REAL Housewives of Salt Lake City’s Jen Shah let the tears flow as she begged co-star and friend Lisa Barlow to “be here for me” amid her fraud scandal.
The reality series’ midseason trailer shows Jen being restrained as she tries to attack Lisa while on a party bus with the rest of the housewives.
It all kicked off when Jen, 48, meets up with Lisa, 47, for lunch as the two discuss why they haven’t exactly been communicating with one another lately.
Jen tells Lisa: “All I need right now is for my friends and loved ones to be there for me because this whole thing is crazy.
“And this whole experience has showed me who my real friends are.”
The RHOSLC star is facing fraud charges and was arrested earlier this year amid allegations she was involved in a $5million telemarketing scheme.
She now faces up to 30 years behind bars.
Lisa responds: “I took a little bit to get back to you because I have to think through things cause my feelings are hurt on some stuff.
“I haven’t really talked to you much since my kids’ party.”
Previously, the ladies got into a blow up after Lisa brought up the time Jen was caught verbally assaulting her employees and threatening to beat up a fashion designer because of miscommunication.
Because of their fight, Lisa hadn’t reached out to Jen and had stayed “silent” while Jen deals with her fraud scandal.
The two women begin to breakdown, however, Jen tells Lisa: “I understand where you’re coming from, but when s**t implodes nothing else matters.
“Nothing else matters and you go silent?”
“I’ve been there for you for the last nine months. More than anybody else has been there for you, I have been there for you…” Lisa responds.
‘FIGHTING FOR MY FREEDOM’
Jen, still in tears, says: “So was it real? Because this is when I really need you… I don’t care about anything. I’m trying to fight for my f**king freedom and my life and my kids and my family.
“Why won’t you just pick up the phone?”
Lisa eventually apologizes and admits she “needed a minute.”
Jen responds: “It’s not about your time it’s about if I need something… or my family… I call you first… my family, my friends, I expect to be there.”
Lisa says: “What do you need from me?”
“To be there for me… to be there..” Jen answers.
In her confessional, Jen reveals: “I never thought that Lisa would be the one who wouldn’t pick up the phone. How do I trust her moving forward…?
“She’s a fairweather friend and is not going to be there for me.”
BUS FIGHT
The friends’ tension doesn’t seem to ease moving forward as a recent midseason trailer for the series shows Jen accusing Meredith Marks of “playing” the entire group, as Lisa said she “can’t go backward.”
Jen didn’t seem happy with her costar’s response, as she shouted: “Shut the f**k up!”
The argument escalated when Jen lunged forward and tried to fight Lisa as a crew member held her back.
JEN’S ISSUES
All this comes as Jen has been accused of targeting “vulnerable, often elderly, working-class people” out of money in a wire fraud scam, and is facing 30 years in prison.
The TV star also sobbed when she learned her sons Sharrieff Jr, 27, and Omar, 15, were “held at gunpoint” by the FBI during her fraud arrest.
In addition to Jen, police arrested her assistant, Stuart Smith – who was also featured on the Bravo show.
They were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Stuart has pleaded guilty after previously proclaiming his innocence.
