Reality TV
Our reality-TV coverage treats the genre as an oral history told by the people who built it. Bravo's architect explains how a near-canceled franchise saved his career, original Real Housewives cast members and producers revisit the wine throws and location fees, and figures who became famous by accident reckon with what the cameras actually cost them.
Kelly Dodd Has Zero Regrets, Which Is Either Admirable or the Whole Problem
The Real Housewives of OC alum comes to Jamie Kennedy's podcast ready to relitigate everything, and she does not disappoint.
Vicki Gunvalson's Original Producer Reveals the Family Van Was Nobody's Fault
Amy Elkins, the producer who kept Vicki from quitting Real Housewives of Orange County before it ever aired, finally gets to tell her side of the story.
Vicki Gunvalson and Jeana Keough Revisit the Wine Throw, the Cheating, and Getting Paid in Location Fees
The two original OGs of Orange County sit down to relitigate two decades of Bravo chaos, and somehow the most revealing moment is about a bartender at Piccolinos.
Alexis Bellino says RHOC cut her grief footage and made her Shannon Beador’s nemesis
Bellino’s complaint is specific, plausible, and very convenient, which makes it basically a perfect Housewives allegation.
Andy Cohen Comes Clean About Grindr, GLP-1s, and Getting Denied the Gay Channel Job
The King of Bravo sits in Alex Cooper's shipped-in chairs and proceeds to be more candid than he is on his own show.
Kristen Wiig Tells Amy Poehler She Packed Up Her Car After a Dollar-a-Minute Psychic Told Her to Move to LA
Two SNL legends talk Groundlings, ghosts, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, and the particular horror of being asked to tell a story at a dinner party.
Emily Simpson Has Been Through It, and She'd Like You to Know That
The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member opens up about five years of miscarriages, a sister who became a surrogate, and a son's diagnosis she almost didn't put on camera.
Gretchen Rossi Is Back on RHOC and She Has Notes
The Orange County original returns to Bravo with more grace than the show deserves, and a very clear memory of everything that happened.
Shannon Beador's Hot Mic Moment Is the Most Honest She's Been All Season
She stormed off twice, lost half her party guests, and accidentally confessed her relationship fears directly into the camera she thought had stopped rolling.
Braunwyn Windham-Burke Came on This Podcast 24 Hours After Her Life Imploded
Real Housewives of OC's most publicly sober cast member shows up raw, shaking, and still not drinking.
Tamra Judge Has Built a Full Life After RHOC and Would Like You to Stop Calling It Thirst
The Real Housewives of Orange County veteran stops by Up and Adam! to set the record straight on naked wasted, Shannon Beador, and why she does not need your television show back.
Alexis Bellino Says She and Jim Agree on Exactly One Thing
The former Real Housewives of Orange County star gets candid about co-parenting with her ex, and honestly, one shared value is doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
Meghan King Edmonds Goes on the Viall Files and Cries on the Roof
The Real Housewives of Orange County alum talks divorce, dating apps, and the podcast about sex she's making with Brooke Burke.
Jo De La Rosa Was Reality TV's First Reluctant Star, and She Knows It
The original Real Housewives of OC cast member finally does her first podcast interview, and it turns out she's been the most self-aware person in the room this whole time.