It was one thing when Annemarie Wiley claimed Sutton Stracke shouldn’t be mixing Gabapentin with alcohol when the Augusta, Georgia, native’s doctor gave her the go-ahead. But when Stracke shared with the group that she had a small esophagus and had trouble swallowing her food, Wiley straight-up slammed her castmate’s medical issue, using her nurse anesthetist title as an authority. She told Stracke, “Narrow esophagus — that’s a symptom of something. That’s not a medical diagnosis. If you have, like, a stricture in your esophagus, all you do is chew your food more. If you really have a problem, you go get treatment for that.” Stracke then explained that her brother has his esophagus stretched out, but she prefers not to. “It doesn’t make sense,” Wiley insisted.
Wiley couldn’t seem to let go of the esophageal issue. When Stracke caught wind of her castmate talking about her behind her back, there was a big showdown at the Homeless Not Toothless event. The new housewife called Stracke a liar for saying she could mix Gabapentin with alcohol and stating that she had a narrow esophagus. “I am a board-certified nurse anesthetist,” Wiley stated for the umpteenth time. Crystal Minkoff pointed out that when she had first met Wiley, she had introduced herself as an anesthesiologist. Although Wiley eventually apologized to Stracke, the drama continued off-screen when actual doctors slammed the newbie’s so-called medical claims.
