by Gina Scarpa

Things would be a lot more tense on the reunion of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills had Adrienne decided to show up. Since Brandi spilled her family secrets in front of the cameras earlier in the season, Adrienne has been mostly missing in action and apparently, producers of the show are sick of it. Housewives and news sources alike claim Adrienne was fired from the show, but she says she wanted to leave. Regardless of who you believe, host Andy Cohen did confirm that she won't be back for a fourth season.

Much of the first reunion episode focuses on the newest housewife of the season, Yolanda. She feels misunderstood by the fans who, judging by their questions, don't seem to like her all that much. She's asked about calling her daughter a lesbian and telling one of the workers in her house to learn English but she says it came across wrong. Kyle calls her standoffish, but Yolanda says she was the new person in the group and wanted the women to make an effort with her. She also blames calling Taylor an a-hole on having a very serious case of Lyme disease that messed with her brain function, which very well my be true but she sure does have a lot of excuses.

On to putting Taylor in the hot seat, who apologizes right off the bat for the way she treated Yolanda through much of the season. Kim ugly cries over Taylor's struggles with alcohol and was very hurt over her blog post that she's no Dr. Phil. Andy asks her about the whole confusion with her daughter's whereabouts during Kim's party, but she and Kyle maintain that it was just miscommunication. After the troubles Taylor has been through, she seems very happy and content, especially in regards to her relationship with her secret man that we have yet to meet.

Things don't stay positive too long, especially when Lisa opens up a whole can of worms by accusing Kyle of only being close to Adrienne to get the listing on her house. She says that after Mauricio sold her house, that the couple distances themselves from her and Ken. Of course, Kyle doesn't take too kindly to that at all and we get into a whole big thing over whether or not she's jealous of Brandi's friendship with Lisa.

Kyle turns the spotlight onto Yolanda, saying she said Lisa was fake when they were in Paris. Kim jumps in, saying she was there for the conversation to which Yolanda replies that, the sisters weren't even speaking to each other during this alleged conversation. Andy asks a noticeably uncomfortable Lisa if she believes Kyle and Kim, and she simply says no.

The battles continue on next week's reunion episode. Which Housewife would you stand up for?

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