Peggy Tanous Is Joining The RHOOC

Post from the OC Register.

BY: RICHARD CHANG

The Real Housewives of Orange County” has just added a new cast member for season 6, celebrity gossip website Radaronline.com is reporting.

Peggy and Micah

Peggy Tanous of Irvine has signed a deal with producers of the Bravo reality TV series, Radaronline.com states. The blond, 41-year-old mom, model and infomercial host will join a cast that already comprises four blondes — Vicki Gunvalson, Tamra Barney, Gretchen Rossi and Alexis Bellino.

Peggy is married to Micah Tanous, 37, also of Irvine. They have a daughter together. He’s an Internet marketing entrepreneur. The couple are friends with Jim and Alexis Bellino, current cast members of the show. They’ve known the Bellinos for 15 years, and attended a “Housewives” viewing party at the Winery restaurant in Tustin last November.

“We all got married at the same time,” Peggy said at the party. “Their twins were born the day after our daughter was born, in the same hospital. Alexis is real. If she doesn’t like you, she’ll let you know.”

At the time, Peggy commented that she was “very excited for (Alexis) to take on this new challenge.” Her husband Micah said he was glad someone from Newport Coast was “representing the real Orange County.”

“Coto de Caza is not the real Orange County,” he remarked. “Newport Coast is the real Orange County.” When the show premiered in 2006, it focused primarily on women living in the gated community of Coto de Caza. It has since expanded to other Orange County cities, but maintains a focus on the well-to-do lifestyles in the southern half of the county.

Peggy said at last year’s event that she and her husband actually were asked to be on the show. “We felt it wasn’t something for us,” she said. Apparently, she has changed her mind.

Radaronline describes Peggy as “feisty” and an “attractive blonde.” The site says the couple have already filmed some scenes for season 6. Radaronline also reports that the Tanouses have already appeared in previous episodes of the popular reality TV series, but I can’t recall seeing them before on “Real Housewives of O.C.,” and I (unfortunately?) have seen every single episode.

At this juncture, it’s unknown whether Lynne Curtin of Aliso Viejo will return for season 6. Simon Barney, who filed for divorce from Tamra and expressed displeasure with being on the show, is not expected to return. However, Eddie Judge, Tamra’s new boyfriend, is expected to make some onscreen appearances.

Incidentally, Micah Tanous has a talent for performing perplexing, mind-boggling card tricks. One of them even involves burning the unknown card symbol (3 of hearts, for instance) onto his fingertips with a lighter.

We’ll see if he does that trick on season 6 of “Housewives,” which is expected to premiere in January.