#RHOC RECAP: Diko Confronts Shannon Over Cancer Comments at His Wedding Anniversary

It’s go time for Tamra and Vicki’s “coffee,” on The Real Housewives of Orange County. But first we must endure flashbacks of their crazy friendship over the past ten years – and my how they’ve changed. Walking inside the cafe, each is hopeful this talk will go well. Unfortunately it doesn’t. Vicki starts by saying she wants to stop the madness and for Tamra to be kind, not just in her mind, which is quite poetic. Vicki’s voice elevates and Tamra tells her to, “calm down, Vicki. It’s not a good look,” says the woman who once threw a drink in Jeana Keogh’s face.

Vicki calls out Tamra for being a bully and Tamra asks Vicki what Eddie has ever done to her. Vicki explains that she likes Eddie, just like he’s one of the girls, however, Tamra may want to make sure Cut Fitness is in her name, too. Tamra has had enough. She stands and tells Vicki that she doesn’t deserve her heart (Tamra has a heart?) and makes her grand exit. From the car, Vicki calls Steve to tell him things didn’t go well. And from her car, Tamra calls Eddie to tell him the same thing. However, Steve is much more of a gentlemen than Eddie. Eddie is like — biaaaatch, please! He is so over the drama.

Onto Peggy and Diko who are celebrating their 22^nd anniversary. They are throwing an anniversary party and Peggy says that David and Eddie won’t go if Vicki is going. Yay! Thanks, Vicki. Diko is glad that David won’t be there because he didn’t like how he questioned him about Peggy’s cancer at the balls-voyage party. Peggy says she’ll toss out anyone who’s a jerk.

Over at Kelly’s house she is cooking with her father. He is in town from Phoenix and was a super-involved dad. He seems cool, but his ex-wife clearly still hates his guts. It’s bitter party of one when she tells him he’s not allowed to go to the senior center with her. The arguing from her parents reminds Kelly of how she and Michael fight. Uh-oh. We all know how that turned out. It’s nice to see her getting along so well with her dad. He seems to really enjoy Kelly’s company – go figure. Kelly does wish her mother would let go of the grudge and be nice to her dad for the sake of the family. This worries Kelly because if they can’t do it that means she and Michael won’t be able to do it, should they break up, which they haven’t, yet.

We are now shopping with Lydia and Grandma Judy. G-Ma has just come into a bunch of money due to the death of her dad, may he rest in peace, and may they shop like crazy. But with wealth comes responsibility and the responsibility is Lydia must listen to Judy describe sex at 69 and how her dad is a horn dog. The damage, both mental and physical, is under two-grand.

It’s party time for Peggy and Diko. It’s a hookah party with a belly dancer and lots of hummus. Peggy tries to bribe her young son to ask Vicki and Tamra to each give him a kiss on the cheek. The kid doesn’t want to do it, but will for a price. That price is $1,000. Peggy says no, but this kid is going to be A-OK in this world.

The guests arrive and so far the only husbands in tow are Michael and Doug. Kelly, Tamra, and Shannon all received the wear-gray-sparkly-dress memo. Tamra is proud to have only paid $50 bucks, and it shows. Vicki arrives with Steve and says hello, but the gray garden ladies go outside to smoke the hookah, only they can’t get it to work. And Shannon has no clue what 4/20 is, which is just bad acting. Diko comes out to get the hookah lit. Turns out the ladies were smoking hot air.

It’s time to eat, but all you hear is the women squawking, “Sit here, sit here” fighting like high schoolers over who will be at the cool table. Vicki hopes to be married 22 years, meanwhile Kelly can’t imagine being married 22 years. Shannon dances with the belly dancer and it’s just embarrassing. Meghan is boring. And Peggy breaks a martini glass for no apparent reason because they aren’t Greek. She toasts her husband and everyone for helping her through this roller-coaster year of trying to figure out if she did or didn’t have cancer.

So it’s gift time. Please don’t be another sports car. We learn that was last year’s gift – two Ferrari’s. This year Diko has purchased two rose gold Audi Piguet watches for $80 grand. Wow. Must have been an off year. Oh wait, spoke to soon. Diko also gives Peggy got a 22-carat diamond necklace for the 22 years of their marriage. Seriously? Didn’t he just give her two diamond necklaces for something else? Oh well, three cheers for materialism! Because 22 years is forever in Orange County, according to Tamra, who hasn’t hit that number even if you combine all three of her marriages. Shannon and Kelly complain they never get nothing from no one.

Diko says he wants to talk to Shannon just the two of them. He explains that David was being weird about Peggy’s cancer at the balls-voyage party. Weird like interrogating, which is a reach. Here’s the thing about David – he is emotionally dead. He really doesn’t care who did or didn’t have cancer. Diko explains that when he told Peggy what David said they both agreed it was rude. Tamra walks up to smoke the hookah, but senses the danger too late, and is stuck. Diko is like, Hey I don’t want to make a big deal out of this, when in fact that’s exactly what he’s doing.

Tamra’s got Shannon’s back. She tells Diko they are all confused about Peggy’s cancer. Did she? Didn’t she? So don’t blame David, blame Peggy. Actually go ahead and blame David. Why not? But for the record, Peggy says she did have cancer.

On her way out the door, Shannon apologizes to Peggy for her David’s behavior. Peggy says, “I was hurt, I was hurt, I was hurt. He was asking questions, asking questions, asking questions.” Is she having a seizure? I’m confused. I guess that’s just Peggy’s whacky way of speaking the English language she holds a college degree in.

Tune in next week when Shannon and Peggy get into a huge argument over David again.

 

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