Her "friends" are as manufactured as the show. Based on what I've seen, I don't know if they are truly her best friends. I mean one of them is her hairdresser for goodness sakes.I think they probably told her to line up like 30 of her friends and they picked the 2 that were the most attractive and outgoing. Then they told Laura to play the bitchy one, and Kimberly to play the one in the middle. "Lisa had to play the nice one by default."
That said, I like the drama, and I am going to vote the worst person for her every week. (Because going on a reality dating show where the fans vote is asking for it no matter how nice you are) I voted for the cheater this week, almost voted for boring winery guy. (Well intentioned, just didn't work out)