Do not be afraid to take the plunge! Us Weekly asked nearly 40 Bravo stars to reveal what they believe were the best and worst casting calls in their respective shows’ history — and several Real Housewives, SURvers, Summer HouseStars and more named names
“Start with Landon. Oh, wait! Jenna is the first. Landon. Jennifer,” Southern Charm’s Kathryn DennisOnly spoken UseBravoCon red carpet – no hesitation Jenna King, Lon Clements and Jennifer Snowden. “All of the bad people — people with bad intentions that aren’t being themselves — are always the ones that f—k themselves over. Those are the people that aren’t here.”
Kathryn noted that “the rest of us get along pretty well” and praised the season 8 addition of Olivia Flowers.
“Olivia is one of the only people that I’m so freaking glad they brought on,” she said. “She’s so sweet and kind and authentic and real and I appreciate that in someone, and she stayed that way all season and that says a lot about her and her character and I’m glad to have her.”
Olivia’s on-again, off-again love interest, Austen Kroll, agreed. “I think that this year, adding our new castmate Olivia was a home run addition. I feel that we were really missing Cam and Chelsea after losing Cam and Chelsea. [someone] down to earth the nice girl on our show,” he said, referring to Cameran Eubanks and Chelsea MeissnerBoth of them left on their own before season 7.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Kandi BurrussAnd Cynthia BaileyBoth went down the memory lane by bringing back memories Tammy McCallThe actor who appeared in season 8, but was never officially listed as a cast member.
“Remember the year when I was pregnant and we were in Miami and her nephew had almost knocked her out and she hit the floor? … They tried to make her a Housewife, I think. Or they wanted. They had her take pictures. What was her name?” Kandi asked Use. “No offense to her, but it didn’t quite make sense. She didn’t quite fit in with the group. Although, she ended up being good TV for that moment.”
Cynthia noted: “I love this girl. I don’t know if you guys remember when Tammy came on. Although she was only a short-lived character, she was so sweet. It was an amazing season for her and us. I think that was when we went to Miami — the police were called, it was a lot of craziness going on. She was a great person. She came on with me. But I just didn’t feel like the show was good for her. It just didn’t feel like it meshed, so I was actually relieved for her when it was over for her, you know what I’m saying?”
For the best additions — after themselves — the peach-holders both gave love to Kenya Moore.
“I will tell you the first time I met Kenya Moore, she was so funny to me. I remember it was some event — I can’t remember whose spot it was. It was a small event, and she was there. I was about to see someone open a champagne glass when I approached. They popped the champagne and it shot across the room. She looked and said, ‘Amateur.’ And I thought, ‘Oh, she’s gonna be good,’” Kandi recalled. “It was just the way she said it. The camera wasn’t on her, that was her natural reaction. I was like, ‘Oh, this girl is gonna be good!’”
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