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"I Wasn’t Supposed To Say It Out Loud”—Annemarie Wiley On Real Housewives, Waking Up, And Fighting For Women
When "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" reached out to Annemarie Wiley about joining the show’s 13th season, she didn’t audition, submit a tape, or launch a campaign to become a Bravolebrity. It just happened. An Instagram DM from Kyle Richards appeared in her inbox, and two weeks later, Wiley was filming scenes.
By Carmen Schober9 min read
Before she was a “Housewife,” Annemarie was, and still is, a Nurse Anesthetist, athlete, wife of NFL standout Marcellus Wiley, and a deeply motivated advocate for women and children. Her personal story is remarkable: born to a Nigerian father and Dutch mother, she was adopted into a Dutch-Indonesian family and raised in a small Canadian farm town.