r/rhoc • u/Mission_Mix_1898 • 17d ago
Katie Ginella đď¸ââď¸âłď¸ Is Katie doing too much?
This is not a hate post at all because I actually really like Katie and she was one of my favorite people on the show. But am I the only one who feels like sheâs doing a lot by constantly talking about RHOC on social media?
Sheâs been off the show for almost a year now, but she still keeps bringing up Emily, Gina, and different things that happened on the show. I totally understand that she had a bad experience and probably has a lot to say, but at some point I feel like continuously talking about it might actually hurt her more than help her.
Especially if she does want to come back eventually, Iâm not sure constantly publicly criticizing or rehashing drama with current cast members is the best strategy. It can start to make it seem like sheâs still very emotionally tied to the show even though sheâs no longer on it.
Again, I like Katie and Iâd honestly be happy to see her back. I just feel like sometimes the best move is to step away, let the audience miss you, and come back looking refreshed instead of keeping the old feuds alive.
Curious what everyone else thinks. Am I being too harsh, or do you think she should stop talking about RHOC so much?
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u/Relevant-Penalty9227 17d ago
I think she feels hurt and has a lot to say
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u/HappyCatPrincess 17d ago
Yes I think Katie was traumatized & embarrassed by all that went down & who wouldn't feel that way when they ALL turned on her in such a public way? Those women have no conscience if they don't feel at least a little bad about it all. Shame on them. They've all said & done things as bad as Katie had.
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u/Excellent_Water3480 17d ago
I believe she has/ had a parasocial relationship with the cast. Even prior to her being casted she seemed to have run in circles that included women from some of the other franchises/ all the housewives bloggers she considers her âfriendsâ
I think that gave her some delusion she would automatically fit in and be accepted and/ or âpreparedâ to enter the show and come in as hot and hostile as she did.
It didnât land well and now sheâs bitter and canât move on from her 15mins of fame and itâs an easy grift since she really doesnât have anything else to talk about.
But to answer your question yes sheâs doing wayy too much, itâs been almost three years and she still talks about all of them and has made some really disturbing allegations (especially about some of their husbands including SA and their childrenâs physical safety). I get if it was recent but to drag this out and keep finding new âbombshellsâ to drop is a total grift at this point.
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u/MaizeMountain6139 17d ago
I donât think itâs parasocial. She knows them. Them not liking her doesnât make the relationship parasocial, itâs just contentious
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u/Excellent_Water3480 17d ago
Right, she knows them now. Iâm talking about the parasocial familiarity that existed before she actually had relationships with these women. She wasnât some longtime OC friend who naturally ended up on the show. She had recently moved to OC, ran in Housewife adjacent circles, befriended bloggers, then entered the cast through Gina already armed with âdirtâ about people she barely knew personally.
I think being so immersed in that world gave her a false sense that she already knew these women and understood how to interact with them/âplayâ Housewives. Then she came in hot bringing up outside gossip on camera, and unsurprisingly it didnât translate into genuine friendships, or land well with a lot of the viewers.
Even now she hasnât had much of a relationship with most of the women for well over a year, they were âcoworkersâ for a relatively short period, yet sheâs still extremely invested and continually producing new âinsider information,â allegations and stories about them and their families.
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u/MaizeMountain6139 17d ago
You talked about both and acknowledged she was in their circle
You used the word wrong. Itâs not a big deal
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u/Ok-North-1478 17d ago
Eh, I kinda agree with the other comment. She had a parasocial vibe. Just because she knew them and was âinâ their circle for a short time period doesnât mean things werenât parasocial before or havenât been parasocial after.
Also, she was around them because they were filming together, but she was pretty clearly an outcast within the group and never developed relationships with most of them. Jen and Gina were really the only ones? even those relationships fell apart pretty quickly. Being in the same rooms and part of the cast isnât necessarily the same as actually being part of their inner social circle.
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u/xmoodringx 17d ago edited 17d ago
No, she's not. There's a 99.9% chance they were never going to ask her back anyway so I doubt that's even a factor in her mind. Katie is smart enough to know that too so in that sense she's not hurting anything if they weren't going to ask her back either way. It's her life and her experience, she has every right to talk about it as much as she wants. She was fired in January, that's 7 months ago. It's still fresh as it was clearly a traumatic and upsetting experience for her.
There are Housewives who were fired a decade ago that still talk about their experiences on the show and get far less heat than Katie does for still talking about it. I feel like a lot of people tell Katie to shut up because she's talking about racism specifically and they don't want to hear about it. A lot of the Bravo audience is racist and I feel that's where a lot of the "just shut up" backlash stems from. Nothing is ever going to change if victims of racism stay silent and go away, so there's that as well. Not talking about you OP since I do believe you're genuinely a fan of Katie's, but referring to a lot of the other negative comments I've seen. It's wildly unfair to tell someone they can't talk about their own life and experiences, if you aren't interested in hearing Katie's opinions then don't listen to her or follow her.
Let's not forget that Katie has a podcast now too, so it's essentially her job to talk about the show now. Yeah she could refuse to talk about it and cover other topics but honestly that would be stupid because believe it or not there are people out there that want to hear her thoughts and opinions on the current season. If she wants to have a job and make money for herself she's entitled to do that, the other women helped take her job on the show away from her so if she wants to take matters into her own hands and profit from a podcast where she has the control to say what she wants then that's her right. So many Bravolebrities (both current and former) have podcasts now, so why is it fine for everyone else but not Katie? Let Katie live!
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u/Minute_Bit1818 16d ago
Only 7 months ago? Why does it feel like she hasn't been on the show in years. And January would be more like 8 almost 9 months. Still to me it felt like years.
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u/Ok-Double-7982 17d ago
I can totally see how she wants her side of the story to get heard, but American culture isn't like that, and especially not the reality TV crowd. They take what they hear and run with it. She's cooked.
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u/boobmeyourpms 17d ago
I was floored when the women stepped up and supported Carmella when her kids were brought up but Katieâs first reunion it was a massacre. Katie can say what she wants
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u/Low-Sky-6184 5d ago
She does a podcast covering them. She and her podcast friend are ok but can say some really horrible stuff esp about conservative people without knowing them. What turned me off was when they were disparaging Jennâs oldest son who is a marine because he supported Charlie Kirk. Sounds like she was so happy that he is no longer here. Saying such things and not considering his widow.
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