‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ Recap: The Girls’ Trip to Arizona
“The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” embarked on an exotic journey to kick off its new season, and it took the cast from one state to what cast member Heather Gay calls “the beau- red son of Utah”.
Also known as Arizona.
It’s not St. Tropez, Bali or the Maldives, as Meredith Marks points out – but it’s not 110 degrees either, so there’s that. (Heather says, “I love Arizona in the winter.”)
Alas, they can’t get very far because, at the time of filming, Jen Shah was in the middle of legal proceedings after she and one of her assistants have been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing as well as conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The terms of Jen’s bail included “No travel outside of the State of Utah without prior clearance from the pretrial officer.”
Although she initially pleaded not guilty, in July she changed her tone. and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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The cast of ‘RHOSLC’ took a girls’ trip to cheer up Jen Shah
But like the cast was filming season three, episode two (aired October 5) in February, Jen had not yet pleaded guilty and was distressed about the impact the case was having on her family. So Heather, Meredith, Lisa Barlow and Whitney Rose took Jen on a girls’ trip to cheer her up and allow Whitney to reconnect with her stepbrother. The water supply works are not long in starting.
It’s quickly apparent that Phoenix isn’t a top destination for housewives.
“It’s just Utah – warmer (and) with more white people, if that’s even humanly possible,” Heather says in her commentary.
They’re staying in a $2.85million ‘ultra-luxury mansion’ – that’s how the house is described in its Airbnb listing — in Phoenix (not Scottsdale, as the chyron claims) reminiscent of a home owned by former cast member Mary Cosby.
“Walking into this house, I feel like I’ve stepped foot into Mary Cosby’s great hall. It’s almost like Mary is still with us,” Whitney says after arriving early with Lisa.
Whitney Rose hired a shaman to come to an Arizona mansion
It’s where they’ll go on a healing journey with a shaman, attend a lingerie night, and engage in some lingering drama between Meredith and Season 2’s Lisa.
In episode two, they sip a cocoa drink made by their shaman, Kseniya, in the backyard of the rented mansion and reveal the life events they are trying to heal from. Apparently, the third time is the charm, as Kseniya’s ceremony goes better than the ones Whitney has held for the group in the past.
The camaraderie is short-lived, however, as Meredith still resents Lisa since her tirade on the mic last season. In episode three, we’ll find out if drinking on a Scottsdale party bike, playing putt-putt, or partying in lingerie thaws the ice between them.
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New episodes of “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” air Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo.
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