FACT

Where the 'reality' aspect is clearly tongue-in-cheek.

Things that are reality-style but so over-the-top that anyone would know within minutes it's completely staged.

That kind can be amusing IMHO.

And yes, EVERYTHING in the "Real Housewives" stable of "entertainment" is heavily scripted, with cliche plot points and even more obvious characters.

That shit will rot your mind. I stay away from BRAVO as much as possible.

I too believe the show is largely fake. My concern about the fakeness of the show is with the fact that many of these women are presented as wealthy and owning fabulous home when in fact they do not become wealthy until they get on the show and they do not own the fabulous home they live in during the show; they actually rent some of those homes. So, for me it is the presentation of fake wealth that is problematic.

However, the participants are aware that they will be engaging in fake catfights and fake drama. They are willing to participate in order to get the money and the publicity. As I mentioned in the previous paragraph, a number of the women who signed up for those shows were not wealthy before appearing on the show, but after appearing on the show they were able to sing lucrative deals that made them wealthy. They want their kids to get shows because that keeps they money flowing. So, these women are not victims; they are eager and willing accomplices.

It's sad how far they've fallen.

that show is as true to life as The Apprentice.

Even back then, he would have drowned in the shallow end of the kiddie pool.