“Seventy-eight of these women have left the show, either because Andy Cohen, the show’s executive producer, fired them, they quit, their series was canceled, or some combination of the above. Most of them have struggled to move beyond the Housewives realm, which has branded their identities, financial prospects, and world views — and not in a good way.” From Vice: What Happens After You Leave the Real Housewives? (Apparently, riding a reality TV gig to the highest office in the land is no easy task…)