Brandi Glanville finally delivered the receipts on Wednesday’s episode of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills.
The 47-year-old mother of two unveiled pages of text messages that she said showed proof that she had a sexual relationship with Denise Richards, 49.
The texts she shared with the RHOBH cast appeared innocent, without sexual innuendo, but her story did make everyone wonder why Denise denied they were close.
Receipts ready: Brandi Glanville delivered the receipts in the form of text messages between her and Denise Richards on Wednesday’s episode of The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills
‘Regardless of the sex stuff, they had some sort of relationship, enough where they’re sharing things with one another,’ Teddi Mellencamp-Arroyave, 39, pointed out.
Dorit Kemsley, 44, defended Denise, noting that she’d never said she distanced herself from Brandi, only said they were not tight.
That set off Brandi, who’d gotten tired of being scrutinized.
‘I f***ing sucked on her f***king [unprintable],’ she yelled in frustration. ‘I have a close f***ing relationship with her, okay b****? Enough said!’
Alleged affair: The 47-year-old mother of two unveiled pages of text messages that she said showed proof that she had a sexual relationship with Denise Richards, 49
Lisa Rinna, 57, had been trying to repair her own relationship with Denise since the cast’s recent trip to Rome, but looking at the texts, she wondered if she had been manipulated.
She eyeballed one in which Denise told Brandi her loyalty would never change, and wrote, ‘I still care and love you.’
In Rome, Denise had told Lisa she’d only seen Brandi only a couple of times in her life, yet there were a flood of affectionate messages to look at.
Feeling manipulated: Lisa Rinna, 57, had been trying to repair her own relationship with Denise since the cast’s recent trip to Rome, but looking at the texts, she wondered if she had been manipulated
Love tests: Brandi shared texts in which she and Denise said they love each other
Catching up: The texts also showed Brandi and Denise discussing a desire to catch up
Lisa considered, ‘I don’t have that relationship, texting-wise, with Denise. I don’t say, ”I love you honey, I love you baby.” This is a relationship. This is an intimate friendship.’
All the drama went down at Teddi’s surprise baby shower, to which Brandi was invited.
The cast told the Drinking & Tweeting author that Denise had denied hooking up with her.
Intimate friendship: Lisa considered, ‘I don’t have that relationship, texting-wise, with Denise. I don’t say, ”I love you honey, I love you baby.” This is a relationship. This is an intimate friendship’
Brandi was horrified to hear what Denise said, and countered with some juicy information.
‘We were making out and then I bit her,’ she said of one encounter. ‘I left marks.’
‘The next day she said to me, ‘Aaron can never know this, he’ll kill me,’ Brandi remembered, referring to Denise’s husband Aaron Phypers, 47.
Bite marks: ‘We were making out and then I bit her,’ Brandi said of one encounter. ‘I left marks’
Baby shower: Brandi wore a short pink dress to the baby shower for Teddi Mellencamp
She claimed that Denise had wanted to blame the bite marks on a corset she was wearing for a movie she’d been shooting.
‘Then I thought, ”Okay, I have to keep this secret. I’m a cheater”,’ Brandi recalled. ‘I hate cheaters. I was cheated on and I would never do it.’
‘This is about shutting me up to make sure I never let anyone know, especially women in our group, that this happened,’ Brandi added.
Corset excuse: She claimed that Denise had wanted to blame the bite marks on a corset she was wearing for a movie she’d been shooting
Earlier in the episode, Denise met up with Garcelle Beauvais, 53, to go over the Rome trip.
Garcelle asked her if she’d told Aaron about the claims Brandi made, and Denise said ‘yes.’
‘Aaron and I don’t have any secrets from each other, and if I did come home and say, ”Hey, I slept with Brandi,” he would be like, ”How come I wasn’t invited?”,’ she emphasized.
Catching up: Earlier in the episode, Denise met up with Garcelle Beauvais, 53, to go over the Rome trip
The women discussed the ways in which their friendships with the RHOBH cast had changed, and Garcelle noted that Lisa had become harder and more ‘relentless’ in recent months.
Denise said she agreed and that something was off. She also realized she just did not like Teddi.
Garcelle told Denise she was proud of the way she stood up to their castmates in Rome.
Showing support: Garcelle told Denise she was proud of the way she stood up to their castmates in Rome
‘I’ve been through a lot,’ Denise said. ‘I can handle them.’
As everyone prepared for the baby shower, Lisa was spending a little time with her family.
She spoke to her daughter Amelia Gray Hamlin, 18, about the new apartment she was moving into, and how she’d been feeling lately.
Family time: As everyone prepared for the baby shower, Lisa was spending a little time with her family including a surf-like workout with Amelia
Amelia, who’d left school in New York City to move back to California, had just celebrated a year of being ‘100% recovered’ from her eating disorder.
She was also on anti-depressants, which she said had helped her balance her mood.
Lisa awkwardly brought up something Garcelle had said to her about her dancing in sheer clothing on Instagram, and asked Amelia if seeing that had intensified her disorder.
Candid conversation: Lisa awkwardly brought up something Garcelle had said to her about her dancing in sheer clothing on Instagram, and asked Amelia if seeing that had intensified her disorder
‘I would tell her in the nicest way possible, with all due respect, ‘F*** off,’ Amelia replied. ‘You just happen to be a really small person.’
Amelia admitted to having once blamed her eating disorder on her mother’s thin frame, but had since realized that wasn’t fair.
‘The part that people don’t understand is that I did everything on my own,’ Amelia said, remembering how she used to cry and look up diets. ‘You’re really not a part of my stuff.’
No blame: ‘The part that people don’t understand is that I did everything on my own,’ Amelia said, remembering how she used to cry and look up diets. ‘You’re really not a part of my stuff’
On the day of Teddi’s shower, the RHOBH cast gathered at Buca di Beppo restaurant, where Dorit had designed a special Capri-themed room.
It was all to be a surprise for Teddi, who had her daughter, Dove, on February 25, 2020.
Lisa tottered in with a huge basket of gifts for the baby, and joked with Kim Richards, 55, that there was a bunny inside it.
Italian restaurant: On the day of Teddi’s shower, the RHOBH cast gathered at Buca di Beppo restaurant, where Dorit had designed a special Capri-themed room.
The before: The dining room was shown before Dorit took it over
Capri theme: The restaurant was given a new look by Dorit with a Capri-themed room
She and Kim had once faced off over their ‘bad energy,’ which led Kim to refrain from giving her granddaughter a bunny Lisa bought for her—so it had become an inside joke.
Now Amelia was dating the brother of Kim’s son-in-law, and Lisa joked privately that she and Kim ‘may end up related through marriage. God forbid.’
As Garcelle arrived at the party, Denise called and said she was too sick to show up… though she secretly called it ‘a blessing in disguise.’
Fun party: Kim Richards attended the party and laughed with her former nemesis Lisa Rinna
Called sick: Denise called in sick to the party, but called her illness a ‘blessing in disguise’
‘I’m not sure if Denise is really sick, or she’s just sick of these women,’ Garcelle reflected.
Erika Girardi, 49, arrived with pink hair, and cracked, ‘I’m wearing the baby’s gender on my head.’
She was about to start her Broadway run as Roxie Hart in Chicago, and Lisa loudly observed that she was excited for Erika ‘to go and do something that I loved so much.’
Gender reveal: Erika Girardi, 49, arrived with pink hair, and cracked, ‘I’m wearing the baby’s gender on my head
Garcelle called Lisa out for making it about her, saying she didn’t have to remind everyone she’d also been in Chicago.
‘I feel sad for you that you thought that in any way,’ Lisa carped, to which Garcelle responded boldly, ‘I don’t think that’s how you should put it.’
Moments later, as Garcelle left, she decided to apologize, telling Lisa, ‘You’ve always been there for me. That was a s****y thing to say.’
Called out: Garcelle called Lisa out for making it about her, saying she didn’t have to remind everyone she’d also been in Chicago before Erika
Brandi then showed up at the party, and the talk turned to babies.
Kyle praised Brandi’s skills as a mother, and Brandi revealed that she’d spent Thanksgiving with her ex-husband Eddie Cibrian, 47, his wife LeAnn Rimes, 37, and her kids.
She said it had been nice, especially since she and Eddie hadn’t always had a good relationship.
Great mother: Kyle praised Brandi’s skills as a mother, and Brandi revealed that she’d spent Thanksgiving with her ex-husband Eddie Cibrian, 47, his wife LeAnn Rimes, 37, and her kids
Dorit pointedly asked Brandi if she was looking to be ‘controversial’ all the time, then added a question about whether honesty was important to her.
‘One thousand percent,’ Brandi said, correcting herself: ‘Ninety-nine percent of the time.’
When she asked Dorit why she wanted to know, Kyle interjected, ‘S*** hit the fan in Rome.’
Good question: Dorit pointedly asked Brandi if she was looking to be ‘controversial’ all the time, then added a question about whether honesty was important to her
‘Is this the best… I don’t know 94 percent of the people at this table,’ an anxious Brandi sputtered, aware that things were about to take a turn.
Teddi’s friends chose that moment to leave.
Once they were gone, the cast turned to Brandi again and told her that Denise had called her a liar and said none of what she said ever happened.
All eyes: The cast turned to Brandi again and told her that Denise had called her a liar and said none of what she said ever happened
‘I am not trying to hurt this person here in any way, shape or form,’ Brandi protested.
Of Denise’s marriage to Aaron, she added, ‘I knew for a 100 percent fact that they had an open thing, as long as it was just with girls.’
Erika, who looked skeptical, started to believe Brandi, remembering that Denise had allegedly called her a ‘cold-hearted b****.’
Motives questioned: ‘I am not trying to hurt this person here in any way, shape or form,’ Brandi protested
‘I can back it all up,’ Brandi vowed, passing her phone around so the women could read her messages.
Erika said she wasn’t looking at what the text messages said—only that they existed at all.
‘I’m scrolling through the amount of text messages, and it went pages and pages and pages,’ she shared.
Multiple messages: ‘I can back it all up,’ Brandi vowed, passing her phone around so the women could read her messages
Sheer amount: ‘I’m scrolling through the amount of text messages, and it went pages and pages and pages,’ Erika shared
‘These texts clearly show that there was a friendship,’ Teddi said. ‘There was a relationship. Denise was not telling the truth.’
The friendly text exchanges showed deep affection, though nothing definitive was said.
Brandi called Denise a ‘people pleaser’ and ‘master manipulator, probably even more than LVP,’ meaning Lisa Vanderpump, 59.
Relationship proof: ‘These texts clearly show that there was a friendship,’ Teddi said. ‘There was a relationship. Denise was not telling the truth’
‘Why would Denise even lie about having a friendship with Brandi?’ Lisa reflected. ‘Unless you’re hiding something that you don’t want anyone to know about.’
Not long after the party, Erika flew to New York for her Broadway debut.
She remembered how as a young go-go dancer, she once watched planes fly overhead, and now she’d become the one on the private plane.
Getting ready: Not long after the party, Erika flew to New York for her Broadway debut in Chicago
Lisa visited Kyle at home to talk about what happened at the baby shower.
‘Brandi was real convincing,’ Lisa admitted. ‘I want to stick up for my friend. I want to say, ”You know what, Brandi? I don’t believe you.” And guess what? I can’t do that.’
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Real convincing: ‘Brandi was real convincing,’ Lisa admitted. ‘I want to stick up for my friend. I want to say, ”You know what, Brandi? I don’t believe you.” And guess what? I can’t do that’