No-one is under any illusion that you watch any of the Real Housewives franchise for tips on world peace or avoiding conflict.
But for many, the latest episodes of the Sydney version have gone too far, with the ‘housewives’ being so mean to each other it can be uncomfortable to watch.
In Sunday’s episode, Athena X revealed to the group she’d grown up in with a violent father who beat her and her mother “to a pulp”.
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Instead of sympathy, the details of her traumatic childhood became the catalyst of a fight, with another housewife Victoria competing to share that she has a half sister.
This follows countless incidents where the women have called each other “fat”, a “whore” with a “smelly vagina” and a “has-been pot plant.”
In an interview with radio hosts Fitzy and Wippa, PR Guru Roxy Jacenko said she thought the show had gone too far.
“Look I won’t lie I haven’t seen Sunday’s episode. But I have watched a couple of episodes. They are so mean to each other. I don’t get it. Why does everyone have to be so mean?,” she told the duo.
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For the sake of her mental health, Athena needs to be pulled off the show and given urgent psychological help. It's clear she has issues that stem from her childhood and watching someone have a meltdown on t.v. is hard to watch. After watching that episode on Sunday night I now understand why Athena is looking for spiritual guidance and often talks about regression, it's obvious she wants to go back to her childhood and undo everything that happened so she can move on and be happy. Unfortunately that's never going to happen the past has passed and nothing can change that. She would be much better off speaking to a professional about her issues because her behaviour is not only causing problems for herself but also for others. What happened to Athena is certainly not her fault and the way she behaves obviously stems from her childhood which again she is not to blame for but it's her responsibility to do something about it so that she can move on.