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Vicki Gunvalson Compares 'Real Housewives' to a 'Deal With the Devil'

The Real Housewives of Orange County’s Vicki Gunvalson described joining the ‘Real Housewives’ franchise as making a ‘deal with the devil’

Gunvalson, an original cast member on the first-ever Housewives show, which premiered on Bravo in 2006, said she had no idea what she was signing up for at the time. During Tuesday’s episode of Dark Side of Reality TV, Gunvalson also described the “traumatic” way she learned her mother, Joanne Steinmetz, had died on camera while filming at costar Shannon Beador ’s home. According to Gunvalson, production set up Beador’s wrapping paper room with “lights and cameramen” to capture her eventual phone call with Briana.

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