It works well as a show about selling real estate in Los Angeles — we get to look at fancy homes, sit in on negotiations, and analyze property values — and according to Jason Oppenheim, one of the co-owners of the Oppenheim Group brokerage, they didn’t anticipate the show focusing so much on their personal lives, so it’s possible that’s all it was ever meant to be.
All this petty rivalry just feels like a waste of their very expensive time, but when you look at the facts, it becomes obvious that the real villain is neither Christine nor the soulless capitalism sandwich of reality TV and real estate in which they’ve found themselves: It’s the men.
He makes Mary cry by being completely unsure about whether he wants kids — a bigger deal given their ten-year age difference — and then proposes to her shortly thereafter.
This may have destroyed any chance of them ever being friends, as Chrishell’s repeated declaration that Christine “tried to ruin her life” seems to reference a behind-the-scenes battle over a story Christine was allegedly trying to plant in the media related to her split with Justin.
Because when someone cheats on you with the queen of frozen vegan empanadas, it’s normal to be sensitive about it! This is the most normal emotion Christine has ever had! Jason later plays dumb when Mary confronts him about inviting Christine to the dog birthday party, seemingly surprised to learn that a dog birthday party on a reality TV show could escalate into some kind of conflict.
Christine made some jokes and comments about how they as a couple interact with the media — as she is wont to do! It wasn’t a huge deal until Tarek decided he wanted to get involved, telling a podcast, “Listen, just because she’s never been famous before and she doesn’t know how it works, she doesn’t have to talk.
While the women all dance on the stern of the boat, Rob suddenly decides he’s allowed to pull Chrishell away from her friends, pick her up like a sack of potatoes, and carry her back to his seat on the boat, where he asks, “Do you wanna dance, or do you wanna get to know me?” “I want to dance!” Chrishell replies, because when grown women are dancing, they mean it.
He may or may not have proposed to Christine during their relationship, then allegedly cheated on her with Emma, which sparked a confrontation at a fitness center, and two months later, he and Emma were engaged.
If she believes this, it means that Christine can never have a good relationship with these women — or, in fact, most women — only her husband, but I kind of think that’s why he said it.