Meredith Marks sees herself as a ‘way of life model’ with new ‘Rümors & Nastiness’ recreation

As “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” tried to forged strains into the Provo River this season, Meredith Marks made a joke about her inexperience as an angler.

“I don’t know anything about fish, except it’s where I get my caviar,” she mentioned to the digital camera in a confessional.

The one-liner sums up Marks in a nutshell: Wry, witty, and keeping track of the advertising.

“If I sat there and just was, like, ‘Hey, everybody, I have caviar and you should buy it,’ … it’s not going to resonate for anyone,” Marks mentioned in a latest cellphone interview. “When you have natural moments — that you put something out there because it’s who you are, and it makes sense for you as a person — then that’s another story.”

Marks, now in her sixth season as one of many Bravo present’s authentic stars, has catapulted her “Housewives” fame into enterprise ventures far past her Park City luxurious boutique.

“I see myself as a lifestyle brand,” Marks mentioned.

That model consists of her caviar, jewellery and an upcoming line of tub merchandise, plus her present “Naughty & Ice” tour as DJ Meredith Marks.

And it features a new get together recreation she and Utah enterprise accomplice and good friend, Samantha Gellert, developed: “Rümors & Nastiness.”

The new recreation is scheduled to go on sale, in shops and on-line, in November.

“Sam and I were chatting about fun things that we could do,” Marks mentioned. “Right now in our world, everything is so digital, and it’s kind of isolating in its own way. Having a game that you play in person with other people … it’s a way to become closer, get to know people better, and be engaged in a healthier manner.”

The recreation is a variation, Marks mentioned, of the acquainted get together recreation “two truths and a lie.” The playing cards are saved in a caviar tin, and every features a immediate to write down three statements (two true, one a lie). It’s as much as the opposite gamers to determine which is the lie.

Part of Marks’ branding of the sport, she mentioned, is “making it presentable, and looking pretty and cute and pink.”

She added she’s a “huge backgammon player,” so a recreation made sense.

“It’s fun and it’s cool and it’s chic and it’s pretty,” she mentioned. “It just kind of resonates with my branding at the end of the day.”

Becoming DJ Meredith Marks, she mentioned, was extra of a contented accident. She was requested to DJ throughout Pride celebrations in West Hollywood in June and “had a really good time.”

“It’s a lot of fun,” she mentioned. “It’s like hosting your own party, without having to have all the people in your home.”

The subsequent month, she acquired one other vital gig because the official DJ for the “Las Culturistas Culture Awards,” an award present parody staged by the hosts of the “Las Culturistas” podcast, Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers. (Marks mentioned she met Yang, additionally recognized for “Saturday Night Live,” on the premiere of the 2022 homosexual romantic comedy “Fire Island.”)

Marks mentioned she performs “a general mix,” with quite a lot of pop songs. “We integrate parts of [‘Real Housewives’] into it sometimes, as well. … I’ve been opening with ‘Rumors’ by Lindsay Lohan, if that gives you any clue.”

Marks launched the 10-city tour on Oct. 2 in West Hollywood. The third present, on Oct. 23, is at Metro Music Hall in downtown Salt Lake City.

Being on “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” Marks mentioned, “is always helpful, in the way that you have a place to talk about the things that you’re doing at a very broad scale. You can really get the word out there through the show.”

However, she mentioned, “at the end of the day, I feel like all of those things tie back to me as a person, and who I am. And I don’t do things I’m not very passionate about. So as people get to know more and more about me and my life, and who I am, everything I’m doing probably starts to make a little more sense.”

Trying to spotlight a model on a actuality present is a tough balancing act, she added.

“Sure, you can market your products on the show,” Marks mentioned. “But unless you are showing who you are — rather than just as a marketing vehicle — it’s not going to resonate for anyone.“

“They’re invested in you as a person,” she continued, “and then secondarily your brand. What’s more important is just to be true to yourself and authentic, and then the rest of it flows from there.”

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