‘RHOSLC’ Season 4 Premiere Addresses Jen Shah’s Absence

Jen Shah-s Assistant Says Meredith Marks Is the Only RHOSLC Cast Member to Reach Out Amid Prison Sentence — Chris Haston/Bravo

Jen Shah is not on The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis, however her presence was nonetheless felt on the Tuesday, September 5, premiere of season 4.

The majority of the episode was filmed in January, the identical month that Jen, 49, was sentenced to 6 and a half years in jail after her conviction for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. (Her sentence was lowered by one yr in March.)

Mary Cosby received proper into it, asking Meredith Marks how she feels concerning the scenario now that Jen is behind bars. “Look, there’s nothing to say about it anymore,” Meredith, 51, stated. “She stated she’s responsible and she or he’s going to serve her time. Everybody can begin therapeutic and shifting ahead now. That’s the one constructive.”

In a confessional interview, Meredith added that she hasn’t spoken to Jen since she started her keep at FPC Bryan in February. “I imply, she’s in jail,” Meredith replied when a producer requested whether or not she’s tried contacting her former costar. “What would you like me to do?”

Elsewhere in Utah, Lisa Barlow ready to develop into a partial empty nester as her eldest son, Jack, made plans for all times after highschool. Jack, 18, had not too long ago instructed his dad and mom that he deliberate to delay school for 2 years so he might go on a mission with the Mormon church.

“A mission is devoting two years of your life to serving others and educating individuals about Jesus Christ,” Lisa, 48, defined in a confessional scene. “So, Jack’s giving up two years of life to mainly assist everybody however himself.”

Whereas Lisa stated she’d miss her son, she famous that “the toughest half” of the entire ordeal was that Jack stored his plans secret from her for a yr. “It hurts,” she instructed the digicam by tears. “What else don’t I find out about Jack? Am I so disconnected from my son that he doesn’t wish to inform me this? Am I, like, a nasty mother? Am I not current sufficient? How did I miss this?”

Maintain studying for extra of the most important moments from the RHOSLC season 4 premiere:

How It Feels With out Jen

Jen gained’t be again in SLC anytime quickly, however her presence nonetheless looms giant over the Beehive State. When Mary, 50, reunited with Heather Homosexual, her first query was how Heather, 49, was doing with out her former BFF. “I’m advantageous, surprisingly,” Heather stated, including that she had bother setting boundaries with Jen. “I felt too deep in it — like if I finished for one second I couldn’t catch my breath. As a result of she was so much.”

Requested how she feels now that Jen is in jail, Heather replied, “I really feel like a weight is lifted.” In a confessional, she added that she felt like she couldn’t be “sincere” with Jen within the days earlier than her sentencing. “With every thing she had occurring in her life, the stakes had been approach too excessive,” Heather stated. “It was not a time to speak about our friendship and work on our boundaries. However now that she’s in jail, I really feel like I can simply shut the door on it and transfer on.”

Mary Cosby Returns

Along with the Jen of all of it, the most important information in SLC was the return of Mary, who left the present in a storm of designer equipment after season 2. “You higher buckle up, as a result of right here I’m,” she quipped. “I’m, like, in dinosaur mode proper now. That’s how a lot I must be caught up.”

How The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 4 Premiere Addressed Jen Shah Absence — Mary Cosby Gizelle Hernandez/Bravo

Whereas a lot of the premiere centered on the opposite girls, Mary hinted that she’s had lots occurring in her personal life since her exit. Her son, Robert Jr., has a brand new girlfriend — or is she his spouse? Mary isn’t positive as a result of she hasn’t requested, despite the fact that Robert Jr. nonetheless lives at residence, presumably nonetheless together with his personal in-bedroom fridge (the higher to keep away from passing your mother within the kitchen and telling her whether or not you’re married).

In the meantime, Mary’s husband, Robert Sr. — who can also be her step-grandfather, lest you forgot — has been in Las Vegas for the previous six months. “It was good,” Mary replied when a producer requested how the time aside had been for her.

Most significantly, Mary proved she hasn’t misplaced her knack for being essentially the most quotable SLC Housewife. “It’s spicy,” Mary stated of a salad she didn’t like. “I don’t do spicy. Every time I do spicy, it comes out the opposite finish spicy. We’re not doing that at present.”

The New Wives in City

Angie Katsanevas, beforehand a good friend of the Housewives, has now been promoted to a full-time Housewife alongside beginner Monica Garcia. The duo defined that they really knew one another earlier than the present — and had been launched by none aside from Jen. Monica, for her half, claimed she as soon as “stepped in to assist” Jen after Jen fired considered one of her assistants. At that time, Jen allegedly supplied to assist Monica, 40, earn more money. “I bear in mind being so weirded out,” Monica recalled. “It was very weird. And I’ve a good friend within the Secret Service. And I known as him, and he stated, ‘Get the f–ok away from Jen Shah, she’s going to jail.’ And she or he was arrested two months later. And that’s how I grew to become a witness with the federal authorities in her trial.”

Unhealthy Climate, Nonetheless Not Collectively

After the dramatic occasions of season 3, Heather and former BFF (and in addition cousin) Whitney Rose are nonetheless on the outs. Throughout a dialog with Meredith, Heather revealed that she noticed Whitney, 36, for the primary time in months. A snippet of that assembly confirmed Unhealthy Climate making an attempt to barter a truce, but it surely appears unlikely that clear skies are forward. “I’m going to be sincere, it’s going to be exhausting for me to belief you that you just actually wanna be my good friend,” Whitney instructed Heather. “We’ve simply gotta present one another that we imply it.”