WWC Part 2 Boo 😎

… WITH RONNIE KARAM FROM @WATCHWHATCRAPPENS!!

Plus a RHOA exit, Michael Darby legal loss, Grammy awards, and more!

February 9, 2024

WGTG! is a free biweekly newsletter covering all things Bravo TV and pop culture news, written by Marni Eth, and Kate & Lex from @Bravobetch 

Ronnie Karam from the hilarious Watch What Crappens podcast is here to spill all his faves, see how his answers differ from Ben’s! 

What is your favorite Bravo series of all time?

Ronnie Karam: RHOA season one was the hardest I had ever laughed at a Real Housewives show and I don’t think it’s been beat yet. Laughter will always take the prize, so Atlanta wins for me, but the first season of any Real Housewives I ever watched was during an all day season one rerun of RHOC about two years after it had premiered and I’ll never forget that initial feeling of “why am I watching this? And how can I watch it for every minute of my life until I die of old age while watching it?” OC season one will always have a special place in my heart, too. 

Has any housewife or bravolebrity ever sent you an angry DM?

Yes, but not as many as I would hope (haha). And they’ve always been very respectful. Most are just trying to correct the record, but the response is always along the lines of “I can only bring up what airs, so be mad at the editors! PS YOU’RE AN ICON I’M LITERALLY SHAKING RIGHT NOW. 

If you could hand pick a cast for RHUGT who would you pick for it?

I have seen a lot of viewer requests for both villains and one season wonders. I think UGT: Villains sounds amazing, but I’m most intrigued by One Season Wonders. Dana/Pam and Peggy Tanous at a dinner table with Carlton Gebbia, Claudia Jordan, Kim Fields, the twins from RHONJ? This answer should win me an Emmy. 

Pure Chaos: Never Heard From Again edition. Kelly Dodd, LeeAnne Locken, Ramona Singer, Claudia Jordan, Katie Rost, Kim Zolciak, Noella Bergener and Carlton Gebbia.

Who is your favorite Bravo personality to impersonate?

I can’t pick one! Shannon Beador, Lisa Vanderpump, Dorit Kemsley, Dorinda Medley, Reza Farahan, Shep from Southern Charm, Ken Todd, Whitney Rose. I love them all really.

I have pretty inaccurate impersonations, so the wronger I am about the person the more I love making fun of them. I do Dorit Kemsley as a kind of Mrs Doubtfire/Mrs Padmore from Downton Abbey mashup and it’s really stupid and fun. Lisa Vanderpump is also fun for me because as ridiculous as I try to make her, she’s always more ridiculous in real life. Well, real life on TV. 

Is there a bravolebrity that you didn’t love initially, but changed your mind after meeting them in person? 

Not really. I have found that all of the Real Housewives I’ve met have been pretty much exactly as they have appeared on TV. One thing Bravo casting has down is finding people that are truly their insane selves. For better and worse. The people I love on TV have been delightful in person and the people I don’t like on TV are also off putting in real life. Now is that just a matter of me being stubborn in my unfair judgments? Probably. But I’m standing by it! 

Who is your favorite housewife of all time? 

The housewife who has delighted me the most and angered me the most is NeNe Leakes. She has led me to feel pretty much every emotion, and for that I must bow down. 

We know Ben watches Love Island UK and we are huge fans too! So we have to ask, who is your favorite couple of all time?

Honestly gross to all of you. This show signals the end of civilization. 

Any project you want to plug / promote or something you want to shout out?

In my spare time I make cooking videos as a mommy blogger named Nancy, and review stores and magazines on my TikTok and Instagram (@ronniekaram). We do a bi-weekly Instagram Live show the first and third Mondays of the month at 5:30 PM PST. instagram.com/watchwhatcrappens

Also, just to shout out- THE 2024 GOLDEN CRAPPIES is February 17th @ Palace Theatre in Los Angeles, CA - tickets are available here and can be streamed here! 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT CELEB NEWS…

• Kandi Burruss announced she is not returning to RHOA – Read more here!  

• Ticket sales for Chicago have skyrocketed since Ariana Madix joined the cast – see details here! 

• Teresa Giudice’s daughter Melania turns 18 and boy do we feel old- See pics here! 

• Grammys 2024 - See round up of winners and best dressed here! 

• Tom Sandoval rumored to be dating model Victoria lee Robinson – Read more here! 

• RHOP star Candiace Dillard Bassett celebrated a legal victory after Michael Darby’s defamation lawsuit was dismissed – Read more about it here! 

WEEKLY ROUNDUPS… 

@BravoBetch Of The Week: The Bravo Betch of the week goes to Kiki Barth from TheReal Housewives of Miami. She delivers every episode and she needs a full time mojito…IMMEDIATELY!

Scene Of The Week:  We are circling back to last week’s episode of The Traitors when Phaedra did what she does best and read Dan to filth! You don’t come for the housewives, honey!

Fave Tweet Of The Week: IYKYK

About Us: Marni, Kate and Lex all live in Orange County, California. Marni is a former entertainment publicist and has written 100+ stories to the Bravo TV blog. Kate and Lex are best friends with a shared love for reality TV. They created the @BravoBetch Instagram page in 2017 and have been whooping it up ever since!