Shaili and Karla, sisters-in-law, clash over bullying allegations. Shaili says Karla made comments about her body and family origins and asked about her legal status. Karla denies the accusations and says she tried to have an adult conversation. Both want Jeremy to be happy, but the rift between them keeps widening.
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Basically, there's issues because in a sense you're bullying her about her body. In a sense, you're also bullying her about where her family comes from. What is your perspective on that?
I wish this was a conversation that we could have had on our own together, but I had reached out multiple times to you and I remember one specific time when you came into town, I said, "Hey, can we meet up for coffee? It's really important for me to have a good relationship with my brother and it would mean so much to me if you could tell me what I've done to you." 'Cause you were telling my whole family I did something that you couldn't forgive me for and I didn't know what that was.
I never said that. I never once said I couldn't forgive you because your mom told my husband that I didn't forgive you, like saying that I hate you and all these things. And I said, where are these words coming from? I never once said that. And you never have. I never have this text message saying that you wanna go out with me. To begin with, I think I have the right upper hand to say like, I tried to have this adult conversation with you and you got very defensive and I didn't know what else to do. I said, why am I gonna have this conversation again? Is it because I'm married to your brother?
Shaili, do you have a problem with Karla being married to your brother?
I do not have a problem with Karla being married to my brother because I want my brother to be happy. I am, however, very sad because since the beginning of them being together, my relationship with my brother has dissipated. I wish that I could state my side to everything that was claimed here, but I have a whole completely different side. I have a different story.
So then what are your issues with Carla? You tell me.
From the beginning, I've tried to be friends with you. I've tried to have some kind of connection with you. I remember the very first time where you had complimented my brother and said how great of a husband he was and how awesome of a person he was.
And again, we're married and you— Right.
And I said, and I said, I agree, Jeremy's awesome. And then I found out later that you were offended by that because I didn't say anything about you, but I didn't know you.
No, that wasn't that.
Okay, well that was the first.
It wasn't anything about that.
Okay.
No.
That was the first issue. And then I feel like things got brought up to me later on. The whole conversation that we had where I asked if you were legal, that has been stretched to a different proportion. You were talking about your family in Peru.
No, no, no, no, no.
Let me talk to you. No, no, no, you don't ever, ever, ever ask somebody if they're legal. Hey, Tess, you, me, don't do that. That is insane. I don't know who taught you you can do that, but that is not okay.
Context is important in this conversation, and let me say why. Because you were talking about your family in Peru, and you were saying how they wanted to come to this country, and they wanted to become legal citizens.
No, I never said that. I never said that. This was a conversation we had in that Starbucks. My family is—
