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Meet four Tulsa women who live the good life, minus the cosmetic enhancements, yachts and catfights.
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Fake tans. Bleached teeth. Hair extensions. Acrylic nails. Botox-ed brows. Collagen-ed lips. Lipo-ed tummies. Store-bought breasts. Really, how did the word “real” ever make it into the title of one of cable television’s most popular reality series? “The Real Housewives of Orange County” — or New York or Atlanta or New Jersey — are anything but … well, real.
Deny watching all you want, but the ratings say otherwise. How else would you know about Kelly’s breakdown, Nee Nee’s search for her biological dad or Tamra’s separation (finally)? And isn’t that “Tardy for the Party” you’re humming?
Face it: These “Housewives” claw their way into these casts for one reason — to flaunt their glam lifestyles. They imagine that viewers covet their extreme, exaggerated and exasperating existences. In fact, most “regular folk” watch these gossip-generating, backstabbing, small-screen drama queens to validate their own kinder, simpler lives. Ultimately, it’s a win/win.
But Bravo’s caricatures could learn a few things from some very real housewives of Tulsa who — without the leased yachts, lavish mansions, hired limos, designer handbags or blinding bling — have built real, meaningful and solid lives for themselves and for their families. Operative word: real. Meet them now.
