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The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: Girlboss, Gaslight, Gatekeep


Dubai is very good at showcasing the Housewives version of the normal things all of us experience.

Caroline Stanbury can show you life in a construction zone, but instead of IKEA furniture next to the blow-up mattress, It’ll be a custom 18-year-old bonsai tree and a one-of-a-kind marble TV stand. Where it previously took eight episodes to figure out that she was the source of unnecessary divisiveness and conflict in the group, it has now taken Taleen one phone call to confirm that she was being misled about her relationships with the other woman by the person who she thought was her main ally in the cast, to hostile results. It makes for fabulous tension, but Brooks’ resistance to owning her failures is a classic case of someone held in the clutches of her anxiety — she is overwhelmed and trusts no one, and therefore chooses to attempt to control everything she can, an impossible task that results in disappointing everyone over a series of 2 a.m. calls.

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