Kim Richards

Former child star Kim Richards, who is getting ready to try her luck in the reality TV, met her niece Paris Hilton before she agreed to share her life with the world on the hit reality show, ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’. Hilton told her simply “to be yourself” and everything would remain the same.

The Simple Life celebutante was fearless on the show and she was not worried about what people think about her and Richards said the same. But Real Housewives is like this only. People come on the show with an aim not to reveal too much about themselves but they end up revealing more than warranted.

“In the beginning, I said, ‘I don’t care what anybody thinks – I am who I am,’ ” Richards says. “But then, when some of the drama and conflict and humiliation and embarrassing moments came up, I thought, ‘Oh, my gosh, what have I done?’

“When push comes to shove, there were moments that I just thought, ‘Oh, I wish people just didn’t see that. I wish we could redo that. I wish I could take that back.’ But you can’t.”

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills premieres tonight and you never know that you will new a side of Richards on the show. First, the show will talk about Richards’ early stardom in TV’s Nanny and the Professor and in Disney’s Escape to Witch Mountain. Then the show will proceed and show Richards, now in her mid-40s. Then she will be shown as a flake, who does not think twice about spending money.

Camille Grammer

Camille Grammer says becoming a new member of Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise has helped her through her divorce from “Frasier” star Kelsey Grammer.

Camille Grammer, who stars in “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” filed for divorce in July, citing “irreconcilable differences.” The couple had been married for 13 years and have two children, 9-year-old daughter Mason and 6-year-old son Jude.

“I’m glad that I decided to do the show because it’s been a diversion,” the 42-year-old former Playboy model said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I have these wonderful, five very strong, successful women right there supporting me through this.”

In the season premiere, which airs Thursday, Kelsey Grammer is seen leaving for New York to star in Broadway’s “La Cage aux Folles.” His ex-wife says at the time she had no idea divorce was on the horizon and was preparing to relocate her family to New York.

“It was hard for me. It definitely brought a tear to my eye,” she said of seeing the first episode. “… I think I give him a kiss (goodbye) and I say ‘I love him.’ I was supposed to move in that summer.”

Watching the episode was also an emotional experience for her fellow housewives.

“You were totally blindsided,” said castmate Lisa Vanderpump. “It was hard to watch for us as well. It gives me goosebumps thinking about it.”

Vanderpump, a British restaurant owner and mother of two, says Grammer’s divorce brought the women closer together.

“It was tough for her, very tough. … You’re not just opening the gates to your house, you’re opening the gates to your heart, your life,” Vanderpump said. “And it’s like an express train, sometimes things kind of run away with you.”

“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET.

Kelsey Grammer Divorce

We’ve seen a lot of drama courtesy of The Real Housewives.  The premiere season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills gives us the first up-close-and-personal view of a celebrity couple divorce done in reality TV glory.

Camille Grammer, the soon-to-be ex-wife of actor Kelsey Grammer, is featured on the new Bravo TV show and credits the reality show with helping her through the meltdown of her marriage.

The couple were married for thirteen years before Camille filed for divorce in July.  They have two children - 9-year-old daughter Mason and 6-year-old son Jude.

What does Camille think of having her marriage disintegrate on reality tv?



“I’m glad that I decided to do the show because it’s been a diversion,” Camille tells The Associated Press. “I have these wonderful, five very strong, successful women right there supporting me through this.”

The show may have been a contributing factor in the breakdown of their marriage.  It is rumored that Kelsey wasn’t a fan of her joining the show.   Camille describes herself as ‘the powerhouse behind Kelsey Grammer’.

The season premiere shows Kelsey leaving his wife in Beverly Hills to head to New York to star in a Broadway show.  Camille and the children were set to follow him cross country over the summer before the couple decided to call it quits.

“It was hard for me. It definitely brought a tear to my eye,” Camille says of the premiere. “I think I give him a kiss (goodbye) and I say ‘I love him.’ I was supposed to move in that summer.”

It turned out to be a very busy summer for Kelsey as his wife filed for divorce and weeks later it was announced that he was expecting a baby with his 20-something girlfriend (she subsequently suffered a miscarriage).

What do you think of watching Kelsey and Camille’s marriage crumble on reality tv?