Reese Witherspoon revealed on the Emmys 2024 red carpet that she is currently working on a project with a secret Real Housewives star. Reese, who owns the media company Hello Sunshine, told E! that she recently sat next to one of the Bravo stars on a flight and the pair are now working together.
However, she didn't reveal who it was. When asked by red carpet host Heather McMahan if she's a fan of the franchise, the Big Little Lies actor said, 'I've never watched [Real Housewives] and I feel like I can't catch up, but I did sit next to a Real Housewife on a flight recently.' The reporter then asked, 'Are we going to name names?' And Reese responded, 'Well, we might have a Hello Sunshine project cooking now. I can't say anything, but it was cool. It was really cool.'
Given Hello Sunshine's track record of female-led stories that 'broaden perspective and empower women by giving them authorship, inspiring agency, and creating a platform to help them shape culture' (as per the website), perhaps this project will allow a misunderstood Real Housewife the chance to reclaim her story or rectify her reputation. For fans of the franchise, it sounds like a match made in heaven.
Reese's projects include hit shows such as Big Little Lies, The Morning Show, in which she stars, as well as Daisy Jones & The Six, Little Fires Everywhere and Where the Crawdads Sing. Hello Sunshine has won 15 awards and counting across the Emmys, Golden Globes and SAG too, so the story is in the right hands.
As for exactly who the star of her next project might be, The Real Housewives franchise includes 14 different shows, so guessing Reese's collaborator might be tricky. However, some of the most famous Bravo housewives are Lisa Vanderpump, Bethenny Frankel, Lisa Rinna, NeNe Leakes, Kyle Richards, Heather Dubrow, Ramona Singer and Kandi Burruss.
Or could it be the star of Vanderpump Rules, Ariana Madix, who took the world by storm last summer with 'Scandoval', after her long-term partner Tom Sandoval had an affair with her friend and co-star Rachel Leviss? She has been appearing in the Broadway production of Chicago as well as hosting Love Island USA so she certainly has the clout...
Either way, if you happened to sit near Reese Witherspoon and a familiar Bravo star on a plane recently, give us a call...
Nikki Peach is news and entertainment writer at Grazia UK, working across pop culture, TV and current affairs. She has also written for the i, i-D and the New Statesman Media Group and covers all things TV for Grazia (treating high and lowbrow shows with equal respect).