Dr Mama

My understanding is that the show actually pays for some/most of the travel costs of these trips, and I'm sure they get some parts of the trips comped or at special prices in exchange for promotional consideration. One of the housewives is selected as the "host" for the trip, but that woman isn't actually picking up all (or most) of the costs (at least most of the time.) I've also read somewhere that while the show pays most/all of the costs for the women, the women are responsible for the costs of anyone they bring with them for hair, makeup, styling, etc. I did wonder how that worked with the trip for Bronwyn and Todd's anniversary. Maybe the show still covered the costs for the women and the husbands--or maybe they cover some portion of it. They did have non-show guests at their party. https://people.com/tv/andy-cohen-talks-firing-real-housewives/

It could be just the particular manager she had? Indra Nooyi was CEO of PepsiCo for many years (including all the time Boz was there), so I doubt it was a corporate-wide culture.

When I was watching that scene, I started to wonder if maybe Kathy is starting to have some cognitive issues. She's on the young side for that, but I thought I noticed her hand sort of shaking as someone else was trying to help her with her extensions. I don't know--something about that scene made me think there was something more than hot flashes involved.

We got a glimpse of Kathy pre-glam at the reunion show last year, I believe, and it was SHOCKING how different she looked with no makeup. The transformation was unreal. Made me wish I could afford to have full glam on standby! 😄

I noticed that too.

He's done a lot since then--he currently appears to be a venture capitalist, but previously he was an Executive Vice President at HP. I'm sure he was well compensated in these roles and made a ton of money through stock and stock options, and likely does extremely well as a VC. He's also on multiple corporate boards. Plus, SLC is a lower cost area than NYC or Silicon Valley, so his money goes further. I have questions about how a couple of the ladies afford the lifestyle they present on the show, but none about Bronwyn and Todd. https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-bradley-aa453a2/ https://www.oneequity.com/news/one-equity-partners-appoints-r-todd-bradley-as-operating-partner/

Exactly. I actually Googled Lisa's net worth after that "I don't fly or carry coach" comment, and the internet says $5 million. I think that seems high based on what we've seen about their businesses, but I don't even think a $5M net worth is enough to pay for glam constantly, have a personal shopper in Milan sending you couture, etc.

EXACTLY!! I've seen photos of A-list celebrities taken at Disneyland, and they are usually poorly shot pictures taken by people who just happen to spot the celebrity in the crowd. I don't think Heather made any calls to set up those pictures, but someone either made calls or did the photos for her.

OMG!! I agree so much with your assessments of all of these women!!

Yeah--I generally like Shannon, but I was very confused by her reaction to Katie's husband's comment. I wondered if she thought he was suggesting that maybe she should step away from the show, and she was offended by that suggestion--as though it's on her to walk away from the show rather than hope Tamara stops attacking her.

I agree—I was responding to someone who said she was keeping notes as she spent the money. I think the paper notes came after either the promissory note request or the lawsuit.

I think I'd actually love the show if it was more on the "real" and they found interesting, funny, rich women and just followed more of their real lives--the fancy houses, great events, shopping, travel, etc. Like, I think I would watch a show that was a condensed view of the everyday life of Jenna or Racquel [NYC] or Sutton and Garcelle [BH] or Kathy Hilton and Crystal Minkoff. But even a revamp of the RH format with more on the "real" would be way more interesting to me.

I seriously doubt she was making notes on pieces of paper in real time. I think it would be pretty easy for me to remember whether or not I brought my boyfriend along with me on a trip I took--and you can't pay cash for that. I find it very plausible that she paid for a lot of stuff while they were dating--and it could have been stuff he didn't really care much about (trips, dinners out) but that she was willing to pay for both of them, so HE did not see that spending as "gifts" to him. And maybe she didn't even see it that way at the time, but when he asked her to sign a promissory note, she started thinking about all the money she had spent on him over the years they were dating--even, again, if HE saw that spending as stuff she just spent because SHE wanted to spend it, he didn't ask for it. And THAT'S when she started adding it all up.

So sorry!! I deleted my comment super quickly because as soon as I posted it, I realized I'd read the name wrong!! Thanks for the details on Sutton's settlement! Not only is she getting way more than Shannon, I'm guessing she is way better with money than Shannon is!!

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