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Spencer Pratt thinks by Heidi Pratt reality TV background may be too much for the women of the Real Housewives.
“She would go to the stage. I know that’s my love for her, but I really think she would upstage all these simple ladies,” Spencer, 40, shared The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published on Friday, September 15, adding that he “hears” people claim his wife is “too polarizing.”
For her part, Heidi agreed when asked if she was thinking Andy Cohen was the reason they weren’t asked to join the cast. “I think so. He stated a while ago that he would never want me in and that I wasn’t for their franchise, but I think he’s so wrong,” she claimed, noting that it was ” logical’ would be if she were part of a show like The Real Housewives of Orange County or The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills now that she is a mother of two children.
Referring to her long-standing feud with former costar Lauren Conradshe continued: “I don’t know if [Andy] is just a Lauren fan or something because I would think he would appreciate the reality star that I am.
After the end of The hills – which ran on MTV from 2006 to 2010 – both Spencer and Heidi have made names for themselves in the reality TV landscape. After appearing in shows like Celebrity big brother, celebrity wife swapping And Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars 2for which the couple returned The hills’ short-lived spin-off, The hills: a new beginning in 2019.
Now, in addition to raising their two sons, Gunner, 5, and Ryker, 23 months, the couple has one of their “biggest dream team projects in the making.”
“It’s an idea that Heidi and I have said before: I can’t believe no one has come to us to do it in 10 years. And then this big hitter came up with that idea,” Spencer teased THR. “So the paperwork is just being signed and if it goes through, it would all come together, just like a vision.”
While some reality TV stars are considering joining the ongoing Hollywood strikes, Spencer and Heidi have made it clear they are not on board. After Bethenny Frankel urged her fellow reality TV personalities to join her in the fight for fair wages alongside SAG-AFTRA and WGA earlier this summer. Spencer and Heidi made it clear on social media that they will be “on every show” and that networks can “treat us however you want. ”
Spencer clarified his thoughts on Friday and shared THR that he and Heidi “support the WGA” but were “frustrated” when their names were “mingled” with Frankel, 52.
“[She] made people think there really was a reality strike,” he explained. “I was clowning around when I jokingly said, ‘I’ve been on strike.’ That’s why you didn’t see me.’ No, I don’t have a TV show. That’s why you didn’t see me. But Heidi and I have learned this so many times, the number of pilots that we’ve shot with major production companies and major producers, and how often those pilots never make it to the air, once you’ve been in that game and know how hard it is to To be a reality TV person on a television show, until you’ve been to the other side, you don’t understand what a privilege it is.
The WGA (Writer’s Guild of America) and SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), which began their strikes in May and July respectively, are seeking similar new contracts with the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Film and television producers) regarding wages, the use of artificial intelligence and streaming residuals. In July, Frankel addressed the situation, claiming she had not seen “any residual scrutiny” for reruns of her previous reality TV appearances.
“I am acutely aware that unscripted talent, also known as ‘reality stars,’ should have a union or simply be treated fairly and valued,” the spokesperson said. Real Housewives of New York City alum said via TikTok video at the time. “The mentality that we were nobody and that these streamers and networks gave us platforms and that we can capitalize on them is also crazy.”