So, I don’t actually know anything about Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise, except that they occasionally get into fistfights on the live season finales. I see that since the show started, she split from her husband, her charity (the Twisted Hearts Foundation) was suspected of money laundering and forcibly dissolved, and she’s in bankruptcy. And thanks to The Soup, I know that she yells at people. She’s there for the drama, basically. I hope she’s entertaining at least, but anybody who’s been on reality TV for as long as she has tends to believe their own press and ends up playing a character. And that’s not any fun. (EJ) Niki Taylor–What I remember about Niki Taylor without looking her up is that she was an insanely successful Cover Girl model in the early 90s, she had twins at some point, and her sister, also a model, died from some tragic asthma-related mishap and it was very sad. Niki seems really normal with her long term marriage and three lovely kids, and she’s got more star wattage and a longer list of modeling-related achievements than Hope, which could be a point in her favor. Trump’s fickle like that. (MW)
