Tonight, the "Southern Hospitality" gang reunites.
If I was Shotty, I would be kind of pissed.
Like, shut the up.
Friendships are tested.
A lot of things you said were a nightmare.
I was hurt.
She just found out last night.
I found out last night.
The group demands answers about Will and Emmy.
When Will was--
I was calculated.
Why is it Will that's calculated?
She started screaming.
Will Emmy continue to stand by her man?
No normal person is supposed to go through this.
You're like a pawn in their game right now.
I believe the girl that just saw Bob Marley and Jesus.
I mean, I saw that.
The newbies don't hold back.
You want me to be so for real?
- Be so for real. - Yes, I would love that.
OK.
I feel like he's calculating and
manipulating these situations.
Y'all did something.
Oh, she and I had a moment.
All the drama that went down after the season ended
I thought they were my friends.
The "Southern Hospitality" reunion--
Are you coming out tonight?
starts now.
Hey, everybody, welcome to the "Southern Hospitality"
season three reunion.
I'm Andy Cohen here after the explosive prom night finale
with an after party you don't want to miss.
We got the gang back together tonight,
and there's a lot from this season we need to discuss.
I want to jump right in and introduce
the gang from Republic.
Hey, Leva. - Hi, Andy.
- How are you doing? - Good.
Long time no see.
How are you doing, Joe Bradley?
I'm amazing. It's good to be back--
Really?
It's good to be back in the clubhouse.
Yeah. - Yes.
Me and Joe have the same hair today.
I know, you do have the same--
No.
I just have a little floof at the bottom.
Hey, Maddi.
- How are you? - I'm great.
How are you today? - Good.
A little under the weather, but--
- OK. - we're good.
We're good. - OK, I'm glad you're here.
TJ, how are you doing? - I'm doing good.
- Good to see you. - You too.
Hey, Bradley.
- Hi, how are you? - How are you?
- I'm doing phenomenal. - Excellent.
- Outstanding. - Excellent.
Hi, Mia.
- Hi, how are you? - Great.
Good.
No Miss World?
No, just a washed up beauty queen.
No, no.
Adding it to the resume, but--
Hey, wavy baby.
Hello, Andy Cohen.
How are you doing?
I'm doing fabulous.
I'm feeling very wavy baby, and grateful to be here.
Thank you so much for having me.
I'm glad. Hi, Lake.
Hi, Andy.
It's so good to see you.
It's so good to see you as well.
- Love your dress. - Thank you.
- Not many can pull that off. - Period.
And you can.
Hey, Michols.
- Hi, Andy. - How are you?
I'm amazing. How are you?
I'm great.
Hey, Emmy.
Hi, Andy.
- Good to see you. - Good to see you.
- Hey, Austin. - Hello.
Everything good?
Hi, Molly.
Hi, I'm happy to be with a fellow St. Louis native.
Oh, no way.
Right next to the arch. - I know, I feel at home.
There you go.
Obviously, someone is missing.
Will came here today.
He's backstage.
Last minute, he made a conscious decision
not to join us.
Emmy, can you tell us why?
I think right now for Will, you know, he's here
to support me, he loves me.
But I just don't think that he can continue
to entertain and engage with this group
any longer to this capacity.
So he's quitting the show?
He actually hasn't said that.
Funny enough.
But he just has said that he just can't do this reunion.
He just can't.
I mean, it's interesting, though, because you spent
the season kind of having to defend your relationship
and defend his behavior.
And now you're out here alone.
I feel kind of like you're on an island.
I feel bad.
I mean, I think I've just--
my head's very clear today.
Good.
I'm very calm, cool, and collected.
I think, physically, it's been literally
not having Will near me or in the same state as me.
I don't want to diminish his love for me just because he's
not here to say it himself.
I would love for Will to be here because I
would love to talk to him.
Maddi.
- It's OK. - It's OK.
It's all right.
Last night, Will--
He came to our hotel room.
OK.
And I think that part of me feels
like it was a little selfish for you guys, the night
before the reunion, to come over
here and spill all that when you've known
about it for all this time.
What was spilled?
In order to clear my name with Will,
we had to tell Maddi the truth that Trevor never
cheated on Sammy and that Brad made it all up,
and I printed out all the text messages between Brad
and myself where--
That Trevor never cheated on--
That Trevor never cheated on me with--
- With Sammy. - Sammy.
I didn't know he had a girlfriend.
Did y'all make out?
Yeah.
Oh my god.
You're a liar.
You told me she texted you, and you blew her off.
You're a liar.
you.
And last year--
The thing is I don't care about Trevor
and I don't care about Sammy.
That relationship was going to end anyway.
OK.
That's not why I'm upset.
I'm upset because I've questioned
if I'm a good person--
You are a good person.
And everyone gaslit--
everyday single day since.
And I feel like I don't know what's real anymore.
OK.
I mean, you need to say why you know this
and why Will and you know this.
Me and Will are not innocent.
Everyone in the group knew that Trevor
had not cheated on Maddi and told her
that he had cheated on her.
I knew that it did not happen.
- OK. - Yeah.
I knew.
So last year in April--
It didn't happen.
the information came to Brad that Sammy had--
that Sammy and Trevor had an inappropriate interaction.
Trevor was never lying when he said that this girl made out
with his friend at the bar.
Trevor was never lying when he said
he never made out with her.
For the next month before we started--
They took advantage of the fact that he cheated on me once
and I didn't trust him.
OK.
And they took advantage of that.
- Because in what world-- - Who's they?
wouldn't I think that he wouldn't do it again?
I'm still asking you you, Will, and them two.
And they took advantage of the fact
that I didn't trust him because he cheated on me--
He cheated on Maddi.
So why did they think that he wouldn't have
ever have done that again?
But like I said, it's not about him.
It's about me thinking that I have been a horrible person.
I have had the internet ripped me apart, I have people--
Why did you think you were a horrible person
because he cheated on you?
No, because I was put out like this liar,
or like that I was invalidated.
It was really hard to watch.
I was gaslit.
So Brad and TJ, why were you part of this?
Go ahead, read it, please.
I would love to--
So last year, before the reunion--
Give it to Andy.
I am.
Last year before the reunion, TJ
was talking to Brad about how he
was going to out him for the Maddi and Trevor rumor,
but then Joe happened to sleep with Luann.
Yes.
And that took--
made out with Luann.
So that took-- Joe And Luann had a moment--
and that took the story.
Oh my god, a moment.
These are the text messages--
- I would own up to it now. - So--
These are-- no.
These are the text messages that Brad sent me,
between him and TJ, where he goes, I think if I tell Maddi,
our vacation is going to be weird
and you're going to be mad at me.
And he goes, the more I think about this,
the less I want to knowingly make myself look like .
And then in response, I said to him, dude,
I would be honest and say, I'm not game for this
and you're obviously going to be stabbing me in the back.
I haven't had the chance to say anything yet.
OK, yes.
Brad, Brad, yes, please.
I'm going to do something that Will has been able--
unable to do.
I'm going to take accountability.
Maddi, here's what happened.
Sammy came to me as a client before-- well, before.
And two weeks before cameras picked up last year,
and said that this happened.
I went with that because, at the time, we were not friends.
We were not cool.
I was like, OK, well, she said that they're cheating.
I'm like, say less.
That's enough for me. I'm cool with that.
So I rode with that.
I went into the season with that.
I knew that two weeks before, and so I
went ahead and told them that.
As we got into the season, Sammie comes up to me
and goes--
This is very important.
Brad, OK, making out didn't actually happen.
I'm like oh, .
, because what has already been in motion
has been put in motion.
I can't stop that.
That's cold as hell.
And I'm sorry for that.
Maddi, this is not new information.
It's new to me!
I found out last night.
She just found out last night!
- I found out last night! - I know!
I told her last night.
You don't think that's weird that they just pulled that up
right when you're about to-- - Right, this is insane.
You're like a pawn in their game right now.
The relationship was over. It was done.
It was dead.
I want to weigh in on the timing.
I think there's a lot of emotions being
evoked about the specifics.
I agree with what Mia said about she thinks that Will
was calculated in his timing.
To me, this feels like when Will was--
I was calculated?
Why isn't it Will that's calculated?
Why is it-- but-- - Was Will there?
Was he not? - He's not.
- He was not there. - No, he was in his meeting.
He brought this forward last night before we
were all getting together.
To me, this feels like when he was calling Ali's brother
right before prom. - Yep.
I feel like he's calculating and
manipulating these situations.
Can I say something? Can I tell--
- And that's all I have to say. - Wait, no, no--
- That's all I have to say. - He's talking.
By the way, I want to talk about this season.
- Yes. - Yeah.
- Me, too. - I'm getting to that.
I'm getting to that. - Yeah, I agree.
So what would you like to say,
because I want to move forward?
Yes, Maddi.
I appreciate the accountability.
I really did.
And last night, that meant a lot to me.
But I also have a huge weight lifted
off my shoulder of clarity.
And I never had clarity.
Before I move on, there's one question that remains,
which is, what was Joe Bradley's involvement in this?
I mean, like, I was in the group chat.
But like, I was the one that called her that night
when Sammie showed up to, like, let
her know this was happening.
Unfortunately, when Maddi and Trevor were dating,
I was not really allowed to hang out with her as much.
Did I hate the guy?
Was I kind of like, all right, like, you know what?
Hell, yeah, this is happening?
But were you lying to her?
But I had no involvement in any--
Joe had no involvement at all.
OK, all right, that's what I don't know.
All right, well, for years, Joe Bradley's
been a broken record about his crush on DJ Maddi Reese.
And this season, he finally got his dream girl.
But a fake Vegas wedding and talks of moving in
had Joe pumping his fist and Maddi
looking to pump the brakes.
Yes, I'm dating Joe Bradley.
I feel like I've always liked Joe.
It's just we worked so well together
and we were best friends, so to make it romantic
was just a huge risk.
But at the same time, I know this man's in love with me.
Dreams really do come true.
Maddi Reese finally agreed to love me back.
We're pretty much inseparable.
And I've never been happier in my life.
I see myself in the next few years, like, wanting to,
like, settle down.
And, like, that's the exciting thing.
I feel like we're entering the next chapter of our lives.
If Joe asked me to marry him today,
I would say yes to save him the embarrassment.
A little part of me fears that, like,
her career gets so big that she outgrows Charleston.
I already feel like she feels a little bit cabin fever
living in this small town.
At what point do we move in together?
I just hate this pressure right now because--
I'm not pressuring.
everything is so great.
Like, we're in this honeymoon phase.
I want to communicate.
I'm not going to live the next year driving
to that house for 30 minutes.
I'm just not going to.
OK, then don't.
All right, so Joe, what was it
like finally dating this woman that you
fantasized about for years?
To fall in love with your best friend of three years,
and over that time, like, not being weird about it
and kind of, like, trying to maintain
that friendship without being, like, a weird, jealous prick,
like, I feel like the only person that
believed in me was my mom.
I believed in you.
Like, my mom looked at her, and, like-- her first time--
He gave that--
my mom saw a photo of Maddi.
Not at first.
My mom saw a photo of Maddi, and my mom was, like, straight
up, that's the one.
Wow.
Yeah, she would tell me we're gonna end up together.
TJ, you said, once a cheater, always a cheater, to Maddi,
regarding Joe,
I think that was in a moment of,
like, still unresolved issues.
And I was still hurt.
I definitely don't feel that way now.
Because I'm not a cheater, so let's
go ahead and clarify that.
I also think we just cleared up
the whole, once a cheater, always a cheater,
isn't necessarily true.
I think we just cleared that up also.
But I want to say, like--
Not calling him one.
I looked at Danielle in the face, what he was referring to.
And I said, hey, we're like--
I think this is not the right thing.
I'm down to still hang out.
Did I handle that situation poorly with Luann and Danielle?
Absolutely.
Do I regret everything I said last reunion
about me denying it?
I handled it horribly. I didn't want to--
I did not want to hurt Danielle's feelings.
But there's one thing I'm not.
And I'm not a cheater. - Yeah.
And you know that.
Coming up.
You don't know what this is like.
No one's supposed to go through this.
No normal person is supposed to go through this.
This isn't normal.
Welcome back.
I'm Andy Cohen, here with Leva and the gang from Republic.
Joe, you told Bradley you're on a one-year plan,
and you want to propose to Maddi now
that her career is taking off.
Where are you with that now?
Absolutely, I feel the same.
I feel like I'm never--
Well, it's been a year.
Well, since I had that conversation with him,
it's been about six months.
Oh, OK
I look at Maddi, and I tell her,
I think that timing has finally worked in our favor.
And I'm never going to be with anyone else in my life.
So what's the difference between putting a ring on it
and having a five-year engagement than waiting
another two years?
I feel like patience is good, though.
Like, watching y'all from the outside
in, y'all are in a good space.
And it's cool to see y'all, like, just enjoy that.
I think you said that you were like--
if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- Yeah. - It ain't broke right now.
It's not.
It's doing phenomenal.
Very good.
So keep going.
Well, Will's been plagued by rumors about bathrooms.
But it was a rumor about a Lu that came between TJ and Joe.
However, we learned it wasn't just TJ outing Joe and Luann
that left these two so uncool.
My beef with TJ first started in New York.
Did you sleep with Luann?
I think you should be honest.
I did not hook up with Luann.
Joe is a cheater.
Joe's cheated on every single relationship
he's ever been in.
Joe will never leave her, ever.
- No, he won't leave her. - No, he won't.
But he will cheat on her.
What's that saying, once a cheater, always a cheater?
Joe has definitely sent me mixed signals in the past.
I never thought that Joe was sexually
attracted to me until we did share a moment together.
I think that Joe always knew that I was in love with him.
And he almost used that as, like, a little bit of control
in our friendship.
I remember, like, I slept in your bed.
I remember, like, I was drunk, and I, like, touched you.
And you told a bunch of people about that.
And nothing happened, though, you know.
In your mind, it might have been different.
And I apologize for that.
Did he apologize, too?
Yeah, he did.
OK, because, for years, he told me, like, not to give you
a chance because you were gay.
Do you think I'll ever be able to trust him?
That's a tough question.
OK, a lot to unpack there.
By the way, I thought your conversation at the bar
was brave to have on camera.
I thought that was great. - Especially--
I was really proud of you guys.
Especially Joe Bradley.
I don't think it would have ever happened
if he didn't initiate that.
So I do appreciate that.
Yeah, and that Maddi was really pushing for it,
too, right? - Yeah.
Yeah.
I think Maddi was more pushing
for us because she knows our long-lasting friendship.
And she knows that, you know--
our whole fight when we weren't talking to each other, that was
a very upsetting time for me.
Yeah, clearly.
And when he says, like, I want you to feel something,
that was pretty--
he calls me a manipulator for thinking
that you were in love with me.
Dude, I was one of your best friends.
I was your shoulder to cry on with everything
going on in your love life.
And watching the show back, a lot of the things you
said were a dude.
Not OK.
I was hurt.
I understand you were hurt, but let's
go back to four years ago.
I found out-- you say in the show
that the only person you told about that was Brad.
Everyone in this room knows that you told the-- you
told the entire town.
That is not true.
You definitely told me.
I was literally in the afterparty--
You definitely told me that.
I was in the afterparty, and six people--
And I can name a very vivid time.
Yeah, you know who said it to you?
JT. - JT?
Know who JT heard it from? Your ex.
You know who your ex heard it from?
- You. - Reagan.
- Well, how else-- - I wouldn't talk to your ex.
they supposed to know.
You telling someone--
OK, sorry, me confiding into two people of a situation
that I went through, I should be able to do.
And whatever happens--
But did you go around town telling people Joe was gay?
No.
Austin, you had heard it too, right?
TJ and I used to kick it a little bit.
He outright told me that Joe was--
We were having a conversation about sexuality.
Me, too.
I remember it very vaguely.
Beth told me that.
And you were telling me how open
you were about your sexuality.
And you said, I heard stuff about you
from my ex-girlfriend Aria.
I think all of Charleston is extremely small.
And I think that, yes, TJ told some people.
But for that to be, TJ went around and told the whole town,
is a little bit ostracized.
I think that--
But here's why I think that.
this was a commonality that we all knew about.
No, no, listen, listen, listen,
I think for being in the South, Joe is a little metro.
He likes to dress nice. He wears his gel in--
- Collared shirt, yeah. - And he is comfortable--
- And that's fine. - in who he is.
Yeah, but he's comfortable with who he is.
And now he's probably never going to sleep in a bed with TJ
ever again.
I'm just saying other people--
- TJ. - It's very complicated.
Did you know that--
but let me ask you this.
If you thought maybe you were in love with Joe, why go around
or why tell people--
I mean, wouldn't you realize that was your best friend?
Like it's sabotage.
I never went out of my way to--
Can I ask you something first?
Hold on.
I would like him to answer the question.
to do that.
That narrative is insane.
I also have never sabotaged anything that you've been with.
But you know what's sabotaging you, telling
my girlfriend that I'm gay and you also telling
my girlfriend I'm a cheater.
It was up to you, everyone would be single.
Neptunenav013 said, TJ, as a gay man,
even if you believed Joe was gay,
why would you start a rumor outing a potential gay man?
You claim Joe is your best friend
but don't take accountability for the damage
those rumors did to him.
I stand when I say that I went through something
and I can find it in people.
And it was never a cruel, malicious--
I physically and mentally do not remember a single thing.
I'm going off of what he told other people.
In what world would that ever be a moment?
Well, if TJ was the other participant in this,
for him, it could--
I know, but like--
That's just what I'm saying.
I think that the feelings from both sides
are valid because I think for him,
he could have been hopeful that it was a moment.
OK.
But what it's also common in the South--
It's not cool, though.
No, I'm not-- no one's saying it's cool.
I'm saying what's common is "straight-presenting"
guys have these moments and they push people
down to make them be quiet.
That happens all the time. - Yeah, it's not--
It's not just in the South.
Well, in general, yes.
In general.
And also, I don't think these moments
happen between two people that were already best friends.
Usually, that's someone that you're
not really that close with.
So that adds nuance to the situation.
And it makes it more difficult to handle.
In moving on, what is the status of your friendship
right now, TJ?
I mean, it sucks.
I feel like after we started filming,
like finished the season and things were good.
And it's just gotten weird again.
Because the show has been airing and so--
It was really hard to watch.
And I'm sorry if I'm not being more sensitive right now.
I mean, I just don't think you guys
know how hard this is for me.
It's hard for me, too.
And it's up that like--
It's up that what?
That like you expect him to stay
silent just because Joe is--
I feel like when these situations happen--
again, they're best friends.
So when you have someone's best friends
and these things happen, it's harder.
OK?
That does not make me-- like, you know,
that doesn't give the right for them just to kind of--
We didn't scissor then.
situation.
No, but I'm saying I've scissored another woman
but she didn't out me. - I know.
I want to-- I want to hear from TJ.
This is not fair.
It isn't fair at all.
And all you guys know why.
I know.
You've been hurt a lot.
I'm sorry.
So having his voice maybe--
Yeah.
Back from Virginia, you know, I get it.
I think that it's hard, especially where we live,
a lot of straight guys like to queer bait
and they like to give us the wrong idea.
I feel like, for me, before, you
know, getting into a relationship,
I was celibate for three years.
And I just closed off that part of my life
because there were a lot of straight guys
that would approach me.
And it was always like a kiss on the neck
or like a kiss at a club or something.
And my friends would be like, oh,
but I thought he was straight.
And then it just never turned into anything
and it was always the wrong idea.
You feel like you've given your heart
to a lot of these people, TJ, and gotten it broken?
Yeah.
Yes? Oh, I'm sorry.
I just want to, like, put this out there,
I'm proud of our conversation.
And I think it is a really big issue.
It's just very--
a very complicated situation.
I thought it was incredible.
And I thought that it was really--
I thought you both were really brave to share it.
And I think, you know, TJ, I mean,
I thought your conversation with Michols
was super powerful and very impactful for people.
Dating here has been like, hard.
So hard.
And it's just like, OK, I'm not
your stereotypical White guy.
And so I'm always going to feel like I'm
never going to be enough.
From my past relationships, I would open up so much.
And I was super vulnerable.
But they're not out at all.
I was so proud that it was on Bravo.
I just thought it was really amazing.
So you should feel really good about that.
And I mean, TJ, I hope that you have--
I love you.
I hope that you are walking a little taller.
I'm assuming that you're not letting the past repeat itself.
No.
Your generation is like breaking,
you know, a lot of rules and you know like.
And it takes a little bit of mess to do that.
I think you should all be proud of yourselves
because you can't do it perfectly.
But I think that you should be proud of what
you were able to achieve.
This seems like a great place to take a break.
Coming up next.
Grace, do you stand by that statement about Tulum?
- I do. - Are you serious?
You're sure about that?
Wait, Grace, you really think I sucked his dick?
Are you for real? Grace?
Y'all did something.
We are back with more from the "Southern
Hospitality" gang.
I'm Andy Cohen.
Well, Grace Lilly likes to keep things wavy, baby.
But we've seen her relationship with Republic and
Maddi come crashing down over the last few seasons.
And as Maddi rides a wave of success
with career and romance, Grace might
need one more come to Jesus moment before her tide turns.
This is amazing.
Isn't this studio awesome?
This is so sick.
Yes.
I want my first single to be with my best
friend, Grace Lilly.
But I also think that since leaving Republic,
Grace hasn't felt like she's had a purpose.
She really doesn't do much.
♪ # La, la, la, la, la ♪
Grace should be at this soundtrack.
This moment is more for her than it is for me.
I don't see Maddi gaining anything for having
a friend like Grace.
She's being taken advantage of.
Grace, I would never trust you.
What's going on?
Grace is not allowed in my house
right now because she slept with Oisin.
One time.
Like, it's not that big of a deal.
It's a huge deal for me.
Eva is my best friend.
And Grace is my best friend.
And this has caused turmoil in my girl clique.
She had looked at her in the face and say,
I wouldn't do this to you.
I did that because she told me it was OK!
No, I think you did that because you wanted to do that.
- No! - Take accountability.
I have! I have.
Then do your own--
Just like you did when you sucked a dick in Tulum.
I have never even touched Oisin's dick.
I'm your best friend, Grace!
No, you're not!
I would never.
All right.
OK.
Well, so let me back up.
What are you doing these days since you left Republic?
Well, I am working on my fashion line.
It's going to be called OGL.
That's short for Original Grace Lilly.
And it is Burning Man Festival fashion.
And it's something that I've been dreaming
of since I was a little girl.
So yeah, I'm also working on music as well.
My modeling career, of course.
And yeah, I'm taking some singing
and acting lessons as well.
Molly, after hearing the performance in Vegas,
do you feel like Grace has a legitimate career
in music in her future?
If auto-tune's is there.
OK, well, first off, I can--
You said this song's good but you don't want people
knowing it's on your playlist.
So I think it's one of those songs, that was more
towards the not the production of it and the music side of it.
If it was like--
There was hard work put into it.
There was a lot of people doing a lot
of things with those vocals.
But I think you have a lot of potential.
And those vocal lessons--
I mean, that wasn't me singing.
I mean--
Well, that proves my point.
that's me talking sexy, like I always do.
Yeah.
That's not my true potential.
I mean, I can sing like Amy Winehouse.
I like that.
I'm going to use that.
Can you elaborate on what you think Grace did
to take advantage of Maddi?
Yeah.
So I'll say this, Grace, the way I reacted to you in Vegas,
I don't really regret that because at that time,
I think that it was kind of a one-sided friendship.
But I do think that like, since then, I
want to apologize in a way because I feel like you've
been a great friend of Maddi.
You've shown up to everything that kind of Maddi
has reached out to you about with, like, the photoshoots.
And you've been a much better friend.
I've seen a lot of growth.
So I think my frustration towards you in Vegas
was more about like, I know your potential.
I want you to be better.
And that's kind of where I stand.
And you have been better.
And I want to see you back at Republic.
Any chance of Grace Lilly being back at Republic, Leva?
We have to talk about it.
I mean, a lot of the reason that she left
was stemming from the Eva, and the arguments,
and the scenes that were made at work, and stuff like that.
Grace, Billy G wants to know why in the world
you would sleep with Oisin when you knew good and
well that he was in this situationship
with one of your good friends?
I think I wasn't thinking right.
I wish it never happened.
It caused me a lot within my job
at Republic that means so much to me.
And if I could go back in time, I would
take it back in a heartbeat.
Joe, was there a part of you that
believed that Maddi and Oisin hooked up in Tulum after Grace
made that accusation?
I mean, my god.
Like at that point, like, am I going
to believe my best friend, my confidant,
like in my head, my future wife?
Or I'm going to believe the girl
that just saw Bob Marley and Jesus two weeks before that?
You know what I mean?
I'm sorry.
Like, looking back on-- looking back on that--
you saying that I was like, I was very shook.
But I consider Oisin a good friend.
And I don't think he's, like I said before, he's
a lot of things, not a liar.
And I think--
And I think Grace was hurt.
So she was saying things that hurt
other people in that moment.
That's how I believe.
So, Grace, do you stand by that statement about Tulum?
I do.
Are you serious?
You're sure about that?
Wait, Grace, you really think I sucked his dick?
Are you for real?
- Grace, y'all did something. - Oh.
She said they made out. Yeah.
Was that a hallucination you had along with Bob Marley?
That's not apples and oranges.
watch the second season.
I went in my confessional.
And I said, Oisin and I had a moment.
Maybe I didn't know what the moment was.
But I get it was a moment.
Grace Lily, where do you and Maddi stand today?
You know, you told Maddi that you two
weren't friends at the prom.
That was sad to see. - I know.
I know.
So where are you today?
We're good.
We've worked through things.
We've talked through things.
No matter what, Maddi and I will always have
a very close relationship.
And I love this woman dearly to my heart
and will always support her in every way and every situation
in her life.
And I wish that things would have gone differently.
You know?
And I apologize.
And I made some mistakes this summer.
You know?
And I'm not happy about it.
But I never want it to hurt our friendship and
the memories and the connection that we
have so strong together.
So just know that I love you till the day I die.
We'll be right back with more "Southern Hospitality."
Coming up next.
I thought sharing my story would make my relationship
with my mom better.
And my mom hasn't reached out once.
Have you heard from anyone in your family
since the show aired?
Welcome back to the "Southern Hospitality"
season three reunion.
This season, Lake and Michols were new to the group
but came in hot, pursuing new relationships
and bonding with each other over their coming out journeys.
There's no one like Lake.
I've never met a girl like Lake before.
She's an artist.
She's well traveled.
There's so much uniqueness about her.
Rod is so hot. I swear to god.
OK, make a move.
No, I'm not going to make a move on him.
Why not?
Because I'm-- I can't.
He has to make a move first.
What was thrilling about this whole relationship
was the chase.
Now, it's time to just, like, close that box,
put it away in a closet, and never open it again.
Because what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
When did you guys meet?
We met in high school.
We kind of just, like, connected really quickly.
And then, we decided to spend every single day together.
She was a lot of my sexual awakening growing up.
I mean, I had hooked up with girls before her.
But I think that, like, I was in love with her.
We had a soul bond.
There's a lot of expectations that come with being a Rucker.
If that means me being, like, a little bit more
reserved when it comes to my sexuality, then so be it.
After I came out, I feel like a relationship
that I really lost touch with was with my mom.
She'll never change.
So just like, have to be arm's length all the time.
All right.
That got you, Michols.
Talk to me.
What's happening?
I thought sharing my story would make my relationship
with my mom better.
And my mom hasn't reached out once.
And--
Have you heard from anyone in your family
since the show aired?
Yeah, my brother, my aunt, and my sister have been,
like, very supportive.
And let me ask you this.
Were they supportive before this?
Or was it a new level of support?
It was definitely a new level of support.
Good. Well, listen.
You have to take that.
And you have to let that be what you stand on for now.
I know this must be so hard.
I'm not kidding.
You messaged me one day.
I was, like, getting ready for work.
And Love had messaged me.
And she was like, hey, I just watched this.
And like, I'm going to let you know
before you get the screening.
But I was sitting there sobbing.
And for the next three weeks, I was just losing my mind.
Like, I could barely sleep.
I could barely eat.
I was just like, oh, my god.
What did I say?
Right?
And then, when it got the screaming--
screening, I literally was in bed with Preston.
And I just paused it.
And I just cried for an hour straight.
It was like, oh, my god, what did I just do?
Like, because I felt bad about it.
I felt like it was going to be perceived in a bad way
because I felt bad for sharing my story.
And I've gotten so much support.
And it's been so overwhelming.
And it's made me feel 10 times better about sharing it.
Michols, you're so loved.
Yes, you have a family in every single one of us.
Yeah.
And I believe you choose your family.
And-- - You're so loved.
I'm here.
I know.
- I thought it was outstanding. - Yeah.
Well--
Have you reached out to her?
Yeah, I have.
And the last thing she said to me
was, why are people calling me and telling
me about you being gay?
And I said, well, I filmed a reality TV show about my life.
Were you expecting me to go on TV
and act as if I were straight the way that you
would have wanted me to?
And?
And she started screaming all types
of curse words on the phone.
And I wrote her a message.
And I said-- I essentially said,
I'm never going to be good enough for you.
And she responded and said, you were kissing
a man on national television.
That's her stuff, not yours.
That's her.
And after that, I was just like, there's nothing I can do.
As a mom, I'm just telling you that that's her stuff.
It's not you. - Yeah.
- I know. - And she loves you.
She can't get-- she can't get past her own stuff.
Yeah.
Do you speak to anyone?
Tomorrow night, I'm supposed to go to dinner
with my aunt and my brother.
Great.
- And Preston's in town. - Good.
So, like, he's going to meet them.
How long have you been with Preston?
It's been almost six, seven months.
Yeah, we just celebrated our six months.
Well, that's a huge thing that your aunt and your sibling
are meeting your boyfriend.
I mean, that's a very huge step.
Are you nervous? - Yeah, very.
Yeah.
I've been around his family, like, a lot recently.
They're very accepting, right?
Yeah, they're very accepting, very supportive.
So yeah, they're very sweet.
That's great.
Yeah.
Well, you should be really proud that, you know, look.
You came out of this season with a boyfriend.
And you're also--
I mean, this meal is a very big deal.
So, you know, take that as a huge win.
And the rest is something to work towards.
You know?
But you should feel really good about what you shared.
It was really powerful.
And I bet you it was very impactful
for many, many people.
You know?
I love you too.
So, Lake, you said on the show,
you can see yourself ending up with a woman.
Do you still feel that way?
I mean, I'll end up with whoever I end up with.
How did your family react to that?
So I love my dad so much.
We talk on the phone every single day.
We have a very, very close relationship.
And I think that, like most fathers,
they don't want to hear about your sex life, you know?
Yeah, yeah. Of course.
Like, most fathers, they don't want
to hear about your sex life.
And so having those conversations I didn't think
were, like, necessary for me.
And I think regarding coming out to them, it wasn't--
like, I understand why people do that.
But for me, I'm like, in the back of my brain,
like, straight people don't have to come out.
So why do I? - Yeah, right.
You know?
I don't have to, like, you know?
So--
Yeah.
What's happening with you and Brad these days?
He friend zoned you.
Yeah.
So, I mean, from my perspective, going into Vegas
and I knew where my head was, I figured, in comparison
to the years before, carry on with something
that I know I'm unsure of or be mature
and, like, express where I'm at, tell him where I'm at
and do that immediately instead of waiting to the last second,
possibly ruining a friendship, possibly
ruining a relationship.
And so I-- that's why I decided to go into the friend
zone direction.
You want me to be so for real?
- Be so for real. - Yes.
- I would love that. - OK.
So if I'm being so for real, I honestly
just thought that you were butthurt,
that I had that, like little--
little kiss with that other guy.
Do you want to see inside?
Yeah.
Let's get a drink.
You know, and so you decided--
or were peer-pressured-- to kiss me.
And then I knew before that we could
never be, like, to a serious point
because you had a girlfriend.
Oh, my God.
That's insane.
I did not have a girlfriend.
No, I did not have a girlfriend.
I heard that, though.
You heard that?
I'm sure we all hear a lot of things that aren't true.
I did not have a girlfriend this entire summer.
The girl that I was talking to outside of you
because we were not on an exclusive terms,
so I'm allowed to go on, like, dates with other people.
Well, duh.
She was also seeing other people at the same time.
We were never in an exclusive relationship.
If you wanted to ask her, you can ask her later today.
She's here now.
Now, we are currently dating.
I do think that it was a little like,
OK, if I was shoddy, I would be kind of pissed.
Why?
She was hooking up with other people, so what was matter?
- You know-- - If you were--
You can ask her tonight. She'll be there.
She'll be there tonight. She was--
- I would be coming up. - with other people.
So I don't understand what--
I can understand, though why she couldn't take it seriously.
But I couldn't take it ever serious.
Take what? Us seriously?
- Yeah. - I mean--
He was someone like, yeah.
I get it.
That's fine.
And, like, I think we're in a place where like,
we're-- we're good, we're cordial, we're friends, you
know, but I also was like--
I-- I'm confused on what's the point here.
The point to miss.
Oh, I'm not coming at him.
When did you guys start dating though?
How was the chemistry? How was the kiss?
Was that all that-- - Because--
What?
Who?
Wait, what?
I thought you guys--
- No, girl. - No, girl.
- You know-- - Yeah.
I think it's kind of heartbreaking
to see you on your own.
Like he's a smart guy.
To see him not show up after our talk yesterday
and not be here with you.
It's like-- it's a little heartbreaking to see
him do this all over again.
We are back with the gang from Southern Hospitality.
This season, the name on everybody's lips was Will.
After more rumors surfaced about where his lips have been.
And even though Will's the one in law school,
Emmy became his public defender.
But he didn't always return the favor.
Watch.
Will and I couldn't be doing better.
Even a mocktail queen.
It's been over eight months.
It's a long time not drinking.
I don't think about it anymore.
And you work out, like, all the time now.
I just feel bad for her.
Like, I know, like, we've both heard
that, like, Will was running around badmouthing
her behind her back.
They thought I was using my monthly credit
to buy all the new dresses, and then I was charging them--
Getting reimbursed, and then pocketing the money?
Yeah.
And you weren't doing that?
That's what I get.
That's what I get for being a good person.
Will, you're being a--
boyfriend.
Emmy is inside crying right now,
and you're just going to be like, nah.
Like, I'm going to let them figure it out.
Complete asshole.
Most of us in different situations
have heard Will talk negatively about you.
He said that he was unhappy in the relationship.
I did.
And that you weren't his end all be all.
And he felt that you were, like, obsessed with yourself.
Everyone is claiming to be his friend,
and Will is not here, so I don't
feel comfortable having a conversation about Will
when he's not here to speak for himself.
Baby, I'm sorry that everyone's attacking you.
I feel guilty because I feel like I
had a part to play in it.
It's really beating me down.
I was out last night.
Ran into a couple people who just graduated law school.
They know-- they've been going to law school with Will.
I straight up was told that he had cheated on Emmy
with somebody at a party.
She says how Austin has it all twisted
because law school is so competitive that men
are creating rumors about each other
to see them fail in law school.
Emmy does mental gymnastics in order
to justify anything that Will does because Will
is Emmy's identity.
And when someone's threatening that identity,
she's able to bend and move the truth to fit her narrative
so that her life doesn't change.
I don't get a break.
Give me your hand.
I don't get a break from anything.
I know you were cheating on her
with the one that lives in your apartment
that you took to prom.
I'm not accusing you.
I am asking you.
I let her stay in my apartment--
for two days in my apartment-- and I said, you need to be
gone by the time I get back.
I bet you did the girl in the bathroom last year.
You piece of .
You get ready and I will be there for you,
but he's going to you over.
To reset the scene, Will is here--
Mhm.
Somewhere on this floor, but he's not in here.
Mhm.
OK.
Because?
His-- he-- his mental health can't take it.
And you know he's guilty as the day is right now,
not being here to help me.
But he's really-- he tried.
He came to New York.
He came to the studio.
He just he can't take it.
He really can't take it.
OK, do you want to say anything about him
not being here, guys?
I think I would like to say something.
So, first of all, like Emmy, watching this season
and being there, it--
it really kind of hurts me.
It's kind of heartbreaking to see you on your own.
Like, you talk about his mental health.
What about yours in a way, you know?
Like, I see you guys together and you guys can be so strong.
He's a smart guy.
Like, he's a tough guy.
He's run a marathon.
He's lost his best friends.
And he's been through really hard things.
And I've seen him overcome those things.
So to see him not show up after our talk yesterday not be here
with you, it's like-- it's a little heartbreaking to see
him do this all over again.
Obviously, I hate that you and Will went through this,
but I do think that sometimes with both you and Will,
you might have had a hard year.
And that's-- relationships are hard.
You had a tough year.
I think your friends wanted you to be a little bit more
transparent with them.
Like "yeah, it's been kind of weird,
like we're trying to reconnect," blah, blah blah.
And I think the constant being like, everything's perfect,
everything's perfect, made them feel
like it was a little bit like you were covering something up.
And I'm just letting you know from their perspective,
I hear you.
And I think that when they would ask you a question,
it was accusation.
When they would ask Will a question, it was accusation.
As opposed to just being like, Oh, no, no, no, let me
explain that.
I get how that would look. - No, for sure.
But like not the case.
I think sometimes people forget that,
like, obviously Will and I are in a relationship,
but we have our own experiences within that relationship.
So let me ask you this, taking away any accusation
about cheating, what is clear is that he went around
town talking you.
Yeah.
And saying terrible things about you
to various people in this group, to people publicly.
So why is it wrong for them to sit you down as friends
and say, we are concerned about you.
This is happening publicly, and we know about it,
and we don't know that you do.
I think--
What is clear is that he went around town talking you
and saying terrible things about
you to various people in this group, to people publicly.
So why is it wrong for them to sit you down as friends
and say, we know about it, and we don't know that you do.
I think--
I'm not denying that what Will did didn't hurt me.
OK.
That was never my intention.
What Will did hurt me.
OK.
But what hurt them more was the fact that my friends then--
and, you know, whatever they felt like
and why they didn't tell me when they did, that's for them.
But what hurt them most was that they waited three months
to then tell me at a dinner table
in front of all these people.
And it's like, I don't--
- Actually, Michols said-- - I had that conversation--
I'm talking about Michols.
Yeah, but OK, OK, hold on.
But in your retelling-- hold on, hold on.
In your retelling of it--
We're involved.
You said, why didn't anyone say that this
was done out of care?
Why wasn't anyone asking if I was OK?
And the editors kind of showed--
Yeah, because that was--
Them saying exactly those things to your face.
It has nothing to do with-- everything,
it was everything before--
before the lake house ever happened, that was my voice.
That my voice being like, why did this not
happen before the lake house should have been
added on to that sentence.
We never planned on talking about it.
So this is a thing--
Yeah, but couldn't you say in front of us and say,
I forgave him. And that's that.
Because we already know.
We already know.
OK hold on, let Michols speak.
But we were--
We were at work one night-- we're at work
one night and we're closing.
Will is in. He's drunk.
Joe's drunk. He's in the back.
He was off the clock.
Off work that night.
It was me, Maddi, closing with Siobhan.
Will is talking Emmy at the bar to us.
Maddi hits me and goes, "you're not
going to defend your friend?"
I said, not our relationship, not our business.
Emmy expressing her hurt, saying that, like,
this was brought to her.
I'm personally hurt in the friendship
that we were so close, that you never came to me
and told me that you dealt with this.
We tell each other everything.
And then something big like this
happens, and then you don't tell me.
So then I'm sitting on this information.
I'm hearing multiple stories.
We have a dinner with Will to tell him,
to give him a heads up, not knowing
they have their own story.
And then the whole time, this whole summer,
you're pointing your finger at me
like I'm the one that did all this , when, actuality,
I was just as hurt as you because you
didn't tell me any of this was ever going on.
Now, now, so they brought this to you, this information
that they all were witnesses to, that upset them.
They then hear from Austin this rumor that Will is--
you know, banged some girl at a party
in the bathroom or something.
And what they all decided to do was not
bring it to you because they knew that it had
hurt your feelings last time.
We are going to not tell Emmy.
Did that make you feel better about--
I would--
the way they handled that?
At the time.
I-- like, last season, Mia was not my best friend.
This was not my best friend.
OK.
TJ, like, is a person who, if he had come to me and we had
a moment in Vegas where, like, he could have sat me down and
been, like, I need to let you know about this--
and I understand there's other reasons
why we never got that moment.
There's a production.
There's things-- like, there's only so much time to do it.
You think you would have been receptive to that in Vegas?
Yes, yes. It's TJ.
Wait.
Because of the level of our friendship,
you didn't take my seriously?
- What? - Damn.
Because I wasn't your best friend,
what I said to you last season, there's an issue about it.
Yes.
There's a part of me that was skeptical about the fact
that, you know--
Girl, I went and showed you the text messages.
I was skeptical, Mia.
I was very skeptical. - OK.
And, you know--
I do think it matters kind of who it comes from, I guess.
OK, so you're telling me that if TJ--
I should have given you my phone then to show her.
OK.
You're telling me that if TJ had told you this in Vegas,
you would have been fine hearing it?
I wouldn't have-- it's the audience.
It's having a group--
you know, to have a moment and to respect my privacy.
I get we're on a TV show.
But to respect my privacy and have a one on one,
I would be tenfold more--
like, I--
You don't listen.
You haven't listened to us this entire time.
Because everything has been--
TJ, do you think she would have been receptive to you
sitting her down with them?
I really don't, not if it was on camera.
Now, who here believes the rumor still?
It was said that law school is very competitive.
People are making stuff up.
Who believes it?
Brad and Lake and Austin.
OK.
And you do not believe it, right?
No.
No, you absolutely do not.
So the text that I received from people that are in law
school, in his class, that know who William
Kulp is is all bull-.
When they say that there is a brunette that he is hanging out
with, that he is with all the time,
that has stayed in his apartment,
that he has been study buddies with, that's all bull-.
They made that out of thin air?
You think that?
That's my question.
So the text that I received from people that are in law
school, in his class, that know who William
Kulp is is all bull-.
When they say that there is a brunette that he is hanging out
with, that he is with all the time,
that has stayed in his apartment,
that he has been study buddies with, that's all bull-.
They made that out of thin air?
You think that?
So the point that Will is on campus with the brunette, OK,
he has female classmates.
I get it.
You know, the show was airing at the time too.
Season two was airing.
And there was another cheating rumor in a bathroom airing
in January and February.
Now it's being portrayed to a bathroom
at a party and law school.
And I mean, I'm living with this man.
I'm living with this.
You're not holding on to that rumor.
He can't even--
he can't even get his pants on.
I mean, you know what I mean? - That's right.
I don't know.
OK, do you still think TJ is a miserable leech?
I think I was mean.
I think Joe said a similar thing at one point.
He called him a rat.
I mean, like, it's not that far off, a leech and a rat.
Like, they're both in the streets, no?
That's not, like, shady.
But I'm just saying, like--
Maddi.
Maddi, stop.
OK.
Where are you in TJ now?
Have you--
I don't remember this leech thing.
I remember 33 alone.
- Who said that? - OK.
Emmy's about to speak.
Is she?
- I guess this means-- - Yeah.
She's not about to speak.
you haven't.
Girl.
Please shut the up.
- Emmy-- - Shut up, Lake.
Breathe, breathe. Emmy.
- Come on. - Emmy.
You don't know what this is like.
You have no space to judge.
Breathe, breathe.
You have no space.
You don't know what this is like.
No one's supposed to go through this.
No normal person is supposed to go through this.
This isn't normal.
Having issues in your life and living it then
for the next year, for people to judge and have opinions
of it, it's not normal.
- It's not. - It's not easy.
- Emmy, breathe, breathe. - Isn't it so--
You're not breathing.
Breathe.
It's so-- it's so hard.
It is .
Here.
Emmy, Emmy, Emmy.
I don't think anyone's relationship
could have survived this if it wasn't strong enough.
I don't think anyone. - I agree.
I don't think anyone.
I'm not asking about you and Will.
I was asking where you are with TJ.
I don't know where I am with them.
I thought they were my friends.
Breathe.
I thought they-- and listen.
We all thought the same thing.
And know what?
I felt the same way.
You know, it goes beyond this.
It's not even that.
It's like-- Will up.
And I know he up.
And it's that he did that.
But you have to, like--
the fact that there is just, like, no grace at all.
And I'm crazy for giving Will grace
for what he was going through.
I don't think anyone's expressed that.
Who said that?
I don't think anybody's expressed that.
I'm just--
I don't know where I am with TJ and Brad.
That's the question.
I miss them.
It's been a--
I just spent-- it's been lonely.
She cries when she talks about you guys.
And he's the biggest thing.
I might have lost them. - Let me take a deep breath.
- Take a deep breathe. - Here's the thing.
Breathe. Here, breathe.
We finished with--
With all of Will's problems, he always came to them.
Wait, breathe.
And he lost his best friends.
OK, OK.
I need-- I think--
Emmy, Emmy, I think you need to stop carrying Will's pain
so much because you're going to have a breakdown.
You need to just--
Listen, you just said right now Will needs
to put his own oxygen mask on.
You do not put your own oxygen mask on.
Right.
You carry Will's stuff so deeply, so severely that you
will have a breakdown.
You need to stop doing that.
I'm telling you.
That is what will destroy your relationship.
That is what will destroy your marriage.
You need to stop.
Like, empathy, carrying Will's stuff--
Will made a mistake.
That's fine.
Nobody-- Will's not here for us to talk about it.
You need-- everyone's talking to you about your friendship.
He just asked you about your friendship with TJ.
Stop worrying about Will right now.
- It's not even-- - Will's not here.
I think this--
- So just-- - It's the--
I feel like you're--
I'm in a relationship with him.
It's me too.
Like, this is-- I'm talking about myself.
Of course, of course.
And so in my storytelling about myself,
I include him because he's the other aspect in it.
I'm just trying to--
I'm not here to defend him.
I'm not here to defend Will.
He up.
OK.
He is ashamed.
And as far as my relationship with TJ and Brad, I don't know.
Because for me, I can't be dating--
well, not that we're dating.
I didn't mean to point to you like that.
But I can't be dating a man who has issues with people
and then also be friends with them.
Yeah, that's right.
So ultimately, Will and I both
have to be friends with Brad and TJ,
and I don't know if that's possible.
Anything else that anyone wants to get off their chest?
I see so much potential in you.
And I see, like, a strong woman.
And I see that--
I feel like it's buried a little bit.
But I think, with mending the friendships
that you have in this core group,
I think we could see her again.
One thing that I did hear over and over this season
from the whole group, especially the guys,
is how much they love you and how much they care about you
and that they're trying to be protective of you.
And it may have come out--
it may not have landed on any level with you
in any of the situations, but it was a recurring theme
in terms of their motivations.
So I think that's something that you can maybe
carry with you, and I hope that you
can get your relationships back with these guys,
because it seems real.
Leva, I can't wait to get bottle service at Republic.
Yes, come to Charleston.
I will.
You have to experience it, Andy.
We love to host you, Andy.
That is a wrap on a great season 3.
I want to thank Leva and the entire "Southern Hospitality"
gang for being here.
I'm Andy Cohen.