# Katie Ginella:  In the Haute Seat. RuPaul, Madonna & Housewives Chaos and Her Biggest RHOC Regret. Surviving Reality TV and New Beginnings.

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Published: 2026-07-22T13:34:00+00:00
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## Resource

In the Haute Seat, our unforgettable conversation with Katie Ginella delivers everything Bravo fans could ask for: shocking Housewives revelations, celebrity encounters, fashion critiques, and some of the funniest moments we’ve had in the studio. We kick things off diving into Katie’s obsession with RuPaul and the impact that RuPaul’s Drag Race has had on generations of people who simply wanted to feel accepted. We swap stories about attending the very first RuPaul’s Drag Race premiere party, where RuPaul himself was hilariously denied entry because he wasn’t in drag and had forgotten his ID. From Lady Bunny to backstage moments at Drag Race, Katie gushes over the icon who changed the world for millions. Naturally, the conversation spirals into pop culture, with Madonna’s legendary habit of showing up hours late to concerts, George Michael becoming Katie’s nine-year-old son’s newest obsession, and Katie sharing details about her new podcast, Bravo’s Most Wanted, which she launched after initially developing a different show with Monica Garcia from Salt Lake City before teaming up with Jamie Rice. We also reveal that years before Modern Family, Bravo passed on our own pilot, Designer Family, because executives didn’t believe audiences were ready to watch two gay men raising a teenage daughter in Beverly Hills. Looking back now, it feels unbelievable. Katie gets candid about how reality television affected her children, revealing that her daughter received death threats after being targeted online and that filming RHOC took an emotional toll on the entire family. We also get the inside scoop on Kylie auditioning for Love Island and whether Katie’s kids would ever join a “Next Gen OC.” Then comes one of the biggest bombshells of the episode: we reveal that we were among t…

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