Kameron is the Elle Woods of the Housewives world… but even Elle Woods didn’t attempt pink dog food!
In this episode, we discuss Kameron Westcott storylines from Real Housewives of Dallas Season 2:
⚪Kameron vs Sparkle Dog ⚪Kameron vs Brandi
Caitlin: Okay, if you had to make a dog food unique, what would you do? Not make it pink.
Sharon: I could go for the sparklies more than the pink.
Caitlin: I think so too.
Sharon: Like. Cause glittery poop. At least you won’t mistake it with blood glitter.
Caitlin: Exactly. That’s true.
Sharon: Poop glitters.
Caitlin: I also feel like shapes. I feel like maybe there’s more of a market for different shapes. or the COVID matching your dog more. I bet people would buy one that’s just a corgi. Although then all of us mutt owners are like, yeah, you have to buy multiple bags and mix them together.
Sharon: Okay. Actually the shape. Cause if there was a doggy food that was like, shaped like little bones or something, that would be adorable. I would love that.
Caitlin: Oh, and they could change it seasonally. So you could have like, pumpkins and bats. You know what we do for, like, Cheerios? Get a heart. Shark tank. Shark tank. We’re calling. That’s ours.
Sharon: That’s our tm.
Caitlin: or whatever. Hi, this is Caitlin.
Sharon: And this is Sharon.
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Sharon: This week, we’re digging into Cameron Wescott from the Real Housewives of Dallas season two, which aired August to November 2017.
Caitlin: The verses this week are Cameron versus sparkle dog and Cameron versus brandy. Cameron Westcott is billed as a real life elle woods from legally blonde. Pink is her signature color. She’s married to court Wescott. They have two kids, and Cameron is best known for her pink dog food, inspired by her teacup Yorkie Louie. She was 34 when the season aired, so this is her first season. What is our first season? Judgment of Cameron Wescott.
Sharon: I love, love, love Cameron. I just love her. Yeah, I love everything about her. She’s ridiculous. She cracks me up. I think she’s smart. I think she’s, yeah, fun.
Caitlin: I can’t remember. Like, I’m trying to think back from my first watch of it. Since this is our second watch, I’m not sure I was as enamored of her right off the bat.
Caitlin: As I grew to be. And I kind of can’t remember because now I love her. But I kind of remember thinking initially, not sure what I thought of her, but like, she’s so interesting and colorful and fun and she’s so different. Like, sometimes we get the same, like, rubber stamped housewife a little bit and she fits her own niche. I also feel like she could be interchangeable. To other housewives, cities, which is kind of a.
Sharon: She could do Beverly Hills.
Caitlin: She’s not just Dallas, which I think is kind of fun. she got blamed for being an actress and a caricature of herself. Do you think she is or do you think that’s who she is?
Sharon: I think that’s mostly who she is.
Caitlin: I’m sure she overplays some of it. Uh-huh. But I think she does it because she likes it. Exactly like she said. Well, I love pink, so why not be crazy about it? The top.
Caitlin: I think that’s her thing. Okay, let’s talk about sparkle dog first. Oh, gosh. Camera’s a smart blonde, not a dumb one. But the one complaint I have is her science fair project.
Sharon: I thought that was a coaster.
Caitlin: So she takes, her husband’s gonna offer her, what was it, $10,000?
Sharon: Yes.
Caitlin: To start discovery of the product. So she makes a poster about sparkle dog, and it really looked like something your kid.
Sharon: It was like a little pitch for her product. Oh, my God. It was hysterical.
Caitlin: It’s like cutting out of things out of a magazine and putting it up there. That’s what it felt. she used all of the colors in the sharpie poster area.
Sharon: She wants to make pink dog food, which is kind of a cute idea, even though dogs are colorblind. But it’s for the owners. Exactly.
Caitlin: Dogs aren’t going.
Sharon: But what happens with the pink dog food, caitlyn?
Caitlin: Well, there’s some road bumps.
Sharon: Yeah.
Caitlin: Because first of all, people think that their dogs are pooping blood because it came out very red initially.
Sharon: Yeah.
Caitlin: And therefore, also when your dog processes that, there’s a problem. Like, I remember our dog threw up once, and I thought, oh, my God, they’re throwing up blood. And then I realized that they had eaten the, tomatoes outside in our yard. So it made the throw up look bloody. So I felt like I’d had a similar. And that is terrifying. You do not want that with your pet.
Sharon: Oh, absolutely not. Yeah.
Caitlin: But. Okay, here was my question. Was it sparkly at all?
Sharon: No. Even when they did it, it looked more like it wasn’t pink pink. I don’t know if it was just the tv. It looked like half brown, half tinted pink.
Caitlin: And that’s the problem too, because it’s like, you know when you make a cookie, like a sugar cookie, and you try to tint it? The problem is when you bake, you get that browning. And I think you do with the food too.
Sharon: Yeah.
Caitlin: So unless you crack it open, I’m not sure you’re ever gonna really see the pink. Pink.
Sharon: Oh, was it pink inside?
Caitlin: I don’t know. I was wondering, because I feel like it had to be pink all the way through. Right.
Sharon: Oh.
Caitlin: But it kind of reminded me of a cookie when you bake it and it, like, gets that tan color.
Sharon: Cause my first impression was, it’s m not that pink. It’s barely.
Caitlin: I don’t think it is either. And next to the tan, it really didn’t look pink. Cause you kind of forget how close those colors kind of are. And that didn’t really work. My other complaint was that she mentioned getting a sliver of the $35 billion pet industry. And what do we know from shark tank?
Sharon: You’re not supposed to do that.
Caitlin: No, the sharks hate that. You don’t mention, getting a sliver of a market that can’t stand that. And I think didn’t court. I think also kind of was like, well, okay, my kids discovered shark tank on our recent vacation. That is all they wanted to watch. Like, they’d swim, then they’d watch shark tank, then they would play shark tank in the pool where they would pitch ideas to each other. So shark tank is very important.
Sharon: It is.
Caitlin: And maybe one of them invented pink dog food. Who knows? I mean, that seems like a thing a kid would come up with. Exactly. why do we think that sparkle dog food? It did seem like it was initially successful, and it seems like there is a small boutique market. I know we’re not talking markets, but it kind of feels like if she was big in Dallas, then her name is a big deal in Dallas. I think in general, if you’re not, like, one of however many big dog food corporations, I bet it’s just impossible to get a small dog food brand off. Yeah, it just feels like there’s too many big ones.
Sharon: I could picture some rich young women in the city that have little dogs buying it, that are wealthy.
Sharon: It really is a niche market, though.
Caitlin: I think when I was googling, there was some other projects she had, like, bones and maybe some other things. That’s where I feel like she should have gone.
Sharon: Yeah. Like, I could see buying pink dog treats, especially more because that’s something you might take out. You’re like, oh, here. Exactly. And then the accessories.
Caitlin: Yeah. The leash and the collar and all of that.
Sharon: She could have used her name in that way.
Caitlin: Right. And that’s where I feel like she kind of should have, like, maybe moved a little faster in that area, especially after the real housewives you know, season aired.
Sharon: Yeah.
Caitlin: Okay, so who wins in Cameron versus sparkle dog food?
Sharon: No one wins.
Caitlin: I guess no one wins.
Sharon: Sad. I feel bad for her. Cause it’s not still around, is it?
Caitlin: I don’t think so. I look like. So I saw some, well, I saw some really bad reviews on Amazon. People were not a fan.
Sharon: Well, they’re probably just haters.
Caitlin: Exactly. And I also wasn’t sure where you could get it from. It didn’t seem like there was that many reviews. I’m just not sure the amount of product they, like, came out with. So it looked like maybe some small boutiques in Texas maybe had some Cameron Wescott product, like maybe m the cookies or whatever, but not the dog food. Doesn’t seem purchasable. So we can’t make your dog try it and then report back.
Sharon: Oriole, do you like, would you like sparkle dog food?
Caitlin: He looks interested, but I also use that voice that makes him look interested.
Sharon: Exactly.
Caitlin: Okay, let’s talk about Cameron versus brandi. Cause Cameron didn’t fight with a lot of people this season.
Sharon: Nope.
Caitlin: But what was interesting is, okay, let’s start with this because I think it’s kind of the beginning. She has a weird way of supporting Leigh Ann. And I didn’t get the vibe that she and Leigh Ann really were friends before the show, but she really takes up with Leigh Ann. So then when she has issues with Brandi and Brandy was kind of having issues with Leigh Ann, I kind of feel like that’s where some of this came from. So she’s big on social graces.
Caitlin: Which is why I think she’d fit Beverly Hills or OC. She and Heather Dubrow should maybe get together.
Sharon: I agree.
Caitlin: Like, she had a raincoat. Not for herself, but for her Birkin.
Sharon: She and Kyle can hang out, but Kyle just has 50 million Birkins.
Caitlin: Yeah, well, so she must have 50 million Birken coats. She’s got a backup. but Cam doesn’t like Brandy because Brandy invites Carrie and Stephanie to Memphis to see her grandfather, but she doesn’t invite Cameron and she hands out the bag.
Sharon: Yeah.
Caitlin: Yeah.
Sharon: I have this pet peeve too. It is rude. I mean, granted, she doesn’t know her and all that.
Caitlin: Oh, I think it was so rude.
Sharon: It was rude and she shouldn’t have done it.
Caitlin: you take them to the side. I mean, she was standing right there. It’s not like she was over on the couch even. It was like, awkward. She was standing right there.
Caitlin: Or you say, come out to my car. I want to show you something.
Sharon: Yeah. No, not like, let me do this big presentation and invite everyone but this one girl here.
Caitlin: Or like, even if she’d said, oh, we had this planned in advance or something, but, like, she didn’t even try to care, and maybe she really wanted Jack Daniels and she didn’t get any. so it’s like, I think overall that Cam is overly obsessed with social graces, but in this instance, I think she’s right.
Sharon: Yes, I do.
Caitlin: Yeah. Okay. Diandra has an honest tea. Like, honest tea, like the drink.
Sharon: yeah.
Caitlin: And then brandy tries to smooth things over, but she brings cam a gift bag, a pink one, but then Cam points out its fruit. She didn’t bring one for Deandra. And I think, like, Leanne or somebody else, everyone else was there, so she just can’t win.
Sharon: Yeah, Brandi kind of can’t win there. Totally agree. I think Cameron, I think she does kind of see brandy as slightly trashy, like she said, and I think that’s just the way it’s gonna be.
Sharon: And she sees Brandy as a little vulgar, and Brandi is a little vulgar. You know what I mean?
Caitlin: It’s a lot vulgar.
Sharon: I think they’re just, they either just have to accept each other for who they are or they just aren’t gonna be friends. Exactly.
Caitlin: And I think she was trying to figure out whether she could, like, see past that or not.
Sharon: Right.
Caitlin: I don’t think she can. Okay. The thing that really pushes her boundaries, and we try to be careful what we say in the show. So I don’t quite know how to say this, but they have a friend. His last name is chocolate. And that friend comes on the show. Doesn’t it even get a friend of tag? I think it was something like that. so Brandi brings this thing to kind of, I mean, I felt like she kind of brought it to torment Cameron.
Sharon: She did this toy to torment Cameron. Exactly.
Caitlin: And so they bring it to Mexico. And Cameron’s pointing out that Brandi, like, has no respect for boundaries.
Caitlin: I mean, true or false?
Sharon: True. Okay. When Cameron said that, like, she didn’t want the toy near her in this. Okay. Brandi might have initially gone, but then.
Caitlin: The fact that she brought it back later.
Sharon: She brought it back later. I m mean, the first time I could have dealt with some of her teasing brand.
Caitlin: Yes.
Sharon: Brandy Cameron.
Caitlin: Yeah.
Sharon: The first time I kind of felt with her teasing Cameron, but then later I was like, okay, it was, did.
Caitlin: He have some sparkled upfluid?
Sharon: He sneezes when he wants attention. Cause he wants food.
Caitlin: That’s right. There’s a corgi online who does that, too. yeah, he wants french fries.
Sharon: I know he wants french fries. So he’s sneezing. He’s ok. People are gonna be like, get your dog. He has a cold.
Caitlin: He wants sparkle dog. Yeah, that’s what he wants.
Sharon: I don’t know. What do you think?
Caitlin: I think the same. For one thing, I do think that Kim is way too straight lacedae. She doesn’t, take a joke very well. No, but the thing is, she is funny, and she is playful. And again, it’s kind of part of her Persona that she’s very proper and so.
Caitlin: Even if she did think it was funny, there’s no way she’d admit it was funny.
Sharon: Agree.
Caitlin: And I do think it pushed her a little too far. And like you said, she shouldn’t have come back with it. The first time was fine. The second time that it’s like every time I think I can say, oh, let it go. Brandy’s like, she’s just silly. Then she takes it way too far. Like, Brandi has no understanding of where.
Sharon: The line is exactly.
Caitlin: Like, she’s so far over the guy. So, again, I guess who wins in, I was gonna say Brandi, but Cameron versus Brandy.
Sharon: I think Cameron, because I thought Brandi ended up looking bad there yet. Even though Cameron then called her trashy and then they tried to make it like Cameron.
Caitlin: She said the trashy thing a lot. She went a little too far. They both went too far.
Sharon: And even though Cameron. So that kind of looked bad on Cameron, I still think Cameron was actually the one in the right.
Caitlin: I think so, too.
Sharon: But I think Brandi kind of knows Cameron, thinks she looks down on her, so she played it up more, kind of like, well, if I can’t beat her, I’m gonna, like, really come after her with this side of me kind of thing. Like, she’s not gonna think I’m as good as her, then I’m gonna go the other route.
Caitlin: Yeah, I think that is kind of Brandi’s mo like to go the exact opposite of what someone, like, pushes her toward. It was interesting because they met up for lunch, and I can’t think of m talking about how difficult it was to drive all the way to Plano, Texas.
Sharon: Oh, my gosh.
Caitlin: Yes. And that’s where I was like, okay, see, again, you’re proving Brandi’s point. They got along there, and they were just kind of like. It is almost like it was kind of a little bit of a game in the playing with each other of, like, who’s pushing the other person too far because she pushes her too far to be uncomfortable. She pushes her too far to be super prim and proper. And it’s like they do kind of understand that the other person is just really far in the opposite direction. it reminded me of Karen Huger in Potomac because it’s like Cameron thinks there’s a special Dallas zip code. And obviously Brandi living in Plano, Texas, like, doesn’t care. It’s not the Real Housewives of Plano. and then didn’t Brandi point out, well, like, we have, like, land in the Dallas?
Sharon: She did.
Caitlin: That felt very like Karen. Like, let me prove it to you.
Sharon: I have an acre land here.
Caitlin: My horse lives the fancy part of Dallas.
Sharon: It’s just so funny, me, because Dallas, I mean, living not previously, not that far from Dallas, I’m like, well, isn’t it close enough? Dallas, I don’t know.
Caitlin: No, it’s very important, zip, cos wise. All right, so we think definitely the cameron earned her spot next season.
Sharon: Oh, definitely. Love her.
Caitlin: I love her, too. And I love her outfits. Oh, just everything’s over the top.
Sharon: There’s this one talking head where she’s got this, like, black, almost sheer black thing with these pink. I don’t know if they’re butterflies or what. It’s like, black and hot pink.
Caitlin: Yes.
Sharon: Love it.
Caitlin: That’s the best color combo. Yeah. And she understands that.
Sharon: It’s like five year old me is just, oh, my God, I want to be her.
Caitlin: I felt like she should have. She could have really designed the outside of the sparkle bag even more fun. Like, she really could have gone all out for women. It’s sort of like, because she had. It would seem like it was mostly guys on the design team and the creation team. I kind of felt like they probably talked her back, but I felt like if you’re going to go that crazy and you’re going to go that pink, you make the outside of the bag look like the inside of the bag is sparkly and pink.
Sharon: Exactly.
Caitlin: And I’m not sure they is like a foil. Like, oh, that would be cool with, like, a, mirror tee. Shiny. Like, see, that’s what they needed to do.
Sharon: It’s like a resealable, so you don’t have to put it in, like, a thing. Like, so you can something with a nice package.
Caitlin: I felt like they didn’t want to come off as sexist and I get that. What? But I feel like you’re making pink dog food.
Sharon: Who do you think is buying it?
Caitlin: Exactly. And I felt like, just lean into that. Like, let’s not lean into the dog food market. Let’s lean into the women.
Sharon: I don’t care how broke you are. That is women buying.
Caitlin: Exactly. Women are buying a lot of the things, so it’s like, go for it.
Sharon: My husband is not buying them.
Caitlin: Yeah. And if you told him to, he’d probably pick it up and bring it home. So there you go. All right, that is our episode on Cameron Westcott. And remember, on Patreon, we have our yearbook episodes. We have a, ah, yearbook for season one of Dallas. And we’ll have a yearbook for season two where we go through superlatives for the different, camus characters in our cast and where they would fit in your high school hierarchy. I think that this group is going to be really interesting to see where they fall. And we have new husbands to marry. F killed wouldn’t play that.
Sharon: Oh, I can’t wait.
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