Real Hazing Of Orange County! ‘RHOOC’ Newbie Lizzie Rovsek Reveals Veteran Housewives ‘Picked On’ Her: ‘I Had To Defend Myself From The First Meeting!'

April 23 2014, Published 7:45 a.m. ET
Former model Lizzie Rovsek has big stilettos to fill as one of the two newbies on The Real Housewives of Orange County – but she’s holding her own against series vets Tamra Barney, Vicki Gunvalson and Heather Dubrow.Speaking exclusively to Breaking Celebrity News , the married housewife dished about her castmates’ catty hazing and what her real estate husband really thinks of her new reality TV gig.
Radar: What was it like filming your first season?
Rovsek: I want to say that it’s been an adventure. When you first start filming with the cameras, it takes a little bit to warm up to, and after a while, you kind of forget that they’re even there half of the time. But it has been fun for my husband Christian Rovsek and I and our two kids Preston and Kingston. I’ve enjoyed getting to know the other ladies and all the adventures that we’ve been on.
Radar: What was the toughest part about being one of the new girls this season?
Rovsek: I would say the toughest part was just kind of the hazing you get from the veterans. I really didn’t expect the hazing. I didn’t really expect to be picked on like I did in the beginning. I found myself standing up for myself in the beginning right off the bat. I had to defend myself just from like the first meeting.
Radar: Do you think it is because at 33, you’re younger than the other OC housewives, and that the women were insecure?
Rovsek: I don’t know. Maybe. The thing is, I’m not very confrontational with other women. I don’t fight with other women typically. I don’t pick on people by the way they look or by their names, just very c