The recession has affected most households in this country and even The Real Housewives of Orange County are not exempt.
This season has chronicled the housewives’ financial struggles whether small or major. Gretchen Rossi had a garage sale, Jeana Keough went shopping with her daughter at H&M, Tamra Barney is now doing her own housework, and coming up soon will be the eviction of Lynne Curtin. Off camera, Slade Smiley’s financial difficulty is also common knowledge since the publication of a report showing he owes over $80,000 in back child support.
All of the above is a drastic turn from what we’re used to seeing from the OC Housewives. Long gone are the days of buying yatches, diamond rolexes and harleys. A new article from the Huffington Post details the financial woes of the housewives. “All of them have been very much affected by the economic situation,” explains the show’s executive producer, Douglas Ross.
Ross discusses the upcoming episode that will show Lynne’s family being evicted. “We try to treat it as gently but as honestly as we can,” Ross says. “We happened to have been there with our cameras … as part of our normal schedule when they were served the eviction notice. It’s one of those great reality TV moments that happened to be caught because we were in the right place at the right time.”
And though money can be a sensitive issue, the OC housewives don’t seem to mind sharing their struggles with millions of viewers. “It helps people across the nation because they realize it’s not just them,” says Jeana. “I’m pretty open. … There’s not too much I’ll hide. It was difficult for my husband … but the world’s in this place right now and I think people are going to relate to it,” adds Tamra.
Though the housewives get paid to appear on the show, Jeana says the amount (rumored to be $100,000 per housewife) is not enough to support a family. “It’s so minimal. It’s not enough to make your house payments. It’s more like a location fee to keep your house clean.”
Vicky Gunvalson is however one of the luckier housewives as her insurance business is booming more than ever. “When I first started (on the show), I was working out of the house with two employees and now I have a huge office with 10 employees, 700 agents out in the field,” says Vicki, who plans to retire comfortably at age 55. Interestingly, the HuffingtonPost article quotes Vicki as saying she is 42 years old, which is false as she is 47.
Despite her very public eviction, Lynne says things are looking up for she and her family as she predicts they will be able to build a house next year. “My husband is a builder in Southern California. It’s not like he doesn’t try. He’s not sitting at home watching TV. He is going out and making an effort. … I’ve been married for 20 years. … We’ve had the high life we’ve had the low life. It’s just reality.”
14 Responses to “The Real Housewives of Orange County & Their Money Woes”
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When is Gretchen going to give up the Barbie poodle dresses and yellow hair? Is she going to continue that into middle age like Morgan Fairchild who NEVER changed her look?
The article must have left her financial situation out of the story b/c we all know she raided the piggy bank of her boyfriend’s children.
Vicki 42??? You need to do some better fact checking…she’s at least 47. But glad to see that you say she sells insurance unlike some places that have her listed as a financial advisor (what a joke that would be, since she would have to be certified). And with her hectic schedule & the need to constantly be busy, I can’t imagine her retired.
Blah blah blah. Who really cares about their financial woes?? Blah blah blah. Let them all win a billion dollars and make you suckers jealous. Hah!
At Shorelady, “the HuffingtonPost article quotes Vicki as saying she is 42 years old, which is false as she is 47″ but who cares?
Maybe 42 is the new 47?
Gretch was great last night as always. Lynn was great as well. I like Alexis also.
Tamra is the brokest of them all, she is beyond upside down and about to be foreclosed on (they have not sold that house, another lie she told).
Lynn keeps getting evicted, I don’t think that throwing money at plastic surgery will be worth it when she is living on the street. She and Tamra really are idiots.
I love how when Tamra talks about being broke she will refer to “our income has changed like everyone else”. Um I don’t think so! Everyone else in the country is not losing their home and has jobs, most people are not as stupid and irresponsible as she is.
Vicki, Gretchen and Alexis appear to be the only housewives who are financially stable.
By the time Slade is done running through Gretchen’s inheritance she’s going to be just as broke as the rest of them. We don’t know the truth about Alexis — her husband is a pawnbroker!! In my neighborhood, that’s not a real lucrative business.
And has anyone else noticed that if you look at the picture real fast it seems that Gretchen is sitting with her legs open? The position of her legs to the left and Tamra’s leg to the right makes a real weird optical illusion!
I dont know what Jim does. Some people have more than 1 business. Many pawnshops do real well. I wish I owned one.
I like when they all get along. I know they can be catty and such, I just do not like when they are really mean to each other. I just wish / hope all this b.s. with Tamra and Gretchen in the press and crap would stop already, they have both been wrong, they have both made mistakes, they both need to put on their big girl panites and grow up.
If you just look at Gretchen’s head, it looks like her legs are spread apart. Tamra’s leg looks like it’s one of hers.
I just want to write a few things.
Alexis is a show off and her husband is so NOT good looking, is she blind. She needs to take care of her kids instead of her nannies. Phony, phony and her husband is so disrepectful towards her and she just agrees with everything that dog says is it really worth it for the money. Weak women that looks like a slut in ever outfit she wears, but she is really religious right…yeah right..cheater. He doesnt want her to go anywhere by herself cuz she will find another rich dog to go with …yuko!
Vicki I think she is okay but needs to get off the high and mighty kick, I love Don cuz he is down to earth.
Gretchin she is some what cute but large teeth. She would be good as a mom she has some very good points towards Lynnes crazy kids.
Lynne is she still on drug medicine or addicted to something? She seems so doped up on something and so does her husband, they need to stop and think what they should really spend their money on.
Tamra I think is my only favorite, she is pretty and seems like a good mother. Her husband is an idiot. He is something else and is miserable and I would not be able to deal with him. I would never take my husband side over my kid. I think she will do fine all by herself.
these people live way over thier means. lynn gets evicted. then goes to s.f and parties down, and buys a 1,100 dollar leather jacket. then her and her hubby say lets take a family vacation. all this and they dont have a place to live. they buy the spoiled daughter a 65,000 dollar car for her b-day, and they wonder why they got evicted. as for slade he is the modern day verison of kato katlin. a mooch who leachs off of others. he has no job, he owes 80,000 in back support. he latches on to these young bimbos and manages thier carrers hoping to strike gold. he tried to make jo a singer, and she was god awful. now he is trying to pimp gretchens cosmetic line. tamara is just a gold digger who just sucked simon dry and dumped him. simon lost his six figur job at the auto dealer, due to downsizing. then he started an unsuccessfull tequila business. they had to move into a smaller place because they couldn’t afford the other anymore. tammy isn’t dumb she saw the well was running dry so she dumped his azz. i’m sure she will sink her gold digging claws into another old rich guy, looking for a hot piece.
sexy blonde you would never take your husbands side over your kids. ryan her son is a loser who needs to grow up. the kid is a lazy bum. while tamara and simon were away. ryan took simons car without permission. thats basically theft. if ryan woulda hit somebody and hurt them, or even worse killed someone. simon woulda lost everything he owned, and you say you take ryan’s side. ryan is a bum and simon tells the truth to tamara deep down tammy knows it. but refuses to admit it.