The Real Housewives of Miami‘s cast trip to Seville, Spain, took a dramatic turn when Larsa Pippen confronted Lisa Hochstein about why she was still following her ex-boyfriend, Marcus Jordan, on social media.
As seen on Season 7, Episode 11, not only had Lisa yet to follow through with her promise to unfollow Marcus, but she further told her friend that she might not even do it at all anymore. The reason? Larsa had been treating her “not so great,” since they agreed to bury the hatchet, according to Lisa.
When Larsa asked for specifics, though, Lisa only said that she needed time to collect her thoughts, prompting the former to fire back, “I don’t think I wanna be friends with someone like you, if you don’t [unfollow Marcus]. … It sends a message that you don’t care about me.”
The possibility of Larsa unfriending her IRL didn’t seem to faze Lisa, though, who told a producer later, “I’m gonna continue to follow Marcus ’cause he’s a better friend to me than she is.”
Shedding more light on why she had yet to unfollow Marcus, she added, “The goal is for Larsa just to get her way and to tell me what to do.”
The RHOM cast weighs in on Lisa Hochstein following Larsa Pippen’s ex
In a confessional from the August 14 episode, Larsa insisted she had “no problem unfollowing almost anyone” on social media — including her own grandfather — in support of female loved ones post-split, elaborating, “I’m always gonna side with the woman. I feel like we’re supposed to stick together.”
Later, Julia Lemigova also asked Lisa to explain her thought process, especially considering that Marcus had “insulted” all of them during a backstage conversation with Andy Cohen at the RHOM Season 6 reunion. Lisa responded, “Does anybody here like when someone tells them what to do?”
As Julia added to a producer, “I think if Lisa would unfollow Marcus, that could only bring her closer to Larsa. I mean, that’s what friends do.”
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Throughout the episode, several of Lisa’s castmates, including Stephanie Shojaee and Marysol Patton, also encouraged her to pull the trigger on hitting the unfollow button. As Marysol, who referred to the standoff as a “power struggle,” put it to Lisa, “Somebody, at some point, has to move the needle forward here.”
While Kiki Barth couldn’t believe they were all actually arguing over a social media follow, as Guerdy Abraira saw it, “It ain’t right, Lisa. Girl code. You met him through her.”
Alexia Nepola, meanwhile, chimed in, “I don’t really see the point that you have to follow any of your friends’ husbands,” pointing out that even bestie Marysol’s partner, Steve McNamara, isn’t included in her IG following list.
Finally, Adriana de Moura, who admitted she still follows Lisa’s ex-husband, Lenny Hochstein, added, “I think she will unfollow him. … She just doesn’t wanna be told what to do.”
More details on Lisa Hochstein and Larsa Pippen’s drama in Spain
After the group’s “spiritual flamenco” outing in Seville, Lisa and Larsa got into an off-camera “verbal brawl” (as Guerdy described it) in an elevator involving the latter’s drama with Jody Glidden in Milan. Twenty minutes later, Larsa said her phone began “blowing up with text messages” from Lisa’s boyfriend, who also happens to be friends with Marcus.
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Noting that Jody was not “threatening” her or name-calling, Larsa explained in a confessional, “He’s just sending me these long text messages, and I’ve never been in this situation before. Like, you’re a man, you should be dealing with my boyfriend, my brother, my dad… not me personally.”
Feeling “literally shaken by the whole situation,” Larsa said it was taking everything in her to pretend she was OK at a group dinner soon afterward.
So, when Lisa excused herself from the table to privately deal with a legal issue, Larsa shared with the ladies that she wanted to go back to the hotel and just order room service, rather than stick out the rest of the evening.
“I couldn’t even ask [Lisa] about the Marcus thing, and she blows that up. She plays victim every day,” Larsa said. “I just wanna remove myself from this toxic situation. I wanna get off the ride. I don’t wanna be a part of it.”
Lisa returned, and Larsa brought her up to speed, continuing, in part, “You don’t have to worry about unfollowing anyone. You don’t have to worry about anything else. I will remove myself from your life.”
Meanwhile, an emotional Lisa dabbed her own tears with a napkin, expressing confusion over Larsa’s reaction and insisting to the women that she was unaware that Jody had initiated their text exchange.
As you await Episode 11’s continuation, get a sneak peek at the intense drama still to come on RHOM Season 7.