Will The “Real Housewives Of Orange County” Suffer Now That Everyone’s Broke?
Posted by: Kate Torgovnick
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12:50PM, Friday November 6th 2009
While rumors flew all season that many of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” were broke, they did their best to keep the situation under wraps and downplay the home downsizing they were having to do. The women of Orange County, perhaps realizing that they need to up the dramatic ante, were more than vocal about their financial woes in last night’s season premiere episode. The worst off seemed to be Jeanna Keough, who you know as the brunette, square-faced former Playmate. A real estate agent who was once rolling in dough, Jeanna is now struggling to make ends meet, especially as she divorces her hubby. Not only does she reveal that she is moving into a much smaller house, she also gets a lecture on spending from teenage son Colton. “It’s weird to be in a place where you have to think before making a purchase,” she said. Awww, poor baby. But seriously, times are so tough for her that she’s leaving the show.
Also in the financial weeds—even though she paid for the facelift of her dreams over the summer (“I am thrilled I can put my eye makeup on and I don’t have to hold my eyelids up”), Lynne and her family are facing eviction from their home. And Tamra and her husband’s honeymoon is over as they also facing serious financial worries, and it’s put such a strain on their marriage that they’re talking divorce. Also, her son might go to jail for unpaid parking tickets? Why are sons on this show always going to jail for really minor offenses?
So basically, the only people doing financially okay on the show are Vicki, who runs an insurance company, and Gretchen, who just got $2.5 million when her fiance died of cancer. Which means she can afford some pretty nice clothes to go out on dates with her new dude, Slade Smiley. “I truly think Jeff brought me Slade,” she said. Yeah, your dead fiance of course wanted you to find love with the young, hot douchebag who is now dating his third woman from this show. Ick.
What do you think—will this season of the show be all downhill? Or will seeing the rich struggle with normal-people things be very entertaining?
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goofyjj
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 01:04 pm: [report]
i guess we now get to see how much real reality people will actually watch
TGrubbs
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 02:11 pm: [report]
It may effect some of there friendships but that’s all
TGrubbs
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 02:13 pm: [report]
I would like to say Tamara is one of the meanest people on TV
Lilypie
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 03:00 pm: [report]
Being from Orange County I HATE these women. Gah! Why won’t people stop giving them attention and make them go away?
bethlynn00
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 03:49 pm: [report]
Now that they are going broke, shouldn’t the show be canceled? They were all about showing the riches of all of these women, who don’t have to work and how they spend their husbands money, now that they are all divorced and in debt, that should be the end of the franchise, right?
C.Munro
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 04:00 pm: [report]
Yeah, at least change the title to “Broke Divorcees of the San Fernando Valley” to reflect the new lifestyles the show portrays.
NikkiL
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 05:24 pm: [report]
I don’t understand why she would leave the show because she needed money. Don’t they get paid to be on it?
SaucyBrunette
wrote on November 7 2009 @ 01:14 am: [report]
Too bad Tamra and Vicki aren’t leaving…The rest of the girls are actually interesting.
midwest wife
wrote on November 13 2009 @ 08:13 pm: [report]
It makes me uncomfortable to watch Tamra, I try to feel compassion for her and her unfortunate money issues, but she is just a really unpleasant person. She is so pretty, but it is a great example that beauty is only skin deep. And then I wonder why I even watch this stuff to begin with!
jo46
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 09:41 pm: [report]
while I am amazed at how self centered they all are the most normal seems to be Lynne(at least so far)- Vicki makes me ill- its all about her and her $$- treats hub like crap- Tamera is a midclass girl trying to be High class- Jeana needs to remeber ho it was as she grew up-gretchen needs to take her life more serious and dump Slade(too opportunist)wants TV time- Tamera needs to realize she married a very old fashioned guy-Donn should realize Vicki has him 3rd-work,kids and then him and she is a POOR friend too-
jo46
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 09:44 pm: [report]
I need to say I totally agree about Vicki and Tamera leaving as SaucyBrunette says-Tamera and Vicki always dish trash about the others- no true feelings for supposed friends- TOO MATERIALISTIC!!!!!