Gizelle Bryant hosted an intervention for Robyn Dixon who admitted her ‘joy has been taken’ on Sunday’s season premiere of The Real Housewives Of Potomac.
The season eight premiere titled ‘Projections and Deflections’ opened with Robyn, 44, and former pro basketball player Juan, 45, shown in a flashback getting married last year after he said they didn’t need an infidelity clause in their prenup.
‘Where do we begin? Um, Juan and the girl in Canada?,’ Gizelle, 53, asked in a confessional as headlines flashed about Juan allegedly cheating again.
‘I know that this is like eating her up that everybody is poking holes at her marriage,’ Gizelle added.
Audio from a January episode of the Reasonably Shady podcast hosted by Gizelle and Robyn was played with an image of the Dixon family home in the background.
Season premiere: Robyn Dixon admitted her ‘joy has been taken’ on Sunday’s season premiere of The Real Housewives Of Potomac on Bravo
‘Yes, Juan was an idiot. And communicated with this woman on Instagram,’ Robyn said on the podcast.
She added that the woman produced a hotel receipt with his name on it.
Robyn was next shown on Watch What Happens Live telling host Andy Cohen, 55, how the lady told Juan that she lost her wallet in the casino and couldn’t pay for her hotel room.
‘So, he feels bad for her. He goes to the hotel, puts his card down, and that’s it,’ Robyn said on WWHL as fellow guest Karen Huger, 60, sipped her drink while looking on with suspicion.
‘You believe that they were never physical with each other?,’ Andy asked.
‘They were never physical. Yeah,’ Robyn said.
‘She wants to believe her husband. I get that, but, whoo, girl, he signed a whole-a** receipt,’ Karen said in a confessional.
Karen and Gizelle in confessionals then brought up how Juan created headlines again when he was spotted doing laundry with a woman.
The host: Gizelle hosted a get-together with Robyn to talk to her about Juan
Good question: ‘Where do we begin? Um, Juan and the girl in Canada ?,’ Gizelle, 53, asked in a confessional as headlines flashed about Juan allegedly cheating again
‘Now, there’s another picture of Juan in a nail salon, of all places,’ said Ashley Darby, 35, in a confessional after more salacious headlines were displayed.
The show produced by Truly Original for Bravo included imagery of a man getting a manicure with a note saying ‘Recreation for Illustration Purposes Only.’
‘The nail salon was a little too much for me. I was screaming and yelling when I saw it,’ Gizelle admitted in a confessional.
‘Robyn is on another planet this year. But the truth will set you free,’ Karen said to the camera.
Robyn was going through wedding photos when Juan returned from a workout.
They just got back from the Bahamas and Robyn said she was ‘back to real life’ that included ‘noise’ about their marriage since the ‘girl with the hotel receipt’ incident.
‘And once again, that was stupid. That was foolish,’ Juan admitted.
Robyn said they chose to move forward and get married and Juan said it was just him being nice.
Real life: They just got back from the Bahamas and Robyn said she was ‘back to real life’ that included ‘noise’ about their marriage since the ‘girl with the hotel receipt’ incident
Foolish move: ‘And once again, that was stupid. That was foolish,’ Juan admitted
‘Well, this was a young lady that said she was going to visit a dude that played for the Ravens. She lost her wallet at the casino. She reached out to me. I got her the hotel room. I know it sounds weird, but that’s the truth,’ Juan said.
Robyn said they worked through it since it happened a year and a half ago and went through with getting remarried.
‘They think that our relationship is fake or we have an arrangement. And then, of course, they don’t believe the story,’ Robyn said.
‘Well, of course, they don’t believe the story,’ Juan said. ‘It sounds weird, but it’s the truth.’
‘Right. I know it sounds crazy, but the reason I chose to believe it, is because Juan wouldn’t make something up that stupid,’ Robyn said.
‘I’m not that good. I’m not that good,’ Juan said.
Robyn said most people believe that he lied to her.
‘People gonna think what they want,’ Juan said.
Sounds weird: ‘Well, this was a young lady that said she was going to visit a dude that played for the Ravens. She lost her wallet at the casino. She reached out to me. I got her the hotel room. I know it sounds weird, but that’s the truth,’ Juan said
Sounds crazy: ‘Right. I know it sounds crazy, but the reason I chose to believe it, is because Juan wouldn’t make something up that stupid,’ Robyn said
Juan then explained that he often works with assistant Coach Bre and they were at the laundromat and nail salon together.
He said it was all about people wanting to get likes and clicks.
‘I hate giving this particular story energy. I wanna be focused on raisin’ our boys,’ said Juan, who lost his job as Coppin State basketball coach in March.
Karen later met up with Candiace Dillard Bassett, 36, and Wendy Osefo, 39, and they were all critical of Robyn.
Candiace was infuriated that Robyn had a secret scandal going with her own husband while her husband Chris was being publicly maligned last year.
Wendy accused Robyn of ‘projecting and deflecting’ while Karen flat-out called her a liar.
Gizelle invited Ashley and Charisse Jackson-Jordan to her intervention for Robyn since they both have experienced infidelity in their marriages.
Robyn was surprised to learn that she was the special guest and Gizelle said she was in for a ‘little tough love’ as they were there to support her as it relates to Juan.
Catching up: Karen Huger later met up with Candiace Dillard Bassett, 36, and Wendy Osefo, 39, and they were all critical of Robyn
Not happy: Candiace was infuriated that Robyn had a secret scandal going with her own husband while her husband Chris was being publicly maligned last year
Bold claim: Wendy Osefo accused Robyn of ‘projecting and deflecting’
Ashley said she knew that having to defend a relationship was not comfortable after doing so with her estranged husband Michael.
Robyn said Breanna has worked with Juan for more than three years and the laundromat story was a straight lie, while also admitting that Juan was ‘not smart’ when communicating with women.
‘My joy has been stolen because of all of this s*** piled on nonstop,’ Robyn said.
Gizelle told Robyn that she wanted her to be happy and Robyn said the world wanted to tear her marriage apart.
‘And, yes, my joy has been taken, but it’s not Juan’s fault,’ Robyn said.
‘Uh, it kinda is,’ Gizelle said.
Robyn said she didn’t care anymore.
‘Keep beating me up. All of this has been a pile-on. This is cruel,’ Robyn said.
Joy taken: ‘My joy has been stolen because of all of this s*** piled on nonstop,’ Robyn said
Charisse said her heart hurts for Robyn because it opens up a wound for her.
Robyn insisted that Juan would make up a better story and told her concerned friends that she just wanted to ‘keep living and get through this.’
‘I do believe that there are better things coming up,’ Robyn said.
‘I pray. We got nowhere to go but up,’ Gizelle said.
Gizelle earlier in the episode gushed about her new man Jason, who is 16 years younger than her.
New man: Gizelle earlier in the episode gushed about her new man Jason, who is 16 years younger than her
She said that Ashley introduced them and they ‘just clicked’.
Ashley also was shown settling into her new $2.2 million house as a full-time single mom to sons Dean, three, and Dylan, two.
Her divorce had not yet been finalized, but Ashley said Michael helped pay for the down payment and does pay child support.
She was at home when Gizelle called her to come over for the intervention.
Gizelle during their phone conversation relayed how Robyn claimed that Juan was just being a ‘nice guy’.
Ashley burst into laughter and told Gizelle, ‘He’s nice-nice. He’s nice, okay.’
Mia Thornton downsized from a 10,000 square feet home to 1,500 square feet after her family could no longer afford to pay $10,000 a month.
Her husband Gordon was voted out of the family business and was depressed for months before they were able to pivot.
Candiace and Chris also enjoyed a picnic in the park where she talked about going on tour and the Robyn situation.
New house: Ashley Darby also was shown settling into her new $2.2 million house as a full-time single mom to sons Dean, three, and Dylan, two
Nice guy: Gizelle during their phone conversation relayed how Robyn claimed that Juan was just being a ‘nice guy’
Cracking up: Ashley burst into laughter and told Gizelle, ‘He’s nice-nice. He’s nice, okay’
New rental: Mia Thornton downsized from a 10,000 square feet home to 1,500 square feet after her family could no longer afford to pay $10,000 a month
Family business: Her husband Gordon was voted out of the family business and was depressed for months before they were able to pivot
Park picnic: Candiace and Chris also enjoyed a picnic in the park where she talked about going on tour and the Robyn situation
She called Robyn her ‘homegirl’ and said she was open to talking to her.
The Real Housewives Of Potomac will return next week on Bravo.
Season eight will feature newcomer Nneka Ihim who will make her debut in next week’s episode.
The reality series first premiered on Bravo in January 2016 as the eighth installment in the Real Housewives franchise.