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Meredith Marks and Lisa Barlow are fighting back against the suggestion that Meredith acted erratically amid the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast’s recent trip to Greece.
As Meredith, 54, defended herself against claims made by Mary Cosby, 53, by suggesting that certain cast members were determined to hurt her and cause a divide between her and Lisa, 51, which has led her to draw back from them, Lisa explained why Meredith acted as she did and shared why she often comes to her rescue.
“I have plenty going on that I don’t share with the group, because why would I be vulnerable with people who are looking to hurt me?” Meredith asked during a December 30 interview with Bravo HQ.
According to Meredith, she feels she’s “calm” and “composed,” despite her castmates’ antics against her.
“These women have a long goal of making me get upset. And they like to poke and prod and poke and prod and poke and prod and wrongfully accuse me of all kinds of things, and they’ll set me up with this one saying, ‘You should talk more.’ So, you start talking. The next one’s like, ‘Don’t talk,’” she explained.
Meredith also called out the cast for “trying to put a thorn in between [her] and Lisa” for “years and years.”
“I don’t know why they are so afraid of us being friends. It’s so weird. I don’t care who’s friends with who. I hope they’re all friends with each other, whether I get along with them or not. You should be friends with whoever you want to be friends with. Who cares? If you’re somebody’s friend, you’re not looking to decimate them in a group,” she noted.
Meanwhile, in her own interview with Bravo HQ, Lisa denied that Meredith had acted erratically in Greece.
“When you’re in a group of girls, and you know that your friends are not being your friend, you put up a different kind of wall. She’s reacting emotionally to what they’re saying and doing to her,” she reasoned. “That’s all I see happening. She’s like, feeling your negative energy and [putting] up a wall about it.”
Looking back at the attacks she and Meredith have sustained from their RHOSLC co-stars, Lisa said that the two of them have faced similar drama.
“I’m sick of my marriage being talked about. I’m sick of my business, my marriage, my face, my faith, all of it, I’m sick of it. Put yourself in Meredith’s shoes. She’s going through the same thing. They do the exact same thing to her,” she noted, explaining, “That’s why I jump in, and I’m like, ‘This is wrong,’ and then all of a sudden, they’re like, ‘Oh, we can’t take Meredith down because Lisa’s here so now we’re gonna target our energy at Lisa.’”
Admittedly, Lisa sticks up for Meredith “a lot,” which she feels “bothers” her castmates.
“They don’t want me sticking up for Meredith. They want her isolated, alone, so she feels even more on the outs with everyone. I don’t like it. I don’t think it’s nice,” she concluded.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season six airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on Bravo.
