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Actress Jennifer Tilly announced joining the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in May and just opened up to Vulture saying “I’m really happy I’m doing it, and I think it’s such an interesting kind of sharp left turn for my career.” That’s a vast contrast from the likes of Kim Fields who was so culture shocked being on the show that when chaos would break out, she always made sure to stay out of it. Tilly on the other hand said she has “always been a superfan” and excited to jump in as a “friend” of the cast which isn’t quite as much work as being a full time housewife.
And what was one of the more shocking revelations of Tilly speaking about joining the show? It’s the fact that the women aren’t quite as glamorous as she expected. At least that was the case during filming. “I remember I was like, ‘I live in Beverly Hills, and it’d be kind of fun to see Beverly Hills through the lens of really rich people,’” she explained. “I thought that I was going to see a lot of people shopping on Rodeo Drive, but a lot of the filming that they do is in the Valley, in places where it’s easier to get permits. So it’s not like you’re at the fanciest places in Beverly Hills, arguing. They’re usually arguing at some kind of non–Beverly Hills place because the really fancy, elite places don’t want Housewives screaming at each other in their dining room,” she added.
Being on the show wasn’t something she ever expected but said she was open to the “challenge” this year. “To me, it’s like working with Martin Scorsese,” she said. “My boyfriend always says if he got $40 million, he wants to go into space and experience zero gravity. To me, being on Housewives is experiencing zero gravity. I was more excited to meet Kyle Richards and Erika Jayne and the other ladies than I was when I met Elizabeth Taylor.”
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