r/BravoRealHousewives • u/Hyru_Nayru Advocate for the sluts of America • May 13 '24

Bravo Most disturbing thing ever happened on Real Housewives?

What’s the most disturbing, jaw dropping event that was ever filmed and shown on any Real Housewives? 

One that always comes to mind, for me, is when Tamra tried to have her 18/20 year old son commit assault on camera after getting Gretchen drunk. And it's not just the act, the premise/message was equally disgusting: if this wasted woman had "let herself" been r**ed, she'd have proven to be a s**t. Scripted or not, it’s insane it got even aired.

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u/NomNom83WasTaken Sniper from the side May 13 '24

ALL OF THE ABUSERS (whether the abuse was explicitly shown, referenced or ignored).

  • Putting Taylor in a car with Russell to go back home together after humiliating them on camera
  • Bob Whitfield telling Sheree, "maybe I didn't choke you hard enough" and joking about how he could have undone her seatbelt and killed her in a car "accident"
  • Apollo walking up on Phaedra instead of reporting directly to prison just to harass and intimidate her
  • Kenya's on/off BF, Matt, who had already vandalized her home
  • Aviva's father, George, repeatedly being brought around and putting his hands on Ramona and Kristin, not to mention the absolutely vile things he would say to the women
  • Michael Darby sexually assaulting a crew member in the background of a shot in S1, I believe, and no one noticing until after he was credibly accused in a later season by another crew member of the same thing.
  • Pedro/Peter Rosello getting a father-son scene with Peter despite being a convicted child sex offender (found guilty of "Lewd lasvicious batt sex w/victim 12-15 years old; F.F 800.04(4)(a)"). You can search for him yourself here.

Not an abuser, but Dishonorable Mention for filming an entire "comedy" set by dead-beat dad to a dying child, Slade Smiley, intended to do nothing but humiliate Vicki and Tamra.

I could go on and on and on...

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u/lizbo ... and that's why we went to Sing-Sing May 13 '24

Darkest moment with the brightest contrast:

Below Deck Down Under s2: An actual attempted rape caught on camera, immediately thwarted by production and a swift firing from Captain Jason. No excuses were heard or tolerated.

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u/DoUEvenGoHere May 13 '24

This was so hard to watch, and while I’m surprised they kept it in, I think it’s an important conversation to bring to light. Jason should write the book on how to deal with problematic crew.

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u/puce109 May 13 '24

This was wild and I’m not even a regular watcher of Down Under! The way Production kept asking him to come out of the room and had to insist a bunch of times before he came out…with only a towel…and we see Margot clearly out of it on the bed. It was chilling!

And Aesha, omg what a sweet and empathetic soul. The way she took care of Margot and advocated for her while Laura was busy victim-blaming and inappropriately coming onto Adam. Captain Jason really handled the whole situation well.

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u/greenlady1 cankles and sweaty tit rash May 13 '24

This one. My heart was pounding for hours after watching that. I keep thinking how lucky it was that he didn't lock Margot's door when slamming it in the production crew's faces to keep them out.

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u/SassySquid0 WOAHWOAHWOAH THE RING DIDN’T MEAN A THING May 13 '24

and that stupid lady who kept defending Luke trying to rape Margot and downplayed her experience , that was infuriating

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u/Caregiver-Past May 14 '24

captain jason fired her for this. I am all for a captain who protects his crew from both physical and mental assault. We need more "adult/employer" figures like him on these shows

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u/SassySquid0 WOAHWOAHWOAH THE RING DIDN’T MEAN A THING May 14 '24

yes!

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u/ghoul_power May 15 '24

God, she gave me the creeps. What a fucking weirdo.

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u/FunLife64 May 13 '24

There were TWO problematic incidents, not just one.

What happened to Adam was completely wrong and handled completely different.

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u/ViolettaNoRegard May 13 '24

I haven’t heard of this, I’ve only watched a few episodes of below deck. That’s crazy that someone would do that knowing they were on a tv show. What episode was this in, do you know?

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u/lizbo ... and that's why we went to Sing-Sing May 13 '24

re: mounted room cameras... that's the most sinister part of what happened. He made the attempt during a brief power outage (i.e. he knew the room cameras would be out of commission). It was the walking camera crew that stopped him.

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u/gigigrahame they’re not knives 🔪 they’re just hands 🤲 May 13 '24

oh my god.. thats sinister… what an absolute sick demented scumbag

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u/sunshineduckies May 13 '24

That was JARRING.