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Brandi Redmond District and Stephanie Hollman appeared on the podcast from Savannah Chrisleywhere they open about the time The Real Housewives of Dallas.
After appearing in all five seasons of the Bravo reality series that was canceled indefinitely, Brandi and Stephanie shared some behind-the-scenes secrets before admitting that they are very different in the way they handle finances and revealing what they feel is the “hardest part” of being on the show.
“What’s crazy is, I felt like I was all a little drama, but because you would sit at the dinner table and be like, ‘Okay, we’re not going to ask to leave until something happens.’ And I was like, ‘I’m going to do it. Okay,'” Brandi admitted about the pressure to do it A GIFT on January 10 episode of Unlock With Savannah Chrisley.
Even Stephanie looked back as she watched Brandi take advice from the producers.
“Producers … they’re going to have cellphones like text messages [us] what do they want us to say. And poor Brandi, she always takes the bait,” Stephanie said. “She’ll be like, read what he’s saying, and then the fight will start. I’m always like, ‘No, it won’t do.’ People get angry with the most dramatic people, but you can’t leave it. So you’ll be there until 3 o’clock until something interesting happens.
Brandi often does what she feels to keep the show going, she reached breaking point after welcoming her fourth child, her daughter. Brilynn Mari Redmondwith your husband Brian Redmond.
“Even after production wrapped on the last season and I just had a baby, they wanted to come in and ask for some lines, and I was like, ‘I don’t feel right,'” Brandi recalled.
Although Brandi wasn’t on board with the idea of filming, mainly because of Brilynn’s complicated birth, when she had a blood transfusion, the producers showed up.
“They show up, and they want these lines, and I’m not really happy, I’m reading the lines, and this whole thing makes me look more horrible. I’m like, ‘I’m not going to say it,'” Brandi shared.
As A GIFT cast members told Savannah, whose parents, Todd and Julie Chrisleythey were recently sentenced to 12 and 7 years behind bars, respectively, for wire fraud and tax evasion, they can’t help but gush over the Chrisley family.
“Walking through my deepest, darkest times, your parents were there for me. You’re just an amazing, beautiful family,” Brandi told Savannah while Stephanie added, “Your whole family is amazing.”
Although Brandi and Stephanie have a lot in common, the girls explain that their spending habits are very different.
“I didn’t grow up with the finer things in life. Bryan would be like, ‘Why don’t you splurge and go do this?’ But I’ve always been very conservative with money even though we’re fine,” Brandi explained.
Meanwhile, Stephanie said with a laugh, “No [conservative].”
When Stephanie was later asked about her biggest misconception about her and Brandi, she said that she was the bathroom loudmouth.
“Everyone always thinks we like to talk about poops and farts, and they’ll come and tell us they have to go now. It’s really funny. We always laugh. People always tell us they need a toot. It’s funny and so random,” he shared.
People also mistakenly think that Stephanie is “all sad”.
“I talk about depression on the show, and I’ve dealt with it my whole life, but I haven’t always been depressed,” she explained. “I want people to know that I’m okay, but… People worry about me, and they always text. If I don’t post for a few days, they’re like, ‘Are you okay?’ I have my ups and downs, but I have my ups, and I don’t think people really understand. People always think I cry in my room.
As for the scariest part of A GIFTStephanie said the ladies of the show tend to be “fake nice” to each other.
“It’s like high school. Everyone is running for prom queen, everyone wants the center diamond. And some people will do anything to get it, and the scariest thing is when someone is not going to lose, and you have a family and children, “says Stephanie. “I don’t want to feel sorry for hurting others, but I think some don’t care.”
The Real Housewives of Dallas started airing in April 2016 and ended in May 2021.