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Selling Sunset Alum Heather Rae El Moussa Turned Down RHOC
She reportedly turned down the offer because of her busy schedule.
Heather Rae El Moussa might reside in Orange County, California, but she has no intentions of hanging out with the ladies of the O.C. anytime soon.
In a recent interview with Us Weekly, the former Selling Sunset star was asked if she’d ever consider joining Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Orange County. “Well, you know, they may have reached out to me,” Heather revealed, before suggesting she turned the show down due to her packed schedule.
“I’m just too busy right now. It’s just not a good place in my life to do that,” she continued, adding that she’d much rather film her HGTV show, The Flip Off, which she fronts with husband Tarek El Moussa and his ex-wife, Christina Hall. “I love being able to film with my husband and be drama-free,” she continued. “Selling Sunset was a lot for me, so it’s nice to be able to just enjoy what I’m doing.”
Despite his wife’s reluctance, Tarek appears more open to the idea. “You just never know,” he told Us Weekly about the prospect of Heather joining the show, which currently stars Tamra Judge, Heather Dubrow, Shannon Beador, Emily Simpson, Gina Kirschenheiter, Jennifer Pedranti, and Katie Ginella.
Selling Sunset Was “Toxic”
Heather starred in Netflix’s Selling Sunset for six seasons, before taking a reduced role in Season 7 after welcoming a son with husband Tarek in 2023.
Appearing on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her podcast shortly after her Selling Sunset exit, Heather referred to the show as “very toxic” and said leaving it was “a blessing.”
“In the beginning it was just all fun, not crazy drama,” she said. “We were all friends. Any drama was just simple. ... Then it just got worse and worse and worse. They started adding in more girls.”
Heather also said the show’s increasingly busy filming schedule left her “crying from the stress,” making it difficult to focus on her real life. “I never knew when I was going to be filming. It was last minute. It took over my life. It was hard to do my real job — real estate,” she added. “It was hard to do anything else.”
