

Rags to riches stories are inspirational but they’ve become a trope on The Real Housewives. The reason why the first city in the franchise, RHOC, did so well was because the wealthy lifestyles they lived were unlike anything viewers had seen before. While fun to watch, this trope is exhausted. And over time, villains don’t end well and eventually controversially leave the show. Most Housewives who think their opinion is the only one that matters turn out to be a villain. Over time, however, the Housewives who believe they’re untouchable - “the queen bees” - never end well. Housewife OGs like Teresa Giudice ( RHONJ), Lisa Vanderpump ( RHOBH), and Vicki Gunvalson ( RHOC) were the most loved and the most feared on The Real Housewives.

For fans, vow renewals seem like an excuse for a party and it’s not as entertaining as Bravo fans anticipated.įor some franchises, the Queen Bee of the group (or the original Housewives) typically controls most narratives. Housewives like Ramona Singer ( RHONY), Cynthia Bailey ( RHOA), and Shannon Beador ( RHOC) all had vow renewals on camera and all got divorced afterward. While vow renewals are romantic in theory, they don’t end well on Bravo. And while it looks like RHODubai’s Caroline Stanbury gets married in season one, the trope that never works is vow renewals. There is a handful of Housewives who have gotten married or remarried on TV. The reason these Housewives joined the show in the first place was to have something of their own before splitting from their husbands in season 2. The red flags are easily recognized when the couple rarely spent time together or fought often in front or behind the cameras. The trope of “joining the show to get divorced” is a popular one. RELATED: 10 Worst Divorces In The Real Housewives Franchise
