With only 5 episodes remaining in the season, there’s no telling how things will escalate.
Have Nicole Martin and Alexia Nepola really buried the hatchet and what other friendships will be tested?
What was it really like at that high-tension dinner with the cast’s husbands?
In her exclusive interview with The List, Marysol Patton gave us an inside look into the Housewives experience.
It’s like riding a bicycle they say you just get back on and go.
I don’t feel like we missed a beat.
Are there times when you notice the cameras more or less, in different situations?
I noticed the camera the most in the confessional because it’s right in my face.
We’ve all known each other for so long because we all started in the beginning.
Through Bravo and through Bravo Con, or ?
There were so few of us back in the day.
There were less franchises; there were less women on each show.
They were all new shows.
Well, when I said that, it was about something else, but they inserted it there.
That was me f***ing around about something else it wasn’t about that.
But I’m not supposed to say that, I guess.
I feel like you could say that.
Listen, she’s like my sister.
Do you have a sister or brother?
You argue with your siblings, but you love them to death.
That’s your blood, and she’s my blood.
We bicker sometimes, but we love even harder and laugh even harder.
We definitely disagree, but for the most part, we agree.
That’s interesting to know that they edited that in there.
Yeah I was referring to something else in the moment.
Can you tell us what you were referring to, or was it just something else going on?
No, I’d rather not.
Even when you don’t agree with Alexia, it seems like you’re supportive of her.
We support each other.
I’m not always right.
She’s not always right.
She’s not always wrong.
I’d love to hear about any other telenovela moments you felt like happened on this season.
I remember thinking, “Why is she walking over there?
What is she getting?”
Oh God, no."
The whole thing rolled out for me in slow motion.
“This is horrible.”
I feel like a lot of things are novela moments.
Kiki [Barth] with the hamburger that was pretty funny.
We’ve been here for hours.
That must be ice-cold."
She’s like, “I don’t care.
My stomach’s going to get big now because I’m not going to be in this shoot.”
You know how overdramatic the novelas are?
I don’t know; if you’ve never watched a novela, you wouldn’t know.
But that was that kind of drama.
It was that whole [thing], and she was yelling and stomping around the boat.
That was a novela moment.
That whole shoot day was super dramatic.
That could have been turned into some extra footage maybe for Adriana’s music.
It was a lot of fighting, but I was feeling pretty good on the side with my cocktail.
“I’m good over here.
You all keep that s*** going over there.
I’ll be over here.
Anybody else needs a drink, you know where I am.”
It seemed like a fun day overall.
Have you seen the finished music video?
Is there a music video?
No, I haven’t seen it.
That’s a good question.
Where is the music video?
That would make sense.
Unless the whole thing was kaput because Kiki’s lawyers got in there and said it’s unusable footage.
I don’t think [that] happened.
Did you see that confessional moment?
Look at the footage.
I believe you.What did you think of what Nicole was saying in general?
I come home and sit on my sofa; I’m not hurting anybody.
I don’t love gossip, no.
It is what it is.
It’s not like we were born the day we started this show.
We’ve all lived, and there’s a story.
But no, I’m not a gossiper.
There are so many relationships happening as well.
It makes sense that there’s a lot to talk about and a lot of dynamics at play.
What can you tell us about the rest of Season 5?
My poor husband was frozen.
He was like, “That was horrible.”
It was a very uncomfortable dinner.
He was pushing Todd’s buttons.
It got uncomfortable, to say the least.
My husband’s an angel that stuff makes him uncomfortable.
I felt uncomfortable for him.
He can eat anything 24/7.
He loves to eat.
He never gains an ounce, and I don’t even think he ate.
That’s a lot of tension at that dinner for sure.
Or do the husbands normally get along better than we got to see?
Patton:Todd is very gringo, by the way.
He’s so gringo.
Steve went to a Jesuit private high school that’s all Cuban here back in the seventies.
He’s older than me, and he can speak some Spanish.
I don’t think Todd can speak any Spanish.
Todd might be more of a gringo than Steve.
New ranking in order.
Patton:Actually, Todd’s Italian also, so I guess that makes him more Latin.
I don’t even know.
Russell’s the most gringo.
There’s major conflict in episodes ahead
Was it fun giving Alexia her fat-burning shot?
That was a really funny sequence.
She made me chase her around that room, like, “Hold still!”
She’s like, “No ah!”
She did it a lot I felt like it was so much more when I was chasing her around.
I don’t know why she wouldn’t trust me; I gave it to myself …
I had a diabetic cat and I had to give her insulin twice a day for 18 years.
It made it fun.
We always have fun, even if we’re poking someone with a needle or beating each other.
I would love to hear how you feel after having filmed Season 5.
Do you feel like the relationships are in a good place?
Is there anything you’re able to tell us about how things develop?
There’s some strained relationships.
I have one you’re watching the ones that already exist on camera.
It’s all going to come out in the next few episodes.
It gets pretty ugly.
What can I say?
I’m sorry to hear that.
I’m really not open to that …
It was a line crossed that I can’t come back from, personally.
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This interview has been edited for clarity.
