Lisa Hochstein, Karent Sierra, Joanna Krupa, Lea Black, Elaine Lancaster, Lisa Pliner, Marta Krupa, Ana Quincones, Adriana De Moura, & Viviana Gabeiras

“All glammed up, made up, and wired like mafia rats were most of the cast: drag diva Elaine Lancaster, model Joanna Krupa who flew in from LA just for this particular scene–er, luncheon, plastic surgeon’s wife Lisa Hochstein, dentist/model Karent Sierra, lawyer/chef Ana Quincoces, and returning cast members Lea Black, Adrianna De Moura, and Marysol Patton.

 Marysol Patton… all by herself… 

And a scene it was, as the heat beat down on the glitz, creating a hot and bothered on-and off-camera situation between a few “Housewives” in particular, namely Patton and Lancaster, who had it out over some bad blood drawn long ago. To the disappointment of a few, no wigs flew, no tables flipped and no one ended up wrestling in the pool a la Krystle and Alexis.

Some of the on camera drama may be saucy, but even saucier was the off-camera drama between cast members and puppet master producers, who are most definitely stirring the pot with some carefully choreographed on-camera confrontation that’s not quite Bob Fosse, but more like, say, an early 80s Paula Abdul. A source overheard Patton threatening to quit the show, a threat that was quickly rebuffed by a producer who warned her she had an iron-clad contract. A flustered Patton insists that there were no such threats made and that she just had to get back to work. Estrogen, egos and 80 degree heat…”

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