Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the controversial pair on the Real Housewives of DC, was the focus of another accusation: that they didn’t pay a bill on the latest episode of the reality show.

Thursday’s episode featured a birthday party for Paul Wharton, a friend of the housewives and a prominent character on the new show.  Michaele was one of the hosts of the party but claimed that she was only donating wine to the party, not footing any of the bill.

She took to her blog on Friday to explain her side of the story.  “As you can imagine, our attorney, who has seen us get used 100 different ways, only called Paul’s publicist because he was concerned that The Park, Paul, or the production company was going to make it look like we didn’t pay a bill, which never existed. Much of how we got portrayed was inaccurate in many ways, and is what was expected, but we stayed one step ahead of them just in case this may have happened. Our attorney contacted Charlotte R