Emily Simpson on Playing 'Fact Checker' With 'RHOC' Cast Amid Heather Dubrow/Noella Bergener Drama (Exclusive)

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 has its bone collector (looking at you, Sheree Whitfield), and  has its fact checker: Emily Simpson, the attorney turned party planner who's hit her stride in season 16, her fourth on the show.

She says feeling fully comfortable with a cast for the first time in her tenure as a Housewife has made room for her to dig deeper and, sometimes, ask the awkward questions."[In past seasons], it was really difficult for me to just let loose, because I had so much emotionally going on," Emily shares with ET over video chat. «It's so nice to just be in such a happy place.»«I think it was just a mind shift of just being in a happier, healthier place, but it was also a comfort level, I think, with the relationships on the show,» she adds. "Gina [Kirschenheiter] and I have been friends for four years now, so my comfort level with her is just… we just do dumb stuff, like you would with your girlfriends.

Shannon [Beador] and I, I mean, we have our ons and offs, but we're in a good place where it's not toxic, you know? And I liked the two new girls that came on, [Dr.

Jennifer Armstrong and Noella Bergener] and Heather [Dubrow], when she came back, she was just super nice to me. It's just this camaraderie I feel like, and it was easier to just be myself because I just felt more of a comfort level with these women.«That comfort level was on full display from the first couple of episodes of season 16, with Emily playing detective when it came to Shannon's claim that Heather's friend, Nicole James, once sued Heather's husband, Dr.