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Finally! The episode we had all been waiting for all season aired last night as we finally got to see the Salahis crash the White House dinner party, or did we?
Overall, episode 8 of the Real Housewives of DC turned out to be a tad uneventful. Yes, I am aware that the Bravo cameras were not allowed inside the White House, but for some reason I expected more last night. Perhaps, more footage showing just how these two planned to crash trash the party would have sufficed. And oh yeah, as reported earlier today, the Salahis are threatening to sue their cast-mates if they ever refer to them as White House party crashers. So thanks to the genius suggestion of our reader Lisa, the Salahis will now be referred to as the White House party thrashers!
With that out of the way, let’s get right to the recap. Stacie finally decides to contact her birth mother’s son via facebook. I was a bit torn by the Turners’ decision. On one hand, I completely understand Stacie’s strong desire to find her birth father by all means, but on the other hand, I felt it was a bit unfair to involve an innocent party. However, Stacie is desperate so I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.
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The ladies (Cat, Lynda and Mary) meet up for dinner and the hot topic of conversation is Michaele. Lynda brings up the con artist’s claims of being a model, which is revealed to be yet another made up lie along with the thousand others Michaele has told this season.
We see the Salahis being driven around in their old school white stretch limo as they are on their way to dinner with some very good friends. Michaele brings the lols when she states “Tareq has introduced me to so many news things, he’s taught me not to be afraid… He’s introduced me to a life of travel, to the best cuisines, the wines…” I’m guessing by so many new things, she means bankruptcy, lawsuits, and oh yeah — party crashing. The good life indeed. I notice Michaele has mentioned all season about how much Tareq has changed her life for the better, and I can’t help but think this barbie wannabe is completely stuck in a barbie fantasy. She badly wants to believe Tareq is her wealthy knight in shining armor, despite the fact that all of his actions and her reality point to the exact opposite.
The ladies continue to discuss the gruesome twosome and Lynda makes an excellent point when she voices what I strongly felt very early on this season. “I wanted to believe with all my heart and soul that she was being influenced by him,” states Lynda. Like Lynda, I also wanted to believe Michaele was an innocent bystander in the many many webs being woven by Tareq, but my feelings about that has obviously changed as Michaele has been shown to be a more than willing participant.
Cat is shown chatting with her husband Charles, as she wants him to print out an award winning photo of the President. Cat plans on giving Obama the photo as a present because surely he doesn’t have a copy. We find out Cat will be meeting the President soon at a White House Christmas party. Though Cat is not my favorite DC housewife, I can’t help but feel a tad sad watching this scene between she and Charles, knowing they are no longer together. There’s just something cute about the two as I can definitely see the love and chemistry between them. Perhaps it’s the romantic in me, but I can’t help but feel somewhat sad knowing their marriage ultimately did not work out.
Lynda is shown getting ready for her big “political” event, and in case you’re wondering, political event is DC talk for a fashion show. I must add that I loved when Lynda offered to buy her dress from the fashion designer, who offered it to her for free. I thought that was a great gesture.
After receiving no reply from her birth mother’s son on facebook, the Turners decide to try talking to someone from the Nigerian Embassy. A special thanks to Bravo for providing subtitles though I’m pretty certain I was able to make out what the lady was saying with zero problem. In this touching scene, Stacie finds out the lady trying to help her from the embassy just happens to be from the same state and tribe as her birth father. Following the meeting, Stacie is more than hopeful that she is much closer to finding her birth father.
It’s time for the political event/fashion show planned by Lynda, and we see Lynda giving strict orders to the security not to let the Salahis into the event under any circumstances. I just find it priceless how the Salahis’ managed to have alienated all of their cast-mates way before the White House dinner fiasco ensued. As Lynda discusses Michaele with hairstylist Paul, we see the always delusional Michaele declare in her interview that Lynda is jealous of her because she is “Miss DC.” And the jokes just continue to write themselves.
It’s D-Day as we see the gruesome twosome getting ready to crash trash a White House party. As Michaele gets her make-up done, she shares that she had “connected” with President Obama in the past during a rock the vote event she hosted. Thanks to the photo of Michaele with the President that was posted on her facebook page last year, I can proudly declare this as being the only truth to come out of Michaele’s mouth all season.
The lols continue when Michaele tells her make-up artist she hopes the President will remember her. Michaele then goes on to tell what is more than likely her 158th lie this season when she randomly reveals she used to go to the White House to do make up. For who? When? What Presidency? More importantly, where and how does she come up with these lies?
The best part of the episode comes when Michaele’s hairdresser asks to see her invitation. The con artist pretends to go looking for it, and of course can’t find it. In a Bravo first, the network lets us in on a conversation between the show’s producers and Michaele. It seems Bravo wanted to film Michaele holding the party invite, but can’t because Michaele does not have one and did not get one.
This is actually a very incriminating scene. I haven’t searched online yet but I’m about 99% certain Michaele has mentioned in the press that she never received a paper invite but rather a phone invitation from the White House Social Secretary at the last minute. I’m pretty darn certain she said this, which just goes to show you what type of liar this woman is. Why is she looking for an invitation she never received? I will try to find a link to Michaele saying this in the press.
As she continues to get ready, we see Michaele struggling to tie her red Sari outfit. Didn’t she mention earlier in the episode that she learned how to tie a Sari during her 3 weeks stay in India? I guess when one lies so much, it becomes hard to keep track of all their lies.
“You work hard, you give a lotta love, you end up at the White House,” declared a rather arrogant Michaele. And I can’t help but wonder about the nerve of these two, to not only crash the White House, but to do it wearing a bright red Sari. Completely unbelievable. And I also find it funny that the Salahis spent the past couple of months saying they would be vindicated once Bravo airs this season of the DC Housewives, even stating people would finally get to see the “real them.” Well Michaele and Tareq, we have seen the “real” you and it only put you in a much worse light. It only confirmed what phonies you are, while also proving that the White House isn’t the first party you crashed trashed.
With that said, I’m definitely looking forward to the reactions of the other ladies. I wish Bravo could stretch out next week’s finale into 2 hours instead of one as I believe the aftermath is way more interesting than the episode I just watched. Also, the reunion of the show was filmed this week, and will likely air on October 14th.
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@98 lol..yep…real life is stranger than fiction,,,
Reality is not real and brownstonefan:
I so agree. Just loved watching the producers following her around the salon when she came back and saying she couldn’t remember what she was doing, and then looking for her bag with the invitation and asking “Who has my bag? Where’s my bag.” The producers kept peppering her with questions and wouldn’t let her slide.
Now that’s what I like seeing. When separated from Tareq, she gets all flustered when confronted with the truth of her fantasy.
She’s starts stuttering and acts like she’s lost in a maze.
And then it’s up to Tareq to help her out — paraphrasing: You don’t need an invitation to be allowed into the White House, you just frame it.
Of all the stuff filmed and shown on Thursday’s episode, the one thing that stood out for me is what was missing but was filmed. And I think it’s a bombshell and wonder if we’ll see the ending next week.
That was where Bravo was filming the Salahi’s in the line at the White House Gate – I saw the snippet where they’re being told they’re not on the list by Gate Security. And then the film cuts out.
So….. I want to see the rest of the film showing the Salahis arguing their way in past the Agents who say “You’re names are not the list”.
Please Bravo, let me see the ending.
@102 lol deffo….when she knows she’s on camera she is so “ON”…it’s like u don’t know where one ends and one begins,,just saw the scene where they want a ghost writer to write their story ,,instead of the war wine and roses,,*oh he is so smug with that title,,I say title their book Grimm’s Fairytales…that is being shown again sven,,i gottawaychit and get a good laff..just like when she was on the view and they asked her about the WH,,and she goes off on another subject,,then Whoopi tells her to stay on subject,,I really wish they had a tough moderator at the reunion,,,get Joy Behar…lol
And, I would love to have Bravo answer, my question, but I doubt they will:
Did the Secret Service and/or Congress or any govt. agency ask you to provide them with a copy of the film showing the Salahis getting past the guards?
O-M-G!!!! Watching this the second time.,.im gonna stroke ouit,,,they single handedly brought the US and India together,,oh yeah Porky..then bring our friggin jobs back..ok,,sorry,,I went off,,but that bag of wind and that stick with the nose he calls his wife,,,pisses me off,,I apologize RT,,,
Apparently her sari sold for $7k, to the salon owner who did her hair.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2010/10/michaele_salahi_sari_sells_at.html
@107 omg,,they got on the phone to thank him,,how about paying him??? they owe everyone and their mother….well his mother,,anyone who disrepsects theri parensts as Porky does,,,he’s dirt
Maybe he can donate to the Smithsonian to be put next to the Ruby Slippers.
Actually, I may just buy a doll; I also have a “Pee Wee Herman” doll in its original box.
Years ago, after his “exposure” in an adult movie house, they couldn’t get rid of them. But as time past, they have become more valuable because of the scandal and the scarcity.
I have one Pee Wee doll out of the box on the shelf which I still pull the talking string on from time to time – it’s a riot!
If it was me, I would have had a talking string on Michaele’s doll.
I’m waiting for the accessories for the doll. A fake Redskins Cheerleader outfit, a makeup kit for those fake trips to the WH to do makeup for the VP and First Ladies, a Nordstrom cosmetic counter to sell makeup behind. They could also branch out with a courthouse set, a winery and we can’t forget the white stretch 70′s style limo.
Who’s sari now?
If there was a talking string,,,every time u pull it,,a new lie comes out..she isa legend in her own mind,,after she is the hottest wife and Miss DC,,riiiiight
one thing i dont understand –
the link from @107 KurlyHairedB says that somehow they have services rendered and dont pay their bills. how do they get away with not paying their bills before leaving the salon. what do they do, write checks?
@kaytee, a lot of the higher end service providers in this area send out monthly bills to their select clientele. You have to remember that up until 3 years ago, the Salahis did have money and were actually very influential in the Virginia Wine industry as Oasis was one of the premier wineries. Then once their extravagant spending started bankrupting not only their personal business, but the winery their whole life unraveled and they have been moving from scheme to scheme to exist.
@ 11 Phoebe: LOL…Who says crime doesn’t pay? I’d like to mention something about Michaele’s lie regarding her doing make-up in the White House. We know this is an outrageous lie and if anyone is wondering “where do they come up with this stuff” I’ll tell you. One of the reasons sociopaths are so good at lying is not because they invent stuff out of whole cloth. Some do but for the most part sociopaths take other people’s experiences and incorporate it as their own.
An example I’d like to give, mostly because I’ve never forgotten it, has to do with a former patient I had when I worked in Psych. The guy repeatedly told people that he had been a First Lieutenant in the Vietnam War. Needless to say, we had our doubts about this but had no proof one way or the other. Turns out the psychiatrist had a conference with his family and somehow this subject came up. The true story was that his sister had been an Army nurse and she was the First Lieutenant. Our guy never saw a day of military service. Hope I haven’t bored you all with this story but it’s one of my favorites.
Mikki- that story doesn’t bore me it just makes me sad. Your patient was delusional and in a locked mental health unit.
The Salahis are also delusional yet were guests at The White House.
I think there should be a distinct difference.
@113 – Kaytee,
I accept the explanation from @114 – makes sense. What I don’t understand is how they are able to usurp repeated services from people / businesses they already owe money to? That salon where she was getting ready – according to Washington Post’s Reliable Sources, they owe them money for the services rendered for their wedding, back in 2003 !!! That salon is apparently one of the entities locked in one of almost 40 !!!!!! lawsuit against the Salahis for non-payment, and yet they agree to allow her to come in, monopolize the whole place, not leave a tip (as reported)??? Are the salon owners out of their minds? She already owes you money – why sell her more, and then be surprised when she renegs on this bill, too? So retarded….
Kaya: Like KurlyHairedB said, the Salahi’s were using their “Corporate Accounts” at all these purveyers, where instead of paying on-site, they were billed because of their long-standing relationship “when the Oasis Winery was profitable”. Many of these purveyers, salons, hotels, etc. were not aware of the financial problems so were willing to continue billing, as usual on a monthly basis. It was only after 3-6 months of not getting paid, they realized they were getting scammed.
LIke the Giudices, the Salahis were running up bills like gangbusters prior to declaring bankruptcy – that’s Tareq’s business’ bankruptcy, unrelated the bankruptcy of the corporation of the Oasis Winery. He was only a 5% owner of Oasis, but he fooled businesses into thinking he owned more and that’s why they allowed him to charge and be billed.
RH-DC Episode 8: Delusional Cirque Du Salahi
OMG, where 2 begin?
As much as I think that the Salahis should go to jail for what they did,
I think the bigger issue here is the gaping holes that the Salahis exposed in the White House Security. Hello? the Salahis got through three check points, got up close and personal with POTUS and VP, and managed to be photographed with them and the PM of India!!! What more needs to be said?
They could have been terrorists, for Pete’s sake! What a moron WH Events
Secretary and Secret Service!!!
I was actually laughing hysterically throughout the whole Tar and Miss Dlusional circus world that they live in.
From the dinner at The Inn at the Little Washington to the hair-makeup
Sari dress-up session for the WH State Dinner that they were planning on crashing.
Bravo should have pressed the grifters to see the actual WH State Dinner invitation!
Who cares what a hairstylist thinks? It wasn’t her job to check scarecrow’s invite.
Tracie – Did it ever occur to her that the biological father does not want to be found?
It’s one thing to search for her bio parents; it’s another to track them down
only if the adoption agency and/or parents have given their consent.
Lynda – Again, laughing hysterically at her attempt
to block Tar and Miss Dlusional from crashing her event. She should have added Lolly’s name to that list. Did they check backstage, if any gowns
were missing? Another OMG/LOL moment.
I thought she looked elegant at the Fashion show. She needs a bigger studio for her business. Clients/models shouldn’t have to wait on the sidewalk.
Cat needs a stylist. So tired of her metallic scarves, belts, and hats. She looked better in pink, when she was talking to hubs at home.
Mary is just a lamppost/coat tree/mannequin, nondescript housewife. No need to bring her back for season2.
On WWHL – not a Tina fan, but she’s right about Bitchenny
looking like Sid the PBS cartoon character.
Saw RHWDC last episode today — never saw any of the previous. I live on Vancouver Island — “We” seem to collectively agree the problem isn’t whether or not someone off the street walked into the whitehouse. It’s why wasn’t the Secret Service able to prevent it. Put the break down in the SS in jail.
And thank god there wont be another season. I saw the last episode… with friends like Lynda, Cat, Mary and Tracie, who needs enemies.
“Crashing” a party is not against the law. It’s not a violation of any Tort — the same as if you crashed a wedding reception, you wouldn’t be sent to jail… just sent to the curb.
Americans are very ill. Ill informed, ill with gossip, ill with superficialness… You’re destroying yourselves, your country, your once great reputation… America doesn’t have an honest sense of what’s important. The people elect the government. It’s not the Government that’s broken, it’s the People.