[tolling]
[indistinct chatter]
[upbeat music]
How has your morning been?
Fabulous. Up early.
Thank you.
Hi, everybody.
It's a whole entire body in there.
Ooh!
Amanda: The Baroness has arrived.
Any other Housewife you know takes the tube to reunion?
- Just you, babe. - Just me.
Man: You excited for your first reunion?
Of course. I'm excited about everything.
Fear and trepidation are nowhere to be seen on this face.
Oh my God, I am loving this.
Oh!
[laughing]
Oh my God. You're taking it to another level.
I am.
Amanda: Where's Karen?
Hi.
Hello, hello.
Juliet M: I love this. That is hysterical.
I am the people's princess of Paddington.
[knocking on door]
Panthea: Hello.
Hi, guys.
Oh my God! This is so funny.
That's hilarious.
How are you feeling?
I'm more worried about you than me.
I'm anxious, I'm nervous
because I know that I go zero to 1,000.
And I'm like this crazy...
I watch myself and I'm like, "Oh my God".
When the dentist thing happened, you didn't speak to me.
She's lives in North London, I live in Chelsea,
I've got younger children.
You didn't think to call me?
You kept on putting pictures of you and the dentist.
We're not close enough?
I was inviting you to Annabel's
all the time!
You don't want to escalate to get too explosive.
So, I got you on that.
Don't let me cry, and don't let me swear.
You're messy.
I think you're irresponsible.
- You're disgusting. - As parents, you don't build
a legacy for your children.
They have trusts, you dumb fuck.
What I want to know is...
Are you willing to put all this behind today
to move forward?
It's a lot to unpack.
We'll unpack some of it today.
I'm also angry with Mayhew.
I'm just, like, so chilled. And then I'm not.
The fact that people think that they can talk about me...
And I didn't say... And that is exactly...
Why is my personal life scandalised
by you and your friends?
Listen, every gate, whether it be billgate, teethgate.
- Castlegate? - Castlegate.
To say I'm not honest, to say that I'm fake,
to say that I'm cheap,
those three things would go against
the grain of who I'd hope
that I never have been and would never be.
You want to shame me again?
Everything about you is fake.
What am I fake about? I had the dress...
Everything you do in your life is fake!
Anyway, so yeah, I'm feeling a bit...
Yeah, we're not all like you, Switzerland. Neutral.
"No one can attack me 'cause I'm great."
Nessie's gonna have the best day ever.
I am gonna have the best day ever.
This Switzerland doesn't do it for me.
I have this... If you're not with me, you're against me.
She's a double agent sometimes. I think she'll play both sides.
Is that a nice way of saying two-faced?
Nothing wrong with Switzerland, by the way.
Best watches, Patek, Rolex, best chocolate.
It's so pretty.
A long way from Paddington now.
Who could have an argument in such a beautiful rooftop?
It's giving mother slash daddy.
Well, hello.
Katherine: Ooh.
Oh, wow, this is beautiful.
Wow, look at you. Oh my God.
- Mwah. - Gorgeous. How long left?
Not long. Minutes.
Panthea: You look amazing!
You look amazing. Hi, my love.
Juliet A: Thank you. Hi, you look gorgeous.
Mamasita.
I know. I'm one of the only people
going in for a facelift consultation pregnant.
Maybe I just need some Amanda Caroline products.
Or not.
Oh...
Juliet A: Nessie.
You look stunning!
You've always got a bit of leg surprise for everybody.
Wow.
'Cause she knows she's got the best legs.
Nessie: Oh, look at Mayhew.
How are we, ladies? Hi, sweetheart, you look incredible.
Katherine: Hi, Amanda.
Oh, wow!
Juliet M: Karen, you look a vision, honey.
Karen: I'm a butterfly coming out of the cocoon!
Hair, make-up, dress. Outstanding.
Everyone ready to go?
No, terrified. But, okay.
Producer: Okay, here we go. Standby, please.
Five seconds. Four, three...
Katherine: Good evening,
and welcome to the first ever
Real Housewives of London Reunion.
I'm your host, Katherine Ryan.
We are here in London
where the tea is hotter
than the underground in July.
And the shade is sharper than a Savile Row suit.
Joining me on this beautiful London rooftop tonight,
the Real Housewives of London.
- Thank you. - Ladies, hello.
Nessie: How are you?
I'm very well.
How's everyone feeling tonight?
- Juliet A: Great. - Karen: Good.
- As good as can be. - Blessed.
Blessed, Amanda?
Always.
Now, we have seen many sides of you, Amanda, this season.
From the sublime to the savage.
Which side do you think will take the lead this evening?
Uh, somewhere in the middle. But you never know.
Um, Juliet Mayhew, you look beautiful.
- Thank you so much. - It's an amazing outfit.
Borrowed?
Darling, we all have stylists, but you may not.
This has been given to me by the designer. Yes.
- Yeah. And that is a thing. - Nothing wrong with that.
I hear you're also borrowing yours this evening.
No. I bought it for £5,000.
That's why I don't need to tag it. But go ahead.
Karen, did you helicopter in this evening?
No.
PJ.
- Nessie. - Hi.
Congratulations on the launch
of your children's cookbook.
Thank you. Thank you.
You've brought the sweetness in the series
as the Chelsea Cake Queen.
But tonight, are you ready to bring the spice?
I rise to the occasion. Like my cakes.
- Good girl. - I like that.
- Panthea, you look stunning. - Thank you.
You are our very own self-appointed gossip queen.
Will you be coming with the receipts tonight?
Absolutely.
Okay. And finally,
London's very own fashion taste maker, Juliet Angus.
You joined us about halfway through the season,
but tonight you're in the hot seat.
Are you ready?
Yeah, I'm ready.
Okay. Well, I'm sat here between you, Juliet
and you, Amanda.
And as we have seen this season,
when things get heated, you ladies can go low.
I don't want to get caught in the crossfire.
So, to protect me, and more importantly, this bump,
shall we put a safe word in place
in case it gets out of control?
Paddington, perhaps.
Great.
You are, you are trash.
Off you go. Back to Paddington.
- Get out of my face. - Get back to Paddington.
Get the fuck away from me.
She's even got a T-shirt.
She came into my room, "I love Paddington."
She's trying to own my one liner.
No, it's I heart Paddington. I like Paddington.
It's a very sweet area. I go there for the Heathrow Express.
Um, you know, I just don't live there,
but, you know, it's...
Well, you don't live in Notting Hill.
I don't want to get too deep into the Paddington mess,
but Amanda, could you clarify?
What do you have against Paddington?
- Nothing. - No.
Your issue is that you believe Juliet Angus...
is embellishing her postcode.
Juliet's lied about where she lives
and she's lied about everything, you know, to do with me.
I think she's a compulsive, sick liar.
That was just one of her lies.
I'm happy to address them one by one.
Everyone here knows where I live, okay?
- Where do you live? - Everyone knows.
For the security of myself I don't want to discuss,
but everybody knows.
Don't you live in the same borough?
Yeah, 32 boroughs in London. We live in the same borough.
- Westminster. - The only one...
You're the only one anyone cares where they live?
- I live in Westminster. - You have so much to steal...
- What? - What are you worried about?
Amanda: Your one Birkin bag.
Well, we will get back to Paddington shortly, ladies.
And you don't own your own house.
Why do you have a few
Birkin bags and you don't own a home?
Paddington. Paddington. Paddington. Paddington...
I do different things with my money.
It works for me in other ways.
We do have a section to talk about Paddington.
- All you care about. - Your kids' legacy.
It's not my kid's legacy.
- They don't have one. - They do.
You spent it on Birkins and take-away Nobu.
I had a terrible break-in, and she knows, we were friends.
And I've been very crazy about people...
So terrible that you had to call the Daily Mail.
That is the biggest lie. I haven't.
Who talks about that in the press?
- I never did. - I did.
We had a strategy, never talk to the Daily Mail.
You said, "The Daily Mail is looking for you."
I said, "I don't want to be in the paper".
We'll get back to it.
Oh my God, she's so crazy!
The fact that you talked about my children, my marriage
and my integrity.
Katherine: Not yet.
- Your energy is dark. - You're messy.
- You're in a dark place.
What is so dark about you
that you need to talk about people's kids and relationships.
- You're irresponsible. - You're disgusting.
As parents that you don't build a legacy for your children.
And you spend your money on Birkin bags.
We'll get back to it.
...for your daughter was buy her a pair of shoes.
Katherine: We can't be on a runaway Heathrow Express train
this early.
Ladies! Ladies!
Juliet A: My children are set up financially
for the rest of their life.
They are. They have trusts, you dumb fuck.
Male producer: Ladies!
Female producer: We've got to stop now.
We've got to stop so we can carry on.
Juliet A: She's a psychopath.
I'm asking you now. This has to stop.
About my fucking children again?
Crew: That's enough!
She talks about my fucking children again,
I literally...
Not talking about them.
I will take that fucking teapot
and smash it on her fucking head.
She needs to calm down. Enough from both of you.
- Parasite. - Crew: Enough!
- A drink? - Male producer: We've got all
planned out, please just respect that.
- So obsessed with me. - Katherine: Alright.
Quiet. Carry on, Katherine.
Sorry. Let's have some fun, girls.
Ladies y,ou all attended a beautiful party
at Juliet's home.
Which was referred to as a swamp.
Karen, when you went there, you said it was very nice.
Yeah, it was nice. Yeah.
She knows how to stage.
She stages her house for Instagram.
If you took everything out, it's an absolute dump.
Amanda. Amanda.
This is maybe an opportunity for an apology
to get the ball rolling in the right direction
just about the house.
- She's unwell. - Would you take back
the comment about Juliet's home being a swamp?
Yes. I shouldn't have said that you live in a swamp.
You've staged your house nicely.
I do like your interior design skills.
Honestly, I think you do have good taste.
If you took everything out, it wouldn't be a nice house,
but you've staged it nicely, and that's my position.
Katherine: Some of that was nice, do you accept?
- Wow. Do I have to? - No.
We'll be discussing more about the estranged friendship
between Amanda and Juliet a bit later.
Would anyone in the group like to set an intention for the day?
As a group of six girls, you know, life is so short.
And, you know, we can't be bitter all the time.
It's not a good look. It doesn't feel right
and it makes the four of us behind them feel so heavy.
We just need to clear it so we can have fun.
- Yeah. - I have an intention.
I'd like to own up for things where I think I went wrong.
When you do look back, you do think,
"Oh, my God. I shouldn't have said that."
I want to own up to that. But I do also think it's unfair.
I get where Karen's coming from.
You know, I would love to have that higher road,
but what Amanda is going through with Juliet,
Juliet with Amanda, and vice versa, with me and Juliet,
it's difficult when you have had a past and the friendship,
and you feel you don't have loyalty.
It's not as easy to say, "Sit there and let's have fun."
I know that.
It is condescending that...
Let's sit down and we're like...
we're not good enough
to have the friendships that you're saying.
At the end of the day we have to control our emotions.
That's what life is about. You have to learn.
For me I'd like for us to just stop trading insults.
That would be a really positive step forward.
I was coming here today to try to get to that place.
And what you just did is... It's every time.
You just throw it out the door.
You were both heated. Let's just start over.
We will get to that place.
And I think, Karen, you seem to be getting emotional.
I love what you're saying.
I think that you've experienced...
a really turbulent year and loss.
I think it really crystallises what matters in life.
Sisterhood is important to you.
I don't think Karen means to diminish...
Uh, what you want to flush out and make clear to the audience.
It's very raw. And when you're raw about pain,
you realise what's of value and worth.
Katherine: Yeah. Okay.
From prestigious London postcodes
to the front row of London style,
these ladies certainly know how to bring the glamour.
But when labels are borrowed and the loyalties are tested,
it seems that friendships fall in and out of fashion fast.
What I'm obsessed with. What do we think, Caroline?
Oh my gosh. They look so good on you.
Shake your head.
Aren't they cute?
Juliet A: Rene Caovilla, I love it.
I have four pairs of those shoes, with the spiral.
Oh yes, the bedazzled ones.
Obviously, Julia Angus has incredible style.
I just don't see it, I'm being honest.
- She's fashion, darling. - I'm not. I'm old school.
I spent 140,000 in one go in Harrods
which back then is equivalent to shopping 300 plus thousand.
Panthea, her clothes are lovely if you live in the 90s.
Some of Karen's choices are not my favourite.
Panthea: Oh, wow!
Oh, wow!
It's a lot with the feathers and the shoulders.
That's high fashion on another level. High fashion.
Mayhew try, but it's not...
- Too hard. - ...consistent.
- That Zimmermann? - This is Zimmermann.
Juliet A: I like your frou-frou style.
Is that a backhanded compliment?
No. I feel like I used to dress like that ten years ago.
You and Amanda have the best stylist.
How are you? So beautiful.
I think Juliet's a bit overdressed, as always.
Karen: You look like a leopard fairy.
I bet you anything it's not even her dress.
Juliet M: Never borrowed any of my clothes.
- You don't borrow your clothes? - I'm totally transparent.
I'll show you everything I've borrowed,
- three or four things max. - Three or four things?
Panthea: I just hate liars.
I didn't even know you... That was a thing.
Who cares if you're borrowing dresses?
Is there an issue about borrowing clothes?
You can borrow this dress any time you want.
I've never borrowed clothes in my life.
Maybe you'd have a better wardrobe, but anyway...
I think she probably peaked in the 2000s,
and she's sticking with that, but like...
can we be a bit current?
We do have a question for you, Amanda.
From Dylan in Manchester who asks,
"I loved all the fashion this season, in particular Amanda,
but who does Amanda think has the best
and the worst style out of the group?"
We're all evolving, and we're all on a journey.
I've seen that through the show.
Karen came in very strong with all her looks, and...
you know, I see Nessie now really coming through
and really, you know, she's in her pretty girl era.
I just love the way Nessie looks in her clothes.
She's such a beautiful woman.
Got beautiful legs and body and face and all of it.
Panthea tonight, I mean, you're bossing it.
And, you know, Angus likes to be more minimalist
and I think that that works for her.
And the complete polar opposite is Juliet Mayhew
who just again loves to be super over the top.
I think there's something to be said for everyone.
And my style, I like to play around.
I can go through the spectrum and just play.
Karen: That was nice.
That was the nicest thing she said
all season.
That was giving Christian woman...
Yeah.
Katherine: ...and that leaves me as the worst, I suppose.
Okay, dresses aside,
we need to address the subject of borrowing clothes.
Panthea, can you clarify what you meant
when you spoke about Juliet Mayhew borrowing clothes?
Juliet Mayhew for the past seven years
borrows from shops,
from friends,
and everyone in the scene knows about it.
I have, you know, my friend's shop, she borrowed dresses,
she says, "Panthea's friend called me...
and said, "It's the BAFTAs, can you wear my dress?
And I did." And I 'attacked her'.
Panthea's friend who owns a store
actually reached out to me.
She'd said if I can ever do
some product placement for her, would I do it?
And I had an invitation to the BAFTAs
the next day
and I asked if I could borrow
this beautiful gold dress for that event.
And I tagged her. I mean, it was what she wanted me to do.
Sorry, but who was Juliet Mayhew seven years ago?
She was not... No. Who was she for my friend
to call her from a shop and ask her to borrow a dress?
Thank God I found this message.
Juliet M: I've a favour to ask. Don't know if you can help.
Your girlfriend who opened that store on Knightsbridge...
You don't think she'd lend me a dress for the BAFTAs?
It's got to be gold. I'll have it photographed and tag her.
I wondered if there's a chance? I just got back from Dubai.
I've seen the dress code and I've freaked out,
I don't have anything.
Maybe your girlfriend...
I could do some PR for her.
Tag her in if she's got something. Let me know.
Okay. So it sounds like that voice note does make it clear
that contrary to what was said,
you weren't asked if you'd borrow the dress as a favour,
but you reached out.
Is it a genuine voice note?
Yes. Ella had said to me, if you want to borrow...
I did the right thing.
Why didn't you go in or call her yourself?
You gave me on the message,
"Here's Ella's number. Call her".
I spoke to her, she said it was great.
Juliet, did you or did you not
call me before calling Ella?
Of course, I did the right thing.
Ella did not know who you were.
I purchased from Ella when she had a small shop.
No you had not. Everything about you is fake.
What am I fake about? I had the dress...
Everything you do in your life is fake!
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music fades]
Everything about you is fake.
What am I fake about?
Everything you do in your life is fake!
You don't know the facts.
Did you or did you not
send a letter to Ella London
saying that you will sue her?
- I did not say I'd sue her. - What did you say?
I said, "Tell the truth because I've got the receipts."
I've got the letter, you told her
she's not allowed to share anything.
- You were gonna get upset. - She can't share my data.
If you have nothing to hide, why would she tell her...
Can we ask why would it be necessary
to send a letter asking for a shop
not to reveal such information unless you didn't want it?
I said to her to reveal the fact that I not only purchased,
but to discuss...
I've got the receipts of the purchasing.
No, you paid 1,400
because you were going to give the dress back.
Panthea, I think your core issue with Juliet Mayhew
- is that... - Just say the truth.
There's a lack of trust. You think she's being fake?
- Yes. - Katherine: We need
to put the dresses aside.
We need to talk about the dentist.
It seems like this is where the cavities in your friendship
really began to show.
And the loyalty
decayed faster than Amir's teeth.
They met because of me, the dentist and Juliet.
This dentist, one day we're chatting and I said,
"Tell my silly son who's going to New York tomorrow
that his brace is broken. Can you hurry up and fix it?"
My son comes home, goes, "It's not fixed...
Then She looked in my mouth and went, 'Let me see.
Yeah, you need six, seven fillings.'"
- What? - "I'd like to see the X-ray."
- Oops. - No X-ray.
"I didn't have time to do the X-ray."
After this happened she took the dentist's side.
Why did you take her side? You're my friend.
What I didn't like, Panthea, is you were going to social media
writing horrible things.
That for me was where I saw a side of her personality
that I did not like.
Juliet M: This whole incident
happened six years ago.
We've had a friendship since then.
- Be honest. Say... - I'm being honest.
"I wasn't a good friend to you.
I did talk behind your back to the dentist.
She was your friend and I did this.
I'm sorry you feel this way.
I'm sorry we lost our friendship."
God, talking about teeth at someone's party.
No, not a topic. Mm-mm.
Katherine: Panthea, a viewer does have a question about this.
Christopher in Manchester is asking Panthea,
"Why did you blame Juliet for the entire dentist situation
when your son was in his mid-20s
and he's an adult who can make his own decisions?
He didn't have to get this dental work done."
Firstly, my son was 21, 22. Okay? Come out of university.
Six years ago. How old's he now?
- He's 29. - He's an adult.
He can't afford 1,300 coming out of university
and moving to America and paying rent.
Sorry, 1,300 is a lot of money for dental.
So, my mother said,
"Why don't you call the real dentist in Harley Street?"
Called the dentist and I said, "Six months ago when he saw you,
would you say that in six months he could have seven fillings?"
Looked at the X-ray and he went, "From this...
X-ray, it is impossible to have seven fillings in six months
unless you are having ten Coca-Colas every day."
That's what freaked me out.
And she never called me once to talk about the dentist story.
She took the dentist's side.
This is the crux of it. Juliet didn't do the fillings.
She didn't. But she took the dentist's side.
It was about the loyalty.
She didn't speak to me for four months.
Okay? After that, okay?
And then she goes in confessionals and says,
"Everything Panthea says about this dentist is a lie."
Everything she accused that person of was false.
Annihilating another person...
is unacceptable as far as I'm concerned.
Why are you saying I lied when I've showed it to you?
How do you feel? Forget he was an adult.
There was no X-ray done.
So, it seems that you're more angry
with Juliet than the dentist.
So, Juliet...
It's a loyalty issue.
Do you think now seeing...
that maybe Amir didn't need the fillings from the X-ray,
do you wish that you had been more loyal
to Panthea in that situation?
Or do you stand by your defence of the dentist?
Juliet M: First of all...
Um, I'd known the dentist before Panthea.
She did not introduce me to the dentist.
Secondly, the dentist is still a very good dentist.
Thirdly, what I was upset about
is she went to social media and called her a crook.
And I have the picture.
Here's where she wrote, "She's a crook."
I did write it's a crook. It's my private Instagram.
The girl was partying with me, I wanted my friends to know.
Juliet M: She was beside herself.
Panthea has a way of absorbing something,
and coming out with another story and attacking.
And she gave the money back. Let it go. Move on.
When it happened, you didn't speak to me for four months.
She lives in North London, I live in Chelsea.
I've got younger children.
You didn't think to call me?
You kept on putting pictures
You weren't close enough?
I was inviting you to Annabel's all the time.
- Oh, my God. - And also...
Panthea, I have a very, very busy life.
The time I spent with you...
You're out breakfast, lunch, dinner.
On the subject, Juliet, of your children,
if you put yourself in Panthea's shoes,
if sweet Orlando, God forbid, went to a dentist,
that dentist rushed seven cavities
that you felt were unfounded,
that there was no X-ray to justify,
don't you feel that you would be as enraged about that?
He was a young adult just coming out of university
and she's your friend.
You could have given your two cents.
- Because he's young. - To be honest,
the dentist was a closer friend than Panthea.
- You're such a liar. - This is not about friendship.
Hold on, Panthea, wait.
- This is not about... - She's lying.
Why would I be your friend?
Look how awful you are to people.
It's about being a mother.
Being a mother, you're a mother to others' children as well.
You were accompanying him. So, you were the guardian.
No, you didn't accompany him.
I didn't, I was nothing to do with this.
But you were there with him. Did you take him?
Juliet M: No, I've got nothing to do...
- I've got... - Why you having a go at her?
It's got nothing to do with me. Nothing to do with me.
She's upset with me because I did not take her side.
I said, "Guys, let bygones be bygones."
But Juliet, I will say I think it's not just Panthea...
that disagrees with the horse you backed.
Nessie, where do you stand on this?
Um, I didn't, I wasn't there at the time.
I don't know the relationships these ladies had.
But if we're just talking facts,
I do think that if a dentist is performing a procedure
without evidence,
I think that's a problem.
Okay, I think that one of the main goals
that we all have is to put everything out on the table,
but to leave as a sisterhood, to leave again as friends.
Juliet, I think it would go a long way with Panthea
if you took some accountability on even one of these issues.
- Juliet M: Panthea. - Yeah.
I'm sorry you're upset that I didn't take your side.
To be honest, my relationship with you...
I thought at the beginning was a really fun one.
And I think that...
when that incident happened
and you would not accept I was not gonna agree with both of you
I was just upset about the whole thing, and I said,
"I like you as a person, I don't like the action."
I didn't ever take a side on what was right or wrong.
What I took the side on is the way you
annihilated the dentist.
I'm not going to agree with that.
However I can see from your point, you were very upset.
You took it as an offence that I didn't take your side.
Panthea, have you got what you need to put this to bed?
I'm glad I showed the X-ray,
and I'm sure that I showed that
the dentist did something...
You've had support from the other girls, and that's
- also helpful. - Yeah, having support...
Can we move on once and for all, maybe?
Do we ever have to talk about the dentist again?
- No, we don't need to. - Dentist case closed.
I think it's time to take it down a notch.
But when we come back, London gets even louder.
Whey.
Juliet A: Can I go to my dressing room and put lotion?
[overlapping dialogue]
Woman: Have we got lipstick, for this?
Juliet A: That was crazy.
I said something I didn't want to say.
But those two hours were just...
That was two hours?
Karen: I feel bad for her.
You're calm and collected.
So calm and collected.
Amanda: She doesn't hear herself.
Her comments are from the pit of hell.
Karen: Hm-mm.
Your comments are from above.
Yeah.
Don't you think I look after my children
and if I have anything...
A legacy? How does she know about legacy?
"You spend money on Birkins."
First of all, they're investments.
Why is she so obsessed
with my financial status?
Panthea: I forget the cameras are on. She makes me go...
[frantic, indistinct]
She didn't even know Ella. She's talking crap.
I just can't help it.
- I know, but you... - I hate how uneloquent...
And I just get...
No, look at me.
When we played the message...
If I didn't have it, I'd look like a liar.
I found that fucking message where she goes...
Which one now?
- The message I played. - Yes.
So, on live TV she turned around and said,
her friend called me and asked me to borrow the dress
for the BAFTAs, which was a lie.
Thank God, I found this voice note.
She could have easily called me and asked me.
Then there'd be no proof.
Even after playing the goddamn voice note,
she's so adamant in lying that she goes...
"Yeah, she had called me to an Ella London event."
- She has the invitation. - That was six months later.
She just does smoke and mirrors, and that's the thing.
Male producer: Okay, let's go.
Yeah, let's go. Let's do this.
You get me, you clock on in two seconds.
I'm like, brrrrrrr. We just called Ella in Cyprus.
Are those earrings on the right way round?
Are they not?
Nessie, your knickers are showing.
I know. Wait, you haven't seen my arse.
Sorry.
Karen: You okay, Katherine?
Karen, selfie.
Karen: Oh.
Female producer: Okay, standby, nice and quiet everywhere.
Five seconds, four, three...
Welcome back to the Real Housewives of London Reunion.
These ladies are not in the mood for holding back,
but are they ever?
No. So, from one friendship
full of history to another,
let's look at how things went from zero to 60
when Juliet Angus strutted into the friendship group
on a sun-drenched family day out.
[inspirational music]
- Have you missed me? - Oh my God. You look amazing.
Not all of us have had a facelift.
- You need one. - I do not need a facelift.
[music fades]
Tell me, how is everything
with all the girls?
I don't know.
You were best friends with Amanda, right?
We were very close.
I'm doing a summer picnic, will you come?
Okay.
You know who I'm gonna see?
- Who? - Amanda.
When was the last time you saw her?
Like, I mean, over a year ago?
I haven't talked to her since I got that text message from her
that said we're not gonna be friends anymore.
"Your friendship has no value."
If Amanda's in a place of reconciling,
I am open to that.
Oh my God!
Girls, I've got my girlfriend joined.
You and Amanda know each other?
We do. Amanda and I...
We used to be best friends.
We were not best friends.
We weren't best friends?
No.
During lockdown it was slim pickings.
She's playing a character right now.
I don't know. It's like Cruella de Vil over here.
I don't know, My Fair Lady gone wrong.
Juliet A: What triggered her so much to...?
Seeing you, she didn't know you were coming.
I feel like I threw you under a bus by inviting you.
You messed with the wrong person.
Well, there's clearly lots to unpack here.
We'll start with a viewer question for Juliet.
Allegra from London wants to know,
"Juliet, how did entering this group of ladies late feel,
especially knowing there was
legacy tension between you and Amanda?"
Um, I'd known Nessie
and, well, Juliet was my first neighbour.
Um, and yeah. And I knew Amanda.
I mean, I didn't think that that was the last time
I was gonna speak to her.
Then a year went by and it was.
So, um...
As I said, I honestly didn't know how it was gonna go.
I was open-minded.
But I always have... I had my guard up.
You know, I'm like, we'll see. Test the waters.
Um, I was hopeful.
Well, if you felt optimistic and hopeful,
what shocked you the most about Amanda's
reaction to your arrival?
[sighing] I think, um...
just like going like low.
Katherine: Juliet Mayhew. Being the hostess of the party,
you did get dragged into some of that drama at the picnic.
Looking back, is there anything you'd have done differently?
Um, yeah. I had, um, an afternoon tea with...
Amanda after the event
and she was very upset that I hadn't checked on her.
You didn't support me at your picnic.
You left me to sit on my own.
Who leaves their guests on their own?
- I came straight back. - How is that okay?
How is that okay?
I apologised,
but I want to apologise again.
I think in that moment I was just like,
"Where are the children? What's happening? There's water.
Where are the puddings? Are there teas and coffees?"
Didn't that look uncomfortable seeing me sitting on my own?
Not only leaving her sitting there,
you were mostly on Juliet's side.
Because I'd invited her to this environment.
I had no idea. And I knew she had you.
I knew, at that point, Panthea was sitting with her.
She'd gone off. I needed to check she was okay.
No, no. No, before. No, before she got...
You stood up and you stood with Juliet.
You were more on Juliet's side.
[overlapping]
She was telling her to calm down.
You, my friend, what have I ever done to you?
I don't know what you're talking about.
You weren't taking my side. You were like,
"You weren't great either." You didn't fully take to me.
No, I was...
She didn't fully take my side.
[overlapping]
You were trying to tell Juliet Angus to calm down.
- Yes. - You guys were laughing at me.
You were a big part of it, Mayhew.
When Juliet throw insults at Amanda,
everyone kind of laughed.
But when Amanda throw insults back at Juliet,
she got told off.
From my observation,
that's what I saw.
I mean, most of the time I had to say,
"Hold on, but she said that to her."
You know, everyone... They were more on her side.
Not your husband and not your daughter, I didn't.
You don't have to because you choose to go down the road
of, "You don't have a partner, you're alone."
It's kind of the same vein as insulting someone's husband.
It's also very... It could be considered low.
I don't think, and Panthea and I have talked about this,
um, to take down a marriage and...
children,
is something that
ever as women in a fight should ever do.
You know, as a grown woman, I've never do...
Like, women shouldn't do that, I think, you know.
If you have a problem, you can say your fashion sucks,
you know, you're an asshole. I don't know.
You had this conversation with Panthea?
Having a conversation not to take down husbands?
You have this conversation... Are you winding us up?
At the picnic Panthea said that Karen's husband can't stand her.
She'd never met him.
You had that conversation with Panthea?
- I see the irony here. - Karen: Were you drunk?
- See the irony. - Karen: Really?
In all fairness, I agreed with her it was wrong.
And I said I wish I hadn't said what I said.
Juliet A: Yes.
I didn't hear it.
I wasn't on the receiving end.
I did not hear it.
- She wants an apology. - An apology.
Would you give Karen an apology?
I can give you a direct apology.
And what is it?
The direct apology is, I should not
have brought your husband
or your family life into it.
But 'my husband cannot stand me' is not my family life.
That was a lie. Come on, Panthea, that was a lie.
- She doesn't lie... - That's what
I'd heard from the Jersey group.
- Panthea... - But I'm telling you.
Panthea, that's a lie!
I'm saying I'm sorry I said it,
but I'm telling you...
[overlapping]
Does that make sense? I didn't just make it up.
At the same time she's saying people in Jersey have said.
I'm thinking that she's thinking
I was a bitch and just came out with it.
Amanda: People don't say that.
You heard gossip, that doesn't mean it's true.
- Correct. - You understand?
You can't just throw something
at someone like that.
I did say at the beginning
that when I was looking
there were a lot of things, especially knowing
her child is watching.
That's not being real.
Use another word to describe yourself.
You're not going to come in this group and say you're real.
Use another word to describe yourself.
- I am real. - No.
- Real at gossiping. - We're all real.
- You're not real. - Real is a strong word.
Someone that carry gossip cannot be real.
- Absolutely. - I'm telling you now.
When you hear gossip and give it on like it's fact.
Juliet M: Bravo!
That is fair, would you say that?
I would say I am known in London
for the past 30 years to be PNN.
Instead of CNN, I'm PNN. Panthea News Network.
I think what Karen is advocating is for PNN not to be a tabloid.
- Karen: Yeah. - Okay.
Panthea, you reacted gleefully
to Juliet's new energy in the group.
And there's a question from Carl in Belfast.
"How much did you enjoy the picnic?"
I loved her coming in.
You two. She activated her.
I saw a different side to Amanda.
And I was like, "Oh my God, this is on another level."
It was very entertaining. It was great.
Amanda, what was going through your head
when you first saw Juliet Angus, your former best friend, arrive?
I kind of had an inkling...
that Juliet was gonna join the show,
but I didn't know she was coming.
So, um, I was in my chilled vibe with the big hat,
you know, in my summer dress and, you know...
um, just still in my lane.
And I saw her coming in, and I was like, "Oh shit."
Like I felt I had about 90 seconds
to just sort of gather myself.
And then I just knew...
At that point I had a knowing...
that I was gonna be attacked.
Then what happened happened after that.
I went... Well, there's two things.
I went through, after all this, our WhatsApp messages,
which were...
Oh, I said, I'm not gonna get emotional.
And I went through and I was like, we were really close.
I did have friends.
I did. My daughter was in and out.
I also had my office from nine till five.
I was also building a house and a brand at the same time.
This narrative about me sitting in my big house
on my own with no friends or family.
It's not correct.
Amanda, I think Juliet's being
quite vulnerable now
and nearly getting emotional
about you and your friendship.
Trying to say nice things. You're taking it as defensive.
No, no, no, we're on the same page.
I have for the first time been able to listen
to the voice notes Juliet left me and I left her,
and they were warm and funny and kind.
She'd call me "honey". I'd call her "my love".
So, when it fell apart so quickly and so finally,
I think because I'm a businesswoman,
I'm holding up the walls, I compartmentalised it.
But looking back at it now, it's all very hurtful
and maybe Juliet feels the same.
I don't think anyone's accusing you of being lonely
and sitting sadly in your house.
We know you're running a business.
I've got all this money, and I'm like Miss Havisham
sitting in the big house on my own
gathering dust, eating rotten cake.
I'm sorry, that's not what this is.
I'm a really popular woman.
I'm really popular and very liked and very loved.
I think it's important that I get that across,
because that narrative of,
"No one likes you, you're on your own.
Men run from you."
I know those were comments
that you made and I get it,
but the fact is it's not true.
My intentions were not bad going into the picnic.
I didn't know you were coming.
- There was no practising... - I didn't practise either.
I had no idea where I was gonna go.
- So the point is that I... - I'm a terrible actress.
Amanda: I...
Yeah, it was unfortunate.
Katherine: We'll get back to it.
For now, let's move on to something a little lighter.
Shall we?
Viewers have highlighted
one housewife in particular has exceptional self-awareness,
confidence, and comedic one-liners.
And that's you, Karen.
- Oh. - Yeah.
Pop-pop-pop-pop.
@Suttonsroller on X says,
"Karen's helicopter policy of entire family or nothing.
So, they all go down together."
- That was funny. - That was so funny.
And Charlie says, "Karen is so funny."
So, let's rewind to see why her Karenisms were such a hit.
Hello.
I'm genuinely sorry I've let you down.
And I'm genuinely sorry...
- No, I am, I want to say it. - I know, I know.
Panthea clipped Juliet wings.
She came in flying on balloons
and Panthea burst all of them. Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop.
This is the kitchen. Reception area.
Other girls ask for jewellery. I ask for property.
Juliet, she seemed well put together,
nice clothes,
and in my head I'm thinking,
"Did she borrow that dress too?"
Wave. Wave.
This is Panthea's culture, I mean, what is Panthea doing?
She's so stiff. Like, girl, loosen up.
She needs to drink some olive oil.
You're not doing the heli? I mean, that's okay.
I thought you weren't doing the trip.
It sounds a bit selfish,
but when I go with my family,
God forbid, if anything should happen,
I know there'll be no family member left behind.
We'll all go up in a bang together.
Karen, how has the reaction been since it aired?
Yeah, people are loving it.
Would you ever ask her to open one of your shows?
Does she have that comedic timing? You're funny.
- Yeah. - Karen, you did have
one moment which confused the viewers.
That was your Instagram post.
Some felt that you were causing unnecessary drama.
I'm confused.
When when me and Panthea left from the...
Nessie's River, I like to call it.
Me and Panthea left from Nessie's River.
Panthea said, "Make sure you got my back."
- Didn't you say that? - Yeah.
I said, "I'm leaving, I don't know what they're gonna say,
Make sure you got my back." I didn't say,
go and make a thing...
I did not make a thing. I told exactly...
You asked me to do something and I did it.
- Katherine: Okay. - Move on.
Honest to God, I kind of got you.
Like, it is Jekyll and Hyde.
You can poke me, I can poke you.
The nice thing is we can get back together quick.
But I distanced myself from you
- after the message. - I distanced myself too.
No. I distanced myself from the messages.
That message you sent me, the voice note.
I wanna ask you a question.
Why did you delete it one minute later?
[suspenseful music]
[suspenseful music fades]
I distanced myself from you after the message...
I distanced myself from you too.
I distanced myself from the messages.
That message you sent me, the voice note.
Why did you delete it one minute later?
Because I'm thinking, okay. I deleted it...
- Why did you delete it? - I deleted it...
The people in Jersey said that's all you ever did.
People in Jersey, people in Jersey.
- Katherine. Let me speak. - Let her reply.
Katherine, I sat down and I think to myself...
We just made up and I'm giving her this.
You know what?
Maybe our friendship is not that deep yet
to do something like this.
And I deleted it.
People can change their mind, Panthea.
Fine. Can I say something? She deleted it.
I deleted and Nessie told me she sent them to another WhatsApp.
So, who are you supposed to trust? Me or you?
- She was trying to be a friend. - I deleted them.
But then you deleted...
I was tired. The bed I was sleeping on at night
was separating in the middle, okay?
So, when I rolled over, I was falling in the middle.
Panthea: Why didn't she delete the bait one?
Literally, I was tired. I deleted the messages.
And the Instagram post, it did not go for 24 hours.
I deleted it, that too.
Ladies, I think you're right.
Your relationship has its ebbs and flows.
When you're good, you're great.
I'm a huge advocate of disappearing messages.
You proved we should all have disappearing messages on you
because you will play them as receipts.
Yeah. And can I just say...
I think if you're gonna move on
from this negativity with Karen,
you do need to stand by your own realness
and stop listening to third-party gossip from Jersey.
- Panthea: Fair enough. - You're doing it now.
I am. But I want to say one more thing.
That very next day I called Nessie,
we had met at the picnic, Juliet was there and I went,
"Did you guys talk behind my back?"
And she bluntly said to me,
"Yeah, I said it was nice and quiet without you
and we could all talk..."
And you said...
I said, "No, from my point of view,
it did not seem like a take down of Panthea.
No. You ladies did not say only quiet.
We were talking about hurt, we were talking about childhood,
we were talking about multiple things.
- You don't think that's weird? - About multiple things.
Oh, shut up!
You took the time to write this down.
Your real character's coming out.
- You're trying to... - This Jekyll and Hyde
is what I had to deal with the whole way through.
Karen: Oh my God.
We need to move this on.
It's time to talk about someone
who could give the Daily Mail
a run for their money in the gossip stakes.
Yes. Panthea, I'm talking about you.
You have divided the viewers
with @Keepeyesonsundan labelling you "insufferable".
While @paldineRTT is quote, obsessed with you.
And many more saying they are loving you
or they love to hate you each week.
Very popular.
Let's take a look at what has led
to all the Panthea clickbait.
The truth is, Juliet, everybody knows you borrow your clothes.
I heard you were so clever
that you made your ex-husband adopt your daughter.
People are horrible. The rumours they have is,
"Amanda Cronin says she's got the longest legs in London,
but it's the widest legs."
We've all heard the stories,
but only Panthea is gonna bring it up
to make people uncomfortable.
I know many people in Jersey,
and I have texts of my friends from Jersey saying,
"This girl is not your calibre, not your class.
She's burned all her bridges with everyone".
Her husband can't bear her. That's why he's not here.
You're fucking making up stories. You bitch!
Did she ever tell you that she owns a castle in Scotland?
Yeah, told me.
See? Juliet said she was the owner,
and now it's changed from owner
to the second largest shareholder.
Panthea likes to say that she's heard things,
I think she makes them up.
I literally just hear things
then I tell everybody else what they're saying.
It's like public service, really.
- So good. - Katherine: Panthea...
Are you addicted to gossip?
Look, I'm not gonna lie. I like gossip.
Obviously, if people tell me real things
like they're getting a divorce or they're pregnant
you know, real stuff,
my good friends know,
things like that I won't share.
But the everyday he said, she said...
I do, I do like gossip.
However, I feel bad because, when I watched one to ten,
I was like, "Oh my God, I'm off the charts."
And I then felt embarrassed
because these are things that...
I never make things up.
They...I have heard them.
- You accept they hurt people? - I do.
I now accept that I hurt people and I feel really bad.
I'm not gonna lie, I felt embarrassed.
The Daily Mail called me the longest legs in Belgravia.
It wasn't, "Oh, can you run a headline,
I'd like it to be that I've got the longest legs in Belgravia?"
No. So I feel there's been some jealousy around that.
And they're not the widest legs in Belgravia.
Panthea's comment was...
It was horrible, it hurt. It was vulgar. I apologise.
Apology means you stop and don't do it again.
That's what sorry means.
I am sorry, I stop and I won't do it again.
Do you have a view that you'd like to do better around that?
- A hundred percent. - Or do you think you enjoy it
so much, you're not gonna give it up?
No, I enjoy it when it's not being filmed.
Katherine: Juliet Mayhew did point out
that all of you hear gossip,
but you don't say it to someone's face.
But I would put it to the group, isn't it better
to be like Panthea and to say it
rather than be complicit?
I've always said, if you hear anything,
I would like to hear it.
- Yeah, you do. - I would want to know.
Panthea: I won't say it behind your back.
We hear things, but whether we choose to believe it
and take it and put it as truth.
I've heard things, I've never repeated it.
You didn't say that in your confessional.
I said we have all heard things
and we choose not to say it.
I don't take those things as truth.
I've taken Amanda, as I've met Amanda,
I've grown to love Amanda and I've said it openly,
but do I listen to things that people say?
No. I form my opinion.
We've had a prime example
of that recently.
People can say things about anybody,
and then they create a false narrative.
- That's true. - Juliet M: So...
Suddenly because a group is talking about it
- doesn't make it true. - That's what I'm saying.
I've never been single. I've been married two times...
I've had four relationships. So, for me to have...
Let me speak. You're not listening to me.
I've defended you and I am defending you, Amanda.
No, I don't see that.
People have said things and I've said,
people may say them, but we choose
not to spread the or talk about them.
It's not true.
I've been married twice,
I've had four relationships...
since I've been in London. Since 21.
- I don't know. - You do.
You know I've been married twice,
I was with Prince Casimir for three and a half years.
So, I haven't been single in my entire life.
The fact that people think
that they can talk about me in a derogatory way is crazy.
It's crazy.
It's not about you think,
"I hear things but I don't believe it".
I've been married, engaged,
or living with someone since I got to London aged 20...
You are shouting at me, Amanda.
I am shouting because you don't hear me.
You don't hear me, sweetheart.
Why is my personal life scandalised
by you and your friends?
Katherine: Coming up on part two
of the Real Housewives of London Reunion.
Let me tell you what happens in divorce with wealthy people.
Just so you bitches know, right?
I'd like to know.
I like you. But this, right now, is hypocritical.
What do you want? Do you not believe me, truth teller?
- Come at me. - I don't care.
What is making you so cross that we don't know about?
Juliet, you were my friend.
You dropped me like a hot potato.
Abandonment must be the worst feeling
anyone could ever feel in their entire life.
So I don't want to be abandoned.
I sent you messages. I tried calling.
You didn't pick up my phone, Juliet.
I felt I'd lost you as a friend.
Where is she?
She just wants a minute, you guys.
Can you guys give her, like, a pure minute? It's a lot.
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