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Lisa Barlow from “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” recently reminded everyone that no matter how high your heels (or your name drops), humble pie is still on the menu.
She skipped a cast trip to attend a work event with Ben Affleck, expecting a nod of recognition or at least a “Hey, I remember you”. Instead, she got a polite shrug.
“I think what people forget is I have a very full life because I keep it kinda private,” Barlow told co-star Angie Katsanevas during the season six premiere.
“And I’m not gonna drop names, but I’ll be with Ben and Blake [Lively].”
If you have to name-drop, honey, that’s just looking for attention – ask the ladies from the “Members Only: Palm Beach” franchise.
Affleck, however, had no memory of the moment. When a journalist asked him whether he knew Barlow, the 53‑year‑old actor gamely tried to navigate the situation without hurting anyone’s feelings.
“I haven’t been in Utah in, I don’t know, eight, nine, 10 years,” he told “Access Hollywood”. “I meet a lot of people, I say hi, I don’t remember everyone. I don’t want to embarrass her.”
The event existed, Barlow existed, but the “memorable encounter” part… not so much.
Alongside a clip showing Affleck seemingly clueless about ever meeting Barlow, Katsanevas, 51, dropped some prime shade on Instagram on Friday.
“[Ben] didn’t know Lisa, but he recognised Celia,” she wrote.
For RHOSLC fans, the reference needed no explanation – Celia is Katsanevas’s beloved poodle, the same one at the heart of that unforgettable season 6 showdown over farting with Mary M. Cosby.
Castmate Barlow, ever the collector of receipts, clarified things in a comment on Instagram, writing, “SXSW [for] ‘The Accountant 2’,” referring to the Austin, Texas festival where Affleck’s action thriller premiered in March. She added, “And it was a great movie and party.”
Barlow may have been brushed off, but she’s still out there working, mingling and doing her thing. The rest of the “Housewives” will see the receipts next season, and maybe, just maybe, the humbling experience will keep her a little grounded, if only for a moment.
