The first Real Housewives of Dallas season was alright. No one was super enthusiastic about it returning for a Season 2, but the Real Housewives loyalists were going to watch anyway, no matter how good it was. RHOD exceeded all expectations and became even better than Real Housewives of Orange County which was on during the time slot before Dallas every Monday night.
Obviously RHOC was supposed to be the lead-in show for Dallas since it is the original show in the franchise, but it just didn’t deliver the same level of drama that the Texas ladies blessed us with. Pretty much nothing happened all season and most of the women refused to film together. This served as cautionary tale for RHOD star LeeAnne Locken who has carried this show on her back for the past two seasons.
LeeAnne dished on Real Housewives of Dallas Season 2 during an interview for an episode of the Everything Iconic With Danny Pellegrino podcast. Just like every other Housewife, LeeAnne has struggled with haters on social media, but most of LeeAnne’s problems are coming from the women within her own cast.
LeeAnne admitted, “Once we started getting into it, it’s when your own cast starts attacking you that it becomes no longer fun. At first, I blocked Stephanie [Hollman] and Travis [Hollman] because Travis would do nothing, but lie about me. Once I blocked them and ignored them, Brandi [Redmond] stepped in. It was like okay, I’m going to ignore you, ignore you, ignore you, and then when i started responding, we all got in trouble. Then Brandi blocked me so I courtesy blocked her back.”
What did Brandi do that was so bad? LeeAnne shared, “She tweeted that Bravo wanted to fire me and she saved my job. Imagine that you’re on the other end of that and you’re supposed to take the high road.” Why would Bravo ever want to fire LeeAnne? This show would be nothing without her. LeeAnne is Real Housewives of Dallas. Real Housewives of Dallas is LeeAnne. LeeAnne also stated the obvious when it comes to her short-lived “friendship” with Brandi: “She was using me.”
Even though LeeAnne cannot stand Stephanie, LeeAnne, and Cary Deuber, she did admit, “If there is a Season 3, I think that the whole cast would be invited back. I have no doubt of that.” Agreed completely. They really got the formula right with the Season 2 cast.
If LeeAnne gets her way and everyone returns for another season, she predicts what we will see from D’Andra Simmons and Kameron Westcott: “Now they’ve lived and survived through being attacked on social media by the other girls. I guarantee you there’s some strong damn opinions happening in Dallas. If there is a Season 3, I think you’d be really surprised to see who comes out of their shells and is ready to call a spade a spade along with me.” I am so here for this clique vs. clique drama. No one is being isolated (à la Vicki Gunvalson on RHOC). Everyone has allies. It sounds ideal to me. LeeAnne adds, “I would bring one additional person on.”
LeeAnne was asked about the previous estrangement between Brandi and Stephanie. Was there something that we missed? LeeAnne said, “You didn’t miss it. It just didn’t get brought up. She shut Stephanie out completely. There was a reason and I’ve learned that even though I have the information, it’s not my responsibility to divulge it. I truly believe that until they are brave enough to genuinely hash it all out, the audience is never going to understand it and they’re never truly going to get past it.” Ugh, come on. Spill that tea, LeeAnne.
LeeAnne continued talking about Brandi and Stephanie’s friendship and threw in Cary for good measure. She said, “All three of them, if you look at their relationships individually, they’re all fractured. They’re fractured and yet forgiven. If you super glue a coffee cup back together and you pour hot, steaming coffee in it, are you one hundred percent sure the glue is going to hold?” Nope, but none of them could take on LeeAnne by themselves. They need each other to hide behind pretending to feel unsafe “feeling unsafe” around LeeAnne.
LeeAnne continued, “I do not have an authentic relationship with any of those three. I thought I did with Brandi. I have come to a deeper understanding of Brandi and her behavior, which would easily allow for Brandi and I to sort of get back into working it where it was. Cary has never given me a chance. I don’t even know Stephanie. I couldn’t even tell you the names of Stephanie’s children. I fast forward through her parts.” I would actually love it if Stephanie and LeeAnne became friends just because it would be so unexpected- very much like Camille Grammer and Kyle Richards after feuding during Season 1 of RHOBH or Teresa Giudice and Danielle Staub these days. I am also one of those rare fans who absolutely lives for LeeAnne and also loves Stephanie.
Even though Stephanie, Brandi, and Cary love hating on LeeAnne, they didn’t refuse to film with her like they ladies did to Vicki on RHOC and that is why the last season of RHOD blew Orange County out of the water. LeeAnne explained, “Orange County is an example of what I’m most afraid of about Dallas. If the authentic and genuine hatred cannot end, the show will. The one thing that people are not liking about Orange County is the hatred. The fact that there are groups, how many episodes was it before everyone filmed together?” EXACTLY. If only someone on RHOC understood this at any point while they were filming the last season. Instead we had to suffer through the mediocrity that was Season 12.
LeeAnne continued, “I don’t think any Housewife should be powerful enough to refuse to film with another Housewife. It’s entertainment for our audience. You’re getting paid and it’s a job. If you are becoming more powerful than Bravo, then Bravo should really take notice to what you’re going to do together.” Once again, LeeAnne gets it. If there’s anyone who’s meant to be a Housewife, it’s LeeAnne Locken.
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