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00:02You'll soak him up like a sponge that's porous, and the entire group kind of looks like Dolores.
00:09It's Watch What Happens Live with The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, now!
00:22Hey everybody, welcome to Watch What Happens Live.
00:24I'm your host, Andy Cohen, in the Bravo Clubhouse, celebrating The Real Housewives of Rhode Island premiere night, making their
00:31clubhouse debut.
00:32I am very excited to introduce Alicia, Joellen, Kelsey, Liz, Rosie, Ashley, and Rula!
00:49Hi ladies, this is really exciting. Is it surreal being in the clubhouse, finally?
00:54This is so weird.
00:56It's so weird.
00:57I'm so happy to be here.
00:58Very good. That's a yes.
01:00And Rosie, Liz, and Rula brought their husbands tonight.
01:04I want to say hi to Rich, Sherry, and Brian.
01:06Hey, Richie!
01:07Here are you guys!
01:08Thank you, audience.
01:09I want to greet them while they're still speaking to me.
01:12I want to get right into tonight's Rhode Island premiere.
01:16Alicia, Brendan, R wants to know why your family makes such a big deal of you not living in Cranston
01:22when you're only 15 minutes away.
01:24Is that a Rhode Island thing?
01:25So being 15 minutes away is like being three hours away.
01:28It's a totally Rhode Island thing.
01:30We're so spoiled.
01:31Joellen, do you, uh, Alana B wants to know if you still stand by telling Rosie that you feel she's
01:36evil.
01:37No, I don't.
01:38Okay, we'll see how that develops.
01:41Kelsey, what has your boyfriend's reaction been to you being on this show?
01:47He's the biggest Housewives fan, by the way.
01:49No!
01:49No, he's a reality TV junkie.
01:51Really?
01:52Hardcore.
01:53He knows every season.
01:54He knows what season Erika Jayne's husband went to jail.
01:57Wow.
01:57He knows everything.
01:58So he was like, yes, do it.
01:59Very supportive.
02:00But he was like, don't show my face.
02:02Yeah, yeah.
02:03I'm into it.
02:04Ashley, I, the difference between doing The Bachelor and this?
02:08Well, I keep saying that The Bachelor likes to make it seem like every season's going to be the most
02:12dramatic.
02:13But of all the four I've been on, this has been the most dramatic.
02:17Really?
02:17And it is not Bachelor related.
02:19Right, right, right.
02:21Um, and, uh, Rula, tell me this.
02:27How, uh, Malika C wants to know how your husband felt about you wanting to be a housewife.
02:32You know, actually, he was very supportive of me wanting to be a housewife.
02:35He was excited.
02:36He knows that I've always been a housewives fan, and, you know, he's willing to roll with the punches.
02:42How many of you were housewives fans?
02:44Oh, come on.
02:46But it's very interesting because you, I will say, it's really good because you, you remain yourselves.
02:53You didn't, you didn't come on trying to be like, oh, I want to be like this person.
02:59No, we don't know what we're doing.
03:00Right, well, I like that.
03:02That's very good.
03:03We still don't.
03:04We still don't.
03:05We still don't.
03:05Good.
03:06Don't ever change.
03:08Um, Rosie, uh, I want to know, hold on one second.
03:12Okay, Rosie, uh, Ali M wants to know your reaction to Joellen shading how few views your local news show
03:18got on social media.
03:20Well, the joke's on her because my show isn't on social media.
03:22I don't even know where she got that from.
03:24It's not on Sunday or Saturday.
03:25No, it's on, it's on Saturday mornings and Sunday mornings at 6.30 in the morning.
03:30So you could turn it on.
03:32Okay.
03:32ABC 6.
03:33Um, all right.
03:35Most people in this group have known each other since high school, but right now I'm going to quiz them
03:38on their freshman season of Housewives in a round of spoilers superlatives.
03:43Ladies, I have questions about what we can expect this season from your fellow wives.
03:47Just scream out your answer after I yell it.
03:50Who makes the group laugh the most?
03:52Alicia.
03:53Okay.
03:54You all agree.
03:54Who turns out the best fashion?
03:56Liz.
03:58All right.
03:59I'll say a little bit.
03:59I was going to say, you too.
04:00Me and Liz.
04:03Um, okay.
04:04Um, whose fashions throughout the season impressed you the least?
04:09That's myself.
04:11Oh, really?
04:12Ashley Osh.
04:13That's my love.
04:14That medieval gown.
04:16You're getting better.
04:17I thought it yelled vineyard.
04:19Oh, you like that medieval gown, Joellen?
04:20Oh, no, I thought that one, that was like the turkey leg.
04:22The turkey leg.
04:22Yeah, that was the beautiful gown.
04:23Yes, that was the medieval gown festival.
04:25Whose husband or partner causes the most drama?
04:29Rulis.
04:30Oh.
04:30I'm sorry.
04:31Was that a group of questions?
04:32Love you, Brian, though.
04:33He's a good guy, but Rulis.
04:34Who's guilty of making everything about herself?
04:39Probably me.
04:42Who delivers the best shade?
04:46Joellen.
04:47Who's the biggest pot stirrer?
04:49Joellen.
04:50Um.
04:51Sorry.
04:52Who has the most embarrassing moment while drinking?
04:55Me.
04:56Alicia.
04:57Yeah.
04:58Two of them.
04:58Speeches.
04:59Two of them.
04:59I love, apparently I give a speech if I have three drinks.
05:02I turn into like a speech girl.
05:04But you're funny.
05:04Um, who will have the most to answer for at the reunion?
05:09Rula.
05:10Rula.
05:10All right.
05:11Thank you, ladies.
05:13Woo!
05:16Now, Kelsey said her house has 79 TVs, but y'all only need one to tune in and see if
05:22these
05:22ladies can channel each other in a round of one, two, agree or disagree.
05:28Ladies, uh, pass these out.
05:31I am going to make, uh, statements.
05:34And when I count down to three, uh, just flash your sign at the end to reveal your answers.
05:41We'll see how many match.
05:43Here we go.
05:43I was a huge fan of The Real Housewives before becoming a housewife myself.
05:50Okay.
05:51Uh, you should never say something about a better house, you should never say something
05:56about a fellow housewife in a confessional that you wouldn't say to her face.
06:00One, two, agree or disagree.
06:03Okay.
06:04You disagree.
06:04My feelings change.
06:05You don't know how you feel.
06:06Like, I'm on like the hour.
06:08You're on the hour.
06:09Yeah, I'm not like, you know, my feelings change.
06:12Okay.
06:12Uh, Jared's hard work is paying off.
06:15Audrey's really does have a great cup of coffee.
06:18One, two, agree or disagree.
06:19Oh, it's a great cup of coffee.
06:20Yes.
06:20Okay.
06:21I really hope I gain more Instagram followers from this job.
06:26One, two, agree or disagree.
06:28Good.
06:29Honest queens.
06:29Oh, Liz, you don't care.
06:31Yeah, I don't care.
06:31Okay.
06:32All right.
06:32Makes me nervous.
06:34Makes you nervous.
06:35Okay.
06:36I love it.
06:36I love Liz.
06:36I fully intend to read everything fans are saying as the season airs.
06:41One, two, agree or disagree.
06:44Okay, good.
06:45Joellen is the only one that wants to read them.
06:48We're trying to get her to stop.
06:49Stop.
06:50Yeah.
06:50That GPT tells you if you write your name in, it tells you everything the internet says
06:53about you.
06:54Oh, really?
06:55I know.
06:55I'm sorry, guys.
06:56Don't do it.
06:57I did it.
06:57You don't have time.
06:58There's no time.
06:59Yeah, no time.
07:00No time left.
07:00Okay.
07:01The problem is because you don't want to get gassed up on your own thing because then
07:07they could turn on you the next episode, so just be careful.
07:10Okay.
07:11It really is a big deal when you're placed at the center of the show open.
07:15One, two, agree or disagree.
07:18Of course.
07:19Okay.
07:20I don't know.
07:21I don't know.
07:23Who's in the center of our...
07:24Alicia flip-flopping on that.
07:26I don't know.
07:27Okay.
07:27It's a big deal.
07:28I plan on watching every episode of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island this season
07:32once you agree or disagree.
07:34Oh, really?
07:35Really, Alicia?
07:36No.
07:36What?
07:37You're not going to do it?
07:38She doesn't like it.
07:38No, because my accent really gives me anxiety sometimes.
07:41It does.
07:41I don't want to hear it because then I won't talk.
07:43No.
07:44No.
07:45Oh, my God.
07:46You told me at the premiere party that you were very upset about some of your makeup as
07:50you were shooting.
07:52I don't want you to give any of it a second thought.
07:54You know, I just felt like I came in here, like, really not knowing what to do, and I
07:59wish I kind of had, like, a little bit more makeup.
08:01I wish I was more polished, but this is, like, you know, reality TV.
08:05Yeah.
08:05And I learned my lesson.
08:06Yeah.
08:07So.
08:07Okay.
08:08There is a Real Housewife from another franchise that I never want to cross paths with.
08:13One, two, agree or disagree.
08:16I don't know.
08:17Of course.
08:18Anyone in specific, Kelsey?
08:20All of them.
08:21Okay.
08:22Kelsey doesn't want to mess with any other housewife.
08:25Well, I got bad news for you.
08:27I thought it was, like, cross paths.
08:29BravoCon 2027.
08:33I hope it's me who gets to be in the chair next to Andy at the reunion this year.
08:38One, two, agree or disagree?
08:40Liar.
08:41Liar.
08:41Liar.
08:42Okay, no.
08:43I don't want to be the villain.
08:44You don't want to be there.
08:45Okay, you think you're the villain if you're next to me.
08:48Okay.
08:49It just means you're in a lot of mess if you're next to me.
08:52Right.
08:52I'm next to you.
08:53Okay.
08:53All right.
08:53I agree.
08:53I'm next to you.
08:54Despite what people might think, we are not that similar to the Real Housewives of New
08:58Jersey.
08:59One, two, agree or disagree?
09:03Okay.
09:03You disagree, Ashley.
09:05I think we have similar vibes of Jersey.
09:07I think Rhode Island and Jersey are cousins.
09:09Okay.
09:09That's because you're not from Rhode Island.
09:11Exactly.
09:11Yeah, but I am from Jersey.
09:13You are.
09:13Originally.
09:14Oh, she's from Jersey.
09:16Originally.
09:16Oh, she's from Jersey.
09:17Maybe that's right.
09:18Yeah.
09:19And maybe that's right.
09:20Okay, well, there you go.
09:21Filming for the Real Housewives was exactly what I thought it would be.
09:25One, two, agree or disagree.
09:26Oh, goodness gracious.
09:27Forget it.
09:27No.
09:28It was crazy.
09:28What was the biggest difference?
09:30She didn't know you didn't know.
09:31What's the biggest difference?
09:32I really didn't know.
09:33I don't know the answer.
09:33I loved it when I worked with them.
09:34I think production was so awesome, I thought they were going to be kind of like L.A.
09:37assholes.
09:38Oh, okay.
09:38I swear.
09:39I got it.
09:39Yeah, you're okay.
09:40I thought they were going to be like, oh, you need to lose weight.
09:42You can't eat.
09:43Like, don't wear that.
09:43And they were just like, so be yourself.
09:45And I was like, are you kidding about that?
09:46You know?
09:47Yes.
09:47Okay, very good.
09:48All right, coming up, we have more with The Real Housewives of Rhode Island.
09:52Don't go anywhere.
09:59Don't go anywhere.
10:08All right, welcome back to Watch What Happens On.
10:10I'm Andy Cohen in the Bravo Clubhouse with Alicia, Joelle, and Kelsey, Liz, Rosie, Ashley, and
10:16Arula from The Real Housewives of Rhode Island.
10:18Make sure to catch the next Rhode Island episode this Sunday after the Atlanta premiere.
10:23And if you thought tonight's episode was dramatic, it's, it all pops off.
10:29Drink a game reminder, if you're 21 or over, anytime you hear this word, take a sip for
10:34every town in Rhode Island you just learned existed tonight.
10:37Let's take questions for our fans in studio.
10:40It's Margie from Virginia with a question for all the ladies.
10:43Hey, Margie, what's up?
10:44Hi, Andy.
10:45Nice to meet you.
10:46Hi.
10:48This is for all the ladies.
10:51Which housewife and which franchise do y'all feel like you relate to the most?
10:59Anyone relate to a franchise?
11:01It cannot be Dolores.
11:03Yes, good, yes.
11:05New Jersey.
11:05New Jersey.
11:06Is that Dolores?
11:08That's okay.
11:08Anyone else?
11:10Kelsey?
11:10I've heard I'm a lot like Whitney Rose because of my little voice.
11:13Your little Whitney Rose?
11:14Because of the voice.
11:16You're Erika Jayne?
11:17Yeah, I feel like my personality aligns with hers.
11:20Okay.
11:20Rula, anybody for you?
11:22Dorit, really?
11:23Dorit?
11:24Rula's Dorit.
11:25Ashley I doesn't know the universe.
11:28I'm not really sure yet, but I mean, my facial expressions, I could be the next Ramona.
11:33There you go.
11:34Oh, wow.
11:35Okay, here's Stephanie from Massachusetts with a virtual question for Joellen.
11:41Hey.
11:42Hi.
11:43Where do you think the rumors came from that you and your husband, Gary, are swingers?
11:48And is there any truth to them?
11:51So there's no truth to that, Andy.
11:53Okay.
11:54Um, I don't, I don't know where they came from.
11:56I can tell you that my neighbors actually across the street heard them and they would
11:59put these upside down pineapples on my lawn.
12:02So we went across the street and we kept on putting them back on.
12:04And now the whole neighborhood thinks we're swingers.
12:06Wow.
12:07So, no, they're not true, though.
12:09Okay.
12:09Uh, thanks, fans.
12:11Tonight we learned that Alicia's aunts don't hold back in a conversation, but they will
12:17take a swig from a flask before entering a family dinner, or at least Aunt Judy did.
12:22So it's time to follow their lead and play a round of truth or pick a wife to drink.
12:26But I think we need one person, one more person to play this game.
12:31It's Dolores Catanio!
12:36Dolores!
12:38Have a seat.
12:44All right, ladies, our monitor will spin to reveal a shady question for one of you.
12:50You can either answer it or pick one of your fellow housewives to drink instead.
12:55Okay, spin it, control room.
12:59Joelle, a new from your cast is the most guilty of face-tuning their social media pictures.
13:06Me.
13:07You.
13:07Face app.
13:08It's face app.
13:09Okay, spin it.
13:13Rosie, which of these ladies is most likely to be in the news for a scandal?
13:17Oh, God.
13:20Hmm, me and Joelle are friends now, so...
13:22It's okay.
13:23Um, maybe Rula was in the news.
13:27Okay, spin it.
13:28Love ya.
13:30Done it.
13:32Liz, which of these women needs to take a little something from your dispensary and relax?
13:37If you don't want to answer, then you choose someone to drink.
13:40Ashley, take a drink.
13:41Oh, sure.
13:41Okay, very good.
13:42Spin it.
13:47Dolores, who's most likely to break their sisterly truths first, Teresa or Melissa?
13:51Ooh, that's a good one.
13:52Oh, we're jumping right into this.
13:54That's so dirty.
13:55How can I predict that, Andy?
13:57Okay.
13:57Like, honestly.
13:58Someone take a drink.
13:59Okay.
13:59Let's get going first.
14:00All right, spin it.
14:05Rula, who on stage do you currently trust the least?
14:09Well, we all know that.
14:11Okay.
14:12Joellen.
14:13Yes.
14:14All right.
14:15And why it becomes very clear.
14:18Yes.
14:19Okay, spin it.
14:20Yeah, we won't give that away.
14:23Alicia, other than yourself, who do you think is the biggest flip-flopper of the group?
14:28I guess Joellen, because she likes everyone, too, and she just doesn't realize it.
14:32Okay, spin it.
14:37Ashley, who's the worst bachelor of all time?
14:41Clayton Eckert.
14:43All right.
14:44Oh, wait, no, Mel, the golden bachelor.
14:47Mel.
14:48Mel.
14:48All right.
14:50Very good.
14:51Okay, spin it.
14:52Nah, I like piloting.
14:54Yeah.
14:55Kelsey, what's Liz's scariest aspect that always frightens you?
15:00Oh, God.
15:02You mean...
15:04Liz, I want to have you drink.
15:06Oh, you're going to have Liz drink?
15:08All right, spin it.
15:09Waiting for that.
15:13Alicia, what is Joellen's most villainous trait?
15:17She loves the gossip, so...
15:20In a good way, in a bad way sometimes, but...
15:22I do, I do.
15:23Spin it.
15:28Dolores, which former New Jersey housewife took the...
15:31Oh, well, no one was fired.
15:33Well, I don't like this question.
15:36Dolores, anyone having a rough time that they're not coming back?
15:39Oh, well, Jen Fessler's posting clown posts to hire her for kid parties.
15:43So I'm going to go with Jen Fessler.
15:46Jen, you gave us all a good laugh.
15:48I love her.
15:48I love her.
15:49Jen Fessler cracked me up.
15:50She's so funny.
15:52But there was a moment where it was a question of a wellness check.
15:56Jen Fessler needs a wellness check, and she's great.
15:59She makes a nice joke out of it.
16:01Yes.
16:02Okay, spin it.
16:04I think this is the last question.
16:07Joellen, in honor of the...
16:08Oh, no, Joellen, who's won Bravo Liberty?
16:10You and Gary would love to swing with.
16:14Does Gary have to be there?
16:15Does Gary have to be there?
16:17No.
16:18I'm going to go with Lisa from Beverly Hills.
16:20Lisa...
16:21Well, she has those lips.
16:25Lisa Rinna?
16:25She's not on it anymore.
16:27She still was on Melrose Place.
16:29That's how I grew up.
16:30Okay.
16:31By the way, Joellen, are those lips God-given?
16:34I have big lips, but I also fill them on top of that.
16:36Okay.
16:38You know what?
16:39I have my own question that I want to throw in.
16:41I want to know from Dolores Catania what you thought of the news that broke the other day
16:47about your pal...
16:48Well, Ciara is inadvertently involved.
16:52You and Ciara are very good friends.
16:54Ciara is like a daughter to me.
16:54I could almost cry, but I'm a little shooken up about it.
16:57You've never seen me like this, because I know right now she's very hurt.
17:00What I think about it is, it's moments like this in your life that don't define you,
17:06but they make you stronger.
17:08So she's going to appreciate this someday when she comes on the other side of this,
17:11but I don't want it to ever change who she is.
17:14She's a voice for everyone, and we're very proud of her, and she's going to be okay.
17:19All right.
17:20And we're going to leave it there.
17:21When we come back, hold up all of these ladies.
17:43I'm Andy with The Real Outsides of Rhode Island.
17:46Now that you've seen the episode, I think you've seen the first two episodes,
17:50what's been the most surprising thing for you, seeing this presented as a television show?
17:57You guys are showing what actually happened.
17:59Right.
17:59It's so crazy.
18:00Like, I didn't know what to expect.
18:01And you feel like it's representative of what happened.
18:04That was me.
18:05Like, I watched it.
18:06That's me.
18:06So, like, all these reality TV shows, like, they don't change them.
18:09Like, it's real TV.
18:10Right.
18:10Like, I was like, that's my accent.
18:11That's my home.
18:12You can't see it for the other ones.
18:12Like, this is what happened this summer.
18:14Like, now we're like, oh, my God, this hasn't really happened.
18:17Dolores points out.
18:18That you're not complaining about the edit, did it?
18:20Not you.
18:21Yeah, that's good.
18:22Too early for that.
18:23Too early.
18:24Don't change.
18:24A series of events are a little.
18:26Yes.
18:26We'll see.
18:26We'll see how it plays out.
18:28Yeah.
18:28Yes.
18:29Liz, what was surprising to you?
18:33How many hours it takes to film one, like, five minute scene.
18:37Yeah.
18:37I know.
18:38Really.
18:38That's great.
18:39Like, I mean, the amount of work and dedication that goes into it and these crews that come
18:45in and, I mean, they are amazing.
18:49One thing that I loved about the show was Rhode Island itself.
18:54I mean, it really makes me want to go visit.
18:57It's absolutely beautiful.
18:59And to see it in the summer and I'm an ocean guy and just, y'all live in paradise.
19:05Yeah, I want to come to the dispensary, Liz.
19:12I cannot wait for everyone to watch this season of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island.
19:17It just gets better and better.
19:18There's not a dud episode in the bunch.
19:20And since Liz said she's allergic to BS, I'm going to get real with our new housewives
19:25to prepare them for the road ahead.
19:27Ladies, your whole wife is about to change.
19:30Here are my two cents.
19:32First, don't believe the comments.
19:34Social media is not reality, okay?
19:37So just, you know, it's never as great or as bad as it feels like online.
19:44And Ashley, I agree.
19:45Jared tells me that all the time.
19:47Yes.
19:47As this season plays out, you are going to hear a lot in confessionals from the other women.
19:53Try to stay in the place you are right now with each other.
19:56This is the thing that a lot of veteran housewives still have a really hard time with.
20:03This is a really hard thing.
20:05Just try to stay in the moment we're in, in April of 2026, okay?
20:09But, you know, keep a list and we'll hash it out at the reunion.
20:13Next, we love you for exactly who you are and how you are.
20:18Don't change, okay?
20:20We cast you all for a reason.
20:23Don't change.
20:24Stay yourselves.
20:25And don't forget, as a Real Housewife, you are part of a chosen few.
20:30Enjoy this ride.
20:32There are only just under 200 Real Housewives that have ever existed.
20:38You're all famous around the world.
20:41You have been chosen.
20:43Enjoy this, okay?
20:44And finally, maybe don't start a podcast.
20:48Maybe we're good.
20:49Wow.
20:50All right?
20:52I want to thank the Real Housewives of Rhode Island and our friend Dolores for being here.
20:57The word of the night was Housewives.
20:59We said it 21 times.
21:01We've been playing our drinking game.
21:02No driving.
21:04We are off next week.
21:05We'll see you back here Sunday, April 12th at 10.15 with Portia.
21:10And Liz is going to be here after the Real Housewives of Rhode Island.
21:15Watch our after show on Facebook Live now.
21:17Good night, everybody.
21:26Thank you, everybody.
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