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00:00Ladies, it's great to see you both.
00:01Hi, great to see you.
00:02You both look absolutely fabulous.
00:03I mean, I would have expected nothing less.
00:05But in the flesh, you're a vision.
00:08You're glowing.
00:08Welcome to London.
00:10How does it feel to be here in the UK for the FanFest?
00:14Because honestly, everyone is so giddy about you guys being here.
00:18It's so fun.
00:19You know, BravoCon is so amazing in the States.
00:22And the first ever BravoCon, they announced our show.
00:26So now that we're with Hey You in London,
00:29I feel like it's next level.
00:30Yeah.
00:31It's great to know that we have so many fans across the pond,
00:36as we say.
00:36Yeah.
00:37So with Hey You, it's going to be great to have all of our fans
00:40get to watch our shows simultaneously.
00:44It's perfect.
00:45And obviously, people are obsessed with you guys
00:48and this franchise and this show.
00:50Rightly so.
00:51So what is it like when they come up to you,
00:53like when they see you?
00:54What is those experiences like?
00:56I mean, it's fun.
00:57Cool.
00:58It's wonderful.
00:59I'm always grateful when people say hi and they're so kind.
01:02They say, hey you.
01:03Yeah, hey you.
01:04Hey you, I get that.
01:06I love that.
01:08And what's it been like, this whole journey for you
01:10to be a part of this franchise?
01:12Because I was speaking to Andy earlier,
01:14and The Real Housewives is global now.
01:16It's a global brand, right?
01:18Can you believe it?
01:19I can, because everybody loves it.
01:21But how has it been for you?
01:22Because I guess it's been a journey as well.
01:24Yeah, it's a cool journey.
01:26And when you find out you're airing in South America
01:28and in London and in Australia, it's
01:31so cool to know the reach is so vast
01:34and that people relate to you.
01:36It's always surprising to me to see who will come up to me
01:39and say, oh, this resonated with me
01:41or, oh, that made me feel like a different way or a better way.
01:44So it's kind of interesting.
01:45I love it.
01:46I think we have a lot of impact.
01:49And it's like a big break for people.
01:53Yeah, it's really fun.
01:54I think the show is difficult to do because of the relationships
01:58that you have to work on.
02:01And sometimes they're really great relationships.
02:03Sometimes they're very hard.
02:05But we have such a wonderful platform for me personally,
02:09being able to talk about suicide,
02:11but then also be a help to women through divorce,
02:16then also to be an entrepreneur and to show
02:20what you can do with your life after divorce and all of that
02:23to use your platform in a positive way
02:26and not just be sort of a vapid housewife
02:31has been really empowering for me.
02:34And that's the part that I love the most.
02:38Absolutely.
02:38And how has that kind of adjustment been from,
02:41you know, this is your real life
02:44and you won't forget about that a lot of the time.
02:46Yeah.
02:47Because they just see the drama.
02:48So how has the adjustment been from you guys
02:50kind of just going about your normal life
02:52to then suddenly being propelled into worldwide fame, essentially?
02:56I think a big thing is not to read the negative comments,
02:59to just do your post and move on
03:03because I think it can weigh you down and drain you.
03:05And it's not real.
03:07Their perspective is based on their experiences
03:10with their own life.
03:11So I think once you can appreciate that
03:15and understand that, it's easier to move on.
03:16But the negativity isn't fun.
03:18So you ignore it.
03:20You know, it's interesting.
03:21My first season was the first year of the pandemic.
03:25So we had our first season and then we were in lockdown.
03:31So it didn't really occur.
03:34Even like the...
03:34That was the same with us.
03:36Y'all were...
03:36That was our first season.
03:37So our first reunion was on a laptop.
03:41Right.
03:41We were all on a laptop.
03:42I remember that.
03:43So and then that summer when we were...
03:47We were free to go.
03:49I didn't go anywhere for a year.
03:51So it was this gradual approach.
03:54And so I think it was even more like in my face.
04:00Like, oh, because I hadn't been to New York in two years,
04:03even from LA.
04:04So when I got to New York, I remember it was like,
04:08what? Why do you know me?
04:10Because they say your name.
04:11I'm like, hey, thinking that,
04:13oh, maybe I just forgot who they were.
04:15But so it's very interesting.
04:17So how do you keep on top of that then?
04:19Because I think reality stars get a lot and a lot,
04:23a lot of negativity and a lot of hate.
04:25And that is really difficult to manage.
04:27I'm like you.
04:28I don't read the comments and stuff like that
04:29because it just sends you.
04:30How do you kind of manage that aspect of it?
04:33Do you just block it out like you were saying?
04:35I have a good sense of humor about it.
04:36Like this one guy on Twitter wrote,
04:39like he posted his picture and he's like,
04:41f**k Heather and f**k Lisa.
04:42And I was like, absolutely no one f**king you.
04:45And so, did you write that?
04:47I did.
04:48I mean, it's crazy when someone's like,
04:51I hate you.
04:51I'm like, you don't even know me.
04:53I know. So it's fun to like go along with humor.
04:56I wouldn't use that.
04:56And then I won't, I just, I don't even engage.
05:01Engage.
05:01See, I wish I could take the moral high ground.
05:03I cannot engage.
05:05But I'm going to tell you,
05:06it's funny because we, my good friend,
05:08Jennifer Tilly has come on this season as a friend of,
05:11and it's so interesting because she is an actress
05:14and a like beloved actress,
05:17especially because of Chucky.
05:19And those Chucky fans, they'll come get you.
05:22But watching her and her watching me,
05:26she is like, you, they think they know you.
05:30Yes.
05:31Yeah.
05:31With Jennifer, they see her as a star,
05:34not approachable.
05:35With me, they're like, hey Sutton,
05:40like they don't do that to Jennifer.
05:41And it's going to be very interesting to see
05:44at the end of this season, what happens to her.
05:47But also she's not used to negative comments.
05:50So also going to be interesting to see what happens there.
05:53But I think her Chucky fans might not like that.
05:55She's got a whole army that's going to protect her.
06:01I mean, so the difference between like actresses
06:04and reality stars is very different.
06:06I do.
06:07That is such an interesting thing.
06:08I wish we could talk about that more
06:09because I find that so interesting.
06:11But listen, we're out of time.
06:13I hope you have the best time here.
06:14Thank you so much.
06:15The fans are going to love to see it
06:16and I'll see you on Saturday.
06:17Yeah.
06:18I can't wait.
06:18I can't wait.
06:19Thank you so much for coming.