Heather Dubrow Shares What Makes A Really Good 'Real Housewives' Cast Member

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Heather Dubrow is opening up about making connections in the Real Housewives fandom. The longtime star of Real Housewives of Orange County spoke to The Wrap about the hit Bravo series and why real connections between the cast are far and few between. Keep reading to find out more… Heather told the outlet that Real Housewives is actually a “really difficult show to do” and her other friends, who are not on the show, don’t have any interest in joining it. “Our cast in particular — which I didn’t know until this year — I think we’re the only franchise that has three crews.

Which means we film a lot,” she explained. “It’s really a deep dive into our families and our personal stories, which also is unique to Orange County.

Of course, in New Jersey, the husbands are involved a lot, but not every franchise is like that. So it’s a very difficult thing to be able to not only open up your own life, but to have your family want to do that, too.” Heather went on, getting candid about what makes a good cast member for the Real Housewives franchise. “I’ll use The Bachelor as an example.

Are they all looking for love? I don’t think so. At this point, a lot of these kids — and they are kids — are going on these shows because they want to be influencers or they think it would be fun to be on TV,” she says. “The best cast member is someone that really is integrated into the friend group in an organic way, which is why I think Jen Pedranti really made a very good segue onto the show,” Heather shared. “Not only does she obviously have a lot of history with Tamra, but Gina [Kirschenheiter] and she have mutual people and run into each other.