Gizelle Has the Shadiest Reason for Stealing Shannon’s Man on Date: “On Brand”

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The Real Housewives get to pick their men for 2-on-1 date

Luann De Lesseps Gizelle Bryant Ashley Darby and Shannon Beador in an image for Love Hotel Season 1. Photo: Bravo

The quest to find love continued on Episode 2 of Bravo’s Love Hotel — which also features RHOP’s Ashley Darby and The Real Housewives of New York City’s Luann de Lesseps — with an assignment handed down by the Housewives’ personal love concierge, Joel Kim Booster. 

The comedian and actor tasked the ladies with inviting not just one, but two of the eligible bachelors at the hotel out for a group date. The twist? Any man asked out by more than one of the Housewives would have to decide for himself which woman to accompany.

Shannon went first, asking Ralph, a 61-year-old sound system specialist from Nashville, Tennessee, to join her date. It only made sense as Shannon has had her eye on Ralph from the start, describing him in the premiere as her “No. 1” pick, but the two have yet to get much time together alone. 

Ralph told her that he’d “love to” join her, but admitted to producers that he was a little hesitant because Shannon seemed to have such a connection with Earl, a 59-year-old vocational expert from Lawrenceville, Georgia, who stole her heart early on in the series by bringing her a drink and opening up about his own past. 

“I am incredibly flattered,” Ralph explained. “Shannon is a beautiful woman, but it’s very mixed emotions because Earl is smitten and I don’t want to feel like I messed anything up.” 

Yet, Shannon made it clear that she also wanted to spread her wings and get to know the other men in the dating pool, including Jay, a 46-year-old marketing director from Boston.

Ashley  asked out Nick, a 45-year-old crypto entrepreneur from Scottsdale, Arizona, and Gerry, a 57-year-old retired carpenter turned surfer hoping for a love connection with Luann.

But then, Luann asked out Mark, a 61-year-old real estate developer from New York City, as well as Ralph. “So, Ralph is going to have to decide if he wants to go with Shannon or with me as a second date,” she announced. 

To add to the drama, Gizelle then chimed in that she would choose Phillip and Ralph.

“Ralph and I had a very nice conversation the other night and I am looking forward to see if he can intrigue me, however, y’all know every time Shannon has a man, one of her friends — it’s like somebody takes her man,” Gizelle later explained of her shady reasoning to producers. “So, I mean, you know, just to be on brand, I think I’m going to like who Shannon likes.”