RHOC Season 20, Episode 12 Recap: Everything Has an Expiration

Carmella Garcia takes on Vicki Gunvalson over comments about her parenting, Emily Simpson and Heather Dubrow repair their friendship, and a tense luau takes an unexpected emotional turn.

The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 20 continued this week with an episode that started with family updates and ended with one of the season’s biggest confrontations yet.

At the center of Episode 12, “Lei It on Me,” was the increasingly tense relationship between Carmella Garcia and Vicki Gunvalson. What began as questions about Carmella’s home h…