The bewitching night of All Hallows Eve is almost upon us as the ghosts and ghouls get ready for their time to shine in the alternate reality. Over the years, the Real Housewives franchise has had some spot-on costumes that have gone above and beyond. Below is our list of the top Rea Housewives Halloween costumes, but feel free to tell us what you think!
Oops, the Singer Stinger did it again. Ramona Singer wowed in a skin-tight red catsuit. Dorinda Medley decided to throw a little soiree with the theme “famous people,” and Ramona chose wisely. Everyone and their mother knows who Britney Spears is, and Ramona’s costume is effective. Ramona accessorized well, adding long blonde extensions and even channeling her inner pop princess.
The supermodel of the Real Housewives of Atlanta knew her mission when she rocked up in her own version of 50 Cent, aptly named 50 Cynt. While all her other housewives were decked out in glam, Cynthia Bailey came with a five o’clock shadow and Timberland boots. The Season 10 Halloween party was everything and even showed NeNe Leakes and Gregg Leakes as a cockroach and exterminator. But none took more pride in their costume than Cynthia, who walked in the room with a creative swagger fans loved.
Little monsters everywhere roared when they saw Dorinda dressed as Lady Gaga, bubble suit and all. As the party host, Dorinda was expected to show out, and she did just that. The make-it-nice queen made sure to sport a platinum blonde bob, too. Dorinda was in good company as her friends showed up as Amelia Earhart and Madonna.
If the constant gossip wasn’t a clue that Lisa Rinna and the Pretty Mess singer were friends, then the spooky tribute costume to Erika Jayne surely gave it away. Fans love Lisa, as she knows how to make an entrance and make almost every party guest feel the slightest bit uncomfortable. During Season 9 of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Lisa went against the grain and strayed away from her co-stars, who all came as cats. Lisa waltzed in as an elite member of the Fox Force Five, including Erika’s sassy personality and all.
Love her or hate her, LeeAnn Locken knew how to do Halloween with her Two Face costume, proving she is one of the best. Viewers of the Real Housewives of Dallas couldn’t believe their eyes when the former Carni rocked up in a black and white dress and wig. Stephanie Hollman had invited her frenemy, but LeeAnne decided to make it an extra special moment by showing up as “two-faced Stephanie.” Luckily, Steph played it cool, and the party went off without a hitch.
Sonja Morgan as Marie Antoinette was everything! I mean, she even had a cake for the peasants around her. Sonja stunned in a mini version of the French court attire and donned a very tall period-piece wig. Naturally, as the night went on, fans saw more and more of Sonja’s tush as she flirted her way through the evening.
Candy girl Bethenny Frankel came across as sweet with her Halloween costume. To complete the look, the Skinnygirl CEO wore a pink corset decked out in sweet treats with a purple and pink tulle skirt. Unfortunately, Bethenny’s sweet theme didn’t help with her sassy demeanor, as she still ruffled her castmates’ feathers.
Honestly, I almost didn’t recognize Heather Dubrow here as Katniss Everdeen. I love that she hung up her fancy pants and sported a leather suit that showed off her badass ways. Heather completed her look with a bow, side braid, and fashionable shoulder pads. The only way this outfit could have been better was if Terry Dubrow went as Peeta.
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The rebooted Real Housewives of New York Season 14 is wrapping up, and what a ride it’s been. RHONY Season 14 gave us some great moments and compelling drama, but what really stood out was the cast. The group of new RHONY housewives received mixed reviews from fans, but the idea to refresh the cast was solid. A fresh group of housewives is the easiest way to inject new life into the Real Housewives franchise.
A few of the new RHONY housewives stood out as Bravo stars in the making. However, not all of the cast should return for Season 15. Sometimes housewives fail to resonate with fans, while others just don’t seem cut out for reality TV. These are the Season 14 stars who probably shouldn’t return next season, instead making way for new additions to the cast.
Ubah Hassan
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Let me make one thing clear—I absolutely adore Ubah Hassan! Not only is Ubah one of the most elegant and statuesque women to ever appear on the Bravo network, she also has a magnetic personality. Ubah, for the most part, got along well with her fellow housewives and often delivered equal parts sage advice and hilarious moments. Throughout Season 14 Ubah was unabashedly single and fabulous, and she was truly fun to watch.
So why should she be replaced for Season 15? While Ubah did well on her inaugural season, there are a few reasons why reality TV may not be for her. At the end of Season 14, it was revealed that Ubah has begun dating a new mystery man. However, Ubah has been very protective of her budding relationship.
It was clear how upset Ubah was that her castmate, Sai De Silva, betrayed her trust and blabbed about her Connecticut-based beau. If Ubah is that concerned about keeping her love life private, the Real Housewives is the wrong place for her. The best way for Ubah to keep her new relationship free from unnecessary pressure is to step away from the cameras.
As a model, it also might not serve Ubah’s career to continue on RHONY. The modeling world is known for being wary of reality TV stars—after all, for every successful Kendall Jenner there are dozens of failed ANTM models (IYKYK). Ubah’s career might do just fine if she remains on Real Housewives, but it may not be worth the risk.
Erin Lichy
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Among the new RHONY housewives, there were two who strongly came across as mean girls—Erin Lichy and Sai De Silva. Both women have faced intense criticism all season, and Bravo would do well to give both of them the boot.
Erin got on fans’ and her castmates’ nerves practically from minute one. Early in the season, Erin caught flak for being a bad hostess and always failing to adequately feed her guests. Things only got worse from there. Erin was blasted for her tedious and self-involved vow renewal party, phone-stealing prank, and the disrespectful way she spoke about Jessel Taank’s marriage.
Though Erin seemingly has all the makings of a classic Real Housewives villain, she’s not a very enjoyable one. Frankly, she’d be more compelling to watch if she actually owned her bad behavior. Instead, Erin always tries to make excuses for herself and deny the things she’s done and said. Case in point, Erin refused to admit at the reunion that she had ever implied that Jessel’s husband was cheating, and it wasn’t a good look.
The new RHONY housewives should be joined by a truly loud-and-proud villain who isn’t afraid to own their problematic behavior. I’d much rather watch someone who’s completely deluded try to defend their batshit crazy actions rather than someone like Erin who tries to gaslight viewers and her castmates by denying anything ever happened.
Sai De Silva
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Erin’s fellow villain, Sai, also brought her fair share of mean girl behavior with little entertainment value. However, while Erin’s behavior was more catty, the way Sai went after Jessel was almost vicious. Sai continuously prodded Jessel to reveal more about her past, and even when she did, Sai didn’t believe her.
It was a strange look for Sai, and her vendetta against Jessel seemed to stem from some sort of deeply-rooted insecurity. Sai was quick to criticize Jessel for the same behavior she also exhibited. After all, coming at someone for being 40 minutes late to a meeting that you were 20 minutes late to yourself is the ultimate pot calling the kettle black. But Sai also wasn’t willing to accept Jessel’s attempts to sympathize and connect with her.
Overall, Sai gave off some very weird vibes in Season 14, and it would be a good idea for Bravo to replace her for Season 15. Sai is already a successful influencer, so getting cut from RHONY likely wouldn’t have much of an impact on her financially. It would probably benefit Sai to not return to Real Housewives and continue to go down the villain rabbit hole.
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It’s that time again: welcome to the Bachelor in Paradise Season 9, Episode 5 recap! This week on Bachelor in Paradise, we pick up right where we left off in Episode 4. It’s Rose Ceremony night, and there are still 12 guys and only seven women to hand out roses. Five men are going home tonight.
Sean McLaughlin and Aaron Schwartzman are pretty sure they’re both going home, since they see no prospects for a rose. Sean quit his job in order to come to Paradise, so he would feel especially defeated to go home without finding love. Just shows how young he is. Who quits their job to go on a vacation? Are contestants on this show paid? Actually, they are. My friend Google says they each make about $400 a day to be there. Cool. But he’ll still be unemployed when he gets home. Sean’s praying to the Paradise gods for a miracle.
Kat Izzo casually mentions, “It’s funny that they’ve brought so many guys in, but not one girl has come down.” From her mouth to the producers’ ears. Here comes a woman down the stairs right now. Who the heck is that?
It’s Sam, but it’s not “our” Sam. It’s Samantha Picco from Canadian Bachelor in Paradise. Why? Don’t we have enough women left over from the U.S. version?
Sam’s come to stir things up. “I’m not gonna play nice,” she tells Jesse Palmer. “I’m here to shake it up and go for what I want. And I usually get it.”
Jesse’s pleased to inform Sam that she’s arrived on Rose Ceremony night, and the ladies have the roses, so she’s golden. He sends her on down the stairs in her six-inch platform sandals, and she joins the others.
Entering with an enthusiastic “Hi,” she is met by crickets and blank stares. Nobody else knows who she is either, but no one wants to seem rude by asking her which season she was on.
Finally, Aaron S. slyly asks, “Is this your first time in Paradise?” Good one, Aaron.
“Yeah,” she says, before remembering that that’s not quite true. “No, actually it’s not. I was on Paradise in Canada.” Mystery solved. And the entire room breathes a collective, “Ooh!”
Trying to suss out the available men on the beach before she has to give one of them a rose, Sam attempts to talk to as many of them as she can in a short time.
Peter Cappio tells Sam, “You look great,” even though she’s 34. In an interview, Sean thinks Sam’s the miracle he prayed for and calls her a “36-year-old fireball,” which is also offensive – and not just because he got her age wrong. Come on, guys. It’s not like she’s the Crypt Keeper. Jeez Louise.
Sadly, say goodbye to Aaron S., John Buresh, Sean and Will Urena. I hope Aaron goes home and DMs Sam Jeffries. They seemed like such a sweet couple and would probably still be together if only she’d been able to poop.
Kat’s birthday in Paradise
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Did you know that it’s Kat’s world and we all just live in it? Ask her. She’ll tell you. And it’s her birthday, y’all. Bow down and worship the Queen! And what does she want for her birthday? She wants a date card so she can go somewhere romantic and make out with Tanner. So that’s totally gonna happen, right?
And here comes Olivia with a date card. Yay! Kat’s eyes light up and she fake claps with excitement. But when Olivia reads the date card, her whole demeanor changes.
“Rachel, take a swing at love.”
Kat is furious. “No! Nooo-wah! I did not get the date card. Ugh. On my birthday. I’m only 27 once.” Do you think production purposely didn’t give her the date card because she’s such a diva and a pain in the ass?
Meanwhile, Rachel very cutely pretends to be confused about who she should take. “Oh, my gosh,” she Valley-Girls. “This is a very hard decision. I put a lot of thought into this, and I’ve loved getting to know all of you. But Brayden, do you wanna go on this date with me?”
“Oh, my god,” he laughs, playing along. “That would be so great!” They are so cute together. They just laugh and have fun all the time. They are perfection.
Brayden and Rachel’s date involved them wearing flesh-colored swimsuits and covering each other with multi-colored bodypaint. They are making themselves into human piñatas. Side note: Why does ABC cover the thong of Rachel’s bikini with a black box, but once her butt is painted dark green it’s okay to show it? I’m confused.
Getting bored with just painting each other, they start pouring the paint and kissing it off. Rachel even has it in her hair, but she’s having so much fun, she doesn’t care. They are laughing hysterically and just having a great time.
“This is the most romantic date I have been on in my whole Bachelor career,” Rachel says. “I don’t need fireworks and a yacht.”
“It’s so much fun to just go and do something with someone who’s not worried about getting messy or dirty,” Brayden adds. “She looks amazing … When you don’t care and you’re not so fixated on it, that’s when your beauty comes out. Her beauty came out today to me.”
When they’re done painting themselves, they add pointy hats and star bodies. Voila! Human piñatas. Best Bachelor date ever. Just add a giant bowl of candy, and they’re ready to go.
Something gorgeous this way comes, and it’s not Kat’s birthday present. Here comes Davia Esther down the steps to Paradise, and she is absolutely beautiful. She was Miss South Carolina 2018, and the title under her name says she’s 32, but that’s incorrect. According to her Bachelor Wiki page, she was born in 1997 so she’s only 27. And did I say she was gorgeous? She also has a rare genetic condition called heterochromia, where her eyes are two different colors. Her right eye is blue, while her left eye is green. She’s stunning.
And of course, she’s coming to meet Tanner. The BIP producers are definitely trying to wind Kat up, especially since it’s her birthday. (Did I foget to tell you that?) And of course, Davia’s got a date card. When she walks in, the look on Kat’s face is priceless.
She reads the date card, “Davia, let love take the lead tonight,” and immediately pulls Tanner for a “chat.” As Blake says, “In Kat fasion, [Kat] is a little bit annoyed … She’s not taking it well, so I’m hoping Tanner deals with this the right way.” I wouldn’t hold my breath. Tanner’s a little bit dazzled by all that beauty.
In the end, Davia decides she doesn’t need to talk to anybody else and cuts to the chase. “Tanner,” she says, “do you want to go on this date with me?” He accepts immediately.
But to his credit, he asks if he can talk to Kat “real quick.” That’s more than she did for Brayden.
Bachelor in Paradise Season 9, Episode 5 Recap: Kat’s spiral begins
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Rather than being honest with Tanner and telling him that no way in Hell does she want him to go on a date with Davia, she passive/aggessively tells him, “It’s something you want to do, so you should do it.” But you’ll never hear the end of it, Tanner. Run, while you still can!
Instead, Tanner says, “I feel like going on this date might give me clarity.” Yeah, okay. So in other words, she’s hotter than Kat and you like her. Whatever. Just go.
In voiceover, we hear Kat screaming, “Are you kidding me? Of course, I’m going to be pissed off!” But she doesn’t say any of that to his face.
While they’re still talking, Davia comes and rescues Tanner from this circular conversation. “Are you ready?” she asks him. Kat stomps off and they leave. Power move, Davia.
Hurricane Kat rolls in
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After the happy couple leaves, Kat falls apart. As she’s sobbing in Kylee’s arms, everybody else walks in, carrying a cake and singing Happy Birthday (nice touch, show, with the discordant musical accompaniment). Kat takes the cake, walks away with it and we later see it floating in the ocean. I’m guessing nobody got a slice of that cake before it went for a swim.
Kat demands shots and a piñata for her birthday. At that moment, Brayden and Rachel return, still dressed as human piñatas. Don’t anybody let Kat get her hands on a stick! They throw candy to the group.
When Brayden and Rachel learn that Davia took Tanner on a date, they stop for a minute, wordless. “Oh … ” Brayden says, not coming up with anything nice to say. “Well, we’re gonna go get showered and changed. We’ll be back in a bit.”
At last, Kat gets the piñata she’s been harping about all day. They put a stick in her hands and scream, “It’s Tanner! It’s Tanner!” So she beats the sh*t out of the poor little innocent thing and tears it completely to pieces. Even when it’s lying all broken on the ground with all of it’s insides spread everywhere, she pounds on it some more. Kat’s got issues.
Kat smells blood in the water
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The next morning Davia comes out wearing a bikini top that’s three sizes too small. Seriously, her boobs are falling out the bottom. Despite the ill-fitting top, Kat hates her for looking “really hot.”
Davia wants to talk to Kat and clear the air. Oh, no! Somebody stop her! But she asks Kat to go for a “little chat.” Oh, dear. This is not going to go well.
Brayden thinks Kat’s “going in for the kill. She smells blood in the water, and she is a shark swimming.”
Davia says, “The date went really, really well.” She thinks Tanner wants to continue to get to know her. Why is she telling Kat all of this?
Kat rambles some stuff about getting “clarity,” and wraps up with, “It just sucks cause it was my birthday, so it was hurtful … ” And actually, I kind of stopped listening at this point, because she’s just repeating herself. And then she tries to sabotage Tanner and Davia’s relationship by asking, “Is that someone you want to talk to and put your energy towards as well?”
Kat needs some serious counseling. Everything is everybody else’s fault and she never takes any responsibility. She’s exhausting.
Sitting at the table with Brayden and Aven, they’re talking about figuring out their relationships when Kat just lashes out, “I wish some guys would just get their f*cking sh*t together.” Yikes! That was aggressive.
And here comes Tanner. Run, Tanner, run! He asks Kat to come talk. Sam’s afraid Kat “might just burn Paradise to the ground.”
Bachelor in Paradise airs Thursdays at 9/8c on ABC.
TELL US – WHO’S YOUR FAVORITE COUPLE SO FAR? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF NEWCOMERS SAM AND DAVIA? DO YOU THINK ANYONE WILL GIVE KAT A ROSE GOING FORWARD?
