It’s not easy being the newest Housewife on the block, but luckily, Real Housewives of Dubai newbie Taleen Marie got some advice from the OG of the OC herself. Attending BravoCon last November, half a year before her debut season even aired, Marie got to jump right into the lion’s den. Bravo formally announced Marie as a new Housewife on the first day of the convention, and previewed the season premiere to audiences months ahead of the network airing.
Experiencing BravoCon as both a Housewife and a voyeur, Marie said it was the best of both worlds. And chatting with Vicki Gunvalson was a perfect introduction into the Housewives world. “She is the OG.
She literally grabbed me by my shoulders, my husband Rafi was standing next to me, and she said to us, ‘Never lose sight of you guys,’” Marie told The Daily Beast’s Obsessed. “She’s like, ‘I’ve seen marriages and families break up over the show. Just stay focused on what really fucking matters.
’ I have a video of it, my mom was videotaping.” Lesa Milan, Chanel Ayan, Caroline Stanbury, Caroline Brooks, Saba Yussouf, Sara Al Medani, and Taleen Marie Bravo A newbie to the reality TV format, Marie had previously been courted to join the cast of the Netflix reality series Dubai Bling before joining RHODubai . For Marie, the biggest shock of joining the Housewives franchise was simply that it’s all real.
“What you see, it’s the truth,” she said.”It’s raw. It’s as raw and real as it gets.
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