Britani Bateman got a text message from Lisa Barlow that she wasn’t expecting after The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 6 premiere aired.
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During a recent visit to BravoHQ, the real estate agent admitted that Lisa picked up the phone to talk to her after the premiere, but Britani wasn’t on the other end. “She called me after Episode 1 aired and texted me, too, and I just didn’t pick up,” she noted in our exclusive interview.
However, these calls weren’t something for Britani to be afraid of. Instead, Lisa was thanking her for defending her from the ladies. “She texted me ‘Thank you,'” she admitted. “Because I feel like she saw for the first time how hard I rode her. I rode for her so hard, and it just got, like, passed over. Did you notice that? Like, no one ever really talked about it.”
“Heather [Gay] even took all of the credit for riding hard for Lisa and really, it was me,” she noted.
Britani Bateman opens up about where she stands with Lisa Barlow today
Britani continued, admitting that she really thought that she and Lisa were close. Or, as she stated in RHOSLC Season 6, Episode 1, they were “sisters.” But they haven’t talked since Lisa reached out to her.
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“I felt like she was like a sister to me,” she said when speaking at Bravo HQ. “And when someone’s like a sister, when someone’s that close to you, they can hurt you the most by betraying you. And that’s what was so hard on me. I didn’t pick up the phone. She just said ‘Thank you’ and I knew what she was thanking me for, so I just said, ‘You’re welcome.’ And that was the only communication we’ve had.”
Britani Bateman reveals where she stands with the rest of the RHOSLC cast
Britani further admitted that things are varied between her and the rest of the cast of RHOSLC amid Season 6. She has had a rollercoaster of a friendship with Angie Katsanevas. “Whenever I see her outside the clique, we’re great,” she said. “When I see her in the clique, she kind of becomes Regina George. And not the nice kind.”
As far as her relationships with Heather and Whitney Rose, things are “good.” “They’re always good,” she added. “Like Whitney and I started off rough, over Lisa though. Where I was fighting for Lisa and I took it on the chin from Whitney, for Lisa. I did all of that for Lisa. And didn’t get any recognition over it other than ‘Thanks.’ That’s OK, that’s very Lisa-ish.”
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Britani also has a strong appreciation for Mary Cosby. “I feel like Mary and I are best friends in the making,” she observed. “I really do. She doesn’t know this yet, but Mary, we’re gonna be best friends someday.”
And as for where she stands with Bronwyn Newport? “We talk about once a week. Which is the most I talk to anybody in the cast,” she concluded. “She calls me all the time. And I really, really appreciate it. I sent her flowers when her dad passed, and we’ve just become closer than I ever imagined possible.”
Find out why Britani and Bronwyn were at odds during RHOSLC Season 6, Episode 8.
— Reporting by Erik McIntyre
