{"id":127,"date":"2020-11-12T19:30:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T19:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/?p=127"},"modified":"2020-11-12T23:21:47","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T23:21:47","slug":"real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/2020\/11\/12\/real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Housewives of Salt Lake City &#8211; Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Okay, I have to admit, hearing that there was going to be a Bravo show based in Salt Lake City did NOT intrigue me. I mean, how fun can Mormons actually be? A Real Housewives franchise with NO alcohol? Yeah, I&#8217;ll pass on that one. That being said I have to admit, I was absolutely floored when I actually enjoyed watching<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city\/about\"> RHOSLC<\/a>. The women were fabulous and most definitely do not hold up as &#8220;true&#8221; Mormon women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, we met Jen who is a coach&#8217;s wife. Jen&#8217;s husband and sons are black, which is something the Mormon church does not accept (a rather disgusting view on behalf of the Mormons if you ask me). After being a Mormon her whole life, she converted to Islam to be able to be a part of her husband&#8217;s life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2020\/11\/11\/3e379e64-ed9f-4b6a-8567-2ede5501b5fa-nup_191484_2998.jpg?w=800&amp;auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;cs=srgb&amp;q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=focalpoint&amp;fp-x=0.47619047619047616&amp;fp-y=0.3547619047619048\" alt=\"RHOSLC' Star Jen Shah: Instagram, Job, Husband &amp; Everything To Know\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next we met Heather, who truly believes in Mormonism, although she still drinks. In one of her interviews, she even said that &#8220;Mormons can attain perfection&#8221;, so she built a $20 million cosmetic procedure company. She was married into a family of extreme wealth, and when her and her husband divorced, she was still able to keep her business and let me tell you, it has flourished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2020\/11\/10\/e3cb5281-cc60-46cb-b41b-a5a78a309508-nup_191484_2788.JPG?w=800&amp;auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;cs=srgb&amp;q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=focalpoint&amp;fp-x=0.46984126984126984&amp;fp-y=0.24047619047619048\" alt=\"Heather Gay From 'RHOSLC': Instagram, Job &amp; Everything To Know\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The next housewife that popped up in the show was Meredith, who only lives in Utah part time, so I&#8217;m not too sure why she&#8217;s a RHOSLC but I guess beggars cannot be choosers. Meredith fully disclosed that she is jewish and mainly lives in Chicago with her husband and son. She runs a jewelry design business and owns a clothing store as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2020\/11\/11\/900d734f-71a2-4b1f-882f-0f9b1f8c1229-screen-shot-2020-11-11-at-35904-pm.png?w=800&amp;auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;cs=srgb&amp;q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=focalpoint&amp;fp-x=0.5066666666666667&amp;fp-y=0.25\" alt=\"RHOSLC' Star Meredith Marks: Instagram, Job, Husband &amp; Everything To Know\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After Meredith, we met Lisa, the owner of a luxury marketing brand from New York. She told us that she was &#8220;a jew by heritage, mormon by choice&#8221;. Despite converting to mormonism, her and her husband own many tequila brands and are dabbling in the world of vodka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monstersandcritics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/lisa-barlow-rhoslc.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa Barlow claims she started Real Housewives of Salt Lake City\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone we didn&#8217;t get to see too much of was Whitney. All we really know from the first episode is that she renewed her vows with her husband and is totally not a Mormon anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imgix.bustle.com\/uploads\/image\/2020\/11\/11\/fd33628b-500c-4b35-a229-3b64d08e9eef-nup_191484_3975.jpg?w=800&amp;auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;cs=srgb&amp;q=70&amp;fit=crop&amp;crop=focalpoint&amp;fp-x=0.476&amp;fp-y=0.27251732101616627\" alt=\"Whitney Rose From 'RHOSLC': Instagram, Job, Husband &amp; Everything To Know\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0\">&#8230;.and lastly we have my QUEEN, Mary. Mary is fabulous, she has no filter, she dresses to the 9&#8217;s, she married her step-grandfather. Yes, you read that right, she MARRIED her STEP-GRANDFATHER. She seems happy, but still, it&#8217;s a little on the weird side. Apparently, it was her grandmother&#8217;s &#8220;dying wish&#8221; that they get married&#8230; sounds like a branch that needs to fall off the family tree if you ask me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.srcdn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RHOSLC-MARY-COSBY.jpg\" alt=\"RHOSLC: Mary Cosby Defends Marrying Her Grandfather As The 'Right' Thing\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And there we have it! The not-so-Mormon Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Let&#8217;s raise a glass to them, because from what I saw last night, it&#8217;s going to be a drama storm!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I have to admit, hearing that there was going to be a Bravo show based in Salt Lake City did NOT intrigue me. I mean, how fun can Mormons actually be? A Real Housewives franchise with NO alcohol? Yeah, I&#8217;ll pass on that one. That being said I have to admit, I was absolutely&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/2020\/11\/12\/real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city-premiere\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Real Housewives of Salt Lake City &#8211; Premiere<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8238,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1282124],"tags":[111183,1380180,1381147,1379586,1379899,1380527,1379115,1379360,1380884],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recaps","tag-bravo","tag-heather-gay","tag-jen-shah","tag-lisa-barlow","tag-mary-cosby","tag-meredith-marks","tag-real-housewives-of-salt-lake-city","tag-rhoslc","tag-whitney-rose","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/realitea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}