Reality star says 'RHOC' cost her marriage as daughter shuns show after military husband's portrayal

Vicki Gunvalson became the “OG of the OC” after starring on the first ever “Real Housewives” cast 20 years ago.

While she recently returned to the Southern California franchise and stars in “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th” to commemorate two decades of the Bravo cult-classic, Gunvalson admitted that her own family didn’t receive the same kind of network treatment that she has over the years.

Gunvalson, 64, confessed to The Hollywood Reporter that daughter Briana Culberson wants “nothing to do” with the series, years after her military husband’s portrayal on the reality show.

“It killed mine,” she said of the “RHOC” impact on her marriage. “When Scott [Dunlop] approached me and Donn [Gunvalson, Vicki’s then-husband] at the time about doing this pilot, Donn’s like, ‘There’s no way we’re doing this in our family.'”

“He was like, ‘Anybody that goes on TV is going to get divorced.’ I’m like, ‘We’re not going to get divorced. We’re fine.’ And obviously, fast-forward, we got divorced.”

She added, “My family was more important than the show, and it broke apart.”

Fellow housewife Porsha Williams gave a few words of wisdom and said, “Two things can be true. The show can strain a marriage, but it can also reveal things about that marriage — or about yourself — that you needed to know.”

Gunvalson noted, “If the marriage is weak, it’s going to fall apart.”