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17: Camille Grammar - The Real Housewives of Beverley Hills
JUSTICE 4 CAMILLE! Truly I believe one of the most misunderstood Housewives of ALL TIME!
Camille Grammar was an OG of Beverley Hills, and let's be honest she TORE UP the first season and is a huge reason why Beverley Hills was OUT OF THE BLOCKS AMAZING.
Camille was snooty, extremely SHARP-TONGUED, a complete tormentor of various women in the cast (AND THEIR FRIENDS) and did it all with a completely unbothered face (and voice), with the constant demeanour of a cat that got the cream.
In the world of Real Housewives in 2020, she would absolutely be CELEBRATED as a cast member, and would possibly be touted as a GOD TIER Housewife based on season 1 alone. HOWEVER, unfortunately it wasn't 2020 when season 1 aired - fan communities of the show just didn't EXIST in the same way that they do these days on Reddit, Instagram and Moopy.
The backlash Camille got from the press and fanbase at the time for her first season on the show was REAL, and coupled with a messy divorce from her husband, the lesser known Kelsey Grammar - star of 'Frasier', Camille returned for season 2 a somewhat censored and camera-aware version of herself - NOT TO SAY that season 2 didn't still have her moments (she really did), but it wasn't quite ALL ON THE TABLE in the same way as we saw in season one.
Camille officially "left" the show after season 2 ended, and before I JUMP INTO the Camille specifics, Such is Camille's dark and somewhat intoxicating POWER - in many ways she still feels FAR MORE a part of the show to this very day than some ACTUAL CAST MEMBERS DO - helped of course via her notable guest appearances and social media posts
In many ways, Camille comes from the Gilda school of UNBOTHERED. Her style is cold, detached, controlled and generally uninterested. She doesn't drink much, and generally doesn't lose her cool on the show at all. This is often CONFUSING for the other women in the cast, as they have absolutely NO IDEA how to take her and Camille herself admits she doesn't really CARE for female company at all

(Aside for of course, her constant companion DeDe, who is clearly head over heels in love with Camille, to Camille's complete indifference

)
As mentioned season 1 is where Camille really shines, with a spectacular run of feuds, too-close-for-comfort relationships with younger men and bonkers dinner parties.
Tormenting Kim Richard's sister (who is apparently named Kyle) is a full time hobby for Camille during this season, and the pair play a DELICIOUS game of cat and mouse through the season with Camille openly mocking, and admitting she was playing MIND GAMES with Kim's sister through the season via the medium of her confessionals (these wouldn't have been seen by any of the other women until the season aired

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THIS is where the JUSTICE 4 CAMILLE refrain I opened this write up with comes into play. I actually cannot remember what the Camille/Kyle season 1 fight was REALLY ABOUT (I think Camille accused Kyle of saying something unbecoming about Camille who later denied it?).
At the time of airing fans rallied against Camille assuming Kyle was being targeted. As time has progressed it's become increasingly apparent that Kyle is hardly a nice person HERSELF - and if you watch the season with the perspective that everything Camille says is the TRUTH, it really shows her in a new light. There has been a movement to CLEAR CAMILLE's NAME over things that happened in season 1 that Camille got the blame for online over the past few years, and obviously it's one I entirely subscribe to
The other big notable season 1 moment is OF COURSE, THE DINNER PARTY FROM HELL!
The Dinner Party From Hell is hands down the best episode of Housewives of all time. SORRY Melbourne in Dubai, SORRY New York Scary Island, SORRY Atlanta Phaedra takedown at Reunion, SORRY New Jersey Country Club etc. etc. The best episode is THIS ONE.
If you haven't seen it just GIVE UP NOW and go and give it a watch in isolation. It's SO GOOD there's an extended cut that focuses entirely on the dinner party footage.
This episode is bonkers, and admittedly is helped along somewhat by Camille's VAPING PSYCHIC FRIEND Allison Dubois
Camille gets Allison extremely drunk on huge GOBLETS of MARTINI, and in a somewhat Lady Macbeth-esque fashion sits back as her unhinged psychic sidekick picks off foes of Camille across the table one by one, and quite literally OBLITERATES them through her psychic predictions
It's as entertaining as it is absolutely ludicrous, and another example of when Housewives took the notion of HIGH CAMP and truly ran with it.
Allison's KILLER DIG was of course at Camille's number one enemy Kyle, delivering the line "He will never emotionally fulfil you, EVER" cold as ice whilst also suggesting her husband is VERY UNFAITHFUL.
Camille later gets involved, picking off Kyle's friend FAYE RESNICK from across the table, having apparently not noticed her being in her home all evening (

) with her own immortal phrase:
Can ANYBODY refer to Faye Resnick without putting "The morally corrupt" beforehand? I think not! Truly an iconic line. (Let us all not forget either that Camille had ALSO posed in Playboy, but in the "underwear" section apparently

NOT MORALLY CORRUPT GUYS!)
SPEAKING of iconic lines, I believe Camille is genuinely one of the more intelligent Housewives to have been cast on the show. However due to her blonde Malibu beach babe appearance, it's pretty evident Camille struggles to get people to take her intellect seriously - causing her to throw BIG WORDS into her conversations and confessionals seemingly at random to underline AT ALL TIMES that she has a brain

The most famous example of this is of course:
I believe googling of the word "pernicious" went THROUGH THE ROOF shortly after that scene aired.
OK I'm going to try and speed through the rest of my notes as this is already A LOT:
- Season 2 Camille was a lot more reserved as mentioned, and she clearly had absolutely ZERO TIME for any of the Housewives that didn't have money

She point blank IGNORES Taylor, Kim, Brandi and million-dollar-lollipop-holder-woman for most of the season

Her big moment came however when the incredibly dark Taylor storyline came to it's head, where Camille confronted her as to the alleged abuse in her marriage. This is a TOTALLY different topic in itself so I won't dive in deep, but it was quite a SOBERING moment.
- Camille has since popped up in various seasons, and for me is often the HIGHLIGHT!
She once alleged Lisa Vanderpump's breath STINKS, that Dorit and PK owe LOADS OF MONEY to her friend, and in the most recent season literally told boring Teddi she wasn't worth her time TO HER FACE and turned away
- Camille remains vocal and quite messy about the show on social media, but in a weirdly NON-THIRSTY way compared to so many other ex-Housewives. Sure I'm sure there is SOME THIRST there, but she generally seems to do it for her own amusement, and because she likes pissing Kyle Richards off.
- I'd LOVE Camille to make a full time return, and they are idiots for not centring the show around Camille instead of Kyle - but sadly I feel her moment may be gone now. Camille has the money, the glamour, the bitchery and the smarts - it seems such a shame not to put it centre stage in a franchise that's under so much attack. Unfortunately Camille doesn't have many ALLIES in the cast (present OR past

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- FINALLY the fabulous Instagrammer @PetShopBoy (A MUST FOLLOW FOR HIS STORIES!) recently unearthed this footage of a very young Camille dancing on Club MTV in the 80s, it's QUITE A WATCH for the fanz
It may also help explain her ICONIC dancing in Las Vegas
There can only be ONE GIF to end a Camille write up

I desperately hope and pray this gif falls into frequent use on moopy FROM NOW ON!
God bless you Camille Grammar

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