RHOBH Episode 11 Season 11 Recap & Reaction ("Ice Queen of the Desert")

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHOBH) Season 11 Episode 11 recap & reaction.

This season stars Erika Jayne / Girardi (wife to famous lawyer Tom Girardi of Erin Brockovich fame, currently in scandal), Kyle Richards (child star in Halloween film franchise, upcoming Halloween Kills movie, sister of child actress Kim Richards, half sister to friend of show this season Kathy Hilton, the mom of Paris Hilton & wife to Hilton heir Rick Hilton), Lisa Rinna (actress married to actor Harry Hamlin who's daughter Amelia Hamlin is dating Scott Disick), Garcelle Beauvais (co-host of 'The Real' & actress), Crystal Kung Minkoff (wife of 'The Lion King' director Rob Minkoff), Dorit Kemsley & Sutton Stracke.

Chapters
0:00 Intro & Welcome
1:11 A Block
11:24 B Block
24:30 C Block
32:03 D Block
37:18 E Block
49:53 F Block
56:43 Live Chat Q&A / Channel Announcements

This season focuses on Erika's lawsuit and divorce, Lisa Rinna's personal life with daughter in spotlight & her rebuilding friendship with Garcelle, Sutton & Crystal and Kyle & Garcelle on race relations, & more.

The episode starts with the morning after Erika sharing about her marriage to Tom, we learn the girls continued talking after she left and had a dance party. During coffee time, Kyle reads news of Tom's secret hospitalization to Lisa Rinna. Back at the house after activities, the girls help Kyle decorate her Christmas tree when Sutton asks "Now Erika, you have a house here?" leading to Erika sharing about a house she and Tom owned in La Quinta that she never went inside of or knows the address to prompting the Housewives to play detective to find Erika’s mystery La Quinta home a the news of Erika's divorce continues to spread gossip. Erika denies knowing about Tom's mental state contributing to recent hospitalization. At the park, the girls prep for Garcelle to show up later. Garcelle arrives in a mask, face shield, & bunny suit as a joke and Crystal fills her in on the night before where Erika shared Tom cheated on her for years. At this dinner, we learn Erika's house was sold without her knowledge in 2018 prompting a discussion about divorce. We learn Crystal is a descendant of Confucius. Garcelle shares about growing up in Haiti as her, Erika & Crystal are hiking in the desert and other girls shopping in town. During the hike Erika shares about Tom's mental state, her finances, and Tom calling her. Back at the house, Garcelle brings up the phone call comment to the group where Erika appears to lose her temper because she felt this betrayed her and Garcelle's friendship. This episode ends with Erika crying & hyperventilating in the bathroom.

Next episode sees the girls together minus Erika and Garcelle, we learn Harry Hamlin has acrylic nails, and news comes out of Erika being potentially complicit in the things she has been denying involvement in so far, with allegations of Ponzi schemes, and Sutton saying she doesn't know if she wants to be around Erika at this time.

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