The past year has been chock-full of memorable reality TV moments — and Us Weekly has narrowed down the best of the best.
Several tears were shed on shows such as Vanderpump Rules and Love Island USA, while things got heated in the Bravo universe on The Real Housewives of Orange County and The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
Meanwhile, new shows such as Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives quickly became reality fan favorites for giving an inside look into the DCC and Mormon mom influencers.
Scroll through to see Us’ Top Reality Moments of the Year and pick up the Reality Stars of the Year issue out now:
Kyle Richards has been resonating with fans since the beginning of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills — and as one of the last remaining OG Housewives of Bravo, she shows no signs of slowing down. When asked how it feels to be Us Weekly’s reality star of the year, Richards says, “You sort of […]
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“So, Nicky, tell us about your beaver,” judge Prue Leith asks. Um, the task is to make an animal cake.
“Jenna f—ing Lyons did it again,” cheers Andy Cohen when she wears jeans to the reunion. (A Saint Laurent blazer and tie and a Thom Browne blouse top her Levi’s.)
Like a broken record, Sutton Stracke demands examples of her alleged misdeeds from Kyle Richards: “Name ’em.” “Name ’em.” “Name ’em.” And so on…
The Ukrainian orphan accused of being an adult con artist is happily adopted by another family. Months later, her new dad fumes, “Something ain’t right” with her.
After the Bachelor franchise’s most authentic season yet, Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner weds Theresa Nist live. Three months later, they would split.
Taylor Ann Green outs Olivia Flowers for once hooking up with Thomas Ravenel. “I wanted to take it to my grave,” Flowers says of the “drunken night.”
Chelsea Blackwell inaccurately names Megan Fox as her celeb look-alike. After Jimmy Presnell picks her over Jessica Vestal, his disgruntled No. 2 warns that when he sees what he missed, “You are going to need your EpiPen to open up your airways.”
Phaedra Parks is a meme machine, from “This is not The Bachelor. And I don’t have to kiss your ass for a rose” to “Not my Bergalicious!”
The ol’ double-cross! Trishelle Cannatella and Chris “CT” Tamburello unite in the finale to block Mercedes “MJ” Javid from winning the cash.
Since the premiere of Love Is Blind in 2020, fans have wondered how effective the concept of speed-dating without seeing the other person actually is. The show, which has aired seven seasons and spawned multiple international iterations, follows singles dating in pods over the course of 10 days. The kicker, of course, is that they […]
Cringe! When exes Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola and Ronnie Ortiz-Magro come face-to-face for the first time in years, he hugs everyone … but waves to her.
A cast dinner at the Mondrian turned into chaos when Kristen Doute called Jesse Lally aggressive. When Kristen’s now-fiancé, Luke Broderick, and Jesse’s then-wife, Michelle Lally, got involved, the madness resulted in Michelle’s nipple popping out, Jesse lunging at Luke and Zack Wickham and Brittany Cartwright becoming collateral damage. The best (or worst?) part though was the final seconds of the episode when Kristen revealed on camera that Michelle allegedly had a boyfriend for a year — while already married to Jesse.
Franchise vet “Big Ed” Brown cancels his wedding — without informing the bride, Liz Woods. (She gets the news via a call from the officiant.)
Season 2’s twist to the older women–younger men formula? Adding in the guys’ love-seeking fathers! One reaction: “The dads are hotter than the sons!”
Sean Palmieri gossips that Austin Victoria suggested a threesome, later accusing him at the office: “You told me you and your wife were experimenting.” (Austin denies the accusations: “You’re disgusting.”)
“Boston Rob” Mariano, the front-runner from day one, peeks at another competitor’s puzzle — and the penalty costs him everything.
At the reunion, the cast sees the finale’s coda for the first time, and Ariana Madix learns her friends turned on her for not wanting to film with Tom Sandoval.
Former cheerleader Kat Puryear compares the pay to that of a Chick-fil-A employee “that works full-time.”
So. Much. Sobbing. The girls dump Andrea Carmona, who’d connected with Rob Rausch, instead of their very single friend JaNa Craig.
After a blowup with Alexis Bellino — who “spontaneously” utters, “There’s the door, Shannon Beador” before storming off — Beador breaks the fourth wall, saying, “Perfect” directly to camera.
When Gracie Lou is eliminated, her famous relative, Jon Cryer, skips the prerecorded farewell message and rolls up in a limo.
In a WTF rant, a wild Angela Murray accuses “Crazy Eyes” (that’s the name she coins for Matt Hardeman) of “very aggressively” threatening her.
Power-tripping Ellie Dubaich puts Bri Muller in her place: “Since you don’t know how boats work, second stew outranks you. That is who I am.”
A peacemaking lunch gets heated fast. Some choice words: “clown,” “sick animal,” “f**king disgusting human being with no soul,” “skank” and “white trash.”
Tonia Haddix, the “Dolly Parton of chimps,” confirms she lied to PETA about her pet Tonka’s death and has been keeping him in her basement.
Jessi Ngatikaura drops her shorts to display the results of her labiaplasty. No more “meat curtains”!
Disney/Fred Hayes Mormon “Momtok” has made its way from your phone to your TV with Hulu’s upcoming series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The mom influencers took over TikTok in 2022 with their unconventional lifestyles while also “breaking a norm” associated with their religious practices and gender roles. The group subsequently faced scandal when […]
Former couple Jason Oppenheim and Mary Bonnet host an elaborate funeral for their late Chihuahua, Niko.
After being eliminated, emotion-challenged ex-con Anna Delvey announces what she’ll take away from the experience: “Nothing.”
Brittany Wisniewski goes blank when asked what she loves about her new fiancé, Leo Braudy, in the most awkward post-pods reveal yet. Text on the screen confirms they broke up weeks later.
