‘I thought that being vulnerable and opening up to the group would make us closer,’ Rusch says of filming her sophomore season of ‘Potomac,’ ‘but I wasn’t even allowed that chance because I was constantly fighting accusations that were unwarranted.’

The idea that there are certain boxes you have to check or formulas to follow to be a great Real Housewife is a misconception, one perhaps best disproven by Stacey Rusch. Now in her second season of …