REAL Housewives of Salt Lake City Angie Katsanevas has a hard time grappling with her off-grid lifestyle in the season premiere of Bravo’s Wife Swap.
The reality star was the first from the Real Housewives franchise to appear on the revamped series,
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Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Angie Katsanevas appeared in the first episode of Bravo’s Wife SwapCredit: Bravo
Angie swapped lives with an Idaho mom of three who lives off gridCredit: Bravo
Wife Swap originally aired on ABC from 2004 to 2020, in which wives with polar opposite lifestyles swapped places to see how the other lived.
Bravo rebooted the series to feature TV personalities used to their lavish mansions and glam, trading worlds with ordinary wives living vastly different ways.
Angie, who’s starred on RHOSLC for the past three seasons, surprised fans with her attitude and respect toward Lindsay, an Idaho mom-of-three who lives without running water or electricity.
The TV star was welcomed into Lindsay’s home by her husband, Tanner, and their three young children, but immediately got a rude awakening when she realized she had been stripped of most of the luxuries in her multi-million-dollar Salt Lake City, Utah, abode.
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Among the chores Angie had to complete during her stay were taking out the poop from the compost toilet and filling buckets of water from an outdoor spring to fill a 50-gallon tank inside.
The reality star also had to bathe in a tub outside and eat a cow’s tail, hunted by the family in a nearby field.
Eventually, when it was time for the wives to implement their own rules for 24 hours, Angie insisted that they go out to eat, after complaining of going to bed hungry the night before.
She also rocked her cowboy boots and expensive clothing to a bar in town after dragging Tanner out for an evening away.
Things in Angie’s neck of the woods weren’t much easier for Lindsay either, as she was used to a much simpler routine away from technology and the famous family’s other glamorous amenities.
She challenged Angie’s husband, Shawn, and their teenage daughter, Elektra, to sleep in tents without devices and to gut a fish for dinner.
Shawn somewhat liked getting into the outdoors, although he and Elektra didn’t last the entire night sleeping in the tent, despite their campsite being in their backyard.
Lindsay, however, did get them to plant a garden, which Angie continued to use after her return home, according to the end credits.
Both ladies admitted they learned a lot from the experience, with Angie aiming to connect more with her family and less with material things, while Lindsay is more confident than ever about her off-grid lifestyle.
Fans applauded Angie for being open to the switch after clearly stepping into unfamiliar territory.
“I love that she was respectful of their living conditions even though she was clearly stunned,” one person commented on YouTube beneath a preview for the episode.
“I think Angie will fit right in and give some practical advice to this sweet family,” said another.
“They’ve done Angie dirty lol,” joked a third.
The experience appeared to give Angie a whole new outlook, as she put her house on the market shortly after filming.
She listed her 6,500-square-foot home for sale that September for $4.5million, though she’s since slashed the price numerous times after struggling to find buyers, The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed.
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Angie dropped the price in March to $4.375million and again in May to $3.85million in an effort to attract more interested buyers.
It’s unclear where the family is moving to next, but we can bet it will be someplace on the grid.
Angie struggled to adapt to her temporary home, which didn’t have any running water or electricityCredit: Bravo
Lindsay also had a hard time adjusting to Angie’s lavish lifestyle
Fans applauded Angie for being open about the experience and respectful toward Lindsay’s vastly different lifestyle