Of course they got Meredith Marks to open BravoCon with a DJ set. At 9:30 a.m, under the bleaching Las Vegas sun, fans gather at a stage set up on the plaza outside the convention center, their phones aloft to take pictures of the catchphrase factory of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City playing remixes of gay bar hits — Lindsay Lohan’s “Rumors,” Tinashe’s “Nasty Girl,” Dua Lipa’s “Houdini” — spliced with those catchphrases — “Rumors and nastiness about the husband,” “I’m disengaging,” “You! Can! Leave!”
Fans are eating it up as she fiddles with knobs, holds headphones to her impeccably blown-out hair (body count: low), and throws roses and rubber duckies into the crowd. She’s wearing a sparkly maroon sleeveless dress reminiscent of her season-five reunion gown, only this time shorter than a one-season Housewife’s tenure. “I don’t care if she’s doing nothing,” one visitor who paid between $620 and $1,460 to attend the weekend says. “It’s a great selection of tracks.”
Meredith wasn’t selected as BravoCon’s opening ceremonies mascot for her turntable skills. RHOSLC, the tenth of its kind, had runaway success when it debuted in 2020, introducing the world to Lisa Barlow’s Mormonism and a not yet incarcerated Jen Shah. While Heather Gay arrived with a $20 million medspa chain, Meredith arrived with Brooks, her then-21-year-old son who inherited his mother’s ability to unleash droll one-liners and apply skin care. Brooks didn’t so much overshadow his mother as he bolstered her appeal. The series is now nearing the end of a mind-meltingly good sixth season, and it’s never been more clear: Meredith Marks is a family business.
