Angie K mocks RHOSLC costar Lisa Barlow over the Ben Affleck controversy

Angie Katsanevas has cast a serious shadow on her Real Housewives of Salt Lake City costar Lisa Barlow about the ongoing Ben Affleck drama.

Next to a clip van Affleck, who seems to have no idea of ​​ever meeting Barlow, wrote Katsanevas, 51, via Instagram on Friday, January 16: “[Ben] didn’t know Lisa, but he recognized Celia.”

Like any RHOSLC The viewer will know for sure: Celia is from Katsanevas beloved poodlewho played a pivotal role in an iconic Season 6 argument over farting with her owner’s castmate Mary M. Cosby. (Cosby, 53, infamously blamed Celia for farting during a scene with Katsanevas, although the exact perpetrator never confirmed.)

Meanwhile, the whole Affleck drama started The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season 6 when Barlow, 51, dropped the Affleck name and Blake Lively as her excuse for missing Katsanevas’ girls trip.

‘I don’t want to spend the night with him [costar Bronwyn Newport]. She is a pathological liar. She can’t tell the truth to save her life. It’s disgusting,” Barlow complained. ‘And I also have something to do with my work. It’s a big problem. I think what people forget is that I have a very full life. Because I keep it quite private. And I’m not going to mention any names, but I’ll be with Ben [Affleck] And Blake [Lively].”

She then joked, “I’m with Ben Affleck and you’re with Bronwyn.”

However, Affleck, 53, seemed completely clueless about ever meeting Barlow when he was asked to fact-check the Bravo star’s comments during a recent interview with Access to Hollywood.

“I don’t want to get anyone in trouble or – I don’t know what this is – an event in Salt Lake City? Prove someone right or wrong?” he replied in a clip shared on Friday.

Affleck later admitted, “I may not have been to Utah in eight, nine or 10 years, I don’t know. It doesn’t look familiar to me and I don’t remember anything.”

Affleck and his The Rip costar Matt Damon pointed out that it is possible that he once encountered Barlow without realizing it.

“I don’t want to embarrass her because I say hello to a lot of people, I don’t want to be the jerk who says, I haven’t met you… You don’t remember everyone you meet,” Affleck said. “I don’t think I’m qualified to comment on this, whatever this raging controversy may be.”

Although there was speculation that Barlow may have been referring to meeting Ben at a Sundance Film Festival event in Park City, Utah, she later set the record straight.

“[It was] SXSW [for] The accountant 2“, Barlow clarified via Instagram on Friday. “And it was a great movie and party.”

The action thriller starring Affleck The accountant 2 had its world premiere at the SXSW Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas, on March 8, 2025. Affleck and Damon were reportedly on hand for the screening and a premiere party that evening. (Lively’s thriller Another simple favor also screened at SXSW on March 7, 2025.)

This latest incident isn’t the first time Barlow Affleck has name-dropped. After the divorce of Affleck and his ex-wife Jennifer Lopez in August 2024, Barlow shared a throwback photo of the actor with his arm around her shoulder.

The Instagram Story was set to Lopez’s hit “If You Had My Love” and featured Barlow’s playful caption: “I always throw a great house party.”

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City airs on Bravo Tuesdays at 8pm ET. New episodes stream the next day on Peacock.