Real Housewives Of Orange County: Gina Kirschenheiter goes to AA group with Braunwyan Windham-Burke

Gina Kirschenheiter attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting with Braunwyn Windham-Burke on Wednesday’s episode of The Real Housewives Of Orange County.

The support group meeting ended up bringing Gina, 36, and Braunwyn, 42, closer together after their recent argument at a party and they later apologized to each other and hugged it out.

Gina beforehand told Emily Simpson, 44, over the phone that she was reluctant to go. 

‘I just don’t like inauthentic people,’ Gina said.

She also expressed her reservations to Shannon Beador, 56, during a lavish lunch hosted by show newcomer Elizabeth Lyn Vargas at her beach boardwalk home in Newport Beach.

Elizabeth suggested they should rally around Braunwyn who recently revealed that she was an alcoholic, but Gina believed that Braunwyn was unloading on her rather than dealing with her own issues.

Gina told them how Braunwyn wanted her to go to an AA meeting with her and noted that she had to anyway due to a court mandate stemming from her drunken driving case.

She had earlier declined Braunwyn’s invitation to attend her vow renewal ceremony after their public spat.

Gina also told her friends about her previous day meeting with her attorney Michael Fell who advised her about the option to file a victim impact statement with the court over her domestic violence case with ex-husband Matt.

She admitted that her daughter Sienna’s upcoming birthday was going to be challenging after Matt accepted her invitation that also was extended to his girlfriend Britt.

Shannon then got teary-eyed as she recalled a recent conversation with her 18-year-old daughter Sophie who was about to attend Baylor while also writing a book about her experience in going through divorce.

Gina and Braunwyn then had an awkward drive to their AA meeting, but opened up during a candid conversation.

Braunwyn credited her husband Sean with covering for her while she was drunk and also revealed that he was attending Al-Anon, too.

They both agreed that his behavior was enabling her alcoholism and Braunwyn repeated how she had children as ‘my easy way out when my drinking had gotten too bad.’

‘Wow,’ Gina marveled.

‘Oh, 100 percent,’ Braunwyn confirmed.

‘Wow,’ Gina uttered.

They went to Milk & Honey after their AA meeting for tea lattes with oat milk.

Braunwyn thanked Gina for ‘the most awkward play date ever’.

‘It’s interesting that you picked anger as the topic in the meeting because, I feel like I 100 percent have let go of any anger towards you,’ Gina told her.

Gina explained in a confessional that before the AA meeting a man asked one of them to lead it and she nominated Braunwyn.

‘She made this speech about how she had displayed this anger towards me, and she apologized to me. She didn’t have to do that, you know? And that meant a lot to me,’ Gina said.

Braunwyn again said she was sorry and vowed to never do it again 

‘I really appreciate that. I accept that. And I’m sorry as well,’ Gina said.

Gina also recalled their labyrinth walk last season and how meaningful it was amid her split with Matt and how Braunwyn had cared for her while sober.

‘No, I wasn’t,’ Braunwyn corrected her, revealing that she was drinking in her room the whole morning before their spiritual nature outing.

‘I really do feel for you right now. I would like to just start over,’ Gina said.

‘I would love that,’ Braunwyn said.

Gina asked to be re-invited to the vow renewal and Braunwyn said she would love for her to be there.

In a kind gesture, Gina promised not to drink at all at her party.

‘If you’re struggling or something, you have someone that’s, like, a safe place, okay?,’ Gina told her.

‘That’s really, really sweet. Thank you,’ Braunwyn said as they hugged it out.

Gina while attending lunch with Shannon at Elizabeth’s beachfront property took delight in watching her friends compete over their wealth.

Shannon used to live in the neighborhood and noted she only had grass on not a boardwalk, while Elizabeth bragged about her plan to buy a Ferrari.

‘My mom had a Ferrari growing up,’ Shannon told Elizabeth, who has made a point of growing up poor all season.

Gina took on the role of lead singer in a Greek chorus as she commented in a confessional on their behavior.

‘This is the good Orange County stuff. Like, watching this OC, like, primal energy coming out of them about who has a cooler Ferrari and a bigger beach house. I definitely feel a match brewing for who will be champion richest b**** in Newport,’ Gina said.

Shannon meanwhile was lightly mocking Elizabeth for her over-the-top spread that included bowls with labels still attached showing the cost and ‘how many pounds that she purchased’. 

Gina made it through the birthday party for her daughter Sienna with the help of her new boyfriend Travis.

Sienna jumped into her father’s arms and told him how much she missed him.

The birthday party gave Gina resolve to file a victim impact statement so Matt could understand the true repercussions of his actions.

The season 15 episode also featured Braunwyn’s son Jacob, 14, dressing in drag in front of his family.

Braunwyn hired stylist Isabelle to help Jacob find the right dresses and he modeled in front of his family.  

‘Jacob’s journey right now inspires me at this time in my life because I’m coming into my own. He could’ve taken the easy route, but he didn’t. He took the honest and true route, and I wanna follow in his footsteps. My son is a role model to me,’ Braunwyn said in a confessional.

Emily Simpson also teamed up with former RHOC star Lizzie Rovsek, 40, for a swimsuit collaboration.

Lizzie was shown famously telling off RHOC alum Tamra Judge,  53, making her flee from a table.

Emily was helping out by designing a swimsuit for her body type. 

Elizabeth also was shown going Ferrari shopping with Kelly Dodd, 45, and Shannon.

Shannon drove around in a toy car while Elizabeth sped around during a test drive.

Elizabeth admitted that she loved fast cars and began making arrangements for a purchase.