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The husbands made an quality successful Part 2 of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City reunion connected Feb. 1, but it was each the speech astir Jen Shah that captivated america the most. It each started erstwhile Andy Cohen asked the ladies whether they thought the amusement affected the mode Jen handled her ineligible situation. Heather Gay answered archetypal by saying that since Jen was arrested connected the show, her world was astir apt “muddled” and she whitethorn person gotten confused astir what was existent and what wasn’t. Whitney Rose and Lisa Barlow besides suggested that she “became idolized due to the fact that of it”, and it “fed her ego a lot”.
Andy past enactment Meredith Marks successful the blistery spot and asked her wherefore she wasn’t amazed by her apprehension successful Season 2, but past “blindly stood by her” passim Season 3. “How bash you warrant that present that she’s pled guilty?” Andy asked Meredith, but Meredith said irregardless of however she pleaded, she’s “still a quality being” and she volition “always basal for the underdog”. But that evidently didn’t reply Andy’s question due to the fact that helium wasn’t asking Meredith wherefore she was defending Jen, helium was asking her wherefore she was defending Jen after going truthful hard for her successful Season 2.
#RHOSLC Season 3 Reunion Part 2 Sneak Peek — Heather & Whitney sermon their issues passim the season. ❄️ pic.twitter.com/RGzvUCWwd1
— jay (@JaysRealityBlog) February 1, 2023
Meredith besides said connected camera astatine the extremity of Season 3 that if Jen ended up being guilty, she would person a truly large occupation with that. Footage showed her saying it, but erstwhile Andy asked her astir it, she tried downplaying what she antecedently said and explained that she’d conscionable person to effort and “understand” it all, but since she hadn’t had a speech with Jen yet, and Jen wasn’t yet sentenced astatine the clip of filming the reunion, she didn’t privation to speculate overmuch further.
Whitney past jumped successful and asked Meredith however she went from accusing Jen from stealing things from her store during Season 2 to being BFFs with her successful Season 3, and that’s erstwhile Meredith told everyone that she learned of Jen’s termination effort “months before” it was revealed connected camera. So alternatively of attacking Jen each play agelong oregon questioning her innocence, she chose to stay neutral. Especially aft what she had experienced with her nephew and his ain termination effort anterior to Season 3. “With what I went done [already], I wasn’t playing with that,” an affectional Meredith told the group.
The connection silenced the group, but Andy didn’t backmost down. He reminded Meredith that her comments astir questioning her relationship with Jen (in the Season 3 finale) came aft the termination effort was revealed, truthful her reasoning didn’t marque a batch of sense. Meredith yet admitted that she does “have an issue” with the full situation, but “on the flip side” she doesn’t deliberation Jen “should die”. Andy said helium ne'er suggested that Jen “should die” — helium was conscionable trying to recognize her back-and-forth stance connected Jen. But Meredith brought up her nephew’s termination effort again, shed immoderate tears (or pretended to), and said she “didn’t care” if anyone wanted to question her actions.
FINALLY Andy calls retired Meredith #RHOSLC pic.twitter.com/kBdCkPGNdg
— The Reality TV Guru (@Realitytvguru13) January 26, 2023
Lisa accused Meredith of “rewriting history” since she was seen gloating aft Jen’s arrest, and telling their formate formed mate, Mary Cosby, that she wasn’t amazed by the concern astatine all. But Meredith tried deflecting and saying she wasn’t successful the close authorities of caput past due to the fact that of what happened with her nephew, and she had “no support” from Lisa oregon her different friends during that time.
Meredith went connected to accidental she refused to talk connected Jen’s innocence oregon guilt, but Andy told her that’s “weird” considering however vocal she was astir it successful Season 2. “I deliberation it’s wild,” helium said.
What’s adjacent wilder is aft the formed wondered wherefore Jen would adjacent articulation a amusement similar RHOSLC, if she was moving a telemarketing scheme, Meredith revealed that the sealed indictment was connected the aforesaid time that Andy announced the amusement astatine BravoCon successful Nov. 2019. So the probe was already good underway, but Jen didn’t cognize astir it.
Andy past brought up speculation astir Coach Sharrieff Shah‘s imaginable engagement successful Jen’s amerciable activities, and Whitney said it’s “possible” helium had cognition of it all. Heather said she “doesn’t cognize the archetypal happening astir their relationship”, and adjacent though she hinted astatine his imaginable engagement successful the play finale, she present says, “I don’t cognize thing anymore.”
Next week connected #RHOSLC Reunion Part 2! ❄️ pic.twitter.com/psw2VyrQOj
— jay (@JaysRealityBlog) January 26, 2023
So why did Jen plead blameworthy then? Heather said, “I truly deliberation it was [a] fiscal [reason] and they saw thing [in the tribunal documents and said], ‘Listen, it’s not worthy rolling the dice due to the fact that it’s going to beryllium truthful costly and if it’s not a wide win, we can’t hazard it.'” Jen told Heather the costs of way were “astronomical” and adjacent conscionable getting copies of transcripts outgo $2,000 per day. “They solicited friends for money,” Heather said earlier adding, “People connected this sofa [gave them money].” Everyone looked shocked and started wondering who she was referring to, but Heather clarified that she meant Angie Harrington, who was connected the sofa earlier during the reunion. Heather claimed Jen and Coach asked Angie and her hubby for the money, truthful they gave it to them. And past Whitney wondered whether that’s wherefore Jen got implicit the “Shahxposed” play “went distant truthful quick”.
Whitney and Lisa said they were besides asked to springiness money, but they “couldn’t bash that” to their families. Lisa said her ineligible counsel besides advised against it.
Heather went backmost to saying that she thinks Jen pleaded blameworthy due to the fact that of the fiscal strain the proceedings was causing, and Lisa said she believes Jen pleaded blameworthy due to the fact that “a substance she sent [her erstwhile assistant] Stu fundamentally incriminated her”.
“I assumed it was thing similar a smoking gun,” Heather added. “They dropped 1 complaint and she pled blameworthy to conspiracy, which means she had knowledge of what was going on.” But adjacent though Heather believes Jen genuinely took portion successful the telemarketing scheme, she doesn’t deliberation it’s close to beryllium “mean” to her.
After the reunion taped, Jen was sentenced to six and fractional years successful situation — she’ll surrender herself connected Feb. 17.
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