Welcome to the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 5, Episode 5 recap. In last week’s episode, the ladies took a tour of the Miller Brewing Company, where Heather spilled the beans to Whitney that Meredith’s been talking about her business. At the Harley Davidson Museum, Whitney drove them all to Crazy Town, but the night ended happily at Trixie Mattel’s drag club. Keep reading to see exactly what went down in the RHOSLC Season 5, Episode 5: “Whitney Drew and Her Clues.”
What happened in Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 5, Episode 5?
In this week’s episode, Bronwyn drops a huge reveal about her daughter’s father. Whitney uncovers the alleged culprit behind the rumors surrounding her jewelry business, and Britani and Jared break up for good – but she still wants to be friends. Finally, Mary accuses Heather of “leaving a trail of lies” wherever she goes. Here are some of the highlights from RHOSLC Season 5, Episode 5.
Bronwyn shares the story of her daughter’s birth with Lisa
Waiting at the airport in Milwaukee, Lisa and Bronwyn bonded over how her daughter looks like her. When Bronwyn pulled out her phone to show a picture of Gwen’s dad, Lisa realized that she knew him. She knows his parents really well. Bronwyn explains that she got pregnant when she was only 19. Her daughter’s dad actually passed away when she was two.
When she found out she was pregnant, she and her boyfriend went to see his parents. They were devout Mormons and blamed Bronwyn for the pregnancy. They called her horrible names and wanted her to just “go away” until the baby was born and put the baby up for adoption.
But Bronwyn was determined to “do it by myself.” Her boyfriend “wanted no part of it,” so she dropped out of college and moved home with her family. They accepted it as best they could.
Tearfully, Bronwyn tells Lisa, “It is a total mind f*ck to think this is the best thing I’ve ever done, and so many people thought it was the worst thing I’ve ever done.”
Lisa has known the family for years. She remembers the devastation of their son’s passing.
But Bronwyn’s having a hard time “reconciling this ‘wonderful family’ that you know with the family that has not made time in 18 years” to meet their granddaughter. That’s shameful.
Lisa told the grandmother Bronwyn’s story. She says there’s regret there and that her grandparents would like to be a part of Gwen’s life.
“Gwen wants to know about her dad,” Bronwyn says. “I think she should know everything she wants to about him.” Nevertheless, it will be painful for her because of the way they treated Bronwyn initially.
Britani got love-bombed by Jared while she was away
Heather shares a video with Whitney that she got from Britani the night they got back from Milwaukee. “I just walked in from Milwaukee,” Brit says. When she got home from the trip, she walked in to find four dozen roses along with a “beautiful card from Jared.”
Of course, he wants to meet up, and Britani’s tempted, but Whit and Heather both encourage her to stay away from him. She thinks he needs closure, and she “owes him” that much. Don’t do it, girl. He’ll suck you right back in.
Britani mentions that Lisa was “way too invested” in her relationship and was the one who talked her into breaking up with Jared in the first place.
Then Whitney brings up that the necklace she gifted Lisa in Milwaukee was found in the trash. The manager from the guesthouse they stayed in called her and told her. She’s really upset that Lisa would just toss her gift like that. And it turns out that Lisa was supposedly the one who started all the talk about Whitney’s jewelry line being from Alibaba.
Angie and Mary go to a hip-hop class together
Angie pulls up in front of Mary’s house. “Your charity awaits, my lady,” she says on her phone. Um, I think you mean “chariot,” hon. Angie and Mary are going to a hip-hop class where they run into Georgia Gay, Heather’s daughter.
Meanwhile, Heather and Lisa are meeting up at the salt caves. The room is made out of 16 tons of Himalayan salt. It’s supposed to be calming and healing.
Back at the dance class, Angie tells Mary she’s still irritated with Lisa for bringing her daughter Elektra into their conversation. She points out that Lisa has had a problem with every single one of her friends. Could Lisa be the problem?
But over at the salt cave, Heather and Lisa are talking about Angie. Heather’s stirring the pot, telling Lisa that Angie was throwing “out some jabs” about her. She tells her that Angie said she doesn’t let her daughter sit and play video games until 2:00 in the morning. Ouch. I have a son, too. That’s what they do. But mine’s in college and has a 4.0 GPA, cooks dinner now and then, and does his own laundry. I’m not gonna complain.
Angie says Lisa is using the computer as a “f*cking babysitter” for her 12-year-old son. Lisa’s not crazy about that. Stay in your lane, Angie. Kids are off-limits. And you just don’t criticize your friends’ parenting skills. Lisa’s hurt. She might have asked for some drama when she randomly brought up Elektra, Angie’s daughter, last episode. But this felt like a step too far.
Detective Whitney discovers the source of the rumors
Whitney and Justin are in the car driving their daughter Bobbie to soccer practice. After they drop her off, Whitney gets a call from a podcaster friend. Adam knows the person who posted the rumor that Whitney’s jewelry line comes from Alibaba. So Whitney asked him to find out who fed the story to the site. She has suspicions, but she needs proof.
The culprit seems to be Lisa. No big surprise there. Now she knows she has a friendship with someone who really isn’t her friend at all.
Meanwhile, Britani’s meeting Jared for lunch. “I know that when I get in front of Jared, he’s very convincing,” she interviews. “I have a really hard time standing my ground and staying broken up.”
Apparently, on the way back from the Bucks game in Milwaukee, Lisa grabbed Britani’s phone and started texting Jared “really mean things.”
“This is what I have a problem with,” Jared says. “Private conversations between people that love each other are private.”
Britani’s insecure due to Jared’s behavior. Even though he claims to be publicly affectionate, “He doesn’t post about me on social media, he won’t get off dating apps, and when we walk by cute girls, he’ll drop my hand,” she says.
Britani just wants to feel “safe” and like he feels they’re in a relationship. Instead, he says, “I’ve given you everything I can.”
There you go. He’s just not willing to give her what she needs. He says, “I don’t want to lose the relationship, but you and I just don’t understand each other. So let’s just put a pin in it.”
What does that mean? Are they going to revisit the topic at some point? Sounds pretty clear that he doesn’t really want to be her boyfriend.
Gwen’s not so sure she wants to meet her grandparents
Bronwyn says as soon as she got home from Milwaukee she told Gwen about the info Lisa had told her about Gwen’s grandparents. They both needed time to process, so Gwen spent a couple of days in San Francisco with Bronwyn’s parents.
Since her dad’s parents expressed wanting to see her, Gwen feels the communication has gone a little cold. She was excited at first, but now she doesn’t think they’re all that excited to meet her. She didn’t feel their response was very “loving.”
Bronwyn says they sent a text saying they were ready to meet Gwen, but only if she was “in a place where she’s ready to accept them.” Sounds to me like they don’t want to be held accountable for the sh*tty way they treated Gwen’s mother.
Even though the text threw some cold water on the situation, Bronwyn says she knows Gwen wants them so badly “to want her.”
“They had nearly 18 years to reach out,” Gwen says. “[But] they woke up every day and chose not to.”
“I just want to feel like I know something about him,” she continues. “But I can’t do that unless I meet them and have a relationship with them.”
Bronwyn explains that she always thought if she was just a good enough mom, Gwen wouldn’t miss what she never had. She tried very hard to fill that missing piece. But now she realizes it wasn’t fair to her daughter.
“Of course, you’re going to feel that absence,” she admits. Gwen is the only one in this situation who never made any choices, and now she’s feeling the weight of all the choices everyone else made for her. That’s something Bronwyn says “will keep me up at night.”
Mary accuses Heather of leaving a “trail of lies”
Britani confronts Lisa over her grabbing her phone when they were in Milwaukee and texting Jared “mean things.” She worries they won’t be able to remain friends because of it. Jared is not your friend, Britani. He’s manipulative, and he’s chatting with other girls.
The conversation moves on to Mary running into Georgia at the dance class. Mary doesn’t want to talk about it, since she was there with Angie. She knows Lisa and Angie are on the outs.
Next Mary challenged Heather for always “championing Lisa.” Even though she’s known Angie since high school, in this case, Heather’s on Lisa’s side.
“I feel like you leave a trail of lies,” Mary says. “Like the black eye. Then the fact that you champion body positivity, and now that’s a lie, too.”
Lisa comes to Heather’s defense: “Why are we saying she was lying, because she said ‘body positivity’ was a lie? She didn’t say, ‘I was lying.”
Heather clarifies that the whole “body positivity” thing is a lie, because people say all bodies are beautiful, “when they really just want you to be skinny.” Heather has been very open about her use of Ozempic to lose weight, and she looks great.
“The entire world is criticizing the way that I’m losing weight … or what I look like,” Heather says in a confessional. “Mary, I don’t need it from you, too. I’m just trying to live my … life, and have it not be about my body for once.”
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
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