{"id":1313579,"date":"2019-08-15T09:25:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T15:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1810437"},"modified":"2019-08-15T09:25:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T15:25:43","slug":"racing-wives-sneak-peek-mariels-not-backing-down-from-the-busch-wives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/racing-wives-sneak-peek-mariels-not-backing-down-from-the-busch-wives\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing Wives Sneak Peek: Mariel\u2019s Not Backing Down From the Busch Wives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:680009?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/donnelma\/\" title=\"Posts by Matthew Scott Donnelly\" rel=\"author\">Matthew Scott Donnelly<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">17m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Where the disastrous <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/shows\/racing-wives\">Racing Wives<\/a><\/em> dinner is concerned (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1810206\/racing-wives-ep-2-recap\/\">we\u2019re still reeling over the awkwardness<\/a>), you can rest assured that Mariel intends to make amends with the Busch wives, Samantha and Ashley. Still, she\u2019s got no plans to kiss their rings, and in the sneak peek of Episode 3 below, she makes her stance on the group\u2019s shifting social dynamics clear.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:12be7ba0-01a2-42c5-bbc1-3bb9fa4d56e3\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>While enjoying some spa treatments with best pal Whitney in the clip above, Mariel admits her behavior at the dinner party \u2014&nbsp;which included an unflattering impression of Ashley and plenty of pointed looks \u2014 was a little bit childish. Still, she insists she was lashing out as a means to protect Whitney from what she saw as needless judgment from the party\u2019s other guests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want Whit to feel like she has to fit in and lose who she is,\u201d Mariel says. \u201cThat\u2019s what I fell in love with \u2014 her, who\u2019s an amazing person, who didn\u2019t care about stuff like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whitney reminds Mariel that life as a driver\u2019s wife can be lonely, and that she sometimes lets snide comments pass because she\u2019s afraid to stand up for herself and risk isolation from the other wives. Mariel finally says she understands.<\/p>\n<p>Still, she\u2019s got no intentions of giving Samantha and Ashley the benefit of the doubt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHearing what Whitney says about wanting to be friends with Sam and Ashley makes me think,\u201d she says. \u201cI need to put myself in her shoes more often. But that doesn\u2019t mean I have to trust [the Busch wives] or their intentions with my best friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Think the road to reconciliation is ahead, or are there more social slick spots to come? Share your thoughts and be sure to tune in to the next <em>Racing Wives<\/em> episode Friday at 10\/9c!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1810437\/racing-wives-sneak-peek-whitney-make-nice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Matthew Scott Donnelly 17m ago Where the disastrous Racing Wives dinner is concerned (we\u2019re still reeling over the awkwardness), you can rest assured that Mariel intends to make amends with the Busch wives, Samantha and Ashley. Still, she\u2019s got no plans to kiss their rings, and in the sneak peek of Episode 3 below, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1313579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 08:40:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}