While Heather Gay seemed like a hero for most of the first season of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, some evidence suggests she’s really the villain behind the scenes. During the new show's premiere season, Heather was one of the most-loved housewives, particularly for her openness about her recent divorce and changing relationship with the Mormon faith. Overall, the Real Housewives franchise is well known for crafting heroes and villains within their series. After all, extreme love and extreme hate make for good reality TV. But even though Heather got a good edit during her first season, fellow cast members and fans aren't convinced she's as innocent as she seems.
While fans can never know what truly happens off-camera, they can definitely make an educated guess. Throughout the first season of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, most of the on-screen drama and villainization surrounded Jen Shah and her fiery outbursts. A big plotline of the series was Jen’s ongoing argument with Mary Cosby. On the other hand, Heather Gay was a bystander for most of the disagreements. In fact, she was quite supportive and kind to the other housewives, easily establishing her as a hero of the season. With that being said, there is evidence to support that her co-stars may really think she’s a villain off-screen.
First and foremost, Heather’s co-stars may not like her behind the scenes because she doesn’t fit the Mormon mold… at least not anymore. She grew up in the Mormon church, married relatively young, and had children. “It all came crashing down when we got divorced five years ago. In the Mormon church, divorce is not an option,” Gay said during RHOSLC. Given that she did the forbidden thing, she is no longer actively involved in the church. This is probably a big reason why some of her co-stars consider her to be the villain, or, as Heather puts it, “good Mormon gone bad.”
More specifically, the married, traditional housewives, Lisa Barlow, Mary Cosby, and Meredith Marks, are more likely to frown upon Heather’s choice to divorce. It could be out of envy or jealousy since they’ve struggled with their marriages, too, but didn’t choose to terminate them. The more liberal cast members, Whitney Rose and Jen Shah, are more likely to sympathize with Heather's plight. Another reason why some co-stars may think Heather's a villain is owed to her attitude during the reunion episode. Throughout the first season, Heather was viewed as a humble, honest, and supportive housewife. But during the reunion, Gay was quite ruthless towards her co-stars.
For example, when Andy Cohen asked Lisa about Meredith’s marriage issues, Heather seemed to jump on Lisa’s back, even though she said she was heartbroken. Later on, Jen opened up about how being silenced and called a “bully” and “aggressive” by white people triggered her. Heather responded coldly with, “Like white girl privilege. I get it. I know it exists but like you’re my girl, so if that’s happening let’s talk about it. Don’t make innuendo on Instagram.”
Because of her attitude change during the reunion, some of the RHOSLC co-stars and fans alike think Heather is two-faced or not exactly the hero she was portrayed to be during the first season. Even though Gay fit the hero stereotype in the first season, she may not stay that way in subsequent installments of the series. In future episodes of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, we may get to see another side of Heather. But remember, we all have good and bad in us, these things are just amped up for reality TV.
Source: Distractify Cinema Blend