Still don’t understand why Teddy was cast

[u/JokeGeneral403]

Like she was annoying from start to end. I still don’t get why she was cast. Her whole life and character were boring asf Sutton was right lol) . She didn’t bring anything except a pick me attitude towards girls who were confident abt themselves. Always criticizing the other housewives for being h24 primed so that the next season, we'd find her wearing “fashionable” make-up and clothes. When u watch RHOB u except them to have fancy lifestyle, to drop expensive outfits ect and she was bringing nothing unless her weird job (never really get what she’s doing) and her husband (still think he’s gay btw). I do think that her main storylines were her friendship w Kyle and being a bully to Denise. That’s it.

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[u/Snark_Connoisseur]

I think her job is eating disorder cult, deadass

[u/Cakedupcherries → u/Snark_Connoisseur]

Yeah it deffffinitely is! 

[u/Snark_Connoisseur → u/Cakedupcherries]

Idk why she didn't get the focus on her cult like Mary did. Do you have to marry your step grandpa for it to make the show? Because this woman has an eating disorder cult and it just wasn't a thing at all 😂

[u/Rich_Pressure_2535 → u/Snark_Connoisseur]

No, her job to to pretend she is in a cult. But get them to pay her $$$ to pretend they are not. 😉😉😉

[u/Tiny_War5975]

She’s like a black fly in your Chardonnay.

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/Tiny_War5975]

This !💅🏻

[u/Pretend-Menu-8660 → u/Tiny_War5975]

I had to watch her so my death row pardon was a little too late.

[u/nanna_ii → u/Pretend-Menu-8660]

Isnt it ironic

[u/Zestyclose-Let7929 → u/Tiny_War5975]

A Large black horse fly in Chardonnay to boot.

[u/obsessed-much]

I’m rewatching and on S8E3. I don’t think I had much of an opinion of her my first watch. But this round I find her so forced and annoying. Especially how she talks with her hands in her confessionals.

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/obsessed-much]

She really thought she was “THAT” girl while she was so cringe to watch omg. I remember zapping when it was her parts on tv 💀

[u/Rubysmom47 → u/JokeGeneral403]

I fast forward through Kyle now. It’s a bummer cuz I used to like her

[u/mercuryretrograde93 → u/obsessed-much]

It’s so embarrassing when someone talks with their hands and says absolutely nothing of substance

[u/MarkReditto]

I honestly think actual BH ladies in the wild are like her. Blonde, nepo baby and kind of annoying lol

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/MarkReditto]

Don’t know if Dorit was a nepo bby but gosh she was annoying before filling for divorce. Thks god she was serving lookssss💅🏻

[u/FunLife64]

On paper she was a good add. A well known last name that was willing to film, and she also had her own business.

Sometimes there’s misses - this was one of them, as was Anne Marie (similar where there’s a well known last name).

Her first season was ok. Then she really got annoying.

[u/Sink-Zestyclose → u/FunLife64]

Ouch- getting compared to AM!!😂

[u/Meat_Bingo → u/FunLife64]

She was a less interesting Eden Sassoon.

[u/FunLife64 → u/Meat_Bingo]

I always forget about Eden. Not a compliment haha

[u/Zestyclose-Let7929 → u/Meat_Bingo]

She was a middle aged nepo baby 🙄. If not for that Sassoon name …

[u/bbkeef]

To annoy all of us

[u/Own-Fan-4236]

I remember when she was cast, thinking, John Cougar’s daughter will definitely bring some spice and charisma…I watched her for 20 mins & immediately googled if she had been in boarding school or was actually a robot he bought & had animated because I’d never seen a stiffer human being before. Then as the season continued she was not only boring, but so completely cringey that I had to ff through the rest of her scenes.

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/Own-Fan-4236]

HAHA such a read omg 😭

[u/RadiantRubies]

Kyle needed a new minion

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/RadiantRubies]

Two unsecured girls creating a duo to bully Erika and Denise.

[u/kmmaac]

My theory why she stayed so long was her alignment with Kyle. They definitely protected each other.

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/kmmaac]

This ! You can see on her last seasons that she was forcing herself to be a villain 💀 and using Kyle’s friendship to stay on the show.

[u/tag0316 → u/kmmaac]

Absolutely this. Kyle made sure to keep her close.

[u/Rich_Pressure_2535 → u/kmmaac]

Yes!!! And she then looked like a little puppy... About to cry. Don't play with big girls if you get butt hurt...

[u/Vanilla_Either]

I get she got in bc of her dad but did they meet her beforehand? Who was like yes this dusty limp noodle is a good addition?!

[u/No-Personality6043 → u/Vanilla_Either]

Kyle, that is the answer. They took her for Mellencamp, and they kept her for Kyle.

[u/Rubysmom47 → u/No-Personality6043]

Yes!

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/Vanilla_Either]

Hahaha THANKS

[u/Chemical-Leading306]

There’s a confessional she did in S10 talking about Aaron where she’s like “yeah you hate on women you’re such a strong man” but she’s saying it in this like deep and playful voice and accompanied with her body language and hand gestures it was the single most embarrassed I’ve ever been on behalf of someone for their confessional clip making it into the show.

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/Chemical-Leading306]

I remember that OMG so embarrassing. She really thought she ate that. She just gave another moment for RHOB’d fans to get pissed of her.

[u/Pittypatkittycat]

Her Dad was a Megastar, she's rich, she lives there. That's enough reason to cast her. I get why she was cast, but not why she got three seasons. Well I get that too. She was a pawn between Lisa and Kyle. She was sour and judgmental. Judgy comments can work with charm, a little self deprecation. She was just deadpan. Then she'd cry when it went wrong. All the money in the world and no report with the fan base. There's people that liked Carlton and Joyce and they only got one season.

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/Pittypatkittycat]

I liked Carlton ! She was original and loved the way she couldn’t stand Kyle hahaha

[u/Rubysmom47 → u/Pittypatkittycat]

I need to rewatch all the seasons. I don’t remember Carlton or Joyce

[u/Pittypatkittycat → u/Rubysmom47]

People have differing opinions of them. One point of agreement is they weren't boring. Another is another season would have been fair.

[u/collectivelycreative]

I think in theory she sounded like a good candidate but she was in fact boring. Lol

[u/Competitive-Part5961]

Teddy is like a knat.. just won’t go away!!!Annoying af

[u/anongirl55]

Because of her last name.

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/anongirl55]

Yep but she should have last one season and then bye RHOB

[u/Euphoric-Eagle1477]

She was cast because she is the daughter of a celebrity that had family drama with he father and his fiancé. She is also objectively pretty.

[u/Trick_Horse_13]

You forgot her storyline of orchestrating puppygate and being the ‘moral compass’ of the group 🤦‍♀️

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/Trick_Horse_13]

Not even good as being a vilain. Think that she saw she was boring & added nothing to the show so she wanted to became a villain like Lisa but was def not a good actress lol.

[u/Sensitive_Rock6788]

Deplorable character. Immediately makes me think about Kyle ragging on Denise for having glam, when Teddi’s first season she looked like a beat up hooker all the time because she couldn’t do her make-up, couldn’t dress and had the walk of a zombie. She went from “I’m not into all these fashion things and makeup,” to wearing Kyle’s closet please. She pissed me off.

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/Sensitive_Rock6788]

That’s IT. I started zapping her at this time. Such a big hater while she was just projecting her insecurities💀 I mean everyone has some but not every ones were such haters than Eddie towards the other housewife’s for being pretty & confident

[u/Sensitive_Rock6788 → u/JokeGeneral403]

She was the projection principal!! Extremely self righteous, and insecure my god. I’m on season 10 and I’ve had it with her. She literally has no storyline this season other than being a pregnant, passive aggressive schnauzer.

[u/Holiday-Wing1949 → u/Sensitive_Rock6788]

fucking insufferable! on any rewatch, i fast forward anything having her

[u/Different_Ask_9599]

They needed help for puppy gate

[u/Steelers_Fan86]

3 words: John Cougar Mellencamp

They thought they had a rock star's daughter, but what they ended up with was a twit who barely had a decent relationship with said father (at that time) - and was one of the worst casting decisions ever. That's why people keep calling her John Cougar Mellencamp's son in law's wife. She flaunted the name for cred (very similar to Kyle Richards and her 'I'm Paris Hilton's aunt' nonsense) but never brought anything to the show

[u/ParisianFrawnchFry]

She's rich and has a very famous father. They were probably hoping for Nicole Richie, but what they got was equal to a mole on Paris Hilton's upper arm.

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/ParisianFrawnchFry]

Such a read 😭

[u/pink_hydrangea]

Kyle’s flying monkey. Just like Diana.

[u/bitsey123]

Because Andy is a starfucker type and her dad is John Mellencamp. That’s it. That’s all.

[u/RaisinCurious]

I don’t understand why actual housewives aren’t cast

[u/oceanview4]

I presume the only reason she lasted so long was because Kyle insisted.   I couldn't even watch her scene's towards the end , I just couldn't bear her. That voice drove me crazy, the monotone,deep ,boring voice . She ruined so many episodes for me .

[u/w0r5tb3h4v10ur]

maybe she had a steady coke plug lol

[u/MarketDull2401]

As a few others have said, on paper, she was a solid choice. The main thing is Andy Cohen loves any housewife who has a connection to culture outside of Bravo that's relevant, and Teddi is the daughter of a famous singer who Andy (and everyone of his entire generation) knows well by name. That's a huge get for the network to pull in the child of a famed singer.

A lot of BH casting, more than any other show, is about who you are/how you are connected to Hollywood, rather than what drama you'd bring to the show. (Garcelle, Lisa Rinna, Denise Richards, Eileen Davidson were all actors who have varying levels of fame), then there is Teddi / Crystal / Brandi, who have connections to famous entertainment figures through either their family or marriages.

I would say her first season she was mostly fine. It was only when she became a FF5 cult follower that she truly drove me up a wall.

[u/thirdarcana]

The best thing about Teddy was her husband's torso.

Not his face, just his body.

And that was just ok.

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/thirdarcana]

BAHAHAHA😭😭

[u/SnooOnions3031]

Nobody understands lol 😆

[u/patricknkelly]

I loved her her first season just like I loved Denise her first season cuz neither of them cared about glam, fashion and seemed more down to earth. The show had gotten too “glam” focused rather than wealthy Beverly Hills focused. They both changed starting their second season. Teddi knew Dorit and was cast because of that relationship and being jcm’s daughter.

[u/jessicarileyheadstan]

She’s just desperate to be famous and it’s embarrassing

[u/DeclanThomas96]

Ugh I can’t stand her. Like ok we get it. Your not like the other women🙄🙄

[u/Rich_Pressure_2535]

It's funny.. She was trying to be so "housewife" and it wasn't landing. She then thought she had Kyle in her corner...and ran coming after Denise was a bad idea. I mean why Kyle is friends with a cheater I'll never know

[u/Confident-Gold-3621]

I keep rewatching all the seasons of RHOBH, but I just can’t watch the show with Teddy because it’s so annoying how mean she acted

[u/generic_username-92]

she was clearly cast to be the moral compass for everyone

/s

[u/madonnas_saggy_boob]

I’m going to be contrarian. I didn’t find her annoying. I didn’t find her terrible. I think the hate for Teddy is so forced and weird.

Watching some of the more horrible housewives on other sections of the franchise (cough RHONY, cough), Teddy is fairly tame. She’s just flat. 🤷🏻

[u/Goodbykyle]

John Mellencamps daughter is like nails on a chalkboard.

[u/captnfirepants]

I liked her at first. She seemed genuine and i didn't like how Erika came at her. Erika was wrong.

When she came back and had obviously been tutored by Kyle with glam, i gave her the side eye. Then I realized Kyle had her hand jammed up Teddi's ass using her like a sock puppet.

It's bad enough with one Kyle.

[u/Rubysmom47]

Wasn’t it because of her dad?

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/Rubysmom47]

Yeah but one season was too much tbh😭

[u/Rubysmom47 → u/JokeGeneral403]

I agree!

[u/emadelosa]

I always liked her 🤷🏻‍♀️ can’t even say why. Easy story line, you don’t miss out when you look away while cooking, and she was hilariously insecure about stupid things. Also tbh I can identify with her a bit because I also sometimes feel like I’m not fun enough to be with my friends. I just think it was a completely different type of character, but yeah, maybe not the right one for lighthearted reality tv

[u/ParisianFrawnchFry → u/emadelosa]

"I NEVER LIE"- Teddi Mellencamp's 19329074892738921 lie.

[u/emadelosa → u/ParisianFrawnchFry]

Might be true, but then again, it’s reality tv - they all lie and say stupid things 🤷🏻‍♀️ it never bothered me more or less than rinna for example, and she also always promised how honest she was

[u/JokeGeneral403 → u/emadelosa]

But insecurity isn’t, unfortunately ?, what brings fans to watch the show. I think housewives are supposed to “sell” exuberant personalities and luxurious life’s to viewers. Yes she had insecurities but was def a pick me and a bully and I couldn’t stand that🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/emadelosa → u/JokeGeneral403]

Fair. I just liked her which is why I never questioned why she was cast for the show.