Wow, Reality TV Really Does Pay! Read How Much The Real Housewives Earn
June 1 2012, Published 4:30 a.m. ET
By Jen Heger - Breaking Celebrity News Assistant Managing Editor
& Alexis Tereszcuk - Breaking Celebrity News Entertainment Editor
Their lives are filled with fancy homes, luxury cars and the finest accoutrements that money can buy, but does it pay to be a Real Housewife? Breaking Celebrity News has investigated and the verdict is YES, it sure does!
The original ladies, The Real Housewives of Orange County, all enjoy huge salaries -- raking in the big bucks for drinking wine, fighting and getting plastic surgery.
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Vicki Gunvalson is the top earner, bringing in a cool $450,000 a season. Hot on her heels is Tamra