TJG: RHOC S20 E9!

Two Judgey Girls

Mary and Courtney from Two Judgey Girls dive into a chaotic and hilarious episode of Real Housewives of Orange County Season 20, Episode 9,

Key takeaways

• Bethany Frankel's Burning Man experience is seen as performative and luxurious, contrasting sharply with the event's communal ethos.
• The hosts suspect Bethany Frankel may be filming for a potential reality show, using her Burning Man trip to build content and narrative control.

Main topics

• Real Housewives of Orange County Season 20 Episode 9 drama
• Bethany Frankel's Burning Man experience and media performance

Notable quotes

"I am Beyonce. I am Drew-yonce."

"She's paying a pretty penny. Burning Man itself tries to shut down camps that make it so that people can just pop in like she's doing."

Conclusion

The hosts wrap up the episode with laughter and affectionate mockery of RHOC's

Transcript preview

Speaker 1 (0:15) Welcome back to Two Judgy Girls. This is Mary from the Bay. And Speaker 2 (0:19) it's Courtney from L.A. And despite the happiness in our voice, we've been subjected to another episode of Real Housewives of Orange County, supersized. Speaker 1 (0:28) Extra long. I text Courtney and I was like, fuck, it's 54 minutes. It's 50. What are we going to watch for 54 minutes? An hour and 15 minutes Speaker 2 (0:40) with. commercial, 54 without, and it's just discussions. But more on that later because we will be pleading our cases. We've got to talk about something because we received these last week and we were waiting to find a time. But you guys, we got our Fanges. And I just Speaker 1 (0:57) want to say, well worth the money. Will you be traveling with it this weekend? Speaker 2 (1:05) No, because you said it's cold there, but I am using it right now and I'm Beyonce-ing myself. Can you hear it? Yes, you can. Can Speaker 1 (1:13) you Speaker 2 (1:13) hear Speaker 1 (1:13) it? But like, look at this stream right now. Like, look at my hair. My hair looks Speaker 2 (1:17) great right now with it. I am Beyonce. I am Drew-yonce. It Speaker 1 (1:23) really does. You're having a moment. And Speaker 2 (1:26) this is only at 53%. Hold on. We're fully loaded right here. Speaker 1 (1:32) It's like a Dyson. It sounds like the Dyson. It is powerful. If you're having a baby anytime soon, I would get a Fange for the hospital. Speaker 2 (1:40) And for those that aren't, like me, you could just get them because you're hot. Okay. I have to say, Angela Oakley, you did it. Do I wish it was bedazzled? Of course. Could I do it myself? Yes. But this is beautiful. I am putting my stamp of approval on the Fange. Speaker 1 (1:59) Generation 2 will be bedazzled, and that will be for $50. Also, you guys, the boxes, like the box that you get an Apple iPhone in, it was very professional. And the whole wrap job, there was a ribbon with Fange tissue paper. She did the whole thing well. We Speaker 2 (2:16) applaud you, Angela Oakley. I hope this takes off. I am a Fange of the Fange. Can I tell you what I'm not a Fange of, Speaker 1 (2:25) but I can't look away. I know exactly what you're going to be talking about. Well, Speaker 2 (2:30) we talked about it a little bit on the Patreon yesterday, but I cannot get enough of Bethany Frankel at Burning Man. Now, she's not posting a lot because the service is terrible, but what she's posting drives me insane. And I'm like, more, Speaker 1 (2:46) more, give me more. Yesterday, they had like a dust storm because when Michael came home from work, you know. He put on the drone footage and there was nothing. I go, what are you watching? Because it's a dust storm. So you can't see anything. And I'm like, why Speaker 2 (3:04) are you watching this? There's nothing to see. There's literally nothing to see. Speaker 1 (3:10) It was insane. But I noticed she got up on her RV today. She was wearing her goggles and her white pajamas Speaker 2 (3:17) because she wants to see the dust, you guys, because it's very important for her to wear white so she knows how dirty she is. Speaker 1 (3:23) I know. I am so excited to hear her overall review because I think right now, I don't think she'll be going back. I can say that. No. Speaker 2 (3:34) Okay. So there's this one lady, she's called the RV Chickadee, and I've been watching like all of her videos. She posts tons and tons and I've been watching. And she said this is one of her hardest burns. She's like, it's just been a really tough time for me. It sounds like when you're out there. You are having a spiritual awakening. People go for different reasons, obviously. And you have to be a tough soldier to go there because I think that the conditions are so unpredictable, even though it's seemingly predictable of like there will be dust, there might be rain. It's tough conditions. But when I see some of this stuff, I'm like, that looks really fun. And if I could, I probably would go the Bethany way, but that's not the right way to go. So then I wouldn't go. But I see it and I'm like, oh my God, another did a Sunrise set. Max Styler did a Sunrise DJ set. I'm like, oh my God, I would love to be there at Sunrise going through this. But I know physically I could not handle it. Speaker 1 (4:27) Yeah, I hope to go one day. And for three nights, you know. Speaker 2 (4:31) Yeah, and you would drive in, you would do it the quote unquote correct way. What Bethany has done is she probably flew first class to Reno, from Reno, then popped onto the Burner Express with Michelle Rodriguez from the Fast and the Furious movies somehow, and then flew into the private airport in Black Rock City. And then someone else drove an RV in for her, set everything up so that she was all ready to go. That... to me feels like a little bit of a cop-out. Now, of course, if you have the money to do it, okay, whatever. She said in another video, it cost her the price of what it would send six to eight people on safari. Speaker 1 (5:06) Yeah, she's paying a pretty penny. Burning Man itself tries to shut down camps that make it so that people can just pop in like she's doing. A plug and play, if you will. Exactly. Exactly. I don't know. I'm dying to know like her final thought. She's stayed longer than I thought she would at this point. It's going to rain the next couple of days. I'm heading to Tahoe and it's raining there and it's not far from that. So will she make it to see the man burn? That's the real question. Speaker 2 (5:36) I think she Speaker 1 (5:36) was planning to leave before that. I think she might be planning to leave today. Who Speaker 2 (5:41) knows? You know, I was joking saying like I want her to fail and it's not fail. I want her to do whatever she does out there and find something. But the way that Bethany just rewrites her narrative on everything, she's the best. It would be the best time ever. And she did exactly what it's like infuriating. Again, I know it's my fault for watching. I know. But I can't get enough. And then I keep looking in the background. Where is Le Boyfriend? He's nowhere to be found. Speaker 1 (6:08) Yeah, you're very convinced that the boyfriend isn't there. I think he's definitely there, and that's the only reason why she went. But Speaker 2 (6:16) people are saying in the comments she went with girlfriends. And I'm not starting a rumor that they broke up, but I'm not not starting the rumor. Speaker 1 (6:24) No, I definitely think he is there and they've been sharing that RV together. I do Speaker 2 (6:30) not think they're sharing the RV. I really don't. I don't even think they're in the same camp. Wow. Guys, based on nothing, just vibes. No evidence, just vibes. But I would think, and maybe he's the person shooting her content, but I don't think so because I have been creepy and trying to analyze the height of the camera when it's shooting her. And also, and yeah, that's fucking weird, guys. I'm weird. Okay, let me be. But also in all of the videos that she's taken of like selfie wise of her, he's not Speaker 1 (6:59) in the background. He's got a distinctive look. Right, right. I definitely do think that she brought an assistant with her to film everything because she wants to make something out of this. She's trying to get her own reality show in some way. So. Speaker 2 (7:15) And I'll hate watch it. I'm a masochist, okay? I recognize it. And I think that being self-aware is important. Speaker 1 (7:25) Okay, if she did have a reality show, I would have to watch the first episode. Of course. But then I would try to take a stance if I could and wait maybe 90 days to watch the rest. We're going to pirate it somehow. Speaker 2 (7:38) Yeah, Speaker 1 (7:39) like it dies down. Like we can't give her the views. You're getting your news from TikTok. That's how you're going to see the show. Speaker 2 (7:45) Thousand and ten percent. Speaker 2 (7:48) Now, look, I hope she gets whatever it is that she wants out of it. I just already know her recap. And I also feel like if she is still with Le Boyfriend because I've started the rumor that is based on nothing, I don't think she would want to insult him by talking about her experience and how terrible it could have been because this is something that I think he goes year after year and it's something important to him. Right. Also, Speaker 1 (8:10) she's gone the most luxurious way possible. Everyone else has. That's the. entire point of it. It's supposed to be a challenge. It's supposed to be a community coming together, helping one another. That's kind of the philosophy. They have 10 principles. So she's just annoying as fuck. But I just want to say, Speaker 2 (8:27) if we see something with Bethany, Subway, and Supermodel Cafe, we know what's been happening, okay? Her chowing down. I put quotes around that, too. Chowing down on her subway before entering the burn. Because she also says, too, she's going for us, you guys. Nobody has ever articulated what Burning Man really is. And so leave it to one Bethany Frankel to be the arbiter of truth there. I Speaker 1 (8:53) can't stand her. I hate Watcher. Speaker 2 (8:55) I know. And yes, we give her Speaker 1 (8:57) views. Look, polarizing works. Sure does. It sure does. Speaker 2 (9:02) Moving on, as you said. Speaker 1 (9:05) There was a big Roni premiere party. You had actually gone to this vineyard. Speaker 2 (9:11) Yeah, funny enough, like when I was in the Hamptons, I had gone. I was looking at. a lot of the creators who were invited to go to this, I had seen that they were on a bus because they were doing so much content, especially Oliver Sims. Love him. They were doing so many fun TikToks and everything. So I'm like, where is this bus taking them? And then when they arrived, I'm like, I swear that is the wine stand, this vineyard I went to when I was in the Hamptons. Sure enough, I zoomed in on somebody's food menu. And Speaker 1 (9:38) it said it's a Bob Wolfer estate. And I was like, oh, my God, that's where I went. And nice Speaker 2 (9:42) enough, Grace from Wolfer sent both of us wine from there because I had posted my photo with Lisa Barlow, the framed version, Speaker 1 (9:50) not in real life. Speaker 2 (9:52) But that is a fantastic vineyard. I had the best time there. It looked like a great time was had. I'm just surprised that they shipped everyone out to the Hamptons. Speaker 1 (10:01) Yeah, it looks like a great time. It was a luncheon. The girls were sprinkled in to sit with everybody. They had a panel. Andy did a Q &A with them. Carol had like quite a good moment. She kind of touched on her relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell. At one point, she almost started crying because she's like, I always cry when I talk about Andy. The first episode. is fantastic. They did the opening on social media today. It's very Sex and the City-esque, and it's a good, good first episode. It's so funny because I feel Speaker 2 (10:37) like people who have gotten early access to, especially the creators that went to that, they got to watch it too. And they're like talking it up and people are like, oh my God, but Roni sucks. I can't believe, of course, you know, they're kissing Bravo's ass. Speaker 1 (10:47) And I'm like, you Speaker 2 (10:48) guys, Speaker 1 (10:48) I feel Speaker 2 (10:48) like Speaker 1 (10:49) I Speaker 2 (10:49) talk shit on Real Speaker 1 (10:50) Houses of Orange County week after week after week. Okay. Speaker 2 (10:52) Like if we didn't think it was a good premiere, we wouldn't lie to you. Now, do we hope that bodes well for the rest of the season? Absolutely. But we really enjoyed this premiere. It takes a different direction than the previous reboot seasons, and I think you guys are really going to like it. I hope it stays