ANDY: Previously on the Southern Hospitality reunion...
It's Republic!
- [laughs] - I, like, wanna cry.
This is so amazing.
What does your outfit tonight represent?
- Somebody's funeral. - ANDY: Whose funeral?
Um, I'd say a few people.
I would never even think about treating my friends the way
that you guys treat each other, and come back, and bounce back.
Yeah, you don't know our relationship at all.
We have a very brother-sister relationship.
We literally chase each other around
each other's apartments with fucking knives, like--
Who's chasing each other around with knives?
[laughs]
ANDY: When you were pulled over in December,
you were in possession of 12 Klonopin pills
that were obtained without a prescription.
- What's the status of that? - That will be dropped.
- You're confident of that? - I'm very confident.
Both these charges will be dropped.
Do you have real feelings for TJ?
No, not anymore.
Is Maddi restricting who you're friends with?
You have a hold on Joe, and you limit him
- to hanging out with us. - JOE: Okay.
You think I can control Joe Bradley? You're insane.
After last year's reunion, Emmy had a booming phone call
that would echo throughout this entire season.
Emmy, why do you think multiple people had to explain
why the word "unsafe" was the wrong choice?
[dramatic music]
Part two of the Southern Hospitality reunion starts now.
Why do you think multiple people had to explain
why the word "unsafe" was the wrong choice?
Um...
Because I, um...
I'm not a great listener. I wasn't listening.
I think I was-- You know, when I fight with Will sometimes,
he says I'm an emotional terrorist.
And my emotions sometimes take front of everything.
Like, I can't see past my emotions.
I can't see what's going on with the other person.
All I see is what I'm feeling,
and I can't get past that.
And it's not acceptable.
And I have Lake and Michols to thank
for really helping educate me on such a sensitive topic
that I was so naïve to this season,
that I did not treat with the respect that it deserved.
And I am, from the bottom of my heart,
so sorry, Brad, that it took me so long to put--
I'll never understand what it's like to be
a Black African-American male in America.
I'll never understand what it's like to be you.
And I'm so sorry I was so naïve to it.
I'm so sorry I was so naïve to the depth that my words held
and engaging in a stereotype that you face every day.
I never wanted to add to that pain that you go through.
And I wasn't fully, obviously,
aware of what a microaggression meant,
and I thought it held a much stronger meaning
of it being intentional and being a racist,
and so that's why I was... so batshit crazy.
And I've obviously come to learn
that a microaggression is unintentional,
and it's made towards having a bias towards
marginalized groups of people, and I made that towards Brad.
And it doesn't matter what my intent was.
It's how he received it.
And I am embarrassed that it took me this long.
And I'm sorry.
Brad, what's your reaction to that?
As much as I would love to believe that, um...
we've seen time and time again, you've said things,
and then you've walked it back later on.
You don't feel bad. You feel bad because you're getting blowback.
You feel bad 'cause you're getting
attention online that's not nice.
And that's because of the things that came out of your mouth.
And I do think that part of you is being genuine.
But you know what's gonna happen? You're gonna walk
outside that door, and then your mind's gonna completely change
like it has time and time again.
I'm gonna do my best...
[sniffles] ...to show you I've changed.
And that's all I can do.
Because I am sorry, Brad.
And I'm ashamed.
Once I realized what I had done, Brad, I felt fucking terrible.
Like, I--
When Lake and Michols explained it to me,
and, like, Lake gets all teared up,
and Michols, you know, talks about their own pains,
like, I just-- I felt so... dumb.
And I was like, how could I have done this to someone,
whether or not whatever page we were on in our lives.
I don't wanna add to your stereotype, ever.
That's not who I am, and it's not something
that I would ever wanna do to you.
And I'm truly, from the bottom of my heart,
I will tell you forever, I am sorry.
Forever, Brad.
For as long as I need to, however I can make it up to you,
I will try my best, 'cause I am sorry.
Like, I'm really sorry.
Watching it back, I'm so sorry, Brad.
Like, I mean it.
From the bottom of my heart,
I really, truly mean it.
BRAD: Here's the thing.
If I saw how bad I've hurt a friend,
regardless if I understood what I did or not,
and I see how upset they are,
and I see how pissed off it's making them,
I'm gonna apologize, because I hurt my friend's feelings.
So why would you continually peddle this?
'Cause I wanted to drop it.
I wanted to stop talking about it.
I left Folly Beach being,
"Pssh, let's-- I'm ready to move the fuck on."
I know I said some horrible shit about you,
and I'm sorry I hurt your feelings. Like, I really am.
- I appreciate the apology. - We good?
Yeah, we'll keep moving forward.
Okay.
At Folly, you had your chance to speak to me
about the pain I had caused you,
and I just wanted to have a conversation
about some of the ways that I had been hurt.
And when we started filming,
I had learned from the group
that you had recorded me outside my hotel room.
And that sparked a big nerve inside me,
because it was an invasion of privacy
that reignited a lot of, just, feelings.
Well, you know what? I-- I attempted, right?
It wasn't very successful. You can't hear shit.
I'll show you the recording.
You gotta really listen. Put it up to your ear.
[indistinct chatter]
I can't really hear anything, to be honest with you.
But do you know why I even had the thought
that, like, "Damn, what she's saying is so crazy
that I probably need to record it"?
Because she's probably gonna lie and say she didn't do any of it.
- Right? And I've been... - Brad, I'm--
...pretty on par with that. Right?
I'm not missing-- That's-- that's pretty accurate.
I tried. It didn't work.
So, like, you can say that it was an invasion--
I got it, TJ. Stop talking.
You can say that it was an invasion of privacy,
but I-- I wasn't looking for your room.
You said I stalked your hotel room.
That is dark as fuck. That is dark.
Like, I-- I'm sorry, but my bandwidth for your apology
is really fucking short.
You don't even know--
You don't even know what I had to deal with by my lonesome.
You have no idea how hard it is to be put in emotional handcuffs
and described as scary, described as stalking you,
described as some fucking evil, insane maniac.
That's crazy. That is crazy.
You have no idea how hard that is.
It hurt me to my fucking core.
When it was happening, when I had to re-watch it and
had to see all the other scenes that I wasn't even privy to.
So your apologies,
I'm sure you had plenty of time to work on it,
and I'm glad you did, and I'm glad you learned this lesson,
but this is a really hard lesson for you to learn.
Emmy, you said in Edisto
that you were never scared for your physical safety.
So why did you go back and tell people otherwise?
I think when I had conversations
with some other people, they, um...
not everyone that I talked to
had the same perspective as the people in this room.
I was given kind of opposing opinions that
a man is stronger than a woman and X, Y, Z.
- Well, so-- - Knowing who Brad is, though,
I know that my physical safety, though, was never a problem,
- and I think what was-- - ANDY: But then why...
I think for me, the issue wasn't physical safety,
it was emotional safety, and it was that I was
emotionally worried about retaliation.
And it wasn't that I thought Brad was gonna ever
knock my door down, and I know watching the scene,
like, describing him as scary and unsafe...
- And a threat. - Stalker.
...was not-- it was a horrible choice of words.
So, TJ and Brad, you both said you think Emmy's fiancé
might be influencing her actions and opinions.
Is there anyone else here who feels that way?
Me. I think that as well.
Sometimes when she speaks, I hear Will, like, coming out.
- Will is not on this... - BRAD: We know, we know.
- I know he's not here. - But Will's not here, so--
- I know he's not here. - Yeah, but you talk
- to him every day. - EMMY: I mean, but he--
- I don't think, like, were-- - It just, it-- For me,
it's frustrating, because it validates that
I don't have a brain of my own.
- I don't think for myself. - I never said that.
EMMY: Right, obviously, I'm saying that's how I feel.
It feels as though he's pulling some strings and I'm a puppet.
And it's like, I understand the perspective
that people have of him, but, obviously,
he's the closest person to me aside from my family, and--
Yes, and you talk to him, and he definitely gives you advice.
I mean, I've seen him firsthand manipulate you.
Yeah, but, like, I ask Maddi for advice all the time.
Do you talk to him about the show or no?
Yes, I do. But I don't--
Will is not involved in this.
I try not to get him involved in this,
- because he is-- - Well, I mean, excuse me.
- This was a huge thing. - EMMY: Oh, well, yeah, no.
So I can't imagine that you didn't discuss it
with him for hours upon hours.
- I mean... - EMMY: No, I mean, I did.
Will's advice for me at the time was for me
to go and reach out to Lucía.
She's a close friend of yours,
she can give you an eye into the situation.
You told the story different to Lucía
than you told to anyone else.
That's 'cause you knew it was wrong.
And, um... that's who I sought out.
With a different story than you said
about Brad to everybody else.
You told her that I told you to sleep with one eye open.
Brad, obviously, you were intoxicated, you were angry,
and then you tried to scare me and be like,
- "Sleep with one eye open." - Yeah.
That's not a microaggression. That's a fucking lie.
You lied.
Over, and over, and over again, you lied.
[tense music]
You lied. Over, and over, and over again, you lied.
I can't even stress how-- how hurt,
and-- and destroyed that I am.
[tense music]
ANDY: Okay. Um...
Michols, Emmy made it very clear
that she expected you to take her side over Brad's.
What was your reaction to seeing Emmy tell Maddi
that you should agree with her?
EMMY:
So, I think my biggest thing is I didn't agree with her at all.
And everybody knows what it's like to film a show.
Emotions be heightened, the whole nine.
However, how she was feeling
is not an excuse for her verbiage.
And, expressing that, she should have known better.
So, that's why I had such a difficult time.
Because, not only being Black,
but also Hispanic, I felt it deeply.
And me trying to, like, shake her and be like,
"Wake up, stop what you're doing,
"because when you watch it back, you're gonna regret it,"
was just so difficult...
um, and that's why I had to take a beat in the summer.
Lake, viewers had a lot to say
about you having Emmy's back this season.
The Soft Result said, "It doesn't matter if Brad
"friend-zoned you or whatever, Lake should have stood up
"and called out her friend, Emmy."
So how did it feel for you to get so much hate
for having Emmy's back?
Ultimately, I had multiple one-on-one conversations
with Emmy, and I told her that I did not condone what she said
- or how she said it. - Did you feel like she got it?
- Yes, there's times-- - How long did it take
- for her to get it? - I mean, there was times where
I was a little bit frustrated, you know, and I was like,
"Emmy, I told you, I told you not to cry."
I said, "Do not cry." Like, "Get your shit together."
I do not condone what she said,
but I do have grace for people that make mistakes.
That's how people get educated. People get educated by learning.
And also, Lake and-- Brad had asked Lake and Michols
to leave it alone, that he was gonna speak to me.
So they at first were very like,
"We're gonna let Brad talk to you."
ANDY: Lake, the internet went wild when your mom
called you out for talking to white people
about Black people's business.
GERI:
LAKE: I know. I just, like-- I told her asking her
for, like, advice, and I was like, is this--
GERI:
ANDY: Endayarm said, "Lake's mom just said the realest thing
"I ever heard on reality TV."
And so what's been your mom's reaction
to watching this all play out this season?
Well, ultimately, she was like,
"You know who you are and you know that you're not a sellout."
Like, she's like, "You're not a sellout, Lake. Fix it."
And has her opinion of Emmy changed?
My mom has had conversations with Emmy, and my mom--
- ANDY: About this? - LAKE: Yeah.
And my mom has talked to Emmy, and their relationship is fine.
She's happy for her and Will.
Like, she even said at BravoCon, she was like,
"I see how Will is with Emmy. I think that he didn't cheat."
You know, she was like, "He didn't cheat. That was a lie."
And so, I think, you know--
Did your mom talk about what she said?
- Oh, the microaggression? - LEVA: Yeah.
That's what he's asking about.
LAKE: Yes, my mom has talked about that.
My mom is like, you know, "You need to get it right,
"make it right, apologize.
"Accountability, and also, you need to do your part."
And I've tried to do my part in this.
I would never condone a microaggression against you
or anything racist in any manner,
because I have felt it myself my whole entire life.
And, Brad, I'm sorry that this has had this toll,
and that many Black men have felt this.
- It's sad. It's sad. - Mm-hmm. Yeah.
ANDY: Bren from Los Angeles said, "Brad, I'm so impressed
"by your grace, patience, and self-preservation.
"You stayed strong in the face of some
"seriously heinous accusations.
"I hope you feel the love from the Bravoverse."
What has the response been from the audience for you?
Um... I'd say probably about 85% positive.
So that 15, where there's some--
You know, when you talk about things like this,
that other half of America has something to say as well,
and it's not very kind.
Some derogatory things, some racist things.
It was directed towards me, but, you know,
it made shockwaves bigger than just me.
Everyone else that looks a little bit different felt that.
Yep.
It's awful. It's awful. And I'm just-- I am sorry.
Do you understand that he will probably
- need time to process this? - EMMY: Of course, of course.
I know. I just-- I hope one day you can see that I was naïve
and that I have learned from this,
and I will never make this mistake again.
- Good. - 'Cause I never want to put
someone in the position that I put you in.
I'm glad you learned a lesson.
We'll be right back.
- LEVA: Coming up... - Gia from Albany said,
"It feels like there's something more behind Mia's breakup."
Did you not cheat on him?
- That's what I heard. - Oh!
PRODUCER: All right, guys. Take those phones,
clear it out, please. Take your seats.
- MIA: Booger check? - MOLLY: Huh?
PRODUCER: All right, guys. In three, two, one...
When this crew wasn't clocked in at Republic,
they were working on their love lives full-time.
We had an engagement, multiple relationships,
an alleged three-way,
plus enough body shots to put the "lick" in "Republic."
Fire.
ANDY: Christy from South Dakota said,
"Emmy has the best fashion sense.
"I can't wait to see what she wears down the aisle."
Do you have a dress picked out yet?
- I do. - ANDY: You do?
- I do. - ANDY: When's the wedding?
Summer of 2027.
We're looking at the Cotswolds in England.
- ANDY: Wow. - I grew up in London for
four years, and his family, his mom specifically,
is English, so it holds a dear spot to the both of us.
A lot of viewers noticed that you never call him "Will."
- You always say "my fiancé." - Yeah.
I did not say you were dead to me.
It was probably my fiancé.
I'm in my hotel room having a private conversation
with my fiancé and my mother.
Just because I don't have my fiancé here
to fucking defend me.
ANDY: Do you like that?
Um, I think it was just trying to give him
more, like, respect, um, since he wanted more privacy
from being on the show this season.
I thought you liked saying it.
- Oh, "my fiancé"? - Yeah, it's got a ring to it.
- I mean, that too. - I would like saying it.
I liked saying it when I got to say it.
- Yeah, I would like it. - EMMY: Yeah.
Brad, you and Julia are coming up on two years.
- Mm-hmm. Yeah. - ANDY: Congratulations.
- Thank you so much. - ANDY: Any plans
for the next three years?
No plans for the next three years.
Just taking it year by year.
ANDY: So, Lake, what went down with you and the Milkman
after the Law Prom?
- Oh, my God. - What a pivot, huh?
That's crazy. Okay, let me preface this.
I did not have a threesome with Oisin.
I will say, I was being a little messy when I brought that up.
I'm not gossiping at all.
My roommates think Oisin had a threesome
with Lake and that girl she was hooking up with.
But I was hearing whispers.
- Yeah, Joe! - I'm sorry. I didn't--
Me and Lake have duked it out since then.
- Come on, Joey. - JOE: 'Cause, like,
I've seen Oisin get with many women.
- MADDI: He really liked Lake. - He was really hung up on Lake.
He was really butt-hurt. He was really upset wh--
- Damn! - When you didn't--
You ghosted him. You ghosted him and you broke his heart.
- You're out of his league. - LAKE: Huh?
- Yeah. Yes. - You're out of his league.
- Oh, yeah. - Of course he was hung up.
- I mean... - JOE: Well, obviously. [laughs]
So, Justin, you started dating Republic bartender Jordyn.
Then you cozied up to Mia, and by the end of the season,
you were talking about marrying Charley,
from Southern Charm.
Oh, yeah.
I think Charley's the one.
I think I'm gonna propose.
All right, we'll talk to you
- in about a month. - [laughing]
So things between you and Charley now are strong, right?
Yeah. She's amazing. She's the love of my life, I think.
- Wow, the love of your life? - JUSTIN: Yeah, absolutely.
- That is great. - She's the most gorgeous girl
I've ever seen, and it's a joy just to call her mine, so.
- Aww! - ANDY: Was there any overlap
between when Charley was talking to Craig
- and you hanging out with her? - JUSTIN: No, not at all.
I don't know. It was tough watching that back,
knowing that Charley was, like, innocent.
Charm had closed out filming.
Salley and Charley came into Republic.
They both were like, "Who the hell is that guy? He's so cute."
I went and told Justin, "Go say hi.
"The girls think you're cute."
Lo and behold, 48 hours, he's like,
"I'm going on a date with Charley."
And I was like, well, damn, the man moves fast.
There were people online who thought
that you were saying you were 30% gay
to profit for your OnlyFans.
- Yeah, the queerbaiting. - What's your reaction to that?
- Gay for pay. - JUSTIN: Yeah, I'm comfortable
in my sexuality, okay? That's the bottom line.
To get serious about the matter is that I objectively
- like what I like. - Michols.
JUSTIN: Have I exclusively been with women?
- Hey. - JUSTIN: Absolutely.
If there was a guy, a sweeping fellow that came
and took me off my feet and it was perfect in every way, then
I would not have any hesitation moving forward with it.
It's sexuality. It's fluid.
- You know what I mean? - Good for you.
I thought it was emblematic of where we are today
and where we're going as a society,
and I thought it was great.
Well, that's just me, right?
And it's like, now, being in Charleston
is tough because, you know,
I can only imagine, and my heart sympathizes
with people like TJ, Brad, and Lake,
identifying on the spectrum,
- the LGBTQ spectrum. - Michols.
- Like, 'cause, like-- - What am I?
- Not Brad, but Michols. - JUSTIN: What?
- He meant Michols. - What did I say? Oh, my bad.
- LAKE: Different Black guy. - I knew it!
- [overlapping chatter] - Um, I gotta back up.
I could go either way.
- I was-- That was exciting. - BRAD: Yeah.
- We were like, "Wait." - Coming out. Whoo!
Brad, I was gonna say. Brad, tell 'em.
But it is like, a tough spot,
and then, like, I feel like I've had to answer to it,
and even in my relationship with Charley now, it's just like...
It shouldn't be that big of a deal.
- It shouldn't. - Yeah. It shouldn't be like--
We shouldn't even be having to talk about that.
Yeah. I know. Mm-hmm.
Mia, if the messiness with Jordyn didn't happen,
would you have actually given Justin a chance?
No, I don't think so. I think we just--
When we sat down on the date, we, like, realized that
we were just pretty good friends.
The Jordyn situation...
it was too messy for me.
It felt like-- I said it on the show,
like baby mama drama but with no baby.
It's like me and Jordyn was like a situationship,
but it was never to the fact that, like, you know,
we were exclusive or we were going on dates all the time.
Like, it was more so she would come after me.
Were you hiding it from production for a reason?
- Yes. - I don't think I was
hiding it from production.
- LAKE: Yes. He was. He was. - MICHOLS: 1,000%.
- He was. - He downplayed the fuck
out of that relationship.
He downplayed the fuck out of that relationship.
I have messages, actually, of when Jordyn met his parents.
Do you have a situationship that ever met your parents?
Do you wanna know the truth about that situation?
My parents were visiting me in Charleston.
Jordyn was not invited.
Jordyn came into my apartment unannounced,
like she's done two or three times before
- because she was upset. - Two or three times?
- Yes, Lake. - No!
- You guys talked for months. - Lake-- Lake--
She stayed at your house. I had her location every single night.
- How are you gonna tell me-- - She had a toothbrush
- at your house. - Lake, I go to Costco
- and I buy them in bulk. - LAKE: You're lying.
And you brought her clothes.
Toothbrush for you, toothbrush for you...
Lake, are your text messages between you and Jordyn
or text messages between Justin and Jordyn?
It's Justin and Jordyn's text messages, she sent them to
me because she was like, "He's downplaying that relationship."
Can I please clear the air before this just gets dirty?
- She wants her story said. - LAKE: Jordyn's just like,
"I just don't wanna get hurt. This just isn't enough."
She's just kind of, like, venting to him.
And then Justin goes, "I shape my days around you."
What you guys aren't seeing are the conversations
had in person. Like, that's a huge part of this.
The bottom line was, she wanted
something more in the relationship.
Unfortunately, that's not my issue.
MADDI: You don't think there's anything you did, though,
to make her feel that way? I just don't like this narrative
that, like, oh, the girl's crazy and the man's not.
- She's in the wrong. Yeah. - When the thing is
girls are that way because of a man.
In the messages, she's trying to, like...
So you don't think you love-bombed her,
or told her you were gonna be exclusive?
You talked about exclusivity with her before--
- Lake, what-- - Before Edisto, and then
you went and kissed Mia.
MADDI: Jordyn's okay with this?
I thought you, Molly, and Jordyn were all friends.
MIA: Molly is my friend, and then Jordyn's her roommate.
And what is the harm about
exploring my dating life as someone in their young 20s?
[overlapping chatter]
She was with him every single day.
- She spent the night with him-- - There comes to a point where
there's no need to argue about it.
Like, this is-- this is defamatory.
- This is just defamatory. - Lake needs to give it up.
- [overlapping arguing] - I think she has
- a crush on Justin. - This is high school drama.
- I'm not gonna be defamed-- - No, it's not. It hurt
my friend's feelings, and this was me defending my friend.
You guys weren't friends. Jordyn never liked you.
- LAKE: Yes, she did. - No, she didn't, Lake.
They just went to Japan together.
We just went to Japan together!
ANDY: Can I ask you a question?
- Lake, why are you so... - JUSTIN: Exactly.
...heated up about this?
Maddy as well. What involvement--
'Cause we're friends with Jordyn.
We've worked with her, Andy, for, like, over two years.
JUSTIN: You don't talk to Jordyn at all, Maddi.
She's a very important woman in our lives.
Justin's been here for a couple months.
Maddi, you told me to stay away from Jordyn and it's bad news,
and that Ally Lewber was coming to Charleston,
and that I should go out and date her.
- Why didn't you ever date me? - I would.
We would've been on a good day.
Were you trying to set him up with Ally Lewber?
No, it wasn't that. I advised him not to be with Jordyn
and to end the whole thing, because she was being led on.
And I was like, "Date other people.
I'm like, "Here's an example: Ally."
Like, she knew I was dating other people.
- What was the timeline? - ANDY: How long did you date?
- I don't know. - Since Vegas.
- I really don't know. - Like two months?
- No, it was three or four. - Since Vegas? They met there.
Yeah, they hooked up in Vegas.
- You know that. You were there. - Yes, they met in Vegas.
You don't know her, you're not friends with her.
You go to Vegas with her, though. Okay, cool.
I didn't go to Vegas with her.
MADDI: Were you not in Las Vegas, Nevada with her?
Hey, hey, hey. Breathe. Breathe, breathe, breathe.
Stop gaslighting me and just saying calm down.
I'm talking to you like a normal human being.
Who in this group thinks that Mia is a girl's girl?
Yeah! Who in this group does not think that Mia is a girl's girl?
- All of us. - Raise your hand, Joe.
- Raise your hand, Maddi. - All of us.
Raise your hand, Leva.
What does a girl's girl even fucking mean?
Guys, that's crazy, guys. We weren't together.
Oh, my God. Justin, shut the fuck up.
I don't care about you. Blah, blah, blah, blah.
And I was upset with Mia
for more than just the Jordyn trauma.
Literally right before-- No. Ooh. Ooh!
Is that what it is? Do you not like Mia and me
- because some other reason-- - Hey, hey. Shh. Shh.
Let her speak. You're gaslighting.
- Let me speak, let me speak. - Gaslighter.
"Gaslighting"? What are you talking about?
He gaslights Lake 24-fucking-7.
- He does. - Oh, okay. Oh, okay, okay.
Telling you you're wrong is not gaslighting you, by the way.
LAKE: Can I tell you why else I'm mad at you?
I already know, but, like....
So we went to a movie premiere party.
Me, you, Joe, Michols.
We all decided to go out after.
We started at Uptown, and then we made our way to Republic.
Then I see an ex that you knew cheated on me,
on Valentine's Day, actually, and I was hurt by that.
And then you decide to walk up to him, and I'm literally like,
"No, no, no." You walk up to him--
- You told me to go up to him! - No, I didn't!
I did not tell you to go up to him.
- That is wrong of you. - No, I didn't.
I would never tell you to go up to my ex and talk to my ex,
especially knowing your male-centered energy.
I would not tell you to go talk to my ex.
That is not male-centered energy.
Are you saying that she did it intentionally?
Hey, hey, hey! I'm not talking to you.
[overlapping chatter]
- You went up to my ex-- - Stop hooting and hollering.
LAKE: You had a whole 15-minute conversation.
- You need to-- - No. Shh, shh, shh, shh.
You went up to my ex.
You had a whole 15-minute conversation with him.
One, I would not talk to him for 15 minutes.
I was like, "Oh, my God, I don't even wanna go over there
"'cause that ex traumatized me."
Then you come back up giggling, ha, ha, ha.
"Oh, my God, him and his new girlfriend are getting
"a dog together," the girl that he cheated on me with.
And then you're laughing, and I go "Mia, what the fuck?"
I reported back to you because you asked me
- to go see what was going on. - No, I didn't. No, I didn't.
Then I said, "Why the fuck did you go over there?"
- Why would I go talk to him? - No, I didn't!
You're lying. You're lying.
Why would I go talk to some fucking 20-year-old dude?
- You're lying. You're lying. - Sitting with some other girl.
Why would I even go ask him anything?
You were trying to instigate something.
You were trying to start something.
Why would I try to start something?
I don't care! I don't care about you.
I did not tell you to go to my ex.
You cannot humiliate me 'cause I don't give a fuck about you.
I don't give a fuck about you either.
Can you apologize to her and move on?
I have already apologized to her about it.
No, you didn't!
Roll the clip of us outside of Emo Night.
Yes, I did.
I feel badly that I talked to your ex.
If you didn't like it, I'm sorry.
I would never do that again.
You going up to my ex in general was overstepping.
- It was overstepping. - And I said I'm sorry.
- And I'm sorry. - Okay.
Yeah, you were so fucked up.
Yeah, you couldn't even stand straight.
If you apologized, I don't forgive you, bitch.
Wow.
- MIA: And then now what? - ANDY: Okay, well, then--
Oh, boom! Boom! You said--
Boom, you said I don't forgive you. I don't care.
ANDY: So, at Joe's 30th birthday party,
things got feisty between Mia and Lake.
You said it to my face.
Do not fucking touch me. Do not fucking touch me, bitch.
Any regrets after seeing that evening playback?
Damn, I regret not slapping you.
ANDY: You regret not--
Lake, you're being mean, girl. You just accused--
You guys were talking about how I'm immature...
MIA: You had your chance to slap me.
...how I held my head down.
Now my head's up and I'm looking at you.
No, you're not. No, you're not. What, did you stand
in the mirror and rehearse that fucking line?
- I'm ready and I'm prepared-- - Yeah, sounds like it.
Your last two brain cells rubbing out like this.
- I will fucking fight it out. - All right, all right!
Dumbass.
Dumbass? Bitch, I'm smarter than you.
- Don't even start. - I don't know about that one.
Guys, I think that Lake has more sensitive feelings.
I think the two of you are very good at
- disassociating any feelings. - Whos' the two-- It's me.
- It's you and Molly. - You and Molly dissociate--
There's a lot more emotions on this side of the couch.
Because she wants to be you so bad.
Why don't you see it? It's like looking in a mirror.
I think the reason you're saying that is because we are similar.
We are both very, very strong individuals, and you don't
have an identity outside of someone else's opinion.
- That's not true. - That's not true at all.
Do you not see my art career, how I am as a person?
- Art career? - Yes.
MOLLY: What is one thing--
LAKE: Do not comment on my career, bitch.
You got fired for a reason.
ANDY: Molly, you've been vocal about how triggering it is
to have your appearance scrutinized, so when Lake
called you and Mia "fake bitches with fake titties"...
My tits aren't fake, by the way. They're just reduced.
So it's, you know. That was crazy.
LAKE: Molly has talked shit about me around town.
She even got kicked out of a section
because she was talking shit to my friends.
Don't you all talk shit about each other?
We all talk shit about each other.
Nobody in this room is innocent.
- Exactly. - So, Lake and Mia,
you two are in a bad place, and...
- LAKE: Well-- - After watching what
she said about me, yes.
Okay. All right. Um, I am gonna move on.
This summer, both Molly and Mia found themselves
single and ready to mingle.
Gia from Albany said, "It feels like there's something more
"behind Mia's breakup. Troy was the love of her life.
"They broke up over a three-hour drive?
"Is there more to the story?"
It's just that he just wouldn't commit.
I also wouldn't commit to moving to Charlotte.
- Do you still see him? - Yeah.
We, like, still mingle and talk, but I don't think
I can commit myself to dating him
if he doesn't come to Charleston.
I mean, if he's the love of your life...
- Uh-huh. - BRAD: Yeah.
No, you-- Okay, you tell me what--
how that-- how I navigate marriage in that situation,
in living three hours from each other.
- Doesn't have to be marriage. - ANDY: If he's the love of
- your life, could you go there? - We're gonna get married
- at some point. Huh? - Could you go there?
I don't like it. No, I hate Charlotte.
I have such an intense friend group in Charleston.
I've established myself. I love it there.
Why can't you just live in both places?
I think it's important to know that he just got a promotion
that allows him to have a little bit more freedom,
so I think these things are finally in the works.
The story might be changing a bit soon.
I'm still waiting for him to figure it out.
- Damn, I didn't know that. - But did you not cheat on him?
- That's what I heard. - Oh!
[tense music]
Did you not cheat on him?
- No, I never cheated on him. - No!
Um, yes, you did.
- MIA: When did I cheat on him? - My friend told me.
- Who's your friend? - Who's your friend?
- He doesn't wanna be named. - Of course he doesn't.
- But he told me that... - The guy in the sky.
...he had sex with you right before you went to Hawaii.
I'm leaving for Hawaii on Thursday.
- Two weeks with my boo. - Uh, is anything gonna happen?
I mean, if I get proposed to, I'm gonna say yes.
- It's not true. - MICHOLS: And you also lied
about fucking West, and I have the DMs of your sister texting
me in the morning looking for you in New York City.
When have I ever lied about that?
- You did. - I just said there was
- no romantic connection. - I also said that in the press.
- Yeah, but you lied about it. - When did I lie?
You even told Salley Carson to fuck him
because the dick was so good.
I didn't tell Salley Carson that.
- You 1,000% did. - She was gonna fuck him
- no matter what. - You 1,000% did.
I was there when you told her that.
[all laughing, exclaiming]
You said West was worth it.
I was sitting right there.
Oh. My bad.
No, but the thing is, I've never cheated on Troy.
If I did, I would say it. I don't really care.
Maybe my friend's timeline is messed up, but I trust him.
He went to my house and he was like, "Lake,
"oh, my gosh, I had sex with Mia around, like, June or May."
Around Hawaii, when I broke up with him?
- Like, June or May. - No. Never.
I think you were single when that--
- Yeah, I was. Yes. - Well, so if you were single,
- what does it matter? - Exactly.
I thought you broke up after Hawaii, though.
- We did break up after Hawaii. - They did not sleep together.
- That was in July. - Yeah.
If she fucked him May/June,
- she was still dating Troy. - But I met him after July.
- No. No, honey. - Yes, I did.
Yes, I did. Listen, I was single.
I was there the night they met. She was single.
- See? She was there. - You're not denying
- having sex with this guy. - No, no.
You're just saying you didn't cheat on...
- No, I didn't cheat. - She definitely cheated.
- MIA: Try again.
Try again. No, I didn't.
ANDY: So, Mia, you went out with West a little bit.
Where do you stand in what's going on...
We had a great time. It was very nice.
And, um, that's it. I feel bad for his situation now.
Feel worse for Ciara. That sucks.
Did you guys have sex?
- Yes, we had sex. - Yeah, she just admitted it.
What's wrong with you? What's--
Why do you wanna catch me in some sort of lie?
- What's your beef? - Because you're a liar.
- I mean, you do lie. - Huh? No, I'm not.
ANDY: Okay, very good. Moving on.
Maddi and Joe, congratulations on your puppy adoption.
- MADDI: Yes. - What's the puppy's name?
JOE: His name's Ozzy.
MADDI: He's like an emotional support animal,
and he's been my whole life.
Yeah. We came up with it when we were watching The Osbournes.
- MADDI: He's our son. - ANDY: Oh, cute.
So since the two of you don't live together,
how does that work?
- I mean, like... - I haven't slept in my house
in two and a half months.
- ANDY: Okay. - JOE: So...
I think we're finally getting to that stage where it's like,
"All right, why am I paying rent somewhere else? Let's move in."
So do you still have hesitations about Joe moving in?
You expressed that in the past.
At what point do we move in together?
I don't think we need to make that decision right now.
It's almost, like, too fast for me.
That is something we talk about.
The thing is I'm trying to buy a home,
and it's a difficult process.
Are you thinking about buying something together?
- No, I would buy it. - That would be stupid.
I mean, like, of course we'd like that,
but more so she's in a better position than me financially
right now to buy a home, and instead of paying rent
to someone else, I would chip in for the mortgage, obviously.
Yeah. We're not married yet, so...
- Yes. - Yeah. I feel like it's steps.
Like, the dog was a great first step, getting Ozzy.
Then the moving in.
Then the marriage and stuff.
What is the status of your egg-freezing journey?
Oh, I did freeze my eggs, and it was super empowering.
- Good for you. That's great. - It was amazing,
and it definitely, like-- Just need my own timeline,
and I get to, like, not freak out about that.
Grace Lilly, what's your take on this?
Just have sex three times a day.
- Is that your advice? - I'm not trying to get pregnant
- right now. - I mean, there's nothing wrong
with having sex three times a day.
- That's why she froze them. - That's why I froze them.
You never know. I was a genetic explosion.
- [laughter] - It just happened.
That's what my parents say.
- Genetic explosion. - That makes so much sense.
So, Joe, your reaction when you heard Maddi say
she wouldn't wanna waste her eggs
combining them with your sperm at this point?
What if Joe and I don't get married or work out?
Then I'm wasting my eggs on some other guy's sperm, right?
Yeah, I mean, obviously, like...
that sucks to hear, because, like, part of me is like,
"Oh, she's freezing her eggs, so, you know,
"she can see a future with me."
- I think that was like... - Yeah, but I might only get
one baby out of those eggs they got.
That's unfair for women, because they only
get so many eggs, and you guys have so much sperm.
- Right. - So it's an unfair thing
for any man to expect a woman
to just, like-- like, one-off her egg to him
until there is a marriage and a ring. You know what I mean?
I think I need to put my ego aside.
- Just in her defense. - I need to put my ego aside
in this situation, because this is her journey.
Women should keep their eggs.
JOE: These are her eggs. This is her body.
- Yeah. - ANDY: Um, Joe, it came out
at the end of the season that Molly had a conversation
with Maddi, uh, where Maddi said
she doesn't see herself marrying you.
What was your reaction to that?
Yeah, I really wanna get to the bottom of that, because...
- She said that to your face? - Yes, 100%.
- I did not. - MOLLY: And then followed up--
Like, you are-- you have a real bad lying problem.
I never said I'm not going to marry him, or
- I'm never going to marry him. - You did.
That's a fucking compulsive lie. I never said that.
No, you said you didn't see yourself marrying him.
You wanna break the generational cycle.
You don't wanna marry a town drunk.
I was vulnerable about that on the show. I opened up about
all those things. You went on a podcast and said,
"Maddi doesn't share her relationship."
I share my relationship more than anyone on the show.
They asked me about your relationship and I said,
"I don't know. They don't share it with me."
And so then why are you commenting about it
- if I don't share it with you? - 'Cause they asked her
- a question! - They asked me a question.
No, you told Mia and TJ at a lunch.
I didn't tell Mia what Maddi said,
so you need to tell her.
- Oh, okay. - MIA: Tell me.
So, I was like, "How are you and Joe?"
She goes, "Well, I don't see myself, like, marrying him."
- She said that? - She 100% said this to me.
No one asked you anything.
TJ and Mia didn't ask you anything.
It was a convers-- Wait, you're not following this, mama.
- You gotta-- - Let her talk. Let them talk.
- She's pretty straightforward. - Stop gaslighting.
That's your thing. You like to gaslight.
You make the little faces.
MIA: She's talking about the podcast, then she's
- talking about a lunch-- - Okay, let them talk.
So wait, no. So when did she tell you that?
I will say...
Try not to lie.
[tense music]
I never said I'm never going to marry Joe.
You did say that.
So wait, no. So when did she tell you that?
- I will say... - Try not to lie.
- I never said that. - Why would I make that up?
- I don't know you like that. - I confided in you about
his drinking. Do you think I would be wasting my time
in a relationship on my biological clock
with someone I don't wanna marry?
Wait. Are you guys listening to each other?
She said you said, "At this time,
"I'm not ready to marry Joe." - At that time.
That's vastly different than "I do not see myself marrying Joe."
- That's different. - Okay. So Molly,
what did she say to you at the lunch?
She doesn't see herself marrying him.
She wants to break a generational cycle.
This is before all of your conversations with him.
I would say it's a completely different mindset now.
But "at this time" is different than "I will not marry Joe."
On the show, you said never.
Yes, and TJ said that too!
- That Molly said that. - I was also hammered.
And so I just think you need to be careful
- of how you say things. - That's a hiccup on my part.
- 'Cause you twist words. - That's not what I meant.
ANDY: Okay. So I am curious--
I am curious who here
thinks Joe takes the relationship
more seriously than Maddi?
- Me. - You do?
I'm out.
I think the thing is in their relationship,
Maddi pushes him to do more.
- Yeah. - And so I think Maddi...
not necessarily wears the pants.
That's not the verbiage I want to use.
But she keeps him accountable.
I also push her and keep her accountable.
Yeah, you do. 100%.
Can I say something, like, regarding--
The shit-talking with this group's got to stop
if we're ever gonna move forward.
I've fallen in love with this group,
and, like, Republic and Charleston with you guys.
It's a fact that we can have fun, but I don't want it to get
to the point where we're not having fun anymore.
I think at some point you guys need to pick the people that
you want to have a friendship with, and work towards that.
And a lot of it, it's like, you guys are really upset.
I know Joe misses his boys. I know Brad is so deeply hurt.
I know she's so deeply upset and feeling alone.
Over here, she wants support,
but she isn't sure how to ask for it.
These are decade friendships,
and there's people who navigate friendship differently.
These are high-feeling people.
These are not super high-feeling people.
These are people able to compartmentalize
and sort of logically move forward.
These are people who wear their heart on their sleeve.
It clashes. It doesn't mean they don't care about each other.
They communicate vastly differently, right?
There is a lot of love here, and I think that everyone needs
to work on their individual relationships.
That is a great thought to move you guys forward.
I know there's still a long way to go,
but it feels like we got through a lot of emotion tonight.
Emmy, are Brad and TJ still axed as groomsmen?
- Yeah. - Duh.
[laughs] That's--
- Yes. - ANDY: Right. It might take
more than a reunion to get you there.
So Brad, what's the first thing you're gonna do
when you leave tonight?
Kiss my girlfriend in the mouth.
- In the mouth? - In the mouth.
In the mouth. Not on the mouth.
- In the mouth. - In the mouth.
Okay. TJ, are you still looking at doing
a brick and mortar Sir Wieners?
Yeah, it has been in the discussion.
I've had some convos with Lamar.
But yeah, we'll see what happens next.
Leva, what surprised you the most about today?
Everyone is a lot more vulnerable than I thought
that they were capable of being.
Yeah, it was a lot of emotion tonight.
- LEVA: Yeah. - ANDY: I hope you all
can go into the summer...
- A little more healed. - Yeah.
Well, it is a tradition to end the reunion with a toast,
and I think I know exactly what this group needs.
Bring out the weenies and the 'tinis.
- MICHOLS: Wow. - What a treat.
ANDY: Yes. Oh, here we go.
Grace, Maddi, and Emmy have mocktails.
Leva, I think you should toast us out of this season.
I mean, listen, guys, this is, like,
supposed to be the time of your lives.
You're young, and this is when
you make your most core friendships.
You won't meet these new people in adulthood.
So, it's worth it to hold on.
It's worth it to fight for these friendships.
- ANDY: Cheers. - Cheers.
- Well said. - Cheers, everyone.
Cheers to bringing the fun back.
ANDY: See you all at Republic.
- Welcome to the family. - I love you.
- Michols! - It's okay.
ANDY: Good job, everybody. I wanna thank Leva
and the gang from Republic
for another dramatic season of Southern Hospitality.
Cheers, everybody. I'm Andy Cohen.
For more, click around Bravo TV.
- Cheers! - And Peacock.
- Cheers. - Good God.
The martini's got me feeling wavy baby.
- [laughs] - I love it.
CREW: I'm gonna ask everyone to
- to step off the stage. - ALL: Thank you.
[cheering]
- BRAD: Yeah! - Okay. Oh, my God.
I was never against that.
- LAKE: Okay, we're good. - Good?
Friends.
CREW: All right, that's a wrap out here, guys.
We're done rolling sound.