Jennifer Tilly may be a newcomer to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but she has understood the show so much that it can be compared to a game of poker. The Oscar nominee revealed that her role on the reality show was more challenging than she expected. However, his years spent as a professional poker player came in handy when dealing with the show.
“I love playing with the best players in the world. I like a challenge. It makes my game better,” Tilly told The Hollywood Reporter. “Everyone is playing a game. It’s like who’s playing it the best? That’s who’s going to come out on top,” he told the outlet. But the only difference here is that the housewives play games with relationships.
Tilly reveals that the contestants barely sit together at a table and start yelling at each other. “And I’m just dodging, dodging and trying to avoid the shrapnel,” she said. Tilly also shared her opinion about the contestants, saying that she likes everyone but cannot call herself a loyal and faithful friend. “I don’t know if I’ll ever get close to those girls who are just, mortal, mortal enemies,” she added.
Apart from his poker skills, his previous onscreen experience was also useful for him to get into the reality show. “It’s really easy when you’re funny and entertaining for seven minutes on a talk show,” he said. However, when it comes to filming 17 hours a day, Tilly admitted that “it starts off slow.”
Tilly previously made a cameo in the show but in this season she entered as an official contestant. Ahead of the premiere, the actress admitted that she had been a “superfan” of the show and compared joining the cast to playing a role with Martin Scorsese.
“I was so excited to have her on the show because I’ve been obsessed with The Housewives since the beginning. “I was a superfan of the Housewives,” she told The Hollywood Reporter at the time.
