Say it all – in a book! Many Real Housewives have started their own beauty brands and clothing lines, but no pastime is more common in franchises than writing books.
Forty Housewives past and present have been authors for years, writing everything from self-help guides to children’s books and juicy memoirs. Theresa Judgethe most prolific author of The Real Housewives of New Jersey cast, began her writing career in 2010 by publishing her first cookbook, Italian Skinny: Eat and Enjoy – Live La Bella Vita and look great!
The recipe was a commercial success, but the 2011 sequel – Excellent!: Teresa’s Italian Family Cookbook – was not a hit with her castmates. Caroline Manzo took issue with the line that he described cooking “as Italian as Olive Garden,” when Melissa Gorga felt insulted by Teresa’s claim that she copied her sister-in-law to “a chair on my front porch”.
The New Jersey cookbook drama is almost not the last time a Real Housewives The tome causes tension between friends. In April 2022, Erika Jayne made headlines when she shared a photo of her costar’s Instagram Garcelle Beauvais“memoir in the trash. “Garcelle, even if you don’t follow me, I’m sure you’ll see this,” the Georgia native captioned the post.
But six months later, Add Chest claiming that he was a spendthrift Love me as I am in the garbage. At The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum explained that he was tired of the early edition of the book, which discussed his daughter Amelia Gray Hamlineating disorder. The founder of Rinna Beauty then tossed the book in the trash and posted the photo to a group chat that included Erika, who then posted the snap that is now infamous for her feud with Garcelle.
“He’s got a lot going for him [not] recycling,” Lisa joked RHOBA season 12 reunion in October 2022. “That’s when I feel bad.”
Some Housewives, meanwhile, are taking bigger targets in their books. In her memoirs, Bad Mormons, Heather Gay details her time in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“I really felt like it was important that I was going to break the legacy of the generation before me,” Ing The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City special star to him Us Weekly before the release of the book in February 2023. “I want to make sure that I tell it with my voice, with my experience from my point of view, so that my daughters understand, the generation that will come after me will understand and I leave no stone unturned. And it feels like the only way to do this is to use a book.
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