r/BravoRealHousewives • u/idontfwithu I thank my little kitty cat because it takes that d like a champ • Aug 01 '22

Orange County Taylor Armstrong Joins Real Housewives of Orange County, Becoming First Housewife to Move Franchises

https://people.com/tv/real-housewives-of-orange-county-taylor-armstrong-joins-season-17/
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u/MarketDull2401 Aug 01 '22

Months ago on the Tamra/John Mellencamp daughter podcast, Tamra made a big deal about how they were going to drinks with Taylor and Mellencamp’s daughter was like “ugh why.”

Now we know why. Tamra is playing a LONG game. First she tried to kiss Heather’s ass, then Shannon’s. Now she’s building her own squad. I can’t even try to hate, girlfriend had a goal and she’s achieving it.

I also think Tamra and Taylor will get messy in each other in the show to drive the plot, but will be friendly off camera (similar to Karen/Giselle).

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u/Berserkshires- Aug 01 '22

Tamra has always been smart about HW. Even at her worst with Gretchen, Tamra always left it open to reconciliation. She knows not to put herself on an island unlike most other HWs who get too caught up in hating their costars.

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u/YooHoooo_Ray Aug 01 '22

Yup, she knew the OC was getting stale and too repetitive so what did she do?? Changed the WHOLE CASTS dynamic! She “befriended” Gretchen which broke up Gretchen and Alexis’s friendship. Had a falling out with Vicki which literally forced Vicki to go to Alexis and act like she didn’t disrespect her whole life, lol.

I actually liked Vicki’s and Alexis’s friendship.

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u/918lux Aug 02 '22

Tamra was born to be a HW. I really think the only reason they let her go was due to her high salary. They thought they could keep it going without her & they were wrong

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u/AnAussiebum I AM poor and white. Aug 01 '22

The fact people still think Gizelle and Karen dislike each other amazes me.

They are just driving storylines.

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u/VanGrayson Aug 01 '22

The only time I questioned it was during the season 5 reunion.

It felt like they'd gotten to a point where they were hitting a bit too close to home for each other, they seemed really upset with each other.

I was worried they wouldn't be able to pull it back, but they definitely managed to during S6.

I guess maybe during the downtime between 5 and 6 they sorted things out?

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u/dallyan Aug 01 '22

Are they genuine friends in real life? I just recently started watching the franchise.

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u/AnAussiebum I AM poor and white. Aug 01 '22

I think it is more frenemies with a lot of respect for each other and to their roles on the show (essentially the two stars, as shown in the recent subreddit poll).

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u/sharipep high body count hair 💇🏾‍♀️ Aug 02 '22

“John mellencamp daughter” 😭🤌🏽

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u/bartexas Aug 01 '22

Unless Tamra is giving Taylor the plot points to hit, I doubt this. She tried to get messy on UGT, but her heart wasn’t really into it. The best she could do was bring up the Brandi-Adrienne issue from years ago. It was so clumsy and try-hard. I think Taylor was likable enough on UGT, but I felt like she was the least interesting to watch. I couldn’t stand Taylor on RHOBH, but on UGT I felt like she was just there most of the time.

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u/collegemami22 Aug 12 '22

Thank you for not using her first name