds?
Let's go. Sorry, guys.
- What kind of problem would Taleen be having
with Stanbury? - Uh, we don't care.
- So, I was like hold up.
I got you on the phone immediately, and I said,
"Did you say this, and this, and this?"
- Not in that way, I did not.
- So, then don't call me
and say she's talking sh-- about me.
- That's my opinion.
- Isn't that a bit stirring the pot?
- Yeah. - Hold on. No.
You told me verbatim, "Please, if anybody ever says
anything about me, tell me." - Oh, my God,
can you ever take accountability for anything?
- Ooh. - Taleen-Taleen, listen.
- Taleen is really choosing you, Stanbury,
over Brooks. - It's not about choosing.
For somebody who is so into their peace and their healing,
you can be very hurtful.
- I'm-- okay, so with that being said--
- So, why don't you take a step back
and actually listen to your friend?
- I told you I heard it already,
and I'm not interested to hear it again.
- Tell her how you feel, let her tell you how she feels,
and then that's it.
- What are you, like the Brooks whisperer?
- She loves you. She cares.
- No, no, no, it's not that I don't care.
It's that, like, I don't-- I-- it's not--
you know what I mean? Like-like, she--
- No, we don't. [laughing]
- Taleen, I love you. - Okay, hold on.
- You're-you're saying that you had a conversation.
That's why you don't care to talk about it again.
- Yeah. Let's leave it. It's over.
- What's over? - No, no, no, no. You can't--
Brooks, you cannot say it's over.
- No, we're moved on. Yes. Oh, wrong words.
How do I say it?
- I feel like Sara is like your shaman.
- I know. It's like--
I feel like you've got your hand up her ass
and moving her mouth.
- No, maybe I've had my hand up her heart,
not her ass. - So, Brooks, spill it.
- Sara is helping Brooks heal.
I think Sara is trying to guide Brooks
because, you know, Brooks can go from zero to 100.
If you piss her off, ooh.
- Sara, you're speaking for her.
She's, like-- - What? I am--
I'm advising my friend to apologize.
- You're-- it's like, "Come on, Brooks.
This is what you mean, Brooks."
- Yeah, it's that. [laughing]
- If I tell her don't apologize,
you're upset at me.
If I tell her to apologize, you're upset with me.
What do you want, Caroline Stanbury?
- I don't need you to tell her anything.
I would like you to let her speak for herself
for a minute and have her own opinion. - It's-it's okay.
- I can't work out what it is Brooks has done to Sara
that makes her back her blindly.
- Recently, I've doing spiritual therapy,
and I just made Brooks start it, as well.
I've seen a lot of changes in her behavior.
She's more quiet.
- Ayan invited Brooks.
She called me a see you next Tuesday.
- It's not that deep. She was drinking.
- Like Lala land.
Like, step back a minute and see what's happening.
- I don't ----ing get it. - What?
- Why are you triggered every time I talk?
- Because you're, like, you couldn't bear this woman last year.
- Yeah, I couldn't. Now, I can.
- So, you are a hypocrite, Sara.
- No, she's not. - You are a ----ing hypocrite.
- Wait, wait, Caroline.
- You talk in the third party. - Caroline...
What is all this bollocks you do?
It's so annoying!
It's like talk as a person, Sara.
- Caroline, have another shot. Have another shot.
- No. I'm not even drunk.
I wish I was because your humbo-jumbo is ----ing ridiculous.
- Did you ever tell Brooks not to talk to Chanel?
- You are-- you are ----ing ridiculous.
- Oh, shut up, Sara.
- You shut up. - Shut up.
- You shut up. - This is like "Squid Games" over here.
- You can't heal the ----ing world.
- Please, Caroline, please.
- I don't know why Stanbury
is getting, like, so worked up.
This is who Sara has always been.
She's a walking Instagram meme.
Stanbury is just mad
because her little minions are not falling in line.
- My God, you're zero class.
You're brands from head-to-toe, but zero class.
- Oh, shut up, Sara. You're pathetic.
- In this country, I probably would not talk
to an Emirate woman like that,
but that's because I don't wanna go to jail.
- Where is that hot man to bring me champagne?
- I'm just gonna go walk for a bit.
- I'll take-- I'll come with you.
- We will hold hands. - Yeah. I know.
- You want-- you want us to take a picture and send it to you?
- I'm gonna go and do it with Ayan.
- Ayan's taken. I'm sorry. She's taken.
- Clearly, when you disagree with Stanbury,
then you're suddenly a mouthpiece.
But funny enough,
when I defend Caroline and Sergio,
I'm not a mouthpiece. She likes it.
- Do you think they're putting it on for the cameras?
- Absolutely. Is that normal,
that stuff, on Instagram?
- Oh, great.
- I'm not gonna be Stanbury's puppet
because that's what she expects us to be.
You either follow me, or you're against me.
- Lesa, I wanna talk to you.
- Oh, God.
- No, no, no, we're gonna go there
'cause I think we have a lot to talk about it.
- You don't have to attack me.
- Sara, go for your walk.
Go for your walk. Go for your walk.
- Oh, my God, come here, girls.
- What? About what? - I wanna talk to you girls.
- What the (BLEEP)? Can't I help her out?
- Yeah. - I need to help her out
because her words are sh-- sometimes.
I'm like, "Brooks, don't say you don't care."
That's why I was translating
'cause I know she loves her. - Yeah.
- It-it's like Brooks- Brooks was talking to you.
She goes, "Brooks, what do you mean?
Tell her what you mean." - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[laughing]
- I don't wanna talk about Taleen anymore.
Can I pull you guys aside to talk about something?
- What's wrong?
- Was any comment made about Lesa's home?
- Lesa's home? - At Ifta. Can you say it, Lesa?
- Okay. - What?
- So you can quote it verbatim.
- So, Ayan shared that you said to her,
"Lesa's been really snappy, lately."
- Me? No. - But listen.
"Is everything okay with Lesa at home?"
- I feel Lesa was not herself.
- Really?
- I thought maybe she has something on her mind
or at home.
No, no, no. No, that's not what happened.
I said, "Is Lesa okay at home, in her life, everything?"
'Cause I know you are a one woman show.
She asked me, "What do you mean home?"
And I explained it to her. - Okay.
- I didn't mean something private.
Ayan definitely sent the wrong message to Lesa.
- Wait one second.
Let's get this directly from the source.
- In the Arab culture, it's very normal
when you care about people to ask about home
and everything is okay.
I think, by now, Lesa knows me very well.
She knows I don't play that game,
especially when she's not around.
[sighs] - I'm sweating.
- It's really hot.
- Um, another round of shots would be nice.
- Yeah. [laughing]
- No one is eating anything.
- We're breaking our fast.
- Try the potato. - Is this meat?
- That's fish. - Oh, I like fish.
- Chanel, wait. When I was sitting,
and I told you I felt Lesa was a little bit quiet,
and then I asked you, "Is she okay at home,
at life, at work?"
- Sara, you all know Lesa is very close to me,
okay? - Yes.
- And you all know, if you say anything
that I'm uncomfortable with, it bothers me.
Sara said, "Is she okay at home?"
It felt, to me, very weird because I'm like,
what is she talking about?
- The "at home" part is what rubbed me the wrong way.
- Yes.
- No, I have nothing to do with marriage.
- Asking, "Is everything okay at home,"
is implying that something is wrong at home,
and I trust my best friend over anyone.
If Ayan said that's how it was said,
that's how it was said. Period.
You know, I wish you would have
probably worded that differently.
- I didn't mean it in that way.
- I wish you knew the truth of how it happened
'cause she said it with love.
"Is everything okay with her?"
- Brooks knows exactly what she is doing.
She deflected the entire thing,
so nobody is talking about our issue that happened.
Everybody is now talking about
are things okay at Lesa's home.
Brooks is very good at this, and she's done it, again.
- No one was against you.
- I now understand that was not your intent.
- Yeah.
- You'll choose your words wisely next time.
- Yes, mom. [laughing]
- Just to set the record straight,
I'm superwoman, and you guys can keep taking notes.
[laughing]
- Coming up next...
- Just in case Rich leaves, Mina Roe is my backup plan.
- For you to even say that. - Yeah.
**
- Adam, are you hungry, honey?
- No, I'm busy.
I tryin' to wipe these zombies out.
- That looks like so much fun.
- Buy yourself one. - Oy.
**
- No, Maki. No. He's twerking.
- Aha.
- No!
Tell him you're gonna miss him.
He's leaving. - Don't leave!
- Waiting for the same reaction from you.
- You don't get wife privilege with a friendship.
[laughing]
- Geeg, come on, mommy.
- Okay, okay. [crying]
Okay, just go to the playroom. Fine, no school.
- Oh, you just gave up that quickly?
- Yeah. Bye. Bye. - All right, guys.
I'm running late. I gotta run. Love you. Bye, girls.
- Bye. Love you.
What time are you gonna be home?
- Uh, 6-ish, but golf is at 8.
- So, I'll see you at, like, midnight.
- I'll see you tomorrow. Have a great day.
- See ya.
**
- I would like to have a cappuccino with coconut milk.
- Perfect, okay. - Please, double espresso.
Thank you so much.
- Oh, I'm meeting my friend.
- Ahh, baby, you look so good.
- You look beautiful. - I'm good.
Oh, yellow looks good on you.
The boobs are boobing. Look so good.
- I brought the milk for the coffee.
- Yeah. [laughing]
I will drink it.
- Something to-to drink, please?
- Um... - Same thing.
- Okay. Yeah. - Same thing?
- Yeah, so we can, like, party
'cause this coffee is already making me like whoo.
[laughing] - How are you?
The desert was a lot. - Oh, my God.
- You know, Brooks is always gonna be Brooks to me.
However-- - Taleen--
she's friends with Brooks, they're fighting.
So, she goes to who is not getting along with Brooks now.
Stanbury-- that is the sickest thing you can do
to your friend.
I'd never do that to you, girl, never.
- No, I would never do that.
And then there's Sara.
- You would have never felt uncomfortable--
- No. - If it was said in a nice way.
- I did. I really did. - Yeah.
- Hello. - Oh, thank you so much.
- Okay, cappuccino, please.
- I think this is also why
the whole Sara thing triggered me.
My husband, the other day, was telling me,
"Oh, you're always too tired for sex."
And then that also makes me feel like,
am I being a sh-- wife? You know, like...
- No.
- As annoyed as I was with Sara's comment,
it actually made me reflect back on why it made me so angry.
I do feel overwhelmed.
I'm gonna try one on. [laughing]
[alarm sounding] Oh, crap, that's my alarm.
Faster, Max.
[alarm sounding]
My other alarm is going. Boys!
Giving all of myself to my family
and my business, can it be done?
Absolutely, but it's hard as (BLEEP).
These days, I don't even know who I am anymore.
- I know. I know. I know.
I agree with you. - Yeah.
- Because every time I call you, you're so overwhelmed.
You need to find a way to balance.
- Yeah. The thing is, my children are my priority,
but, as Mina Roe grows, and everything is expanding,
that also requires a lot of my time.
And then, you know, my mom, the other day, she was like,
"Just in case Rich leaves, you know,
"you need a backup plan."
I'm like, "Mina Roe is my backup plan."
And touch wood, I pray to God, Rich never leaves.
- For you to even say that,
I'm a little bit worried. - Yeah.
- Lesa, you gotta give yourself a break.
You don't have to do this one more thing all the time.
- Yeah. Don't make me cry. Please stop.
- You do so much for yourself and your family.
- But I feel like I have to, Ayan. I can.
- I know, but you're forgetting you.
- A rainy day can come at any point in time,
whether that rainy day is, God forbid,
Rich loses his companies, or we part ways.
So, my mom instilled in me, it's just super, super important
for all women to have financial independence,
especially after what she went through with my dad.
It's not even that I'm just physically exhausted.
I feel mentally exhausted. - That's--
that's what I'm telling you. You need a break.
My mental is always on a break,
'cause I don't do too much, you know?
[laughing]
- I need to be more like you.
Yes. - Yes, yes.
You need to talk to Rich and tell Rich
what's going on with you and how you're feeling.
It's so important, 'cause he's so supportive of you.
- Yeah. - You need--
you need that for yourself.
* It's gonna be a good day *
* 'cause I'm shining so bright *
* rocking up in my ride *
* and I'm feeling so fly *
[sighs]
- Bella, come.
No, no, no, please.
- No more tiki-tiki for you, my friend.
- Oh, my God, I'm so hungry.
- We're starving, honey. - Let's start sitting, darling.
You guys are going to, um, the show tonight.
- Yes, thanks. - You're going to the show.
- Yes, we're going to go to the show.
- Ah, yes. - It's amazing.
- Are you gonna eat dinner here?
- Do you wanna eat something with us?
- Of course. - Yes?
- Yes. I'm not avoiding you all. I-I'm--
- I know. It's like she's avoiding us.
- I'm not avoiding his family on this trip.
- You all right with us? - Dig in.
- Oh, this is so good.
- It's just how I am.
When my family arrive, I hand them the keys
and say, "Off you pop."
But I'm very happy they're here
because they're keeping my husband occupied.
It's like he's got a playdate every day.
Tonight, I have a body scrub.
- No. I need a minute.
I just need to breathe.
I think it's good for you not to be so attached,
to have friends to go out with.
Don't you have to have friends?
Do you see them without him?
- Of course, I have my friends,
and he has his friends. - Yes, very nice.
I have my own friends.
I would like him to have some friends.
I have my kids to prioritize.
I have my friends, too.
- You always have to prioritize me, honey.
You understand?
- It can't just be Sergio all the time.
I have a 17-year-old daughter that's fighting
for my attention.
- I had a conversation with Yasmine.
She said, "I don't want her to have a kid."
- I was primarily brought up by a nanny,
and I think she's gonna be away even more now.
At least I have my brothers. - Yeah.
- That-that has no one.
- I find it really hard to balance the expectations
of Sergio, who just would spend 12 hours a day,
like, holding hands and looking at each other,
if he could, and then my kids.
I am off to the spa.
- Look-look at that kiss. Give me a proper kiss, Carolina.
- Ahh. - Her kisses are like--
I don't even feel it.
- I miss the Caroline I used to know.
You know, like Caroline...
- I miss that, like, chill Caroline, you know.
She used to be so much more easier, more like relaxed.
- Eh...
- Apparently, nobody wants me to have this baby.
I thought my mom was gonna be the biggest supporter,
and it's hard to hear this from her
because my family is very big in Spain,
and I always dreamed of having this amazing family,
but I need my baby.
That's the only piece missing.
- Don't say that. I'm gonna cry.
[laughing]
- Coming up...
- You talk a lot to dad, but you don't talk a lot to me.
- Because you come at, like, 10 p.m.
- Oh.
**
- Taj, I got you a lot of snacks.
- What did you get? - Oranges, lemons.
- Your definition of snacks suck.
[laughing]
**
[phone ringing]
- You look very beautiful. How is Africa?
- Ooh, wonderful. - Nice.
- The weather is beautiful.
- Dubai is starting to be summer,
so it's gonna kill us very soon.
- Yeah. - Yeah, but....
How is mom?
- Mom is fine. Everyone is fine.
- Ifrah is my big sister.
She is like my second mom.
I talk to her literally every day.
If Taj is doing well in school, she knows it.
If I'm arguing with Chris, she knows.
Like, anything in my life,
she's the first person that knows.
- Yeah, I am so excited. - I know.
- Yeah, I cannot wait to see you and Sadiq.
- Ayan Beauty is going great.
We've done everything. We've done the product shoots.
- Amazing, amazing, amazing.
- We've got the website ready.
My sister is coming all the way from South Africa.
My brother is coming from London.
And I want them to be proud of me, to just be like,
"Oh, the little one did it," 'cause I'm the little one.
They're older than me.
- We get to party-- - Oh, we-we are going to party.
Celebrating the women we've become.
Celebrating everything we've been through.
- We need to celebrate you and thank you
because I'm here because of you.
- Aww. - But I love you,
and I appreciate you, and I cannot wait.
- I wanna appreciate you, too, for always being there for me,
supporting me, guiding me, and just I love you.
Ifrah is the love of my life.
She's probably one of the most top people I trust on earth.
Our FGM literally brought us together.
And they took us to this man's house,
and they just tied us on the bed,
and we were circumcised.
I'm younger, so she would check up on me,
and I would start screaming and crying,
and we're both tied, then she would hug me.
When you share that moment,
it made me have the closest bond on earth
with my sister.
- Yeah.
- Taj is very happy that you're coming
because he goes, "Finally, I get to eat."
- Okay, it looks like white powder.
It might be mistaken, but no, no, no, no.
Bring for me. I wanna eat some.
[laughing]
**
- Oh, sh--. - What happened?
- I have a blister on the back of my foot.
- Oh.
- Mom, I'm so excited to show you Glass House.
Now, we have all of the employees.
All of the departments are open.
I'm really excited to show grandma.
- Yeah. - All right.
- Welcome. - Hi.
- You guys, this my mom. Mom, that's Rianna.
- Hi, Rianna.
- And that's Kylie, my P.A. - Hi, Kylie. How are you?
- So, let me show you around a little bit, mom.
This way is our nail department.
On this side, is the pedicure station.
I think we have Tarek over there doing hair.
- Oh. - Do you like it, mom?
- Yes.
- My mom comes every year.
This year, she chose to come hang out with us
for Adam's birthday.
This is one of the facial rooms.
- Very beautiful.
- Right now, I really need her because my mom keeps me calm.
- Of course.
I came out of my mom's vagina.
- To see this, is amazing.
- Can somebody bring my mom a menu, please?
Thanks, guys.
- Yeah, I'll take a water is fine.
- Adam, what would you like?
- This, earl grey tea. - Earl grey tea?
- Okay. - Mom, he doesn't even tea.
- He wants earl grey tea. Give it to him.
- My son will have an earl grey tea.
Let him enjoy that. - Thank you.
- Um, for me, nothing. Thank you very much.
So, Adam, for your birthday, do you wanna tell grandma
what theme we-- we thought of?
- I don't know.
- It's like talking to a brick wall.
- Okay. - Everything is,
"I don't know, sure, fine." I'm just surprised.
I don't know. I've never dealt with this age.
- Adam, do not feel bad.
Your mom was shy at first and then very bossy.
It's okay. Don't worry. You're good.
- Growing up, because I was one of seven children,
I know my mother made so many sacrifices for me
and my brothers and sisters, but she did give us each
our special time. I only have one,
and I feel like I'm losing my mind sometimes.
He doesn't have siblings.
I wonder how that differentiates us because, me,
I grew up with three brothers and three sisters at home.
- Yes, yes. - And I never will.
- Okay, really? - Whoa.
What if your dad decides to have children?
- He does not want to.
- Did you have this conversation with dad?
- Maybe. - Hmm.
Well, that's another thing.
You talk a lot to dad, but you don't talk a lot to me.
I don't understand why.
Is it a boy thing, or is it-- - I think he feels
more comfortable sharing it with his dad.
Is that it, Adam? - But why?
- Do you wanna know why?
Because you come home at, like, 10 p.m. in the night.
- Oh. - Excuse me?
- So, that's a hardworking mom. - I have to work hard, Adam,
for the life that you have because the life that you live,
is all provided by mom. I don't have a choice.
I wanna be the biggest entrepreneur
and be the best role model for my son.
I also wanna give him all the time and attention
that he deserves.
And juggling the three is the most difficult thing ever.
Mom, I don't think Adam knows how hard I work.
- I'm sure he does.
- He needs to know, like, I'm thinking about you, Adam.
I love you, honey.
There's nothing I wouldn't do for you.
So, I'm gonna find a way to make it work.
I'm trying. Thank you.
Let it cool before you do it.
Do you want sugar or honey? Honey or sugar?
- Honey. - You want honey?
- Honey-- do I just put it in there?
- Well, Adam, if you don't know what to even do with the teabag,
why did you order tea?
- First time, right, Adam? - Yeah.
- You're a big boy.
- Coming up next...
- You know, I don't want you to feel like
I always stick up for him. You know, but--
- You do. That's what really upsets me.
**
[sneezes]
- Oh, no. - What?
- Maki, tissue. - No boogers.
- Even if there's no boogers, please.
What do you say when you sneeze?
- Achoo. - No.
What do you say when you sneeze?
- Yes.
[sneezes]
How are you? - Good.
- How was school? - Good.
- You know who is coming? - Who?
- Your favorite human-- it's your homeboy, Akin.
- Akin? - Yes.
It's very sad. Today, Akin is leaving.
He is going back to Germany. [doorbell ringing]
Oh, that's him, probably. Go open the door.
- Okay. - Maktoum is heartbroken.
He is not gonna have his boys time anymore.
- When are you gonna be my dad or stepdad?
- Maki! Don't twerk.
My God. - Hey.
- Can you say something? It's embarrassing.
- I wanna get a world record of twerking.
- Overall, it's been a great time.
We went to the arcade. We went on a yacht.
We went to see movies,
and we had the whole movie theater for ourselves,
and we snuck food in, very rebellious.
- Oh, my God.
- You can't twerk in front of people, okay?
- I feel like there is a potential that
this can lead to something big in the future,
but there is a lot to figure out.
Why don't you go play upstairs for a bit?
I need to talk to Akin about something,
and then we'll talk, me and you, again.
[wails]
- You're looking beautiful. - Aww, thank you.
I kinda told my mom about you.
I told my mom, "I met this German guy."
- She was like, "Number three!" [laughing]
I was like, "Mom, come on." She's like, "You are not--
we're not getting married, again,"
not because of you, because of me.
- I understand.
- She thinks you're another wrong choice.
- Yeah, she has the right to.
So, it's-- I know. - Yeah.
If I introduce you to my family--
- Stuck with you. - You're-you're stuck with me.
Yeah. - I understand.
- So, before you get stuck with me
and with the Al Madani family, you need to make sure
that I am the one for you, as well.
- Yeah. - How do you feel?
Like, I-I see a future, definitely.
Do you see a future? - I see a future, as well.
- What kind of future?
- But... a future between you and me.
- What is a future? I like to be direct.
- Getting into a-a relationship. - What is your future?
What kind of future? [laughing]
- Relationship, marrying someday,
getting kids, all these things.
- How do you see the man in the marriage?
'Cause for me, I see him as, like, the protector,
the provider. - Mm-hmm.
- Sole provider and the reason I say that
is because of my culture and religion
but also because I married men
who I took care of them financially,
and I'm not doing that anymore.
- So, when the man pays for everything,
who has the-the most say in the relationship?
- What? Say in what exactly?
- I mean, when you say the man is the alpha,
then he is, like, a little more dominant,
has a little more say in the relationship, or no?
- Yeah, but in-in Islam, a man should be the provider
and the protector. The man has to do that.
Yet, he is not the one in control.
They're both humans.
- So, the man pays, and he's not in control.
- No, they're both-- there is no control
in a relationship. - A hundred percent.
- But we should be open enough to tell each other how we feel.
- Mm-hmm.
- And there should be compromises.
Growing up, my dad paid for everything.
Actually, the salary my mom made out of her job,
she used to enjoy it.
My dad used to tell her, "This is yours.
Do whatever you want with it. I will still provide."
An alpha man provides.
He doesn't need control to provide.
Based on how I was raised, that's how I see it.
You're leaving. - Yeah.
- What do-what do we do now? - You're really special to me,
but, um, I only can wait, to be honest with you,
if this is exclusive.
If you are dating other guys-- - I'm not dating.
- I'm just saying or talking to other guys,
getting to know other-other guys.
In my-- when-- - Akin Fontana--
- No, no, let me talk, please. Then I can't, um, wait for you.
- So, are we exclusive but not exclusive?
- Yes.
- In Arab culture, when you are dating somebody,
that means you are prepping for marriage.
Like, you're in a real, deep, committed relationship.
So, he's an exclusive future potential husband,
but he's not a boyfriend until he meets my family.
We are in the waiting room
but exclusively in the waiting room.
- Yes, exclusive. Yes. [laughing]
- Got it. - I don't share. I'm sorry.
- You don't share. - I don't share.
- I don't share, as well. - Perfect.
* My heart is beating *
* this love is on fire *
- I am hungry. - When are you not?
[laughing]
- Your waiter will be with you shortly.
Enjoy. - Thank you.
Do you know what you want? - Uh, yeah.
- I will eat whatever you choose. So...
- Okay. - Hello, ladies. How are you?
- Oh. - Thank you.
- Ladies, meanwhile, looking at the menu,
would like any drinks maybe to start with?
- Um, can we get one big bottle of still water?
- Okay.
- And can I please have a Coke Zero?
- Coke Zero, okay. - Yeah.
- I'll have, um, a-a Coke, too. - Coke, too.
- Yeah. - Thank you, ladies.
- So, tell me about, um, how the trip was with dad.
Like, tell me everything.
Like, I feel like I haven't seen you properly.
- My favorite is definitely Miami but...
- But?
- My second favorite of the ones we saw was UCLA.
I really liked UCLA. - Yeah?
Because of the delays of the house,
I was really disappointed not to be able to join Yasmine
on her college tour with her father.
I mean, of course, Sergio was happy.
- So, do you think it's normal that you go
with your ex-husband on a trip seven days to the U.S.?
- It's not a honeymoon. - I know, but it's just--
- It's a university tour.
This is my last year with Yasmine
before she leaves for school, so I want her to be with me
as much as she can.
- Ladies, are you ready to order?
- Yeah.
- I'm gonna leave the ordering to you
because you're the difficult one.
- Can we please have the salmon crispy pizza?
- Okay. - And the wagyu gyoza, please.
- Okay. Thank you, ladies. - Thank you.
- Enjoy your Sumosan.
- Are you scared about living on your own?
- No. I think I'll be quite good at it.
- Well, it's gonna be very odd.
I guess I'm always taking it for granted
that you're all with me.
Maybe we can find some fun, like,
stuff to do this year together, you know.
- Yeah.
- Look, I am gonna make more of an effort.
I mean, do you feel like I prioritize you?
- No.
- It's hard 'cause I've got three of you.
- No, but I don't think you prioritize any of us.
- Over? - Sergio, TBH.
- Do you think you could have a better relationship
with Sergio?
- I try, but he makes it very difficult sometimes.
That's all I'm gonna say.
At the end of the day, he's not my dad.
Honestly, like, I really don't like
when he steps in when you are trying to, like,
parent us. That's not his place.
- Blended families, in general, takes time, right?
- It was quarantine.
He came in the week after dad left.
I don't think it's fair to say it takes time
'cause you gave us no time. - Yeah.
There's no easy way to bring in somebody.
My kids didn't have much time to adjust,
and that's one of my biggest regrets.
COVID sped up our relationship 100-fold.
My ex-husband moved out, and Sergio got locked down here,
but, at the same time,
their father and I had grown apart.
So, with or without Sergio, I was getting divorced.
You are my priority, too.
So, you know, I don't want you to feel like
I always stick up for him. You know, but--
**
- You know, I don't want you to feel like
I always stick up for him. You know, but--
- You do. That's what really upsets me
because if anyone else spoke to me
the way that he speaks to me in our arguments,
the way that you would react would be so different.
And then it always ends up with you yelling at me
and nothing else when I don't think it's fair
because it takes two to have an argument.
- And then I'm the one who gets yelled at
because I'm, like, some, like, malicious thing.
I'm not. That's not fair.
- You're not, Yasmine. You're amazing.
It breaks my heart to see Yasmine break down like this.
It's a horrible situation, my husband and my daughter,
but, you know, there isn't a stepparent
in the world that has felt welcomed by the family.
It doesn't happen that way.
So, whenever there is an argument,
it's always his fault.
"You're not part of this family.
I hate you."
And that's just an awful thing to say
when someone has been by your side
for almost five years.
I just can't win, or he can't win.
What do you want from me?
- I just want you to, like, think about us.
- I do believe, after today, I, well, I really hope
that we can go home and make changes.
- Yeah.
- I think we can, even with Sergio.
**
- I just got bagels. You can bring it.
We'll eat here.
Yeah, Gigi.
- Bath bombs?
Oh, yeah, I ordered bath bombs.
Should we have a drink to Cokes?
- Yes, have a drink to Cokes.
- Let's pour out a little liquor for Cokes.
- Cheers. There's no, like, rulebook with grief.
- Some people don't eat when they're mourning. I-I--
- I didn't eat. I didn't eat.
Like, when she died, I was in shock.
- It just happens like that.
- Coco was our family dog, and she passed away.
Coco was just such a positive light in our family.
Did you sleep easier last night
knowing her ashes were with you?
- A little bit. A little bit. - It's comforting.
Coco has been in our lives longer than my husband.
We took her everywhere.
She traveled more than Lady Gaga on a world tour.
Oh, by the way, so, when Coco died,
I wrote it to the group.
The only girls that reached out
were Ayan, Lesa-- - And Caroline.
- And Caroline Stanbury. - Stanbury, yeah.
- And Brooks, she didn't.
You know how hurtful that is?
A dog just died.
How can you not reach out to somebody?
[clears throat]
- Y'all always have your drama, though.
- But that's different. - I think-- I think--
- And then it goes back to normal the next day.
- I think-- - No, this is different.
Like, I haven't spoken to her in a week.
Ever since I started to get to know these girls,
she's been wanting to put preconceived notions
in my head about them.
But when I called her out on it,
all hell broke loose.
- Look, I love Caroline.
I know she's been your oldest friend.
I've known her-- - First friend in Dubai.
- First friend in Dubai but she's showing
a very unhinged side of herself.
- Yeah.
Like, this is the longest we've gone without speaking.
It's Adam's birthday. I sent her a message.
- Yeah. - Wishing Adam a happy birthday.
She didn't even respond.
And if she doesn't respond, I'm not going.
I'm seeing a side of Brooks that maybe she wasn't
the friend that I thought she was,
and that's really hard to digest.
Is this something that we can even recover from?
**
- Oh, my God, this looks so good,
and the weather is perfect.
Adam, look. The sign is for you.
- Damn. Nice.
[laughing] - How cool.
Hi. How are you?
Adam, these are the coaches from Pirate Surf.
- We've got surfing.
We're gonna have a water gun fight.
- Amazing.
- We've got archery, football, Frisbee,
and team building. [laughing and yelling]
- Say, "thank you," to the ladies.
Thank you very much. Give me five.
Did mom understand the assignment?
[laughing] I feel like this is a lot.
I'm already overwhelmed.
- Hey, Zoran. - Hi, Brooks family.
- Hi. Yes. Hi. Hi.
- Hi, Brooks, uh, family.
Maria. - Hi, Zoran.
- How are you? - Good.
- My relationship with Zoran is always up and down.
You never know what you're gonna get.
It's like a roll of the dice.
[sighs] Right now, we're okay.
We're trying to coparent the best we can.
- Footing the bill?
Zoran's footing the bill for his vodka tonics,
not for my son's birthday. That's on me.
- Hi, guys. - Hi.
- Happy birthday, Adam. - Thank you.
Hi. - Hi.
- Mom, that's my friend, Lucy.
Lucy, that's my mother. - There you go.
Can I have a look at the menu? - Stay back.
- Just to say hi to Lucy. - Stay back.
Every woman that walks in.
- Hey, how are you? - I'm Zoran. Hi.
- What would you like to have?
- Security to remove my ex-husband
from the premises. - Okay.
- Oh, my God! Whoo! - Whoo!
Hi, honey! - You look so good.
- Oh, you look amazing. - How are you?
- Maki! Hey, boo-boo.
- Where is Adam? - Adam!
Adam, introduce Maki to your friends.
- Oh, this is so nice. Hi, honey.
- Welcome, welcome, welcome. - Where is the birthday boy?
- Over there. - Hi.
- Money is not really an object
when it comes to birthday parties in Dubai.
People go all out for their kids.
I've literally been to parties at sheik's palaces,
and I'm already planning Max's birthday party
at the world's seven star, Burj Al Arab.
- Once, I went to a two-year-old's birthday,
and the parents gifted the two-year-old a Rolls Royce.
What the hell is this two-year-old gonna do
with this car?
Where is Ayan?
- Oh, Ayan is not coming.
Her family is arriving today,
so she went to get them from the airport.
- Oh, got it.
- Yeah, I love this. I need this.
- Keep him with me. That's it.
- Did you find the prawns? - No. Where are the prawns?
- Behind your head, girl. You don't smell it?
- Oh!
She knows the key to my heart.
By the way, is Taleen coming?
- I invited her. I did.
- Oh, that's nice. - Yes.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah,
'cause it didn't really end so good at the desert.
She seemed really, like, upset.
- Yeah, but I think, when it comes to, like,
the events and stuff, you don't exclude people.
- My P.A. invited Taleen,
and I never revoke invitations.
However, I don't think she RSVPed.
I didn't see her on the list.
I'm not surprised.
I'm not gonna engage in rubbish
on my son's birthday. We're not doing that.
**
[doorbell ringing] - Let's see who is here, Geeg.
Hi. - Hello.
How are you? - Wow, you look so cute.
Oh, I'm all right. Muah.
- I got you this one. - Aww, thank you.
- I brought these for your sister.
- That's really sweet of you, babe.
Thank you. Come on in. - Hi.
- Oh, what's up, party animal? - Hello.
- Hi. Thank you so much. Thank you.
- That's very sweet, Caroline. - So sweet.
- How are you? How are you feeling?
Well, I've been there. [sighs]
- I know you have. - I totally get it.
- Let's sit, guys. - Okay.
- Are you hungry? Are you thirsty?
- Can I get you coffee? - Coffee, tea, water?
- Yeah, yeah. - Prosecco?
Prosecco? - No.
[laughing] I'm never drinking again
since going out with you two.
"Just-just an hour," you said.
[laughing]
- I lost a shoe, darling.
- Oh, darling. [laughing]
- I came home the other night and went to bed
when you guys were out, and all of the sudden,
the door flies open.
I didn't know who was here.
- And I crawled into bed with you?
[laughing] - 5:00 a.m.
- Best night of his life.
- I know you always wanted to see me here.
[laughing]
- All of the sudden-- - Oh, before or after--
- I open my eyes. [overlapping voices]
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- And I see my wife and Margot Robbie,
and I'm like-- [laughing]
- Who is Margot Robbie?
- A girl that they say looks like me.
- A-a porn star? - An Australian actress.
- No! - A porn star?
[laughing]
**
- How was it in the water? Boys, let me see you swim.
Let's go!
Whoo!
Oh, my God, I wish Caroline Stanbury
could see this romantic walk.
- Do you think this would piss her off?
Wait, hold on. [gasps]
- I just felt like an energy, like,
shake over of my body. - But wait. Hold on.
Hold on. Hold on.
If we're doing this to piss her off,
then what is Taleen doing in her stories yesterday?
Did you see that? Yes, you saw that.
- Lesa sent it to me.
- So, is that to piss us off?
- I don't know.
Stanbury and Taleen hanging out on Instagram,
deep diving into the pits of hell,
is very, very fitting.
Gutter meets gutter.
Stanbury, you were complaining
that Taleen had her bushies open at Beyonce.
Now, you're letting her jump right into your bush.
Make it make sense, bitch.
It's like a child when you tell them,
"Hey, baby, the fire is hot. Don't touch that.
You're gonna get burned."
Let her burn.
She will get scorched.
- I'm done chasing. - You shouldn't have to.
- I'm not going to Adam's birthday.
You're not going. - I-I'm not going.
Neither of my sons are in town. - Okay.
- I probably gave Taleen more of a chance
because Caroline made such an effort to keep us apart.
The more I've got to know Taleen,
is that she is her own person.
She actually is just very, very, very funny.
- Nobody is funnier than me.
She hasn't spoken to me for weeks.
And the weird thing is at your party here,
I hear she's called me a see-you-next-Tuesday.
And apparently, that was the nicest thing
she said to you and your guests.
- Is this pre-alcohol or post-alcohol?
- Post-alcohol.
- Oh. [laughing]
**
- Eat...
Pray...
- Party!
- Still to come this season,
on "The Real Housewives of Dubai."
[screaming] Bali, baby!
- You know, in Bali, they worship the penis.
Will I have another baby?
[screaming]
**
- We've been having issues.
Nothing is going through with us,
and you're not here.
- Hello, gorgeous ladies.
- Oh, hi. - Yeah.
- Taleen, apparently, I called her a beggar.
- Brooks, when did you do that? - But what did she beg you for?
Yeah, but do not-- - You better ----ing
shut your mouth.
- Do not talk to us, right now. - Oh, whoa!
- Honey, you listening to this? - Do not get involved.
- No man talks to me like that!
- It's been an emotional ----ing roller coaster.
- Misery loves company.
- I am not miserable, Lesa.
- You're miserable as (BLEEP).
- I'm dealing with the biggest witch of Middle East
and the biggest bully of Middle East.
Hey, Stanbury, I'm disappointed at you.
And you, I expected more out of you.
- I swear to God on my children's life,
God strike them dead! You are a liar!
- I'm done. - I'm done.
- My friendship is over. - Yes.
The house of cards is falling down.
I'm here for it, bitch.
- Sit down. Sit down. Just sit down.
[blows nose]
Oh, that's Valentino. - Oh, sh--.