Siesta Key Showdown: Did Juliette Go 'Too Far' In Her War With Kelsey?

Two wrongs usually don't make a right, although Juliette seems decided to give it the old college try.


Tonight's season premiere saw the queen of Siesta Key at odds again with Kelsey, still reeling from her former ride-or-die's "ultimate betrayal." Memory refresh: Kelsey accused Juliette of being with Sam (enter "the new kingdom") for his cash, giving both Jules and Sam a segment of her mind. Despite Kels admitting on the reunion special that she fully "f*cked up," the frenemies haven't quite moved on.


"I can't forget her having that meal with Sam and telling him all those things. That was mean. Kelsey really came off high-key jealous," Juliette confided to their mutual friend Joe, also dubbing Kelsey's new swimwear line "basic."


Jules, who just so happens to also be launching her own assortment of suits, then hit below the belt bathing suit line and went right after Kelsey's new boyfriend Max.


"The first time we met Max, he's companions with Kelsey and I's companions, so they were attempting to hook me up with Max first," she shared. "So that habitually bothered her."


Dueling boyfriends and swim suit lines? Guess not much has changed in Siesta Key. Fast forward to Amanda's movie screening, as soon as Joe cornered Kelsey for a "sit-down" to rehash Juliette's remarks.


"She mentioned some shady sh*t about you," he mentioned. "She was asking about your swimwear line. She brought up Max. I didn't know it was a Juliette and Max thing first."


certainly, Kelsey was pissed, and she was quick to set him straight. Then she marched straight to the source.


"Joe brought it to my attention that you were talking sh*t beyond my back, and you also were bringing my boyfriend, and also my swimwear, into it? Did I steal Max from you?" Kelsey sarcastically asked Juliette. "The weird stuff that's going on now, I thought we were going to keep between us. And then you go and talk beyond my back and make up bullsh*t."


Juliette defended her actions, which Kelsey dubbed more "childish games" before (literally) crying to Madisson.


"I'm tired of the people I think I trust coming right following the things I care about most like my relationship and my agency she mentioned.


Ever the voice of reason, Madisson was quick to point out that Kelsey sorta had it coming: "You messed up with Jules once. I think she feels like you came for her relationship, so she's like, 'Here's a little bit taste of your own medicine, Kelsey.'"


Juliette knew she "went also far" in her comments about Max, later admitting that she "was still really angry about Kelsey's interfering in her relationship with Sam.


"I never wanted to hurt Kelsey, although I guess I'd reached my breaking point with her," she mentioned in a voiceover. "We were all evolving and changing as we grew up, and thus were our friendships and our relationships."


Was Juliette justified, or should she have attempted to be the bigger person? Sound off, then tune in to an all-new episode Wednesday at 8/7c.