Caroline Gaultier, Dr Kate Adams, Krissy Marsh, Nicole O’Neil, Sally Obermeder, Terry Biviano and Victoria Montano are popping the champagne on a brand-new season of The Real Housewives of Sydney (RHOS) but according to Marsh and Montano, the drama “hurts” more than the average Housewives franchise.
Speaking to Mediaweek ahead of the October 10 launch on Binge, Marsh admitted that she “didn’t know the girls” in Season One, but during this season, the cast had “real friendships” with “real emotions”.
“It’s real sadness if someone disappoints you or lets you down,” she said. “So for me, it’s real. It’s very difficult when you do have a falling out or you do have a disagreement.”
Marsh also added that she would never “stoop low” when it came to arguing.
“I literally would be sitting there like this going, “Honey, I could say this, this, this and this right now, but I’m not going to do that because I don’t do that in real life. So, what I try and do is do what I would do in real life. That’s who I am. And that’s what you’ll see.”
Krissy March. RHOS. Binge
When asked if Marsh had anything to do with casting the other housewives, she said: “I wish I had that power!” before adding that the new instalment is about “empowerment”.
“I also think that the emotions, like especially if someone praises you as well — it’s not all just negative — I think this time, it’s a lot about women supporting women and it’s about empowerment. So, I think there’s going to be a lot of issues that are discussed. Really important issues.
“I ran my own business for 15 years and when someone wants to take down working mums, well, I’m going to really fire up because at the end of the day, if my kid’s lunch wasn’t set square, I hope they’re not going to hold it against me forever. So, there are a lot of topics like that that really mean something. That’s when I get fired up.”
How much did the RHOS cast share about themselves?
For Montano, sharing just enough of herself to get good content was the main priority.
“People watch housewives to get a bird’s eye view of certain things that might be different, exciting, perceived as glamorous,” she said. “And I think we bring it to the table. So it’s always a catch-22 of sharing too much that you might get criticised. But if you don’t share enough, it’s not going to be a great show.”
Further to this, the owner of the luxury sport brand fashion label, Sport Luxe, said that her kids only feature in the series a small amount and her husband doesn’t appear at all. Instead, we’re going to see more about “working mums who are always juggling”.
“I juggle four dogs, a turtle called Terry, my husband, and the bank accounts, so, there’s a lot of balls in the air,” she continued, “You do always have working mum guilt. So, I think that these sorts of topics are really explored and discussed because we are naturally all very different. The way Nicole and I bring up our kids is totally different. Who gets the gold star? No one knows yet who gets to determine that so it’s all those sorts of things that I think this show really delves into and people will relate to that.”
Victoria Montano. RHOS. Binge
Nicole O’Neil on why RHOS is “relatable”
For O’Neil, RHOS season two “is heartfelt, colourful and it is raw”; however, one surprising word she used to describe it was “relatable”.
While most of us don’t have a yacht to step onto on a Sunday afternoon during Summer, O’Neil clarified that “it’s one of those shows where everybody will find something that that they relate with”.I think
“I think it’s the friendships, it’s the relationships that we have with each other,” she said. “It’s our difference of opinions as mothers, as friends, how we all react to different things, what we find is acceptable with a friend. What our tolerances are, and I think it explores all of that.”
She continued: “I think this season, we all had an opportunity to really get to know each other. We had an opportunity for the audience to get to know us and I think we explored more into everyone’s individual stories.
“I think that that’s what made it such a great season is that viewers can invest in the characters because you really get to know what they stand for.”
Nicole O’Neil. RHOS. Binge
RHOS launches on Binge on October 10 with episodes released weekly.