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 Slezger. Let's get to it.

Hi, everyone. I hope you had a wonderful week. This week's podcast is going to be a little unique because

I am doing a joint episode with Dana Reagan, who is the Bravo Investigator on Instagram, and she has

the podcast. I take Bravo very seriously. And we are releasing this on both of our platforms. So on my platform this Sunday and on her platform the following day on Monday, September 23rd.

So I hope you guys really enjoy this podcast.

I had a lot of fun chatting with Dana.

We get into the new season of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City and, of course,

the Real Housewives of Orange County. What we did not get into was the Dubai Reunion Part 2.

And so I just wanted to share some of my thoughts on it. I'm quite worried that Dubai is not going to

get picked up for another season.

I just don't think that the viewers got as into it. And I think a huge part of the problem is the

delay between when they film it and when we get to see it. And I'm pretty sure that all has to

do with the government in Dubai and them having to approve everything and all of the B-roll footage can't

show anyone in it. So I think they take drone footage or pictures and stuff of Dubai, but then have to

erase all of the people. It's very, very odd. Anyway, so I think that's a huge part of the issue.

But I think the drama has

been quite good, and I actually really, really enjoyed this season. So the part two of the

reunion, so Andy talked about how when Brooks was on Watch What Happens Live, that Brooks said

that if Tallinn apologized to her, that she could make

amends. And throughout the reunion, Tallinn had been apologizing for a number of things.

And so, you know, Brooks said, okay, we can move forward. But Talene's like, well, also, what about me?

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