Taleen Marie appeared on Tuesday’s episode of Watch What Happens Live, where she commented on Caroline Stanbury‘s treatment of her husband, Sergio Carrallo.
After the couple was seen in a heated debate on the latest episode of The Real Housewives of Dubai, Taleen, 36, was asked about Stanbury, 48, and Sergio, 29, arguing in front of her best friend, Michael Davis, who they were living with at the time, as she also shaded Caroline Brooks, 38, and revealed her friendship with Jennifer Aydin, 47.
“Stanbury abuses Sergio a little bit. She definitely wears the pants. I didn’t like it. Michael is such a sweetheart for letting them stay there. It was cringe. I didn’t like it,” Taleen admitted on the June 25 episode of WWHL.
Taleen also felt that Stanbury’s kids have been “too hard” on Sergio.
“It’s a bit much,” she stated.
Then, when asked if she gives Stanbury and Sergio’s marriage more or less than 15 years, she joked, “Stanbury will be dead by then though.”
Moving on to her drama with Stanbury and Brooks, Taleen felt that Brooks had made a bigger deal about Stanbury’s comment about Sergio seeing Taleen’s hoo-ha when she fell down at a concert in an effort to turn them against one another.
“I was hurt when I heard the comment because the way it was brought to me was, it sounded like she was really trying to ruin my reputation, and Brooks had brought that to me, and I was hurt and I even, I cried. I was upset … but once I got to know Stanbury, it’s that British banter, and I realize she was just taking the piss,” Taleen explained, adding that she was more impacted by the comment since it was made at a time she was not present.
“Definitely. 100%,” she agreed. “[But] now that I know [Stanbury] so well, I know that it was in such a joking way, but it’s like the telephone game. Right? It’s like the way it’s brought to you and how it’s [spun] is very different.”
“I kind of feel like I was a bit of a pawn in Brooks’ game,” Taleen added.
Later, on the WWHL: After Show, Taleen looked back on her experience at BravoCon, reflecting on being unknown at the time and naming Sonja Morgan, 60, as her favorite run-in.
“I kind of liked [being the new cast member] because it was like, our season hadn’t been released yet. I kind of got both sides of it. I got to do the red carpet but also nobody knew who the hell I was. Best person I met? Sonja Morgan was just my spirit animal. She’s such a freaking icon. I loved her,” Taleen declared. “Worst? God, no. Everybody was really nice. I really can’t shade anybody on that.”
As for her friendship with Jennifer, Taleen said they’d be having dinner this week and noted that people have said they look alike.
“I’m having dinner with her this week in New York. Everybody says we look identical. Hopefully, I look like the younger version of her because I am younger,” she noted. “I’m a [RHONJ] fan. I’m an East Coaster at the end of the day. I love [Teresa Giudice], [Melissa Gorga], all of them.”
The Real Housewives of Dubai season two airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
