My favorite part of being a Real Housewives superfan is imagining having to explain half of the major storylines to a Pilgrim fresh off the Mayflower. But on second thought, if anyone can relate to Plymouth Colony it’s probably The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Our favorite snow bunnies love to get both historical and hysterical when the time calls for it, and I couldn’t love their drama anymore for it. Sure the RHOSLC season 5 premiere didn’t involve a shitshow in a sprinter van, but you’re not going to catch me complaining when elderly people aren’t being exploited over the phone. With the very loud grey cloud that is Jen Shah finally totally out of the mix, the rest of the women have the legroom to bitch and moan about all of their own non-Shah-related squabbles to the fullest extent. Enter: Whitney Wild Rose and Meredith “I’m disengaging” Marx sounding off about bathroom accessories. Why are Whitney and Meredith fighting about bath bombs? Consider this your perfect tub-side read.
The Whitney Vs. Meredith Feud Explained
Oh, how I’ve missed frivolous fighting on our Housewives franchises. Whitney and Meredith have never been close if we’re being honest. At the start of the show Lisa and Meredith were roll dogs and Lisa didn’t like Whitney, so Meredith by default kept her distance. After Lisa called Meredith the nastiest skank bitch/fugly slut she’d ever met on a hot mic, Meredith and Whitney started getting cozy while slinging rumors about courtside Jazz tickets and BJs. But their gossipy alliance was short-lived after Whitney made a joke about Meredith and Seth’s televised bath on a podcast episode she recorded between seasons 3 and 4. Whitney thought it was funny but Meredith thought it was pure naztinezz.
Now onto the most recent rift: Meredith believes Whitney copied her bath bomb idea and therefore isn’t a true loving friend. At the season 4 reunion, as they made up over the bath podcast debacle, Andy suggested Meredith should start selling bath accessories. Meredith agreed but then it seemed to her that Whitney Wild Rose beat her to the punch. And from where Meredith is sitting this isn’t the first time: Whitney also dropped a jewelry line behind Meredith’s back. So, at the start of the new RHOSLC season, Meredith was sick of “Whitney stepping on [her toes]” which was “very hurtful.”
When Heather Gay asked Meredith if she thinks Whitney stole the bath bomb idea intentionally, Meredith couldn’t help but pop off with “Of course she did!” To be fair, as Meredith iconically said, baths kind of are her thing and everyone does know it. During their confrontation at Lisa’s Besos dinner, Whitney insists she has “no problem with Meredith” who is just “reading too much” into the coincidences. Meredith made a slightly more reasonable observation when she pointed out that Whitney could’ve at least given her a heads-up before the launch, though Whitney countered she always made Iris and Beau bath bombs (and that if Meredith was a better friend she would’ve known that already). Have you chosen your fighter yet? I’m forever team no yeast infection (thanks for keeping everyone honest, Mary).
Are Whitney Rose’s bath bombs good?
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Soooo… are these now-famous Wild Rose Beauty bath bombs even any good? I’m really not sure since there are no user-generated reviews on this specific product showcased on Whitney’s website (or even the deepest corners of Reddit). Even though the people apparently haven’t quite professed their love for Whitney’s bath bombs online, Wild Rose Beauty calls them a ‘”fan favorite,” along plenty of positive testimonials about her other “moisturizing” and “refreshing” skin care products.
