They was laying the groundwork at the lunch with Karen. Stacey really just blew up their whole scheme before they could so now their storyline has to change and pretend like they were trying to be her friends
And you see shes not. The star should be able to encompass all these things. You know why RHOA is so loved is because most of them encompassed all that while giving personal story, redemption arcs, reads, fashions, etc. Gizelle just plays villain mean girl with no depth. Stale.