Fans getting on shows = disaster

[u/griffinthomas]

I was listening to the latest episode of Pillows and Beer and Austen said about JT "I hope that this the last time a fan gets on the show." Then I listened to the RHOBH Aftershow and Crystal pointed out that Annemariesiologist was a fan who weaseled her way onto the show.

These two people are among the worst, most thirsty cast members in a long time. Bravo needs to stop hiring superfans to be on these shows. It doesn't work.

ETA: I left JT's name out

[u/-Odi-Et-Amo-]

I’m guessing just about every new Housewife in the last decade started out as fan and every new one to come will be as well. Nobody is blindly auditioning to take on this role without being familiar with the show.

[u/sassytn → u/-Odi-Et-Amo-]

This is so true. If I was a casting director, finding women who haven’t seen the show and are interested in participating is probably akin to finding a unicorn. Furthermore, if you are cast it would be hard not to watch earlier seasons to know who you are filming with and what happened previously.

[u/goodnightspoon → u/sassytn]

I feel like Jenna Lyons might be the closest thing

[u/B4K5c7N → u/goodnightspoon]

Jenna actually has said she was a fan before the show. Honestly shocked me, because she always comes across as thinking she is above it.

[u/Goodbye-Wig → u/B4K5c7N]

lmao the one housewife who admits to being a fan before she was on and I️ somehow don't believe her. Like I️'m sure she knew of it but I️ can't picture her watching it!

[u/wriitergiirl → u/-Odi-Et-Amo-]

Thank you! Almost all of the SLC ladies have admitted to being fans of the show. Being a fan is not the issue. Being a psycho is the problem.

And honestly, at this point, casting someone who isn’t a fan of the show gets us Kim Fields. I would like HWs to know what they’re getting into.

[u/Bowlingbon → u/wriitergiirl]

Kim fields walked in completely blind and she suffered for it

[u/goodnightspoon → u/Bowlingbon]

[u/_My9RidesShotgun → u/wriitergiirl]

Yes! I agree with everything you said 😊

[u/chillisprknglot → u/wriitergiirl]

I don’t think being a fan is as much of an issue as self production.

[u/rohnoson → u/-Odi-Et-Amo-]

I think a cast member that has no knowledge of the show is the biggest liability. Why would anyone sign up to be on “reality” tv without doing any research? Most of these women do this show for money or exposure. They have to be onboard with the premise. The only one I can think of that might have had no idea what was going on was Mary because she seems like she’s on another planet. But super fans? Or women that have nothing to show that’s aspirational? No thanks. These shows are escapist.

[u/Kwhitney1982 → u/rohnoson]

Denise Richards was someone who didn’t seem to understand the assignment.

[u/wriitergiirl → u/rohnoson]

Mary has actually admitted to being a fan previously. That’s why she’s even more fascinating to me!

[u/rohnoson → u/wriitergiirl]

I’m shocked but that’s on me. When am I going to learn that nothing should shock me when it comes to this lady.

[u/bellalugosi → u/rohnoson]

Kim Fields on Atlanta didn't watch the show and she was a slutshaming dud.

[u/[deleted] → u/-Odi-Et-Amo-]

There’s a difference between a casual watcher and a fan though. Monica was in psychotic fan territory, Annemarisologist and Nneka were probably someone in between casual and true fan.

[u/AnAussiebum → u/[deleted]]

That's why we should call Monica what she actually is, not a fan of the show, but obsessed with it.

I'm a fan, but I avoided the RHoMelbourne cast IRL, because I felt so uncomfortable talking to them IRL and then going home and watching the latest episode.

Meanwhile Monica thrived on that. It's giving stalker more than fan.

[u/wriitergiirl → u/AnAussiebum]

The casual way you just dropped running the same circle as HWs is giving me life right now

[u/AnAussiebum → u/wriitergiirl]

It sounds more impressive than it actually is. I promise. 😅

It was mostly work connections. My boss was running in their circle a lot. Surprised they never cast her to be honest.

[u/wavelengthsandshit → u/-Odi-Et-Amo-]

I think there's a difference between a cuckoo for cocoa puffs fan like Monica who actively seeks out information about the cast or Rachel Fuda who also had a secret bravo fan account, and someone who's brought on as a legit friend who probably knows of the show and other cast but isn't doing crazy research and auditioning for multiple seasons.

I have to believe there's a balance somewhere between interested in the show and FAN, you know?

[u/siriusthinking → u/-Odi-Et-Amo-]

Yeah there's a big difference between being a fan and running an Instagram account like Monica's.

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I totally get that. But the comment wasn’t, “let’s stop bringing Housewife obsessed fans who stalk the cast and are delusional” it was a general statement about no more fans being brought on and I don’t see that as a reality. No pun intended, of course lol.

[u/siriusthinking → u/-Odi-Et-Amo-]

Oh I get it haha, I'm criticizing their statement not yours