On Sunday night, part one of the reunion special aired, with cast members Jen Shah, Meredith Marks, Heather Gay, Lisa Barlow, Whitney Rose and Jennie Nguyen gathering to look back on the drama from the past few months.
As the ladies gathered on the reunion’s set, which was transformed into a winter wonderland, Jennie was first to notice that Mary was nowhere to be seen, before Heather also took notice as well.
As hostAndy Cohenbegan the taping, he revealed the reason behind Mary’s absence from the special.
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“Well, it should be apparent to all of you that Mary chose not to join us tonight,” he said. “Disappointing, to say the least.”
As Whitney wondered why Mary had not shown up, Andy revealed, “I spoke to her the other day, she was pretty upset about everyone speaking behind her back about her church.”
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Whitney replied, “I wish she was here, because I’ve tried to have conversations with her throughout the season, and she would not afford me the respect of a conversation. And now we still don’t get to talk about it.”
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Heather then echoed Whitney’s sentiments, saying she too wished Mary had attended. “Mary said so many insightful things in confessional and I gained respect for Mary watching the episodes,” she said. “She has this weird ability to read everybody like the bible.”
When asked to provide an example, Heather mentioned when Mary said in a confessional that Lisa “doesn’t know how to be real.” The statement, however, upset Lisa, though Heather reminded her that Mary also said unflattering things about her too.
But when Jennie pointed out that Mary called Whitney “a whore,” Heather backtracked, as Whitney explained: “The thing about Mary — and I understand what Heather is saying — is Mary … does have great moments of great wisdom and insight.”
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Heather also explained that she was upset Mary had not shown up for Meredith, who she described as Mary’s “ride or die” throughout the second season.
“After everything that went down, Meredith could use as many people supporting her as possible. And Mary’s not here to do that,” she said. “And that makes me mad.”
“I’m not sure the show is very healthy for Mary, but, you know, I like having her support,” she added.
Last month,PEOPLE confirmed that Mary was not in attendancefor the taping of the season 2 reunion special on Jan. 6.
The news came as a shock to Bravo fans, as many wondered whether this would mark the end of Mary’s time on theRHOSLC.
Multiple sources close to production told PEOPLE earlier this month that Mary hasnot filmed for the third season of the show, despitedenying reports of her departureon Twitter.
Part 2 ofThe Real Housewives of Salt Lake Cityreunion airs March 6 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
source: people.com
