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Jul 2021
58m 42s

188: The Housewife and the Hustler

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THIS. ONE. IS. WILD. YOU. GUYS.

Let us say right up front, Patrick and Gillian have never watched an episode of The Housewives, SO THIS WAS A REAL EDUCATION….And now Patrick identifies as Housewives Curious. OK,  so Beverly Hills Housewife Erik Jane (you guys, I could watch that XXPEN$IVE video allllll dayyyyy, and if you don’t know what that is, just you wait) and her husband, legal titan Tom Girardi are in super big trouble. It seems that Griardi has been stealing huge sums of money from his clients WHICH INCLUDE PLANE CRASH AND BURN VICTIMS. Yikes, Tom. Also, Erika maybe was in on it? There’s a lot to unpack here. BUT ALSO THE HOUSEWIVES!

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