A Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and TechRadar collaboration? I never saw it happening either, but I cannot avoid — nor stop thinking about — the already-viral social media clips coming out of Bozoma Saint John’s Ghanian wedding.
The marketing guru, who joined the RHOBH cast full-time back in season 14, has made her wedding to Keely Watson into a cross-continent affair, with dual ceremonies taking place in Ghana (August 21) and Los Angeles (November).
Logically, you’d think that if other cast members were invited, they’d be attending the LA ceremony (though as of writing, the LA wedding guestlist has yet to be revealed). But Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Kathy Hilton, Jennifer Tilly, and Sutton Stracke all made the trip abroad.
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To state the obvious, this means part of RHOBH season 16 will now take place in Ghana, with a camera crew spotted with the cast both before and during the ceremony. Unsurprisingly, the reality TV side of Instagram and TikTok have been enthralled by the updates.
Notably, they’re becoming something even bigger after a matter of days. After all… how did the clips find me, a reality TV ignoramus who’s never seen the most famous Real Housewives iteration of the lot?
Even from the outside looking in, I can tell that the significance of Saint John’s wedding being streamed on Bravo goes far beyond social media curated shock. In fact, I think it gives me a legitimately fulfilling reason to tune into season 16.
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Don’t get me wrong: like everyone else, I am fascinated with the superficially hilarious and intriguing details packed into these viral clips. Kathy turning up to the ceremony seemingly in slippers from her hotel. Jennifer living her best life on the dance floor. Kyle making sure that Dorit is included, which in itself feels watching the Treaty of Versailles being written.
Even though I Shazam’ed the song being played in the background (it’s Unfiltered Vibe Mix by DJ Talented, by the way), what’s really stayed with me is what’s happening when the cameras are put down.
Look across the wedding crowd and you’ll see a diverse mix of people, dress and cultures. Our RHOBH girls are adorned in (frankly, stunning) modern Kente dresses, and it’s clear from the clips that they’re completely embracing everything that Ghana has to throw at them — the only drama is between themselves, not with what’s around them.
Read the comments and you’ll see Black fans both in a state of pleasant shock and equally as embracing of the Real Housewives’ latest adventure. You’ll see others say that this will be exceptionally good news for Ghana’s tourism and representation… and therein lies what matters the most.
RHOBH is the summit of reality TV Mount Everest. In the Western world at least, there is no bigger platform in the genre, and soon, in season 16 — likely towards the beginning of 2027, though nothing is confirmed — a Ghanian wedding is going to be center stage.
I imagine that this is exactly what you dream of when you don’t see your home country represented (well, or at all) on TV: a homecoming that’s so glorious, all the best parts of the culture are blooming in full. And this is all before taking into account just how impressive and remarkable Saint Johns is herself.
I really hope that this does what fans want it to, rather than devolve into menial arguments and petty drama that we already have far too much of as it is. If the Kyle-Dorit dancefloor reconciliation is anything to go by, the spirit of Ghana truly is something magical.
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