I normally don’t just start a blog that says, “Hey go read this article”. But um, “Hey, go read this article in The Hollywood Reporter about the behind the scenes stuff on The Real Housewives franchise. There is a lot of dirt there about almost all the franchises. From an Atlanta perspective, it is interesting to note that Nene Leakes was the least drama-filled on the photo shoot. She was so busy in the throes of a shoe fetish that she managed to avoid the drama flying all around her. In my opinion, she did select the best shoes. It’s sort of a long read, so grab your tea and go read it. Then come back here and let’s talk about it!
UPDATE: Now Kyle is saying she has sold a 30 minute sitcom somewhere.
Do they make the 250,000 per episode or per season? Funny how they kinda gloss over that only probably THREE of the housewives in the enitre franchise are rich. Vicki, Kandi and Phaedra … ROFL … and Bethenny
Andy Cohen was a backup dancer for the B-52s! LOLOL!
Per season, BSB. The RHOA make 10K per episode, the RHONY have always make a bit more and as Jill says they got more for the season she was fired from. lol. Also, I think Nene looks better than all the other girls in that photo. Love her choice of dress, shoes, hair, tasteful earrings. I don't even hate the straplessness of the dress like I usually do. Bravo, Miss Leakes!
Surely Ramona is as rich or richer than Phaedra. Thanks for the link,Tamara. That was a good read. I need to remember that wwhl is on 5 nights a week and watch it. I want Andy to succeed with it.
Does anyone really want to drink these ladies' plonky wine? Sure, it's boozy but so is a good bottle from Chile or Argentina or *gasp* California!Thanks for link to the article. I agree that the RHO franchise is perfect escapist media. That's why I watch it.
GACK! Sorry about the typo in the title. I am under the weather AGAIN tonight and I've looked at emails with the title in the email for each response and this post ten times now and just caught it. Pray for me in my time of need. Or something. :)I found it funny that the only thing the article said about Nene was that she was laughing at Ramona having a wine line. She's the only other one that has one. I have no idea why the housewives thing we want to drink some cheap stuff that has their name on it. If I want cheap wine, I'll be drinking a cheap Chilean merlot with Danielle. 🙂
As a group the Bev Hills bunch are the richest, Lisa, Adrienne,and Camille are all worth well over 50 mill each… mauricio is a big deal real estate agent who, in the market he works in, makes multi millions a year in sales..
Beverly Hills and NYC and Miami are the only ones who had money to start with as group. Atlanta was a bunch of poor people and hookers other than Kandi. The ones with a lick of sense (Nene and Kim) used the show to get some cash. I fear neither of them will maintain it. Nene is starting to look like she has someone with a brain behind her to translate this into something she can hold on to. But they are all so …let's just say it…poor, that I fear it's all going to go the way if idiots who win the lottery and are broke in five years. If you have never has any financial training and you get handed lots of money…it's usually detrimental. Let's hope they make it.
I forgot about Phaedra. She'll be fine. Kandi will be fine, Kim and Nene MIGHT be fine if they get some finanacial advisement. But Kim's lifestyle may be then end of her. Nene's lack of stuff in her house may be a good thing. Shoes can't possibly bankdrupt you can they? 🙂 Sheree is clearly the Lottery Ruined my Life example in the dictionary and Cynthia? She's going to give it all to Peter. Out of all the people who did not have money coming in, I give Nene the best chance.
Anon has it part correct. The Maloof family fortune is equivalent to several large states, combined. With the made up story line of being upset b/c Lisa didn't have her daughter's wedding at one of their establishments, Adrienne may not appear to have much. But, don't be fooled by the staged drama. She is worth more than ALL of them.
Oh and love Nene's and Kyle's shoes. Ramona, looking crazy as usual….even while smiling, she still looks unbalanced and crazy.
I suppose you are probably right, P. Thanks for posting. I think that is why RHOBH is my favorite at the moment. I just don't post about them here because for whatever reason I started this as an Atlanta blog. Whatever the breakdown, I think even with Kandi and her empire, we can all agree, Atlanta is the poorest.
I wish you WOULD post about RHOBH, Tamara. I would love to have your thoughts on the Taylor Armstrong situation. A LOT of us have been venting our frustrations about this over on Andy Cohen's fan page, as it seems the perfect place for it.
Oh I forgot about RHOBH – I don't watch it and MIAMI – don't watch it … when I made the comment about the wealth, I was thinking about the article and how they just said all the housewives were rich – I was only thinking about the ladies at the photo shoot…and then Bethenny popped into my head, LOL. I love this blog cuase it only deals with ATL, and thats the only one I watch… now back to the important things like SHOES!…Nene picked out the best pair…but I hate all the clothes they normally have the housewives wear…why make them look cheap.
Did a little Google search on net worth."February 02, 2011: We here at MediaTakeOut.com are always trying to see what's in OTHER FOLK POCKETS. So we did a bit of digging on the website CelebrityNetWorth.com – and look what we found.The Atlanta Housewives are all doing BETTER than we thought. According to the site: Kandi's worth $35 Million (WOW), Phaedra's worth $12M (wow), NeNe's worth $3.5, and Kim's worth $1.5M (double WOW).And Sheree and Cynthia are the two BROKEST chicks – each worth only $50K. OK, how can you be on a show about RICH FOLK if you're only worth $50 stacks?????"http://cdn.mediatakeout.com/46504/wanna-know-the-net-worth-of-all-the-atl-housewives-who-knew-kandi-was-caked-up-like-that-or-that-sheree-was-that-broke.html
If u worth more then a million u are a millionaire not a thousand dollar making person so u are rich. There is a difference between being rich and being wealthy. Nene is rich and correcting Sheree was so right. Now I see why Sheree hates Nene so much. What sheree need to do is get her business on and stop losing money taking her Ex to court. I took care of my 2 children as a single mother. I went to college and got my business on. Yes she did not make the baby alone but it is best not to be stress. I did not want to see my ex face. when he seen the children and they need something I said "ask your father" and he did buy it. I put the roof over my children head and no one can tell me a dam thing! There is a thing called dead beat mothers also. I seriously doubt if her children needs thing he will not take them and buy it for him. She gets money from bravo so that can but a roof over her head. You can not make a man provide for [email protected] D.Dial thanks for the information 2 snaps. 2 snaps to kim and Nene u go millionairess
oh, honey. A million just isn't rich anymore. Sorry. $10 million is the new million. 🙁
Tweeting with Camille this morning while she was stuck in traffic on the way to the taping for the reunion. Her dresses were sent to Oakland by accident so they may or may not make it to the filming site! Kyle tweeted me about her dress. She got it in NYC and said it was hard to find one she likes due to the guidelines Bravo imposes.
Please don't quote Mediafakeout here. Their words make the site smell. Also those celebrity net worth sites are generally inaccurate.
Tamara, what guidelines from BRAVO??..do you know?
You've been tweeting with Camille? And Kyle? Wow! 😀
Tamara I found your blog by mistake one night and I'm glad I did! I love it!Atlanta is my favorite because I like the drama. BH is is second favorite. I love how classy Camille and the crew are. I also like how Brandi is like the wild child and Taylor…universe help her.I treid to get into DC housewives but they were boring. Also, Miami did not attract me. NJ became boring becaue Danielle was done so the ladies had no one to fight with. Teresa's true colors did come out but I felt to sad for her to enjoy the show.Keep up the good work Tamara!
BSB she didn't elaborate on what the guidelines were. In general, you have to be careful with what you wear on TV, white doesn't film well, small patterns can make those wavy places on the screen. The easiest color for TV is blue, which is why we see variants of blue most often. I am not sure if Bravo has specific guidelines such as cocktail attire and/or things specific to wearing a soundpack, etc. I am sure the probably do.
Ahhh .. ok – gotcha. Is it true that BRAVO gets a cut of all the wares the HW's are hawking?
yup!
What about Taylor's book?
As far as i know bravo gets a cut of all book sales. So yes.
WTF…why no updates on the blog?
Speaking of Kyle, I read her new book in one sitting. I liked it when I was reading it but don't recall much of what I read. The most I took away is to brush your hair from the bottom up to avoid split ends. I confess that I tried it today. If you read the book, you can see how obsessive she is with her signature hair. Granted its healthy but give me a break. She needs a cut. Oh, she's also petrified of the dark from doing Halloween movies and has fibromygalia..unsure of spelling
I am intrigued by Phaedra because she brings comic relief, but not much in the way of drama. Her house seems modest enough, she talks a good game about "I only deal with the best" but everything she does seems over the top gawdy from her makeup to some of her clothes. They say she's a prominent lawyer, but other than the Bobby Brown stuff and some record plaques on her wall, how is she prominent in her profession when she is defending trifling hustlers like Dave?
I'm thinking the economy has given the Maloof dynasty a big cut in net worth. And I think Adrienne's "hard sell" of Maloof is indicative of that.
Did you see the photo in the slideshow.. bottom of page one of the RHoBH? WTH happened to Maloof's face?? Didn't recognize her one iota!
Camille is very Marilyn Monroe-esque this season. I don't know how much of it is PR-related, but whatever, it works. 🙂
Phaedra is considered rich? Being an attorney does mean youre rich
Phaedra is an attorney but she is not some high powered entertainment attorney as she would like you to believe. She was on the news not too long ago representing a lady whose five year old was dropped off the bus at the wrong place and went missing. That said, she does pull a nice six figure salary from her job and is not dependent of Bravo to support her lifestyle. You will not see her out pretending to be buying 9 million dollar properties in vegas or being over the top with handbags and cars. She has a good head on her shoulders and knows how to insure that no matter what happens with Bravo, or her man, she can take care of herself.
The RHOBH is just "messy".Last year it was Camille who seemed like the top "drama queen", but this year Kim, Kyle and Taylor win top honors. That guy Ken looks "shady" at best, and doesn't seem like a good fit for poor ol'Kim. Meanwhile, Kyle can't stop crying all the time (that we see her) and Taylor….(I can't keep my eyes off of those "lips") To me most of the women on this franchise (except Brandi) look TOO plastic. Same with the OC women.