Christina Applegate declined ‘RHOBH’ offer: Producer said I’d be ‘boring’

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Christina Applegate was once asked to star in “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” — but declined the role. “I was asked to be a Housewife for ‘Beverly Hills,’ ” Applegate, 52, told her “MeSsy” podcast co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler on Tuesday. “They asked me to be one probably … 10 years ago, I would say?”The “Married … With Children” alum said she turned down the spot on the highly successful show because she felt that she wouldn’t bring enough of the drama that was required.“I wouldn’t have shown up for any dinners.

I would’ve been in my sweatpants,” she jokes. “I would be laying in bed. What fun is that? None. I would be the worst Housewife anyway.”She added: “I ended up becoming really good friends with the executive producer of [‘RHOBH’] because our kids went to school together.”After a few months of getting to know the producer, Applegate turned to him one day and asked: “‘Now that you know me, would I have been a fun Housewife?’ He’s like, ‘No, it would’ve been the most boring s – – t I’ve ever seen in my life.’ ”Nevertheless, the “Dead to Me” actress has been a fan of the ever-expanding franchise and even took to social media to complain about “Real Housewives of Potomac” star Robyn Dixon being fired from the cast and tagged executive producer Andy Cohen. “What in the actual f – – k,” she recently wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Why is Robin Dixon not coming back to Real Housewives of Potomac????