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‘Selling the Hamptons’: How Surfer-Turned Real Estate Savant Dylan Eckardt Became Reality TV’s Most Obnoxious Villain


'Selling the Hamptons' star Dylan Eckardt on his blue-collar upbringing, his real estate success and what's in store for season 2

On the hit Max series, the über-Realtor — whose clients include everyone from Kanye West to Justin Bieber — comes off like the most immodest (and watchable) villain since “Beauty and the Beast”’s Gaston. From the moment Eckardt, the self-proclaimed prince of Montauk, makes his surprise entrance midway through the first episode, the barometric pressure drops. It’s hard to square any degree of achievement with the heavily tattooed man in sneakers and a baseball hat that reads “Fuck” who sits in front of me.

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