One can never have too many friends in life. And the newest season of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City is proving that sentiment with the addition of Meili Workman. The unknown, about-to-be-known Bravo personality is joining Mary Cosby, Lisa Barlow, Heather Gay, Angie Katsanevas, Meredith Marks, and Whitney Rose. The trailer is already promising some major drama between the returning cast, and newbies are also looking to make a splash.
Welcome Meili Workman to RHOSLC
Meili is a Taiwanese-American beauty. According to the Bravo press release, Meili has “her hands full as a model with four young children and husband. As she and her husband work to keep their romantic spark alive while raising their children, Meili is re-finding her identity outside of motherhood.” The release goes on to share that Meili is ”Originally from California. Meili was raised LDS and moved to Utah to be more involved in the church, but ultimately decided that the faith was not for her.” However, we don’t know if she left on her own accord or was cast out by the elders.
Meili’s Instagram bio notes that she is also trying to homestead in her Homeowners Association. Creating your own homestead is popular in Utah and basically consists of running a small farm. The family is self-sustainable and usually has its garden and chickens. Meili has posted photos of working in her vegetable garden and cooking with her eggs, so she is pretty good at it. The model is joining the cast as a friend of Whitney’s. This should be interesting since Whit is known to love involving herself in drama.
Meili Workman’s family life
Meili definitely lives a very busy life with four kids and a husband. On social media, she shared that she married Ty Workman after only having known one another for six months. But now they have been together for ten years. According to his LinkedIn, her husband, Ty, works at CUI as a commercial insurance agent. His job is to safeguard businesses and their assets. Ty has been working at CUI for less than a year. Previously, he worked as a Senior Account Executive at Domo Inc. Ty graduated in 2013 from Utah Valley University with a Bachelor of Science.
The couple’s four kids range from 10 to 2 years old. The model has been very open about her struggles as a mother on her social media pages. Meili has openly spoken about her postpartum battle. In one honest post after the birth of Acre, she wrote, “The house is a mess, the dishes and laundry have not been done, we’ve eaten out more times than I can count, I’ve bled on our white linen couches and have filled a trash bag full of MY diapers. Yet, our hearts have never been so full.” Meili also shared this would be her last child, which is a whole coping process of its own.
Meili Workman can cause quite a kerfuffle
Before it was revealed that Meili was cast, some negative press surrounded her. Bravo has never been great at performing their due diligence when it comes to a solid background check. But, surprisingly, the network would have missed some very damaging social media remarks that definitely didn’t sit well with viewers. Meili was caught making some controversial remarks on Facebook via Reddit. Reality Tea reported that Meili wrote, “I don’t think children know they are transgender.” The second issue was a response to a comment which read, “Abortion is murder, 100 percent.” The mother of four added, “agreeeee.”
In another comment, Meili wrote, “Sexual orientation is attributed to BOTH nature and nurture.” This is not a promising start to Meili’s Bravo career. I can only hope Meredith Marks, who is a staunch supporter of gay rights, calls her out on these remarks. Some followers feel she will fit right in as a Season 3 friend.
Only time will tell if Meili will be a fan favorite or the newest ice queen.