Housewives' Happy Hour with RHOP's Karen Huger

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00:00 Hey everyone, Christina Garbaldi here with the grand dame herself, Karen, from The Real Housewives

00:04 of Potomac. Thank you so much for stopping by the Housewives Happy Hour. So we have our wine,

00:09 I have some fun questions, so let's get right to it. So what is your favorite tagline of all time?

00:15 Can we change the question and say, what have I said most on TV that's been true for eight years?

00:20 People come for me all the time. They just don't find me. People come for me all the time.

00:24 They just don't find me. I should have made that. I was a rookie when I landed that. I was

00:29 my first year and I didn't know. It just comes to me when I'm sitting in the moment. I wish

00:34 I'd had it in my tagline. You do have some fabulous one-liners. This season is good.

00:38 On the fence. I own the fence. You ride me. That is my favorite because it's very challenging for

00:45 some of the girls. They're like, I don't understand it. Yes, you do. You ride me,

00:49 darling. You ride the fence. The fence is me. And many of the ladies have always jumped on board to

00:57 make Karen a part of their conversation or the moment. And I'm like, OK, I do not hump the fence

01:03 like you say. I am not Switzerland. I am the fence you choose to ride. So I own the fence.

01:09 Yes, you are the fence. I love that. What does it take to be a grand dame?

01:13 Honestly, it takes the fans supporting and loving you and really endorsing that. I will say that

01:19 Giselle called me the grand dame first. But she meant that we weren't in a great place at the time.

01:25 So she meant that to be shady like you. Oh, broad, you know, kind of thing. And I took it and ran

01:29 with it and made a business. La Dame Grand Dame. And no, you can't have it. It takes that fortitude.

01:34 It takes that commitment to shake off the insults. Totally. And turn it into a business. La Dame is

01:40 a dynasty, which is now turning into a little resort. I love it. I love that. Yeah. Yeah.

01:47 Everybody. Yeah. What is the shadiest thing someone do you in your opinion? What is the

01:54 shadiest thing someone has ever done to you on the show? It's so many. I know it's so many. Again,

02:02 hence I am the fence. They ride me. I want that moment with me. I couldn't name just one because

02:07 they are because I'm like Teflon. It just bounces off. So this shade doesn't really work on me

02:15 because I pivot and embrace it and make, you know, lemonade out of lemons. When you saw the sketch

02:23 last season for the first time, what was your reaction? How far away is it of the truth?

02:28 I don't know. Next. Next. I'm going to sit for that. Bravo did a comparison. Yep.

02:39 Next. What do you consider your messiest moment? When my wig shifted.

02:48 That was a mess. My glue melted. That was, but you know, when you, when that happens and then

02:54 I think many women who wear wigs, you know, should own it, you know? And so when it shifted, I just

03:00 was like, let me make a moment out of it because it wasn't the first time I wig shifted. It was

03:03 the first time I wig shifted on camera. And I'm like, well, let me show them how I really would

03:07 do it. And I locked that puppy down and kept it moving and created an RPG show. Ex LaDom. Now I

03:12 have my own wig line. You turn lemons into lemonade. Okay, honey, LaDom, keep pushing that.

03:18 And you do it on the spot, which is on the spot. If you could trade one of your Potomac Housewives

03:23 for another housewife on another franchise, who would it be? I wouldn't. Not right now. No,

03:28 not ever. Let's be very clear. We have the magic bullet. It's not perfect, but we're strong. We're

03:35 dynamic. I believe in these women, this core group of women that I just named a few minutes ago that

03:41 really pulled this through. Even Mia with her amnesia is needed. We're quirky. We're powerful.

03:50 We're intelligent. We're everything that when you turn the TV on, every woman can find one of us

03:57 that they can identify with. That's magic. Yeah, no, it's true. And you have such a core group. I

04:02 mean, so many of the ladies have been here since day one. Yeah, the OGs. I think four of us. Yeah.

04:08 And not a lot of other franchises. Yeah, they only won four for eight years. Is there anybody

04:13 that you would ever want to bring back? Not at all. Not at all. No, I'm kidding. I like Katie.

04:17 I love Katie. I've always said that Katie was a silent storm that's really intelligent. I would

04:24 love to have her back, except for Ray thinks she's gorgeous. And I might have her come in

04:28 limitedly because he really likes her. You saw her at that spring kickoff party. They had a good

04:36 old time. I had to pull him up. Right. That's true. I forgot. Oh, he was breaking down. I was

04:40 like, I don't need you, babe. Yes. And then finally, if you could go back and tell yourself

04:44 something, advice, day one of filming, what would it be? I wouldn't. Hmm. I have enjoyed my ride.

04:52 I know that sounds so crazy, but be open to growth. Be open to being more humble and vulnerable

05:00 because that's the key to reality TV. I just open up every, I open up more and more every year

05:06 and I enjoy it. Just be open to challenges. Every day is not going to be peachy, is scary.

05:14 Embrace it and turn lemons into lemonade. Definitely. Well, cheers to you and cheers

05:20 to this season. Thank you so much. Thank you for having me.

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