Vicki Gunvalson is easliy the most annoying and skin-crawl inducing housewife on The Real Housewives of Orange County . She has spent half the season berating the newer cast members and her husband ( causing specualtion she may be leaving the show ). She recently sat down for an in-depth interview about her experiences with the show, and we’ve got the highlights including her relationship with Don, with Gretchen, which housewives she misses, and whether she’s coming back for another season:
I want to give you the opportunity to set the record straight then. Go ahead and address the many misperceptions that viewers may have of you.
Much of the misperception is that I’m not compassionate or I’m not soft-hearted. I cry and I pray every day, and I do all of the things that make me whole. That’s not portrayed out there because maybe I didn’t expose it to the cameras. I am sensitive. I’m probably one of the most misunderstood people on TV. People just don’t understand me yet, and they’re never going to from only getting seven minutes of me a week. That’s the hard part. They don’t show me going to church every week. They don’t show me praying and reading my Bible every night. (Wow, really?!! She’s the least Christ-like person EVER) That’s personal. They don’t show me crying with my kids, saying, “Am I doing a good job as a mother?” and their saying, “Absolutely, Mom.” They don’t show all of that. They show me controlling them, being a screaming and woo-hooing person. And I’m not. I wake up every day and work out. I go to work and then I make dinner for my family. We have a great family, and this year we’ve lost some of that on TV.
Viewers will want to know how things are going with you and your husband, Donn.
Amazing. We just got back from Puerto Vallarta. We went into a toughseason– and all marriages have a season — and I don’t think the show has been good for our marriage. But we actually sat down about a month ago and I said, “I really hurt Donn’s feelings.” I sent him flowers and cards, and told him how sorry I was and how I didn’t want to lose him as a husband. I love him. He accepted my apology and said that he hadn’t been the perfect husband either and maybe he wasn’t “filling the love tank.” But he said, “I love you more than anything and don’t want to divorce you. I don’t want you to divorce me. I want to live forever with you.” We made a conscious decision to be better toward each other. And it’s been amazing.
Also, we want to know: Are you friends with these ladies in real life? Or is that something that happens in front of the camera?
I’m not friends with Gretchen and Lynne. I just met them this year. I don’t know them at all. I don’t even have their phone numbers. In hindsight, I wish we would have been mixed with our friends; it would have been a lot easier. Tammy Knickerbocker was friends with Jeanna. And I was friends with Tammy, so we all blended a little easier. There was no catfighting and negativity. And now we bring in all these people that we don’t know, and it’s hard! It’s really hard. So, no, we’re not friends. I’m friends with Jeanna and Tamra, and that’s it. The other two, I have no desire to spend any time with. I only have 24 hours in a day, and I’m going to spend it with people I like.
What is with you and Gretchen this season? It appears you really have it out for her on-screen.
There is a lot that the viewers don’t know about Gretchen. Hopefully, the real truth will come out. But I base people not only on their actions, but on who they are as a person, morally and spiritually. (Does anyone else find this hilarious?!!!) I choose not to socialize with people that I have nothing in common with and people whose integrity I question. That’s all I’m going to say. Why spend time with people who you’re talking to only because of a TV show? There’s no point in it. I’ll do my deed regarding filming. But I’m not going to call her and say, “Let’s go out for a drink.” There’s no way.
Absolutely. I miss Lauri. I miss Tammy Knickerbocker a lot. I don’t miss Jo. Jo and I had nothing in common. She was, you know, my daughter’s age almost. But Tammy Knickerbocker works for me so I’m fortunate to see her every day. She was a great, quiet, solid friend. She’s not a party girl; she’s methodical and thinks before she talks. She’s not hurtful. Some of these other women are hurtful. Some of the things they say are just mean. I just don’t understand it, truly.
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