RHOC: We listened to Vicki Gunvalson’s podcast so you don’t have to!

Vicki Gunvalson started her own podcast, Whoop It Up with Vicki, to spill all the tea on RHOC, her former castmates, and everything in between.

Post-RHOC, Vicki Gunvalson has filled her time spilling the beans about her former employer.  Her foray into podcasting with Whoop It Up with Vicki, has got to break some of the clauses in her iron-clad Bravo contracts.  So in the case that her episodes get wiped from the internet, we listened to them so you don’t have to!

First things first

The podcast theme song sounds like something you’d hear in a discount Mexican restaurant mid-day but it’s Vicki themed.  Anyway, the first episode is called “It’s Time to Meet the REAL Vicki Gunvalson, Not Just the ‘Real Housewife’ Pt.1.”  This sounds like a very low effort title for your first-ever podcast, but I digress.

The 35-minute long episode starts out with Vicki insisting she came up with the title “Real Housewives.”  She insists the was the first housewife on the first franchise and the first-ever thought about a housewife that ever existed.

Evolution (the production company) said Vicki no longer had a storyline and they offered her a “friend of” role.  Vicki didn’t accept that and asked for them to call it a “reduced” role.  But production said she was predictable and that doesn’t make for interesting television.  Vicki insists that Evolution “dangled a carrot” that if she came back in her reduced role, she would be brought back on full-time soon.

Vicki also says she’ll always be friends with Shannon Storms Beador and Tamra Judge, but will forever hate Braunwyn Windham-Burke.  She mentions that production “made” Braunwyn hate Vicki.  Vicki said that the Tres Amigas nickname was fully supported by production and it was a natural grouping of friends.

Vicki said that her final reunion was a nightmare from start to finish – especially after production lied to her about how much she would be featured.

BravoCon & the reunion

Vicki felt that based on the reaction at BravoCon, she thought that she was definitely going to be brought back.  Clearly that was not the case.  But Vicki quickly jumped into the most recent reunion which showed her in a terrible light.

Vicki said that after sitting for six hours, she still had not been called out to the stage.  Steve Lodge suggested they just leave.  She went on to say that production told her she would be a part of the reunion for 80% of the time, which she didn’t care about.  She cared more about getting paid for all three parts, which it was clear she wasn’t going to be apart of.

Then Gavin (“her handler”) told her the car was ready to take her home.  So Vicki was upset that she wasn’t going to be a bigger part of the reunion and that she wasn’t going to be paid for it.  That’s when she started flipping out at production backstage.

But in the end, they went in another direction

Eventually, Vicki said she had a come to Jesus meeting with production and they said that if she didn’t agree to come back as a friend, she wasn’t coming back at all.  Production agreed – she wasn’t coming back at all.  Vicki did say that Bethenny Frankel reached out to her and said leaving the show was the best thing that happened to her.  “It’s just like being a hooker or a stripper on a pole – it’s not worth it.”  You can’t just say that, Vicki.  VICKI!

But in the end, Steve hated filming and hates everything to do with The Real Housewives of Orange County, apparently.

Vicki and Steve are very chummy throughout and Steve was upset that their engagement party featured people that didn’t even like them and that it wasn’t “reality” at all.  Vicki is worried that people won’t remember her anymore but Steve reassures her that the re-runs will be around forever.  No word on their wedding, but I don’t think Steve loves anyone besides himself so this is not at all surprising.

Steve says that Vicki had a profound impact on viewers and people because of her insurance company, but she’s happy she has her career to fall back on.  After all the talk that Vicki wasn’t fired, she admits what we all knew – she was totally fired.

Vicki says she is glad she has Steve around and she’s happy to have her work to keep her occupied.  She’s sad she will miss Tamra and Shannon, but she won’t miss Braunwyn and Gina Kirschenheiter.  As if we didn’t already know that.

As the subject changed, there was a lovely fairy sound to signify such.  It felt like an HSN infomercial when they switch products, like when they go from selling a mop from selling a bedazzled shirt.  And that’s it for the first episode…….but don’t worry, there’s more coming.

The Real Housewives of Orange County is currently filming for Bravo.