Welcome to Is This Real Life, a Bravo podcast that relates our favorite shows to our own lives in the world around us.

I'm your host, Mandy Slutszer. Let's get to it.

Hi, everyone. Hope you had an all right week. I'm in a pretty good mood because it really feels like spring right now in D.C.

And it's the first time I've been able to wear sandals in months.

And I am just enjoying it immensely.

I'm also getting ready to go on vacation, which I haven't done in a while. I'm going to Los Angeles

with some friends. And we are going to stay in the West Hollywood area. And I'm so excited to

actually visit Tom Tom for the first time. Because last time I was in L.A. it didn't yet exist. So if you guys have any

hot tips or recommendations, just let me know. But yeah, so next week I am going to be doing

a solo recap of Salt Lake and Jersey. And then I have a little interview with my dad and Joyce. The last time

they were on the podcast was before they got married. And so I think it was like July of 2020.

So we check in with them. And then I asked my dad to tell a story about this man that he reconnected with in the last

decade or so from his time growing up in Russia.

And it's pretty interesting because I actually got to meet this man.

So, but that's for next week.

This week, my guest is so fantastic. You guys all know him. Pet Shop

Boy on Instagram. He is so hilarious. And I realize that we both really enjoy watching these shows

for what they're meant to be, which is entertainment to us and watching an ensemble cast.

And so rather than everyone being on teams and you loving someone and hating someone,

realizing that, you know, you could love someone one minute and you can't stand them the next minute.

And I appreciate that.

I feel like Housewives Twitter is getting more and more

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