‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’ Has a Gina Problem

This season of The Real Housewives of Orange County is asking the brave question: What will viewers think when the most annoying Housewife, Gina Kirschenheiter, gets such a prominent edit?

It’s an interesting method, one riskier than you may expect from such a banner season, and one that’s proving mixed results. On one hand, Gina’s top billing in the drama is no doubt the calm before the Storms-Beador, but it’s also testing the limits of how much we as an audience care about her, six seasons in.

Tonight’s episode picks up where we left off, with Gina dramatically leaving Jenn in the dust at a coffee shop. The two ladies each call up a peer, Gina phoning Emily and Jenn FaceTiming Shannon, to relay what just happened. Gina’s version of events leaves a lot to be desired, though. Don’t let the newsboy cap fool you, Gina’s no unbiased reporter. She’s incapable of realizing that beating Jenn down isn’t exactly the most effective method, nor that she comes across much less intact, despite being technically in the right.

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