'Real Housewives' Tired of Being 'Used' By Bravo

By Rob Shuter Posted Aug 4th 2010 08:33AM

If you think being the star of a hit TV series with millions of viewers will make you rich, think again. Just ask the ladies of Bravo's 'Real Housewives' franchise.

"All the ladies have had enough of being used by Bravo and plan to start fighting back," a friend of one 'Housewife' tells me. "They are pissed that they only get paid $3,000 to tape each episode and are furious that they get paid nothing to tape the reunion episode. It's two full days of their lives with no lunch breaks and no pay. Everyone on the set is getting a paycheck except the stars. How can that be right?"

And it's not just the reunion shows that Bravo has added to the ladies taping schedule with no extra pay. Last week, executives decided that in order to breathe new life into its troubled 'Project Runway' parrot, 'The Fashion Show,' the 'Housewives' from New Jersey should make an appearance.

"None of the housewives wanted to be on 'The Fashion Show,'" one insider tells me. "However, the network insisted they film all week for hours and hours, and to add insult to injury, they got nothing in return. Not even a thank you."

However, the ladies have decided to fight back. First, the 'Housewives of Atlanta' took a stand -- getting together before taping their reunion show and all agreeing not to fight unless they got paid. It didn't work for them, but the resulting snore-fest made Bravo change its mind when it came to taping the New York reunion.

"I don't think it's a coincidence that the New York ladies showed up to duke it out and then delivered," a source close to production tells me. "Tell me Bethenny dragged her ass to the filming days after giving birth for free. No way. Bravo got so much from them. They turned it into a three-episode special and got their highest ratings for the New York series ever. So paying those girls was well worth it."

Now, with the New Jersey reunion taping today and tomorrow in Atlantic City, let's hope Bravo opened up its checkbook, because as one Garden State 'Housewife' explains to me, "Working for them is like slave labor. They might be able to make us show up, but if they want us to put on a show they better pony up the cash."

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Thursday 05 August

By cami

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Stop giving them publicity and attention and then they will have go to Alaska to shoot a desperate one last chance reality show like Kate Gosselin with Sarah Palin.

By jd

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Awww I,'m so touched by this sad and heart warming story. These talented and intelligent women are being used! So please join me in collecting donations to pay NASA to put these biotches and all who watch these shows on the next space shuttle and launch them into orbit! Believe me we will be doing this planet and their husbands a favor!

By rob shuter

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i just found out that some housewives kids get paid and some don't

thats not FAIR....

By John F.C. Taylor

Stars? They shouldn't even be called celebrities. These are all reality shows. They're a HUGE waste of TV time. They should all be banned from TV. That or shoved on to one channel where reality show fans can get their fill.

By gbb88

You do realize that this crap is all scripted , and it is NOT
REAL!

By steve

God, please take these corn fed,plastic skanks away!

By dick

SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE JOB OR THE PAY.."QUIT" AND GO BACK TO BIMBOVILLE!!!

By gloria

They should do a series on single mother housewifes nj of course... I will take a day without pay!

By Tracey

Don't all of you know by now, that TV world and all the jobs related to Media are nothing, but a bunch of EVIL users all in it together for only the sake of, not only being a fame wh..., but also MONEY!??? Talk about having to be a broken record that repeats the same messages over and over and over again, yet everyon chooses not to listen or take fair warning about.

By Chris

Who cares about a bunch of brain dead bimbos? May they all be used, abused, and treated like the sh*t that they are!

They should do a show on single mother housewife nj of course... I do the reunion without pay!

By amiwright

You want to get paid, get a real job.

Saturday 07 August

By Daphnne

Walk away if that doesn't work sue yall are adult's right they can't mistreat yall if yall don't let them

By Penny

If they don't like it they should quit! Who cares about these people! They have NOOOO talent!!

By adam

A bunch of old hog (slam pigs) that wine about everything. Even food. You'd think these skanks would be more 'reserved'. They are no betterthan the rest of us. Its sad when people like us follow these losers.

By anna

We may think they have no talent and they don't. We know they aren't the average/typical "Housewife", however, they do work for Bravo and they have millions of us following the shows. The shows are successful for Bravo and Bravo is getting greedy, they don't want to share the wealth. Bottom line is they are entitled to get paid. They don't need to do any pro-bono work.

By Charlie

Then, don't.

By crash

Hey Bravo...Here's another reality show idea. Start filming a single woman in her 50's who yawns at these silly reality shows while she changes the channel to something interesting. Like your reality shows...sounds boring to me. Click !!

By pppsfan

Housewives= Cooking the meals, cleaning the house, doing the laundry, raising the children 75% of the time and whatever else that has to do with the everyday running of the families house. I don't think any of these so called housewives could boil water much less take care of the household.

By Rebecca

i Personaly enjoy Housewives Of NJ. i Understand That They Miqht Not Be Real Housewives but its all for show, if Yall Do Not understand That. && i Love The Fiqhts && crap they do, why ? because its a frickinq show ! its to entertain us, people. No One Is Goinq To Have all that stuff happen in real reality qeez. && They deserve to qet paid more than what BRAVO is qivinq. they are the Stars For BRAVO. They Keep BRAVO Up && Runninq. So They Do Deserve More Than That. Just My Opinion

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