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Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's Meredith Marks explained wherefore she rekindled her relationship with erstwhile frenemy Jen Shah amid Jen's ongoing ineligible troubles and blameworthy plea. Find retired why.
RHOSLC's Meredith Marks "SHOCKED" By Jen Shah's Guilty Plea
Friendships tin blossom successful the darkest of times.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's Meredith Marks and Jen Shah person had rather a rocky narration implicit the past fewer years. Drama betwixt the 2 got particularly heated connected play 2 of the Bravo series, arsenic Meredith accused Jen of liking homophobic tweets directed astatine her son, Brooks Marks.
But things person changed, arsenic the 2 person precocious formed a super-close relationship amid Jen's ongoing ineligible drama connected the show's existent 3rd season, confusing galore viewers and cast members alike. Meredith broke down the reasoning down their unexpected reconciliation connected the Nov. 2 occurrence of Watch What Happens Live.
"First of all, Jen has a batch of things going connected close now, arsenic we each know," Meredith explained to big Andy Cohen. "And I don't footwear idiosyncratic erstwhile they're down."
In July, Jen plead guilty successful national tribunal a week earlier her fraud lawsuit was to spell to trial. The day of Jen's sentencing—in which she could look up to 30 years successful situation and up to $9.5 cardinal successful restitution and fines—happens to autumn connected Meredith's birthday, Dec. 15.
With each the chaos going connected successful Jen's life, Meredith said connected the late-night speech show, "The past happening I wanted was for Jen Shah to beryllium worrying astir Meredith Marks."
"I felt similar she needed support, and I felt similar I had a level of knowing of wherever she was coming from," the 50-year-old continued. "And erstwhile you person understanding, you person acceptance, and she gave maine that. She gave maine and my household cleanable apologies and a level of knowing and penetration into what she was going done that made her bash these things."
Meredith supported Jen successful NYC successful the days starring up to her blameworthy plea with chap RHOSLC co-star Heather Gay. A time earlier the hearing, Meredith shared a connection with fans connected her Instagram communicative astir the trial's verdict.
"For those of you who whitethorn not cognize this: I unrecorded successful the United States of America," she wrote connected July 10. "In the US, 1 has a close to a proceedings and is presumed guiltless until proven guilty."
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