“I did not feel confident that they had a good marriage.”“I walked out of there and I said to my husband, ‘They are gonna end up divorced.’ I knew it…,” she exclaims.

“Sometimes I get a feeling with some of the Housewives, when I meet them prior to the show, that the women are doing it to escape a bad marriage.

Jill met Jules at a cocktail party after the newbie had signed on to Real Housewives Of New York.

“When I met her and her husband, the first thing I said to both of them is, ‘I hope you have a really good marriage, because if you don’t you’ll never make it.’ And they both looked at me, and in a weird way,” Jill dishes.

Real people go through real stuff, and they’re still together.

I think she could have really inspired people.” Jill praises Ramona for how she handled her divorce from Mario and is glad Bravo highlighted that.

Say what you will of the genre, reality TV has contributed significantly to America’s evolution on gay issues—whether it was Pedro Zamora’s struggle with AIDS on .

Seeing queer people being their authentic selves has inspired many to live their truth.

It’s also opened the doors to diversity in the entertainment industry and the minds of viewers at home.

Jill also remains in touch with Kelly Bensimon and Cindy Barshop. There’s a lot of stuff that went on with her kids and her family situation, that I think America would have related to.” She loves Kristen Taekman and Jill doesn’t think it was fair she got fired.

“I actually really enjoyed Kristen and her situation with her husband – I think people can relate, and – I know nothing – but I believe she would have stayed on the show with her husband, even they were going through a rough patch…