Amanda Frances Reveals Behind-the-Scenes Secrets on RHOBH Debut

Now that Amanda Frances has made her official debut on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, she’s telling all on the “truly unique” experience of joining the show, and more importantly, what fans should know about her as Season 15 continues. 

Regarding the latter, Amanda told The Daily Dish during an exclusive interview that there’s “one thing” she’s “really always tried to embody” throughout her life, both personally and professionally: “being a woman who believes she can have it all, and who goes after everything she wants, really unapologetically.” 

“My family life is so full — and that makes my heart so full,” explained the mom of four, who’s engaged to her longtime partner, Eddie Tsivislavsky. “And then my business is literally me living my dream, and doing something I love.” 

Said business (more on that below!) centers on financial empowerment for women through various avenues, including her bestselling book Rich as F*ck, the And She Rises… podcast, digital courses, and more.

“I’m able to support and empower women and get paid to do it,” Amanda said. “That, to me, is — I don’t know, I just I love my life. And what I have found through my years of having this online presence and this online business is that a lot of people tell me I’m a permission slip or a reminder of what’s possible; that I inspire them to go after what they really want and to believe that they can have it.”

That’s something she hopes to accomplish through her platform on RHOBH, too. “If I can get through the wildness of this season and have women out there believe in themselves more, or feel more inclined and compelled to go after their dreams, then I would say like I managed to do a good job.”

How Amanda Frances prepared for RHOBH

While some first-time ‘Wives opt to watch previous seasons of the show they’re joining — or even other Real Housewives franchises — Amanda didn’t do either, with two small exceptions. “I had only seen one episode of the show ever when we started filming, and two episodes of the show ever present day,” she explained. “Eddie had said, ‘We should just watch an episode. We should know more about this.’ And so I was like, ‘Let’s just pick something that’s kind of far back.’ I didn’t want to pick last season, because I was trying not to have preconceived notions about the current drama.”

Amanda and her fiancé eventually went with RHOBH Season 10, Episode 1, which marked Sutton Stracke’s debut on the series. Suffice to say, “It really didn’t tell me a lot about anyone,” she said. But again, that’s exactly what she had hoped for. “I wanted to form my own impressions.”

It wasn’t until filming had already begun that Amanda circled back and watched yet another episode. “Mid-season, I was like, ‘This is so different than I thought it would be,’ so I decided to Google what the most famous episode is,” Amanda recalled, before sharing that the episode in question was RHOBH‘s infamous “Dinner Party From Hell” circa Season 1. “At that point, I’d gotten to know Kyle [Richards] a lot better, and so I remember watching that episode feeling defensive of my friend, which was an interesting experience. I couldn’t even watch, really — I was already too involved. So that being said, I really don’t know much of anything, still.”

Where Amanda Frances stands with her castmates at the beginning of Season 15

Kyle, as it turns out, was “the only person” Amanda knew anything about heading into filming, and that was only because she had bought her Bel Air home. “And not really knowing much about her, I clicked around on Instagram, and so then Instagram kept feeding me Kyle, and it was when she was at the height of a lot of drama. So I knew I knew some stories about her,” Amanda explained. “But then once I got to talk to her about the things I read about, it’s like, you understand people so much better when you hear from their hearts and their perspective.” 

Now that she’s gotten the opportunity to have similar conversations with the rest of the cast, whom has she bonded with most? While hesitant to give too much away, she did show appreciation for Kathy Hilton and Jennifer Tilly. 

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“Kathy called me on the phone at 11 p.m. a few nights ago to check on me, just wondering how I’m doing amid the process of me being announced and stuff. And to me, that’s a real friend. That’s a girl’s girl.” Amanda told The Daily Dish. “Jennifer’s also been that way — very considerate and wanting to know how I’m doing, and very easy to connect with.”

Speaking more generally about who she’s connected with, Amanda noted, “People that I imagined I wouldn’t get along with, I got along with smashingly. And then people who I would have thought would have been really easy BFFs for me, ended up being people where I was like, ‘Oh, okay, I guess you’re different than I expected.'”

What’s next for Amanda Frances’ career amid her debut RHOBH season

It turns out there’s a lot in store for Amanda both on and off camera. For starters, she’s got a new book on the way. “In my first book, I tackled the topic of money. The book I’m working on now takes on an equally polarizing subject: God,” she shared with The Daily Dish. “In both books, I get shockingly personal and take a surprisingly honest look at very sensitive topics.” 

In what’s titled Godly as F*ck, “I write about my relationship with God as something I questioned, redefined, and ultimately claimed for myself — led by intuition and a firm refusal to outsource my inner knowing,” Amanda explained. “I don’t believe faith requires shrinking, apologizing, or choosing between the spiritual and the material. As I write it, I can say this new book feels both intimate and expansive — grounded, quietly bold, and unafraid to wrestle with the hardest truths of belief, identity, and devotion. I can’t wait for people to read it.”

Get to know more about the RHOBH newcomer by reading Amanda’s official bio for Season 15.