Controversy appears to cling to Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis’s Whitney Rose. We’ve seen the Bravo star from the start of the present, in all 5 seasons, and every season she appears to be sucked into all of the drama. I’m not going to lie, up till season 4, Whitney all the time appeared just like the sufferer to me – she was merely roped into everybody else’s issues and gossip. However this season, I spotted so much about Whitney that I hadn’t seen earlier than. I’m not going to lie, watching season 5 of RHOSLC, it first appeared like Vida tequila founder Lisa Barlow was the villain within the Alibaba scandal. Nevertheless, Whitney’s “podcaster buddy,” whom she claims advised her Lisa was the supply of the rumors surrounding her jewellery model PRISM, spoke out. And now it seems just like the Alibaba storyline was made up for the present. And I do not suppose that is the primary time Whitney could have made up a pretend narrative to save lots of her highlight on the present.

The Alibaba scandal appears to be the “it scandal” this season, and it began with a dialog between housewives Meredith Marks and Heather Homosexual. Meredith confided in Heather, Whitney’s on and off once more buddy and cousin, that she had seen posts on social media accusing Whitney’s jewellery model PRISM of reselling jewellery off of low-cost on-line retailer Alibaba as her personal. Heather instantly advised Meredith to inform Whitney, however because of the damaged state of their friendship, she thought it will be greatest if Heather advised her. So she did – but it surely type of backfired on Meredith. Whitney instantly blows up when she finds out concerning the rumors. Particularly over the truth that Meredith was the one who introduced it up within the first place, although it did look like she introduced it as much as Heather out of real concern. As soon as Whitney cools down with Meredith, she is aware of her subsequent transfer is to monitor down who began the rumors – and that is the place issues get messy.

Whitney Rose and Lisa Barlow’s Notorious Alibaba Scandal

Within the scene that began all of the controversy, Whitney takes a cellphone name from her “podcaster buddy” Adam, who everyone knows now could be Adam Newell from the podcast Up and Adam! Within the present, the cellphone dialog insinuates that Lisa was behind the Alibaba rumors. Which I feel precipitated each fan’s jaws to drop. Coming after Whitney is one factor, however coming after her enterprise is stopping down to a different stage. Over the following couple of episodes, the drama surrounds Whitney and Lisa’s feud, as Whitney accuses Lisa of beginning the rumors, and Lisa continues to disclaim it. Watching the present, you suppose that Whitney is the sufferer and Lisa is the villain – however as soon as Adam spoke out, the entire narrative was flipped on its head.

Adam took to Instagram and Youtube shortly after the episode aired, saying Whitney had blocked him and that he had all of the “RECEIPTS, PROOF, TIMELINES, SCREENSHOTS” (as Heather as soon as stated). He added that he had proof that Whitney stated some nasty issues about her distant cousin Heather. Dana Wilkey additionally chimed in on the drama, calling Whitney a “soiled liar” on her podcast Dishing Drama. Dana goes one step additional to assert that she has “receipts” which lead her to consider that Heather and Meredith had been concerned in circulating the rumors. As soon as these statements got here out, I knew it was recreation over for Whitney. The entire thing has a pretend storyline written throughout it. She wanted drama to maintain her prime canine spot on the present, and that meant throwing Lisa beneath the bus. I’m undecided if I consider Heather and Meredith are accountable, however I definitely know Lisa isn’t.

Whitney even doubled down on her lies in a current episode of Watch What Occurs Stay with Andy Cohen. She reiterated that Adam did say the Alibaba rumors had been unfold by the Vida tequila founder, and that she feels she was “betrayed” by him. I feel Whitney is aware of she has simply been uncovered for making up a pretend storyline, and he or she’s now making an attempt to cowl it up. At the very least two individuals have now claimed they’ve proof that Whitney was by no means advised that Lisa ignited the rumor. The truth that she doubled down on it proves that determined occasions actually name for determined measures.

This Isn’t The First Time Whitney Rose Has Created A Storyline

Trying again on earlier seasons, it looks like there’s a sample with Whitney, particularly with ruffling Lisa’s feathers. In season 3, Whitney tells Lisa “it’s rumored” that she was performing sexual favors with Utah Jazz gamers to get good tickets. Whitney additionally claims that she didn’t begin the rumor and that Heather and a “buddy of” Angie Harrington had heard the rumor additionally. Heather denies ever listening to the rumor or discussing Lisa’s marriage, which causes an enormous rift between Heather and Whitney. Once I first watched this season, I actually thought that Heather was denying her involvement in discussing the gossip as a result of she didn’t need to get caught red-handed. Trying again on it figuring out every thing we all know concerning the Alibaba scandal, Whitney may have simply made that rumor up or introduced it onto the present on objective for a storyline. And everyone knows that an attention-grabbing storyline means extra airtime.

One other instance is in season 4, on a nightmare journey to Bermuda. Heather had simply printed her memoir Badvert Mormon, and in true Lisa vogue, she requested the group if anybody had really learn the ebook. Whitney decides that is the proper alternative to voice her opinions, and randomly blows up at Heather for “exploiting her vagina.” In a single chapter, Heather talks a few time Whitney was posing in a boudoir photoshoot as a present for her husband, Justin Rose. Whitney claimed that placing her intercourse life on blast whereas refusing to debate her personal intercourse life was hypocritical. To be sincere, I by no means thought that Heather “exploited” Whitney’s intercourse life within the ebook. I had simply given her the advantage of the doubt that she was merely upset about different issues in her life and was lashing out. Nevertheless, I see issues in a distinct gentle now, and I feel that Whitney randomly determined to carry that up on-camera to craft a storyline.

There appears to be a standard theme with Whitney, making up drama out of skinny air for a storyline – and now I’m seeing proper by means of it. We should see how the remainder of the Alibaba scandal performs out this season, however I’ve a sense that Whitney could get uncovered as soon as and for all. Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis is out there to stream within the U.S. on Peacock.

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